Evening Talk and Local News Highlights Near June 29, 1921
Readable fragments recount social visits in La Porte and surroundings, notes on hospital news, Chatauqua attendance, and a river of local happenings. Mentions Robbers near Greene, wheat shipments from Canada, and a reflection on fame and home life from a veteran entertainer’s death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bau- Gus Stoehr van
Orga Lehman
la Porte
al -Behori
Mies Rosanna Rothisberger
Weat‘Union
John Johnson
Harnack Minery
Mise Brandt
Ward
Dubuque
Ralph DeSart
Eaby
Max Hunsberger
Edna
Perry. Larzon
St. Paul
Minnesota
Fred Falk
la Crosse
Wisconsin
Fred Ha
Seal
Weibel
Milt Company
Thos. McDermott
Cascade
Towa
Monona County
Missouri
Cuba
Ray Fiddick
Greene
Sheldon Mail
England
Panama Canal
Vancouver
Pacific
British Columbia
Canada
Europe
Remarkable centenarian linked to historic figures
A Center Point resident celebrated a long life tied to notable figures across U S history. Born May 24, she witnessed eras from Monroe to Lincoln, married in 1838 during Van Buren's presidency, and counted Clara Barton as a cousin with Ethan Allen as a maternal grandfather. Surviving daughters, eleven grandchildren, and extended kin live with Mrs Marvin Wilsey.
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Center Point
Idna
Tenantly
James Monroe
United States
Lafayette
Andrew Jackson
William Rowley
van Buren
Daniel Webster
Senate
Iowa
Abraham Lincoln
Clara Barton
Red Cross
Ethan Allen
Ft. Ticonderoga
Marvin Wilsey
G Anderson Wins Major Conviction in Fergus FallsTrial
G Anderson, once Fayette County attorney, now Douglas County official, secured a major victory convicting Gustaf Nelson of first degree manslaughter in Fergus Falls Otter Tail county. Nelson, previously convicted of first degree murder in Alexandria, earned a twenty year sentence after a retrial. The Park Region praises Anderson and features his photo while noting Nelson is United States Senator Knute Nelson’s son in law.
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G. Anderson
R. G. Anderson
Fayette County
Douglas County
Minn
Gustaf Nelson
Fergus Falls
Otter Tail County
Nelson
Alexandria
United States
Knute Nelson
Park Region
Anderson
Argo-Gazette
Notice to Call Ray DeSart for Cement Supplies
In my absence, please call Ray DeSart for cement blocks and other cement products. He will serve you promptly. Ohas, Feller.
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Ray DeSart
Ohas
Feller
Mrs J N Nelson Reported Pining Amid Careful Support
Mrs J N Nelson is reported to be pining steadily as friends and neighbors rally to aid her, doing all they can to ease her condition and support her recovery in the community.
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J. N. Nelson
Local notes and city life blur in town digest
A mixed bard of items from social visits and family moves to local weather, law and politics. Notes mention Bert Kohler moving to the Hitter house, Muriel Frey visiting Fairbanks, and Marguerite Grether returning home. Also covered are fishing laws, a ban on sawed off guns, a resignation from Congressman Good, and reflections on labor unions and diet.
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Misa Kotle
Banthan Ia
Margaret
J. H
Wikeder
Mise
Muriel Frey
Guttenberg
Fairbanks
Marguerite Grether
Doon
Congressman Good
Iowa
Chicago
Mabel Olson
Sioux City
Ole Olson
William Walther
Leo
Bikader
Gus Boyer
Chautauqqua
Frank Greanley
Decorah
Charles
Chas
New York
United States
Child Heroine Rescues Parrot Aboard Fire Stricken Steamer
Eight year old Barrett, daughter of Edward Ware Barrett, urged crew to save her pet parrot during a fire on the steamship Cartage near Havana. The girl refused lifeboat entry until the bird was brought from her stateroom, calming passengers as the chief engineer and crew contained the flames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Couitty “Barrett
Honore
Passenwerd
Gartugh
Havana
Cuba
Lttle
Edward Ware Barrett
Mnewspaner
Birmingham
Pahama
Misa Kitty
George A. McBride
Camera Show Defects and Soft Focus Lenses Explain Retouching
A guide explains why photographers retouch negatives to satisfy customers. The camera eye differs from the human eye, with soft focus lenses reducing retouching needs. Color perception differences and blue violet rays highlight skin flaws, making retouching essential in many images.
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Popular Science Monthly
Giant Washington irrigation project outlined
The Columbia Basin survey commission proposes a vast irrigation system in Washington designed to serve 1,753,000 acres with 20,000 second feet of flow at an $80,000,000 outlay, aided by a $100,000 state appropriation. The project stands as unprecedented in scale and cost, with main canal capacity totaling 1,728,000,000 cubic feet daily and a total volume of 12,276,000,000 gallons, about twenty-five times the Catskill aqueduct.
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State of
Washington
Columbia Basin Survey ‘Commission
Catskill
Mystery Woman of the War Misa Gertrude Bell Highlighted
Woman has done good work. Misa Gertrude Bell, compiler of the inner history of Mesopotamia, issued by the British government as a white paper, is regarded as a top authority on the East. Her unusual knowledge spans Syria, Asia Minor, and Arabia, and she served with the British secret service during the war, sometimes vanishing for months into the desert.
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Misa Gertrude Bell
Mesopotamia
East
Syria
Asia Minor
Arabia
Pacific Northwest aquatic leather boom in Popular Mechanics
Popular Mechanics notes a surge in Pacific Northwest industry as aquatic leather from whales yields gloves and tough leathers. It highlights soft pliable kid from whale intestines thick sole leather from mouth lining and large beluga shin hides as new durable products driving a growing regional industry.
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North Pacific
Pacific Northwest
Popular Mechanics
Nursing a Grievance at Editors Banquet
A Birmingham Age Herald item notes editors held a holiday banquet with no contributors invited yet the head waiter reportedly entertained with verse that was rejected. The odd moment hints at tensions between editors and contributors during a festive gathering.
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Birmingham Age-Herald
Domestic Colloquy on Housing and Employment Costs
A concise exchange questions affording a costly flat and the inability to hire a moving van. The speakers discuss financial strain from rent and relocation, signaling housing insecurity and budget pressures in a tight urban setting.
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Yan
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Jon
Highn
Weibe
Germany
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Lenine
Trotzky
Gera
Elgin Savings Bank
Elgin
Paris
London
Wolffs Gardite
Stoehr & CO
Tre Rexall Store
Lowa
Cooper
Bennington Spring
Allen
Bennington
Max Thoma
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