Ants as Teachers of Strength and Instinct
Billy Be By Bo Bum and Tinker Teedle Tee meet thousands of ants on a harvest road to an underground city. They learn from Mother Nature that ants combine brains with instinct, work without bosses, and that instinct guides care, building, and daily labor. The journey hints at futures in Antland.
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Billy Be
Bo Bum
Tinker Teedle Tee
Tinker
Billy Boy
Billy
Elf
Whit
Billy Roy
Antland
Weaving and Looms Through Ancient Times
A fragment discusses weaving as an older art than spinning. It notes rule looms pictured on Theban tombs and suggests the ten linen curtains with cherubim used for the tabernacle were tapestries made by the loom.
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Thebes
Tabernacle
Church Resembled Mosque in New York Church
All Souls Church on Fourth Avenue in New York was once called the Church of the Holy Zebra due to daring Moresque architectural effects. Designer and builder Jacob Wrey Mould died in 1806.
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All Souls’ Church
Fourth Avenue
New York
The Physics of Shooting a Projectile at Forty Five Degrees
Sidney Graves Koon explains in Leslie's how a projectile reaches maximum range near forty five degrees elevation. Initial velocity and air friction shape trajectory, with gravity pulling the shell downward and drag shortening the second half of the flight.
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Earth
Sidney Graves Koon, M. E
Leslie
When the Thames Went Dry Across London
Stow’s Annals recount 1158 earthquakes that toppled churches and houses as the Thames dried so Londoners could walk the riverbed. In 1590s an extraordinary ebb let a rider cross Westminster Bridge. A 1087 gale and the Sept 14 1716 event sent waters back, allowing foot crossings and yielding recovered valuables.
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Stow
Thames
London
London Bridge
Weekly Packet
How the Spider Works Observed by English Patient
A patient Englishman reports a garden spider weaving its web from start to finish. Beginning at 290 o clock in the evening the half grown female spider dropped between pine branches forming radiating lines and then completed the network in hours. He notes the finished web as one of the most perfect he has seen with diagrams drawn during the process.
Eating With a Knife in Eighteenth Century Dining
Lady Newdhgate notes the fork evolved from a two pronged utensil signaling refinement. She recalls the era’s cleanliness preserving steel two prongs, while small meat pieces and peas were handled with a knife. The discussion spans the late eighteenth century.
Aegean Sea geography and navigational notes
The Aegean Sea lies between Greece and Turkey with Asia Minor to the east and Europe to the north. It connects by the Dardanelles to the Sea of Marmara and by the Bosporus to the Black Sea, its many islands adding beauty but making navigation difficult.
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Aegean Sea
Mediterranean Sea
Chrcere
Greece
European
Turkey
Asia Minor
Dardanelles
Sea of Marmara
Bosporus
Black Sea
Traction Engines Aid Clearing in Western Australia
The government operates traction engines that clear timber from 4,700 acres for settlers and scrub from 5,500 acres in heavily timbered districts. The program demonstrates practical success in forestry work across western Australia.
County News Highlights Local Visitors and Social Notes
Local notes from Postville Decorah Ossian and surrounding towns record visits by Chris Waters Jim Hanks Lynn Crawford and many others over the week. Social events include dances Masonic hall entertainment and a parcel post sale. Mentions of illnesses funerals and community meetings with residents from Decorah Ossian Waukon and Clayton.
Local visits and farm activity reported in Cresco area
Silos filled and threshing carried out in several localities last week. Mr and Mrs Rothe Keaty of Sumner Township enjoyed a social visit with the former's relatives. Sarah Robinson stopped by Schild home for a pleasant afternoon. Dr George Phammer of Cresco made a professional call, Nettie Kooh staying with sister Mrs Fred Palek north of Ridgeway, Frank Kunts and family and George Schamel of Decorah called in Cresco as relatives visited.
