Yakima Valley Climate Praises Rich Outlook for Fruit Boom
An enthusiastic letter from F. S. Melvin promotes Washington's Yakima Valley as a fertile, mild climate with thriving orchards and irrigation. He describes North Yakima, nearby Ahtanum Heights, and nearby town developments, noting large fruit yields, alfalfa, spuds, and cattle prospects as transcontinental rail lines enhance growth.
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The
Republic
New York
Ohio
Chattanooga
Chicago
Ae Frank
Washington
Yakimas
North Yakima
Fred
Northern Pacific Railway
Ahtanum Heights
Ahtanum Valley
Ahtanum City
Yakima Valley
Aurold
H. M. Gilbert
Ricki
Will_Hosteri
Lenten fasting rules issued by Peoria diocese
Bishop Dunne of Peoria issues Lent observance rules from Ash Wednesday February 21 to Easter April 7 with Sundays excluded as fast days. Nestleat may be used on most days, fish and flesh meat forbidden at meals, and those 21 to 59 fast unless dispensed. The sick poor pregnant and laborers may be exempt. those obliged fast to one full meal daily.
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Edmundo M. Dunne
Peoria
Ember
Lent and fast practices in Catholic dietary rules
The text describes fasting and fasting meal schedules including collation and main meals, allowances for bread and beverages, and the use of fats in Lent. It notes a March 15 1908 Holy See Indult granting U S bishops a ten year dispensation to eat meat once daily on all fast days, with exceptions for Fridays Ash Wednesday Holy Week and Christmas Vigil, and that fish and fresh meat cannot be eaten at the same meal.
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Holy See
United States
Kewanee Gil Bluffs a Burglar At Home of Daughter
Obituary notes Mrs Johanna Steffen who died at 68 from Brights disease and dropsy. Born in 1843 in Germany she lived in the area since 1888. Survived by five children thirteen grandchildren two sisters and a brother in Germany and Montana. Funeral held February 1912. Recount of a burglary thwarted by Miss Anna Meisenheimer using a toy pistol at M F Moore home in Khe Avance.
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Johanna Steffen poapicaWno
Peter Hofstetter
South Oakwood
Christian Steffén
Munson Township
Elzzie Hofstetter
Geneseo
Dora Kuhl
Osco
Adolph
Dodge Center
Minn
August
Seatonville
Germany
BE. Stahmer
Los Angeles
Call
Christian Schrader
Montana
Steffen
Mraz
Bergen
German Lutheran Church
Oakwood Cemetery
Miis
Anna Meisenheimer
M. F. Moore
Khe- Avance
Saab
Weaon
The Creole's Revenge presented by Mystic Workers of Genseo
The melodrama The Creole's Revenge will be staged at the Armory Friday evening February 23 under Mystic Workers of Genseo auspices. Young cast trained under C H Hamlin, with roles filled by Carl Hagelin Major Shortsleeves Fred Pomeroy Walter Brisco Bessie Hannan Wm Wilson B E Sommers Ferdinand Shepley F Wahlhein Mamie Brisco Blanche Pomeroy Patty Toogood Pearl Schuttler Clofield De Join Ruby Lacher.
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Mystic Workers of
Gen‘seo
Wome
HH. Hamlin
General Brisco
Carl Hagelin
Shortsleeves
C. H. Hamling
Fred
Pomeroy
Walter Brisco
Bessie Hannan
Wm. Wilson
B. E. "Sommers
Ferdinand Shepley
F. Wahlhein Mamié Brisco
Blanche Pomeroy
Patty Toogood
Pearl Schuttler Clofield de Join
Ruby Lacher
Inquest Reveals Elevator Shaft Death at Peoria Packing
The Peoria Star reports Frank Dudley died at Proctor Hospital from injuries after a fall down an elevator shaft at the Peoria Packing Company. An inquest identified the injured man as Harry Williamson an escaped insane patient from the Watertown asylum. Williamson formerly worked as a traveling scalesman from Ashton Illinois.
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The
Peoria Star
Frank Dudley
Proctor Hospital
Peoria Packing Company
Harry——Pilliamson
Asyum
Watertown
Williamson
Ashton
Tampico Banker's Narrow Escape In Auto Crash
A fifty horsepower Speedwell driven by A C Glasburn cashier of Tampico State Bank veered off the road four miles south of Tampico on Monday afternoon. The car struck an embankment and was wrecked but Glasburn and a companion were thrown clear with only a narrow chance of burial. The accident, blamed on a defective steering gear, demolished the radiator and shattered the wheels.
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A. C. Glasburn
Tampico State Bank
Princeton
Glas
Glasburn
Prophetstown farmer John Olson dies by hanging in barn
John Olson a 50 year old farmer living six miles southeast of Prophetstown committed death by own action in his barn early Monday. Financial difficulties are listed as the motive. Olson had purchased a farm and was to move on March 1. He left a wife and several children.
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John
Olson
Prophetstown
Steely Wit Quoted on Plain Truth in Speech
A compact quotation from Steele highlights that speaking plain truth can carry much meaning in narrow compass, reflecting the value of direct language in public discourse.
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Ren
Steele
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Bureau County Republicany
John—Lackner
Prop
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Kestman
Kirk's
New-York
Bismark Products
Bismark Olives
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