Billy and the Bushy Tails Remembered in Winter Folly
A cold January morning follows Bushy Tail and mate as a neighborly theft tests their luck. Billy Black, a schoolboy, pilfers the tree hollow's supper but is outwitted by hunger, returning the food to the grateful family and ending with a warm, shared supper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Frost
Uncle Wind
Cap
Tippet
Drushy-Tail
Billy
Elizabeth Perley
Bushy-Tail
Tesson
New England
Two Sides Compete as Players Draw Tin Pans
In a game with two sides an equal number of players participate. Each player receives a new shallow tin pan and the groups separate to form two lines facing each other. The activity tests coordination and balance as the pans are used in a playful challenge.
The Struggle of Billy and the Lost Dinner
A school day tale follows Billy as misfortune mounts from a failed math effort to a missing dinner. He faces hunger, a mischievous theft, and a long afternoon of study before a communal yarn game tests agility and patience.
Weather Clues Hint at Incoming Rain and Calm Winds
The passage notes signs of rain including limp violin strings, untwisting cords, falling glass, difficult-to-shut doors, heavier salt, slow smoke rise, and unusually clear locomotive whistles. A hopeful wish for fair weather is mentioned, though not always reliable.
Wreck injures twenty on Illinois Milwaukee line at Keystone
A Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul express train derailed after hitting a handcar on an embankment thirty miles west of Cedar Rapids Iowa. Twenty passengers were injured including C. T. Metwaine F. C. Myers Deland W Stockton David Reynolds Frank Wicheal Carl Mershon and Olin with several seriously hurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Chicago, Miwaukee and St. Paul
Keystone
Here
C. T. Metwaine
F.C. Myers
Deland
Pf. W. Stockton
David Reynolds
Marion
Frank Wicheal
Carl Mershon
Olin
Tennessee Completes Gun and Steam Trial at Newport
A brief telegraph report from the board of inspection and survey to the navy department says the armored cruiser Tennessee left Hampton Roads Saturday for Newport News and arrived Sunday evening. The ship maintained 20.82 knots for four hours with engines on forced draught during the trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy Department
Board of Inspection and Survey
Tennesse
Hampton Roads
Newport
R. L
Admiralty to test Holland submarine with mine explosions
London reports the British Admiralty will sacrifice an early Holland submarine to study mine explosion effects. Mines and torpedoes will be detonated at various distances to learn how the blast affects buoyancy and stability and to guide torpedo experts on countering submerged craft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Holland
Reversible cuffs praised in Philadelphia debate
In a brief exchange a salesman states one good turn deserves another while discussing reversible cuffs, reflecting a light anecdote from the Philadelphia Press.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Press
The Six Hundred Remembered In The Charge
An excerpt recounts the Charge of the Light Brigade with vivid anecdotes from The Cornhill Magazine. It mentions a Seven teenth Lancers butcher who charged shirt sleeves and pipe in mouth, a drunken private joining on a spare horse, and the overall perilous assault lasting twenty minutes with 195 mounted men remaining from 67% cavalry. It ends with the famous refrain Noble six hundred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornhill
Seventeenth Lancers
England
The
Modern Restlessness Reflected In Society Critique
The piece likens modern pursuit of novelty to ancient Athenians and observes vanity in seeking new things. It notes people eat drink sleep and plod, attend church, and fear social judgement from Mrs Greatly. The London Ladies' Field echoes the sentiment of cautious, conformist behavior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Grundy
London
Cutting Down Competition
A humorous exchange notes household budgeting. A person says they saved $500 by moving and ridicules a claim of cheaper housing, then reveals the motive was avoiding a spouse attempting to outdress a wealthy neighbor in the same block.
Howell's Voice Draws Crowd to Hall Lobby
In a lively scene critics note Miss Howell’s singing drew audiences from the hall into the lobby. Nearly everyone left the main space to hear her performance, indicating strong audience demand and engagement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inquirer
Butchery of Birds Drive Planned in Empire Township
In Empire township McLean county on Aug 27 a large organized drive targets crows hawks owls blackbirds and doves. Leroy villager s lantern mediates two squads with Illinois Central and Big Four as lines. captains M Harrington and C Grant Smith named. rules cap shooting after 5 p m Aug 26. each bird must be presented to the judicial committee. heads not accepted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoria
Til
Empire Township
McLean County
Leroy
Illinois Central
M. Harrington
C Grant Smith
The Club Joker Bed Story Recited
A fragment of dialogue features Joker asking about a bed while Victian and Tatier respond with competing lines about lying down, creating a playful, dramatic interaction from a likely theatrical piece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joker
Victian
Tatier
Pearl dealers seek rescue of western river mussels fisheries
Pearl dealers in Maiden Lane New York start a movement to save western pearl mussel fisheries from destruction caused by unrestricted fishing. They sent a petition to Washington requesting investigation of mussel conditions and feasibility of hatcheries to propagate mussels like food fish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Maiden Lane
Washington
Earthquake Recorded near Vieques Island
Seismograph at the U S Magnetic Observatory on Vieques noted a 3 second quake at 3 95 a m New York time yesterday. Tremors were rapid and short in duration and located off the Island of Vieques, San Juan Porto Rico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Juan
Porto Rico
United States Magnetic Observatory
Island of
Viques
New York
Sir Harry MacLean to be Surrendered in Tangier
A Tangier dispatch says Sir Harry MacLean the English prisoner of Raisuli was to be surrendered yesterday to F Merani the sultan’s uncle and to be taken to Alcazar for trial today.
