Love and age gap bloom at Avis Durand’s party
Ernest Waters, a two years shy of forty, falls for Avis Durand after years of watching her charm a younger circle in Boughton. At Avis birthday gathering she declares her love, exposing a quiet reconciliation between aging affection and youth.
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Vis Durand
Boughton
Widmother
Benest Waters
Waters
Miss Durand
Durand
Avis Durand
Avis
Mrs. Durant
Ernest Waters
Forgotten Mormon strongholds in Wisconsin and Illinois
The Wisconsin Historical Society plans a history of mid nineteenth century Mormons in the state and surrounding areas. It notes James J Strang of Burlington and his rival movements in Voree Beaver Island and St James, their decline after Strangs death, looting, deportations, and the dwindling follower base to under two hundred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin State Historical Society
Illinois
Nauvoo
Keokuk
Joseph Smith
James J. Strang
Burlington
Wis
Strang
Voree
Brigham Young
Utah
Beaver Island
Lake Michigan
St. James
Detroit
Milwaukee
A shy lover wins a bashful heart in moonlit garden
Jessie Dorr admires Morton Bristol a timid suitor. He plans to propose with an engagement ring but misplaces it. Jessie finds the ring in a hammock and reveals the truth, asking him to explain while inviting calm conversation. Their exchange begins with cautious excitement.
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Jessie Dorr
Morton
Jessie
Della
Morton Bristol
Bristol
Dorr Gardens
Pretty
Dorr
Mr. Bristol
Sugar From Tree And Field In Early American Efforts
The article notes 18th and early 19th century experiments with sugar from nontraditional sources. Dr. Benjamin Rush urged maple sugar use in 1791 as many New York and Pennsylvania families produced it. The U S imported large quantities of brown sugar before and after, and Philadelphia experiments produced syrup from watermelons weighing 14 pounds, with an acre yielding about $143 of syrup per Bordley’s 1801 calculation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Rush
Philosophical Society of
Philadelphia
New York
Pennsylvania
United States
West Indies
Mechanized range and fire control aid in anti-aircraft work
Popular Mechanics describes a mechanical calculator for anti-aircraft artillery. A terrain board carries a moving object linked by cords to friendly batteries and searchlights. Cords feed registering drums for range to target and each gun station uses a vertical quadrant to read elevation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Health Alphabet F is for Fruits at Chautauqua Exhibit
Health column notes fruit forms from fresh to dried and describes 100 calorie portions. It cites the Child Health Organization of America and questions about food units and calories. It also covers daily needs by weight and activity, and promotes Traveler's Aid service at Des Moines depots during fair week.
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Child Health Organization of America
Red Cross
Des Moines
Travelers’ Aid Society
Public Welfare Bureau
Private grain car line planned by A D Hayes company
The Mount Pleasant firm A D Hayes, operating grain elevators in the region, has purchased several railway cars to start its own private grain car line. The move follows a shortage of equipment and difficulties in securing it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. D. Hayes Company
Mount Pleasant
Maquoketa Forms Woman's Auxiliary of American Legion
A women's auxiliary organization has been established in Maquoketa as part of the American Legion, outlining its new role and purpose within the local veteran community.
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Woman’s Auxiliary of the American Legion
Maquoketa
Remarkable Record Endures On Reef to Dock in New York
The four master Alejandrina, afloat twenty years on a Magellan Strait reef, arrives in New York with Patagonia wool worth $1,500,000. After a 92 day voyage from the graveyard, the ship shows little damage in dry dock. her tall masts cannot pass under the Brooklyn Bridge.
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Magellan Straits
Alejandrina
New York
Patagonia
South America
Brooklyn Bridge
Thunder Mountain region added to Idaho forests
Congress has set aside 1 116 000 acres in Idaho as Thunder Mountain national forest land. The remote tract, with little arable land, has suffered fires and devastation from overgrazing and will be added to the Payette and Idaho national forests.
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Congress
Idaho
Thunder Mountain
Payette National Forest
Idaho National Forest
Institution of Phonetics Planned at University of London
The University of London plans a new phonetics institution costing 600000 dollars with seventy assistants to study 1000 languages of the British empire. Daniel Jones, head of the phonetic department, originated the scheme which calls for total expenditure of 2500000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
University of London
Daniel Jones
Mentho Sulphur Cream Offers Fast Skin Relief
A skin specialist promotes Mentho-Sulphur cream as a quick remedy for itching burning or broken out skin. The sulphur preparation cools irritation kills germs and heals to leave smooth clear skin. Available at drug stores, it shows rapid improvement.
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Western Newspaper Union
Holy City
Fairfield
James Moorhead
Fairfield, Iowa
National Forest
Nion Ccil
DL_MUSSELMAN
Quincy
Ill
West Side
Institution of Phonetics
Jefferson County
M. B. Humphreys
Orpheum
Alice Joyce
Larry Lemon
Mary Miles Minter
Ottumwa
C. E. McDaniel
Ottumwa, Iowa
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