Des Moines News: Horticulture, Prisons, and City Reform
Secretary Greene reports Iowa fruit stats with 104 nurseries and 9.59 million trees, apples totaling 6.86 million, and 2,072,101 vines yielding 76,301 gallons wine valued at 166,360. Hartman ill in Anamosa prison as death row looms. Des Moines adopts metropolitan police and fire civil service. other notes cover prohibition ballot, gymnasiums, veterinary law challenge, and smallpox.
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Anamosa
Dea Moines
Des Moines
Wesley Greene
Iowa State Horticultural Society
Iowa
Greene
Cedar Falls Pursues Superior Court With Business Men's Association
The Business Men's association in Cedar Falls advocates establishing a superior court in a town of this size not as a county seat. The last general assembly allowed such courts, which would take the place of the district court in many respects and would reduce time travel and inconvenience for litigants.
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Business Men's Association
Cedar Falls
Alties
Shortpurse Entertains and the Bill Episode
Domestic comedy dialogue shows Mr Shortpurse stalling a grocer's bill while a narrator notes the bill was counted twenty seven times. A separate vignette has Mrs Tiptop snubbing Mrs Highup over invitations and foreign counts at a theater party, revealing comic social pretensions.
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Shortpuurse
N. Y
Mrs. Tiptop
Sensational Elope Shocks City Officials
City editor previews a striking society elopement tale not tied to elite circles, prompting a first page placement. The management insists on prominent display, noting no prior case in memory.
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Brooklyn Eagle
Handshake memory sticks to boy in stern minister
A remark from a Little Chronicle item recounts a minister who clasped a boy’s hand with a vise like grip. The boy tearfully retorts that he was fine until the minister shook his hand, leaving a lasting, comic sting in the memory.
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Little Chronicle
Family Jar Exchange Sparks Fresh Nose of Righteousness
A brief comic quarrel between Mrs. Timmins and Mr. Timmins, reported by the Boston Transcript, voices sharp reproach over narrow-mindedness and insistence on being right. Mrs. Timmins challenges the idea, while Mr. Timmins is urged to mind his own household.
An Additional Character in a School Exchange
A teacher asks what comes after the letters and the class learns the value of the character ampersand. The boy Johnny volunteers that the postman helps illustrate the point, reflecting a playful educational moment from the Baltimore American.
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Johnny
the Postman
Baltimore American
Free Advice and Hidden Knowledge in Chicago Record Herald
A reflection on human perversity and the paradox of offering unsolicited guidance. The piece contrasts the gleeful sharing of advice with those who seek information for advancement, suggesting we guard the very wisdom given freely to others who did not ask.
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Chicago
Hherald
Might Use a Telephone Love Teaser
A Chicago American snippet hints at a romantic exchange where a man asks to be heard and a woman suggests sitting closer, signaling a playful dialogue about intimate affection. The brief item captures a lighthearted moment in the paper's entertainment notes.
Discrepancies and Advice Contrast in Washington Star
A brief aphoristic note contrasts plentiful advice with the harsh realities of coal and beef, reflecting a somber reflection on earthly concerns versus abundant counsel. The Washington Star frames the contrast as a commentary on values and practical needs.
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Washington Star
Brick by brick church fundraising plan quoted
A pastor discusses building a new church and asks every member to contribute at least one brick. A Hopkins family child humorously recalls a brick allegedly brought home under a hat. Philadelphia Press notes the exchange.
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Hoptens
Philadelphia
He Can Get Engaged Often Geraldine
A Brooklyn Life item notes how a Japanese lover avoids an engagement ring and gives a piece of blue silk for her sash instead. Gerald wonders at the practical gift from a ribbon counter worker in a dry goods store.
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Geraldine
Gerald
Brooklyn
Perfumer Here Nes Otto Musk Passes In Peace
Chicago Tribune notes the passing of Here Nes Otto Musk, beloved perfumer and central figure in a large circle of close friends. His peaceful end drew tributes from peers and cherished associates in the Chicago community.
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Nes Otto Musk
Chicago Tribune
Lottie Debates Fame and Suburban Life in Moonshine
A fragment shows Lottie lamenting fame and the difficulty of finding a single bout, while Lillie suggests the suburban life offers a simpler, perhaps escape, from the public gaze in a Moonshine piece.
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Lottie
Lillie
Why does the poor man gasp for breath in public service
The Chicago Record-Herald quotes a child asking why the poor man struggles to breathe. It contrasts the child’s question with the tale of a public official who toiled himself to death, highlighting the toll of public service on workers.
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Chicago Record-Herald
An Unfortunate Break Confounds wallpaper man and kitchen
Baltimore News quip about a wallpaper error ruining a German import cook. In another item from Yonkere Statesman a man asks his girlfriend's father for permission, but he claims he takes a hint and is kicked out.
