Summer Residence on an Old Ames House
A family of three, Mike Biddy and Maggie, camps in an abandoned Ames house beside a river and railway. They clear tinder, gather corn and potatoes, cook by a hearth, and imagine making the place their summer residence while the city’s refuse drifts by the stream. They depart at dawn with plans to return, believing they have found a home in imagination and shared labor.
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Troyeh
Lwo
Alten
Mike
Lucky Wong
Maggie
Biddy
Magsie
Howe
Ladius
Flouris
Magele
Brady
The Moral of Port Royal and Diverging Thought
Excerpt from The Story of Port Royal by Ethel Ramanes discusses how Port Royal embodies the clash of divergent Christian thinking. It argues that both mystic and disciplinarian strands are needed within the Catholic church and cautions against overemphasizing one aspect of truth at the expense of the whole.
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Dr. Bigg
Port Royal
Jeault
Port
Big Forks for Eskimos Gift From Doey to Alaskan Chiefs
E Tunnell Doey of Philadelphia shipped six hundred forty silver plated forks each four feet long as gifts to the chief Eskimo tribes at Point Barrow Alaska. Weighing a pound and a half each the total nearly half a ton, packed in 64 bundles and split into two bales. Doey, traveling to Point Barrow, aims to honor a promise and later plans to return with a supply of walrus ivory when sea routes open in 1908.
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E. Tunnell Doey
Philadelphia
Point Barrow
Alaska
Philadelphia Record
Doey
Seattle
Gigantic Potatoes From the West Indies
A small consignment of giant yams has reached the West Indies. Six potatoes, each large enough to feed a big family, weigh 100 to 160 pounds in tropical regions where they thrive. They resemble ordinary potatoes but are much larger, with a black or brown exterior and pale interior rich in starch. When boiled, they yield a pleasant flavor.
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West Indies
Tropics
Seven Years After A Married Man Reflects on Lost Letters
A husband, alone on a roof garden, gazes at the starry sky and recalls seven-year-old love letters written before marriage. He admits reading every word of those letters, a moment of sly wistfulness as the city glitters below.
Cause of Napoleon's Fall Reflects Ambition and Service
The piece argues Napoleon fell due to his own grand height and asks how loyalty shifted as he led. Comtesse de Holgne cites a phrase about serving France and the emperor, noting shifting allegiance as the empire’s demands grew.
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Napoleon
Comtesse de Holgne
France
La Belle Sauvage Defends Womanly Virtue and Style
A fragment debating education and civilization for women, claiming savagery’s influence remains and criticizing adornment choices like beads and jeweled decorations as unbecoming to a proper woman. The text juxtaposes attire with love and propriety.
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Sho
Gell
Brink’s Big County Store Boasts All Items From Tacks to Mausoleums
A humorous excerpt from Harpers Weekly depicts John Brink proudly running the county’s largest general store. He asserts every item is in stock and urges clerks to upsell when customers are unsure. A bemused first customer is teased with joking offers as the store showcases its vast, eclectic inventory.
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John Brink
Wichillam
Mr. Brink
Willam
Huarper's Weekly
Tears of the Crocodile origin tale in early travel lore
The piece traces the phrase crocodile tears to old travel fables and cites Sir John Mandeville as one of the earliest to mention a creature called Catadrilles in his Travels. It notes Harsh descriptions of serpents and mythical beasts in medieval Europe and Asia with specifics about their form and behavior.
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Sir John Mandeville
Asthrop
Silla
Cleos
Tallouna
Montreal
Plow Used On Shipboard To Unload Frozen Cargo
A ship at San Francisco faced 1500 tons of frozen whale oil that could not be removed by explosives or picks. The crew used a farm plow attached to a block and steam winch to plow through the hold, loosening the cargo and discharging it into steel buckets. This unusual method, featured by Popular Mechanics, is likely the only recorded instance of a ship’s cargo being discharged this way.
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San Francisco
Emperor Josef Encounters Courtyard Barber in Village
A village encounter unfolds as Emperor Franz Josef, riding to a local inn, meets a village butcher. The butcher seeks confirmation of the Kaiser’s identity while the monarch jokes about shaving him, exposing the butcher’s surprise and respect.
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Francia Joseph
Fad Party Draws Guests in Wearable Fashions
A fad party featured guests wearing emblematic costumes and leaving autographed pen and ink sketches of their chosen fad in a blank book. Prizes went to the best and worst drawings among miniatures such as a bicycle, tennis racquet, baseball bat, golf club, canoe, stamps, poster, paint set, guitar, and garden tools.
Sadness as Penalty of Humor in Literature
Michael Monahan cites Cervantes, Moliere, Swift, Sterne, Balzac, Dickens to argue every great humorist bears sorrow as nature’s toll for deep wit. He notes if writers never weep, laughter fades and art fails, implying tragedy underpins true humor.
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Cervantes
Moliere
Swift
Sterne
Hejne
Richter
Balzac
Dickens
Michael Monahan
Angelle Lingerie Charlie asks angels about clothes
A child after Sunday school asks his parent what angerclothes angels wear. The parent replies with a playful exchange about celestial attire and imagination.
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Angelle
Charlie
Local Train No 3a Departs At 14h Whist
Train timetable fragment lists No 3a departure times and agent names. The legible text mentions departs at No 8 and 14h, with references to Hebaier as agent and garry p poneees.
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Chicauo
Milwauere
At, Paul
Depaie
Garry P Poneees
Hebaier
Iowa Central No 84 Arrives and Decays in Schedules
Train bulletin lists Iowa Central No 84 way freight arrival at 11:00 via 61, passenger and tall at 11:00, No 60 passenger and walt departs 12:16 pm, No 2 way freight departs. Forthe table and THGBS pay to J Morgal Agent Algona.
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Iowa Central
Walt
J. 1
Morgal
Agunt
Algona
Haggard and Peek Attorneys at Law Serve Algona Iowa
The firm Haggard and Peek with offices over the County Savings Bank in Algona Iowa presents itself as attorneys at law. Named partners include P Haggard G Peer and Yerrington Dickinson. The notice lists various names and abbreviations for legal associations and collections.
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P. Haggard
PEER
Haggard & Peek
Algona
Iowa
J. Il. Bonar
Algona State Bank
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Azent
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E. V. Swetting
Foney To
Loa
Phone
Aellivan G. E
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Lowa
Ufce
Galbralin Mook
M. J. Kenefick
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Hota
Omen
J. Gay
Fice
Call Street
Walter Fraser
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Glasier
D. D
Towa
E.E. Sayers
Brown's Livery
Algona Marble
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Kennedy
Orion
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Ernst
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