Grisolwold and Bainbridge on New Orleans voyage
In the Adelantado voyage from Chaudiere's to the levee, Bainbridge recalls Griswold a penniless radical novelist, bantering with wealth and hunger. Griswold's dream of a fair society clashes with poverty and a looming need to survive as he contemplates taking what he must. The exchange frames Griswold as a devoted yet troubled reformer, while Bainbridge reflects on his stubborn genius and danger.
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Tousk
New Orleans
Et Chaudiere
Griswold
New York
Crescent City
Chau
Bainbridge
Jidge
Gria
Tople
Kenneth
Agacines
Horton
France
Griffin
Chaudiere's
Chaudiere
Defaulter Mortsen Eludes Extradition In Guatemala
A detective and Bainbridge discuss the pursuit of Mortsen, the defaulter. The sleuth reveals plans to travel to Guatemala to track Mortsen, hoping extradition will follow on the next steamer. The scene ends with a decision to rest for the night as the case continues.
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Snd
Bainbridge
Griswold
Grim
Guatemala
Mortsen
Griffin
Irish Absurdities and a London Priest's Confessions
A London Spectator excerpt recounts Irish folly through vignettes of confession and marriage mishaps. A priest faces acrobatics in the confessional jokes about penances, while a bridegroom's faith knowledge proves scant. A telegram to the baptism question yields the line “Gaievznated, but not baptized.”
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London Spectator
London
Baptism of Bells Details From Early Church Ceremonies
A devotional sketch traces bell baptism from Charlemagne era practice to Pope John XIII. Sleidan’s outline describes sacred rites including water and salt blessing, oil anointing, cross markings, psalms, censing, and feasting parallels to weddings, culminating in a child’s anecdote of a boy in church with his mother.
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Charlemagne
Gentleman's Magazine
John XIII
Lateran
Sleidan
Berlin’s Black Nook and The Actor in Puck Noted
Excerpts recall a satirical scene from The Actor about to leave a one night stand with a wall sign promising accommodation for man and beast. A landlord quip warns against swindling. A Washington Democrat item notes Berlin’s police crime record now spans 87 volumes with 21,006 criminal photos.
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Puck
Berlin
Soldier’s Romance ties Marshalltown man to Manila marriage
A Marshalltown boy, W. G. Diller of company H, Third Infantry, served in Cuba and the Philippines. In Manila he intervened when two drunken soldiers assaulted a Spanish woman, escorted her home, and married her, daughter of a wealthy Manila Spaniard. They had a son and he plans to return to service in the islands.
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Marshalltown
W. G. Diller
Cuba
Diller
United States Army
Third Infantry
Philippines
Luzon
Manila
Islands
Constabulary
Union boycott cases filed in Waterloo district court
Two damage suits filed by Mrs. Minnie Hooker, who runs an eating house, seek 5000 in each case against Kramer Brothers and F. Wittick meat market owners. She alleges union threats caused meat sales refusals, crippling her business to a vegetable diet, amid broader labor actions at the Waterloo Gasoline Engine company factory led by Thomas Cascaden. The unions allegedly plan further boycotts.
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Waterloo
Minnie Hooker
Kramer Brothers
F. Wittick
Hooker
Thomas Cascaden
Waterloo Gasoline Engine Company
Cascaden
Alton Railway Employment Bureau opens to recruit locals
The Chicago and Alton Railway announces an Employment Bureau to hire residents along and near the line. Candidates from telegraph, clerk, and yard jobs undergo mental and physical exams to qualify for roles such as telegraph operators, brakemen, and firemen. Applicants are screened by the bureau head who lives in the area.
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Chicago & Atton Railway
Alton
Alton Railway
Nickel Plate Road Travel Rates and Services Promoted
The Nickel Plate Road advertises low fares with ample comfort for travelers east or west. Colored porters attend to passengers regardless of ticket class, women traveling alone or with children receive special care, and modern day coaches and dining cars provide high service. Meath an American club plan ranges from 35 cents to 1.00 per person, with a la Carte options and no excess fare. Also notes the Mobile & Ohio dining car service between St. Louis, New Orleans, and Mobile.
