Ancient conjuring tricks and their gruesome stage craft
A London Standard review traces medieval and older magicians who used trickery and alleged occult powers to entertain and scare audiences. It cites methods that involved real animals, poisoning, and simulated revive after death, noting the dangerous, sometimes lethal, undertakings behind popular curiosities and the era’s witchcraft fears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sociar
Rome
Will
Jesse
Irs
London Standard
Court Business Docket From Yesterday in Probate Court
Docket items list probate guardianship continuances final reports and settlements. Executors named without bond. several estates had reports approved, distributions ordered, or notices and hearings set for Sept 1907. Several cases settled with costs paid, some dismissed or continued for trial readiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Blabnik
John E. Cameron
M.N. Carson
D. B. Emerson
Eed Haines
Marie R
Elizabeth Taylor
Mary Young
Aaron Glenn
W. L. Glenn
Leta Glenn
Winnie Johnson
Peter Keister
H. H. Savage
Hazel G. Siberts
M. W. Bailey
John E. Williams
Ninetta Houck
John Chihak
Al|olowed
A. M. Houck
Harsh Wire & Implement 3 Co
R. R. Craig
John Goode
N. H. Denison
J. O. Houck
Susan Doag
Ella Campell
George A. Carson
Wm. McClelland
Nettie B. Moore
Miller & Durst
Iowa Mercantile Fire
Asia
John M. Vankirk
Joseph Adams
Harrison Adams
H. & W. Scofield
Thomas M. Hopkins
Wm. Scofield
Martin Swift
Et al
Abigail’ Flynn
Nannie Thorne
Mary B. ‘Thorne
Kate T. Garlow
Madison T. Garlow
Nk Moore
Court Notice Trial Filing Deadline
The court orders that in all cases where trial notice has not been given, same may be filed not later than September 7. The causes are to be brought for trial ten days after filing.
Social updates and weddings from the city society page
The Golden Rule circle of the Second U P church will meet with Mrs Carson Friday at 2 30 PM for a picnic supper. Mrs L H O Loughlin and daughter Eve and Mrs D W Harvey and son David were entertained at the Harley O Loughlin home. Revs Sawhill and Johnson and their daughters were guests at the D J Patterson home. Miss Gertrude Ward was honored at a Hotel Colenso banquet before moving to Spokane. Miss Bessie Hoxworth and Mr Wm Speheger wed at Mr and Mrs Chas Hoxworth home this noon. the bride, in white wool, received many flowers. Guests from the city included the Lathrops and M Denison. Miss Fannye Harwood hosted about thirty young ladies for cousin Miss Bertha Barber. Music and light luncheon followed. Mr and Mrs J Oldfield of Wellman returned from a western visit.
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Golden Rule Circle
Second
U. P. Church
Carson
L. H. O'Loughlin
Eve
W. Harvey
David
Harley O'Loughlin
Gertrude Ward
Hotel Colenso
Miss Ward
Spokane
Wash
Dorothy Miller
Chas. Hoxworth
Bessie Hoxworth
Wm. Speheger
Elias Sandy
Methodist Church
Hoxworth
C.F. Hoxworth
Indiana
Oklahoma City
Fannye Harwood
West Washington Street
Penny Night at the M. E. Church Event
A church fundraiser invites attendees to spend pennies at the M. E. church on Thursday night. The program promises food, toys, music, and a chance to help the circle's treasury with a thrifty, community-focused mood.
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M. E
Oppressive Heat Imagery Across Harsh Everyday Scenes
A writer proposes vivid vignettes of extreme heat and oppression. Scenes include a noon sidewalk under a blazing sun, a desert caravan failing at a mirage, dishwashing in a sweltering kitchen, a becalmed yacht deck burning with brass, a lone figure in a hot lily field, and a rural road noon marked by dust and inactivity.
Moonlight Sonata Legend of Beethovens Moonlit Moment
A tale recalls Beethoven composing the Moonlight Sonata after moonlight flooded a poor blind girl’s room. He improvised at a candlelit piano, then hurried home to write the famous work, its first movement described as sad and tender.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beethoven
Havel
Antiquity of Tennis and Early Gear
Antiquity of tennis traced to Greek and Roman ball games. Hand striking evolved to gloves and cords, then the racket in the fifteenth century, spreading to England. Also note on Cham berlain's Pain Balm for lame back with a testimonial from Luise LaGrange of Orange, Michigan. For sale by Cook and Sherman.
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England
London
Chamberlain
Luise LaGrange
Orange, Mich
Cook
Sherman
Local Arrivals and Visits Highlight Morning
Fay Bales, Eva Neiswanger, Carrie Hamilton, and others arrive from Keota Ainsworth Branch and Columbus Junction while a number travel to Eldon Mansfield Ohio and Norfolk. Social events include a penny social at the M E church on Sept 5 with many locals visiting relatives and friends across Iowa and Missouri in a busy day for residents and travelers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fay Bales
Keota
Eva Neiswanger
Ainsworth
Howard McCleery
Eldon
Vienna
Carrie Hamilton
Roths
Albert Fisher
Iowa City
Edgar Wilson
M. E. Church
J P Thomas Plans Big Alberta Excursion on September 10
J P Thomas departed last evening with pear excursionists for Alberta and plans a large excursion on September 10. The group aims for a substantial trip with organized activities and travel arrangements already in place.
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J.P. Thomas
Alberta
Nada
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Henry VII
Charles Podaris
Addie M. Smith
Edith May Smith
Dorothy E. Dodder
B&q
A. McCreedy
Robt
Stuart
W. R. Sawhill
Mary Louise
Arthur Johnson
Elizabeth Johnson
Beaver Falls
D. J. Patterson
West Jefferson Street
Mrs. J. Oldfield
Wellman
STECK
H. F. Steck the Jeweler
Moonlight
Our
Klein
Nicola & Harmon
North Side
George McFarland
Mr. Johnson
Alexis
Oscar Bjorke
W. Roberts
Beulah
Columbus Junction
C. Atkinson
City
Pennsylvania
Blanche Warwick
Hattie Warwick
Montezuma
Nat McKee
Memphis
John Adams
Walter Clogston
Council Bluffs
L. Brock
Clogston
Ella Burke
A. B. Dill
John Kennedy
Mansfield
Ohio
Dill
Norfolk
Mable Kelley
Rock Island
Mamie Townsend
Miss Townsend
F. M. Kelley
J. ¢. Smith
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