Little Things That Have Made Fortunes
The article surveys inventors of small, useful devices that yielded big fortunes. It highlights patents from Pigs in Clover to rubber pencil tips, barbed wire, and patenting women makers. It notes criminal cases and famed figures like Edison and Westinghouse, showing wealth from modest beginnings.
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Patent Office
Spoorhouse
Insane Asylum
Whitney
Goodyear
Morse
J. W. McGill
Jigmen L. Lipman
Canfield
Animals Receive Honors for Brave Deeds Across Europe
A German mayor feted a dog that stopped a thief ring with a banquet and laurel. A Grenoble chimpanzee saved a child and was crowned a man, later honored with a bronze statue. In Natal, horses died in war and were memorialized. Luneburg honors a salt-mine pig with a granite tomb and crystal coffin inscription.
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Europe
Nordlingen
Germany
Grenoble
Spain
Port Elizabeth
Colony of
Natal
Luneburg
Hanover
Pig
Miriam the Leper Fourteen In Cloud and Pillar Series
Scripture chapter 12 focuses on authority from Numbers detailing Miriam's leprosy and the divine response. The passage contrasts leadership roles and punishment within the Israelite camp.
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Miriam the Leper
Cloud and Pillar
Meekness Over Jealousy in Num wers Lesson
Sermonette explores Num bers chapter twelve detailing jealousy criticism and spiritual pride among God’s servants. It highlights Moses as meek exemplar and contrasts harsh Lordly judgment with forgiveness and patient trust in God.
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Miriam
Aaron
Christ
God
Moses
Miriam and Aaron Challenge Moses Over Leadership
Mirian and Aaron plot to counter Moses after failing to gain influence in Israel's leadership. They resent his reliance on elders and resent Jethro the foreigner. They argue Moses must remove his wife and rectify what they see as a divine misstep in the camp.
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Israel
Miriam
Moses
Aaron
Jethro
Moses Faces Challenge to Authority Over Miriam and Aaron
Aaron and Miriam foment opposition to Moses over his wife and authority. God speaks with the trio in the tabernacle, Miriam is struck with the disease of leprosy and barred from the camp for seven days, prompting renewed hope in Moses as leader.
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Aaron
Moses
Israel
Miriam
God
Tabernacle
Tabernacle Court
Inebriety Cured by Eating Fruit Say Newspaper Clippings
A historical note claims fruit consumption cures drinking habits by erasing the taste for intoxicants. It asserts no person who enjoys fruit craves alcohol and no drinker desires fruit, stating fruit and alcohol are mortal enemies in the human constitution.
Umpire as Ideal Matches Sting of Adversity
A serious girl declares the man who wins her admiration must stand firm against ridicule opposition and danger. Miss Cayenne responds that the ideal sounds like a baseball umpire, reflecting a witty exchange cited by the Washington Star.
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Miss Cayenne
Washington Star
Dickinson Released on $10,000 Bond in Bydenburgh Case
Dickinson, charged with the ruin and murder of Irene Blydenburgh, was released from Polk county jail on a $10,000 bond signed by Robert King and George L. Bryan after Justice Duncan raised the amount citing new evidence. Dickinson walked out pale and was greeted by his wife in the corridor.
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Bydenburgh
Des Moines
Dickinson
Irene Blydenburgh
Polk County
Robert King
George l. Bryan
Bob King
George BE
Bryan
Duncan
Miller
McNutt
Justice Duncan
Des Moines Diamond Fence Busted in Opium Den Raid
Police arrest Otto Williams and wife in South Third Street opium den raid. Detectives found diamonds and valuables worth two to three thousand dollars on the couple and in their trunks. A broader search will probe floors and walls for more loot.
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Des Moines
Otto Williams
South Third Street
Whitechapel
McNutt
Exhumation of Irene Blydenburgh Sheds Light on Death
In Eldora two doctors assisted in exhuming Irene Blydenburgh on the 18th. Acting County Attorney Lundy said the doctors concluded the death was due to peritonitis from an abortion. The Blydenburgh brother and County Attorney Miller of Des Moines want a second autopsy. A nurse and Frank Blydenburgh helped with the procedure at Riverside cemetery.
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Eldora
Morse
Whitney
Irene Blydenburgh
Lundy
Irene Blycenburgh
Miller
Des Moines
Frank Blyderburgh
Riverside Cemetery
Des Moines Man Bound Over for Forgery Uttering
F H Cross of Des Moines charged with uttering forged paper and bound over to the grand jury by Mayor Ball after a rigorous examination. Prosecuting were Milton Remley and others, defense by Major McKenzie. Cross allegedly signed merchants names on jewelry purchase contracts without consent.
