New Household Inventions Highlight Late 19th Century
A survey of late inventions includes a wash boiler that reduces scrubbing by using heated water and pipe vents to push water through clothes. Pins for lines redesigned to grip by pulling, a bad tasting medicine with a separating glass, a folding portable saw, a horse fire mask, self igniting hollow brick fire starters, magazine lead pencils reloading via a sliding jaw, a pneumatic paint nozzle with dual air outlets, and a compact electricity device resembling a watch for medical use.
Travel by Maple Leaf Route Sleeper to California
Summer’s Sunshine in the land of flowers may be enjoyed next Saturday, if you take the new through Tourist Sleeping car for Los Angeles, California, leaving every Tuesday via Chicago Great Western Ry. The Maple Leaf-Santa Fe Through Car offers lowest rates and shortest line with clean sleeping cars, bedding, linen, two large toilet rooms and a cook stove. The Minneapolis departure runs Tuesday, via numerous Iowa towns to Kansas City, reaching Los Angeles at 8:30 Saturday morning. Through cars also return eastward from Los Angeles to Minneapolis. Des Moines and other offices provide travel inquiries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Land of Flowers
Los Angeles
California
Chicago
Maple Leaf
Santa Fe
Minneapolis
Dodge Center
Hayfield
McIntire
New Hampton
Sumner
Oelwein
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
Reinbeck
Marshalltown
Des Moines
Kansas City
F. H. Hunter
C. J. Brooks
St. Paul
F. H. Lord
Railroad Time Tables East and West for Monroes and Newton
Rail timetable excerpt lists multiple east and westbound trains with numbers and times across Monroe branch, Des Moines Valley, Iowa Central Newton branch, and main line Grinnell. Includes station sequences at Prairie City Fairmount Monroe Newton Lynnville and Ok. Details show daily services, exceptions, and a note about the Record Law Book ready for subscribers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Tribune
Chicago Inter Ocean
Twe
Dee Moines Register
Ceeacceulenae
Detroit Free Press
the Prairie Farmer
Soesteesse Gee Orange Judd Farmer
The
Dee Moines Leader
Toledo Blade
Omaha Bee
Jeussa Vee
Marshalltown Times
Republica
Ceevess
Des Moines Daily News
Badseessheee
Des Moines
Des Moines Capital
McClure’s Magazine
New York World
Peterson's Magazine
Cadens Casaudae
Iowa Homestead
Wallace Farmer and Dairyman
Spirit of the West—Horsemen
BO Frank Leslie's
Youth's Companion
Demorest’s Magazine
Cosmopolitan
Leslie's
Popular Monthly
Harper's Monthly Magazine
Harper's Young People
Harper's Bazaar
Ossersiese
Harper's Trustrated Weekly
Century Magazine
ABC
the North American Review
Catholic News
Munsey's
Newton
Monroe
Des Moines Valley Division
P.m. P.m. Prairie C’y
Fairmount
A. m. P.m. P.m. P.m. Monroe
Prairie C’y
Iowa Central
Murphy
Tae
Duff
Lynn'lie
Lynnville
New Sharon
Oskaloosa
Notice of estate administrator for Th. L. Bean
The undersigned J Nutt is appointed administrator of the estate of Th. L. Bean, deceased in Jasper County Iowa. Creditors must settle with the administrator promptly and file claims within twelve months or be barred by law. Dated Newton January 31 1908.
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Jasper County
Iowa
TH. L. Bean
District Court
Newton
Cas. J. Nutt
Weeks Bros Carpenters and Contractors Ad
Weeks Bros carpenters and contractors solicit patronage. They offer plans and specifications service claiming a complete set saves money by ensuring buildings are tailored before construction. Shop located east of Southeast corner Square Newton Iowa.
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Southeast Corner Square
Newton, Lowa
Globe Theater of 1694 Reveals Early Stage Customs
The Globe Theater described in 1694 featured signaled entrances, torch-lit interiors, a trumpeting musicians band, sideways curtains, and open texted scenery cards. Audiences passed time with reading, cards, smoke, and ale while early stage traditions struggled to evolve with changing dramatic forms.
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Rome
Philip Sidney
Harrison
Romulus
Remus
Late William Cratty abolitionist and Underground Railroad leader dies
William Cratty, a Marysville Ohio abolitionist and Underground Railroad conductor, died aged 92 after a four day illness. A veteran of 1830s abolitionism and a 49er, he helped about 3,000 fugitive slaves reach Canada. Hunters valued him at $3000.
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William Cratty
Liberty
Marysville
Ohio
Underground Railroad
California
Canada
South
Woman Boss Leads Railway Section Crew On Duluth Line
The Duluth and Winnipeg line shows a woman in charge of a section gang after her husband’s death over a year ago. Mrs Mary Shannon runs the crew, praised by the road master as his best. She wears bloomer overalls with cowhide boots and a broad brimmed slouch hat.
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Winnipeg
Mary Shannon
Opinion on sleep timing from naval medical authority
An eminent medical figure argues that shifting sleep hours, even with irregular watches like the two hour dog-watch, does not reduce refreshment. Based on two years of naval service observations, he notes sailors, officers, and even nonwatch personnel remain adequately rested when total sleep is sufficient, regardless of exact timing.
Jasper and Sons Offer Rough Boards at Cheap Prices
Removal notice for Law office of E. J. Salmon moved to Gorrell Block above Winn Carrier’s dry goods. Also advertises 24-4 on farm security for 10 years with optional payments after one year and a 15.3 month term presented by Joe Cunningham.
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E. J. Salmon
Gorrell Block
Winn & Carrier
Joe Cunningham
Notable Women in Arts and Society
The Duchess of Teck donates five thousand pounds yearly to philanthropic work, a fifth of her parliamentary grant. Isabella Bird Bishop is invited to read a paper before London’s Geographical Society. Ouida’s new novel The Altruist signals social equality themes. Mariam Mason Greely, Paris Sorbonne student, Barnard studies mark her literary status. Mrs. Thomas A Edison is noted for beauty and detective fiction interest, while her husband’s scientific work remains largely unfamiliar to her.
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Sorbonne
Paris
Barnard College
Thomas A. Edison
Empress Eugenie Alters Plans Amid War News and Gems
The article notes Empress Eugenie cancels a Black Sea trip due to war and will instead visit Sicily and the Italian coast. It mentions Canada's new viceroy the Duke of Leeds, nicknamed the Gin Duke, as head of Holland & Co. It reports a $2,000,000 donation by Baroness de Hirsch to aid Russian Jews in America for a Clara de Hirsch home for working girls. Mathilde von Humboldt, last granddaughter of Alexander von Humboldt, died in Rome after a life as a German colony leader and patron to young artists.
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Eugenie
Black Sea
Corsica
Italian
Canada
Duke of Leeds
Earl of Aberdeen
England
of Holland & Co
Baroness de Hirsch
America
Clara de Hirsch
Alexander von Humboldt
Math
Irregular Fragments Reported in Brooklyn Lif Item
A fragmented note mentions a doctor paid a hundred dollars for an operation with a bleak question about saving a patient. A separate line reports 1,920 acres planted to canalize in Arizona with anticipation of larger totals next year. Also noted: windows polished neatly with a cloth.
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Brooklyn
Canalgze
Arizona
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Monroe Branch
Grinnell
Great Western
Baxter
Valeria
Weeks Bros., Carpenters, Contractors
Hlas
Anderson
T. H. Erricson
Globe Theater
Signa
DAVIS _ Vertical Feed
Davis
Davis Sewing Machine CO
Jasper & Sons
Law Book Free
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