Iowa Picnic in California Draws Thousands in 1904
The Southern California Iowa Association plans the annual Iowa picnic at East Lake Park Los Angeles on February 22 1904 Washingtons Birthday holiday. Thousands of Iowans and friends are invited to bring lunch hot coffee provided, social reunion the days aim. For details contact secretary C H Parsons Pasadena California.
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Southern
California
Iowa
Southern California Iowa Association
Eastlake Park
Los Angles
Washington
The
Association
C. H. Parsons
Pasadena
Cal
Fatal Explosion at Phillips Mine Claims Two Victims
A powerful blast at the Phillips mine last week killed two shot firers, John Stevens aged 35 and married, and Axel Carlson aged 18 and unmarried. They failed to exit the shaft in time as a search party battled smoke and gas, Carlson found with Stevens in a fatal embrace. relatives of Stevens resided in Osceola.
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Foster
Phillips
John Stevens
Axel Carlson
Carlson
Stevens
Osceola
Supreme Court orders damages in telegraph failure case
The Iowa Illinois case involves Western Union paying for mental anguish after a telegram was misdelivered delaying relatives' notification of a death. Edith Cowin’s $275 judgment is upheld as the court allows mental anguish to influence damages. Two lines note a church meeting in Illinois and a Leighton, Iowa assignment.
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Supreme Court
Western Union
Iowa
Ilinois
Edith Cowin
Louisa County
Illinois
Classis of
2Nd Reformed Church
Dykema
Leighton
House of the Loving Heart And the public sympathizer’s dream
In a park a witty woman mocks money worship in New York and unveils her plan for the House of the Loving Heart a charity venture for poor friends and classy guests. Hazard is charmed as Elise Sherwin imagines a shared life and a future dinner with a kindly older observer, Tam Jasper Clark.
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Noblesse Oblige
Europe
Hazard
Jove
Eighth Street
Haward
Miss Sherwin
Tam Jasper Clark
Milionaires’ Club
Fifty-eighth Street
House of the Loving Heart
Serendipity and the Sortes Walpolinnw in Notes and Queries
The passage explores Walpole’s coinage serendipity and the Sortes Walpolinnw used to uncover unintended discoveries. It references the Three Princes of Serendip, a right eyed mouse riddle, and Lord Shaftesbury’s dining insight at Lord Chancellor Clarendon’s to reveal the marriage of the Duke of York and Mrs Hyde, illustrating accidental sagacity.
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Horace Walpole
Bianca Capello
Chute
Three
Serendip
Lord Shaftesbury
Clarendon
Duke of York
Mrs. Hyde
On a Large Scale Dakota Farmer Narration
A Dakota farmer speaks to agriculturists about vast farms and mortgages, claiming a single spring plow journey can stretch into autumn harvest. He describes families disrupted by debt and travel, noting workers sent to manage cattle and livestock as farms sprawl across territories.
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Bxohan
Trouble With Dan in a Wet Night Gala
A somber New York social event at the Macomber home is marred by theft fears and a health scare. Dan, the old butler, guards guests and valuables while a heavyset thief blends with the crowd. A mysterious fainting incident targets a guest as tension rises.
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T. C. McClure
Mackintosh
Justina Macomber
Almon Hartwell
Almon
Dan
Train Stop Reveals Small Town Dreams and Big City Ambitions
Margaret Ashton sits in a dining car as a freight delay delays the train. She watches a village church scene and recalls a life she left, then returns to New York to pursue insurance work. A sudden death shifts her career toward a new, unexpected leadership role.
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Margaret Ashton
Miss Ashton
Margaret
St. Paul’s
Missa Ashton
Miss Demure
New York
Ble
Miss Harding
Pittsburg Man Chose Yokohama Post. Could Speak Japanese
A Pittsburg man, now nameless, sought a U S consulship during President Harrison's era. He impressed by speaking Japanese, but the audience and political backing faltered, and he did not get the first class charge in Yokohama. The tale, shared by newspaper men, highlights the mock interview.
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Uncle Sam
Harrison
Amy
Pittsburg
Pittsburg Dispatch
Pina Cloth From Pineapple Leaves Highlighted in Philippine Craft
Chicago News describes handmade pina cloth produced by Filipino women from pineapple spikes. Leaves are layered under stones, sun dried, twice treated if needed, then fibers are separated, beaten into threads, dyed tones range cream to white, and finally embroidered by hand into finished figures.
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Philippines
Chicago News
Fragmentary Domestic Tale of a Child and Mother
An excerpt shows a clever lad facing harsh consequences for truancy. He tells his mother he will die and begs the doctor to cut him open, revealing a tense moment of fear and foreboding as the maternal voice probes his intent.
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Sam
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