Preservation Aim An Indian Picture Stock Drive
Miss Jane Zane Gordon leads a project to preserve Native life by making a moving picture portraying Indian life, council fires, dances, and ceremonies. She forms a stock company to raise funds from readers in Black Hawk County and beyond, aiming to exhibit nationwide and reimburse investors. The plan leverages Iowa’s early Indian heritage and has support from notable American figures.
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Black Hawk County
Black Hawk county boys win stock judging honors
The Courier congratulates Holis Moseley Dale Holmes John Wells and Carl Klingaman and coach Prof G A Bakkum for Black Hawk county leading Iowa in the state stock judging contest at Des Moines. Also notes Ruth Law remarks and world events including Germany paying debts and a Michigan bear story.
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Carl Klingaman
G. A. Bakkum
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Health Talks on Metallic Fumes and Poisonings
Health Talks by John B Hober discusses acute and chronic poisoning from metallic fumes in zinc brass and bronze smelting lead and mercury works and related nonmetallic fumes from arsenic sulphur cyanogen phosphorus and chromium processes. Questions cover dermatitis from primula and iodine treatment and a reader with persistent fatigue advised to seek malaria screening and hygienic living.
The Bachelor Dinner and the Doctor of Beans
Imogene debates men versus women after a bachelor dinner. Andrew admits the night’s misgivings, while Imogene deconstructs male habits, comparing men’s harm to themselves with a wife’s care. She plans to soothe him with a wet towel as the exchange ends.
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Side Talks by Ruth Cameron on Special Privileges
Ruth Cameron reflects on gender norms and the idea of special privileges for men and women. She cites examples of a husband who justifies crossness over a forgotten task and a woman boasting of finding a way to avoid paying a bill. The piece questions whether true equality is possible and whether future reincarnation might grant such parity.
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Rath Law
Ruth
Nance
Ruth Law
Sousa Makes Light Of Deafness Rumor In Iowa
Davenport Times notes bandmaster Sousa laughs at a rumor he is deaf and leads without hearing. Sousa asserts his hearing is sharp and can detect the faintest bell. Sibley Tribune reports Sioux City owns and feeds 170 hogs from city garbage to cover waste handling costs, with Blom City on the way.
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Cane
The Serene Suspect The Stolen Watch Case
The detective suspected a theft and noted the watch was almost frozen, forgotten, and then found broken to pieces while police watched. The wording contrasts phrases with misspellings and mixed capitalization, reflecting OCR-like text artifacts.
Prosperity Depend on More Pigs and Fewer Politicians
A concise editorial fragment argues that economic progress hinges on larger pig inventories and a leaner political class, presenting a stark stance on governance and agriculture without extra background.
Fifty Years Ago In The Coarter: Local News
Minute 1871 notices report frost traces and harvest notes, a drugstore aquaria display by W W Ferry, butter eggs oats and corn prices, a Republican county ticket with W F Brown and R A Whitaker, and a Miller wedding. Horace Greeley to lecture September 22.
Des Moines Market Prices and Local Happenings Aug 31 1881
Potatoes sell wholesale in Des Moines at 13 dollars per bushel, a peak in years. Fowler company pays 190 cents a hundred for milk. St Mark's church hosts a musical program at William Snowden residence next Wednesday. A Strayer child dies at eight months from scrofula after cholera. Parasol missing from Jefferson Street church returns requested. William Anthony reports on Dell Rapids trip. newspapers were once printed on wallpaper and muslin during shortages. Lawrence Barrett stars in Riche lieu at the opera house Sept 7. advance sales strong. Edward Brott injured when shotgun misfired at Oak Ridge. fingertip blown off. Dr Crippen amputates second joint digit. McGregor and Des Moines railway revival efforts continue with backers including William Larrabee of Clermont.
Old Settlers picnic address honors Iowa pioneers
Twenty years ago on August 31 1901 Hon Horace Boies spoke at Cedar River park praising Iowa and its settlers while a birth occurred that night in the Nightingale home. Rev J L Gillin resigns from Progressive Brethren church J P Hummel sells Cedar township land to Peter Wenner for 7000 dollars.
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Cedar River Park
Iowa
J.P. Hummel
Cedar Township
Peter We
Wenner
LaSalle
Lit
C. F. Brown
H. G. Phinney
P. J. May
Jin
Fur Bringers A Tale Of The Canadian Northwest
Synopsis shows Peter Minot and Ambrose Doane free traders hear of Fort Enterprise from Poly Goussard. Ambrose pursues Colina Gaviller after a tumultuous night, confronting Colina’s father and her actions. A tense exchange follows as Colina and Ambrose navigate love, danger, and a volatile family conflict in the fort frontier setting.
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Ambrose Doane
Poly ‘Goussard
Fort Enterprise
Fur Company
Colina Gaviller
Deane
Far Away From the Dusty Town Summer Dreams and Secrets
In a fragmented ornate scene two lovers, Ambrose and Colina, confess deep feelings amid mockery and doubt. They discuss plans to separate for work, promising letters and a shared future despite parental and social obstacles, with a tentative vow to reunite. The scene ends as tensions rise over a possible goodbye and uncertain future.
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Cork
Schoolborg Os
Burroughs Nature Club Notes From 1921 Inquiry Page
A fragment from Burroughs Nature Club Notes invites reader questions on natural history topics including abalone versus mother of pearl, with a period column asking what brides may face and a sample confessional narrative about a troubled relationship.
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Burroughs Nature Club
Roughton Mifflin CO
Butterflies slugs and garden pests in old notes
The passage covers butterfly shelter habits, slug control for gardens, and advice on pest prevention. It mentions sheltering under leaves and bark, cracks, and rocks for butterflies, and recommends ash or lime mulch and kerosene emulsion to deter slugs. Also notes birds and weathered wood discourage pests.
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Ambrose
Jané
Brain Tests Puzzle by Sam Loud
A word puzzle asks solvers to form the name of a mythological son of Jupiter and Antiope by solving a series of clues. The constructed sentence, once completed, yields the answer to yesterday's puzzle.
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Sam Loud
Jupiter
Antione
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