Washington visitors and funeral party notes
Sept 14. Mrs Daisy McFarland and Mrs M J DeLong were in Washington yesterday. Mrs Lelia Whitson and Miss Grace Sewell returned to Winfield after attending the funeral of their grandfather Edmund Long. J H Carl of Muscatine returned home this morning. Co KR Sewell came from Diagonal Iowa by the death of his father in law Harmond Long. Miss Bertha Smiley arrived from Davenport for a three week visit. H P D Cherryholmes was a passenger for Washington today. Mr and Mrs A E Morris are visitors. Miss Lena Maxwell left for Berlin Ohio to enter college. Mrs A E Ross and baby Daryle are staying with N L Long. Mrs W A Dodder and children visiting Kelfer home in Washington.
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Daisy McFarland
M. J. DeLong
Washington
Lelia Whitson
Grace Sewell
Winfield
Edmund Long
J. H. Carl
Muscatine
Co. KR
Davenport
H. PD. Cherryholmes
A. E. Morris
Lena Maxwell
Berlin
Ohio
A. E. Ross
Daryle
N. L. Long
W. A. Dodder
Kelfer
Entertainment Night for Home Guards in Southeastern Iowa
Attention Home Guards plan Monday evening program with music supper and a speech by a popular figure in southeastern Iowa. Bring well filled baskets for the event and enjoy the entertainment.
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Southeastern
Iowa
Uncle Josh Spruceby at Graham Opera House
The "Uncle Josh Spruceby" Company features a band and a ten‑piece orchestra in a noonday program of popular and high‑grade selections. For the first time this season popular prices apply. Uncle Josh appears Sept 18 with seats at Columbia Pharmacy. Clerks report Des Moines municipal meeting, Alberson elected trustee of the Iowa League.
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Josh Spruceby
Josh
Graham Opera House
Columbia Pharmacy
A. N. Alberson
Henry Hull
T. O. Foley
Clair Lewis
Des Moines
Iowa League of Municipalities
Alberson
Washington
Fire Breaks Out in Whiting Elevator and Surrounding Buildings
A midnight blaze in the Whiting elevator on North Iowa avenue destroyed the elevator, a grain house, and several sheds, with total damages estimated at 15,000. Bowman & Knapp lumber yard, Bowmans gate factory, and nearby properties suffered heavy losses. Firefighting, aided by bucket brigades and garden hoses, saved the Milwaukee depot and several residences. Causes undetermined but suspected spontaneous combustion. insurance coverage varies by claimant. One firefighter was burned. trains delayed.
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Iowa Avenue
Arthur Chalmers
Milwaukee
Ice
Bowman’ & Knapp
Frank Roberts
Bowman & Knupp
Chicago
Kansas City
David McLaughlin
Mr. Whiting
Bowman & Knapp
Lee Ward
The Old Elevator Burns Amid Historic City Landmark
The old Iowa landmark elevator built in 1860 by James Dawson son burned last night. It was the first elevator in Iowa and once handled large grain shipments, including 40 000 bushels of wheat bought at 47 cents per bushel in 1861 and 1862. Firefighters fought a long, hard battle, earning praise for their persistence.
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Iowa
James Dawson
Dawson
Whiting
Rebels clash near Havana with heavy casualties
Report from Wajjag, twelve miles south of Havana, states 1,000 strong EXTRA! Castello rebels dispersed. Eight rebels killed and twenty three wounded. One guardsman killed and thirteen wounded in the ensuing action.
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Castello
Wajjag
Havana
Wastful America Voices on Resource Waste and Decline
In a St. Paul Pioneer Press opinion piece James J. Alliance denounces American wastefulness. He argues progress rests on exhausting prior ages resources, from soil and minerals to forests, oil, and rivers, citing overconsumption, pollution, and unsustainable cuts that threaten forests within twenty five years.
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James J. Alliance
America
Japan
St. Paul Pioneer Press
SPORT IN AMERICA A POSTWAR CHANGE IN OUTDOOR LIFE
In the wake of the Civil War the United States saw a shift from sparse outdoor pastimes to a broader play spirit. Earlier there were few pursuits beyond hunting and fishing, with tennis and golf unknown, bicycles rare, and social focus on croquet and sailing. War's end awakened a renewed interest in sport as a national pastime.
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Collier's Weekly
Browning Linked To Early French Grammar Work
The article notes Robert Browning authored an elementary French grammar for his old master, a detail scarcely known even to scholar Dr. Garnett. Browning mentions the project in his letters to his wife, recalling how reviews once mocked Paracelsus yet praised the book as a useful aid.
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Robert Browning
Garnett
Browning
Paracelsus
Tell It Another Way in a Lawyer’s Tale
An elderly wealthy farmer from western New York had a notable habit of disputing and a distinctive mouth twist. After outlining a long case to his lawyer, the attorney declared there was no case, prompting the farmer to counter with I can tell it another way.
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New York
Russian Sayings From Milwaukee Sentinel
A collection of maxims drawn from the Milwaukee Sentinel including proverbs about fear, friendship, death, memory, and labor. Notable lines compare risk to reward, the value of effort, and social hierarchies, ending with a proverb about horses and a note of source.
Origins of Canada and provincial growth in the empire
The Dominion of Canada formed on July 1, 1667 with a split into upper and lower Canada now Ontario and Quebec. It expanded by adding Manitoba and the Northwest Territories in 1870, British Columbia in 1871, and Prince Edward Island in 1873, now covering all of British North America.
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Dominion of Canada
Province of Canada
Upper
Lower Canada
Ontario
Quebec
Manitoba
Northwest Territories
British Columbia
Prince Edward Island
British North America
Miserable dinner remark from Filegende Blatter
An author, invited to a poor dinner, mutters about keeping wit in check. The quote attributes the remark to Filegende Blatter as a self-deprecating aside during the meal.
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Steck
China
H. F. Steck
East Side Jeweler
Crawfordsville
J. EE. LeuMon
California
Santa Fe
Samuel Larimer
6Th Ave
Equitable Building
Grand Canyon
Harvey
Bowman & Knupp Lumber Yard
B. Crail
Evening Journal
General Rodreguez
Del
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Milwaukee Sentinel
the Dominion of Canada
J.C. Smt
Cash Grocery
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