The Bedroom Trick at Oakville Hotel
Augustus Evergreen recalls a comic and romantic misadventure in Oakville where his friend Fred Evans courted Bell Bronson while she loved another man. A hotel room switch leads to an inadvertent under bed near-miss, a whispered romance blooms, and years later Fred learns the truth.
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Jwnen
Iit
Evergreen
Gus. Evergreen
Oakville
Bell Bronson
Fred
Bella Hirt
Hem
Fred Evaous
Feed
Our
Downsbury
Tate
Augustus
Beli
Chad
Fred Evans
Lake
Mir
Sonie Excase
Augustus Evergreen
Amien
Bell
Avaia
Mnusoul
Pear Bear
Jane
Tull
Fred Evang
Belle
Bell Bronnen
Gus
Tie Evergreens
Oakville Hotel
Revival in a Colored Congregation Shouts and Fervor
A large wooden frame church hosts a powerful revival among the colored community. A Quaker preacher from Louisiana leads an impassioned sermon filled with exclamations, song, and vivid rural dialect, stirring a diverse audience as deacons, exhorters, and worshippers respond with fervent prayer and chants.
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Ruth
St. Medard
Louisiana
Bia Iean
Ververs
DL O
New Borland
Christ
God
Jesus
Bredderin
Bradder
Angela
Deir
Mysterious Black Attendant On River Steamer Narrated
A Mississippi River steamer from Fort Benton to Sioux City carried miners and a mysterious man in black. Descriptions portray him as sanctimonious yet naive, attempting to gamble at seven up while a chorus of suspicious players watch his bluff. Bill Walker of New Orleans appears as a listing gambler among the crew.
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Misgouri
Coarden
Phani
Pike’ Peak
Waal
Bill Walker
New Orleans
Wooly veteran of Iowa dies at thirty six years old
The piece recounts a pioneer known as a “wooly veteran” who cared for cattle and sheep, freed a large black wolf, and aided settlers. Born during the financial pang of 1837 and dying in 1964 at age thirty six, he witnessed Iowa’s transformation from wilderness to wool and grain state, aided by locomotives and telegraphs.
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God
Moses
Jesus
Fredericksburg
Old Wagtnoy
Watts
Wesley
Mim
Seriiner
Moakvilla
Willams Garrison
Omnois
Geowas
Teo
Khinwel
Arebold
Lowa
Towa
Lincoln
Johnson
Uerrison
Ryler
Ust
Gnd
Sean Grant
Ald
Barley prospects loom large for Scott County farmers
The report notes a planned expansion of barley acreage in Scott County this year, with farmers expecting a strong harvest as imported barley competes in the market. Prices are volatile with barley fetching around 60 cents per bushel recently, while producers hope for higher returns as demand grows amid new brewery experiments and shipments from overseas.
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Devenport Canelie
Scott County
Laney
America
Apara
Uliy
Caitorota
Gould
Harley
New York
The Show Not To Be Told Beneath the Surface
The piece critiques Democratic stance on railways and federal regulation. It argues Congress cannot regulate railways as it would infringe state powers and warns that relying on interstate commerce limits. It concludes with the call to join the Democratic party as a response to critics.
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Cma
Phew
Thia Cage
Amt
Democratic Party
Astor Estate Vast Property Tale from Cincinnati Gazette
The Cincinnati Gazette imagines William B. Astor owning about 700 houses in a vast street long block, with wealth contrasted against widespread poverty. The piece muses on Providence and highlights housing inequality, noting 7,000 people lodged in various shelter houses weekly.
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William B. Astor
Astor
Dean
Aggeregente
Traly
Providence
Thisty
Mr. Astor
Cincinnals Gazette
Mysterious West Child Causes Family Turmoil
A curious tale from the Green Day Advocate recounts a boy's mischievous act aimed at a Washington figure. The mother confronts the consequences, revealing the strange scene and the boy's odd confession about a “hatebet” that altered the household routine.
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Green Day Advocate
G. Washington
Anneal Barre
Retis
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Ava Prep
Business Directory
Gill &Noyes
Monticello
Iowa
Monticello Bazaar
Paeparty Certinec Eo
Attorneys At Law
A. J. Monroe
M. M. Moulton
Monroe & Moulton
Monticelio, Jones CO
Dunuque
Delaware
Jonce and
Linn
Carpenter & Lovell’s Bank
M. W. Herrick
Monticelo
Jones County
Davenport
Milton Remuely
HH. M. Remley
Remley & Remley
Anamosa Iowa
Q. Wing
Wotary
Mutual Aid Insurance Society
Sones County
Jones Co
Lawn
Carpenter& Lovells Bank
Market
First Street
Town
Brick Manufactory
Anamosa
Joan Ginsox
Weber & Koop
Desicra
Boots & Seloes
Ban Justice of the Peace
Sonticello
D. E. Pond
Duer & Betey's Clothing
Corvetatser
Nat. Bank
J. B. Clark
Marvin's Hall
Monticelto
Peter
Frank Mellen
Parcs
LDA
Pring
Thantté iSreteucalee
National House
J. P. Sleeper
Nicolet Restaurant
D. L. Norcross
Newcomb
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Alemannia Fire Ins. Company
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Franklin Fire Ins
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Stinson & Co
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Maine
Te Te Awe
Coxtrvental Publisyine Co
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St. Louis, Mo
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Bear of
Uris
Beaman
Treavens
Belle Bronsone
Virginia
At. Louis Journal
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