Mystery of a battleship rivadav ia Argentine project nears completion
A giant armored battleship named Rivadavia is nearing launch at Quincy Moss shipyards, built for the Argentine Republic. Reported to rival the Lion and Arkansas Wyoming, it features a twelve inch belt, multiple turrets, and far reaching armor. Officials tracking materials say secrecy surrounds the project as Argentine representatives oversee construction and testing.
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Rivadavia
Pere River
Quincy
Moss
Camden
N. J
Argentine Republic
Hepul Ne
Devonport
Arkansas
Wyoming
United States Navy
Hercules
Beleht
Japan
Pickpocket Tactics and Safe Money Pockets in Crowds
A crowd based guide on avoiding pickpockets and safe places for money. It explains pockets to prefer and avoid, how thieves work single or double handed, and tips to guard wallets. The piece notes a trainer who teaches young pickpockets and mentions a disposal of clothing with bells to reveal clumsy thefts.
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Dom
Cameo Gift Sparks Wealthy Duchess’s Long Quest
A duchess gives a small cameo as a present, sparking amusement and later reveals it is a Trajan era piece valued at 200,000 francs. An Academy member notes the long hunt for the very cameo, highlighting its historic worth and the duchess’s surprise.
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R's
Lorecard
Academy of Inscripions and Belles Lettres
Trajan
Coi de
Paris
Death of Lemuel Donovan former city resident
Lemuel Donovan, 70, a former city resident, died at his family home in Nebraska of heart trouble. He leaves a wife and four children, with funeral at 2:30 PM Wednesday from 1106 Market Street. Donovan served as a lieutenant in Company H, Second Iowa Volunteer Infantry, enlisting May 1 1861, and was once well known in Des Moines before moving. Sincere sympathies are offered by his many friends. A Des Moines woman recovered from bowel illness after one dose of Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, sold by Lennon's Pharmacy.
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Samuel Jackson
Mise Clarke
Mate Donovan
Lemuel Donovan
Market Street
Donovan
Lonel Donovan
Iowa Volunteer Infantry
Washington, Iowa
I. K. Teas
J. W. Griffith
John H. Stewart
Joseph W. White
Washington County
Nebraska
Joe Kellogg
Des Moines
Dave
Chamberlain
Lennon
Troubles of the Speaker and the Polk Era Mention
The piece notes the speaker's potential to become president only after committees are appointed. It promotes Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as a trusted domestic remedy, urged for summer readiness and available at Lenimmon's Pharmacy.
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House of Representatives
Polk
Cannon
Lenimnon
Blue Danube Waltz Not Producing Blue Danube Tone
A critic notes that the famed waltz Blue Danube is named for the Danube river which appears yellow and muddy from its source in Germany to its mouth at the Black Sea, with no true blue hue evident.
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Muate
Danube
Germany
Black Sea
Foley Kidney Pills Advertised by Drug Rists
An old advertisement promotes Foley Kidney Pills claiming to check kidney and bladder trouble and heal by removing the case. The product is sold by all druggists.
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Foley
All Drug Rists
Englishwoman Fined After Riding Footboard in Rivera
An Englishwoman attempting to enter a Rivera carriage stepped onto the footboard as the train moved. The door locked, she rode the footboard to the next station while a map assisted her across footboards perilously and disappeared. She was fined several francs for illegally traveling outside the train.
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Rivera
Dover
Perpetual Change and Duty in Humble Philosophy
The passage asserts that the world endlessly changes by God’s will, noting humans lack wisdom or power to halt it. It urges doubled personal effort to fulfill duty and seek inner peace from unassailable sources, as articulated by Wilhelm von Humboldt.
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Wilhelm von Humboldt
Earning a Spanking and a Witty Exchange in Town
A past day in downtown depicts Mrs Brown and Mrs Greene meeting with apologies for missing each other. A stray dog and a line about a lurking “old cat” prompt young Johnny Greene to question the family about the meaning of the remark.
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Mrs. Brown
Mrs. Greene
Johnny Greene
Mrs Brown
Jaws of Time Means Loss of Pay
A local worker from Streator Illinois suffers kidney and bladder trouble, losing pay and ability to work. The testimonial claims Moley Kidney Pills restored health quickly, enabling a return to labor and improved wellbeing. Sold by druggists.
