New Sharon to Erect School House
Iowa news briefs report a new school house will be erected at New Sharon while across the state there are notes of rainfall in Spencer, a sale of the Centerville Journal, a Cedar Rapids festival fundraiser and various local incidents including a deadly storm near Decorah and a complaint against cigarette sales in Fort Dodge.
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New Sharon
Spencer
Noah Ressler
Guy
Centerville Journal
Rinehart Bros
LeMars
Frank Cain
Paullina
Eldora
Cedar Rapids
Waterloo
Kingsley
C. B. Dear
Logan
Iowa State League of Postmasters
Marshalltown
Spirit Lake
William Botenga
Richard Martin
Anamosa Reformatory
Stave Laboe
Fort Dodge
W. Fooze
Allison
Ben
Feeze
Minnesota
Flossie Clark
Lewis
Keokuk
John van Buren
Monroe
Ora Balmer
Bellevue
F. D. Chipps
Wright Aviators
Lehigh Portland Cement
Mason City
Frank Baumgartner
Augusta
Alan Stanford
Cherokee
Vicksburg
T. ©. Harrison
Abbie Gardner Sharpe
Fred Wygul
Wygul
Fiftythird Regiment
H. A. Allen
Des Moines
Camp Whipple
Vinton
George Barker
Clinton
Fort Madison
W. A. Rush
Sheffield
Hampton
Sheridan rancher charged with wife murder in 1900s case
Herman Claussen a Sheridan county rancher and his sister in law Miss Augusta Vogelar were arrested on murder charges after Mrs Claussen died July 3 under mysterious circumstances. Authorities suspect strangling or smothering though postmortem found no typhoid. exhumation and tests yielded no poison. Witnesses placed Mrs Claussen with family days before death.
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Sheridan
Wyo
Herman Claussen
Sheridan County
Gogerty
Augusta Vogelar
Vogelar
Clause
Germany
Claussen
W. A. Steffen
BE. Levers
Halley
Knight
State University At
Laramie
Assails Camorra Lawyer at Castellamare Trial
Aug 14 Viterbo Alessandro Lioy defense attorney faced a hostile crowd as Camorra witnesses claimed bribery to false witness against Tomasso de Angelis. Grimaldi, former Camorra chief at Castellamare, said bribes were paid to frame Angelis and Gaetano Amedeo. Lioy, crushed by revelations, spoke to the audience and likened himself to a second Dreyfus while defending his role.
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Viterbo
Alessandro Lioy
Camorra
Grimaldi
Castellamare
Tomasso de Angelis
Train wreck near Fort Wayne claims many lives
Eastbound Pennsylvania lines passenger train No. 28 smashed in Fort Wayne Indiana. Many killed and injured reported with ambulances summoned to the western city wreck site. Lightly injured passengers taken to nearby hotels.
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Fort Wayne
Fort. Wayne
Ind
Pennsylvania Lines
Iola Woman In Jail Again
Ella Reese of Yola Kansas after four days in jail faced work on the city rockpile but was pardoned by Mayor Bollinger and released amid Judge Smeltzer’s protest. She was rearrested on contempt of court for allegedly failing to appear as a witness at a trial and is again in the old cell.
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Chartot Oak
Bryan
Albert E. Pauley
Estherville
St. Charles
T. B. Perry
Albia
Edgar R. Harlan
L. M. Temple
Osceola
Sheriff Rock
Logan
Richard Buckholtz
Vollom
Dunlap
Bonaparte Commercial Club
Oscar Carlson
Essex
J. A. Carlson
Nyman
Council Bluffs
Robert Sprague
Glenwood
Iowa
Charles Connolly
Arthur A. Connolly
Cedar River
Waterloo
John
Charles
Myrtle Walker
Davenport
Rock Island
Montpelier
E. M. McFarlan
Cumberland
Department
W. R. Brereton
Fairfield
Clinton
Frank W. Leedham
J. H. Gade
Sharpsburg
Taylor County
West Liberty
Yola
Kan
Ella Reese
Bollinger
Smeltzer
Army of the Philippines convention names Manila for 1912 reunion
The Army of the Philippines convention in Detroit Aug 14 selected Manila P. I. as the 1912 reunion site. F Warner Karling of Kansas City was elected commander-in-chief. The group unanimously rejected affiliating with the Spanish War veterans.
