Chautauqua Opens with Record Opening Night Crowd
The Washington Chautauqua opens to the largest crowd in seventeen years with 1,020 full fare season tickets sold and more expected today. The Chicago light opera company presents The Pirates of Penzance, while Dr. J Knox Montgomery delivers the first Bible lecture.
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Washington Chautauqua
Bob” Cousins
Chicago Light Opera Company
Chicago
Gertrude Farrall
Marian Tenny
Wonderful Natural Spectacle at Garden of the Gods
A 500 acre tract near Colorado Springs Colorado features bizarre sandstone pinnacles including the Cathedral Spires and Balanced Rock. The gateway forms two 820 foot red sandstone towers with a roadway passing between them.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Pasteurization Method for Bottled Milk Described
The process places bottled milk in a boiler with cold water up to the necks, heats on a stove until 145 degrees Fahrenheit is reached for 30 minutes as measured by a thermometer, then cools under running water and keeps sealed until serving. Pasteurization kills disease causing germs.
Lead and Steel Compared for Temperature Effects
Lead behaves like steel at liquid air temperatures and can act as a helical spring. The discussion notes soft non elastic metals and highlights how temperature governs hardness and elasticity. Lead is dull and soft at ordinary temperatures, approaching melting.
Prolific Mesquite Tree Landmark Cut Down in Honolulu
A historic mesquite tree in Honolulu, cut down October 23 1919, served as a seed source and tourist landmark. Over 92 years it spawned thousands of trees now covering about 99000 acres across Hawaii, transforming barren land into greenery.
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Honolulu
Mawaii
Pacific Ocean
Hawaiian
Memoranda in Glass Enclosing Calendared Paper Weights
A reader reports using gum tragacanth to join two sheets of glass with a sheet of paper between them. After a drying period of one week no staining remains on the paper. The method could yield glass items with calendars embedded, though initial wet gum may lightly stain.
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Scientific American
Standard English Pound Through the Ages
The English pound originated from the weight of 7.680 grains of wheat and served as the standard from William the Conqueror through Henry VIII when the avoirdupois pound of 7.000 grains was adopted. Queen Elizabeth I established the avoirdupois standard, which has remained in use to the present day.
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William the Conqueror
Henry VIII
Elizabeth
The Wolf Cry Unites Timber Wolf Pack
A fragmented tale describes timber wolves lifting poses and sending wireless ends to scar human and animal blood, while distant wolves respond and converge to reunite the pack.
Medicine in Literature Inspires Jud Tunkin Readings
Jud Tunkin says the encouragement he gains from literature around medicine helps him. He notes that reading literary reflections on medicine boosts his morale and perspective.
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Jud Tunkin
Robbery at Boone store nets $500 in merchandise
Grant and Sons at Patton was entered during the night Tuesday and thieves stole $500 worth of goods including silks and woolens. Sheriff Quinlan of Green County asked officers to watch for suspects.
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Quinlan
Green County
Mount Vileasant
A. D. Hayes Company
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Lloyd Smith
Willie Lawhorn
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Young Smith
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Hiram &. Beedle
Mississippi
Akon River
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West Burlington
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Useful Kerosene for Households
The article notes kerosene as a valued household aid. It describes its use as a lubricant to start stalled mechanisms and as a cleaner replacing soap and water. It also claims floors clean more quickly with a well-oiled mop, leaving a bright surface.
Selfishness Fades. Duty to Common Good Endures
A reflective note argues that selfish pursuit yields nothing lasting while life spent on human betterment elevates others and leaves a durable mark on history. It frames serving the common good as superior to personal advancement and contends sacrifice lifts people from hardship to dignity.
Water content of the brain and its average weights
The article explains that brain tissue is 80 to 90 percent water with the rest white and gray matter. It notes average brain weights around 48 ounces for men and 43 ounces for women, highlighting differences in brain composition.