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London
Tangier
Harry MacLean
Raisuli
F Merani
Alcazar
Baseball Scores From Across Leagues Today
The chart lists results from the League with New York 2 over Chicago 1, Philadelphia 2 over St Louis 5, Cincinnati 5 over Brooklyn 2, Pittsburg 3 over Boston 10. American action shows New York 0 over St Louis 1, Philadelphia 10 over Cleveland 8, Detroit 4 over Boston in twelve innings, and Chicago 16 over Washington after extra innings. Association results include St Paul 18 over Toledo 3 and Minneapolis 8 over Columbus 5.
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Chicago
New York
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
Boston- Pittsburg
Boston
Cleveland
Detroit
Washington
Association
St. Paul
Toledo
Minneapolis
Columbus
Sufficiency Lady And How Was It That You Left Your Last Place
A dialogue reveals why the speaker departed the prior home with a cook blaming the odor from automobile garbage near the kitchen. The note captures a humorous exchange from a Tatler feature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tatler
Walton seeks divorce from desertion in Iowa district court
The petition of plaintiff Arthur Oral Walton against defendant Bessie M. Walton is on file with the Clerk of the District Court in Washington County Iowa seeking a divorce from the bonds of matrimony on the ground of desertion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie M. Walton
District Court
State of
Iowa
Washington County
Arthur Oral Walton
Notice to appear or default on September term 1907
The notice directs the defendant to appear and defend before noon of the second day of the September term 1907 of the court commencing September 3 1907. If no appearance is made a default will be entered and judgment and decree rendered as provided by law. Clifford Thorne is attorney for the plaintiff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford Thorne
Mamie Montgomery
District Court of
State of
Iowa
Washington County
W. R. Montgomery
A. D
Court House
Washington
Divorce action filed over habitual drunkenness in Iowa
Mamie Montgomery is the defendant in a divorce petition filed in Washington Iowa. The petition seeks dissolution of the marriage on grounds of habitual drunkenness and warns of default judgment if she does not appear at the September 1907 term at the Washington courthouse.
Notice of District Court Quiet Title Suit in Crawfordsville
In Washington County Iowa Sept Term 17 Geo W Alexander M W Welch J N Carter et al sue to quiet title in fee simple on described real estate. Plaintiffs claim open continuous possession for over twenty years and allege unknown claimants may have interests. defendants warned to answer by Sept 3 1907 or default will be entered. Attorneys J L Brookhart for plaintiffs. Publication ordered in Evening Journal for six weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. W. Alexander M. W. Welch
J.N Carter
Daniel P. Hopkins
Halda J. Hopkins
Mary Ann Walker
Marietta Duval
John H. Walker
Jane Maxwell
Margaret J. Roberts
Ida C. Roberts
Frank W. Roberts
Carl J. Roberts
Anthony Smith
John W. Crawford
J. W. Crawford
Jane Crawford
Ann Jane Crawford
A. Jane Crawford
Ann J. Crawford
Eliza Ellen Crawford
Mary Agnes Crawford
Mary A. Crawford
Mary A. Ross
James Crawford
James Ramsey Crawford
Margaret P. Crawford
Margaret I. Menteer
Margaret P.minter
Wm. P. Crawford
Martha L. Crawford
J. A. Ross
Alice N. Ross
James A. Ross
Art W. Cook
Kk. W. Cook
Ruth Cook
John W. Neal
James R. Crawford
E. D. Rand
N. Lease
D. C. Campbell
J. B. Crawford
Nellie J. Crawford
F. H. Crawford
Julia Crawford
John RB. Crawford
Maggie Crawford
Mary A. Cowden
Alex Mowden
J. T. Crawford
Howard Guy Crawford
F. W. Roberts
George Westfall
William Benson
Frances Trebilcock
William J. Benson
Robert McNay
J. N. Merriton
Samuel N. Merritt
James R. Lowery
Mare Wery
Frederick Schwaebe
George Pratt
Mary FE. Nickerson
John F. Nickerson
Mary &. Nicholson
Washington County
Iowa
Towit
Section Fifteen
Clerk of the District Court of
Nam
Court House
Washington
Wee J. L. Brookhart
Evening Journal
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Just
Lombardo
Spraghe Correspondence School OF Law
Masistic Bipa
Detroit, Mick
Gddress
Jonn K. Steen
Madison Wasbingies
Jaws
Vrooman
J. K. Steen
Bright
Hwamberlaing
Chichester’s
Lamond E
Chichester
Foley
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