Des Moines Capital Offer for 1910 Subscriptions
Des Moines Capital advertises a year long rate of 2.00 dollars for 1910 with a December 21 to 28 period to secure the full year. The paper touts late markets, unique features, and full coverage of national and regional events, inviting readers to subscribe for access to both the Capital and the Chronicle.
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Des Moines
Capital
Iowa
Cook
North Pole
Lieut. Peary
Taft
Mother of the Teddy Bears in Germany
In a small German cottage a young woman with an invalid body and a kind heart wins the love of village children who gather by her doorway. Her deft fingers craft magical toy animals that delight children and attract buyers from Bogland and America, earning her the title of the mother of the Teddy bears.
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Germany
Hans
Gretchen
Bogland
America
Mlla Darrow
Gowlra
Nce
Chicago Land Banquet At Exposition For Notables
Chicago lands and irrigation exposition features a banquet to honor distinguished irrigation advocates and land developers including President Taft, James J. Hill, E B Ripley, J Pierpont Morgan, John D Rockefeller, and other bankers, railroad leaders, and officials amid a broad push for resource development. The event underscores a national momentum toward land reclamation and outdoor health, hosted by the Chicago Tribune.
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Chicago
President Taft
West
Southwest
James J. Hill
Arthur Stillwell
Kansas City
E. B. Ripley
Santa Fe Railroad
Edwin Hawely
The
Chicago Tribune
Still in the Majority says Orvin Johnson tale tease
Orvin Johnson recounts a road tale to fellow actors in a western city while waiting for the curtain to rise. He jokes about the audience and notes the company remains in the majority, reflecting backstage humor from Young's Magazine.
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Orvin Johnson
Johnson
Young
Jump Short Pile and April Snow Delicacies
A London Tatler note recalls a dish called jump short pie tied to Rev Barham through Ingoldaby Legends, where lamb hides a grim origin as young lambs leap into drains and drown. The piece also mentions New England’s practice of collecting April snow to bottle as eyewater, once seen as a remedy for inflamed eyelids.
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R. H. Barham
Ingoldaby
Barham
London Tatler
New England
New York Tribune
Weary talk and scraps mingle in old paper fun
A curious collage of quoted quips and jokes from various papers, including a note on an ocean liner's speed and a lettered exchange about sailors untying knots. The piece weaves humor with fragments from Cleveland Leader and London Scraps, hinting at preventive medicine and public welfare.
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Smithers
St. Louis Republic
Digdig story puzzled the big man in purple shirt
A Chicago News item recounts a humorous exchange on a train platform about a mysterious creature called a digdig. A studious passerby explains a digdig is an animal that digs and digs to outpace another, leaving the purple shirted man startled and vowing that Teddy is an enemy to mankind.
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Roosevelt
Teddy
Chicago
News
The Wrong Switch Comedy Gag At Home
A big electrician asks a boy where to find a switch for his mother who hides it. The boy whispers that mother does not want everyone to know she wears a switch. The woodshed sounds hint at another kind of switch beyond electrical.
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Louta Post-Dispatch
Questioning the Razor Hurt Claim in Barbershop Talk
A Washington Star piece records a barber exchange about whether a razor causes pain. The man asks what makes others wary, while the barber replies he is testing to see which razor suits best and whether honing affects comfort. The dialogue highlights barber shop etiquette and opinions on shaving tools.
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Otto Bee
Wash ‘Ington Star
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Naional Bank
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Eldora, Towa
CR. O
King Cian
Nuckelle’ Jewelry Store
Itt Mosher
Teddy Bears
American Press Association
Duchess of Bedford
Aken
Weary Walker
London
Polly
Cleveland
Nspre
Digdigs
Lockwood
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