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Germany
Baltimore News
Vas
Yonkere Statesman
Not a Tip or hush money in advance shave tale
A Chicago Inter Ocean humorous note recalls a man tipping a barber by saying, Here, put this in your pocket for yourself. The barber objects that he rarely gets tips in advance. The customer insists it is hush money, not a tip.
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Chicago
Largest catch recounted by Mrs Stebbins in Colorado Springs
Mrs Stebbins recalls a 140 pound fish but cannot remember its name. Mr Stebbins says the fish was named John Stebbing. The exchange appears in the Colorado Springs Ciazette.
Arranging a Divide in Wealth Discourse
In the Washington Star dialogue, Plodding Pete accuses supporters of wealth distribution while Meandering Mike champions broad access to goods. Mike argues for equity where the rich enjoy incentives, and common folk take control of breweries and other essentials.
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Pete
Mike
Never Satisfied All he sighed by the hard hearted belle
In a bristling exchange a man pleads for hope while a hard hearted belle retorts that she has already given him the least she ever would. The dialogue echoes a sharp social sting typical of Catholic Standards and Times.
Fragments from a Punch Bowl reminiscence
A garbled OCR fragment references an evening event at the University of Minnesota. It mentions attire or wardrobe in a dialogue style and hints at a social gathering described as a punch bowl setting with unclear context. The text is unreadable in parts and lacks concrete facts.
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Universit Punch Bowl
Minnesota
Juvenile Courts and State Conference Programs
At the quarterly conference in Des Moines discussions covered delinquent children juvenile courts and probation officers with Mrs. Isaac Hillis urging that truancy officers serve as probation officers locally. Prof Samuel Calvin presented on artesian wells in Iowa while Dr Max Witte’s paper on "The Undesirable Employer" proposed a black list, read by Superintendent Fitzgerald due to Dr Witte's illness.
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State Board of Control
State House
Des Moines
Isaac Hillis
Hillis
Samuel Calvin
University of Iowa
Iowa
Max Witte
State Hospital For
Clarinda
Fitzgerald
Mitchellville
Calf dispute ends in Marshall town case
The Brown-Marshall calf case in Judge Caswell's court closes with total costs over 500 dollars and a calf value of 42 dollars. The flood cause led Brown and Marshall to roundup cattle. a young steer was claimed by Brown, trials followed, and Marshall gains the calf. Jacob G. Sperry dies at 81 in Town City after 49 years in Johnson county. long in abstract work and active in church life with Baptist ties. survived by wife and seven children.
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Crocker
Iowa
Muscatine
8. R. Chase
Moscow
W. L. Kisrsick
Beacon
C. W. Kepler
Mount Vernon
Peter Kiene
Dubuque
D. W. Bushnell
Council Bluffs
Waterloo
Brown-Marshall
Caswell
Marshalltown
W. H. Brown
Frank Marshall
Marshall
Brown
Jacob G. Sperry
Town City
Johnson County
Evangelist Morgan
Baptist Church
Question on school authority to exclude defective children
Des Moines school managers refer a new question to state authorities asking what power a school board or superintendent has to exclude children of defective minds from public schools. They doubt the authority and note no clear law exists. Managers think the new compulsory education law may let a parent compel schools to care for troublesome children if the parent acts properly.
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Des Moines
Mothers’ Congress
Circumstantial Evidence in a Young Boy Tale
A Pittsburgh Post excerpt recounts a boy's tale of blame after stealing eggs from a nest he was defending. The narrator describes anger at Bobby Stout, the parson's mercy, and the family's judgment as he contemplates telling the truth or shielding the birds. Ruth Sprague signs the piece.
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Bobby Stout
Parson Allen
Bobby Square
Ruth Sprague
Pittsburg Post
Parlor Arrow Trick Demonstrates Electric Attraction
A fourfold paper arrow balanced on a needle in a cork point rises and spins toward the rubbed glass as electricity is created by briskly rubbing a woolen cloth. The cross on the glass is drawn to the moving end, a curious parlor experiment explained in the Chicago Record-Herald.
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Chicago Record-Herald
Delicate Metal Wires Revealed in Ultrafine Form
Platinum and silver can be drawn into wires far finer than human hair. Platinum wires have been drawn into such thin strands that 27 of them could fit inside the hollow of a hair, requiring extraordinary precision beyond human or machine capability.
Hartshay Reading Room a Village Library’s Humble Rise
The Hartshay Reading Room began in a six foot square hovel under a bridge, funded by a local millionaire and free library laws. Members, locals, and visiting parcels of books created a small, evolving library noted for its self help spirit and quiet reading, with shelves and round whitewashed walls.
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Shay
England
Tremberg
Warny
Carridge
Hartsday
Hartshay Reroom
Carlyle
Gibbon
Hartshay
Pyrotechnic prank risks fire as figures prepared with quills
A fragmented note describes making two cardboard figures with sand filled quills and powder and phosphor to imitate a candle explosion. The plan involves igniting one device near a candle to drive smoke toward the observer, risking a dangerous flare.
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