Marriage of Grace Boyd and John Fisher at St Matthias
Wednesday morning at 9 o'clock at St Matthias church solemnized the marriage of Grace Boyd of Muscatine and John Fisher of Columbus Junction with Rev Leon officiating. Attendants were Grace's brother JF Boyd and Debora Boyd of Ainsworth. Fisher is a farmer near Columbus Junction and the couple will reside at their country place there.
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St. Matthias Church
Grace Boyd
John Fisher
Columbus Junction
Leonard
JF. H. Boyd
Debora Boyd
Ainsworth
Miss Boyd
Muscatine
Mr. Fisher
West Liberty Real Estate Transfers Move to Iowa Condensed Milk Co
Real estate changes in Muscatine County include the Town of West Liberty transferring an alley portion in block 12 and adjoining street area to the Iowa Condensed Milk Company for other property and valuable considerations. Henry G. and Felicitas Dett Hof transfer the northerly half of lots 2 and 3 in block (sentence cut in source).
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Muscatine County
West Liberty
Iowa Condensed Milk Company
Henry G
Felicitas Detthof
Adam Ritter
Illinois Central Railroad stockholders meeting notice
Public notice states the regular annual stockholders meeting of the Illinois Central Railroad Company will be held in Chicago on Wednesday October 21 1903 at twelve noon. Ticketed free travel is offered to stockholders registered by September 29 1903 for the journey to Chicago and back, valid four days before and after the meeting with countersigned stamps. Secretary A G Hackstaff announces procedures for applying in writing to the President of the Company.
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Ilinois Central Railroad Company
Chicago
Ilinois
Illinois Central Railroad Company
Illinois Central Railroad
W. G. Buren
Euch
A. G. Hackstaff
Choice Investments and Loans Notice
Advertisement offering mortgage loans and borrowing services by G. M. Titus located at 118 Iowa Avenue with contact telephone 109. Provides options for home buying property insurance and investment choices.
Property Transfers and Tracts in Muscatine and Scott Counties
Public notices show transfers including Fritz H Faenke to Catherine Faenke in sec 13 two, 78, range 1 and east 1 8 of se% sec 16 totaling 140 acres in township 78 in Scott county. T B and Frances Holcomb to Johann Schmidt, lot 4 block 3 Holcomb's addition to South Muscatine, consideration 150.00 dollars.
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Muscatine
Fritz H. Faenke
Catherine Faenke
Scott County
T. B
Frances Holcomb
Johann Schmidt
Holcomb
Reliance Leads but Fails to Finish Within Time Limit
Reliance remains ahead by three miles of the finish as Shamrock trails after the Highlands-4:02 race. Both yachts fail to complete within the allotted time, continuing the lead contest from the start.
Lettuce Said to Prevent Smallpox in Daily Diet
A medical claim asserts that daily lettuce intake prevents smallpox, claiming lettuce is superior to vaccination and that fresh greens guard against scurvy and other winter illnesses. The piece warns about delays in vegetables reducing antiscorbutic effects and urges daily consumption.
City News Items Note Local Visitors and Departures
Letts resident Allie Verink and Foster Illinois visitor Frank Wilford were in the city today. Bloomington township and Louisa county residents were listed as in town on business. Several residents announced travel plans and illnesses, including typhoid fever recovery for Frank Holliday and other locals visiting friends or returning home from trips to Des Moines, Moscow, Denver, and Cedar Rapids.
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F. W. Mimmick
Cedar Rapids
Birds and the limits of backward flight
The article explains that birds cannot fly backward for any distance. It notes methods like tumbling and wing asymmetry but concludes true backward flight is impossible. It highlights albatross behavior and the illusion of backward motion when birds tilt or face strong winds.
Rossetti Frames Whistler Sketch With Sonnet Surprise
Dante Gabriel Rossetti shows a sketch to James Whistler at Rossetti's Cheyne Walk studio. Whistler praises the idea and Rossetti reports progress. He reveals a framed canvas and recites a tender sonnet, then Whistler asks to place the poem in the frame.
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Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Whistler
Rossetti
Cheyne Walk
Whistier
Native Tribes Of South Reach And Residence
The Cherokees held parts of northeast Alabama southeast Tennessee western North Carolina and northwest Georgia while the Choctaws occupied middle west Alabama and eastern Mississippi The Creeks stood to the northwest and the Chickasaw to the north with Cherokees and Choctaws generally separated and never neighboring in historic times per the Montgomery Advertiser.
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Alabama
Tennessee
North Carolina
Georgia
Mississippi
Montgomery
Ala
The City Fence Must Go
From Country Life in America a note argues that modern city streets require removing fences. Cattle roamed villages long ago and fences grew with homes, yet the fence is not essential to a place’s plan. Gradings and lawns now extend to roadways, reducing architectural discord.
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America
Whistler Painting Sparks Classroom and Theft Tale
A Whistler anecdote details a titled owner’s claim over a painting and a Lady’s confiscation attempt. Whistler insists the works remain his, recounting the artist’s pride in ownership and the classroom memory of a geography lesson misplacing an ocean.
Death houses in Prankfort and Munich halt burial mishaps
In Prankfort the dead are removed to death houses or leichen haueen after life ends. Each death house has a warder room and five death chambers per side with bell rings linked to ringed fingers to summon help if a revival occurs. Several young girls were saved from being buried alive. Munich uses a similar system.
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Pranskfort
Prankfort
Frankfort
Munich
Advertising Nuisance and Public Benefit Debate
The article cites Leslie's Weekly arguing against illegitimate and excessive advertising such as billboards and streetcar ads. It praises Boston park commissioners for restricting signs near parks and notes bill posters’ cooperation in enforcing rules.
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Boston Park Commissioners
Boston
Leslie
Superstition Conversation Sparks Luck Reversal
Miss Giggins says she once believed in signs but found belief brought bad luck. The exchange notes her shift from superstition to a rational stance and its effect on fortune.
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Miss Giggins
Moro music described as unmusical by European ear
A writer in Everybody's Magazine criticizes Moroland music as rhythmically dull and tone deaf to European listeners. The article details a Moro piano made from a wooden sled frame with kettle lums balanced by coins and sticks, eight notes forming a basic scale, while women, two men, and an old woman contribute rhythms with sticks and an empty tin pan.
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Everybody's Magazine
Priggs Question on Temptations and a Umbrella
A brief quip notes a lone and defenseless umbrella as a temptation. The line appears in the Baltimore American with a humorous framing.
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Priggs
Spriggs
Baltimore American
Mis Solitary Satisfaction
Dialogue excerpt features Iawley with a habit of chewing gum as a comic aside. The speaker notes his jaw is constantly moving, joking that he rehearses phrases to say to his wife but cannot voice them. The quip appears in Slarper's Bazir.
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Iawley
Slarper
Newport Cottage Discovery Frames Love Triangle
Tess declines Jack Mintry after he suggests a cottage with Ilene. The next day Tess learns the cottage is located at Newport.
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Tess
Jack Mintry
Ilene
Jeas
Newport
Exchange
A Beauty and a Quip in Cincinnati Tribune
The fragment notes a playful exchange about beauty with Langside and Statisticus debating responsiveness to appearance. A Cincinnati Commerce Tribune cheekily quotes a line on silence from a schoolmaster, suggesting restraint when one has nothing to say.
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Langside
Statisticus
Cincinnati
Commerce: Tribune
Heinz Pickle Works Employees to Take Holiday
About 300 farm workers and families from the Heinz Pickle works vicinity will spend tomorrow at Hershey's pasture for a picnic. The event includes men women and children from neighboring farms.
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H. J. Heinz Pickle Works
Hershey's
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