A Moment of Weakness of WAT on Earth
Lydia Darrell opposes marriage to Fiebel Jones until 21 as Aunt Judith controls her fortune. Bob Falk schemes to rescue Lydia by following Lady Judith on a bicycle trip to Scotland. Falk hires a photographer, sends a letter with Lydia in disguise, and the plot ends with Lydia’s marriage to Bob after Aunt Judith’s sudden change of heart.
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Lydia Darrell
Fiebel Jones
Judith
Fiebel- Jones
Judy
Lycia
Ladey
Sir Falk
Scotland
England
Bob Falk
Lydia Carell
Lydia
Bob
London
Agai
Kodak
Gob Falk
Robert Fale
Fiebel-Jones
Madame
Island Exhibits At Paris Exposition Plans For Cuba And Hawaii
Commissioner General Peck prepares exhibits for Cuba and Hawaii to be shown in the United States division at the Paris exposition. An American architect in Paris is to complete two kiosks adjoining the Manufactures building, with Senor Quesada directing the Cuban display. The cruiser Prairie will carry exhibits to Paris, with a second voyage expected late January and a possible third trip later.
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General Peck
Cuba
Hawaii
Havre
New York
France
Paris
Inheritance Tax Upheld by Iowa Supreme Court
The Iowa Supreme Court upholds the collateral inheritance tax law as constitutional and confirms the 1898 amendatory act fixes defects of the earlier version. Also noted are plans for the Upper Des Moines Editorial association meeting in Limmetsburg with papers prepared and a banquet. A 25 round bout for $500 purse and $200 side bet is set for middleweight title. An inmate of the Marshalltown soldiers home, Harrison I Stevens, 66, was killed near Marshalltown. Five smallpox cases and exposures trigger strict quarantine in Marshalltown.
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Supreme Court
John V. Yerry
C. Campbell
John Herriott
Twenty-seventh General Assembly
Des Moines
Lmmetsburg
Eddie Crooke
Clinton
Jimmy Stafford
Dubuque
Iowa
Harrison I. Stevens
Marshalltown
Colorado
Northwestern Railway
Lizzie Shafer
Andrew Carnegie
Ottumwa
Frank D. Stout
Nutwood Ywick
Iowa Minters’ Association
State Board of Control
Amber
Lea
Sherman
Harding
Stoskinson
Shoemaker
Edward Osborne
Mason City
Jonathan Ll’. Dolliver
Washington
Shiras
Cedar Rapids
Robert Nott
Coppack
Gilbert S. Gilbertson
Forest City
Adam Dunn
Clinton County
James Frazier
Honey Creek
Law and order league organized in Clarinda city
A law and order league formed by prominent Clarinda businessmen aims to press the county attorney to prosecute the illegal sale of intoxicating liquors. Drug stores and restaurants are included in the prosecutions.
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Clarinda
A Louisville girl and an English officer’s pipe joke
A Louisville girl who spent time in Germany meets a young English officer in Louisville. He assumes American girls smoke. She corrects him by saying Americans use pipes not cigarettes. The exchange ends with the remark that a lady is a lady the world over.
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Louisville
Germany
United States
England
Louisville Courier- Journal
Distant stars spark debate on voting and worlds
A gushing young woman questions a congressman about life beyond Earth and inhabitants of distant stars. He retorts he has not considered them because they do not vote in his district, highlighting a humorous political bias from Youth's Companion.
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Col. Stilwell
Washington Star
Russian inventor claims device to restore sight
A Russian inventor perfects an electrical appliance he says will enable the blind to see, promising happiness to those with defective eyesight. Also praised is Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, famed worldwide as a cure for indigestion, dyspepsia, constipation, biliousness, malaria, and fever and ague.
Ambitious youth seeks apprentice millionaire status
A German apprentice to a cooper, after years at the trade, wrote to the head of the Nothschild banking house in Frankfurt asking to be accepted as an apprentice millionaire. He promised diligence and strong application to earn the business, but remains a cooper.
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Nothschild
Frankfort
Catarrh Cure and assorted health remedies ad text
An assortment of old advertisements praises Catarrh Cure by F. J. Cheney & Co and Grain-O health drink. It includes quack claims, testimonials, and various product pitches for tonics, patent medicines, and coffee substitutes, with scattered editorials and humorous exchanges. The collage references rail lines, travel, and popular periodicals.
Iowa Senate and House consider broad election and law bills
In Des Moines Jan 25 26 27 major bills target prize fighting ballot name placement and candidate affidavits. Proposals include testing imported cattle for tuberculosis state board salaries three normal schools and monuments to Shiloh regiments. House fights divorce remarriage bans and funding for insane hospital while authorizing park taxes and library commission. Oklahoma City note reports bartender Tom Queenan killed wife then fell from window.
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Des Moines
Senate
State Board of Medical Examiners
Shiloh
State Agricultural College
Biis
Insane
Independence
State Library Commission
County Board of Supervisors
Shaw
H. H. Rood
Mount Vernon
Larrabee
Centrol
Vicksburg
Board of Supervisors
Iowa
U.S. Grant
Boards of Directory
George Batty
Shelby County
Weobd Byers
Byers
Boards of Super
Tne
Prohibition
Twenth
Todd
Chords and Discords from a Music Digest
A concise late nineteenth or early twentieth century note on music terms and figures. It covers Schumann's death age, pronunciation of ANyluia, Bach and Handel organ usage, Oh Promise Me in Robin Wood, Pibrech variations, an ophicleide, Wagner’s reading ethos, string instrument tunings, early viols called kits, Cardinis mutes, tutti meaning all, and American vocal diction instruction.
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Robert Schumann
Bach
Tlandel
de Koren
Robin Wood
Richard Wagner
Ladies' Home Journal
Western Canada Letter Details Alberta Farming Life
A Mrs S A Brigham letter from Ross Creek Alberta describes Beaver Hills and Leaver Lake area near Ft. Saskatchewan and Edmonton with rich soil, lush pastures, diverse fruit, long June-July days, mild thunder and light storms, and a late September wheat harvest. It notes 18 bachelors nearby, 25 cent logging permits, smooth roads, minimal wind chill, and a thriving hay, potato, and vegetable sector amid local Canadian, Scottish, Swede and American neighbors.
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Beaver Ils
Ft. Saskatchewan
Edmonton
Leaver Lake
Land Office
Ross Creek
S. A. Brigham
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Law and Order League
Iowa Engineers’ Society
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Chicago & Northwestern
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Mt. Pleasant
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Setile & Andres
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