Midsummer Picnic to feature Irrigation Congress delegates
Delegates from Iowa towns including Ames Des Moines and Sioux City will attend a mid summer picnic in Spokane at Natatorium park on August 9 as the 17th National Irrigation Congress opens. Dr A B Storms will speak with D W Hurn giving the welcome. A children’s sports program and a luncheon will follow before a baseball game.
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Spokane
Wask
A. B. Stone
Iowa Agricultural College
Ames
Hawkeye Club of
Natatorium Park
National Irrigation Congress
Iowa
D. W. Hurn
Clear Lake
Dr. Storms
Fat
Jean
Hawkeye Club
FE. J. Baker
Iowa State University
Irrigation Congress
Davenport
William Heuer
Dan Horne
William Chamberlain
Aldo Becker
J. W. Crowley
P. T.alsh
Kk. B. Hayward
George W. French
J. R. Lane
J. R. Nutting
C. F. Curtiss
A. B. Storms
Pi Milton
C. Holland
Bayard
Milton M. McDonald
Eldora
Joseph Wallace
Sac City
W. C. Dixon
Sioux City
W. A. van Wagonen
North McGregor
Frank Kinsley
Des Moines
W. B. Martin
James N. Pierce
Harvey Ingram
Reinbeck
Paul E. Kingsbury
Edward Homibrook
E. D. Huxford
L. A. Westcott
FE. C. Herrick
C. J. Maher
Newton
D. L. Clark
D. Wormhauvett
W. E. Sharp
J. N. Gribben
Burlington
J. C. Greiner
Red Oak
George T. Cooper
J. A. Spicer
Willison
John Himiller
Elliott
N. C. Johnson
Emerson
J. BE. Gibson
Albia
Ralph T. Mason
J. Fastman
The Academy Dinner Promises Large Attendance
The Academy banquet plans a lively evening with alumni and old students meeting tonight at 7 at the Academy to practice songs and yells. A strong program of speeches and a chicken dinner await, with tickets available at Lemmon's pharmacy.
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Academy
Lemmon's Pharmacy
Iowa Day at Seattle Exposition Low Fares
August 12 is Iowa Day at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition in Seattle. Low round trip fares available daily until September 30 via Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Railway. Return limit October 31 with stopovers allowed. Descriptive folder from F A Miller Chicago.
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Iowa
Seattle
Chicago, Milwaukee
St. Paul
Chicago, Milwaukees&st. Paul
F. A. Miller
Chicago
Quick cure for diarrhoea Champlain’s remedy ad
Diarrhoea relief offered with Cham berlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy provides prompt effect in ordinary cases. One or two doses may cure both children and adults. Sold by L. Stolte and Lemmon's Pharmacy.
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Chamberlain
L. Stolte and
Lemmon's
Superstitions Shape Power and Fortune in History
London Truth notes how beliefs in luck influenced leaders like Napier and Mehemet Ali during treaty talks after Mehemet’s resistance. It recalls Mehemet’s fear of England’s queen’s luck and Gordon’s Taiping aura, where a talisman cane supposedly granted victory.
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Charles Napier
Mehemet Ali
Meheimet
Charles
England
Napier
Mehemet
London
Allah
Sir Charles
Gordon
The Walker Match and Its Sweden Success Story
English chemist John Walker created the first match in 1827 by rubbing a dipped stick on a table. The burning stick sparked the invention, sold from April 1827, priced a shilling a box, until the Holden lucifer match surpassed it in 1833. Sweden now leads the match industry exporting billions of boxes yearly. no statue honors Walker.
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John Walker
Walker
Sweden
Ehange
Trinket Worm and Vine Yarn Sparks Fancy Jewelry Pattern
A tiny worm on the trinket vine begins as a white thread like speck. When placed under glass in a room, it becomes a caterpillar with gold speckled coloring within a day. It climbs the glass, attaches a thread to the roof, and curls into intricate shapes used for earrings and brooches, giving rise to its name.
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Wiel
Cause For Tears
A Chicago News snippet quotes a five year old girl crying and stammering over what she wants. The mother asks what she wants and the child replies she forgot what she wants, prompting her tears about a forgotten desire.
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Helen
Chicago News
Purhritude Barbs Prompt Laugh at Press Agent Flair
A Louisville Courier-Journal snippet captures a flirtatious exchange where a boastful compliment is met with a coy, humorous reply. The male press agent rhetoric is playfully dismissed by the woman, highlighting a clash between showy language and genuine flirtation.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
A Very Chesterfield Polite Before Election
A brief remark notes his courteous demeanor as a candidate just before the election, described in the Catholic Standard and Times.
