Local stores flood city with bargains and visits
Rothschilds advertises clothing at cost and silks and dresses. Numerous residents travel to Burlington and Winfield for business and visits while Vienna and West Side Drug offer cookies perfumes and remedies. A marriage license is issued to Warren Pulse and Mabel Henderson. The Ro s t h child store and Vienna bakery remain focal shopper hubs as many locals travel for errands and social events.
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Warren P. Pulse
Muscatine
Mabel Henderson
Wellman
Blossom the Mermaid's Stolen Breezes Homeward
A fairy tale asks how Blossom, a girl with honeyed hair and milk white skin, is abducted by a sea mermaid. After capture in a shell cave, forest moles organize a rescue, guiding Blossom back to her mother's garden and safety.
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Daddy
Jack
Evelyn
Blossom
Coral
Mother-Of-Pearl
Neptune
Shells
Weather Clears After Light Frost Threatens Gardens
The weather man warned of freezing conditions last night but the reading reached only 38 degrees. Tender plants were not seriously affected and after a heavy rain the sky cleared with several days of rising temperatures expected.
Alderman Rules Office For Life In London
An alderman in London holds an office for life under city governance. The position grants lifelong status and duties within municipal administration.
Discreet Justice and a Self Discharge Tale
A Kansas secretary of the State Historical Society recounts an early day justice of the peace who also acted as notary public. He reportedly discharged a man who claimed to have killed someone, saying no one saw the act and that the killer could not discharge himself for $50.
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Kansas State Historical Society
Kansas
J. P
J. Bk
J.P
Kansas City Journal
Too Soon For Her Carriage Dream
A clergyman recalls a ragged New York girl at Fifth Avenue and Thirty Street watching passing carriages. He asks if she wants a ride, but she reveals her brother died before she was born, underscoring sorrow over unshared luxuries.
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Fifth Avenue
Thirtieth Street
New York
Kerridge
Brudder
The Midnight Sun Across Nordic Latitudes
The text notes continuous daylight at Bodo from June 8 to July 7, at Tromsø from May 19 to July 22, and at the North Cape from May 12 to July 20. It adds winter darkness is less severe than expected, with the white straw and northern lights creating a perpetual twilight.
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Polar Circle
Bodo
Tromso
North Cape
The Makings In Church
A nervous man recalls a moment in a church when he involuntarily rolled a cigarette and nearly lit it, awakening to the danger and pondering how close he came to a grim outcome. The anecdote appears in the New York Press.
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New York Press
Harrowing Exchange From The Washington Star
An exchange questions whether any inhabitant escaped with his life after a brutal event. One man seeks horrowing details while the other admits he did not stop to ascertain. The remark suggests that escape without life would be scarcely useful.
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Washington Star
Habitual Drunkenness Charge Before Magistrate
A magistrate sternly questions John Jones about his habitual drunkenness. Jones offers a single reply claiming habitual thirst as his excuse for the offense.
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John Jones
Need Care for No One
A concise aphorism asserts true independence lies in personal ability to settle one’s financial obligations, emphasizing self-reliance over aid. It contrasts autonomy with reliance on others for bill payment, framing financial responsibility as a measure of freedom.
Eclipse of the Moon Prompts Public Curiosity
An article noting a total eclipse opportunity to view the Moon and its significance. Observers are urged to prepare for the event and understand the celestial spectacle ahead.
Poison Is Found in Corn and Matrimonial Fraud Exposed
Jefferson City dispatch reports J A Campbell a Todd Missouri farmer and his daughter Mrs Mabel Adison arraigned on charges of using the mails to defraud via matrimonial ads. They were released on $1000 bonds awaiting the October federal grand jury. Campbell admitted sending a Toledo published notice seeking marriage from a supposed orphan Nora A Johnson Versailles Missouri. Some replies included money triggering the arrest and charges against Mrs Adison.
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Jefferson City
J. A. Campbell
Mable Adison
Todd
Post Office
United States
Geisberg
Federal
Campbell
Toledo
Canada
Versailles
Nora A. Johnson
Misson
Nora
Mabel Adison
A Moon Eclipse Visible Across North America
Local astronomers predict a total moon eclipse for May 23, a rare sight aside from Halley's comet. The event will occur in the late afternoon and be visible only during the latter part as the moon rises too late to show the early eclipse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halley
North America
Death calls Lottie Collins music hall star
Lottie Collins a famed music hall performer died of heart disease in London. Known for the song Ta Ra Boom De Ay it rose to fame after a 1892 London debut and spread nationwide, later reaching the United States and carrying her name with it.
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London
Lottie Collins
Collins
London Music Hall
Atlantic
United States
Remains Taken to Ireland from Iowa Crypt
Albia Iowa May 3 The remains of Father Patrick Gaule from the Georgetown crypt have begun the journey back to Ireland for burial. Joined by his brother Father Edward Gaule of Holbrook they will sail from New York on the Cunard liner Lucinda and land at Fishbrook Ireland where interment will take place.
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Albia
Iowa
Patrick Gaule
Georgetown
Marth
Edward Gaule
Holbrook
Father Land
Lucinda
Cunard
New York
Gaule
Fishbrook
Ireland
Poison in corn blamed for livestock losses in Iowa
Farmers in Logan Iowa report horses and poultry dying after feeding on corn with a suspected poison in the kernal interior. Veterinarians say the toxin appears only in unripe corn from last fall, while others blame moldy ear corn spreading via inhalation and ingestion.
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Logan
Iowa
Denison
Fire at New Sharon causes $12000 damage
Oskaloosa Iowa May 3 Fire at New Sharon Saturday morning damaged property to the amount of 12000 dollars the heaviest losses falling on the New Sharon bank Concert Opera house Rogers Hardware Co and the New Sharon Drag Co The buildings will be replaced at once with brick and cement structures
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Oskaloosa
Iowa
New Sharon
New Sharon Bank
Concert Opera House
Roger's Hardware Co
New Sharon Drag Co
Webster county plans huge drainage district
recommendations and plans for the largest drainage district in Webster county were submitted. the system, costing 80000 dollars, will cover 22000 acres and reclaim 6000 acres of slough now favored by hunters and fishermen. the project will also aid the good roads effort.
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Fort Dodgetown
Webster County
Hand Torn From Arm At Iowa Tile Plant
May 3 in Webster City Iowa Frank Taylor an employee at the brick and tile factory lost his right hand in a tile machine yesterday morning. The hand was torn from the arm at the wrist.
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Webster City
Iowa
Frank Taylor
Brick and Tile Factory
Twain's teacher Temple Seeley found in Illinois town
Temple Ann Seeley long associated with Mark Twain as the original schoolteacher in Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn has been located. The former Muscatine woman, now Mrs. F. A. Jessup, lives in Oswego Illinois at age 76 and recalls Clemens as her student sixty years ago.
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Burlington
Iowa
Temple Ann Seeley
Mark Twain
Muscatine
F. A. Jessup
Oswego
Ill
Jessup
Samuel L. Clemens
Forest Land Size in France Reaches 18 Percent
A historical report notes that eighteen percent of France, about 23 million acres, is forest land. It highlights the extent of woodland coverage across the nation and its potential impact on resources and land use.
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France
European Farmers Association Overview
European Farmers Association notes that farmers' associations exist across Europe to manage farm products for commercial handling. It highlights widespread organization among agricultural groups and their role in commodity trade and coordination.
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European Farmers’ Association
Europe
Farmers’ Associations
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