Waterloo Chautauqua Move Praised in Local Column
The Waterloo Courier reports on the Chautauqua movement and its spread from Akron to Waterloo Iowa. The piece highlights founder Lewis Miller, the growth to 7000 active programs, and the movement’s education role alongside church and school. It notes Iowa leads in movement adoption and mentions the International Lyceum and Chautauqua Association.
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Champ Clark
Jon Cannon
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Riccardo Martin
Mary Garden
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International Lyceum and Bhautauqua Association
Summer Holidays and Health Talks by Dr Bub er
Health Talks by John R Bub er A M MD discusses benefits of yearly vacations for mind and body. Emphasizes rest, changed habits, and proper pacing. warns against frivolous travel and stresses choosing a quiet setting to restore health for family and self. Also covers St Vitus dance, its causes, and potential cure with prognosis for recovery.
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Jallew
Afterthoughts and Odd Bits From a Turbulent Time
A collage of stray thoughts quotes and notes on science fashion sport and misprints. It mentions a “Bur lington Hawk-Eye” and Einstein, notes a San Antonio brewery turning blue chambray, an Ogden airplane accident, and a joking line about Russia needing soap. The piece mixes light observations with scattered names and events.
Wayfaring Wisdom From a Simple Life Tale
An old voice reflects on weathering trouble with stoic resolve. The narrator recalls a saying to take the world as it is and keep moving toward the end, while noting how some folks either pray for rain or for it to stop, and listening to a character named Dickey who dismisses unfamiliar religion.
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Gested
Melky
Dolsoning
Mirandolet
Owen
Local notes mix humor and history in July 1871 glimpses
Fifty years ago in the July 22 1871 issue readers see reflections on civic common sense such as policemen in warm weather. The item mentions threshing on the new wheat crop, prairie chickans, artists and studios, and plans to replace a bridge with a new structure.
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Forty years ago Mrs Wilkins advertises vocal lessons
An 1881 clipping notes Mrs J H Wilkins in Ogden offering vocal and instrumental music lessons. It mentions local residents, a trap and burglary scare, and warnings about memory reliability in deadly contracts.
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J. H. Wilkins
Ogden
Twenty Years Ago Warm Term Breaks With Rain
Abnormally hot spell ends as rain falls on Wednesday after five days above 100. July 20 1901 notes Elks lodge Milwaukee convention and Lake Okoboji camp led by J A Winninger with Mary Ruvane Miller as chaperone. A dog bite injures a girl. ice houses at risk of famine due to heat. grand exalted ruler race led by C E Pickett. Or linda Milks seeks divorce after 46 years of marriage to B F Milks.
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Lake Okoboji
J. A. Winninger
Mary Ruvané' Miller
A. Gary
James Cooley
Valley Myers
Cassie Ruvane
Charles Phelps
Merrill Corburn
Robert Law
Mart Voorhees
George Humphreys
Harry Parsons
Correcting pronoun use in English sentences
The exercise replaces vague pronouns with precise forms like HIM HIS or EIS to show possession and subject object roles. It focuses on choosing correct pronoun cases for elected, accident causes, watching, seeing, and studying, while avoiding passive or ambiguous phrasing.
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Neighborly Chickens Prompt Legal Payments
Imogene recalls a tale of a suburban lawyer whose chickens repeatedly raid a neighbor’s garden. Marie Thurston tricks him into paying for garden seed with legal fees, and Thurston settles by writing a check after his wife’s clever ploy. The exchange ends with a jab about men’s sense of money.
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The Orange Yellow Diamond Mystery Continues
In a crowded London crime tale, Andres Lauriston, suspected after finding a murder victim, confronts clues at a pawnshop and a Murano-like jewel ring. Melky and detective Ayscough probe a Chinese tenant ring at Mirandolet's, encounter danger, and discover a dead man as they trail further clues through Maida Vale.
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Yscough
Melky
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Gower Street
Davenport boy Tracy Gillis vows to see the world after long life of isolation
Iowa editor notes Tracy Gillis, son of Mrs. George Gillis once known as Maggie Ives, has just his first shave and first train ride. Raised on a Nebraska ranch after his father’s death, he recalls few women and plans to marry, despite his father’s warnings against women.
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Maggie Ives
Chicago
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Nebraska
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