Edison announces storage battery may power future vehicles
Thomas A. Edison said in Orange New Jersey after two years of work he is satisfied with a new iron nickel storage battery. He plans a large factory to mass produce cells that could drive a two ton truck at 33 mph and power delivery wagons at half the cost of horses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas A. Edison
Orange
N. J
New York World
Mr. Edison
Looper Hewitt
New York
Edison
Chicago Murder Bureau Planned by Police Chief
John M. Collins announces a new Chicago murder bureau directed by Assistant Chief Schuettler. Eight top detectives will work with the state attorney, aiming to gather evidence quickly. Runners, a photographer, and a draftsman will rush to crime scenes to collect tangible evidence for cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
John M. Collins
Schuettler
State Attorney's Office
Dinner table quip sparks diplomat banter among four leaders
Harper's Weekly reports a dinner with Arthur Balfour Joseph Chamberlain Lord Charles Beresford and the Japanese minister. Balfour offered to treat Chamberlain who chose Scotch Beresford picked Irish and the Japanese minister answered I will take part.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Balfour
Joseph Chamberlain
Charles Beresford
Mr. Balfour
Mr. Chamberlain
Harper's Weekly
Arthur
Lord Charles
Bad Form Expos Help Signal Growing Health Risk
A fragment from a weekly notes improving trends despite ongoing social issues. The text hints at repeated expos of wrong behavior and the difficulty of recognizing symptoms. It suggests a cautious forecast about escalating problems if unchecked.
Meaning Behind Pop Goes the Weasel Phrase
A London Globe Notes and Queries piece argues the line Up and down the city road in the song refers to a purse or weasel skin container that snapped shut, symbolizing money leaving the buyer. The piece also mentions slang senses for weasel and a tailor's story of pawning or popping the weasel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salington
Eagle
Brazil
Ceylon
London
London Globe
Doves’ courtship quirks noted by Selous in birds
English observer Edmond Selous describes dove behavior including billing and feeding origins, bowing during combats as a courting ritual, and how the bow becomes a symbolic formula of courtship in birds, illustrating the link between fighting and mating displays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmond Selous
Mr. Selous
Lobsters as a British Army sobriquet in 1700s letters
In letters from Sir Walter Scott to William Clark of Eldin dated September 10 and 30, 1702, the term lobsters appears as a playful nickname for redcoat officers and soldiers. A boiled lobster is implied by a familiar couplet, and Hazlerigg’s cuira ssier regiment earned the same nickname from armor. The term shifted to hostile epithet during the American Revolution, noted by Bancroft in his History of the United States.
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Sir Walter Scott
William Clark
Eldin
Arthur Hazlerigg
Cromwell
Baldock
England
America
Bancroft
United States
Boston
Philadelphia Press
Thackeray’s Fame Mocked by One Circulating Librarian
While a parliamentary candidate in Oxford Thackeray said only one man he met had heard his name before. He recalled this in 184? when Vanity Fair had published ten years earlier and he paused to note the fleeting nature of mortal fame.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thackeray
Oxford
Vanity Fair
Winks and Jinks Exchange On Daughters In New York
A humorous exchange from New York features Winks lamenting blue mood over six daughters all married with children. Jinks retorts that Winks must support the crowd, while noting his own brood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Weekly
Boarder Demands Receipt for Yesterday's Pudding
A boarder asks the landlady for a receipt for yesterday's pudding. She retorts that she would rather give a receipt for the board from last month. The exchange highlights a dry, humorous domestic dispute.
Her Unhappy Way Quotable Exchange
A Washington Star quotation features Miss Cayenne reacting to a young woman who thinks she is witty, but others see her as merely sharp in her remarks. The exchange highlights a clash between perceived wit and actual cleverness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Cayenne
Washington Star
Her Duplicate Presents at the Wedding
A reader notes a sister received duplicate gifts as she married a widower with two sons. The exchange highlights the quirks of wedding gift giving and blended families.
Remedy for Hay Fever Priced At Fifty Cents Per Bottle
J F Forbes of McCook Nebraska praises Hyomei as a hay fever remedy. He says it provides temporary relief with a safe stomach dose and is inhaled via a pocket inhaler. Columbia Pharmacy offers refunds to dissatisfied users, with a complete outfit priced at about a dollar.
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J. F. Forbes
McCook
Nebraska
White Mountains
Columbia
Patents Issued to Iowa Residents This Month
R W Bishop reports patent grants issued to Iowa residents this month including J M Clark of Des Moines for a frame for cut flowers, F L Hanna of Mount Vernon for an extension circuit-closer, J R Hershey of Keokuk for a fruit jar cover, J P Young of Marshalltown for lightning protectors, J S B Ramp of West Burlington for a molding machine, O B Jacobs of Roland for a fly trap, O F Steinman of Marcus for a derrick, John Durkee Jr of Woodbine for a horseshoe calk, C M Feist of Sioux City for hearing, E H Dunn of Marcus for egg candling, and I E McElroy of Muscatine for a knotter for grain binders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. W. Bishop
Washington, D D. C
Lowa
J.M. Clark
Des Moines
J. M. Clark Mfg. Co
F. L. Hanna Mount Vernon
J. R. Hershey
Keokuk
Electrical Devices Co
J. P. Young
Marshalltown
J.P. A. Anderson
Madrid
Ramp
West Burlington
O. B. Jacobs
Roland
Derrick
O. F. Steinman
Marcus
John Durkee, Jr
Woodbine
Hearing
C. M. Feist
Sioux City
E. H. Dunn
I. E. McElroy
Muscatine
Wilde Intentions reprint by Brentano’s with Pollard intro
A handsome De Vinne Press edition of Oscar Wilde’s Intentions essays is being prepared. Percival Pollard provides an insightful Introduction, renewing access to the long unavailable collection. The note notes Brentano’s printing, attractive presentation, and reasonable price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Wilde
de Vinne
Percival Pollard
Brentano
Pollard
The Hoops of Mabel Haunt the Bold Suitor
A humorous verse laments Mabel's hoop skirts and crinoline, predicting crowded sidewalks and awkward escapes as the narrator frets over space, romance, and fitting through doors. The playful satire targets fashion's exaggerated hoops and the social roundabout of courting.
