Enlist as Teacher in Public Schools Says County Superintendent
Notes from the county superintendent urge teachers to enlist, citing vitality and service. Examinations for teachers are held at the courthouse this week with eighth grade tests on June 25 26 at designated locations. Certificates are issued for nine and three months perfect attendance to numerous students across Winchester Logan Union Bakker McCulley Sand Creek Kintyre Hague and Bakker districts.
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Court House
Verl Corner
Agnes Haugse
Winchester
Carl Hansen
Logan
Irene Winterberg
Union
Anna van Beek
Gerald van Beek
Margiaret van Beek
Winnie Int Velt
Helen Millenaar
Henry van Beek
Archie van Beek
John van der Least
Anna van Vort
Angeline van Vugt
Maggie Int Velt
Gilbertha van Beek
Bakker
Dorothy Kool
McCulley
Adeline Reich
Albert Reich
Sand Creek
Ruth Beal
Arnold Will
Kintyre
Mike Eberle
Hague
Transplanting into the Garden
A cloudy day or evening is best for transplanting young plants into the garden. Pinch off the leaves to reduce moisture loss since roots are limited. Transplants cope better if the soil has dried out for the past week or two. Extension Division North Dakota Agricultural College.
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N. Dak. Agr. College
Care of Chicks by a Brooding Hen
A hen with a brood should be housed in a coop that allows chicks to run in and out. Weaklings find shelter under the hen and may grow into strong chicks. Clean a floor or move an unfloored coop often, and keep the hen confined until grass dries. One hen can brood 15 to 20 chicks. a large hen up to 26 in warm weather.
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N. Dak. Agr. College
Swift & Company Big Enough for a Global War Effort
The piece argues that large scale Swift & Company is necessary to meet national and international meat needs during the war. It notes its packing plants, distribution network, and thousands of refrigerator cars enabling up to 800 car loads weekly, supplying soldiers, Allies, cantonments, and retailers with efficient service at low costs.
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West
East
Swift & Company
The Little Old Lady of Pansy Square
A frail widow in Panay Square, distraught over her grandson’s enlistment, finds aid through Red Cross Home Service workers. She now earns income by making preserves and jellies for sustenance while awaiting her soldier’s return.
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Mra Crawford
Hur
Paney Square
Panay Square
America
Dent
Granny
Pansy Square
Self-Pity and Self-Praise as Universal Law Warning
A aphoristic reflection argues that self pity and self praise gnaw the individual. It advocates binding both inclinations to seek freedom through aligning with a universal law beyond self.
Men of Rare Value
Hurley praises the nation’s ability to buy future wealth from notable men described as Watt Davy and Farney. He argues their work yields vast wealth at low cost, calling their contributions commonplace yet transformative for economic efficiency.
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Watt
Davy
Farney
Hurley
Out of the Trenches for a Breathing Space Value of Happiness
The note urges restoring happiness by meeting others with kindness and reducing quarrels. It speaks of a broad aim for communal peace and personal well being, describing happiness as a shared outcome when people avoid wickedness and feud.
Pins and passions in a comic family tale
A mother scolds Caroline for a stray pin while the father reflects on how men prefer stability over pins. He narrates Isabel a dramatic cautionary tale of pin heavy fashion, a ruined dance, and a traveling husband, ending with a child’s vow to sew on buttons to pass time.
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Caroline
Isabel
Hopkins Street
Main Street
Zed Simmons
Judge Belmont
Caline
Chicago Daily News
Household moth repellent and pleasant odor mix
A recipe combines one ounce each of cinnamon cloves nutmeg Mace carana seeds tonquin beans and six parts powdered orbs root. Mix and place in small bags among clothing to prevent moths and leave a pleasant scent.
War Department cautions against discouraging letters to soldiers
A War Department statement warns that discouraging letters from home fuel desertion. It cites reports from division chiefs showing that alarming news about family illness or hardship prompts soldiers to go absent without leave only to discover conditions were exaggerated. Letters should be cheerful and supportive to strengthen resolve and duty.
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War Department
Indiana
Kentucky
Virginia
Columbus Barracks
Ohio
National Guard
Sstter
Tricks of Worms Mimicry and Bird Prey Deception
The North American Review by Hudson Maxim explains how worms mimic danger to birds. A worm senses a bird’s intent and uses a puff adder bluff, triggering the bird to hesitate as the worm executes its escape.
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Hudson Maxim
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