Dream of Sylvia Saved Him
A man named Jerry Francis wrestles with love as he recalls a past romance with Sylvia Dwyer and faces an engagement to Elinor Preston. He travels to St. Louis to see Sylvia, confesses his true feelings, and contemplates delaying marriage to choose between Sylvia and Elinor, then proposes a honeymoon with Elinor.
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Erry Franklin
Sylvia Dwyer
Jerry
JH Por Preston
Elinor
Glevson
Sylvia
St. Louia
Elinor Preston
Sylva
Tilmectt
Ian
Terry Nally
Eliior
Alinih Tate
St. Louis
Jerry Sald Kilnar
Ellnor
Klas
Fliner
Ellnar
Ingamuchag
Oity Hall
Wall Street Maverick Draxel Comments On Market Condition
Wall Street figure Anthony J. Draxel disembarking from the Majestic voices retirement from the scene and criticizes the Wall Street game. The anecdote includes a farmhand overheard in a smoking room questioning the stock market’s crash and governance.
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Wall Street
Anthony J. Draxel
The
Majestic
Wall
Fearful and Wonderful Colonial Dishes From History
A lively look at colonial culinary quirks including chocolate drinks boiled with sausage links and bowls of chocolate served with bits of sausage. It notes hot chocolate limited to state occasions, thriving tea boiling in iron kettles, and the curious aftertaste of the “tea water” used without milk or sugar.
Frenzied Moslems in Busra Observe Karbala Tragedy
Describes self-torture practices by Bhtinh sect followers in Busra and other cities during Motintram. Men beat chests with belts, lash themselves with cat o nine tails, and swordsmen parade the streets to the tenth day climax. Imitation and ritual grief mark the annual observance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Busra
Euphrates
Kerbala
Mussam
Mahomet
Fila
Colonial Mail and the Old Post Route
The text recounts early colonial mail using post riders along main roads and through forests, delivering mail only when profitable. Benjamin Franklin became postmaster general in 1759, improving finances, but annual mail nationwide was less than New York City’s daily total today.
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United States
Benjamin Franklin
Hunoun
City of
New York
Buzzard Attacks Bombing Plane Over London
Observation notes recount a common buzzard attacking a bombing airplane over a late autumn sky. The buzzard pursued from above and below, circling the craft before finally breaking off and disappearing from view.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plano
Lohdon Mull
Village Blooms Hoskoop Brings Rhododendrons to Holland Theme
In Blooms Hoskoop Holland the village earns fame as the rhododendron spot known for the pink pearl variety. Canals with drawbridges flank six acre plots where blood flowering shrubs and diverse roses thrive. Men work in the large orchards yet nurture personal gardens created from “nude gull,” turning the desert into a floral galaxy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoskoop
Holland
Uuvgerley
Blockheads Apprentices Learn Barber Trade in Frankfort
In Frankfort Germany apprentice barbers practice shaving with wooden head effigies. The calm figures endure student use as they learn to handle sharp instruments, with one dollar noted as scarce for attracting clients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfort
Germany
Maya Popular Science Monthly
Cortes Remains Declared In Mexico City Church Shrine
Mexico City government claims to possess documents proving Hernando Cortes's remains lie in the central altar of a church near a hospital founded by him. Cortes died December 2 1547 near Seville and his ashes were moved to Mexico about 18 years later.
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Cortes
Mexico City
Hernando Cortes
Mexico
Saya Pathfinder Magazine
Seville
Spain
Cortes Shrine
Charles
Tamaman
Mealtime strife over Mecklenberg sausage tithe
In Demen Germany a church claimed 130 pounds of Mettwurst yearly from tithepayers. Recent refusals led to legal action and forced delivery, but quality concerns persisted as beefy meat and arbitrary sausage thickness sparked parish disputes across Mecklenburg Schwerin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Demen
Germany
Mecklenburg-Schwerly
Castle of Sleeping Beauty in Bitz Germany
The ancestral castle of the counts of Bitz overlooks a rocky height in Germany, famed for a Sleeping Beauty legend. Dating to the twelfth century, it appears as three interconnected structures around an inner court. The fortress houses dreamlike chambers, ironbound chests, carved doors, old pewter, and heavy refectory tables echoing feasts and merriment.
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Sleeping Beauty
Bitz
Germany
Walla
Holyrood Palace Echoes Mary Queen of Scots Era
The account recalls Holyrood Palace in Edinburgh and the notorious 1596 murder of David Rizzio by Lord Darnley amid Mary Stuart’s troubled reign. It notes Darnley’s later murder by the Earl of Bothwell, who wed Mary within months, reflecting a brutal ancestral saga.
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Holyrood
Holyrood Palace
Edinburgh
Mary Queen of Scots
Lord Darnley
David Rizzio
Mary
Carl of Bottiwell
Uttering and Publishing in Criminal Law History
The term uttering and publishing covers offering or circulating counterfeit money or forged notes. BouNler's Law Dictionary defines to utter as to offer or publish, and to publish as making it known. Webster's and Wharton quote expand to mean presenting directly or indirectly by words or actions a document.
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Bouyler's Law Dictionary
Webster’s Dictionary
Wharton
Mrs Elizabeth Broshar Returns From Garden Grove
Mrs Elizabeth Broshar came home Sunday morning from Garden Grove where she had been assisting with the care of her sister Mrs Mary Strohl. Mrs Strohl is gaining after her operation at Des Moines several weeks ago.
