Local Interest Notes From a Quieter Spring Day
A fragmented history of community life and education, noting the New Jersey teachers association, a flower seed gift to the Herald, and reflections on farm life. It discusses John Fur long and John Johns' rank in Mower county politics, college housing needs at Southern Minnesota Normal College, and Wells versus Austin in school prestige. It praises the Wells high school and the Wells school board while urging room rent affordability and parental engagement.
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Herald Office
Winona
Southern Minnesota Normal College
Normal College
Wells
Austin
Franklin
Wild Bill Moonshiner Convicted in Georgia Federal Court
A notorious mountain moonshiner known as Wild Bill was found guilty in a Georgia federal court. Before sentencing, the judge spoke of his long criminal record and pronounced a six year term in Atlanta federal prison. Bill’s parting remark showed no anger, only relief.
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Wild Bill
Georgia
Atlanta
Bill
New Yorker Quips About Knowledge of Rest of Country
A visitor tells New Yorkers they know little of the rest of the country. The exchange prompts a quick, puzzled reply from within the city, reflecting a brief moment of cross national dialogue.
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New Yorker
Obituary of G. W. Nichols Dies Near Austin
G W Nichols died at his home southwest of Austin this morning after paralysis struck him Saturday night. Born in Germany fifty three years ago he came to the United States twenty years ago and lived here since. He left a wife nine children a daughter Mrs Wilson of Rochester and a grandchild. He belonged to the German Lutheran church and Woodmen lodge. Funeral arrangements to be announced later.
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G. W. Nichols
Austin
Mr. Nichols
Germany
Nichol
Wilson
Rochester
Vern Wilson
German Lutheran Church
Woodmen Lodge
Mrs Lyck and Mrs Weisbeck Visit Thompson Home
Mrs Carl Lyck and Mrs Weisbeck of Brownedale spent yesterday at the William Thompson home, while Mrs Catherine Cotter has returned to her home in Minneapolis.
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Carl Lyck
Mrs. Weisbeck
Brownedale
William Thompson
Catherine Cotter
Minneapolis
Chautauqua Opens July 7 With Expanded Program
The Chautauqua Association announces a July 7 opening and July 12 closing for this year. The Redpath Lyceum bureau of Chicago handles the contract while local duties are reduced. Season tickets are selling well and the event will run alongside the teachers' summer school, likely boosting evening attendance.
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Chautauqua Association
Redpath Lyceum Bureau of
Chicago
Lafayette Pack
California Weather and Holiday Scenes Noted in LA Letter
Coit Belding writes from Los Angeles describing a mild late autumn to early winter with showers in late October and December, sun in November, temperatures from 36 to 75 degrees, and blossoms and berries in a yard. He notes many bathers at Santa Monica and Ocean Park and a Christmas sense through gift giving.
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Coit Belding
BR. F. Peck
Los Angeles
California
Ocean Park
Birthday celebration for Mrs. R. K. Dunkelman by German friends
A group of Mrs. R K Dunkelman’s German friends honored her birthday at her home last evening. They shared a pleasant evening, were served luncheon, and left with a souvenir spoon as a reminder of the occasion.
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RK Dunkelman
Lanch
Proving It on the Deck as Sailors Speak Up
A passenger, a seasoned sailor, urges an older man to keep courage amid the sea. The older man grits through gasps, saying travel reveals what lies within a person as he pays tribute to Neptune.
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Neptune
Pity the Poor Wolf CartoonCaption
A humorous quip from Catholic Standard and Times features the fox asking why the wolf looks gaunt. The wolf replies that his sickly look comes from his line of work as he keeps away from doors until nothing remains in the house to eat.
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Catholic Standard and Times
Washington School to Open Feb First with New Gym
The new Washington school building will be ready for occupancy about Feb 1 and will house about 150 pupils from the Franklin building which is overcrowded with 750 students. A plan uses attic ventilation to supply fresh air to rooms due to basement gym space, and the gym will feature dressing rooms and showers plus apparatus for a full program.
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Washington
Franklin
Gmnasium
Manuel
Painfully Natural in London Pit-Bits
Review notes her acting as natural while she played a dying mother. An audience member, an insurance agent, asked who holds a life policy for 25,000 pounds, triggering speculation about motives in the London theater crowd.
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London
Mark Sargent Heads to Whitefish for Northern Pacific Job
Mark Sargent is bound for Whitefish Montana where he will work as a brake man for the Northern Pacific railroad. The move places him in a key crew role during the transit era.
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Mark Sargent
Whitefish
Montana
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