Rochford Land Co. Wants Column House and Lot Bargains
Rochford Land Co. presents several real estate offers including a house with two lots on Maple street for 1325 dollars, a unit near Milwaukee depot with modern amenities, a large rooming house with steam heat and electric lights, and city lots on Kenwood Avenue Winona Bridge and Railway Streets. Also available is 240 acres west of the city and a house with barn on one and a half acres near the city core.
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Main St
Uss
Miwaukee
Kenwood Avenue
Winona
Bridge
Railway
Kent
The Pretzel’s Curve and Endless Variations
The pretzel embodies a simple figure scheme that yields vast forms and possibilities. Its heart shaped bight and half twist create a unique shape while serving as a thirst provoking, non dessert snack. Originating in Germany as Bretzel, its name may link to a bracelet.
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Ukerles
Germany
North Germany
South Germany
America
North America
South America
Brett
Washington Post
Behead and Defeat Ideas Probed by Children
A Delineator quotation recalls a family moment where ten year old Margaret asks the meaning of behead and four year old Donald misinterprets defeat as cutting off a man's feet. The dialogue captures child logic and historical language curiosity.
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Margaret
Donald
Dreams That Came True Brightens Evening Program
Local notes report a rich slate of events at the ORIENT tonight and at Presby terian church on Sunday. Residents share visits, illnesses, and travel while plans for the Purity Steam Laundry wagon rebuild and the Christmas ball loom in the community page.
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Purity
East Side Social Notes Report Local Travel and Ills
East Side items list residents returning from Minneapolis and Miles City. Train delays at noon. Ed Wall recovering from illness. neighbors visit Kasson and Lakefield. Ida Savile undergoes surgery at St Olav, doctors Lewis and Pierson attend. A cinder injures Idan Loudon s eye. he sails to join wife in Lakefield. Thieves steal wood from Laufle shed and face possible pursuit.
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D. W. Hogan
Kensett
Iowa
Frank Walker
St. Olav Hospital
Mayville
Lorin Harrington
Chambelain
Ida Savile
St. Olav’s Hospital
C. F. Lewis
H. Pierson
Idan Loudon
Lakefield
Herald Job Rooms advertise skilled work at fair prices
Bring your job work to the Herald Job Rooms where experienced workmen produce fine results at the same cost as inferior work. The shop boasts thorough equipment, and a pleased customer is a walking advertisement with many already satisfied. Ring phone 64.
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Herald
Presbyterian youth gather for hayride at Roulston farm
A group of Presbyterian church youths traveled to Oakland Monday evening for a hay rack ride at James Roulston farm. Refreshments were served and they returned home in the early hours of Tuesday.
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Jo Clemmens
Brooming Prairie
Tina Shane
Tappi
Hans
Andrew Peterson
Gary
J. J. Furlong
May
Elly
Maurek’s Hall
Carl Morrison
East Oakland Avenue
Presbyterian Church
Oakland
James Roulston
N W Warren Surprised By Sunday School Group
N W Warren was surprised by about thirty classmates at W C Horrobin's home Monday evening. Rev and Mrs Lutz performed music and Mrs Lutz recited. Warren, soon to move to Texas, received a gold headed cane from friends. Refreshments followed a pleasant evening.
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N. W. Warren
W. C. Horrobin
A Collegian Chooses Pipes by Inner Smoothness
A New York Sun report follows a collegian in a tobacco shop as he selects brier pipes. He discards those with grain flaws and tests interior smoothness by rubbing a finger along the bow, insisting a smooth inside prevents charring and ensures even cake and sweetness.
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New York Sun
One Industry of the Pesky Ant in Burma
In Burma and the Far East sandalwood logs yield a valuable heartwood called salone buried under two thirds sapwood. When trees are felled and cut, ants work on the soft sapwood attracting them. Within weeks they strip away the sapwood, leaving heartwood for loggers.
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Burma
Far East
Rhode Island Reds Cause Buyer to Question Coop Theft
In a flurried exchange from the flouston Post a man complains to his boss about chickens taken from his coop. He insists his Rhode Island Reds are his own and seeks to verify if they resemble his birds. The humorous dialogue centers on ownership and deception.
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Rhode Island
Flouston
Markets Report on Hog and Cattle Prices
Market notes show fat hogs and steers with price ranges and uncertain OCR fragments. Veal, sheep and lambs appear with scattered figures. cows sold within a broad range. overall readability limited by damaged text.
Mountain Sliding Among Hawaiian Schoolboys
Hawaiian boys enjoy mountain sliding on steep sides near Honolulu using ti leaves as sleds. Describes braking by lifting leaf stems, thrills, and occasional accidents when leaves wear out, with danger of hitting trees. St. Nicholas.
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Ilawali
Honolulu
Island of
Hawaii
Lucky
St. Nicholas
Swift forged note sparked English burglars' retreat
A 18th century hoax attributed to burglar Elliston circulated claiming to name thieves and receivers, with others warned to aid government. The piece, attributed as a dying man's list, caused panic among thieves until revealed as a Swift forgery per the New York Tribune.
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England
Elliston
Prince of
Reading the Stars and Big Cats in Ancient Navigation Notes
The passage blends a sailor Jack London style tale of mastering navigation using the North Star and Alpha Crucis with a contrasting zoological note on large Big Cats. It cites Alpha Crucis as a southern pole star reference and compares lions and Bengal tigers by weight and power.
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Jack London
Harper's Weekly
Charmian
Lion weight varied from small cub to great adult
The lion’s weight spans a wide range from cubs to mature adults with estimates often cited around hundreds of kilograms for full grown males and less for females and juveniles, reflecting size differences and species.
One Point Gained in Light Verse Exchange
A brief Philadelphia Press anecdote recalls a joke about a girl who swapped a parlor melodeon for a cornet. The exchange suggests the cornet limits her singing, noted with humor and a light tone.
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Philadelphia
Two Women Case Shifts with New County Justice
In a terse court scene an old offender is presented to the new county justice as John Timmins alias Jones alias Smith. The judge declares a plan to try the two women first and orders Alice Jones to the stand.
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John Timmins
Jones
Alias Smith
Alice Jones
Uncle Remus Magazine
The Wiles of Women Prophecy in Golden Penny
The Golden Penny quotes a provocative adage about marriage proposals and responses. It suggests there are only two reactions for a woman when asked and vastly more options if she declines.
Tricking Hens Used to Hatch Fish Eggs
A humorous note explains Chinamen trick hens to hatch fish eggs. Eggs are placed in shells sealed and hidden under hens, warmed into life, then released into a shallow pool where sun warms and completes the process.
Fire breaks out at tall building observed by witnesses
Cumso notes a conflagration at a tall building and Fangle asks Flow about the event while one of them mentions seeing a fire escape, per Kansas City Independent report.
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Cumso
Fangle
Kansas City Independent
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