Normal Institute to Feature Public Lecture by Dr A B Storms
Miss Cora Porter county superintendent plans Washington County Normal Institute set for six days starting June with lectures and classes led by Profs Crone and Davugherty Supt Riddell and instructors from Ottumwa Des Moines and Ames Dr A B Storms president of the State Agricultural College may keynote the public lecture with a mothers meeting to follow The program aims to boost efficiency and community support for county teachers and students.
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Cora Porter
Washington County Normal
Porter
A. B. Storms
State Agricultural
Ames
Istitute
Storms
Liss Porter
Mothis
Attie Moore Mitchell
Washington County
Women to Meet for Sewing at Missionary Society
The Ladies' Missionary Society of the Baptist church will hold a meeting tomorrow at 2 PM with Mrs. C. Long. All ladies invited to attend and sew.
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Ladies’ Missionary Society of the Bapiist Church
C. Long
Iowa Weather Forecast From Washington Outlook
Partly cloudy tonight and Friday with slightly colder air in the southeast portion tonight. Warmer conditions expected Friday across the state.
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Washington, D. C
the Evening Journal
Iowa
Beats The Music Cure
Mrs. Mary Brown of 20 Lafayette Place Poughkeepsie New York endorses Dr King s New Life Pills as a reliable pleasant laxative best for stomach liver and bowels. Guaranteed by J A Stewart druggist 25 cents.
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Mary Brown
Lafayette Place
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Giants of Tierra del Fuego Onas Described by Herald
The Onas of Tierra del Fuego are described as six foot plus giants with taller men and stocky women. Despite formidable physiques they are said to lack inventive talent and have primitive homes and clothing. Their language is noted as among the strangest, with harsh sounds and odd sentence construction. The tribe reportedly relies on meat from guanaco for sustenance.
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Terra del Fuego Island
Guanaco
New York Herald
St Swithin and Rain Legend Recounted
The piece recounts the St Swithin legend linking rain to forty days of weather. It notes St Swithin of Winchester sought burial outside the church and how clerics later moved his remains after a rainstorm. The verse line about christening the apples is offered as a poetic aside.
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St. Swithin
Winchester
Phases of the Moon and its Monthly Cycle
The moon's phases arise from its position relative to earth and sun. Full moons occur at the same time globally, while the lunar month averages 29 days 12 hours 44 minutes due to Earth's orbit. The dark of the moon is the period when the moon shines least at night.
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Earth
Dance of a Dinner Dalliance in a Chicago Restaurant
A Chicago Record-Herald piece recalls an awkward exchange after a theater night. A man approaches a woman, hoping her previous attention continues, while she recalls a husband’s dismissal of a coachman for advancing on the cook, noting the couple’s expensive dining setting.
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Chicago Record-Herald
Reminiscent remarks on a favored tale
A speaker notes the author’s single notable success and constant praise. A friend compares Riter to a pleased dog, asking how he stays so upbeat and eager, implying persistent happiness in recounting the tale. The exchange casts a playful portrait of memory and pride.
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Riter
Mistress Seeks Five Marks from New Cook
On the second day with the new cook Kath asks for five marks. The cook jokes that yesterday the mistress treated the house cook as family, a reminder of familiar duties.
Thought and Labor Union for a Healthful Life
Ruskin argues that labor sustains healthy thought and thought fuels productive labor. He contends both are inseparable and must be pursued together to achieve happiness and well being.
Newlywed hopes for car gift this Christmas
A Mrs Newlywed voice recounts hoping her husband will buy an automobile for Christmas. A friend quips that six months of marriage may bring hope, but next year could bring sobbing and disagreement.
Tall tales spark dispute on a train heard in a Yorkshire accent
A Yankee passenger boasts of rapid construction while a burly Yorkshire man retorts with blunt, humorous lines about foundations and homes. The exchange centers on exaggerated building stories and the folly of quick work.
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Newt
Absence of Winter Sends Family South
A Boston Miss Strickler replies that their family has gone south to escape winter. The Philadelphia Press notes the contrast in reasoning for leaving, attributing the move to milder conditions rather than travel.
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Ascum
Inquisitive Girl Probes Breeze on Silent Days
An inquisitive girl asks her beau about what happens when the breeze does not blow. An orator recalls sad days and old familiar faces once met, reflecting on absence and memory in Modes and Fabrics.
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Beau
Tom
Irish lawyer shows judge his grand Dublin house
A poor but proud Irish lawyer escorts Chief Justice Whiteside to his new Dublin home and asks if he deserves praise. The judge replies dryly that the man has indeed earned it and then some.
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Whiteside
Dublin
Reed's witty exchange with a private secretary
The Hon. Amas Allen recalls a moment when Thomas B. Reed asked a department head about a return time. The secretary was out, and a newly honored private secretary replied with uncertainty. Reed quipped, you look it, revealing the caller’s identity.
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Amas Allen
Thomas B. Reed
Reed
Harper’s Weekly
Hepemic clocks cause market hall amusement
A spoken scrap in a market hall has two women joking about a supposed hepemic among clocks. One claims her clock stopped, another agrees alarmed by the idea, as they mock the notion with a pun about a home clock watch three sons and a husband all doing nothing.
Stage Neck light and a sailor’s grisly end at York Harbor
In Gorgea na now York Harbor Maine Stage Neck juts into the sea. A storm wrecked sloop left one survivor who recounted a bizarre coroner verdict stating the skipper and a barrel of whiskey fell overboard. The drowned body later froze and was eaten by rats.
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Gorgeana
York Harbor
Stage Neck
Sound Sleeper Buzzed By Mysterious Packages
In a Vermont hotel a light sleeper finally dozes off but wakes to a loud repeated rap. The messenger claims a package for him downstairs, but he says it can wait. After a long return to sleep another knock comes, with the man insisting the package is not for him.
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Vermont
Animals Playoff Gridiron Fable Ends Skirmish
Animals stage a humorous football game with a fox passing to a porcupine who rushes near the end. The others tackle the porcupine and end the brief contest after a single try. The scene closes with a note that the play did not repeat.
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve Reassures Cures All Skin Ailments
Mrs. Grant Shy of Springfield Illinois endorses Bucklen’s Arnica Salve as a household essential for curing cuts wounds burns and skin eruptions. The product is guaranteed by J I Stewart Druggist and sells for 25 cents.
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Grant Shy
Reynolds St
Springfield
Ill
J. I. Stewart
Methodist Souvenir Postal Cards At Hobson & Gove's
Local items note souvenir postal cards featuring the M. E. church on display at Hobson and Gove's. Several residents travel for business, trade calls, or events, including H A Burrell Iowa City trip and A M Riepe Roy Andrews Burlington visit. News mentions Mrs Vaughn Schlatter Wayland reporting improvement and Lettie Menary returning from Joliet. Chas Cutright of Cockayne Cutright reported at home in Southeast Washington.
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Iowa City
A. B. Orris
Crawfordsville
Eardley Bell, Jr
Wellman
Joe Carson
West Liberty
A. M. Riepe
Roy Andrews
Burlington
M. E. Church
Hobson & Gove's
Chas. Cutright
Cockayne & Cutright
Washington
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