Conan Doyle Lecture Sparks Caution Over Spirits Claims
A Chicago column recalls Sir Arthur Conan Doyle visiting audiences as a leading spiritist. The writer notes ticket mixups about the date and describes Doyle’s talk as a blend of science and mysticism, while urging careful judgment of claimed miracles and paranormal feats.
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Widow’s Property Attracts Suitors, Cites Home Hazards
A humorous regional note warns widows to safeguard their property to attract suitors while highlighting dangers at home from an old rusty gun.
Rippling Rhymes by Walt Mason Being a Bore
Walt Mason humorously catalogs how easy it is to bore others through bragging about old cars and endless talk. The verse mocks self important chatter and the dull speaker who cannot seem to stop talking, urging brief silences as a social remedy.
Humorous Snippets and Rumors From The Week
A collage of quips on weather droughts dime novels and odd sayings. Remarks from R S Cook Miss Lenore Dunnigan Buck Lloyd and others touch on farming attire humor and seasonal hints while noting an upcoming suspension of games under investigation.
Modern dress costume shows Mary’s lamb calf
A poem fragment notes a floor oil on a baby dress to keep a floor shining. The author asks not to reveal her name. The verse recalls Mary and her lamb with a contemporary twist on dress and display.
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Mary
Sir Conan Doyle on spirits and science shows doubts on evidence
The discussion centers on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's stance that claims of ghosts require scientific demonstration. Proponents argue spirits may linger after death while others question proof, urging exploration of space to replace beliefs in supernatural contact. Doyle is described as defensive but insufficiently proven.
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Love and Wine Take Different Paths in Married Life
A Times of India reflection links love and wine as forces guiding life in opposite directions. The piece suggests marriage often brings sobriety and a shift in priorities within domestic life.
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Times of India
Aunt Het Says Preacher in Delicate Health Rumor
A fragment cites Aunt Het quipping that women claim a preacher is fragile, yet at dinner they prepare well enough to “plumb ruin a well man” in Boston Herald style.
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Boston Herald
Evangelist Tacks Bible Sign. State Adds Detour Word
A roadside scene shows an evangelist placing a sign reading Prepare to Meet Thy God on a tree at a crossroads, followed by a State Highway Department worker posting a second sign beneath it with the single word Detour.
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State Highway Department
Corner to corner goodnight chant contest invites readers
The notice calls for entries as a playful challenge to see who can phrase goodnight from every angle, including corner to corner. It invites honorable mention for the first to respond and closes with a bedtime farewell and a fatherly plea to put out the light.
Confusing Week Names Spark Debate In Casper WY
In Casper Wyoming residents joke about overlapping week themes Foot Comfort Week Cedar Chest Week and propose Fishing Week or Loafing Week to ease confusion. Harry Ward questions dawn bird choruses said to start at 4 15 a m and run to 6 a m while a dead man and his wife are separately questioned by the attorney with matching testimonies.
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Herald
Community honors Kansas editor with parade and bouquet
Citizens in the dg community presented their editor with a bouquet in appreciation. A church quartet sang, a minister spoke, and six husky men carried him to a 1921 sedan. The parade followed, then the town returned home in quiet reflection, believing a brighter day came too late.
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Kansas
Disappearance Reported Of Local Girl
The father notified police this morning that his daughter is missing. He said she left home around 11 o clock last night after the family retired in her night clothes.
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Philadelphia Bulletin
Venice gondolas inspire park board plan for Central Park
A traveler returning from Italy pitches installing gondolas in Central Park. A veteran board member warns against a glut, suggesting a modest start with two boats. William Reubsam claims a 4x4 number square can be arranged so rows and diagonals sum to 34.
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Humble critique of a know-it-all official in Fairfield
A Fairfield Ledger Journal columnist mocks a man who acts as if he knows more about your business than you do, highlighting the humiliation and frustration of authority figures overreach.
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Wife 79 Secures Divorce in Boone District Court
Mrs Emily Hawkins Dell, 79, was granted a divorce from Moses Dell, 82, on desertion. The pair wed at Madrid and lived a year before she says he deserted her. She now resides at the Eastern Star home in Boone while Dell splits time between Des Moines and the soldiers home in Marshalltown.
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Movie Owners Denied Injunction Against Sunday Closings
Owners of motion picture theaters in Ames and Grinnell lost requests for restraining orders against Sunday closing laws. The Iowa Supreme Court Chief Justice Stevens denied the injunction, with appeals pending in both towns.
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Griffith Seeks County Auditor Nomination in June Primaries
A. L. Griffith announces candidacy for county auditor to succeed himself subject to Republican voters in the June primaries. He promises faithful devotion to the office and cites experience aiding effective county service.
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