Oak Grove News social notes show families visiting
Opal Dummermuth spent Saturday night with the Emery Dummermuth family. Minneapolis visitor Will Howard returned home after several days with his mother Mrs. Emily Howard and relatives. Numerous calls and visits occur among the Dummermuth, Howard, Boyle, Wilson, and Kohls households with extended family and neighbors in Oak Grove and nearby Elgin and West Union.
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Opal Dummermuth
Emery Dummermuth
Will Howard
Emily Howard
Minneapolis
Albert Dummermuth
Geo. Eyde
Frank Boyle
John Howard
Frank Howard
Wm. Kamper and Sons
Amos Eckhart
Lyle Wilson
Ed Boyle
Ward Brabham
Jud Conner
Herbert Dummermuth
Eigin
George Boyle
Monons
Andrew Dummermuth
Walter Hohls
Wm. Boyle
Grate Medberry
Jake Yearous
Junior
Sheldon Kohls
Bernita Bopp
Margie Christ
Betty Kohler
Turkey numbers lag from past, agriculture notes
Information from the U S Department of Agriculture highlights that turkey production remains below levels from 30 years ago though interest in turkeys is rising. Farmers plan modest increases in winter wheat and rye sowings, while fertilizer testing stresses weighing yields to gauge value. In woodland management, only poor quality trees are cut for fuelwood, preserving good timber trees.
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Turkey
United Stated Department of Agriculture
Cremation Practices Linked to Etruscan Lime Kilns
An Italian archaeologist reports that Etruscan crematories were repurposed as lime kilns by the Romans. The ancient fire chambers, built for cremation, were later used to produce lime under practical use. The Detroit News notes this historical transition from cremation to lime production.
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Egypt
Judea
China
Detroit News
Fog-Drip From Drifted Fog Fills Gauges on Table Mountain
A scientist tested fog-drip by placing two rain gauges on Table Mountain. One gauge stood alone while a setup of upright plant stems captured mist and cloud water. Over 56 days the lone gauge recorded four inches, the plant-filled gauge nearly eighty inches.
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Ferrara
Downs
Table Mountain
South Africa
Modern dress cuts tram and train accidents by half
A speaker, a modern woman, argued that sensible clothing has cut public transport accidents by at least 50 percent. She addressed a nearly all female audience, urging practical attire as a safety measure.
There’s Always Something About Discouragements in Life
A fragment reflecting on universal discouragements across ages and times. It recalls a half century ago neighbors in a neighboring county were grievously discouraged by the buffalo hide market in New York, as noted in the Mineral Wells Tex Index.
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Buffalo
New York
Cuban women barred from judgeships by Supreme Court ruling
The Supreme Court declares that a judge must be a citizen with full civic functions, denying Cuban women the right to become judges since they lack franchise. Women's organizations protest the exclusion amid ongoing gender rights push.
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Supreme Court
Republic
Playing a Sure Thing Mrs Justwed Bout
The text presents a cryptic dialogue about a mother charged with Ferdinand's behavior and the difficulty of detecting guilt. the fragment depicts domestic tension and questions of parental discipline and recognition of misbehavior.
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Ferdinand
Plausible Excuse from a Morning Exchange Manager
A playful dialogue shows an exchange manager apologizing for lateness arguing an oversleep led by a dream about a man asking for a number. A fond father mockingly questions plans for a sheep skin from college as the youth jokes about using it to strain low quality gasoline for his car.
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Carrie
Gift of Rich Literary Works to Syracuse University
Gerrit Smith Miller of Petersboro, New York, presents to Syracuse University a collection dating from 179 to 1875 by Wendell Phillips. Included figures are William Lloyd Garrison, John Brown, Charles Sumner, and others.
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Wendell Philips
Wiliam Lloyd Garrison
John Brown
Charles Sumner
Aothera
Syracuse University
Gerrit Smith Miller
Petersboro
N. Y
An Easy Cure Annie and the Misplaced Illness Joke
An exchange shows Annie and Aarry joking about rheumatism and a mix up between knee and arm. The humor centers on misheard medical complaints and a playful misunderstanding about exercise and illness.
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Annie
Fall pigs need dry beds and safe food lines
The piece discusses low annual costs for Americans to safeguard food via the Federal Pure Food Law, and offers household tips such as using common salt to clean chimneys and maintain efficient fires. It also notes a shift in muskrat farming profits, with pelts rising in value and meat now sold, and highlights musk rat farming basics and ethical trapping limits.
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United States
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