Devils Lake outings and winter travel slow amid ice
Mies Ireng and a teacher spent Sunday at Devils Lake as communities linger in winter quarters. W V Baker visited en route south to take orders for Gloria lights. Road conditions hinder hauling while snowdrifts grow. A moving picture of Oberammergau and the Passion Play impressed a small audience, noted for high quality despite stormy weather.
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Mies Ireng
Devils Lake
W. V. Baker
Gloria
Washington
Oberamergau
Oscar Simon
Coal Discovery in Turtle Mountain District
Coal prospects in Turtle Mountain District near Dunseith attract local interest. Tests planned soon on ilenite or semi-hituminous coal. Services Sunday February 20 include morning worship by Rev. T. S. Thompson with the sermon What and Wherefore in Ephesians, Sunday School, Junior Endeavor, Men's Meeting, and an evening sermon The Modern Dance by Rev. T. S. Thompson. Renowned baritone R. T. Fulton to sing at services. church welcomes strangers and those without a local church home.
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Turtle Mountain
Dunseith
T. S. Thompson
P Ndigal
Thompson
R. T. Fulton
Great Men’s Meeting at Presby Church Sunday
A Great Men’s Meeting is announced at the Presbyterian Church Sunday afternoon at 3. Rev. T. S. Thompson writes on "The Prodigal and Higher." Rev. RT. Fulton will also sing. Will you be there.
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Presby
T. S. Thompson
RT. Fulton
Heiress Declines Suit of Poor but Honest Suitor
A Chicago News tale shows an heiress declining marriage to a poor but sincere man who fears social scorn and money motives. The suitor asks why, and the heiress explains she can never wed him.
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Senger
Chicago News
Vinegar and Fleece of Custard Potatoes in Home Arts
A quirky fragment outlines various household uses for vinegar to tenderize meat and freshen rooms, plus fur cleaning with bran, and a rough kitchen guide for mashed potatoes and custard potatoes. It mentions vinegar for fish and fowl water, curing hoarseness, and refreshing the sickroom.
Metal Folding Bed Emerges From Indiana Inventor
A description notes the rise of metal folding beds following a popular metal bed design. An Indiana man is credited with inspiring the foldable model shown in the accompanying illustration. The bed features a base and a framework that stands upright when not in use, with a curtain hanging from the raised foot.
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Indiana
Bed that folds into wall closet and stays clean
Describes a wall hung folding bed with a space saving design using clamps and fulcrum rod to release and lower to the floor. Pivoted bed base supports the frame and avoids dangerous springs while keeping the area clean despite the cluttered description and stray text about melted butter and malt.
Oyster Cocktails and Pear Syrup Amid Other Recipes
A miscellaneous page blend describes oyster cocktails with a chilled sauce and a pear syrup flavored with cinnamon, plus a curious note about drying windows with turpentine, and a children’s page of games and nautical lore including a ship saved by dancing and the coin under the mast launching tradition.
Calhoun’s Diplomacy Shapes U S Cuba Venezuela Policy
William J. CourtD of Unicagh notes Calhoun’s proven skill in handling foreign missions under two administrations. He cites Calhoun’s Havana mission to assess conditions and his 1906 Venezuela dispatch, underscoring Roosevelt’s trust in his confidential errands. Calhoun, a Pennsylvania native, studied at Poland Union Theological Seminary and later practiced corporate law in Chicago.
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Unicagh
China
McKinley
Castro
Venezuela
Roosevelt
Calhoun
Pennsylvania
Poland (U.) Union Seminary
William McKin Jey
United States
Poland
Ilinois
Chicago
Senator Thompson and Bees Define a Quiet Life
A recent interview portrays Senator Thompson as uninterested in politics, focusing on business and beekeeping. He says political preferment never attracted him while authorities note the era’s practices soured him on public life. Thompson, fifty one, was born near Beattaville, Illinois, and lived on a farm before moving to town.
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Vain
Fritz
Bitel
Eitel Fritz
Charlottenburg
Thompson
Pripeon
Bear Beattaville
Hezetiah Horely Outsmarted by Gypsy Fortune Teller
In a crowded fair scene Hezetiah Horely pays two dollars to Madam Tabasco, the gypsy queen, for a name reading. The teller guesses a journey and warns of a dark man, then declares his name to be Sucker. Horely, hustled out by a bouncer, concedes the trick.
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Hezetiah Horely
Tie-Barker
Anguash
Hezekiah
Podunk
Madam Tabasco
Gebart
Fat Man
Hesekiah
Gald Mmé
Hezekiah Horsefly
A. B. Lewin
A Touching Verse From The Chicago News
A fragmented quotation notes a woman applying makeup in a delicate, careful routine. The verse hints at vanity and self presentation as she adjusts her hair and collar, then moves to touch a child with a dollar. The source presents a reflective, period voice.
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Chicago News
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