A Miners Love Story By Samuel E Brant
A miner narrates encounters from frontier travel including a romance on a Cheyenne to Denver coach. A young woman, a former maid to an officer’s wife, boards with no money and to Denver, the couple grow closer until she rejects his offers and reveals she is a deserter. The driver and others react with humor and disbelief as the tale shifts to other vignette style memories and a Paris paper vendor on rooftops.
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Anid
Cheyenne
Denver
Deverter
Fort
Laeghin
Louis's Compliment to Conde at Versailles
A historical vignette praises Louis XV as a diligent ruler and courteous host. It notes his considerate behavior toward common people and his witty exchange with Conde on the marble staircase, revealing a blend of duty and charm in the old king. A second anecdote cites a British general’s private reprimand versus public rebuke by the royal staff.
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Lalegee
Heram
New York Tribune
Louis
Conde
Louis Xvv
Versailles
William Butler
Aldershot
Msno
Commander In Chief
Father Son Dialogue On College Exam Shame
A father and son exchange terse lines about failing college exams. Buthers Sr expresses sympathy recalling his own failed tests and the probing questions from exams. The excerpt mirrors Harpers Weekly style with a blend of frustration and consolation.
Wanted His Money's Worth at the Barber Shop
A customer complains his money should buy hair cutting despite baldness. The barber apologizes, noting little hair remains. The joke ends with the customer insisting the scissors be used as if hair existed. Also a separate quip recalls a man who says he spoke crossly to his wife only once, and that one time was enough.
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Barber
Authors Lang and Zangwill Exchange Charity Hire Note
A confused exchange between Andrew Lang and Terael Zangwill about hiring services for charity is described. The note contains garbled phrases yet hints at a discussion of experience versus youth. A brief aside notes youth advantage in sports and a claim fishing favors skill over age.
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Andrew Lang
Terael Zangwill
Zengwill
Aa Lang
Zangwil
Madst Warm and Mibee de Bevigne Fragment
Fragmentary quotes recount a cold supper and a wife warming it, plus a maxim about bearing hatred. The text includes a courier want ad fragment and a brief, ambiguous literary snippet. Names appear as quoted speakers, but no clear event, date, or location is given.
Special Train to Meet New Dubuque Archbishop
Deans of the Dubuque diocese plan a special Dubuque Fort Dodge train to accompany Archbishop James J. Keane of Cheyenne from Fort Dodge to Dubuque for cathedral rites. A banquet and speeches are planned, with hundreds of priests expected to attend. The route will pass Waterloo en route to Dubuque after mid September.
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Dubuque
James J. Keane
Cheyenne
Fort Dodges
John J. Keane
Waterloo
Boy on bicycle saved after being struck near Fourth Street
Louis Willmoer, 11 year old son of Julius Willmoer of 615 Newell Street, rolled from a pilot onto the track side after a switch engine and a passenger engine met near the crossing. He escaped serious injury with hip hurt only, a sturdily built bicycle may have saved his life.
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Louis Willmoer
Julius Willmoer
Newell Street
Louis
Graf Claims Radish Grower Championship Title
F A Graf of 226 Falls Avenue has posted his claim to the radish growers championship. He exhibited at Smith Pharmacy a radish 25 inches long and 25 inches in circumference weighing 17½ pounds.
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F. A. Graf
Falls Avenue
Smith Pharmacy
Willard Family Wedding Announcement Prepares for September
Miss Lucy Willard and Mr. John Conrad plan an early September wedding. Miss Lillian Willard hosted a gathering on Irving Street with music games and refreshments. Mrs. D Willard and Mrs. H E Willard aided in hosting as guests offered congratulations and promised further celebrations.
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Lillian Willard
Irving Street
Lucy Willard
John Conrad
H. E. Willard
Groota
Card of Thanks for Sympathy and Help After Death
The Mergen family thanks neighbors and friends for sympathy and aid during the illness and death of our wife and mother. John Mergen and children express sincere gratitude for support. Try a Courter Want Ad.
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John Mergen
Wheat Prices Edge Lower in Chicago Start
Chicago market news shows a plentiful wheat supply at opening with prices slipping. December and May futures declined, while corn and oats traded with modest shifts. St Louis and Omaha livestock markets report steady to weak openings and varied cattle hog lamb offerings. Weather outlook notes unsettled Iowa with showers and warmer trends in east and northwest regions.
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Iowa
Northwest
South Dakota
Chicago
Hog Market Opens Weak In Chicana Market
The hog market opened weak with mixed and butcher hogs priced around 7.05 to 7.70. Early prices eased slowly as buyers held back, with heavy hogs near 6.85 to 7.60 and estimates showing about 21 900 hogs expected tomorrow.
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Kansas City
Omaha
Neb
Chicana
Wheat and cattle markets mixed across major exchanges
The report covers a steady to mixed session with cash wheat prices listed for No. 2 red and No. 3 red, along with cash corn and oats values. New York stocks show a mix of gains and losses, while the cattle market in Chicago notes activity and prices for dairy and beef products. Local note: Mr. and Mrs. George Grady of Hartford visited Waterloo.
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Waterloo
Wellington
Kanssa
Turkey
Picbeer
Paultes
George Grady
Hartford
All Fair Records Broken Tuesday at Iowa State Fair
Des Moines reports record attendance with more than 60 000 visitors the day before. Frank Hilman of Jamaica Ta killed by a Chicago Northwestern train near Iowa Pipe and Tile works. Des Moines named cathedral city for the Catholic church with St Ambrose’s church designated as cathedral. Special trains from Newton and Carroll bring crowds to the fair.
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Des Moines
Towa
U. S
H. G. van Pelt
Frank Hilman
Jamaica
Chicago & Northwestern
Iowa Pipe and Tile Works
Hilman
James Lee
Davenport
St. Ambrose's Church
Newton
Carrol
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Samuel E. Brant
St. Louis
Clear Creek
St Louis
United States
Paris
Athck
Chicago Record-Herald
Ginger
Buthers, Sr
Harpers Weekly
Mibée de Bevigne
Ft. Dodge
Lamson Bros. & CO
Chicago Board OF Trade
Bemmett
Marsh-Place
ST. Louis Livestock
Osee
H. W
New York
Minneapolis
Stock Exchange
Canadian Pacific
Pennsylvania
Rock Island
Chicago Great Western
Northwestern
American Smelter
Union Pacific
Baltimore and Ohio
Southern Pacific
Brooklyn Rapid Transit
United States Steet, Common
United States Steel, Afd
Amalgamated Copper
Northern Pacific
Great Northern
BEE Vlinois Central
St. Paul
New York Central
Missouri Pacific
Sean
Wee
Travis
Lord & Thomas Book
Lord & Thomas Advertising
Fifth Avenue
North Wabash Avenue
Lord & Thomas
Trade Building
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