Travel agency ad lists low fares to Colorado and Midwest destinations
An advertising notice promotes cheap fares on the first class route from Washington to Colorado resorts and other destinations. It lists dates and prices for trips to Okoboji, Des Moines, Louisville, Cleveland, San Francisco, and more with single and round trip rates, urging readers to inquire for details and sale dates.
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Louisville
Cleveland
Ohio
San Francisco
Chicago
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Northwest
Colorado
Utah
Rock Island
Denver
Conventions Name Delegates in Iowa County Meeting
The Democrats of Washington county held a convention at Smouse's Hall selecting delegates to the state convention in Des Moines on August 21 and to the senatorial convention. Senator A. N. Alberson was named chairman and Attorney Ed Deeds secretary. 26 state delegates and 13 senatorial delegates were chosen with roll call across multiple townships.
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Smouse Hall
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A Clem That Pearl Divers Fear
In Ceylon pearl fisheries divers fear a giant clam that can crush a man’s legs and trap him underwater. Sorcerers sell charms to deter sharks and stingrays, while superstition governs many dangers of the trade.
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Ceylon
Postage Barbs Spark Tia In Angry Exchange
In a Baltimore American passage a female character stamps her feet in rage as a heavy villain taunts her about excess postage. He sneers that she should stamp them more, questioning chivalry in the exchange.
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Cinderella
Baltimore American
Mistress Why and Bridget Describe Broken Dish Replacements
A domestic exchange shows Bridget explaining she intends to replace every broken dish, following her mother’s instruction. The scene highlights a household routine of maintaining upkeep through replacements.
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Banana Peel Trick Uses Heated Air Pressure
A vintage note describes a self peeling banana prank using a bottle a ripe banana and alcohol soaked paper. Light the paper place the banana on top as the air inside heats and cools the outside pressure drives the banana downward pulling it from its skin.
Animal cries range by distance in a natural soundscape
The text ranks cries by audible distance: a lion travels farthest, followed by a hyena and owl. The panther and jackal appear next, with the donkey heard fifty times farther than the horse and the cat ten times farther than the dog. A hare’s cry exceeds that of both cat and dog.
When the Atlantic Was Bridged in Ancient Epochs
The Baltimore Sun notes de Mortillet brothers held that Europe and America connected via the British Isles, Faroes, Iceland, and Greenland in the Chelsean epoch, a link believed to have ended about 150000 to 160000 years ago.
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Bank Clerks Earn High Salaries Cited In Debate
A Brookyln Life quip features a broker insisting bank clerks are underpaid while a bank president notes a last receiving teller earned about 20000 dollars annually for six years.
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Brooklyn
Sweden's Cities Compared to American Counterparts
The text ranks Swedish cities by size noting Stockholm is smaller than Pittsburgh, Gothenburg rivals Columbus, and the remaining cities are towns.
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Sweden
Stockholm
Pittsburg
Gothenberg
Columbus
A Breakfast Table Decision
A humorous exchange notes Jenkins has taken the thirty third degree and his wife insists it must not occur again, as quoted by Puck.
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Weather forecast for Iowa unsettled with showers likely
Special telegram from Washington DC reports Iowa weather unsettled with probable showers tonight in the eastern portion. Cooler conditions expected in the western portion Sunday.
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Our Evening Journal
Iowa
Morning Services and Sermon at Eleven Today
Morning services begin at 11 with preaching by the pastor on the theme The Human Faction in the Salvation of Men. Sunday school and league meet as usual.
Roney's Choir Boys among top lecture attractions
The item notes Roney's Choir Boys as a premier lecture course act and mentions other highlights such as The Passion Play and Alton Packard performances. It also lists local visitors and social updates including Dr. Howard B. Hamilton and Mrs. Nancy Hamilton.
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Ainsworth
Armenian Kurdish raid leaves villages in ruins
A Constantinople dispatch reports 400 Kurdish raiders destroying villages in Damitra Armenia. All males slaughtered, young girls spared and taken to harems. The piece notes widespread devastation and refugees as the region reels.
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Constantinople
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Armenia
High School Class of ’96 Hosts Picnic Night
The High School class of 96 enjoyed a picnic supper at Highland Park in honor of Miss Carrie Estone of Wellman, guest of Miss Louisa Wilson. They gave close cheers and graduation ovations, returning late with memories of a pleasant evening. About fifteen attended.
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Chestnut street medical ad touts Pierce remedy for stomach
An old advertisement extols Doctor Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery to strengthen the stomach and nerves for motormen and railroad workers. It claims to cure stomach digestion troubles, nourish nerves, and purify blood, citing a grateful user from Granite Colorado. The note mentions free medical adviser and sale details.
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Frank Smith
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Chocolate Ice Cream Visit Arrives for Mrs Narver
Mrs Sarah Narver arrived this morning for a visit with her sister Mrs Isaac Kleese at Allen's where chocolate ice cream was served.
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The Noise Habit and Urban Sensations
The New Yorker reduces his noise habit as guilt dissipates with time. He experiences loneliness when leaving city life for woods or mountains and feels the stillness as a depressant. The urban streets are narrow channels with towering reflections, likened to a worker amid reflected noise.
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New Yorker
New York
Munsey’s Magazine
Deer Population and Harvest in Scottish Forests
Estimates place deer feeding in Scotland's forests between 90 000 and 100 000 animals with about 4 000 stags killed each year.
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