The Herald’s miscellany on current events and mischief
The page surveys a mix of notes from theater to sports with wry asides. It mentions Jack as a bandmaster, Dan Patch comparisons, a broken collar bone in Medford football, stock market idle chatter, a reckless showman, and a parade of curiosities from arctic ice to Little Mary health foods. It adds a rail against trusts, Confederate jokes, a mention of Dan Patch’s record, and a search for winter steel. Injudicious humor touches on Uncle Rastus and a peace congress wish for the United States.
Judge Emmons Sees Nome Bars Promote Masques
In Nome judge Emmons notes unique bar masques marketed as festive events to be avoided by sensitive readers. Chicago public schools report seventy five teachers resigning this summer to marry, a choice the piece says is pleasant as teaching one’s own children is preferable to teaching others.
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Chicago
Lipton Testimonie Design With Indian Buffalo and Birds
A design for Lipton testimonie features the American Indian buffalo, seagulls and American eagles with delicate trimmings and festoons of Indian corn. The speaker pleads, for heaven's sake, to cut out the corn.
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Lipton
French balloonists cross English channel in flight
French aeronauts succeed in crossing the English channel by balloon. Onlookers note boats rarely compare to this feat, admitting nothing seems more fitting to cross by balloon than the channel passage.
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English Channel
Macedonia Crisis Inches Toward Final Settlement
An impartial analysis of statements from major powers suggests the Macedonia dispute will only resolve when all sides have left or perished, indicating a grim stalemate likely to endure.
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Macedonia
Iowa News Highlights Range From Robberies to Dam Attacks
A West Liberty man reports an impersonator officer robbed him of 5 dollars and a gold watch, while a Cherokee man sued after a stock-train wreck. Other items note a Jolieta dam dynamite incident near Milford, a Cedar Rapids death by live wire, suicides and attempted suicides, bankruptcies, a baby wedding anniversary, canal plans, and interurban railway projections in northeastern Iowa.
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John Wickna
West Liberty
L. H. Ducommon
Cloverdale
Ilinois
Albert Dougherty
New Market
Flora M. Davis
Waverly
S. N. Palmer
Davis
Davenport Water Company
Congress
LeClaire
Davenport
Mississipgi
Iowa
Walter
Jos
Nieman
Earlville
iImpement
van Duzee
United States Court
Bank of Earlville
Cedar Rapids
Mary Smetena
Smetena
Elita
Offvers
Milford
Okoboji
Matt McDermid
Streat
Muscatine
Cooper and
Ziffren
McDermid
Omaha
J. W. Bell
Claus Hendricks
Clare
Charles Hendricks
Hendricks
Immense Monona Harrison ditch plan eyed for three counties
An engineer’s report filed in Onawa recommends establishing the Monona-Harrison ditch draining Woodbury Monona and Harrison counties toward the Missouri river. The plan includes a 26 mile ditch plus ten cut offs, a large blue print map, and U.S. Department of Agriculture endorsement. The project aims to reclaim land, aid public health and welfare, and is set for the November board of supervisors meeting amid anticipated opposition in past ditch cases.
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Onawa
Monona-Harrison
Monona County
George Eliott
A. B. Hasbrook
Harrison County
Ofice
C. G. Elliott
United States Department of Agriculture
Missouri River
Little Limp
Woodbury
Wfonowa
West Fork River
Monona
Harrison
Board of Supervisors
Reorganization of Iowa Anti-Saloon League Disturbs Old Guard
The Iowa Anti-Saloon League reorganized at its Oct 14 convention in Des Moines to place control in a board of trustees chosen by church and league workers. H. H. Abrams’ faction clash ends as Gost is named likely state superintendent. The change aims to shield the league from political capture and run active campaigns through appointed committees.
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Enos Carr
Hayes Township
Ida County
Fred Palmer
Washington
Otto Christoffers
Palmer
Lutheran Church
Des Moines
Pore River Co
Quincy
Maas
Charlestown
Cape Cod
Edwin
Soule
Home Savings Bank
Iowa Falls
Eldora
Monmouth
Board of Trade
Washington Dispatch
Post Ofice Department
Letson Balliett
White Swan Mining Company, Limited
Pacific Securities and Trust Company of
San Francisco
White Swan Mining Company
Balliett
Anti-Saloon League
Les Moines
Iowa
Ohio
Friends
H. H. Abrams
League
Prohibition
Gost
Learrne
Antisaloon League Workers
Bay
Monroe County
Supreme Court
E. G. Bray
Ira C. Owens
Emith
Ebenezer
Blydenburg
Bryan
Fidora
Jennie S. Blydenburg
Ann Arbor
Mich
W. C. Vaughn
Wauseon
Blydenbrre
Brooklyn
N. Y
Misa Goddard
LaFayette Avenue
Brook Ion
Eldora Brycenburg
Wille
Murphy
Edward
Alfred Austins
Enthusiasm Versus Laughter and Lessons from Work
A long prose piece discusses enthusiasm and laughter, urging cooperation and accuracy in information gathering. It notes a collection started in 1872 with material dating to 1798, and includes reflections on management, pay, and the value of practical knowledge in business. It poses questions about theory versus practice and learning from expensive experience.
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Sora
Karl M. Pratt
Oak Park
Illinois
Uberty
Lia Collecion
Sunday Recreation and the Case for Tuning Habits
A discussion on Sunday as a day for rest and learning rather than mistakes. The writer questions whether instruments should be kept in tune or loosened when not used and cites Moody on the limits of preaching seven days a week. The piece notes the longevity of teachers and preachers and invites thoughts on Sunday recreation.
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Moody
Mr. Moody
Mistakes From Coaxing Promises And Loose Examples
The piece argues mistakes stem from coaxing promises and impossible tasks, noting weak people yield easily to promises and bad examples set poor standards. It questions whether careless employers foster careful workers and cites an author on lawyers progress toward honor.
Lending Money and Lessons From Experience
A writer reflects on lending practices and the perils of ignoring prudent judgment. He recalls lending to friends, some now deadbeats, and notes small loans to trusted ones have returned only when his discernment was applied. A costly misstep followed ignoring better counsel and joining a risky venture.
Health Helps Money Making Story
A man after the morning train discusses his health and overwork. He notes feeling unwell for three weeks while claiming generally good strength and wishing for an immediate vacation. He reflects on self care during heavy work and mentions dreaming of a bank cashing inventory as a safe fires.
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Pennsylvania Penitentary
What is the cause of criminal carelessness study
The speaker reflects on why crime arises and how ignorance, bias, and experience shape behavior. It argues knowledge and proper goals matter, and that experience can teach if one is capable, while repeated carelessness may be criminal.
One's Sphere of Usefulness
The speaker reflects on early life lessons about money value and self awareness. He admits a lack of financial prudence and regrets wasted expenditures, noting it would have built wealth had dimes and dollars been saved consistently. He urges youths to learn early what they can do well and what they cannot, to improve their fortunes.
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Fred Bostwick
Iowa City
Bostwick
Oelwein
Iowa
Board of Supervisors
Qoelwein
Arlington
Fayette
Strawberry Point
G. G. Barcham
Blairsburg
Ronming
Minnesota
Bureham
John Simpson
Simpson
Daniel Murphy
Clinton
Murphy
Michael Conroy
Conroy
Odd Ball Habits Stir Town Outs Project Theories
A local item mocks odd business ideas and habits as residents recall unusual schemes such as planting dried apples to start an orchard mules stocked for a farm and digging holes to fill others while a man relocates office furniture and phone service then complains the line is dead despite moving.
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Hocata
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