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Nickel Plate Road
Ullman
Meath
Science Siftings Highlights Shifting Climate And Light
A Lancet writer notes cancer affects younger people, and the London Hospital questions diet’s role in recoveries. Dr Flagge explains heat transfer through walls, Britain’s average temperature rising 1.13 degrees in 50 years, and January about 3 degrees warmer. Birds singing in flight include skylark and willow warbler. Princeton’s Wyckoff plans a Colorado tour to study mound builders and geology. Twilight duration in tropics is debunked as myth with Arequipa sunset data showing daylight extending well past sunset.
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Lancet
London Hospital
Flagge
Great Britain
Princeton
Walter A. Wyckoff
Colorado
Tropics
Harvard
Arequipa
Peru
Lght
Equator
Iowa College Board Considers Fire Cause and Building Plans
The Iowa college board at Ames convened to appoint a special committee to investigate the origin of the recent main building fire. Incendiarism is the prevailing view, with kerosened walls cited. The board leans toward two new buildings and E W Stanton may serve as acting president until a successor to Beardshear is chosen.
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Iowa College
Ames
E. W. Stanton
Beardshear
Prisoner Captured After Woodmen Week Escape
One of four Union County Jail escapees during Woodmen week is recaptured and confined in Creston jail. James Nugent faces charges for breaking into McDonald’s hardware store and was bound over to the grand jury. Arrested in Des Moines as John Burns, he claims a friend of Dewey opened the jail doors but offers no other details.
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Union County
Creston
James Nugent
McDonald’s Hardware
Des Moines
John Burns
Dewey
Woodmen in a Row Sparks Fight at Prairie Queen
A modern woodman’s insiiation near Webster City broke up in a large quarrel over candidate Jess White and Alfred Hilpipre. White assaulted Hilpipre with a tied handkerchief containing four silver dollars, striking him and causing a scalp wound. White was arrested and jailed. Hilpipre is expected to recover.
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Prairie Queen
Webster City
Jess White
Alfred Hilpipre
White
Hilpipre
Hipipre
Allen's Foot-Ease Cure Ad Notes Various Remedies
An old ad copy touts Allen's Foot-Ease as a cure for hot sweaty feet and swelling, with trial package free and the address of Allen in Le Roy New York. The fragment also mentions various quotes and other patent remedies like Wiso's Cure for Consumption and Laxative Quinine Tablets and ends with a moral about self-control by Horace.
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Allen
Frei
Olmsted
le Roy
N.Y
Fragmented facts from a historic column on objects and events
A miscellany notes convenient glass fiber shirt waist boxes, St Louis glassware leadership, wood aging to 40 years for pianos, a lever trunk strap, and an elephant scent range of 1000 yards. It also mentions Buffalo schoolhouse and courthouse sites marked, a 1807 schoolhouse burned in 1813, and Prof Hamlin comparing US building costs to medieval cathedrals.
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St. Louis
Buffalo
Hamlin
United States
England
France
A Faithful Friend Lenox Mo Back Pain Relief Story
Lenox Missouri September 1 Mr W H Brown credits timely advice from a friend for relief from a year long backache. After using two boxes of Dodd's Kidney Pills the pain vanished and he recovered fully, expressing deep gratitude for the remedy and the friend who recommended it.
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Lenox
W. H. Brown
Dodd
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Tommy
Detroit Free Press
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Mobile
Dinin, Gare
Jackson
Tennessee
Plautus
Science
Agricultural College
Wiso
Boyer
Trinity Springs
Ind
Felo
Washton
Democrat
Horace
Maller Oitien
Boo BiiPamade
Expressare
Montgomery Ward & Co
Chicago
ST. Jacobs
ESTEY
Estey Organs
Estey Piano
Price
Estey Piano Co
New York City
Estey Organ CO
Brattleboro
IER CO
Loston
Mass
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