New Eden Colony of the Sun Order on Kabakon Island
The Order of the Sun promotes a naked fruitarian life on Kabakon in German New Guinea. August Engelhardt, founder, describes a cocoa cocooned paradise with palm culture, sun worship, and non compulsory work. Admission costs and strict rules frame a utopian project aiming to birth a pure race through cocoanuts and sun vitality.
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Kabakon
Earth
Sol
Order of the Sun
German New Guinea
New Lauenburg
Bismarck Archipelago
New Pommern
New Mecklenburg
Herbertshoehe
Mieko
Iengelhardt
Tropics
August Engelhardt
Interna
Sengelhardt
Sun Order
Palm Temple
Kahbakon
Europe
The
Herr Max Luetzow
Engelhardt
Germany
Ceylon
Happy Isle
Mgr. Engelhardt
A Persistent Suitor
Nell recalls rejecting Mr. Percy Vere with a firm no but he interpreted it as 500 affirmative replies, leaving the suitor undeterred and persistent.
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Nell
Percy Vere
Curiosities of Human Diet Across Cultures
The article surveys global eating habits from turtles and lizards to snakes and frogs. It notes viper jelly in Italy, gallic frog dishes in France, French and American frog cuisines, snails in Europe and the United States, locusts in Africa and the Arab world, and insects like ants and termites in the Americas and Asia, ending with caterpillars and silkworms in various regions.
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Chambers’ Journal
Asia
Africa
America
Australia
Egypt
South America
China
United States
France
Switzerland
Europe
John the Baptist
Brazil
East Indies
Mexico
North America
New Caledonia
John Bull
Madagascar
Rebellion in the Camp Sixteenth In Cloud and Pillar Series
In Cloud and Pillar Series a tale titled A Story Of The Wilderness Journey Of The Hebrew People features the Highway and Byway Preacher. The piece references scripture and chapters guiding the narrative of ancient wandering and faith under rugged conditions.
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Cloud and Pillar
Open Door of Opportunity and the Israelite Trial
The chapter warns against seizing on fast opportunity while God has shut a door and condemns faithless rebellion. It contrasts Israel’s failure with the call to humility and repentance, urging believers to press forward through discipline toward God’s promised land and timely opportunity.
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Israel
Egypt
Land
Canaan
Caleb and Joshua Defend Promised Land Amid Rebellion
In a night of fear and mutiny at Kadesh Caleb and Joshua urge the people toward the promised land. Moses confronts the crowd as ten spies die when the cloudy pillar strikes. God pronounces forty years of wandering, sparing only Caleb and Joshua who led the faithful.
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Caleb
Joshua
Moses
Promised Land
Reuben
Simeon
God
Tabernacle Court
Manasseh
Benjamin
Aaron
Egypt
Kadesh
Tabernacle
Agar Packing Sues Rock Island Over Rate Discrimination
Agar Packing company of Des Moines files a $490,000 damages suit in Polk County Court against the Chicago Rock Island & Pacific Railway for alleged freight rate discrimination. The case cites treble damages under state law and could attract federal scrutiny under new interstate rules. Local attorney N. T. Guernsey represents the plaintiff. W. G. Agar leads the firm.
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Agars
Des Moines
Agar Packing Company
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Company
Polk County Court of Law
Hon
N. T. Guernsey
McPherson
District of Federal
Kansas City
W. G. Agar
Anti-Saloon League Elects Des Moines Officers
The Iowa Anti-Saloon League, meeting in Des Moines, elected Rev. E. J. Hagerman as president replacing S. N. Fellows. New officers are all from Des Moines including T. Hagerman as president and Dr. A. L. Frisbie as vice president. A new district was added with Dr. H. S. Hilton in charge at Cedar Rapids. The group adopted monthly Dial of Progress and noted 500 injunctions across Iowa to curb illegal liquor sales.
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Des Moines
E. J. Hagerman
Iowa Anti-Saloon League
S. N. Fellows
Iowa City
T. Hagerman
A.L. Frisbie
F. 8. Dunshee
J. M. Leiser
James T. Houser
I. N. McCash
H. S. Hilton
Cedar Rapids
McCash
Mystery in Death of C Neal Near Bagley Iowa
Charles Neal a 50 year old farmer living near Bagley Iowa was found dead in a corn field with a gunshot wound to the side bloodhounds were brought from Des Moines to trail a possible killer some believe suicide and others murder with no weapon found and $300 cash in his pockets. investigators and relatives remain unsure of the motive and the scene suggests possible ambush near Guthrie Center area.
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C. Neal
Bagley
Guthrie Center
Charles Neal
Des Moines
Sir Hardin Detective Agency
Neal
Iir Hardin
Hardin
Operator Admits Robbery at Ili Nois Depot
Waverly report reveals Night Operator Keller staged a hold up at Ili nois Central depot to divert suspicion. He confessed to rifling the cash drawer, showed the money stash, and recovered coins filled the missing cash.
Fugitive Captured After Oskaloosa Chase
Gene Grown, who broke jail at Chillicothe Missouri and was wanted for $50 reward, was captured by Oskaloosa officials after a brief pursuit in which gunfire occurred. He will be returned to Missouri for the confinement.
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Oskaloosa
Gene Grown
Chillicothe
Simeon
Looters Break Window at Hawkins & Witty Jewelry Store
Burglars shattered the plate glass of Hawkins & Witty's in Dubuque and stole cash and jewelry valued at over $1,000. No trace was left and police have few leads.
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Dubuque
Hawkins & Witty’s
Forty Foot Fall Injures Des Moines Painter
Will Harkins a sign painter of Des Moines survived a forty foot fall from the Seeberger building at Fifth and Walnut. He fractured the left leg but was kept alive by a rope catching him during the fall. He is in Mercy Hospital with recovery expected per City Physician Miller.
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Will Harkins
Des Moines
Thirty-eighth Street
Ingersoll Avenue
Harkins
Seeberger
Fifth
Walnut Streets
Mercy Hospital
Miller
Robbed Father of 1500 Dollars Returns Home
Sheriff Culver reports that a son who had been absent for twelve months returned to his father’s northwest of Waucoma and robbed the trunk of 1500 dollars after previously stealing 3800 in 1894. He fled and has not been caught. Deputy Blunt searched Waucoma for clues.
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Young Hetherton
Oelwein
Culver
West Union
Waucoma
Blunt
County Hospitals for Consumptives in Des Moines
Polk county supervisors anticipate a future need to build a county institution for advanced consumption patients while a state facility would serve those with recovery prospects. A supervisor notes the time will come, despite objections to higher taxes, as tuberculosis remains a social problem requiring county care.
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Des Moines
Board of Supervisors
Polk County
Hancock Doctor Paid 3000 After Shot Incident
Hancock physician Dr Stevens received 3000 from assailant August Krueger as a compromise in a planned suit for heavy damages after Krueger fired a shotgun. The incident occurred in Hancock when Krueger exhibited a violent tantrum.
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Hancock
Dr. Stevens
August Krueger
Krueger
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Berlin
Annot
Wnodhardt
Ife
Mr. Engelhardt
Nuremberg
Bavaria
Munich
Dinsow
Frank Buckland
Iowa State News
Commonwealth
Rock Island
Waverly
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