Wadena PTA to stage two one act plays
The Wadena P T A will present Twelve Old Maids and Moon Bound Husbands in Klingman hall on an upcoming Wednesday night in February. Cast includes Mesdames Ray Herwig Dawson Clark Arthur Herrling HLT Bolt A J Knutson Frank Welch J C Kennedy Luther Crandall Lyle Kuhnes Ole Johnson Alfred Johnson Lye Whit Arthur Herrling H T Holt W Nelson Rupert Bigler Fremont Marble and Harold Stade.
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Back slang in British troops linked to rum slang
A war era note explains that Tommy Atkins widely used back slang, with mur meaning rum, to a degree that many soldiers did not notice the lexical reversal. The habit highlights how soldiers masked drink references in everyday speech during conflict.
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Giving Him Some Ownership of the Future
Dialogue follows Rudy James and Joey Ferguson as they debate a Saturday trip with new bikes. Rudy seeks parental approval, while Joey presses for planning ahead. The exchange conveys child perspectives on independence and supervision in a small town.
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Derivation of the word America from Vespucci
The term America derives from Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci. Waldseemüller proposed the name in his geography treatise Cosmo- graphia published in 1507 at the College of St Die.
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Hottentot Tree Poisonous Plant in Africa
A report describes the Hottentot tree or shrub from South Africa. It notes that in Rhodesia the Hauttentots were put to death for singing by the plum of this tree, which is said to resemble our faurel.
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Taxes Absorb Wagen And Equal Share Of All Taxes
A garbled passage discusses taxes absorbed by total government levels and implies a shared burden of gadgeroes and wages in the costtey t. The text mentions state and national taxes and their growth, but the exact figures and places remain unclear from the OCR fragment.
Malayan tiger attacks natives amid rubber conflict
A Malayan tiger incident causes native villagers to shelter after a tiger attack near rubber plantations. Reports indicate repeated sightings and heightened fear among workers at a Muay rubber processing area, with authorities assessing patrols and safety measures.
Taming The Wild: Creatures That Defy Domestication
A survey of animals resistant to taming notes many species respond to human training, but several remain untamable. Among the stubborn are the British wild cat and the American bobcat, the fussa of Madagascar, wild dogs like the dhole, dingos of Australia, the wolverine, Patagonian wolves, and the hyena, while others such as dingos have limited domestication.
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India
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Gallipoli Campaign Naval Role and Casualties Summary
The article recalls the February 1915 Allied assault on the Dardanelles by British and French ships, the March 18 main attack sunk by Turkish mines, and the April combined campaign. It notes naval support, submarine actions, Turkish and German retaliation, and the eventual withdrawal with about 5,053 officers and 114,876 enlisted men killed or missing by January 1916.
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How Cellophane Is Made From Wood Pulp To Film
The process starts with steeping spruce wood pulp in caustic soda to form alkali cellulose. Pulp is shredded, treated with carbon disulfide to form viscose, aged, cast in acid, coagulated into film, then passed through baths and squeeze rolls to remove liquid and produce a clear pliable sheet.
Deer Are Not Mutes In Park Explanation of Fawn Cries
Ranger naturalists at General Grant National Park California explain that deer often make audible moaning sounds when separated from their group. Yearlings and fawns emit faint to rich calls, louder when older and wandering alone, though sounds are barely audible at 160 yards.
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Panama Shaped Like Caterpillar In Ancient Study
A description notes Panama as a caterpillar shaped landmass with a head at Costa Rica, extending south to Colombia’s forests and equal in area to Maine. Panama City sits on the Pacific side of the canal. The bay is a fisherman’s paradise. The name Panama means abundant fish in the native tongue. The old city is the oldest town on the American mainland.
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Live boldly through sorrow and joy
A reflective quote urging fearless living and full embrace of life’s joys and sorrows. It counsels that embracing experiences yields good, while avoiding them leads to missing the fullness of life. The voice emphasizes resilience and wholehearted engagement with emotion.
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Bensva
Irish Land Question From 1649 To 1921 Overview
The piece traces the Irish land problem from Cromwell’s 1649 invasion through landownership shifts to 1921. It cites absentee ownership, famines, and legislation from 1849 to 1909 that gradually empowered tenants to buy or compel sales, ending with two-thirds of land owned by tenants by 1921 and a compulsory transfer of the rest.
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Phiadelphia Inquirer
Irish Land League
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By Hook or by Crook Phrase Origins in Middle Ages
The article explains how the saying by hook or by crook arose from feudal permission to gather deadwood and pull branches with a bill hook. It also traces humble pie to deer meat given to inferior servants, evolving to mean accepting an inferior position.
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London Weekly
Weather Lore For Christmas In France And Provence
Tit Bits notes a salt onion weather test in rural France. Twelve onions with salt drops predict wet months if melted by Epiphany. In Provence at Baux shepherds keep watch night services with lighted tapers and a lamb before a crib to seek good weather.
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Tit-Bits Magazine
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Turnstile Teaches Edison Style Watering Trick
A Friendly Service tells how Thom as A. Foison hosted guests at a summer home filled with labor-saving devices. The stubborn turnstile resisted passage until a guest asked why everything else was perfect. Foison replied that pushing the turnstile pumps gallons of water into the tank on my race, a playful jab at innovation and practicality.
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The Gulf Stream and Western Europe's Climate
The Gulf Stream originates in the Gulf of Mexico then circles the Atlantic to Europe. For years it was thought to warm western Europe but this belief is disputed and ocean winds may play the credit.
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A Friend to a Friend Quote by Francis Bacon
A Bacon aphorism on friendship notes that conversation with a true friend doubles joy and halves grief. Faces become a gallery without love and talk becomes a tinkling cymbal absent companionship. The passage emphasizes shared joys and sorrows as the measure of friendship.
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Bis
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Man Not Natural Swimmer
A compact reflection cites Plato on poetry and notes that humans lack an instinctive swimming ability, unlike other animals, suggesting a view of art as inspired rather than technical craft.
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