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Elizabeth Broshar
Garden Grove
Town
Mary Strohl
Strohl
Des Moines
Plimsoll Law Aimed at Seamen Safety and Reform
The passage details Samuel Plimsoll and his campaign for a universal cargo safety mark on ships. It describes his rise from poverty to Parliament, his anger at shipowners, and his success in pushing through a law to indicate safe loading points to protect seamen from disaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sumsel Plithead
Samuel Pimsolt
Nero did not fiddle while Rome burned says historian
Albert B. Wiggin, writing in International Cosmopolitan, argues Nero was not fiddling the great fire but rushing back to town to help, while defending the idea he was a renowned opera singer. The piece challenges popular myths about Nero’s role and character.
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Nero
Arthur Welgall
Rome
Welgall
Aod
Welgnil
Nerd
Albert B. Wigeior
International Cosmopolitan
Ancient Backgammon Dice Unearthed by Penn Museum
The University of Pennsylvania museum houses one of the world’s oldest dice dating to about 2780 B C found by Dr. B A Speler at Tepe Gawra in Mesopotamia. The baked clay cube shows five opposite four and two opposite three. A backgammon board in the collection dates to around 8000 B C. It is believed the dice may have been used to play backgammon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Pennsylvania Museum
B.A. Spelcer
Tepe Gawra
Mesopotamia
Khao
Tio
University Museum
Hi Fa
Congressional Candidate Simmer Tours Moravia Last Wednesday
Léonard Simmer, candidate for Congress in Iowa's fifth district, spoke at an open air Moravia gathering via car mounted loudspeakers. He urged low interest loans for agriculture, support for the Patman Bill issuing 2 billion dollars for World War veterans debt, and price supports to cover production costs and a fair profit. He highlighted six years in the Iowa legislature and pledged to push people-focused laws if elected.
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Léonard Simmer
Conpres
Iowa
I Moravia
Simmer
Congress T
Congress
Girl Scouts Visit Centerville for Picnic with Centerville Scouts
The Girl Scouts led by Misa Marie Oehler and Mrs Bert Turner joined Centerville Scouts Tuesday evening for a picnic supper at Centerville. A birthday surprise honored L C Main on his 66th birthday with guests including Harold Argo and families, Beulah and Dorothy Main joining Bowmen at the Masonic Temple. The E T C club hosted a rock evening with seven tables and high honors to Mrs Charley Johnson.
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Misa Marie Oehler
Bert Turner
Centerville
L. C. Main
Harold Argo
Otha Hiatt
Russell Main
A. C. Stafford
Des Moines
Harrix Stafford
Elwood Stafford
Lena Wilson
Norwalk
Town
Almont Main
Charley Johnson
Louise Smith
Gladsie Pennington
Russel Reed
Tom Cathey
Ralph McDonough
Jack Clark
Faye Hudson
Miss Whisler
Udell
Moravia Area Residents and Visitors Schedule Summer Visits
Local residents and relatives converge in Moravia for weekend visits and departures. D. K. Orelup and son Don stay with Cherokee family. Berry Malden and Maudetta visit J W Halden home. Paul Watts, from Carson, Iowa, comes for relatives. Numerous others travel from Waterloo, Cantril, Hiattaville, San Diego, and Atlanta, with moves and gatherings noted.
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Mra
D. K. Orelup
Don
Cherokee
Town
Mra. Paul Watts
Carson
Iowa
Kenneth Schreiner
Waterloo
Elmer Charity
Cantril
Towa
Paul Broshar
Samuel Hudgens
Nan Meadows
Bert Meadows
Hiattaville
Allen Hiatt
Earl Broshar
San Diego
Calif
J. E. Hiatt
Dickens
Moravia
Rollie McDonough
Fort Madison
Roy L. Main
W. O. Hiatt
Atlanta
Main
Itill
Grant Everman
Centerville
Purelies Company
Clark Blackman
Effie Beale
Luther Day Home
J. E. Simmers
Weidman, Mich
Jim Weat
R. Schultz
Encil
Marguerite Berry
Moulton
Hubert Groppenbacker
P. 8. Hiatt
Ohio
A. F. Albert
N. R. Ward
J. B
Grand River
Leon
E. J. Broshar
California
Joe Simmons
Saidee
Grant City
Broaher
Simton
D. E. Bishop
Broshar
Mrs Stenfield plans summer study and travels west
Mrs Sophia Stenfield left Friday for Sigourney Iowa and will attend summer school at Cedar Falls during vacation months. Vess Hiatt a field agent in the circulation department for the R C Star has been transferred from Missouri to Kansas and Mrs Hiatt and Wilda will accompany him during the summer months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sophia Stenfield
Sigourney
Iowa
Cedar Falls
Vess Hiatt
Teld
R.C. Star
Missouri
Kansas
Classified Ads Silky Fragments and Local Sales
Classified notices list soy beans for sale velleties and pleasantries. Advertisers include R G Wilson Loyd Carter J D Minnes Ed McCrory at Hiattaville Moravia and Wm Gardner, with items like spring fries, stoves, decoration flowers, oyster shell, protein tankage, portable mill and grinding services.
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McCrory
Phone
Moravia
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John Francis
Pet
Tee
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Awnu Bervice
Smith & Veach Drug Store
Anklela
Zic
Dreasen
Tennig Shoes
Fante
Broadcloth Shrews
Orestes
Sse & Te
H. G. Broshar & Son
R. G. Wilson
Wm Gardner
Loyd Carter
Peonies
Misa
J. D. Minnes
Chet Broshar
Moravia Union
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