Milwaukee Wreck Ends With No Injuries on Bridge
A Milwaukeebound freight train suffered a wreck at Cherry crossing bridge after a car flange broke. Six cars plunged over the embankment while the engine, two cars, and the caboose stayed on track. No injuries reported though a man in a furniture car was briefly stranded. Traffic delayed only a few hours.
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Milwaukee
Cherry Crossing
J. F. H. Taylor
Robert Barnett
Ada Wells
Kalona
T. R. Benn
Rubio
Benn
Milwaukee Yard
Hicademy Wates Prominent Local News Summary
Miss Evelyn Carothers of Stronghurst Ill visits the city and heads to Chicago to enter the University of Chicago next week. The Academy baseball team played Ainsworth High at the 5S EB ballpark, with a prior win at Haskins by two runs. Monarch typewriters replace Remingtons and satisfy, while students attended a band concert in Ainsworth and Columbus Junction. Open session plans are under way for a joint end of term program.
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Evelyn Carothers
Stronghurst
Ill
Academy
Chicago
University of Chicago
Alvin Godfrey
Howard Hill
Winfield
Ainsworth High School
Haskins
Ainsworth
Stella Cunningham
Monarch
Remington
Columbus Junction
Urora
Ethel Grecian
Ben Helmick
Sidney Seaberry
Clara Wallas
Blanche Elmick
Howard Beenblossom
Floyd Shaw
Lloyd Swift
Katie Koebel
John Thompson
Anna McCleary
Homer Coppock
Thompsson Brookhart
James Wooley
Boys Form Basketball Team to Begin Winter Practice
A local effort aims to entice attendance with a forthcoming event. A basketball team has been organized among the boys and will begin practicing immediately to be in good shape for winter play. Miss Bertha Anderson returned to Wyman to spend Sunday at home.
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Bertha Anderson
Wyman
Pleasant Plains Ladies Missionary Meeting Announced
The Ladies' Missionary Society auxiliary will meet with Mrs. John Genkenger on Wednesday, October 2.
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Ladies’ Missionary Society of
Pleasant Plains
John Genkenger
Bachelor Maids to Meet Miss Verne Ashby Monday Evening
The Bachelor Maids will meet with Miss Verne Ashby on Monday evening to discuss upcoming events and duties.
W H M S Meeting at Mrs Alberson Home
The W H M S of the Methodist church gathered at Mrs A N Alberson's home yesterday. After a business session a guessing contest, piano solo by Vera Alberson, and song by Everette Kracaw entertained. Refreshments were provided by the social committee despite the rainy day.
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Methodist Church
A. N. Alberson
Vera Alberson
Little Everette Kracaw
Queen Esther circle meeting Monday with Miss Dora Thompson
The Queen Esther circle will meet Monday evening at 7 30 with Miss Dora Thompson on South Iowa avenue.
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Queen Esther
Dora Thompson
South
Iowa Avenue
Worth Seeing In Washington School Tale Of Water Cloud Transformation
A Washington preparatory school contributor recalls an instructor who claimed each year a sheet of water fourteen feet thick rises to clouds from the sea. A freshman asks when this happens, and the professor responds it must be a sight worth seeing for a long journey.
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Washington
Trarper
Doctor Patient Banter About Bills Roiling London Telegraph
A doctor notes an irregular heartbeat and asks what worries the patient. The patient quips that he fears a bill rather than the diagnosis, reflecting humorous streetwise dialogue from the London Telegraph.
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London Telegraph
Dialog About Pyramids Sparks Fun Exchange
Mrs Dashaway recalls visiting the pyramids in Egypt where hieroglyphics covered the walls. Mrs Newrich jokes about fears of glyphs getting on them in a light Philadelphia Record exchange.
Shawl on Arm Sparks Gentle Plea During Stroll
A brief Philadelphia Press item notes a strolling couple where he claims the shawl on his arm and she responds with a demure invitation to wrap it around her. The playful exchange underscores a light domestic moment.
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Philadelphia Press
Just Kids Clash of Fathers in Playful Verse
A playful exchange centers on a child named Miv Farver and a character Garn, where each claims the other father knows fewer things. The fragment hints at a humorous dialogue about knowledge between two kids and their fathers.
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Miv Farver
Farver
Ailment of theft and ring mishap in humorous verse
A court clerk reads a complaint about misappropriating a buggy from John Doe. The defendant pleads not guilty, joking that he merely stole a buggy. A separate humorous anecdote recounts a groom swallowing the ring and an elderly man signing with blank lenses, claiming improved sight.
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John Doe
Ilinois
Molly
John
Rural free delivery era spans states with pioneer carriers
The piece highlights women rural mail carriers in Texas and Delaware along with long established carriers in Alexandria and New York. It notes evolving costs and expansions of rural free delivery, and shares anecdotes of carriers balancing work with home life and transport innovations. It also includes a long feature on coin dealing and money changers, detailing counterfeit coins and international remittance practices.
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L. A. Donohue
Edgemoor
Delaware
Wilmington
Del
Samuel Stewart
Stewart
Pennsylvania Railroad
Plumline
Alexandria
Young love sparks a bold proposal in New York Matt
Edith breathlessly asks Ethel about a proposal from a young man in love. The dialogue suggests a comic or dramatic moment as the suitor declares intent.
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Ethel
Edith
New York
Matt
Money Changers Face European Coins and Counterfeits
A returning traveler notes the challenge of money changing with about 20 dollars in foreign currency mainly French and Italian. The remark underscores the complex task of handling diverse coins and detecting fakes.
Reading by Candlelight Versus Open Air
Extract from Horace Traubel’s daily record recounts Whitman’s view on reading. He prefers open air over indoor candlelit reading and recalls carrying a small book on Timber Creek trips, noting a recurring need for a book on the tenth outing.
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Timber Creek
Horace Traubel
Walt Whitman
Camden, N. J
Century
Shiraz City of Roses and Poets in Persian Lore
Shiraz is praised as the most beautiful Persian city famed for its roses gardens poets and singers. The piece recalls Saadi Hafiz and the mystic Persian moon, describing brown hills and cypress gardens as sources of national inspiration.
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Shiraz
Saadi
Hafiz
Wide World Magazine
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Hieus
Alice
Texas
Wilfe
Sierna Hill
Georgia
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Brett
Ellis Island
Brazil
Europe
New York Sun
Whitman
the City of Roses
Solrich & Co
D. A. Chalmers
North Iowa Ave
Steck
Elgins Movement
H. F. Stege’s
Washington National Bank
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