Obituary for Park Annias Rickel of Anita Iowa
Park Annias Rickel died at his home in Anita on Monday morning at six. Born May 3 1848 in West Salem Ohio he was 69 years 10 months and 28 days old. He married Lizzie Myers in 1872 and later Almina Fulton in 1879. Survived by a large extended family and twenty grandchildren. civil war veteran, longtime minister, member of Masonic bodies and G A R. Funeral held at the Anita Christian church with interment Evergreen cemetery.
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Park Annias Rickel
Anita
West Salem
Ohio
Lizzie Myers
Roy JD. Rickel
Gregory
South Dakota
Red Oak
Iowa
Almina Fulton
Essex
William F. Rickel
Canada
Bessie Himes
Joseph L. Rickel
Wewela
James C. Rickel
Fauna Suplee
Flora Suplee
Mable Selby
Mitchell
Nebraska
Dollie Dressler
Dallas
Gladys
Florence Rickel
Harlan
United Brethern Church
Christian Church
Masonic Lodge
Eastern Star Chapter
Homesteaders
B. F. Hall
Atlantic
Masons
Evergreen Cemetery
Reindeer Venture Aids North Newfoundland Settlers
Dr. Wilfred Grenfell introduces and nurtures a Labrador herd of reindeer, grown from about 400 to 700 1000 over six years. The herd supports northern communities with milk and as beasts of burden, offering an alternative to Komatik dogs and aiding local development.
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Santa
Far North
Wilfred T. Grenfell
Mary M. Davis
Doctor Grenfell
Labrador
Newfoundland
Lapland
Newfoundalnd
North
Weekly mortality data from Census Bureau circulates nationwide
The Scientific American notes a weekly Census Bureau circular on U S mortality statistics for major U S cities. It reports total deaths per thousand infant deaths and infant mortality share, aiding local health authorities and insurers. Distributed in Washington every Tuesday free of charge.
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United States
United States Census Bureau
Scientific American
Washington
Germany approves the wickedness of her sons says Weeks
In Washington Senator Weeks cites Luxburg Bernstorff Von Igel and other German exposures accusing Germany of approving wrongdoing. He tells a club story of a man praising Jack Courtenay as the biggest liar in the United States and claims his other son Jim outstrips him.
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Senator Weeks
Luxburg
Bernstorff
von Igel
Washington
Germany
Jack Courtenay
United States
Jack
Jim
Wonder World Tales of a Fingernail in the Appendix
In a curious medical anecdote Surgeon General Sir A Sloggett, recently knighted by King George, notes a mother’s fingernail nibble led to nervousness about her son’s grape swallowing. The boy’s later appendicitis was diagnosed after an operation revealed the fingernail fragment in the appendix. The mother blames Johnny for the incident.
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A. Sloggett
M. G
King George
Mamma
Johnny
How Bombs Are Dropped From Zeppelins
The London Sphere describes the Zeppelin bomb release system used by the British. Sixty conical bombs are slung along the fuselage with a neck strap and releasing hook. Electric control via a magnet and switch board triggers each bomb, with manual levers as a backup and a seven hundred foot safety drop threshold.
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London Sphere
Religion of the Children and Sorcerers Burned at Stake
The piece discusses early notions of religion rooted in parental influence and the child’s growing sense of faith. It contrasts this with alchemists who sought hidden universal links among celestial bodies, metals, and time, noting that suspicion of sorcery led to burnings in dark centuries.
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Lyman Abbott
God
Sun
Moon
Mars
Mercury
Venus
Jupiter
Saturn
War and Faith Shake Budapest with Sacred Statues
The Christian Herald reports a battle near Budapest where a shells destroys the cross on a large crucifix but leaves the Christ figure intact. The event spurs soldiers and Hungarians to reflect on religion, prompting miniature statues of the destroyed cross to be sold in shops nationwide.
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Budapest
Galicia
Christian Herald
Make Your Own Fat Compound for Cheaper Lard Substitutes
A Missouri college expert proposes suet as a low cost fat source to replace lard. Suet costs about 10 cents per pound and yields 14 ounces of pure fat for 12 cents a pound. By adding one part oil to two parts suet the mixture becomes a usable lard substitute at roughly 15 cents per pound.
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Louise Stanley
Missouri College of Agriculture
Light contrasts and eye safety in outdoor vision
Investigations on the light best suited to the eyes focus on contrast between object and background. Outdoors typical brightness contrast rarely exceeds 1 to 20, while the eye detects contrasts as subtle as 98 to 100. Indoors contrasts in light and shadow can reach 1 to 200, with a dark window frame against bright sky at 1 to 10 000.
Government backs farming course for amateur farmers in France
France organizes a government backed correspondence course to aid depleted farmers. The Union of Agricultural Syndicates oversees monitors, who supervise pupils as they study reading plans, manage a small experimental plot, conduct experiments, and visit nearby farms. Pupils submit monthly exams and reports.
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France
Union of Agricultural Syndicates
Explosion Risk in Airplane Firearms Highlighted
A Florentine chemist demonstrated before an Italian military commission a new powder that burns without flame, intended to reduce the explosion danger in airplanes equipped with machine guns. The research aims to minimize ignition risks and improve safety in air combat hardware.
Russian Names Were Easy Reference at a Social Session
A Montana Congressman John M Evans jokes about Russian names while recalling a local incident. At a cigar store the regulars joke about war and pronouncing Russian names and a man Johnson deflects with a humorous family example involving a baby and a parrot.