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Carl Haakenson
Frank Kuntz
Decorah
Martin Friedlien
Osterdock
Robert Vopava
Sumner Township
Fred Falck
Ridgeway
Babe
Amel Koch
Lizzie Koch
Dan Krueger
Golden Ridge
Howard County
Theodore Kuatz
Fred Koch
Varna Sanderson
Ole Sanderson
Schild
Anna Weidaman
Harry Weidaman
Cresco
Malanna Kratz
Dan Krucer
Nettie Koch
Albert Bunnell
H. B. Muntendam
Elliott, Ta
R. E. Starr
Shenandoah
Chris. Schild
Rothe Keaty
Sumner T Township
Sarah Robinson
George Phammer
Cresce
Nettie Kooh Tots
Fred Palek
Frank Kunts
George Schamel
Cresco Mall
Kendallville Notes and Local Happenings from 1915
In Kendallville on October 18 1915 Arthur Ivern spent Sunday at home after leaving Cresco Mrs Nettie Kendall visited the Ed son Eddy home late last week A public sale is planned at the Darrow farm occupied by A Dudley today Various visits occurred including Mrs G W Dasham at the W C Fifield home and Mrs Ada Young hosting a gathering The community notes mention hard rains hindering roads church attendance at Fremont church and multiple visits among neighbors The Kendallville L A S met at the Dasham home Will meet again in Change hall Mabel Dudley was honored at a young people party and the Dudley family plan to move to Dakota A blacksmith shop return is welcomed with Guy Pollitt aiding cement and cistern work for Mrs L Burton and decorah newcomer Nelson rents the Decorah shop to offer blacksmith services.
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Chris, Waters
Postville
Jim Hanks
J. K B. Kneeskern
Lynn Crawford
Decorah
John Lydon
Pat Tulley
Hf. C. Chamberlin
Ossian
Gene Owens
Glenn McMillan
Mads
Sherman
Thos. Bollman
Albert Henning
Nash
Lily
Joseph
Cresco
Andrew Schuler
Chas. Crawford
Vern Letchford
Leora
Auditor Schaf
Waukon
Tom Ryan
Jas
Drew
Irving Crawford
Carl Letchford
Chas
Barrett
Marvin
Ravena
Harold Spaun
Geneva Waters
Will Schutta
J. E. Ericson
Kelse Webster
L.A. S
Daisy Kneeskern
Phil, Bronillet
Bernice
Jas. Drew of
Jas. Ryan
Masonic Hall
Harrington
Alfred Crabtree
Claude van Wey
Evelyn Brouillet
Alma Leer
Lyman Bray
Ludlow
Perry Carter
Bailey
Jas, Meikle
Robinson
Clayton
Dora
Oedar Falls
Presbyterian Synod
Jas. Ewing
Lufus
Ewing
Nevvil
Peed Klewner
Henry Hoeer
Sneldeskamn
Day Ladeking
Tom Waters
Harry
Florence
Mr. Robinson
Hire
Roy Kineeskern
Grace Chewning
Ira Peck
Waterloo
Jim
Mo B.A. Onder
Improvement Society
WLC
T. UL
John Swenson
Town City
Waters
Lois Pye
Charlotte Peck
Arthur Ivern
Nettie Kendall
Edson Eddy
Darrow
A. Dudley
G. W. Dasham
W. C. Fifield
Arthur
Clifford Eddy
Clara Lundereng
Quandahle
Betsey Pederson
Noiness
Harmony
GW Dasham
Ada Young
Ole Ellingson
Fremont
Charlie Curtis
Littl
Helen
Ettie Kellogg
Walter Dasham
E. Pollitt
Davis
Bernard Davis
Orleans
Guy Pollitt
L. Burton
Kendallville L. A.S
W. Dasham
Will
Will Stockman
Mabel Dudley
Dudley
Dakota
Nelson
Pleasant Township Notices and Local Happenings
October weather brings rain and frost with several residents visiting relatives and neighbors. School begins in District No 5 with Miss Broghammer teaching. various visits and home improvements noted, including additions to Albert Ellingsen’s house. A local cautionary note promotes Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy for children with coughing fits, claiming quick relief after repetitive dosing.
Prices of live stock in 1194 revealed by Pipe Roll study
The London Chronicle notes a Pipe Roll society volume showing fixed prices for oxen four shillings cows one shilling less farm horses four shillings pigs one shilling and sheep sixpence. The work also records the 40 shilling fine imposed since 1185 for pillory overthrow.
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Pipe Roll Society
London Chronicle
Protected Against Rogues in German Domestic Service
In Germany, professional rogues cannot easily enter a family as a servant. Each servant keeps a character book recording dates of service and the mistress’s assessment. The girl must take the book to the nearest police station to be dated with an official stamp.
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Germany
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Ftress Bros
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Erickson
Henry Levi
Elvin Iverson
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Harry Erickson
Miss Broghammer
A. Poss
Chamberlin
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Jos. Beranek
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Aige Room
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