Stranger in a Small Town Uncovers a Fame-Seeking Seminar
Three locals Jared Parker, Seth Wilber, and John Fletcher spin tales about Professor George Marvin, a shy entomologist whose wartime-like reputation grows as strangers arrive nightly seeking the famed scholar. An advance agent for a salve company arrives, claiming plans for a Kalamazoo show, revealing the town’s prurient curiosity and the professor’s rising legend.
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Hvotel
Jared Parker
Seth Wilber
John Fletcher
Collingsville
Squire
Blackstone
Professor Marvin
Old Marvin
George
Jared
George Marvin
Seth
Squire Fletcher
Marvin
Jehoshaphat
Fletcher
Seth Wilbur
Wilber
Gorry
Prof
Theophilus Augustus Smythe
Kalamazoo
Ginger
Fifth article in American Merchant Marine series on needs
The piece argues transportation underpins civilization and urges a strong US merchant marine. It links national strength to overseas trade, rail and waterway development, and subsidies as protection akin to tariffs, citing farmer support and the Lake St Lawrence–Mississippi corridor.
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Shipping Board
America
Pacific
Great Lakes
St. Lawrence
Gulf Waterway
Mississippi
Joint Committee
Senate
House
J. R. Howard
American Farm Bureau Federation
Subsidy to stabilize prices for farmer exports debated
The article discusses shipping subsidies as insurance for marketing surplus crops. Howard cites export shares of wheat and cotton and estimates subsidy costs per bushel and per bale. It notes broader themes of market access and Government plans for sea carriage to support miners and state institutions, amid guarded mine activity in Staunton Indiana.
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Howard
Staunton
Ind
Indiana
National Guardsmen
McCray
National Guard
Chicago
Governors Open Parley on Coal Production Plan
Indiana Governor McCray invites six coal producing state governors to a conference to discuss coal production for state institutions. Ohio Governor Davis Michigan Governor Groesbeck and Kentucky Governor Morrow’s brother will attend. Wisconsin West Virginia and Pennsylvania governors cannot attend due to strike duties.
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Indianapolis
McCray
Indiana
Davis
Ohio
Groesbeck
Michigan
Morrow
Kentucky
Wisconsin
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Tong’s Twenty Thousand Dollar Bluff
The Record defends its stance against Tong and his assistants, claiming elimination would serve county interests. It argues libel suits are easy to start, backs its reporting, and calls for voters to support the newspaper in the upcoming general election.
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Tong
Report of Treasurer for Union School District No 12 Expenditures and Receipts
The treasurer reports cash on hand at start of year 644.30 and total receipts 7790.87 for the year, including state and county apportionments and taxes. Expenditures listed include school houses and improvements 1780.30, teachers salaries 4328.54, transportation 136.55, library and textbooks 641.68, and incidental expenses 202.10 with a total of 8435.17 receipts and 467.80 final balance.
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Union School
Emmons
North Dakota
Apporonmen County
Istrict Hool Board
Andes
Areties
Balan
Treasury
R.bh. Rypkema
Enon
Fletcher Rypke
Son Ae
Servidings
John A
Pommensburg
Lost yearling calf calls for owner near Hague
A drab red yearling calf with no brand or marks has been on the complainant’s property since April. Owner must contact and pay charges to reclaim. Location is three miles west and one mile north of Hague, North Dakota. Signed by Jos. Weisbeck on July 27.
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Hague
Jos. Weisbeck
N. D
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Eleanor Porter
Pollyanna
David
Eleanor H. Porter
Mid-West
Kellogg’s
W. K. Kellogg
van Beek
B. van Beek
Tuttle
Cher
Cher Kon
Tota
Arhtedrces
Eemonwal Board
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