Glory and the Sacrifice by Eleanor H Porter
In a small town a church fundraising drive to raise two thousand dollars for a new church tests charity and pride. The Honorable Peter Wentworth donates half the sum, spurring a year of efforts from Reverend John Grey and the community culminating in a New Year’s Jubilee at the town hall where gratitude is expressed and the villagers learn the power of shared sacrifice.
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Peter Wentworth
Red School
John Grey
Fairville
Deacon White
Hig
Blake
Donald
John W. Grey
Frank
First Congregational Church
Donald Marsh
Barberry Bush War on in North
Minneapolis farmers and Northwest barberry eradication drive expand as barberry bushes spread black stem rust threatening grain yields. Barberry removal urged nationwide with 13 Middle Western states teaming with Farm Bureaus. Harrison Fuller reports federal aid and a $250,000 appropriation beginning July 1 plus $30,750 for Minnesota next year.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Farm Bureau
Northwest
Harrison Fuller
Conference For the
Minneapoli
Fuller
Washington
Congress
Minnesota
Action to Secure Release From Intrastate Rate Injunction
Fargo North Dakota railroad commissioners plan action to secure release from an injunction that bars interference with intrastate rates. The move follows a state rate meeting called by the State Farm Bureau federation. An Interstate Commerce Commission rate cut of about 10 percent will not affect intrastate rates. C B Hutchings traffic manager for the National Farm Bureau spoke to the audience.
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Fargo
N. D
North Dakota Railroad Commission
State Farm Bureau Federation
Interstate Commerce Commission
C. B. Hutchings
National Farm Bureau Organization
Supreme Court affirms open market status for exchange
In St Paul Minnesota the state supreme court upheld the law making the South St Paul Live Stock Exchange an open market. The ruling affirmed the Ramsey county district court which had found the exchange valid and that it could fine Geo Grisim for doing business with nonmembers.
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St. Paul, Minn
South St. Paul Live
Exchange
Ramsey County District Court
Grisim
All Drug Traffic Halted by Jones Miller Law Edict
Washington reports the United States Customs service has ordered a temporary halt to all drug traffic while drastic regulations are drawn up under the Jones Miller anti narcotic law. Experts from the customs service narcotic division Treasury and Commerce are said to have worked over a week on the enforcement framework.
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Washington
United States Customs Service
Customs Service
Narcotic Division of the Treasury
Department of Commerce
Oil Boom In Kevin Montana Shifts Town Scene
Following a test of the discovery well in Kevin Montana the town is entering a Texas style oil boom. Rigs arrive on every freighter and mud fills Kevin's Main Street as new organizations locate here and new business houses rise. Visitors arrive daily by train motor horse and on foot.
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Montana
Kevin
Mont
Texas
Chippewa Chief Visits Chicago Mayor for Wisconsin Festival Invitation
Prince Jing Wa Way, a direct descendant of Chippewa chiefs and dressed in traditional attire, called on Mayor Thompson in Chicago. He invited the mayor to attend Chippewa festivities at Court Oreilles reservation in Sawyer county, Wisconsin, on June 15.
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Chicago
Jing Wa Way
Thompson
Court Oreilles Reservation
Sawyer County
Wisconsin
British Prime Minister entertains Hearst at luncheon
London saw William Randolph Hearst and Mrs Hearst hosted by Prime Minister David Lloyd George at a luncheon. The gathering emphasized media and political circles in a cordial social event.
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Hearst
London
David Lloyd George
William Randolph Hearst
Rome Pope shifts ancient rule with new household appointee
The Giornale Di Italia reports Pope Pius ignored centuries old custom by placing his longtime aide Signora Linda as housekeeper and wardrobe keeper in his apartment, marking a notable shift in papal household arrangements.
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Rome
Pius
Signora Linda
Giornale
Italia
North Dakotan to Showcase 16 Feet Beards at Jubilee
Hans N Langseth, a 75 year old North Dakota farmer, plans to travel to Sacramento for the Days of 49 celebration with a beard measurement exceeding sixteen feet. Once famous for a traveling beard show, he abandoned the act after skepticism from the public.
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North Dakotan
Sacramento
Wahpeton
N. D
Calif
North Dakota
Hans N. Langseth
California
Langseth
Family dies after eating poisonous mushrooms in Ontario
Three members of the Lawler family at Gordon Lake near Desbarats, Ontario, are dead after consuming mushrooms believed to be edible. Two other relatives are in critical condition, fighting a poisonous fungus ingestion.
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Saulte Ste Marie
Ont
Joseph Lawler
Gorden Lake
Desbarats
Swift Widow Leaves Estate Value Of 270000
Chicago Mrs Ida May Swift widow of Louis F Swift head of Swift and Co died April 10 without a will leaving personal property valued at 270000. The estate will be distributed among her family members.
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Chicago
Ida May Swift
Louis F. Swift
Swift & Co
Swift
Fatal blast at Sinnama honing plant kills eight
Eight workers die and two are seriously injured when three packing houses at the Pricella Powder company plant in Sinnama honing blow up. The disaster occurred about Sinnama honing, eighteen miles from Emporium, Pennsylvania.
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Emporium
Pricella Powder Company
Sinnamahoning
Long Ways To Go. Dawson, V. T. Opens Legislature Trip
Klondike region representative Paul Hagen traveled 200 miles in a small open boat to reach Dawson for the legislature opening. He followed the ice downstream and endured two days and nights without sleep.
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Dawson
V. T
Paul Hagen
Klondike
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North
Supreme Court
South St. Paul
Kellogg
Kellogg’s
Kkellogg
W. K. Kellogg
Terial
Tral
Thompson Yards, Inc
A. Lang
Linton North Deis
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