Fifth annual Hugh Thompson family reunion held in Hillsboro Iowa
The fifth annual Hugh Thompson reunion gathered forty eight relatives at the home of Mr and Mrs Will Anderson in Hillsboro Iowa on Sunday August fifteenth Attendees from Des Moines Cone Clarkesville Washington West Chester Davenport and Fairfield shared a noon cafeteria style dinner and an afternoon of visiting music and games A four generation photo was taken Plans were made to hold next year’s reunion with Miss Agnes Thompson and a picnic in Crapo Park. Opal Kindelsperger of Davenport attended a party hosted by Blanche Busby with six teen guests, prizes awarded to Earl Busby Russell Conner and Glenn Davis. Kolah club members met at Mrs John Jackson’s home for an afternoon of light music and conversation.
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Silas Ross
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Gwendolyn Long
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R. H. Walker
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Hugh Anderson
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Burlington
Roy Hesseltine
Cone
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Ralph Frazey
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C. R. Dayton
Clarkesville
James Thompson
A. R. Strum
Glenn Cuddeback
M. PD. Lee
Washington
Royal Robertson
West Chester
Agnes Thompson
Crapo Park
Opal Kindelsperger
Davenport
Blanche Busby
Earl Busby
Russell Conner
Glenn Davis
Kindiesperger
Rosalie Higby
Fairfield
Carl Kindelsperger
Wedding Superstitions About June and Christmas Brides
A brief note explains June as a popular month for weddings, citing a favorable omen from Pano who blesses June marriages. It adds a belief that a bride wed on Christmas day is safe, and a widow who remarries in the same month loses fear of further widowhood.
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Aarau Library Boasts Miniature Athens Status
Aarau, capital of Argovia, hosts a remarkably busy library with 80 000 volumes for a city of 10 000. Eight volumes per inhabitant grants Aarau a claim to be a miniature Athens with one of the world's hardest working libraries.
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Argovia
United States
Athens
Humbleness and traffic talk in a Boston Transcript quip
A brief editorial quips that humility does not excuse speeding and traffic obstruction in a lighthearted misquote of Shakespeare from The Merchant of Venice. The Boston Transcript frames the line as a humorous warning about driving behavior.
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Boston Transcript
Restless Humourist Links Unrest to Constant Resting
Jud Tunkins quips that visible unrest is shown by a man who spends more time resting than anyone in the neighborhood. The humorous remark highlights a playful view of everyday fatigue and idleness among locals.
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Jud Tunkins
Locomotive Disaster Follows Driver’s Premonition
Sioux City suginotr Hedding, scalded to death when his locomotive jumped the track near Hospers, had warned neighbors he sensed danger after a Saturday accident where a drive rod tore through the cab. Bevington seeks divorce from Marie Bevington in Sioux City. a separate fatality follows as Joseph Then dies from injuries after a horse crushed him in Whitewater township.
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Albert H. Hedding
Suginotr
Hospers
Hedding
T. FF. Bevington
Sioux County
Marie E. Bevington
Tom
Cornish Tin Miners and the Stannary Courts
The article explains that Cornish tin miners form a distinct class, their disputes settled by the Stannary courts. These courts date from the mid thirteenth century in their current form and earlier in simpler forms, with miners claiming immunity from other jurisdiction except for matters affecting land, life or limb.
Things Mend Moral on Hope and Reform
A reflective passage asserts that history inspires confidence in improvement. It urges not to block progress but to observe and support the rising efforts of each new day. The quote emphasizes hope as the source of reform and collective action.
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Smerson
Pots Used to Swell Sound in Ancient Theaters
The ancient Greeks used earthen pots under seat benches with mouths toward the stage to amplify resonance. The pots amplified air vibrations to reinforce theater sound without woodwork.
Love and Motherhood Theme Quote Noted
A dated quote from Macleod reflects on love, arguing that love cannot stay at home and a mother endlessly gives it to her children. The saying emphasizes continual maternal generosity and selflessness.
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Macleod
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