National Bicamera to play at Hoek Valley fair grounds
The National Bicamera women’s ball team will play a match at Hoek Valley fair grounds Friday afternoon July 26 with a 2:30 pm start. Admission is 25 cents. The article also notes local events, civic plans, and assorted social notes from Rock Valley and surrounding towns.
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Hoek Valley Fair Grounds
Velaboom
Mitchell Street
First National Bank
Barnese
Siemensma
Chico. Cal
Remsen
Lowa
Viewsen
Mctuilken & ‘Thayer
Thos. Chew
Hawarden
Higgins
E. Eldredge
Chew
Cor
Okobert
Maud Fink
Dr Cram
Sheldon
Rock Valley
Sioux City
Hock Valley
Hise Valley
Groat
Minnesota
South Dakota
Pacers
Ird
Els
Rock Valley Waltons
Klaus van Sprluneendooker
Johannes Korthals Altes
Alton
China
Aiten
Johannes
Rootera
Lincoln
Bere
Hyink
Glenn Bowers
Breton
Sto
Braskamp
Barnard
Ireton
Irv
Knewiton
F. L. Shell
Macksburg
Joe Arends
Misses Allen
Prof. Kinzer
Will Allen
Mary Smith
Seney
J. W. Warnebois
Minneapolis
G. W. Pitts
Will
Alton Hat
Sioux City Athletics
Little Rock
Gibbs
Nie Kunz
Judge Hutchinson
Congregational
Stone
Who Cares What the Lightning Kid Thinks About the Lighting
The piece cites The Interpreter in the August American Magazine about the Philadelphia convention of 1900. It notes Senator Pratt’s remark on Roosevelt’s rise and Hanna’s hesitation to back Roosevelt for vice president.
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Philadelphia
Pratt
Roosevelt
Col
New York
Platt
Hanna
Poisoned Presidency and Roosevelt Rise After McKinley
A historical analysis describes infighting within the New York political machine, revealing how party leaders coerced Theodore Roosevelt’s ascent by pressuring McKinley. It notes Hanna and Flatt maneuvered to secure the nomination while tensions rose with the vice presidency. Roosevelt later became president, targeting those who opposed his rise.
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New York
Hanna
McKinley
Roosevelt
Philadelphia
Washington
Flatt
Yaia
Tammuel
Foy
United States
Carved tales and scholars in a century of wit
A collage of anecdotes opens with Sardou’s pranks at a siege restaurant where a calf’s head morphs into gelatin on a waiter’s plate. It then recalls Wykeham’s legacy at Winchester and a tongue in cheek castle inscription. The piece closes with reflections on biological processes exceeding simple diffusion.
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Lord Denry
Monsieur
Chicago News
Manners Makyth
William of Wrkeham
Winchester
Winchester College
Windsor
Wykeham
Wykehan
Intestine
Unconquered Mind Amid Siege Told By Beneca
In a tribute to a philosopher, Demetris Poli ofcetes captures Megara as it falls. Stilbo notes the conqueror asks if he lost anything, and he replies that his mind remains intact and his true goods unseizable. The elderly man proclaims his property is whole despite fire, ruin, and looting around him.
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Demetris
Poliofcetes
Megara
Stilbo
Beneca
Seneca on Savage Fortitude and Modern Pride
A discussion contrasts Seneca’s view of northern tribes as exemplars of fortitude with modern cities in Chicago. It recalls how harsh climates and barren living forge endurance, then shifts to a Chicago memory of a tablet on an old Main Street house symbolizing recognition earned through life’s trials.
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Seneca
Alps
Roman Empire
Danube
Nati
Chicago
Flo
Nesbit
Main Street
Bil
Mirth in the Mine Lunch Prank on Cornish Miners
A party of ladies and gents toured a celebrated mine and arranged a lunch at the 1500 foot level. Four baskets of dainties were lowered, but miners at the 200 foot level claimed a national holiday and ate the food themselves. The feast left the visitors with empty hampers while the miners danced a Cornish breakdown.
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Londam
Brpresk
Weather Returns Cold as Couple Debates Travel
An aggrieved wife tells her husband she needs a change of climate after visiting the doctor. He coldly replies that the forecast predicts much colder weather tomorrow, dampening plans for travel.
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Jobb
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