County Seat News Items From Free Press
Wilbur Fuller and A P Jarvis opened a new pool hall in the Crea building with four finished tables and a cigar and confection parlor. News notes announce the marriage of Miss Viola Rieutcel to John E Reed of Santa Ana California. Grants at Grangeville Electric Light and Power Co threaten fish passage. club members plan ladders over the dam. H Taylor named assistant prosecuting attorney of Idaho County during Fogg’s absence on a Colorado Montana trip. Mrs Mary Olive Shields, long Grangeville resident, underwent appendicitis surgery in Modesto California and plans to reside in California with husband John Shields. Her family ties include prior work with Calvin Hazelbaker during his assessor tenure.
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The
Free Press
Wilbur Fuller
A. P. Jarvis
Crea
Santa Ana
Cal
Viola Rieutcel
John E. Reed
Rieutcel
A. C. Rieutcel
Ana
Clearwater
Grangeville Electric Light and Power Co
Commercial Club
H. Taylor
Idaho County
F. E. Fogg
Fogg
Colorado
Montana
Taylor
Mary Olive Shields
Grangeville
Modesto
Shields
John Shields
California
Calvin Hazelbaker
Hazelbaker
Frank van Sise
Advertising Blurb for Auto Batteries and Flour Deals
The notice promotes battery repairs for all makes and mentions Cottonwood Garage. It lists Princess Flour at $1.85 per sack and 400 Flour at $2.05 per sack, with sale points at stores or V. C. Co.
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Cottonwood Garage
V. C. Co
Wisdom From Ancient Sages From Ptah Hotep to Itoso
The piece notes Ptah Hotep as vizier to Itoso about 5,300 years ago and his letters to his son. Dr James Walsh of Fordham highlights these early writings seen as possibly the oldest book. His maxims echo Polonius urging restraint in quarrels and urging plain statements with superiors equals and inferiors.
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Tut-Ankh- Amen
Land of the Nile
Ptah Hotep
Itoso
James Walsh
Fordham University
Wrzier
Shakespeare
Polonius
Hotep
Guerrilla Warfare and its Controversial Status Across Conflicts
The article surveys how guerrillas have been viewed as irregular fighters not part of formal armed forces. It cites Spain from 1808 to 1814 and Mina's band, later becoming regular troops after discipline, and notes ongoing guerrilla roles in Spanish civil wars and the US Civil War era. It discusses depredations by guerrilla bands against both sides.
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Spain
Mina
Wellington
United States
Remarkable Burr Oak Grove Near Champaign Illinois
A forestry service member notes a unique Burr Oak grove near Champaign on M11. The stand measures about three miles long and one mile wide, isolated from streams and surrounded by prairie. Trees suggest northeast migration on a glacial moraine, protected from fires by water in low grounds.
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Forestry Service
Champaign
M11
Illinois
Washington Star
Skunk Cabbage Roles In Early Spring Ecology
The skunk cabbage, despite its vile scent, is a flower crucial to early bee foraging. As bees emerge from winter dormancy, swamp blooms like this plant provide essential nourishment, preventing starvation until other flowers bloom.
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Nature Magazine
Gottland the Pearl of the Baltic and early Washingtons kin
The tale credits Thjelvar as Gottland’s discoverer and first settler who fought trolls to keep the island safe. It notes Gottland’s medieval power, its fairy lore, and its appeal to tourists. It also highlights Betty Washington Lewis as a devoted sister to George Washington and Col Fielding Lewis’ sacrifice for soldiers.
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Gottland
Baltic
Thjelvar
Betty Washington Lewis
Virginia Authority
Col
Fielding Lewis
Kenmore
Washington
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Percales
Uncle Sam
Dimity
Bal Brigan
Merly
Leggett Mercantile Company
Lewiston
Clarkston
Sheroe
Gyptian
Brighten UP
Wm. Kelsey
Yellowstone
Geo. A. Poler
Mission Creek Berry Farm
C. C. Mcfarlin Culdesac, Idaho
F. C. B. Culdesac
Culdesac
Idaho
John Reiland
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