Gentry Brothers Trained Animal Show Arrives in Shore City
The Gentry Brothers trained animal circus arrived by special train from Ottumwa and set up at the show grounds in northeast Washington. A parade drew crowds and officials expect a capacity night performance with many farmers likely to attend. Local residents Miss Mary Laney and Mrs Verne Rosenberger visited, while Miss Eather and Howard McElwain traveled to Keota for relatives. W H Warner returned from Cedar Rapids after the G A R encampment. Mr and Mrs W A Walker arrived from Ainsworth to attend the show.
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Ottumwa
Washington
C. W. Finney
Journal
Miss Eather
Howard McElwain
Keota
W.H. Warner
Cedar Rapids
W.A. Walker
Ainsworth
Gentry Bros
Colorado Offers Low Summer Round trip Fares
Colorado promotes affordable travel with $23.15 round trips to Denver Colorado Springs or Pueblo and $33.15 to Glenwood Springs. Includes lower rates to many other destinations.
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Colorado
America
Denver
Colorado Springs
Pueblo
Glenwood Springs
Pacific Coast
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Portland
Seattle
Victoria
Vancouver
Yellowstone Park
Mammoth Hot Springs
Park
Michigan
Canada
St. Lawrence River
Adirondack Mts
New England
New York City
Boston
Salt Lake City
Utah
Hot Springs
S. D. Hiorn Basin
D. Clem Deaver
Landseekers' Information Bureau
Omaha
Big Horn Basin
Wyo
Yellowstone Valley
Mont
Memorial service set for June 14 with lodge gathering
The A. O. U. W. memorial will be held Sunday June 14. members and LD. of W. are asked to meet at the hall at 2:30 for a good attendance and to bring flowers. 100-31 Committee.
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U. W
Dr Kings New Life Pills Praised by Ingleside Reader
Ayscue of Ingleside North Carolina reports 15 years of chronic indigestion improved by Dr Kings New Life Pills after spending over two hundred dollars without relief. The product is sold at Lemmon's Pharmacy with a 25 cent guarantee.
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Dr. King
B. F. Ayscue
Ingleside
N. C
Lemmon’s Pharmacy
Gentry Brothers Animal Show Presents Clean High Class Display
The program features 165 ponies, many horses, 140 dogs, 5 elephants, 4 camels, flocks of sheep and goats, and monkey cages. Murphy the trained goose oversees the animal tent as ponies feed. Finney notes daily rations and meticulous care. New acts include Marcells and Lennet, Upside Down Zaralda z, elephants band, and musical ponies with ample seating and a distinct class ambiance. The shows, originating from Bloomington Indiana, are one of six Gentry Brothers productions.
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Murphy
Marcells & Lennet
Zaraldaz
Elephants Band
Notable Figures From Politics and Sports Cited
The passage profiles several figures: Senator Martin of Virginia noted for speaking softly, California Representative Julius Kahn's past as a stage actor who acted with Booth and others, Representative Gaines of West Virginia as the only congress member born in Washington, J Pierpont Morgan donating sixteen volumes on his art to Wadsworth Athenaeum, James Wilson serving as secretary of agriculture while maintaining his Tama county roots, Professor Romagnoli of Bologna who is blind yet graduated and writes on St. Peter's in Rome, Tad Jones Yale quarterback and multi sport leader also slated to captain next season and Y M C A secretary in the Sheffield Scientific School.
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Martin
Virginia
Julius Kahn
California
Booth
Joe Jefferson
Salvini
W. J. Florence
Clara Morris
Joseph Holt Gaines
West Virginia
House of Congress
Washington
J. Pierpont Morgan
Wadsworth Athenaeum
Hartford
London
New York
James Wilson
Tama County
Romagnoli
Bologna
St. Peter's
Rome
Giornale d'Italia
Tad Jones
Yale
Harvard
Sheffield Scientific School
Skinning the boy at midnight? Gee whiz tale in verse
A fragment from the Philadelphia Press echoes a quip about stumbling at midnight and planning to skin a boy, framed as a humorous old verse. The line plays on bravado and mock bravure, reflecting colonial era slang and comic bite.
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Philadelphia Press
Reform. The World Is All a Stage Critics Hammer
The Washington Star notes that reformists claim life is a stage where critics wield power and daily toil to lift the performer at center of attention. The piece reflects on public discourse and the quest for prestige in cultural life.
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Washington Star
Amusing pendulum bird toy for clever boys
A Philadelphia Ledger item describes whittling a swinging bird toy driven by a pendulum. It covers cutting body head and tail pieces, assembling a four-slat frame, inserting legs, tying weights to a neck and tail, and using string to animate the bird. Finishing touches include feathering with glue, red flannel comb and wattles, and yellow legs and beak.
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Philadelphia Ledger
Bellbird specimen arrives at London Zoo with loud voice
A naked throated bellbird Chasmorhynchus indicatlis arrives at the London zoological gardens. The bird's voice is described as a clear metallic note heard far away, likened to a blacksmith striking an anvil. The male is pure white while the female is brownish green, native to Brazil.
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Zoological Gardens
London
Pall Mall Gazette
Darwin
Brazil
Curious Cat and Dusty Heaven Musings
A playful tale contrasts a clever cat watching a birds nest with chicks later eaten. A young girl named Flossie questions creation and dust, asking if heaven is a dreary, dusty place.
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Flossie
Mamma
Painted Ice Cream Night Reverie
A narrator recalls a vivid night time vision of ice cream colored in pink and white stripes each about an inch wide. They wonder how such an odd yet appealing flavor and appearance were achieved and speculate paint was used to make a paste mixed throughout. New York Herak.
Patent report list of Iowa patent issues on 9th instant
Kh W Bishop reports patents issued to Iowa residents with numbers and inventors including Haugh, Wise, Hackett Morgan, Morgan, Channon, Gagha gen, Mason, Morrison, Needles, Newman, Richards, Rietveld, Smalley, Baird, Diffenbaugh, Edgerton, Garver, Louden, Rathbone, Adams, Brockman, Hammerin, Winslow, Heydrich, Kireh, Lansberry, Bissen, Johnson. Covers target-trap to design registrations and conveying devices, metal works, machinery, and tools across multiple Iowa cities such as Fort Dodge Waterloo Des Moines Newton Perry Webster City Bussey Panora Deep River Fairfield Red Oak West Union Iowa Falls Hampton Stacyville Hayfield Keokuk Des Moines.
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Kh. W. Bishop
Washington, D. C
Iowa
J. W. Haughanout
Fort Dodge
Cleveland Cartridge & Target Co
Cleveland
Ohio
J. C. Wise
Hills
H. Hackett
I. W. Morgan
Waterloo
W. W. Marsh
T. W. Morgan
William Channon
Des Moines
L. L. Gaghagen
Newton
G. M. Mason
Perry
William Morrison
G. W. Needles
Atlantic
Alta Newman
Webster City
Bussey
J. D. Rietveld
Cornelius Dieleman
W. D. Rietveld
Pella
J. A. Smalley
Assignor
J. M. Trulin
Panora
C. W. Baird
Deep River
BB. F. Diffenbaugh
Creston
C. H. Edgerton
Paton
A. C. Garver
W. M. Woods
William Louden
Fairfield
F. P. Rathbone
Red Oak
J. Q. Adams
West Union
H. E. Brockman
Sioux City
J. Kireh
Keokuk
W. R. Lansberry
A. W. Wolf
Hampton
Peter Bissen
Stacyville
J. EK. Johnson
Hayfield
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