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Chesterfield
Catholic Standard and Times
Paving Contract Let For S Iowa Ave Project
The city council awarded the S Iowa Ave paving to Magden & Sheely of Des Moines at 1.69 cents per square yard with total project cost around 30 000 dollars. Work starts by August 24 and must finish by December 15 with 16720 yards paved and curb work specified.
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S. Iowa Ave
Dixon
Magden
Washington
Magden & Sheely
Des Moines
Magden & Sheeley
Colorado
Funeral service for Mrs. Frank Bandy held at home
The funeral service for the late Mrs. Frank Bandy was conducted by Rev. A. S. Smith at the family residence yesterday at 10 o'clock. Following the service the procession traveled to Ainsworth for interment in Ainsworth Cemetery. Pallbearers were John Little Alex Miller Lyman Babcock John Hopengardner George Hopengardner and W. A. Turner.
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Frank Bandy
A. S. Smith
Ainsworth
John Little
Alex Miller
Lyman Babcock
John Hopengardner
George Hopengardner
W. A. Turner
Local arrivals and visits noted around town
Or Briggs arrives from St Paul for a short home visit. Mrs Rob Crail and son Scott visit J B Crail home from Kansas City. Mrs George Bailey and Lulu go to Letts for a few days. Mrs Leigh Wallace returns from Chicago. Mr and Mrs Edgar Wilson Miss Jean Stephen and Homer Stephen camping at Brighton this week. Miss Rose McGugin and Dora Clapper visit Howard McCleerys in the country. Nettie Hamilton returns home to Wyoming Illinois after visiting Otto Schiebel residence.
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Rob Crail
Scott
Kansas City
J. B. Crail
George Bailey
Lulu
Letts
Leigh Wallace
Chicago
Edgar Wilson
Jean Stephen
Homer Stephen
Brighton
Rose McGugin
Dora Clapper
Howard McCleery
Nettie Hamilton
Wyoming, Il
Otto Schiebel
Manhole Escape From Runaway Airship Near City Intersection
A pedestrian in an urban intersection narrowly escapes being struck as multiple vehicles converge. Looking up he sees a runaway airship descending. he drops into a manhole just as a subway train passes overhead, narrowly avoiding a fatal outcome. The event is reported from the Cleveland Plain Dealer with vivid, chaotic city imagery.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Real Beauty in the Leading Tenor Man on Stage
A Chicago Post verse praises the leading tenor, declaring him the pinnacle of stage beauty and charm, surpassing even prima donnas and other stars in this playful chorus about theatrical allure.
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Sca
Inner freedom and world reform faith in liberty
The author argues true liberty is inward and divine, not material. Freedom from desires and false beliefs leads to public liberty. governing begins with self-mreform. The piece seeks a world republic and world religion grounded in independence and the Sermon on the Mount. The speaker desires universal peace, intelligence, and liberty, and accepts any path to that goal.
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Liberty
Emerson
My Goal Columns Asserts Self Expression
The author states the column is a personal forum free from external fitting or others’ ideas. Writing for pleasure and privilege, the author hopes readers share some satisfaction, while acknowledging they might not, yet values frank self expression above all.
Dual Selves Pray for Higher Self to Rise
The speaker contrasts two inner persons a base self filled with hatred distrust lust greed and drink with a higher self touched by sweetness light and angel voices. They pray to God that the lower self fade away and the better self ascend toward the divine.
Poe's Enduring Fame Tested by Howells Critics
The centenary of Edgar Allan Poe prompts debate on his sincerity and imagination versus Howells critique. Readers question Howells as a fair judge, noting Poe’s lasting influence while magazines may reject his best tales. The public verdict remains decisive despite professional bickerings.
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Edgar Allan Poe
Poe
Howells
American Letters
Mr. Llowells
Mr. Towells
Mr. Howells
Nazarene on Respect for Individual Liberty
A Nazarene voice extols human individuality and warns against intruding on others lives. It emphasizes that true delicacy and respect for liberty require us to avoid trespassing on the inner life unless invited, praising the sacred boundaries of personal life.
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Nazarene
Howa Submarine Dives And Buoyancy Concepts
Howa submarine dives by filling ballast tanks to submerge and uses reserve buoyancy to rise. Buoyancy varies with craft and weight, enabling surface return at higher speeds and influencing efficiency and military value, as explained in Harper's Weekly.
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Wille
Haper's Weekly
Might Have Been Much Worse Exchange
The remark mocks audience reaction to a play with disapproval over the performance. The speaker notes it could have been worse, implying the reception was poor but not disastrous.
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God
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Marion Ave
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