Washington High Beats Columbus Junction In Football Clash
Washington high school defeated Columbus Junction high school 72 to 0 with scores listed for November 21 and 26. The article includes a long roster of players with weights, class, and game-by-game positions, noting captains and multiple players across 1 to 7 games in the season.
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Manner John Bailey
RFE
Ralph Mett
Arthur Ingham
L. Goin
Jank Buckley
Fo Bo
L E
Lawrence Wilson
L. T
Robert Motts
Ina
Tom Batley
Q. Bo Ind
Harold McWilliams
Q. BK
Ho Ind
James Crump
Tilerm Alwdill
Densmore Guthrie
Shrader
Landie Kos
Koinl
Christmas Park Tramp Tales at Philanthropists Club
Reynolds and Caruthers recount their charity night in Union Park. Both describe meeting tramps who once had better days, with a wife and two children now staying with the wife's mother. The men note the emotional impact of the tales and their reluctant generosity.
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Zoe Anderson Norris
Philanthropists’ Club
Reynolds
New York
Caruthers
Union Park
Tramp
Distressing Shakedown in Windsor Club Fraud Tale
A crowd confronts an artist posing as a charity donor in Windsor. Five dollars each is handed to the impostor by club members who believed a shared plan to relieve the poor. The artist confesses he needed the money, admitting he is the Samoan artist in disguise.
Windsor Grocery Promotes Eight Hour Coffee at 25 Cents
A Windsor grocery emphasizes its Eight Hour coffee blend as the solution to inconsistent coffees. It explains careful sourcing, modern roasting, and thorough testing for quality. Samples available. price is 25 cents per pound to offer affordable popular coffee.
Patent Leather Finishing Methods Revealed in Historic Tannery
Historic account describes patent leather production with bark tanning on some hides, detailing steps from oil and litharge coating to steam drying at 160 degrees, pumice rubbing, multiple oil and ivory black layers, and final varnish finishing. It notes secrecy around processes and restricted access to finishing rooms.
Patchwork shirt as Dutch patchwork tale
Edward Penfield in Scribner's tells of a thrifty Holland captain whose shirt, endlessly patched in browns and reds, becomes a evolving mosaic. The piece satirizes haste in buying new clothing and hints at legacy and heirloom value amid humorous character names.
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Holland
Barney Toole
Edward Penffeld
Scribner's
Mercy over fashion in Mansfield trial remark
The piece recalls English criminal law once punishing theft over 10 shillings with death. Lord Mansfield urged mercy by directing a jury to deem a stolen trinket under 10 shillings to spare the thief, while a jeweler argued the item cost twice that. The judge urged mercy for fashion's sake.
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England
Hampstead
Cat Overseer Fails Mouse Capture in Wine Cupboard
A restaurant manager’s cat spotted a mouse inside a wine glass cupboard. Realizing a successful catch would be difficult in that retreat, the feline paused its pursuit.
Mouse Caught After Cat’s Cheese Trap
A cat perched atop a cupboard dropped a cheese piece onto the floor where a mouse watched for over an hour. The mouse finally lunged for the cheese and the cat’s riddle of a plan culminated in the capture of the mouse.
Early bird proverb backfires in schoolroom tale
A schoolmaster warns against teaching proverbs to young children and cites the early bird worm adage. The next day a tearful pupil explains his father punished him for releasing the canary early, losing the worm.
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Tommy
Agnostic Rumor Reaches Oldcastie Parish
Mrs Oldcastie recounts a rumor that Mr Faddlethwaite, formerly of their church, has become an agnostic. Josiah recalls warning him about his eating pace and consequences, noting remarks from a down town lunch spot.
Sportsman Dictionary noted for odd natural history lore
A century old work described as odd by a philistine author, with remarks on the black bird’s value when roasted and its noisy song, a tale of the ring-tailed squirrel crossing a river by projecting its tail as a sail, and a warning about the wild boar’s hot bite causing wounds to burn.
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Sportsman's Dictionary
Nce
Blackbird
Izaak Walton
He Could Pose
A judge notes the subject poses well for photographs with folded arms and a thoughtful look as a potential famous novelist.
No Encouragement Needed
Dialogue fragment from a New Yorker exchange shows concern over encouraging engagement between a daughter and Fred while she insists no encouragement is given and the father objects to the match.
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Fred
New Yorker
Quotations Reflect Wit on Wealth and Will of Tomorrow
The note quotes lines from the Baltimore American and Chevalier. It contrasts quickened judgment with prudence, highlighting wealth as secured by certainty about the morrow and the value of a fair mind.
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Baltimore American
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