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Dean
M. Balent
Penvast
Little Strain on the Purse in Northern Charity
A northern lady counsels thrift while caring for her ten colored tenants. Mary Kinney, an anti race suidist, keeps a colored girl as nurse for the group. The woman asks if Mary can afford a purse. Mary replies she cannot pay cash but offers twenty five cents monthly in old clothes, which the girl does not receive.
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Mary Kinney
Mary
Peculiar sayings prompt by Pearson weekly
A short exchange quotes a philosopher and a companion debating delays and receptions. The remark notes women’s reactions to a husband’s lateness, two hours late triggers punishment and two years away earns a royal welcome, highlighting wit about domestic life and gender expectations from Pearson's Weekly.
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Pearson's Weekly
Very Particular. A Quip On Mayme and Toys of Power
A fragmentary line muses on Mayme as a crank who toys with order and harmony. It contrasts her avoidance of rats with a reference to a man with mouse colored hair, in a quippy Baltimor setting.
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Mayme
Baltimor
Hay Fever Relief Promoted by Foley's Honey and Tar
I M Stewart of 1034 Wolfram Street Chicago reports relief from hay fever using Foley's Honey and Tar Compound during hot summer months. The ad claims many others with similar symptoms will benefit from his experience. Sold by all druggists.
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Foley
I. M. Stewart
Wolfram — St
Chicago
Stewart
Humor and Philosophy by Duncan Monitmp
A sketched vignette about an Italian singer failing to gain fame and a lawyer lecturing to charm audiences. It contrasts a bold backstage hustle with a Broadway actress who finds success through presence and wit, while noting that outrageous acts drive publicity and crowds.
Quarrel Over Nothing Sparks Morning Kiss Plan
Two friends argued over nothing and Defensa conceived a plan to kiss and wake up together. The exchange centered on a playful idea to rekindle closeness through a morning kiss as a way to end the quarrel.
Impossible Jack Marries For Sister’s Sake
A fragmented dialogue reveals a woman urging Jack to marry her sister Mabel to please the family. The speaker insists she cannot marry Jack but offers to remain a sister and promotes Mabel as a fit match. The tone hints at social pressure and comic domestic schemes.
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Jack
Mabel
Quotation on Tilt Tomorrow and Saving Fun
A speaker muses on delaying enjoyment to save fun for tomorrow. They warn postponement may spoil the chance to use it, but suggest tomorrow could bring interest from someone who would pay the bill. The note weighs the value of immediate pleasure against future payoff.
Due to Be Owned Soon.
A fragmentary exchange hints at a plan or concern about ownership and behavior. A remark suggests someone is underestimated while another notes a recent odd incident described as a blotd giet training. Names/places absent. context unclear.
Fragmented Dialogue Sparks Confusion in Silent Home
A clipped exchange about communication and disability hints at a tense situation. A spouse questions long term deafness and paralysis, while the other responds with terse, unclear answers. No names or places are given in the readable text.
Chance to Spend
Dialogue describes a character named Tie and his finances, noting a recent change after receiving his old automobile from the boss. The exchange contrasts his past wealth with a drop in fortune, implying a cautious approach to spending.
When the Cat's Away and Brown's Local Note
Readable fragments indicate a brief local item about Brown and his spouse, with notes that his wife is away and a separate line noting his hair cut and shoes shined. The text hints at ordinary personal details in a neighborhood notice.
Dangerous voyage amid gale and plague on ark
A fragment hints at a perilous voyage with microbes aboard a ship during a gale. The moody lines imply an ark like vessel carrying humans and snails, suggesting a hazardous crossing and health threat to passengers.
Pert Paragraphs. Quotes on camping and character
The passage muses on why people camp to contrast comforts of home and notes that some feel compelled to persecute others to find happiness. It stresses independence, temper, and the futility of anonymous hiding, ending with a line against giving up and the belief that bad luck wears down.