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John M. Evans
Montana
Johnson
Africa as Second Largest Continent and Scramble for Holdings
The piece notes Africa as the earth’s second largest continent with about 11.6 million square miles, outlines prewar colonial holdings by Britain France Germany Belgium Portugal and Spain, and observes wartime changes and a postwar expectation. It views colonization as a global grab game with native ownership largely ignored.
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Africa
Europe
Asia
North America
South America
Great Britain
France
Germany
Belgium
Portugal
Spain
Schuyler Mansion Dedication Marks Revolutionary Landmark
The Genéral Schuyler mansion in Albany, built in 1762, was dedicated by Governor Whitman on its 140th Saratoga surrender anniversary. The home recalls General Schuyler’s 1777 campaigns against British forces and hosting Burgoyne’s party as prisoners of war.
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Genéral Schuyler
Albany
Whitman
Burgoyne
Saratoga
Schuyler
Baron Riedesel
Boston
Washington
Newburg
Schuyler Mansion
Engineer Thomas Machin Drafted by Washington for Cape Cod Survey
The Massachusetts 1776 committee tasked Machin with surveying the Cape Cod canal. Washington drafted him as an army engineer before the survey began. Washington cited the high demand for engineers, sending Machin to assist in the engineering department. Parsons notes this history in a paper on the canal, proposed centuries ago and opened in 1914.
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Thomas Machin
Massachusetts
Cape Cod Canal
George Washington
Engineering News Record
Machin
William Barclay Parsons
Proceedings
The
American Society of Civil Engineers
Cape Cod
Death to the Puppies in New York Court Case
A New York domestic relations hearing features a wife describing her bulldog Ida and its litter as a doomed result of her husband feeding newborns from a nipple. The exchange centers on a veterinarian advised method and the subsequent death of the four brindle Boston bulls, valued at $200.
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Boston
New York
Ida
Profite In Shipbuilding Signals Big Returns
The Glynn schooner, the first postwar ocean cargo ship built south of Newport News, yielded 25 percent profit. James B. Brasley Jr bought it, earned $52,000 freight to Italy, then sold to French interests for $90,000. After $21,500 costs, the net profit was $45,500 in six months.
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Glynn
Newport News
James 8. Brasley, Jr
Italy
Mineral wool plant near Melbourne by American company
An American firm in Australia begins works near Melbourne to convert basalt into mineral wool for insulation in packing machinery and ice chests and as an asbestos substitute. The process mixes basalt with freestone and limestone to create aerated fiber suitable for industrial insulation.
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Australia
Melbourne
Scientific American
Sinn Fein Aim for Purely Irish State by Pressure
Sinn Fein, meaning ourselves alone, is an Irish party founded in 1906 that seeks an Irish parliament, army, navy, mint, civil service, judiciary, and schools run on Gaelic. It envisions economic self sufficiency with Irish banks and markets, and all official business in Gaelic, pursued by peaceful pressure without violence.
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Sinn Fein
Ireland
The West Point Military Course Overview
The West Point course lasts four years and centers on mathematics and professional subjects. Cadets receive $700 annually from the government for their support, with a single leave allowed at the end of year two. The academic year runs September 1 to June 1, with summer camp for practical training. graduates become second lieutenants in the U.S. Army.
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West Point
West Point Military Academy
United States Army
Lapp Delegates Seek Change in Sweden Reindeer Laws
A 100 Lapps conference in northern Sweden aimed to unite a protest against laws imposing fines and damages when their reindeer damage crops. The nomadic group, roaming between settlements, seeks a modification of this statute amid tensions with local farmers.
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Lappe
Sweden
Lapps
The Germans and their war surgery debated by experts
A noted surgeon and a professor argue about German wartime medical outcomes. The surgeon cites 80 percent of wounded returning to the front two years ago and claims last year’s figure was zero. The professor dismisses these claims as rubbish and predicts hollow assurances about head injuries.
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Tondon
Le Dan writes about French observation balloon Le
Paris correspondent reports on the French aerial service observatory balloon Le Dan. The craft resembles a large tadpole and requires 50 experienced men to maneuver. A wicker car carries the observer with charts phones barometers and a parachute.
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Aimong
le Ean
Paris
Magnet guides surgeons to bullet with whistle like tone
The article describes a new electromagnet used by the Canadian army medical service to locate bullets in wounded soldiers. A steamboat whistle sound is heard on the skin as the magnet detects the position of the bullet, guiding extraction. When the bullet is deeply embedded, the magnet is placed on one side and a stethoscope is moved on the opposite side to find the nearest contact point.
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Fotheringham
Canadian Army Medical Service
Moves Glass Eye by Captain Aymard
A Lancet report by Captain J L Aymard describes an improved movable glass eye. Surgeons replace the glass globe with a cartilage globe taken from the ribs, allowing a single operation and limited movement.
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J. L. Aymard
Aymard
Kate Field's Prophecy on Women's Expanding Role
The passage recalls Kate Field predicting a vast widening of the woman’s sphere by 1917. It notes women’s rapid progress across all fields from warplane piloting to shoe shining, including Boston’s all female shoe-polishing parlor.
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Kate Field
Boston
Tempting Natives to Work Across Foreign Lands
A London hearing discussed officials' attempt to lure natives from British New Guinea into labor. A long- settled observer claimed success by offering beads, garments, teeth, and instruments as payment, with natives then recruiting others to continue the cycle.
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London
New Guinea
Maize Exports From Venezuela Reported To United States
The article notes higher New York maize prices compared with Venezuela and reports a first recorded shipment of 80 tons from Venezuela to the United States. It references the impact of American consular actions on prices and suggests a new crop cycle beginning.
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New York
Venesuela
United States
York
Venezuela
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