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Manila
Detroit
P. L
F. Warner Karling
Kansas City
Fine for a Hot Day Dish
Cut up a chicken excluding the breast and simmer with liver heart and gizzard thyme parsley bay leaves and lemon in water until tender. Debone breast and dice the rest, return bones with gelatine, boil and strain. Layer jelly with arranged chicken and egg designs, repeat until full, chill, turn out, garnish with parsley lemon and olives, serve with mayonnaise.
Nursery Refrigerator A Compact Dual Chambered Unit
A New York inventor has created a small portable refrigerator for nurseries. It uses a metal can split into two compartments: one with perforated cross sections for baby milk bottles and a second for ice with a water spigot. If no baby is present, the cold-air side stores butter eggs or other perishables. The unit is compact and portable for apartment use.
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New York
Baking Powder Biscuits
Instructions for making baking powder biscuits with flour salt baking powder and butter, mixed with milk to form a stiff dough. Roll or pat to one inch thickness, cut with a biscuit cutter, bake in a hot oven about twenty minutes, then brush with melted butter.
Parkerhouse Rolls Recipe Summary
Simple Parkerhouse rolls method using teacup yeast salt sugar lard milk and flour. Scald milk with lard, mix with salted sweetened flour and yeast, knead overnight, light kneading next morning, cut with biscuit cutter, butter tops, fold, let rise, bake in a hot oven.
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Parkerhouse
Pimento Toast Delicacy Described In Brief Recipe
A hot buttered toast recipe describes lightly heating pimento from Spanish peppers in oil with butter and minced parsley for seasoning, then buttering toast before serving. The note emphasizes a simple, flavorful method suitable as a quick dish.
Use Thumb-Tacks to Fasten Ironing Board Cover
A tip suggests securing the ironing board outer cloth with thumb-tacks instead of common nails. Thumb-tacks are easy to remove for changing the cover, leave a smooth finish, and give a neater appearance.
Russian Student Pelechin at Cornell Monument Tale
Former ambassador Andrew D White recalls Pelechin from Kiev who came to Cornell to work through college. The tale covers his awkward start, creation of a monument post, misadventures, and eventual return to Russia after failed studies and a costly horse affair. Pelechin later returned claiming savings, then invested in horse hire, leading to loss and departure.
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Cornell University
Andrew D. White
Ambagandor
Russia
Germany
Stone
Ezra Cornell
Sage College
Pelechin
Mr. White
Kiev
Peissihin
Cornell
Rusala
Forms of oath across cultures in court
An British legal report describes diverse oath rituals. A Chinese witness broke a saucer after swearing on a court box. A Muslim swore on the Koran with forehead to book and said truthbound. A Gentoo touched Brahmin feet, Buddhists cited Buddha Dhamma and Pra Sangha, and a Parsee invoked the Zend Avesta with a holy cord.
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Law Times
Puzzling Words At The Ladies Aid Meeting
A triptych of overheard chatter at a Ladies Aid gathering reveals misheard phrases and playful misunderstandings. Mrs A cites a trained deer at the zoo, Mrs J jokes about a train, and Mrs GC notes a trained car. The speaker returns, explains she was away and asking if it rained, leaving the women abashed and silent.
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Lippincott
Magazinge
Secret Societies The Egyptians and Their Trials of Initiation
The piece traces ancient secret societies from religious orders in Persia India and Egypt to Greek and Roman circles. It details Egyptian neophyte trials fire water and air, the Pythagorean brotherhood and its suppression, the Assassins and their sham paradise as told by Marco Polo, and medieval secret courts like the velmegericht. It notes rulers feared the sects and that secret justice pervaded Europe until Mongol action in 1256.
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Order of Assassins
Persia
Indian
Egypt
Pyramids
Nile
Pythagoras
Crotona
Italy
Balasan-ben
Sabah
Omar Khayyam
Naishapur
Alamut
The
Assassins
Europe
Marco Polo
Philip Augustus
Trance
Richard Coeur de Lion
Sheik
Hulagku Khan
Germany
Henry the Lion
London Globe
Summer Girl Hopes To Play Golf Amid Election Chatter
A playful remark from a lively summer girl expresses eagerness to golf, while a wan resident dismisses ambition toward the presidential chair. The Chicago News notes casual banter contrasting ambition and indifference in a summer scene.
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Chicago News
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Smothers
Henry Claussen
Livy
Snipmerk
Iola
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