Evans Mystery of a Missing Son in Iowa and California
An Iowa family of merchants endures a vanished son Harry Evans who disappeared a decade earlier after his letters stopped. A San Francisco acquaintance later locates him in Los Angeles living as Captain Charles Henry, denying Iowa ties. The man repents, poor communications with his wife and mother follow, and a complex riddle remains unsolved.
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Harry Evans
Montezuma
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Afton
Young Evans
Nuscatine
Evans
Mississippi River
Thim
Wasis
Imis
Faiimilia
Harry
San S Francisco
Iowa
Byané
Shade
Angeles
Siowa
Main Street
Farry Evans
Aince
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Omaha
China
Peru
Quito
California
Los Angeles
Charles Henry
The
San Francisco Chronicle
Dinners at the White House by Ex President Harrison
Ex President Harrison argues in the Ladies' Home Journal that state dinners cannot be free of stiffness and repression and that the chef and neighbor influence guests. He notes many other dinners and luncheons where a round table forms a warm, heart some company and tests the host’s reception.
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White House
Harrison
Ladies’ Home Journal
Anil
Unscrambled Fragments From Lailes Home Journal
Fragmentary questions about whitening skin and soap use from Lailes Home Journal. The text mentions almond oil skin softening and bathing, with unclear phrasing about bags and soap cake usage.
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Lailes’ Home Journal
Popular Nebraskan Meiklejohn Joins War Office
Washington dispatch notes Nebraskan Meiklejohn taking the post of assistant secretary of war. His quarters in the West Wing overlook the Potomac with portraits of predecessors. Critics admire his unpretentious, affable style and expect him to succeed, contrasting with a predecessor who claimed military genius.
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National Capital
Washington
Lincoln Oy Journal
Mary
Meikléjohn
Potomac River
Meiklejohm
T Lis
Opon
Meiklejohn
Nebraska
Sinc
Union
Treasury
Cronusend’ Lambertson
Colby
Harrison
Firs
United States
Mexico
Antilles
James L. Smith
Platte
Niobrara
White
Cheyenne
Sidney
District of Columbia
Evangelist Sunday Under Fire in Beatrice
Beatrice reports an evangelist known as Sunday, a former baseball player, is attracting crowds with revival sermons. Critics claim his methods degrade decency with explicit language and tales unfit for publication. Some Presbyterian members denounce his approach, while attendees say they regret listening.
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Beatrice Dispatch
Sunday
Neil
Presbyterian Church
Beatrice
Builder of Pacific Short Line Arrives in ONeill
Doxaip MacLean, designer of the Pacific Short Line from Sioux City to ONeill, arrived in ONeill last week and predicts dirt flying on the extension to the Pacific coast by June.
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Doxaip MacLean
Sioux City
O'Neill
Pacific Coast
O' Neill
Trans-Mississippi Congress Invites Salt Lake City Delegates
W H Culmer secretary of the Trans Mississippi Commercial Congress issues formal notice summoning the next congress meeting in Salt Lake City on July 14 1897. He asks the governor to appoint delegates from each district in the Drivis Mississippi region and includes slips outlining city interests.
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Trans-Mississippi Congress
W. H. Culmer
trans-Mississippi Commercial Congress
Ore Molcomb
Salt’ Lake
Nebraska sugar beet bulletin details growing and soil needs
A Department of Agriculture bulletin by Prof. A. W. Wiley explains sugar beet culture and beet sugar manufacture in Nebraska. It covers climate belts, temperature and rainfall, soil types like sandy loam, drainage, and irrigation considerations for successful beet production.
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Department of Agriculture
A. W. Wiley
Nebraska
New York
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
St. Paul
Minn
South Dakota
Dakota
Missouri River
Wyoming
Utah
California
Bulletin
United States
Platte River
Arkansas River
Kansas
Nebraska Sheep Industry Gains in Dodge County
Farmers in Dodge County report large profits from sheep feeding using cheap corn. They have expanded flocks for next winter and say sheep have been consistently profitable over the past decade. Wheat failures near Howe Nemaha county push plowing to corn.
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Nebraska
Dodge ¢ County
Effect of Ball Bearings in Vehicles
An experiment in Canada tests ball bearings on a street car pulled by a man using three threads to draw it several hundred feet. A Garriga coach gains lighter effort with ball bearings on axles while drawn by four horses. The “combination of pneumatic tires” with ball bearings could ease heavy-vehicle draught. a tip for carriage builders.
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Canada
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Hello Harry
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