Postville Fishermen Try Yellow River Despite Chill
North wind and Sunday chill fail to deter several loads of Postville fishermen seeking luck in Yellow River though results fall short of effort. Assistant State Dairy Commissioner Johnson visited Postville earlier in the week, inspecting the new farmers creamery and deeming it among Iowa's best equipped butter factories.
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Postville
Yellow River
Johnson
Iowa
Hollister
Rocky Mountain
N. Douglass
Apparent questioning at first meeting about a magazine article
The exchange shows a newcomer asking if a Mr Cad ley Nuritch wrote a magazine piece for them last month, to which Nuritch modestly replies he does not make a business of that sort. The Philadelphia Press fragment captures a cautious, curious moment in a casual encounter.
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Yaron Me
Cadley Nuritch
Nuritch
Philadelphia Press
A Frank Critic Sees Opera at Home in Dulverton
A Dulverton woman recounts a home opera experience with daughter. She notes the gathering, outfits, and staged behavior outweighed by fatigue and monotony. She contrasts it with a choral production, praising costumes but preferring town hall talent. The piece reflects unmusical, humorous commentary on performance.
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Rufus Choate
Tlelen
Binns
Dulverton
Soulay
Jong
King Rainy
Senny Meade
Barclay
Sam Giddings
Sam
Jane Giddings
China
Lonny Bunker
Gil I
Loufay
Bird Vision and Keen Sight of Kingfishers and Water Birds
Scientist C A Wood in Chicago Inter Ocean notes birds possess far sharper eyesight than humans. Water birds and kingfishers excel, capable of fixation from hundreds of meters to under a meter, with swift, precise focus aiding predation. The piece surveys hawks, hummingbirds, woodcocks, owls, and kingfishers, contrasting nocturnal and diurnal vision.
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Varinjdana
C. A. Wood
Chicago
Reminiscence tale from a soldier’s wife at garrison life
A reminiscence from Ellen Biddle recounts officers’ leaving customs and a Mrs Malaprop at a western garrison who, before moving on after her husband’s death, auctioned belongings including a topaz chain. In a comical moment she objects to selling silver knives, exclaiming they have spent too long in dear Jon’s mouth.
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Ellen Biddle
Malaprop
Jon
Cures for Love and the Widely Varying Prescriptions
A compact column reviews historical and literary views on curing love. It cites Ovid, Coleridge, La Rochefoucauld, Addison, Hazlitt, Goethe, Goldsmith, Colley Cibber, Dryden, Heine, and others, suggesting absence, travel, business, reflection on marriage, and finally replacing one love with another as remedies, highlighting varied opinions on romance.
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Ovia
Coleridge
la Rochefoucauld
Ovid
Addison
Goethe
Goldsmith
Colley Cibber
Dryden
Heine
Capping the Wigs Lord Mayor's visit to London law courts
Report from London describes the lord mayor's ceremonial entry to the high court on lord mayor's day. The crown's authority is signaled by the cocked hat salute to the lord chief justice, while judges and wigs are worn with a black cap kept in place. The ritual continues with a banquet invitation and a wig topping by judges.
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London
Westminster
High Court
Mansion House
New York Tribune
A Sharp Thrust in Domestic Dispute
The quote depicts a confrontational exchange between a wife and husband with the wife wryly suggesting the family needs a man. The caption appears in the New York Tribune alongside a Danish proverb about debt and care.
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New York Tribune
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Keath Smoniale
Besar
A. C. Meier
Wr Shepherd
Law Postville
Over Watere &'S Nivolay
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H. E. Taylor
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