Aida quartet opens Graham theatre lecture course
The Aida quartet opened the Graham theatre lecture course to a full house with strong audience response. C Pol Plancon sang in French while Norma Sauter Edna White Cora Sauter and Clara Haven performed violin trumpet and piano pieces. Mrs. A R Dewey introduced the program and announced Dr Colledge as the next speaker on November 29.
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Graham Theatre
Aida Quartet
Norma Sauter
Edna White
Cora Sauter
Clara Haven
Dorothy
A. R. Dewey
Bean varieties and can labels noted in pantry list
A fragmented pantry note lists Mandard Corn Beans and Yellow Wax Beans with mentions of tomato, Scouring Powder, and per can pricing. The text reads like a shopping or inventory fragment with unclear quantities or contexts.
Beefsteak train to urge Iowa beef cattle growth
Ames Iowa Oct 24 a special train titled More Beef steak for Everybody will tour Iowa from Council Bluffs to Burlington with Iowa State College lecturers and prize beef cattle to show profitable beef production. Hosted by the Iowa Beef Producers Association with the college, it starts Nov 11 and runs four days with discussions at each stop.
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Ames
Iowa
Iowa State College
Iowa Beef Producers’ Association
College and Experiment Station
Council Bluffs
Burlington
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Tramp at Back Door? Retired Capitalist Seeks Auto Trade
A wary homeowner notes a man at the back door, dressed like a tramp, who turns out to be a retired capitalist aiming to run his own automobile venture. The encounter raises questions about appearance and intent.
Raccoons as Household Thieves and Helpers
Raccoons invade homes and snatch items from pocket knives to diamond rings. They roam for milk and use tricks to obtain it, though beloved by many households despite the trouble they cause.
Abels Reports Busy Times in Ceylon Postal Message
Washington friends hear from Rev J C Abels former Presbyterian pastor now associate at a Dutch Reformed church in Ceylon. He plans a six day auto trip across mountains to Batticaloa, through wild country with elephants and leopards, and notes a golf prize, a funeral, a wedding, a concert of Stainer's Crucifixion, and a salary increase of five hundred rupees.
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Washington
J. C. Abels
The
Presbyterian Church
Ceylon
Batticaloe
Stainer
J. C
Borrowed Smiles and a London Greeting
Franklin Fyles arrives in London and quickly learns the doctor and lawyer are unavailable. He mentions dramatic critics who want to visit, and plans to seek Goldsmith's grave in Temple Gardens, but finds only Oliver at the hotel. The anecdote captures a brisk, humorous moment of early travel.
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Franklin Fyles
London
Goldsmith
Temple Gardens
England
Fyles
Oliver
Lippincott's
Neighborly Woe and a Long Winded Preacher
A Humboldt rancher returns from a year away to learn his neighbor suffers severe losses including forest fires flood damage cholera deaths disease and foreclosure while the neighbor calmly confirms each hardship. In Guyman Oklahoma a slow speaking preacher keeps an interrupted sermon going as a stranger wonders how long the service will last.
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Guyman
Okla
Oh Well Says He Will Stay As Expected Return
A brief remark from a Kansas City Star piece records a man declaring he will stay, noting that “about ten years” passed and resignation follows, with expectation that another will finish a task soon.
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Kansas City Star
Butter Costs Won't Stop Backwoodswan Sol Pitman
Solomon Pitman a backwoodswan is described as jury member lodging with a boarding house keeper. She protests the butter expense at 25 cents a pound, and Sol replies that the butter is worth every cent, illustrating his thrifty yet humorous nature in Mack's National Monthly.
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Solomon Pitman
Sol
Mack
National Monthly
Not Guilty Voice Tries to Plead Lullaby Alibi
A prisoner proclaims not guilty claiming he could prove an alibi by singing a lullaby from three doors down near the lamp post. The judge interrupts as defense explains the bizarre point, while Pat’s counsel notes the lullaby as the defense.
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Pat
Four Travelers Debate Great Scientific Minds in Boston
Four men of different nations compare contributions to science at a Boston hotel. One praises Marconi, another argues Edison is unmatched among living scientists. A third salutes Wilbur Wright while a quiet man in the corner quips that the inventor of interest was no slouch.
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Boston
Marconi
Edison
Wilbur Wright
Abe
Keokuk Landmark to Be Razed for New Dry Dock
Keokuk Iowa October 24 Workmen prepare the Decker Manufacturing building for Major Montgomery Meigs in charge of river defense The brown stone office building a landmark for 35 years will be razed to make room for a large freshwater dry dock this winter The war department closes lower canal lock to start work on the new facility and the dam powered by water rights.
