Annual Meeting and Cincinnati Fare Offer
The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks Grand Lodge announces its annual meeting in Cincinnati Ohio from July 18 to 23. The Chicago Great Western Railway offers round trip tickets at one fare plus 2.25 dollars for travel July 15 to 19 with return validity to July 23. For details contact any Great Western agent or J P Elmer G P A Chicago IL.
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Grand Lodge Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks Cincinatti
Chicago Great Western Railway
Cincinnati
Ohio
Great Western
J. P. . Elmer
G.P.A
Chicago
Night and Day The Busiest and Mightiest
A concise note highlights the acts Working Night and Day as the busiest and mightiest of the period, signaling a lively scene and strong performances. The brief mentions energy and prominence without detailing events or outcomes.
Durham Neighborhood News Highlights Local Travels and School Plans
St Louis Exposition attendance and World’s Fair visits are noted for residents Leo Whaley Henry and Co. Cedar Rapids native Charles McMillan returns from a fifteen day lay-off. Miss Maude Laurence ends a term at Eureks School and McMillan district votes to build a new school house with a $1000 tax levy on Capt Clark’s farm site to replace the old, inadequate building. Community gatherings feature a W M Roberts home reunion with long-time settlers C H Durham and H C Groves.
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Inez Smith
Knoxville
Ove
C. H. Durham
Charles McMillan
Cedar Rapids
Liss
St. Louis
Robert Cox
Indiana
H. C. Groves
Roy Roberts
Des Moines
W. M. Roberts
Maude Laurence
Eureks
Laurance
McMillan
Capt. Clark
Durham
Her Splendid Inconsistency in Moonlit Veranda Dialogue
On a veranda by moonlight a man urges marriage amid cool, businesslike rhetoric while a woman, amused, resists. The pair spar over contracts and romance, debating age, beauty, and the right kind of woman as the waltz plays softly. The man probes, the woman hints at a hidden romance, and the moment ends with unresolved tension.
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Supreme Court
Allence
Pega Ito
Fourth of July Festivities Delight Pella Residents
From Our Neighboring Berg Mr and Mrs J B Roovart visited Pella last Saturday evening and stayed until noise and smoke from a large Fourth of July celebration had faded. The event drew an immense crowd with music oratory baseball and numerous outdoor amusements.
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J. B. Roovart
Ito Pella
Harvey News
Love Confession Leads to Timely Kiss
He declares deep love after years of restraint and risks losing her favor, then kisses her passionately. She responds with tenderness, asking why he did not express love sooner, revealing a charged moment of reconciliation and longing.
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Sorah
Jack
First Gas Machine Used Gasoline for Illumination
Boston instrument maker Oliver P. Drake pioneered a gasoline based carbureted air lamp following a cylinder design with a water driven meter wheel and rotating evaporator. The device produced illuminated air by dissolving gasoline vapors in air, used briefly before broader adoption. Sir Hiram Maxim noted the concept in Harper's Weekly.
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Oliver P. Drake
Boston
Drake
Sir Hiram Maxim
Harper's Weekly
Would You Marry If You Could Live It Again
The Pittsburg Gazette reflects on whether one would marry if given another chance, noting that knowledge from youth would not alter past choices. It argues advice is cheap and often ignored, and warns against blaming others for marital troubles while acknowledging inevitable life lessons.
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Pittsburg
Weather Folklore Noted By Dudley Leavitt In Notting ham
A Springfield Republican correspondent recalls Dudley Leavitt’s tale of a Nottingham farmer who predicts rain by his ram’s ear scratching habit. The farmer warns Leavitt of rain despite a clear sky, illustrating early weather lore and its quirks.
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Weather Bureau
Springfield Republican
Dudley Leavitt
New Hampshire Almanac
Nottingham
Leavitt
Northwood Narrows
Wionepesaukee
Covernor by Proxy at Xerxes Junction
At Xerxes Junction Colonel Joe Layson and Henry Clay Finley stage a political meet and console an accused cattle thief’s mother. A heartfelt appeal from an old woman leads Layson to telegram Governor Randall asking for a pardon. Randall grants the pardon, and Layson resolves to seek the governor’s favor, while the public mood hints at the folly of political theater.
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Xerxes Junction
Joe Layson
Henry Clay Finley
Colonel Layson
Jinley
Ardenia
Hinley
Guyner
Donnie Higgs
Guvner
John Randall
Magicton
Dan Higgs
John
Joseph Layson
Finley
Mrs. Higgs
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Worthwestern Yeast CO
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W. M. Fuqua
Dr. van Schoten
Geo. J. Thomasson
Pella
South Side
O Park
Iowa
Lippincott’s Monthly
Petza Drain Tle Co
Dr. King
OUGHS
OLDS
Langerak’s Drug Store
Neighborhood News
Leo Whaley
St. Louis Exposition
G. W. Hassen
J. D
Will Holmes
W. M. Robert
T. J. Groves
Groves
C.H. Durham
Clay Township
W. W. Tines
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National Geographic Magazine
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Donnie
Halder
Belden
Iinley
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Rock Island
J. M. Cox
Agent Pella
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