Public Aroused by Electric Bitters Testimonial
Mary H Walters of 546 St Clair Ave Columbus writes she was near death from fever ague weak nerves and stomach until Electric Bitters gave relief and she was cured. Guaranteed at J H Stewarts drug store for 50 cents.
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Mary H. Walters
St. Clair Ave
Columbus
J. H. Stewart's
Fever in New Orleans Shows Hopeful Trend and Archbishop Chappelle Funeral
New Orleans physicians report a lower fever death rate than earlier visitations, with many cases mild and responding to treatment. The official daily fever tally lists new cases, total to date 730, total deaths 126, and deaths yesterday. The funeral of Archbishop Chappelle is planned for 9 a.m. tomorrow as a private service.
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New Orleans
Yeate
Chappelle
Bicycle rider Volo falls during circus stunt in Helena
Helena Montana August 11 Volo real name Tom Butler of the Barnum Bailey circus faltered during a stunt and fell unconscious for half an hour. Physicians fear internal injuries and possible death. His wife attempted the loop in an automobile and arrived shortly after.
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Helena
Mont
Volo
Barnum & Bailey Circus
Tom Butler
One Killed or Injured In Rails Accident Near Columbus
The Golden State Limited westbound Colorado train was ditched one mile west of Columbus Junction Iowa. Only one man, Charles Ackerman of Chicago, was injured badly when a chair car toppled spreading of rails blamed as cause.
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Les Moines
Golden State Limited
Rock Island
Columbus Junction
Charles Ackerman
Chicago
Old-Time Clown Nick Roberts Dies at 70
Cincinnati reports Nick Roberts the veteran clown known for Lump Ty Dumpty shows died in Bedford City Virginia Elks National Home after a stroke.
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Cincinnati
Nick Roberts
Atlantic
Pacific
Elks’ National
Bedford City
Woman's Ordeal and Lydia Pinkham's Medicine
A persuasive piece extolling Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as the remedy for female illness. It cites patient testimonials from Mrs. T. Willadsen of Manning Iowa and claims mountains of proof that no medicine equals Pinkham's product for restoring women's health.
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Pinkham
Lynn
Mass
Lydia E. Pinkham
Miner Samuel Stenman Shot Near Hurley Home
In Hurley Wisconsin on August 11 Samuel Stenman a Montreal mine worker was shot dead near his home. Sheriff and a posse chased Peter Desrolia another miner accused or suspected as the killer who escaped into the night.
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Hurley
Wis
Samuel Stenman
Montreal
Peter Desrolia
A Touching Story of Saving a Cumberland Baby
In Cumberland Maryland a mother shares how her 11 month old baby recovered from grave throat disease after using Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption Coughs and Colds. Four bottles cured the child and the family notes the remedy is guaranteed at J H Stewarts with a free trial bottle.
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Geo. A. Eyler
Cumberland
J. H. Stewarts Drug Store
Weather forecast for Indiana Michigan Wisconsin and Iowa
The forecast calls for warm conditions in Indiana and Illinois with southerly winds. Michigan sees fair weather in the south and showers and cooler in the north with light to fresh southerly winds. Wisconsin expects showers, cooler with possible thunderstorms and squalls. Iowa will have showers and cooler air with winds shifting from south to west.
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Ilindie
Indiana
Lower
Michigan
Wiscosin
Iowa
Market quotations from Chicago Board of Trade
Quotes cover Wheat Corn Soybeans Pork Lard Short Ribs and Data. Includes Sept Dec May futures with open high low close values and daily ranges. Livestock markets list hogs cattle sheep with receipts and price ranges from Dunning Stevens and regional quotes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Board of Trade
Quieting of Title Suit in Washington County Iowa
In the district court of Washington County Iowa Wickham sues to quiet fee simple title to Lot One in Block Four in the Addition to Washington City. He alleges adverse possession for over twenty years and asserts all unknown claimants are barred. The defendants are urged to appear before noon on the second day of the next term, or a default judgment will be entered. The petition was presented July 20 1905 and ordered published weekly for six weeks.
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Simon Teeple
Richard Moore
Washington County
Iowa
Washingen County
James
Dil
Mathew
Dill
John K. Dill
George Brokaw
Ann
Washington
District Court
Simon P. Teeple
United States
Perth P.M
Teeple and Moore
Board of Commissioners
Court House
S.w.&j. L. Brookhart
Evening Journal
W.G. Clements
Notice of baggage and freight transfers service
All baggage express freight and transfers to any depot or part of town promptly attended to. F. W. Bandy phone W. A. Turner, 239.
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F. W. Bandy
W. A. Turner
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Pop Goes the Weasel
Bird Customs
Hyomei
Cess
Patent Report
Mabe
Mabel
Aiden
Volo Paila
T C Willadsen
Miner
Bowman's
Side Square
Chicago Grain
East Buffalo
Wickham
Iowa Gas & Electric Go
M. Lombardo
North Side Square
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