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F. H. Cross
Des Moines
Grand Jury
Iowa City
IF. H. Cross
Ball
Milton Remley
Major McKenzie
Cross
Thieves Robbed a Priest in Iowa City
Rev. Father Ward and his housekeeper entertained guests when a thief removed a screen from a downstairs bedroom, lifted a bureau drawer into the yard, and fled. No valuables were taken, and authorities suspect the intruder was scared off.
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Iowa City
Father Ward
Octogenarian Takes Own Life at Reunion
Sylvester Burns, aged eighty, traveled from Davenport to attend the Company C Thirty-fifth Iowa reunion in Muscatine and killed himself with a 38 caliber revolver while sitting under a peach tree. He had complained of head pain but seemed healthy and reportedly wished to live until after the reunion.
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Muscatine
Sylvester Burns
Davenport
Company C
Thirty-fifth
Iowa
Burns
Iowa Brakeman Killed Under Engine During Switch
Brooklyn Peter Maple of Valley Junction was instantly killed when his foot slipped during switching. He was thrown under a moving engine, severing his head in the accident.
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Iowa
Brooklyn
Peter Maple
Maple
Valley Junction
Boy Scalded to Death in Thompson Farm Tub Incident
Five year old Theodore Thompson, son of farmer Nels Thompson, was fatally scalded in a tub of roiling water at the family farm near Marshalltown. The tragedy was reported as a fatal accident with no further details released by authorities.
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Marshalltown
Theodore Thompson
Nels Thompson
Natural Gas Found In Boone As Man Drills For Water Well
Boone resident P. H. Nelson struck natural gas while drilling for a well at Seventeenth and Linn streets. Gas appeared at about forty six feet and was lit causing a bright flame four to five feet high after piping the drill hole. A second, larger gas pocket was found ninety feet away and lit with a stronger flame. an explosion occurred when first gas was ignited. The flames burned through the night with undiminished brightness.
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Wilson
Nobel
Boone
P. H. Nelson
Seventeenth
Linn
Nelson
Mr. Nelson
Poisoned by canned beef in Des Moines boarding house
Four boarders and William H Mantis proprietor of a boarding house at 754 West Tenth street were poisoned after eating canned beef. Ptomaine in the cans caused severe vomiting and stomach pains with several cases critical. Emesis and stomach pumping relieved symptoms by morning. a dozen other boarders avoided the beef.
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Des Moines
William H. .Mantis
West Tenth Street
Fred Campbell
Clyde Robinson
William Reeves
James Boyd
Mr. Mantis
Iowa City Negro Slasher Charged With First Degree Murder
Edward Mack, an Iowa City man, formerly arraigned on assault with intent to kill, faced a new indictment charging him with first degree murder after his mother-in-law Mrs Dixon died from wounds. He pleaded not guilty and was remanded to jail without bail with court appointing counsel.
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Iowa City
Edward Mack
Dixon
Impaled by Pitchfork Incident Injures Boone Oscar Samson
Oscar Samson was threshing when he slipped and the pitchfork, standing against a straw stack, impaled him with the handle penetrating six to eight inches. The fork fell over while carrying him. there is hope he will recover.
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Boone
Oscar Samson
Mower Severes Boy's Leg Near Muscatine
Harry Peterson 12, nephew of Dr A A Peterson, lost his leg below the knee when a mower sickle struck while he and his brother cut weeds along the road. He suffered shock and blood loss but is reported progressing otherwise as care is given.
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Muscatine
Harry Peterson
A. A. Peterson
Harry
Alorg
Drowns in Water Barrel in Forest City
Four year old boy, son of P Branstad of Leland, accidentally dropped a tin cup into a small water barrel while feeding chickens and fell head first into the barrel, drowning in Forest City.
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Forest City
P. Branstad
Leland
Fireman Severely Injured by Collision in Fort Dodge Yard
John Hurts, a fireman on the Illinois Central, was knocked from his cab by a freight car in the yards. A piece of metal pierced his skull but he survived the crash and a delicate operation was performed to save his life.
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Fort Dodge
John
Illinois Central
Bauman Hurt in Hillside Buggy Accident
J. H. Bauman was thrown from a buggy while driving a horse on a hill three miles from here. His lower jaw bone was broken and protruded, requiring several weeks of recovery.
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Grimes
J. H. Bauman
Bauman
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Edison
Phonograph
United States
Mary Kies
Mary Jane Montgomery
California
Washington
Johnson
Charles Filer
Fritz von Schmidt
von Schmidt
Berlin
North Carolina
Thomas A. Edison
George Westinghouse
McKee Rankin
Iowa State News
Commonwealth
Bond
Beck
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