Various Adages and Local Notes From The Roland Record
A collection of humorous maxims and scattered notes features critiques of politics in Des Moines, tips on avoiding trouble, and reflections on opinion and truth. It includes reports on customs officials, miners, biblical imagery, and a fish breeder in Allentown detailing Japanese fringetails and Chinese fantails sold for ten dollars each, with hatchery notes and aquarium value.
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Des Moines
Port Arthur
Reichstag
Humansdorp
Cape Colony
Cain
Abel
Toledo
Rio Grande
Allentown
Ponett
Wm. H. Heimbach
Orient
Heimbach
Voice of the Press Echoes Across Papers
A collage of editorial quips and satirical takes on journalism. The Brooklyn Standard Union mocks collegial pretensions of freshmen while the Toledo Blade jokes about banks and money. The Richmond Times Dispatch contrasts labor and defunct banks. The Omaha Bee previews a Henry James three act comedy and the Manchester Union cites Szechenyi on American press treatment.
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Brooklyn Standard Union
Toledo Blade
Richmond Times-Dispatch
New York
Omaha Bee
Rustling Trial Opens as Jesse Black Case Heats Kemah County
In Kemah County South Dakota the Jesse Black cattle rustling case opens amid crowded courtrooms and a tense community. George Williston confronts a band of outlaws at the Lazy 8 while Mary Williston and Louise Dale await testimony in the preliminary hearing. Langford leads a rescue pact as Judge Dale, Gordon, and Small prepare for a hard fought jury selection and trial.
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George Williston
J. R
Paul Lanzford
Jesse Black
Kemah County
South Dakota
Langford
Mary
Wind City
Richard Gordon
Kemah
Jim Munson
Louise
Bill Brown
Mag
Munson
James R. McAllister
Jake Sanderson
Gordon
Louise Dale
Williston
Three Bars
Mrs. White
Black
Mary Williston
White’s
Paul
Judge Dale
Red Sanderson
The Trial Of Chapter XV At The Courthouse
The next morning every seat was filled as people crowded the rough plank walks to the courthouse long before doors opened. The day promised to be fine with many teams moving between Vermah and ...
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Vemah
Coincidence tale from Polish pilgrimage scene
From Czenstochowa a pilgrim told a priest his purse was stolen in church. With no money, he planned to steal again. He grabbed a wallet from a man, discovering his own missing purse and the exact sum, then left as the thief fled.
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Gordon
Czenstochowa
Geography Good For What It Teaches In School
A quip from Mrs. Louisa Schmitt recalls she urged promotion of her daughter regardless of geography. She claimed her other daughter, lacking geography, still secured a husband, while criticizing a teacher for not advancing her child without geographic knowledge.
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Louisa Schmitt
Schmitt
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M. O. Red. Pub
DES Moines Directory
Selma “Y
Windsor Purity Cs Candy Co
Anchor Fire Insurance
Iowa
Best Farm
J. S. Glark
G.a.holland
Mer
L.e.eilis
Kodaks
Moises Priete Materials Co
Das Marines
Kate and
Virgil D.boyles
Red
Sanderson
Small
Hull
Tenderfoot
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