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Keokuk
Iowa
Decker Manufacturing Company
Montgomery Meigs
War Department
Panama
Iowa Bluff
United States
Mammoth Keokuk Dam
Mississippi River
Dairy Show Opens in Chicago Today
The National Dairy Show opens at the International Amphitheatre in Chicago, the largest in the association's history. Col. William K Skinner directs the exhibits featuring light and heavy automobile trucks as dairymen shift from horse and wagon to motor transport.
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Chicago
Stock Yards
Wm. K. Skinner
Col. Skinner
Registration Opens Early Across All Wards
Registration boards met at eight this morning and will continue through today and over the next two days. Voters are urged to register now to be eligible for the general election a week from Tuesday. Locations include city hall engine room for the First ward and local store rooms for the others.
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O. K. Mauck
Iowa Gas & Electric Co
Fourth Ward
O. F. Haight
Decomposed Body Found Near Cedar Falls Station
Harry Hudson reported a decomposed man’s body found in woods near the Chicago Great Western station in Cedar Falls Iowa. The remains were unidentifiable, with a quart bottle of wood alcohol nearby, and kept in Greenwood Cemetery vault for potential claims.
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Cedar Falls
Iowa
Harry Hudson
Chicago Great Western
Greenwood Cemetery
Chicago Man Weds Daughter of Count in Private Wedding
Owen Franklin Aldis of Chicago married Marie Madeline du Mas, daughter of Count Gaston du Mas, in a small private ceremony in Paris. Aldis, 56, widower, bride 19, with limited English and French. They met during a European auto trip last summer and got engaged soon after.
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Chicago
Paris
Owen Franklin Aldis
Marie Madeline du Mas
Gaston du Mas
Death of Giordano Bruno in Rome 1600
An account recalls Giordano Bruno being burned alive in Rome in 1600 for arguing that the world is not unique but part of a multitude of worlds. The incident underscores the clash between emerging scientific ideas and medieval doctrinal power.
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Giorddano Bruno
Rome
Mothers pensions favored by women
Des Moines reports the General sessions of the Women’s Home Missionary society of the Methodist church vote to support a mothers pensions plan. The proposal, likely to be sent to the next legislature, drew hearty approval from delegates. Mrs. George O. Robinson was re elected president.
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Des Moines
Women’s Home Missionary Society
The
Methodist Church
George O. Robinson
Detroit
Mich
$40 000 May Come To State University
Thomas C. Lambert, a Democratic member of the state board of education finance committee, is touring southern Iowa counties to examine university lands. The board's actions may yield about $40,000 from land sold that has yielded little income, while occupiers have long used portions without rent despite claims of ownership.
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State University
Thomas C. Lambert
Finance Committee
Iowa
Lambert
Mother Arrested Children Burned in Fire Tragedy
In Buhl Montana a policeman taking Mrs. Matson to jail halted at a school and sent her 15 year old son home to tend two younger children. The boy lit a fire to warm the cold house, then left to get food. Returning, he found the house engulfed and the charred bodies of his brother and sister aged four and eleven months.
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Buhl
Mont
Nicholas Matson
This Woman's Troubles Gone
A Hindboro woman reports relief from bearing down pain cramps weakness and dizzy spells after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash. A nurse notes improvement after lifting related female weakness. The makers cite thousands of such letters and claim long standing use and trust.
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Hindsboro
Lydia E. Pinkham
Charles Mattison
Hindaboro, Ul
Cathlamet
Federal Building Opened in Ottumwa
Ottumwa October 24 the federal court portion of the handsome 225000 federal building was officially opened by the Wapello County Bar association with talks by bar members and Judge Smith McPherson. Honored guests included Major John F Lacey and Hon Dan W Hamilton who lobbied in congress for the building. Speakers listed include Capt W H Jaques Major John F Lacey Rev T W Jeffrey Hon E G Moon and Father James Foley.
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Ottumwa
Federal Court
Wapello
Oil Burning Battle Ship Marlborough Launched
London October 24 The battleship Marlborough was launched today and the keel of a sister ship to follow immediately. The second vessel will burn oil and carry a supply of 2700 tons.
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London
Marlborough
Free Homesteads Offer Opens Land in West
A Spokane style advertisement promotes new U S government homestead rules allowing three year proofs and five month absences. It highlights Mondell 520 acre Wyoming and 640 acre Nebraska lands, irrigated Big Horn Basin lands in Wyoming, Yellowstone Valley lands in Montana, with travel offers from Omaha to Thermopolis for 32 50 and trips advertised to several western sites served by Burlington Route.
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Big Horn Basin
Wyoming
Yellowstone Valely
Montana
Kinkaid
Nebraska
Omaha
Thermopolis
Yellowstone Valley
Huntley
Billings
Mont
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