Muscatine Triumphs Over Fairfield Team in Close Battle
Muscatine defeated Company M 26 to 19 at Armory Hall in a fast clean season opener. A. Asthalter led Muscatine with 19 points and Wisecarver added 22 for the visitors as both squads relied on team play and steady defense. The game featured few fouls and strong officiating, with Fairfield showing promise from new players unimpaired by early-season kinks.
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Company M
Y.M.C
Muscatine
Armory Hall
Co M
Fairfield
Goldiers
Moore
Wisecarver
A. Asthalter
Jaynes
Moore Asthalter
Loehr
Asthalter
A. c. Rowley Warner
Hayes I. Ge
Conner Morgan
Castile
Jayne
D. Asthalter
Hayes
Warner
Company
Moores
Rowley
Conner
Applegate
Ready
Morfan
Farmers Short Course at Mt Pleasant Draws 375 Attendees
Enrollment reaches about 375 with 250 men and boys and the remainder women. Tuition is 2.50 for men and 1.50 for ladies. The course features practical lectures and thorough drills, with stock judging in the pavilion. Mt Pleasant hosts a Y M C A building used for the school and Ames begins February 26 for two weeks with 5.00 tuition.
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Mt. Pleasant
Seelys
Ames
Under Southern Skies at the Grand Theatre Tonight
The theatre presents Under Southern Skies by Lottie Blair Parker with a 27 member company. The comedy is praised for its entertaining theme and strong production intact. Mrs and Mrs Jesse Parsons plan to move to Mankato Kansas after the holidays, having bought a farm there.
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Lottie Blair Parker
Jesse Parsons
Mankato, Kansas
Surprise Shower Honors Miss Nellie McGaw Before Wedding
Friends gathered Friday evening at Miss Nellie McGaw’s West Adama Street home to honor her upcoming marriage to Ray Loehr with a miscellaneous shower. About twenty attendees shared light refreshments and offered useful and ornamental gifts, ending the night with congratulations and best wishes.
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Nellie McGaw
West Adama Street
Ray Loehr
Southerly Hospitality Earns Cuff Swap Tale
A San Antonio reporter, lacking cuffs, received a generous gift from a local colleague who offered his own cuffs. The San Antonio Daily Express staffer who donated the cuffs was identified, prompting a sharp response from Frank Grice of the Express.
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San Antonio
Tex
San Antonio Daily Express
Metropolis Life Suppresses Deep Growth in Children
A London scientist argues that life in a city sharpens children yet dulls true cleverness. Urban pace hinders brain development, leaving them superficially alert but not observant, restless, discontented, with limited focus on underlying causes.
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London
Lfe
Metropolis
Social Limits and Language in Conversation
The excerpt notes that a man can accept criticisms about investments opportunities and failures with calm, but reacts angrily if someone mispronounces a word, suggesting that sensitive social norms govern politeness and status in conversation.
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London
House for Rent Inquire of REFL Wilson at First National Bank
Classified notice invites inquiries about a house for rent through REFL Wilson, with contact at First National Bank. Provides location details as 21 24 26 and directs readers to seek more information from the bank.
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Refl Wilson
National Bank
Christmas Cheer and Local Visits in Abingdon Area
Abingdon reports Dr King and wife visiting relatives in Wichita Kansas. Bonnie Gobble returns from Fairfield to spend holidays with her parents. Maggie Schooley shops in Fairfield. Rev I F Parts visits the village and plans to preach next year. Frank Heory attends a Greene sale near Bladensburg. Myrtle Walker and Clara Smith visit the county seat. Christmas nears with a white prospect and local Christmas trees to be set up by Santa’s helpers.
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Dr. King
Wichita
Kansas
Bonnie Gobble
Fairfield
Maggie Schooley
I. FF. Parts
Parte
Frank Heory
Greene
Bladkmaburg
Myrtle Walker
Clara Smith
Gadore
Tbis
Samta
United Presbyterians Host Pleasant Social at G A R Hall
The United Presbyterians held a social for members and friends at the G A R hall on North Main street. About sixty attended due to chilly weather, but all enjoyed games and refreshments, praising the committee for an excellent event.
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North Main Street
United Presbyterians
Pike's Peak In Summer Travelogue Teases High Altitude Views
The article describes the first stretch to Pike's Peak through a scenic ravine with a roaring torrent. Climbers capture photos as the train passes, then thin out, revealing bare mountain slopes and distant views. The scene grows cold with patches of snow near the summit.
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Pike's Peak
Alabama State Flag Origins and Federal Oversight
The Alabama flag, adopted in 1895, features a crimson St. Andrew's cross on white. The flag lacks historic lineage and is chiefly a state symbol, with sovereignty limited by the federal constitution.
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Montgomery
Alabama
Capitol
Georgia
Birmingham Age-Herald
The Tongues of the Balkans Language Babel in the Balkans
A traveler describes the Balkans as a babel of languages including Turkish Burgarian Serbo Croatian Roumanian Armenian Greek Albanian Kulzy Wallachian Chingeni and many others. He notes none of these tongues is widely used beyond local regions.
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Balkans
Constantinople
Adria
Roumania
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Origins of the Lone Star flag traced in historical claims
The article surveys multiple claims about the Lone Star flag’s origin, noting a 1810 possible Louisiana deployment, a May 1885 presentation to Captain Andrew Robinson, a Velasco event on January 8 1836 linked to Miss Troutman, and a brass button seal story tied to Governor Smith.
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Republic of Texas
Louisiana
Andrew Robinson
Velasco
Troutman
Nashville
Smith
St. Louis Republic
The Little Brown Peril: California’s Fight Over Japanese Education
A 1930s California debate on segregating Japanese children in schools, arguing that educating a large alien population harms national dignity and the Mikado’s sons. The piece surveys social tensions, immigration policy, and racial biases shaping schooling.
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San Francisco
California
Japan San Francisco School Segregation Dialogue Sparks Tense Debate
Reporter discusses the delicate Japan San Francisco school segregation issue. It contrasts Japanese dignity and politeness with Chinese relations, Japanese youth learning English, and protests routed through Ambassador Aoki to Tokyo, amid appeals to the mikado and comparisons to racial segregation in the United States.
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Washington
Aoki
Mikado
Court of Last Resort
Japan
San Francisco
Ministers of State
America
Pracifie
Congress
Dennis Kearney
United States
Politeness and prejudice swirl over San Francisco school segregation
A conversation about Joaquin Miller and his Japanese household leads to a discussion of San Francisco public school segregation for Japanese and Chinese children. The piece compares racial separation practices with historical Chinese exclusion and questions whether a Japanese exclusion act might follow, noting political action by Congressman Everis Aa Hayes.
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Sierras
Joaquin Miller
Heights
San Francisco
Mr. Miller
San Franciscans
Everis Ao Tlayes
California
Japan
United States
California's Japanese Question and U S Diplomacy
The piece discusses American hesitation toward restrictive measures against Japanese in California, urging calm and diplomacy. It cites labor tensions in San Francisco, Japanese economic influence, and preaches peaceful, polite policy while warning of long term Pacific power shifts and education transfers to Nippon. It notes President Roosevelt and Metcalf study the issue for balanced action.
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Hayes
Japan
California
Pacific Coast
San Francisco
Tie
Nishomura
San Lrancisco
Sacramento Valley
Nigusaia
New York
Liverpool
London
Foat
Stip Yard
Ous
America
Europe
Mikuaso
Pacific
Atlantic
Metcalf
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Viscount Siuzo Aoki
Land of Flowers
Tourish
Tokyo
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