Daring Frontier Messenger Webb Brings Warning To Fort Snelling
James Watson Webb, famed editor and diplomat, earned honor for a bold winter expedition from Fort Dearborn to Fort Armstrong in 1821 to warn of Sioux and Fox plots. Webb, with a sergeant and a Winnebago guide, crossed a blizzard to reinforce Fort Armstrong, deterring a potential attack on Fort Snelling.
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Paul Revere
James Watson
Webb
New York Courier and Enquirer
Illinois “Frontier
Fort Dearborn
John Kinzie
Chicago
Fort Snelling
McNeill
Fort Armstrong
Rock Island
Ill
Rock River
Western Newspaper
Union
A Safety-Minded Adventurer Major Powell on the Colorado
Major John Wesley Powell, a geology professor at Illinois Wesleyan, led the first authentic survey of the Colorado River canyons in 1869. He avoided danger, sent scouts ahead, and designed boats that set Colorado riverwork models, earning a paradoxical place as both cautious and America’s great adventurer.
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Colorado River
Unt
J. W. Powell
Powell
Powel
Colorado
Green River
Wyoming
Virgin Canyon
Grand Canyon
Illinois Wesleyan University
Major Powell
Rafety
America
Western Newapapur Union
King Strang and the Beaver Island Kingdom
King Strang led a Voree colony to Beaver Island near Traverse Bay and ruled with an iron hand. He clashed with Irish fishermen, faced a treason warrant from President Fillmore, and was eventually killed after flogging a man’s wife in a harsh law. His death ended the kingdom and residents fled to the mainland.
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James Jesse Strang
Voree
LaCrosse
Wis
Beaver Islands
Traverse Bay
Lower Michigan
Fillmore
United States
Thomas Bedford
Bedford
Michigan Mainland
Western Newspaper
Valen
New Stadium for 1940 Helsinki Olympic Games
Finland prepares for the 12th Olympic Games to be held in Helsinki in summer 1940. The new stadium, begun in 1934 and expanded to seat 60,000, hosts events with a 400 meter track and grass field. Finns study English and German for Olympic relations, while the Lotta Svard women train in national cuisine. Paavo Nurmi and Hannes Kolehmainen are highlighted as Finland's greatest athletes shaping Olympic history.
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Natigneeee
Bernice
Finland
Helsinki
Helsingfors
Lotta Svard
Olympic Stadium
Russia
Stockholm
Hannes Kolehmainen
Paavo Nurmi
Egyptians Build All Weather Highway Across Sinai
Egyptian authorities plan a strategic all weather highway across Sinai linking Ismailia on the Suez Canal to the northern Sinai. The road aims to move troops between Palestine and Egypt without weather delays, contrasting with the southern route from Suez to the border. The piece notes Sinai’s biblical sites and enduring pastoral atmosphere amid modern construction.
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Sinai
Africa
Asia
Red Sea
Palestine
Egypt
Ismailia
Suez Canal
Suez
Mary
New Mount Sinai
Moses
Feraelites
Germanic People Find New Homes On Foreign Soils
The article surveys the global German world community, estimating 90 to 100 million people of German language or descent. It cites Germany’s 79.6 million residents, German minorities across Europe, and sizable groups in the Volga region and Liechtenstein. It notes 6% plus of U.S. foreigners of German stock, highlights figures like Dr. Heinrich Bruening, Lottie Lehman, and Marlene Dietrich, and mentions about 1,000,000 Germans in Latin America.
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Germany
Memel
Moravia-Bohemia
France
Poland
Rumania
Hungary
Yugoslavia
Italy
Latvia
Denmark
Lithuania
Estonia
Belgium
Crimean Soviet Republic
Middle Volga
Soviet Russia
Volga-German Republic
Reich
Liechtenstein
Switzerland
United States
New York State
Heinrich Bruening
German Republic
Harvard University
Lottie Lehman
Marlene Dietrich
Latin America
Fisherman's Fate On Maybelle Sparks Secret Love
Natalie Owen nursing a puzzle about a mystery reporter and a sharp dazzled David King, a deep sea trip aboard the Maybelle becomes a romance reveal. The pair clash over fishing, admit mistaken motives, and confess love after a staged detective angle unravels.
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Atalie Owen
Gray Stables
Natalie
Mr. King
Captain Lake
Lane
Hurricane Creek
Croker
Miss.Owen
Marblehead
Ishes
Maine
St. Lawrence
David King
David
Abbott
Captain Lane
Misa
Owen
Iceland a geological wonderland in early accounts
Early visitors described Iceland as a geological wonderland with frost and fire, noting volcanoes like Hekla, geysers, and hot springs. Despite glaciers, Iceland enjoys mild summers due to the Gulf Stream, and Reykjavik residents heat homes with geothermal water while eyeing tropical fruit potential. The piece also mentions a 16 foot Caruso candle in Italy funded by U.S. friends, lit annually on All Souls Day.
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Iceland
Floki
Norway
Scottish Highlands
Reykjavik
Europe
Hekla
Enrico Caruso
Our Lady of Pompeii
Italy
United States
Pomegranates A Longstanding Fruit With Noted History
The fruit pomegranates are described as ancient with a lengthy medicinal history. Muhammad is cited as saying they purge envy and hatred when eaten, and historians claim King Solomon grew them in large quantities to keep his 700 wives healthy and cheerful.
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Tropics
Mohammed
Solomon
Weed Commissioner's Report From Akron Iowa
Official notice of weed commission requirements shows Mark G. Thornburg as secretary of agriculture. Reports must be written and submitted by November 1 each year detailing all primary noxious weeds and any new serious pests, with location names and a detailed statement of findings.
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Mark G. Thornburg
Bribute Eibl
Miseionior Ig
Olvetiny
Fragmented note outlines weed site proposals and printing needs
A garbled memorandum discusses six sites for weed control, a state agriculture filing, and printing needs. It mentions the secretary of agriculture, a summary to be prepared, and a printing estimate for a Carter-related project.
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Tientident’ Sed
Sonia Ae
Mithinaty
Thomibirg
Jeummary
Porti Ng Sportad Pedibli
Thest of Agricultures
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Finns
Finnland
Biblical
COW He Sonics
Bussian Settlement
Heinrich Broening
Mariene Dietrich
Fisherman’s Ae
Nuwspaper Syndicate
Mecis
Nigerie
New York
Davill
Natalie Owen
Che Megister
Tribuns
RAV A. Mita
Publieher
Nate
Akron
Iowa
MBT2
First’ Nationial Bank
Melvin Raynor
Prop
Smar
Tows
South Dakota
Towa
Beankenburg Motor Service
Carter
Gamble Store
Bill Bondurant
Propy
Paul Kelly
Priday
Boy Friend
Jane Withers
Andy Hardy
Biel’s
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