Suitcase stolen at depot prompts chase and trial
A Sioux City woman reported at Sheldon depot that a man took her suitcase after she stepped away. The case was found torn and scattered. thief captured and trial set for Monday then postponed to Wednesday. Also noted are postal regulation worries, a boys chasing a child named Mat, and local notices about eggs and homes in Maurice and Boyden, Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zac Turtle
Sioux City
Sheldon
Orange City
Tuttle
Zac
Running Mat Recounts Schoolyard mockery of Mat Brown
Mrs Smith tells her husband about Freddie and other boys tormenting Mat Brown as they chase him around the area. The scene includes witnesses to the incident observed by the speaker.
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Chicago News
Smith
Freddie
Mat
Mr. Smith
Mat Brown
Ships of Tyre Compared to Modern Far East Vessels
The article traces Tyrian ship design from ancient galleys to caravel and frigate, noting British shipwrights advanced models while far eastern crafts retain Tyrian features. It calls attention to high sterns, wind sails, and navigation by stars, with ships carrying pilgrims and livestock to Mecca and around to Indies, verses attributed to the Nashville American.
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Far East
Solomon
Israel
Tyre
Suez Channel
China
England
Greece
Rome
Venice
India
Trinidad
Mecca
Nashville
Rest and Sleep as Rational Cures for Exhaustion
The article stresses sleep as the cheapest medicine for braining and nervous exhaustion. It argues high mental work increases need for rest, warns that neglect of sleep leads to insomnia and neurasthenia, and credits Cull's Magazine with urging sufficient sleep for busy, highly strung individuals.
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Mo 'Cull
Compulsory Pluck and a Lone Bayonet Hero
A colonel tests a volunteer infantry division by a cavalry charge. The foot soldiers flee except one on bended knee with fixed bayonet. A cavalry officer praises the brave man who stayed, asking why. The man replies his foot was stuck in a hole.
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Witherto
Foot
The Earliest Hospitals Through History
The piece traces hospital origins from Roman medical staff to monastic care and early English and Irish institutions. It notes Valens Caesarea and Fabiola’s Rome hospital as early examples, laments almshouse roots, and cites 18th century London and Irish growth of public and special hospitals. It also mentions death penalty policies in various European states and Zug’s low minimum for willful homicide.
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Valens
Caesarea
Rome
Fabiola
England
Lanfranc
Canterbury
London
Ireland
Dublin
Cork
Limerick
Belfast
Washington Post
Italy
Holland
Norway
Switzerland
Portugal
Russia
Zug
London Chronicle
Express Trains Sought At Every Station
A witty exchange at a subway station has a sweet young woman asking why there is no express train. Her escort explains this is not an express station and she retorts that express trains should be at every stop, reflecting commuter humor from the New York Press.
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New York Press
Hesiod Quotation on Self and Evil Work
A terse line reflects on personal responsibility for wrongdoing, stating that one harms others by committing evil acts oneself. The classic aphorism emphasizes moral accountability over excuses.
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Postoffice Department
Post
Alreday
Swift & Co
Maurice
R. Pattison
Florida
Sioux Falls Business College
Sioux Falls
Tuier
U.S. Pat
Blessing & Winter
Hesiod
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