Montana Land Boom Offers Holland Colony Farm Openings
A Montana land opportunity pitches rich valleys with strong yields in corn alfalfa wheat oats and potatoes. A Holland colony near Galatia Valley is highlighted with special tract set asides and favorable terms two miles from a new railroad. The appeal targets Dutch settlers and renters seeking ownership with installment plans and rail access.
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Mustellshell
Montana
Iowa
Galatia Valley
Local Des Moines cabinet maker and car dealers noted
GESMAN BROS reports George Heeren, cabinet maker, attended to business in Des Moines Friday. The Star Auto Co sold three Overland touring cars this week to Henry Grundmann A. T. Grandin and Arie DeVries. Various visits and trips by residents including Richard Sybenga Eli Hollebrands and Miss Margaret Fennema. G A R members funded a fountain and Lansing Fountain Co supplies it.
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George Heeren
Des Moines
Star Auto Co
Henry Grundmann
A. T. Grandin
Arie DeVries
Richard Sybenga
Pella
Will Ver Ploeg
Osage Ia
Louise Champion
Central College
Miss Ketman Heads to Sioux City Before Yale Stanford Plans
Mrs. D W Gaass and family report return home Tuesday. Miss Mary Ketman, finishing her Junior year at Central College, leaves Friday for Sioux City to visit relatives. Her parents recently moved from Humboldt, Indiana to Palo Alto, California. After Sioux City she heads to her new Pacific coast home. Ketman aims to finish at Stanford University. Meanwhile Guy Churchill teaches a large piano class in Harvey and pursues postgraduate work under Prof. Sadler.
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D. W. Gaass
Mary Ketman
Central College
Sioux City
Misa Ketman
Humboldt In
Palo Alto California
Pacific Coast
Ketman
Leland Stanford University
Guy
Gossip and Social Notes From Pella and Nearby Towns
Fine weather noted as local residents share social news. Mer and Mrs Dick Van Gorp attend the funeral of her father Rue in Pella. Mrs Pete Burgraff improves. John and Mrs Den Burger of Pella visit daughter and son in law Neal Heemstra. Emily Moody calls in Pella. Van Gorp and Bartlow families appear on sick list and business calls. Oskaloosa visitors frequently stop by Bartlow and Moody households. Pete Burgraff delivers hogs at Leighton. Voss and Ver Ploeg families visit Moody home and call on family members in Oakaloosa.
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Mer
Mrs
Dick van Gorp
Mr. Rue
Pella
Pete Burgreff
John den Burger
Neal Heemstra
Emily Moody
Frank Bartlow
Oskaloosa
Vida
Lida Martin
Joe. van Maanen
J. W. Binns
Pete Burgraff
Leighton
Chas. Voss
Oakaloosa
John Moody
Leonard Ver Ploeg
Henry Ver Ploeg
Conrad Ver Ploeg
Jne Moody
Troops Guard Its Gold At Bank Of England Nightly
For 180 years guards marched to the Bank of England each evening led by an officer and now from the Tower of London troop detachments. About thirty men in parade dress with fixed bayonets pass the bank at half past six and return by seven. They receive extra pay and enjoy blankets and fires during winter while guards stand watch through the night.
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Bank of England
Chelsea
Wellington
Tower of London
London
Beadles keep guard at Bank of England since 1780
A Youth's Companion note recalls the Bank of England’s old guard, detailing dinner companions of the officer in command, a daytime revival, and guards by detectives and beadles. The beadles’ role persisted since a Gordon Riots attack, with clerks allegedly melting inkpots for ammunition during the clash.
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Bank of England
Barnaby Rudge
Primrose Cures In Historic English Remedies
In old England primrose was famed for medicinal and superstitious uses. A decoction of leaves was said to restore memory in parts, Culpeper called it a universal panacea, and primrose pasty was a Lancashire delicacy.
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England
Culpeper
London
London Standard
Pleased to Meet You Opens The Americans Habit
London readers ponder why the phrase pleased to meet you is uttered upon introduction. The essay questions how people know the encounter is pleasant and why ordinary meetings are treated as agreeable, despite potential disappointment.
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London Saturday Review
Taking Their Turn at the Park Bench Patrol
A Kansas City Journal item notes debate over police presence beside a freshly painted park bench. Citizens question if a patrol can deter testers of the new paint, while officials argue visible policing may impose order.
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Kansas City Journal
Pop, an abyss or a sleepy sighting
A fragmentary exchange between Balti more American and Miss Oldgirl on a nickname lighthead. The child asks if pop is an abyss and jokes about eighteen happy summers. The dialogue hints at gloom beneath humor and asks about the nature of sleepiness and happiness.
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Baltimore American
Ancient Skyscrapers in Rome Tall and Flimsy
Roman tenements rose high and crowded narrow streets. By 60 A D Emperor Otho blocked twenty miles of debris caused by burst ruins from floods. Tenement collapses frightened tenants and prompted writerly descriptions of fear. Martial noted a garret at about 100 feet above street level. Augustus capped new building heights to curb disasters.
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Rome
Otho
Vitellius
Martial
Augustus
New
Narrow European Streets Shaped by House Heights
The text notes remedial rules limited new houses facing streets to about sixty eight feet, implying taller structures already existed. Berlin’s streets average 22 meters, Paris’s narrowest around eight meters, Rome’s five to six meters, with tall houses in these cramped passages hindering light and air.
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Berlin
Paris
Rome
The Idler and a Patent on Car Seats
Quotation fragment about idlers and real work contrasts with a tongue in cheek note on a patent head rest for car seats. A Yonkers Statesman quip suggests a need for a chin rest for a neighbor in day coaches.
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Crimsonbeak
Why the Judge Excuses a Deaf Juror
A juror explains he is deaf and cannot hear both sides of the case. The judge asks why he seeks excuse, and the exchange highlights how inability to hear may affect verdicts in court. The Cleveland Leader attributes the remark to a legal proceeding in brief dialogue.
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Cleveland
Surprise Reward Turns Sour in Family Tale
A man promised his daughter a surprise if she learned to cook. She mastered cooking, but he then fired the family servant girl as the supposed reward, creating an ironic and troubling outcome for the household.
Load For Load Drives Brown To Swap Troubles
Brown states he drinks to drive away troubles, a cycle described as exchanging one load for another. The Boston Transcript notes the pattern as a continual swap between burdens.
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Boston Transcript
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Harry Awtry
Jim DeWit
A. B. Davenport
George Croll
Margaret Fennema
Oskaloosa, Iowa
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Jennie Oliver
E. C. Nibbelink
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Ady. T
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St Elmo
Dora Thorne
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Warner
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Puritan Drug Co
Lowe Bros. H. S
High Standard
Sealy Mattress
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Richard Burton
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