Fortune Hunters Pursue American Heiresses Abroad
An American heiress recounts a worldly arc of European encounters as widowed mothers escort daughters on Mediterranean and Egyptian tours. She describes suitors from two American men and a French baron chasing wealth, with duels and schemes across Venice St Moritz and Los Angeles before she marries the New Yorker and later becomes a widow.
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New York
Mediterranean
Europe
Julius Chambers
Brooklyn Eagle
Mamma
Tyrol
Venice
Rome
St. Moritz
Engadine
Thier Garten
Paris
New Yorker
Los Angeles
Florida
Havre
Mother
St. Lazarre Station
Octroi
Boulevard
Hotel Holland
Rue de la Paix
Record of Invalid Heroes and Enduring Courage
Sophia P. Shaler surveys famed invalids in The Masters of State, highlighting Green the English historian who signed as Faithfully J. R. Green and Robert Louis Stevenson. It notes Kant and Pope, Julius Caesar, Napoleon, Wellington, Archduke Charles, Cambyses, Alfred the Great, Tasso, Byron, and Mohammed as historic figures who endured afflictions shaping their legacies.
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Sophia P. Shaler
Green
J. R. Green
Robert Louis Stevenson
Stevenson
United States
Julius Caesar
Napoleon
Duke of Wellington
Archduke Charles of Austria
Wagram
Cambyses
Egypt
Alfred the Great
Europe
Tasso
Byron
Mohammed
It Takes a Man to Learn His Friends
A quotation from Houston Ford warns that a man discovers true friends slowly and then spends time dodging after borrowing money, illustrating caution in friendships and financial dealings.
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Houston Fost
Graves in the Wilderness ends in Promise
Moses and Caleb recount the death of a stubborn elder named Shelah who opposed entering Canaan. The tale links deaths in the wilderness to faith, culminating in the grandson's support for a future arrival in the Promised Land and the grave as a beacon toward hope.
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Moses
Israel
Promised Land
Caleb
Shelah
Joshua
God
Elders of Israel
Canaan
Des Moines Letter on cemetery disputes and state issues
Des Moines correspondent recalls Wayland court battle over a new cemetery causing drainage concerns and water safety. Iowa cases cover tax assessment rules, peddler license validity, and public monuments programs amid state dairy and pure food enforcement actions.
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Des Moines
Wayland
Henry N. Payne
James D. Smyth
Supreme Court
Linn County
Security Savings Bank
Thirtieth General Assembly
State
Ed Bristow
Unbelief as a barrier to the Promised Land
Paul warns against unbelief drawn from Israel’s wandering and its consequences. The sermon urges readers to hear today and prevent a hardened heart, bury unbelief, and seek a new heart with living hope in a land of blessing.
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Paul
Egypt
Canaan
Israel
Caleb
Joshua
Going Back in Time Hen Faces Execution Preparations
A quirky excerpt portrays a tough hen laughing at plans to execute her, framing her as a spring chicken in a humorous rustic scene. The narrator notes the preparations and the hen’s defiant, comic response to her fate.
Barr Appointed Warden of Iowa Penitentiary
Marquis Barr of Oskaloosa is named warden of the Anamosa State Prison by the board of control, succeeding W A Hunter who died recently. Barr previously led the institution and is described as an efficient officer. The board retained Hunter after 1898 when they took control. Dr Hill M Bell of Drake University opposes segregating sexes in colleges and supports coeducation in Des Moines and Iowa.
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J. A Brewer
Hev
S. H. Hederix
Allerton
Albert B. Cummins
J. A. Brewer
United States
Iowa
HE. A. Carman
United States Army
S. H. Hedrix
Providence
State Board of Control
University of Chicago
Hill M. Bell
Drake University
Des Moines
Bell
Chicago
College Day at Des Moines Plan for statewide visit
The Greater Des Moines Committee proposes rail rate reductions and entertainment including a football exhibition and a grand concert by a top American orchestra to attract visitors. The event was intended locally but may be opened to the entire state with invitations to visit local institutions.
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Des Moines
Greater
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Marie Corelli
Ardon
Scilly Islands
Land’s End
St. Thomas
Frenchy
Peidle
Johnson
Pope
Lord Oxford
W.S. Edson
Scripture Authority
Num
Great Western
Wright
Great Western Railroad
D. T. Blodgett
Polk County Grand Jury
Des Moine
Blodgett
H. ®. Wright
Pure Food Department
State Food and Dairy
Dairy and Food Commissioner
State Building
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