French design aids washing delicate fabrics
A French inventor introduces grooved wooden rollers in a metal frame with a top handle to press soap suds into linen. The method uses an inclined board and a careful rolling action to distribute pressure evenly and avoid damaging the fabric.
Salmon Cutlets With White Sauce And Breadcrumbs
Prepare one can salmon skin and bones removed. Mix with lemon juice and thick white sauce. Shape into cutlets, coat with beaten egg and breadcrumbs, fry until brown. Garnish with parsley and serve. Thick white salmon sauce combines flour butter milk salt and pepper heated to thick.
Teacup Pork Fruit Cake Recipe From A Torn Page
A fragment describes a fruit cake method using chopped pork and molasses with flour, raisins, currants, and spices. Instructions specify boiling water, brown sugar, and baking powder, then layering flour and fruit to prevent sinking before baking in leaf tins.
Onion and potato soup with bread thickened base
Readable text describes boiling sliced onions and potatoes with bread in water until thick. Add pepper salt, then stir in milk and simmer slowly. The process mentions pureeing the mix through a wire and adjusting water for desired thickness.
Erratic Recipe Draft From A Fragment
A confusing musing describes making a meat pie with pork and potatoes. It instructs chopping grinding mixing with water, cooking in a kettle, and forming a crust. The text includes garbled phrases and unclear measurements and heat guidance.
Sour Cream Cake Instructions From An Old Recipe
One eye well beaten, add one cup sugar and beat very light. Into half a cup sour cream dissolve one half teaspoon soda. When dissolved add el ee and sugar. Into two scant cups flour sift one teaspoon cream of tartar one teaspoon cornstarch and a pinch of salt. Add to first mixture alternately with half cup sweet milk. Bake in quick oven.
Onion Sauce for Seaflop Shells
A recipe blends six cold boiled onions with a thick sauce of flour butter and milk. Add minced onion mashed yolks parsley salt paprika then fill shells fit with the mixture and top with breadcrumbs before browning.
Community Announcements And Club Meetings In Town
A series of afternoon and evening events are listed. Maidens entertain Pr oticipants at Mrs Willa Miller s home Thursday at 230. Baptist Mission Circle meets at Mrs Bowman s Wednesday at 330. The Western Women in Eastern Lands study to be discussed. guest Mrs Care may attend. Ice cream social planned by Sunday school classes at the Baptist church lawn Thursday evening. W L M S of the Methodist church meets at Mrs Amos White s Friday at 230. Second division W M S at Second United Presbyterian meets Friday 730 at Mrs Steve Stewart s home. Mystic Workers of the World hold a regular meeting in Woodman hall Friday evening.
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Pr. i O
Willa Miller
Dorothy
Mission Circle of the Baptist Church
Mra
Ire Bowman Wriday
Oelock
Astern Lands
Mrs. Care
India
Hagel Meeks
Jaiwile
Carol Vorgey
Baptist
W. M.S
Second United Presbyterian Church
Steve Stewart
South Marion Avenue
Mystic Workers of the World
Woodman Hall
Meeting Notice Urges All Members to Attend
August 4 1911 notice calls all members to be present with emphasis on full attendance.
Ethergram term proposed for wireless message
The piece notes growth of technical vocabulary from discovery and invention and asks why the word Ethergram, already used in Britain for a wireless message, has not been adopted widely. It discusses the need for a designation of messages sent by new transmission methods.
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Great Britain
They Couldn't Help It Crosseyed Man Bowed on Streetcar
A crosseyed man aboard a streetcar turned to bow to a friend entering, and nearly every passenger followed suit in a moment of shared courtesy.
Foley Kidney Pills Offer Quick Relief for Women’s Ailments
An 1880s style advertisement claims women suffer from backache headache nervousness loss of appetite and poor sleep due to kidney and bladder troubles. Foley Kidney Pills promise fast relief from pain misery and a return to health and strength. Sold by all druggists.
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Foley
Fisherman’s Luck Shocks Ulster Anglers with 93-Pound Trout
A Bel fast angler landed a monster ninety three pound brown trout, the largest trout caught by rod and line in Ulster in living memory. The catch astonished local anglers and was hailed as a historic triumph for the sport in the region.
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Belfast
Ulster
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