In Pioneer Days in the Record March 31 1893
Local notes report Mrs. Wm Baxter seriously ill and Miss Maude Shields starting a Burr Oak school term. Treasurer Lee traveled to Winona and has yet to return. Senator Worst visited home briefly before returning to Bis marck. Mrs Mahaney and her daughter visit the county seat. Uncle Tom Bottomley arrives from Bismarck for several days. John S Roop, sales agent for John E Zelch, is back in Williamsport for a week or two. Sheriff Mahaney sells 59 head of sheep from Erard Wooster at 2 dollars each to Henry Kemmer on an execu tion. Lower Beaver Creek notes say S D Cummins and Tom Kelly return from Bismarck with bad roads and record wheat prices at a low level. Mrs Mahaney and Mrs Honstain visit the county seat. Mrs Honstain notes Williamsport is larger than Winchester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Baxter
Maude Shields
Burr Oak
Lee
Winona
Senator Worst
Bismarck
Mahaney
Honstain
Tom Bottomley
John S. Roop
John E
Erard Wooster
Henry Kemmer
Beaver Creek
S. D. Cummins
Tom Kelly
Williamsport
Winchester
Hague Happenings Updates From March Correspondence
JJ Volk and Roy Hulm took a business trip to Aberdeen Friday. Henry Ruggles, ill recently, shows improvement. Joe Holzer moved the house he purchased near the old baseball grounds. Mrs John Kocher remains absent after long illness. Ed Miller and Valentine Weisenbereger visited Linton this week. Hague Teachers Meeting planned for next Saturday marks end of term. Magdalena Amundson arrived from Minneapolis to stay with her mother. H B Kiefer visited Stras- burg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
JJ Volk
Roy Hulm
Aberdeen
Henry Ruggles
Joe Holzer
John Kocher
Ed Miller
Valentine Weisenbereger
Linton
Hague
Magdalena Amundson
Minneapolis
H. B. Kiefer
Stras
Local Notes From Burg And Linton Area
Friday and Saturday train service enhances travel. Miss Zizzie Fisher returns from Armarth North Dakota. A healthy girl born to A J Fischer. New baby welcomes joy to the family. Stork visits John Gabriel’s home for a boy. Tony Schweitzer and Miss Mary Schlosser attend Mike Thomas’s funeral in Strasburg. John Schweitzer and Conrad Erck also attend. John Hummel resigns. Lucas Hill will assume duties tomorrow. Mystery over how a tie between F J Sinner and H B Zenk was settled. G V Utberg replaces A Zimkowski as station agent pro tem and wins local goodwill. Zimkowski departs for Linton relief role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tony Schweitzer
Mary Schlosser
Strasburg
Mike Thomas
John Schweitzer
Conrad Erck
John Hummel
Lucas Hill
Zimkowski
Linton
Utberg
Strasburg Items Chronicle Mar 26 1923 Local business moves
Menno DeBoer visits for machinery business from Linton via the section limited. John Hagel Jr buys 13 horses to ship to Canada. Farmers Elevator buys Van Soest house and lots for a new manager H Greeve, with Van Soest planning a new dwelling. Heyerman brothers buy garage share with Van der Vorste and plan to move to town. John Haveman to begin rural mail route. Kampe mulls onions beans potatoes and barbering. Rev H Van der Ploeg to lead Holland and English services Sunday at 10:30 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. in the schoolhouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hagel, Jr
Canada
Farmers’ Elevator Company
PM. van Soest
H. Greeve
van Soest
Reformed Church
Henry
John Heyerman
Joe van der Vorste
John H. Haveman
Kampe
Rev. H. van der Ploeg
Luthvile
School Notes and Class Activities Report
Albert Pfeifer is out of town this week andVictor Van Horne was absent Monday morning. Micheal Thomas attended his grandfather's funeral in Strasburg. Third and fourth graders show interest in The Widow O'Callaghan's Boys. Zoology studies earthworms while Physics begins Sound work. An entertaining poem How the Old Horse Won the Bet is recommended by O W Holmes. English IV reviews Washington Irving's works with new humor and vivid descriptions.
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Albert Pfeifer
Victor van Horne
Micheal Thomas
Strasburg
O’callaghan
O. W. Holmes
Washington Irving
Ispahan Glory in History Versus Modern Silence
A Constantinople report says Ispahan was freed from Russian rule by tribal uprisings in a holy war. The piece notes that if seventeenth century Ispahan still held its former power, world news would be different, citing the city’s once immense population and famed bazaars.
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Ispahar
Constantinople
Ispahan
Europe
Asia
Berlin
London
Paris
Ntapal
Newional Geographic Society
Foolish to Lose Temper in Business Life
A New York Telegram tone column urges women entering business to control temper. Quick tempers undermine reliability at offices, shops, or showrooms, while calm, patient conduct preserves career prospects and respect among colleagues.
France Keeps Famous Clock Despite Briand Defense
Historical note recounts Lord Kitchener’s fondness for treasures and the Paris Temps claim that Aristide Briand fought to keep a famed clock from the French foreign office. The timepiece, sent by a French king to an Indian prince, sank in English waters, sparking a claimed right for France to retain it after Briand’s legal defense.
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Lord Kitchener
Boston Evening Transcript
Paris Temps
Briand
Foreign Office
France
England
Indian
Kitchener
Aristide Briand
New Planting Machine Speeds Reforestation Efforts
A U S government machine advances seedlings into the ground rapidly for deforested Bay West areas. Drawn by two horses and operated by three men, it makes furrows, measures spacing, and covers roots with wheels. Daily output reaches 10 000 to 15 000 plants versus 1 200 to 1 500 by hand planters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Bay
West
English Sixpenny Cottages of 400 Year Old Bricks
The piece notes cottages built over 400 years ago from surplus bricks of a village church tower at Theydon Garnon Essex still stand in fine condition and rent cheaply. It adds Lavendon Buckinghamshire cottages use local stone, charging one to two shillings weekly, while Bishop's Stortford Hertfordshire offers 24 cottages by Admiral Van der Meulen and Sir Walter Gilbey at ninepence for married couples and sixpence for singles, fully furnished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theydon Garnon
Epping
Essex
London Answers
Lavendon
Olney
Buckinghamshire
Bishop's Stortford
Herts
Admiral F. van der Meulen
Walter Gilbey
Cleopatra’s Art Mocked by Movies’ Cheap Vampires
In a witty exchange, two shades discuss Cleopatra’s annoyance at the film industry as one of history’s renowned vampire promoters, outraged by cinema cheapening her craft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Styx
Cleopatra
Would Breed Deer in Captivity Suggestion by Dr R Ieeye
Dr R ieeye proposed to the New York Zoological Society that artificial rearing of deer could prosper in the southern United States. He cited Sambars from India and Malaysia as fast breeders, valued at about $150 for adults 500 to 600 pounds, with museum and park specimens noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Ieeye
New York Zoological Society
United States
New York
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Menno DeBoer
Tone
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Electric Theatre
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the Home Hotel
Henry Ruede
Turners Hotel
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