Manitou Refuge in Wisconsin Lands Named by Congress Act
Historical notice describes the proposed Manitoumie refuge across Illinois Wisconsin Iowa and Minnesota to protect migratory waterfowl fish and wildlife. It outlines funding 1.5 million dollars for land purchases survey by an Agriculture Department agent from Winona and management by the Biological Survey and Fisheries Bureau. It notes the project backed by the Izaak Walton League and General Federation of Women’s Clubs and highlights the region’s scenic value and historic routes connecting the Mississippi and Fox rivers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winneshiek
Wisconsin
Vet
Iowa
Minnesota
Rock Island
Jahuary
Agricultural Department
Winona
Mion
Secretary of Agriculture
Secretary of Commerce
Howen
Ixaak Walton League
General Federation of Women's Cluba
Congress
Natone
Canada
Gulf
Iqat
Daviess County
Clinois
Mississippi
Miastesippi Valley Association
State of
General Federation of Women's
Great Lakes
Portage
Rock River
Jean Nicollet
Green Bay
Fox River
Great River
Pierre Radiggon
Jean Grosailler
Missippi
Missouri
Hudson's Bay Company
Charles II of
England
Lowry Joliet
Pers Marquette
Arkansas
Father Hennepin
LaSalle
Jonathan Carver
Blenheim Spaniel Legend Tied to Marlborough Bride Gifts
A tale recounts a spaniel that followed the Duke of Marlborough all day during the Battle of Blenheim and stayed until victory. The duchess Sarah Churchill nursed the dog to death, and it became the progenitor of the Blenheim spaniel. Since then it is said to be custom for a duke to present a Blenheim spaniel to his bride at marriage.
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Blenheim
Duke of Marlborough
Sarah Churchill
Sun Bath Health hailed as real medical aid
The Sun bath is recognized as a health measure. Public exposure on the beach is described as a health treatment provided by abundant sun. aims beyond vanity, claiming sun exposure improves blood in various ways and boosts vital bodily forces.
Old Festival Rites in Honor of Ceres
The Eleusinian mysteries marked the Eleusinian festival honoring Ceres and Proserpine. Legends say Ceres visited Eleusia on the Bor rowful Stone near Cal fichours Well, teaching grain use and founding rites. The festival featured greater and lesser mysteries, with dates and details lost to history.
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Triptolemug
Rharian
R. Hi. Tingley
Chicago Journal
Graveyards of Books and Library Waste
A London Mail essay describes shelves piling unread volumes as graveyards of literature. It questions the fate of discarded works, noting libraries ship unwanted books to secondhand traders or even far seas. Adventurous volumes may travel to distant shores before fate consumes them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Library
Seychelles Elands
Indian Ocean
London Mail
Eyes and eye color among famous historical figures
The passage lists notable individuals and their eye colors, noting that many had blue blue-gray or gray eyes. It cites Dante Caesar Paganini Goethe Leigh Hunt Voltaire Reynolds and others as brown eyed, Byron Coleridge Napoleon and more as gray or blue, with some described as blue-gray or alternating between blue and gray. It also mentions Shakespeare portraits often show blue eyes.
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Dante
Julius Caesar
Paganini
Goethe
Leigh Hunt
Voltaire
Glndstone
Pena Leo XII
Beethoven
Raphael
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Versons
Byron
Coleridge
Chatterton
Napoleon
Bismarck
Nansen
Explorer
Audubon
the Duke of Wellington
Richard Coeur de Lion
Wolsey
Dickens
Stuskin
Moltke
Duke of Marlborough
Swift
Edison
Frederick the Great
J. Russell Lowell
Mossetth
George Washington
Shakespeare
Speeding denial ends with ten dollar fine
Defendants insisted they were not overspeeding near Will, claiming speeds from only 10 to 20 mph. They argued they were nearly at a standstill when stopped by the officer. The justice imposed a ten dollar fine.
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Justice of the Peace
Bloody Sweat of Hippopotamus Described by Pathfinder Magazine
Pathfinder Magazine explains the hippopotamus secretes a thick oily substance from its pores called blood sweat. In pain or distress this secretion increases and turns reddish with fractured hair, leading to the belief it is blood. The article notes experts deny blood as the color source.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Relentista
Pathfinder Magazine
This Week's Short Story Turmoil Scene
A tense unnamed male character nervously surveys his surroundings then dissolves a powder in a glass of water. After a moment his hand trembles, he drinks the draught and mutters that a sleep will come tonight, hoping a specialist will not notice.
War token flag returned from German lieutenant tale
Philadelphia American Legionnaires report a World War I flag sent by a fallen corporal's brother was found with a German lieutenant letter. The paper details how Corporal G W Fryling of the 28th Division died in the Argonne on September 26, 1918 and how the flag, intended as a token, was lost until now. The German officer apologizes for the delay and explains how the envelope and belongings were mislaid during retreat after a counterattack.
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Corp
G. W. Fryling
American Legionnaires
Philadelphia
Hancock, Fin, & Brother
Fryling
A. Fryling
S. A
Leutenant
G. W. Wryling
Army
Hoapital
Nr Fry- Ung
A. Scheiffete
Breichatr
Gelalingen
Wurttemberg
Gerting
D. i
May Reclaim Charter If Mine Resumes Operation
The letter from Mohrland Utah to the American Legion headquarters requests suspension of Mohrians post charter after a mining town faded. It notes the post may become active again if mining resumes and asks no reply to the Mohrland address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utah
Iit
Utah Hills
Department
The
American Legion
Mohrians
Legion
Mohrland
Americans' Graves in France Not Disturbed
A New York Legion investigation reports that World War veterans’ cemeteries in France and nearby regions are safeguarded. BB. David said the U S Army preserves six cemeteries in France and England under Col. W. W. Smith’s supervision, making disturbances impossible.
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France
Department of New York
American Legion
New York
BB. David
United States Army
Bel- Kittm
England
W. W. Smith
Alvision
Get Proper Papers For World War Veterans Urged
Chairman Watson B. Miller of the American Legion rehabilitation committee urges veterans to obtain proper government certificates in place of missing discharge papers. Proof of service is required for hospitalization under the World War Veterans act and for permission to bury a veteran in a national cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watson B. Miller
American Legion National Rehabilitation
Miller
Are you getting anything out of that salesmanship course
An American Legion Weekly snippet jokes about a learner not gaining much from a salesmanship course, claiming he will never be as good a salesman as the man who sold him the course. The quip highlights skeptical humor toward training programs.
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Fiah
Americam Legion Weekly
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