Editor denies political bolting in county race
Vidora Herald and Ackley Phonograph files show they backed the Republican slate including A. W. Mitterer for sheriff in 1895 and 1905, refuting Citizen claims. The Werald editor notes past support for Strother as a clean candidate, while denying any bolting by the Derald editor.
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Vidora Herald
Ackley Phonograph
Bruce Strother
Sherif
Iowa Falls
Werald
A. W. Mitterer
Verald
Mr. Mitterer
Tipton
Mr. Strother
Sentinel false tag attack prompts letter rebuttal
Alden Times publishes a sharp critique of the Sentinel for broadcasting a so called Citizen ticket while omitting other names. The piece names Cummins Herriott Bishop Riggs Palmer as wrongly listed and urges removal of Chassell Lewis Schaub from the ticket. Prof A F Styles denies Democratic convention nomination and office candidacy claims, though endorses his potential for county superintendent.
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Sentinel
Republican
Citizen Ticket
Mfin
Cummins
Herriott
Bishop
Riggs
Palmer
Citizen
Chassell
Lewis
Schaub
Alden Times
Herald
A. F. Styles
Styles
Widara ring questioned after primary tally in Hardin county
The letter argues the 1900s style ring theory is unfounded, detailing Scurry winning eight townships to Walsh's five outside Eldora and Hardin. It notes Scurry cleanly leads by 24 and that many voters outside Eldora voted for Scurry, challenging the notion of a regional ring manipulating the result.
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Widora
Eldora
Midora
Nardin
Scurry
Mr. Walsh
Mr. Scurry
Whitten
Walsh
Hardin Township
Iowa Falls
Eldora City
Eldora Township
Hardin County
Etna
Alden
Buckeye
The
Dubuque
Hampton Recorder
Plymouth county Republicans choose slate in LeMars vote
Editorial questions the methods of political organizing and demands specifics on alleged gangs. It cites Plymouth county results, lists former governors and officials, and critiques reform proposals, urging concrete names and facts about corruption and primary fraud.
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Sioux City
General Assembly
Senate
Chassell
New York
Iowa
Plymouth County
Wave Martin
Éil
Ancient almanacs traced to Greek and Roman origins
The article traces almanac origins from Greek craftsmen in Alexandria about 100 A D to Rome’s marble calendar dates from 200 B C and notes early English calendars called prime-staff or clog almanacs. It mentions Solomon Jardhus in the twelfth century and notes the wooden, bone, or horn devices once hung on mantles or carried in pockets, with examples in major museums.
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Theon
Alexandria
Rome
B.C. Lalande
Solomon Jardhus
British Museum
Oxford
Cambridge
Manchester
Pearson’s Weekly
Dust in the Air and Urban Filth Action Needed
The Sanitarian warns cities are filled with dust from streets and industry. Ventilation and watering are urged as remedies, as wind carries pollen, spores, soil dust, and urban debris from fields and volcanic regions across large distances.
A Canny Scot Outwits Estate Trespassers
A canny Scot living near a town used a shortcut through a large estate. The owner ordered trespassers turned away, but the Scot solved the risk by sitting on a wheelbarrow facing his starting point. The owner urged him to turn back, but the Scot complied and continued on his way, relieved.
Donut Spelling Gaffe Stumps Clever Arkansas Compositor
A witty Arkansas newspaper anecdote recalls a skilled compositor who misspelled doughnut as donut. The novelist editor admonished him for the mispelling, while the printer pondered the odd proof and admitted it looked wrong, noting a failed attempt with a w in the word.
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Arkansas
Set is Own Novel by B L Farjeon
Set is Own Novel notes B L Farjeon as a prolific early type-setting writer. He edited and published the Otago Times from his Dunedin offices and transferred many Grif chapters directly to type. He credited luck to a New Zealand greenstone worn on his watch chain.
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B. L. Farjeon
Otago Times
Dunedin
Sr. Farjeon
London
Portraits and politics clash in a painterly digression
In a Washington Star excerpt, Mr Camros rejects political ambition saying his daughter, who has studied painting, has drawn his portraits as humorous cartoons without hired help. He remarks her caricatures are funny enough on their own.
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Mr. Camros
Washington Star
Single Misfortune and Dying for Love in Vintage Wits
The passage cites lines from The New Yorker and Chicago Post about misfortune and youth, with a quip about a beau trying to look younger. A Boston Transcript remark notes a kicker making little progress despite effort, framing light social satire.
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Chicago Post
Dean's Ointment Promises Instant Skin Relief
A vintage ad proclaims scratch relief at any drug store with Dean's Ointment curing itching piles or horrible plague. It claims the product never falls short and costs 60 cents.
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Dean
Scott's Emulsion Health Ad Promises Sturdy Constitution
Men of oak timbers and rugged health are praised in a Scott's Emulsion advertisement. It claims the product stimulates growing powers in children and builds a foundation for a sturdy constitution, with contact details for Scott & Bowne, chemists in New York.
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Scott
Scott & Bowne
Pearl Street
New York
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