Mr. Sam't Conner Celebrates His Fifty-Eighth Anniversary
Ainsworth Schools closed due to measles risk. Sam't Conner marks his fifty eighth year in Washington since arriving in 1844. His journey to Washington took 21 days from Memer Co. Pennsylvania after traveling by Ohio and Mississippi rivers.
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Sam't Conner
Washington
Connor
WH. A. Buerrel
K. O. Bilder
Memorial Miller
Eli Warfel
Washinon
Memer Co
Pennsylvania
Mr. Connor
John Stewart
Agnes Stewart
Cohern Craig
Black
Ohio River
Mississippi River
Keokuk
Inspection boosts local Woman's Relief Corps status
Miss Sue Browning of Muscatine inspected the lodge here and found the Woman's Relief Corps flourishing. She will report favorably and Miss Browning then goes to Burlington to review there. Also noted, John B. Leonard, who escaped Mt. Pleasant hospital, was recaptured and returned for treatment.
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Sue Browning
Muscatine
Woman's Relief Corps
Annaworth
John B. Leonard
Mt. Pleasant
Burlington
J. T. Matthews
Washington
Biggsville
Wanted good cook at Allen's delicatessen at once
Help wanted for a cook at Allen's delicatessen. Also lost belt and job ads for a good worker and a good place to work. Farm for rent near Brighton, Iowa. House and four lots for sale near the square via Conner & Schilling grocery.
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Allen
Journal Office
Conner & Schilling Grocery
Why They Married Reasons of the Chronic Cranks
A Detroit Free Press item collects postal replies to the question Why did you marry from married men. The samples mix humor and sentiment as husbands describe motives from companionship to revenge or luck with lines attributed to various initials.
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Sarah
Geysers Explained By Underground Cavern Pressure
Runeen describes geyser eruptions as water heated by Earth's internal heat in a subterranean cavern under high hydrostatic pressure. When heated water flashes to steam as pressure releases, expelling contents of the exit pipe. eruptions can be triggered by throwing stones into the basin.
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Runeen
Virchow And His Ways In Bluntness And Wit
A Philadelphia chronicle recalls Rudolf Virchow famed for blunt talk and sharp medical insight. Anecdotes portray his caustic reply to errors, and a tale of a student who turned the tables with a joke about a coat color. The piece also notes China’s henpecked husbands myth and concludes with a Cambridge professor recounting nine wives and a dead heroic tenth.
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Virehow
Philadelphia
Bertin
Cook
Jnstant
China
Herbert Allen Giles
University of Cambridge
Schools Closed In Ainsworth For Measles Outbreak
Ainsworth Nov. 17 Special The town schools were closed this morning due to measles. They will remain shut until the disease is under control or has run its course.
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Ainsworth
Quiet Wedding at St James Church
Miss Agnes Kurtz of Pleasant Main and Mr Henry Oliver of Fairfield wed this morning at ten oclock in St James church. The Rev Mr Jacobsmeier officiated as the ceremony was a quiet affair with only a few immediate friends present.
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Agnes Kurtz
Pleasant Main
Henry Oliver
Fairfield
St. James Church
Jacobsmeier
Quilting Bee Hosted by W R C at G A R Hall
The ladies of the W R C plan an old fashioned quilting bee tomorrow afternoon in the G A R hall followed by an evening social for G A R members and wives. Also notes Rev Comin left for New Concord Ohio.
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G. A. R. Hall
Love Potions and Midnight Dreams in Old Herbal Lore
The article recalls an herbalist who sold love powders and potions to despondent maidens. It describes a recipe using mistletoe berries wine vinegar and honey steeped and taken before bed to induce dreams of future destiny. It notes lingering myths of midnight mince feasts summoning departed friends and even the family physician.
Oratorio and literary society meetings announced
Evening schedule lists an 8 o'clock Oratorio Society gathering at the academy and a 7 80 clock literary society meeting tomorrow. Local residents visit, travel, and weddings are noted including Verdi visitor W L Derby, Fred Warfel’s Chicago trip, and the wedding of Waldo Meriam in Portland Oregon.
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W. L. Derby
Verdi
Fred Warfel
Chicago
Unclear sports play-by-play from Kansas City Independent
A fragmented recitation describes multiple basketball style actions with Dooley, Groo gin, Jones, Slogan, Donovan and others in a chaotic sequence. The piece ends noting Kansas City Independent, with deaths implied by mishandled plays.
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Ctogan
Dooley
Groogin
Jones
Smith
Donovan
Huggins
Duffy
Gull
Doyle
Brown
Huggin
Kansas City
Lost dime wisdom from the Atchison Globe
A brief aphorism from the Atchison Globe counsels not to waste peace of mind over a single lost dime, urging restraint and perspective.
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Atchison Globe
The Swift Ride That Secured the Hanoverian Throne
Sir Arthur Owen rode from Wales to Westminster to cast the pivotal vote for the 1701 act of settlement. His decisive casting vote placed the Hanoverian dynasty on the British throne and sparked Britain’s Georgian era.
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Sir Arthur Owen
Great Britain
House of Hanover
Pembrokeshire
Westminster
Wales
Britain
Queen Victoria
Earliest European use of the word tomato
A note from Notes and Queries cites Guillandinus in De Papyre (1572) referencing Americanorum tomatie and later De nique tomatie ex Themistitan, claiming early Aztec tomat! and the term love apple were already in use, with Te nochtitlan as a probable Mexico synonym.
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Guillandinus
Pliny
Tenochtitlan
Mexico
Montefiore the Grand Old Man Remembered
The piece recalls Sir Moses Montefiore as a modern Moses guiding Jews from bondage to peace and plenty. An anecdote notes a taunt about his descent and his calm rebuttal showing his ancestry rooted in Spain long before Christ.
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Sir Moses Montefiore
Moses
Christ
Spain
New York Press
Expense Account Mentioned by Boston Transcript Quotation
A Boston Transcript quote discusses financial terms with a humorous exchange: Harry admits no cash account while Uncle George notes an expense account, highlighting light financial humor. The snippet reflects character names and a domestic money topic from the period.
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Harry
George
Boston Transcript
To Preserve Health Is a Moral and Religious Duty
A quotation from Johnson states that health is the basis of all social virtues and essential for usefulness, urging personal health as a moral and religious obligation.
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Johnson
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