Estherville City Weighs Sewer Line Proposal 1906
The Estherville Iowa city council proposes a sewer line along South Ninth East Lincoln and North Seventh Des Moines streets with twelve inch pipe on East Lincoln and eight inch on other streets. Costs assessed to abutting property per law. A public meeting October 22 1906 to hear objections. Mayor Mack J. Groves city clerk N B Karner.
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Lincoln Street
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East
Estherville
Iowa
Des Moines
North Seventh
East Des Moinns
Mack J. Groves
N.B. Karner
Westward Migration Drives Rapid Population Shift
The report notes acceleratingColonists rates the wealth advance and predicts the Pacific States will surpass the Atlantic States in population soon. It describes a broad westward movement toward California, Oregon, Washington, Montana, Utah, Arizona, and beyond, with Rock Island Lines preparing to accommodate travelers. Contact details for travel agents are provided for full information.
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Arizona
Oregon
Washington
British Columbia
Montana
Utah
Jnc
G. Biren
Oetlst
European fame: singers chase pay over love of home
Mildred Aldrich notes in Theater Magazine that many American singers abroad return to the United States not for affection of home but for money. Debutantes at the Opra Comique sometimes work for 200 francs a month, with top earners earning six thousand francs for a debut and others at six thousand francs a year. Some cities offer 300 francs monthly, and performers often supply their own costumes, explaining why many seek earnings back home in the United States.
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Yeast
Europe
Mildred Aldrich
The
Theater Magazine
United States
Aung
Opera Comique
Bordeaux
Delayed Swing Remains A Lesson In Arabian Trade
A Cairo resident recalls a tale of a tradesman who delays an order for a garden swing for twenty years. The story, used to illustrate bureaucratic sluggishness, shows a father chasing a swing his father ordered before his birth. The tradesman declares he cannot serve anyone in such a hurry.
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Cairo
Ile
How to Use Gruina Drayman Seduction?
A Baltimore Sun reader recounts a factory scene where a head man tries a “Little Drain” muscle aid on a heavy case. The plan backfires when the handle comes off, eliciting a rueful admission that reliance on brain over brawn failed.
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Baltimore Sun
Ile
A Laocky Circumstance Hilarity in Commons Hat Mishap
In the house of commons a member’s eloquent speech ends with him sitting on his silk hat. The moment triggers hearty laughter as a young member sits on his own new hat. An Irish member commends the moment and notes the happy circumstance that the head was not injured, prompting further laughter and orders.
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House of Commons
Speaker
Witherby Seeks Legal Study Advice From Uncle
A young man asks his great uncle Robert Donaldson what he thinks of his plan to study law. The uncle, after surveying the youth’s flashy appearance, dryly quips that he would call it a yearling Burmese amusement if pushed too far.
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Robert Donaldson
Mr. Donaldson
Honest Living and Justice Quips From Various Figures
A compilation of quotes on honesty, independence, and justice from Franklin to various satirical pieces. The fragmentary items include remarks on wealth, creditors, and public speaking, with references to the Illustrated London News and a Washington, D.C. source.
Sundial Craft in a New York Shop
A New York Post feature tours an old shop where Truthful James explains handmade dials, their latitudes, and ideal settings. He notes that many owners misplace dials from other regions and urges scientifically marked dials, using simple setups from tree stumps to old wells, emphasizing practical elegance over grand surroundings.
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Uptown
Thera Tt
Jame
England
Virginia
Minnesota
New England
Texas
James
New York Post
Laundry Auction Mystery Signals Unclaimed Packages
A New York Sun report notes a laundry auction listing forty eight unlabeled bundles awaiting sale. One tag reads W. Joblott no address and promise to call. Report questions the fate of Joblott and other owners after a year or more of unclaimed items including fine garments.
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W. Joblott
New York Sun
Archbishops and clerical titles in royal ceremony and satire
Fragmentary text discusses the archbishop of Canterbury and ecclesiastical titles at coronations, noting roles of bishops and the archbishop as sovereign’s domestic parishioners. It also includes scraps of humorous and social commentary from periodicals.
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Canterbury
Haese
London
Winchester
Lincoln
Rochester
Royal Epicures and Royal Taste for Cuisine Across Ages
A fragment from the London Standard recounts royal culinary tastes and notable epicures. It recalls Henry de Vaux and Catherine de Medici shaping cuisine, Louis XIV and Frederick the Great’s appetites, and Louis XVIII under ministers. It also notes Stanislaus Leszinski’s inventive dishes and bizarre feasts, including substitutions of sugared vegetables when fruits failed.
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Épicute Ag
Itwan Henry de Vatos
Catherine de’ Medici
France
Italy
Louis XIV
Charles V
Spain
Frederick the Great
Maitra D'Otel
Duc d'Hscare
Louise XVIII
M. le
Louis XVII
Ein Stanislaus Leszinski
London Standard
Casual Philosophy Reflections on Debt and Friendship
A compact reflection on debt as luxury and the interplay between personal fault and forgiveness. It weighs excuses against productivity, friendship in business, and the ease of praying for souls versus healing wounds, while noting the supreme court's unresolved view on weakness and faith. It warns against dumb loyalty and blind admiration as life wastes time.
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Supreme Court
Delaware and Slavish terms in history and myth
The piece discusses the word slave its historical origins and shifts in meaning tracing the term from its racial roots via German usage. It then turns to Delaware nicknames Diamond State and Blue Hen State and recounts Caldwell a local figure linked to gamecocks eggs and color. Joy as a force in nature closes with a poetic note about joy fueling the world.
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Gibbon
Delaware
Caldwell
Annala
Tao Empeth The Fiencee There Is No Opposition
A fragmented dialogue fragment shows a fiancée expressing concern that no relatives oppose the union, with a puzzled partner seeking clarification. The exchange hints at a small domestic moment without further context or events.
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