Wallingford Marks Woodmen Field Day Celebration
Wallingford celebrated a Woodmen Field Day with a town parade, races, and entertainments for children. Attorney J W Morse of Estherville spoke, Ex Theater Band provided music, and a Maple Grove baseball game followed the races. About 2,500 attendees enjoyed the day’s events and prizes ranged up to $10 in various foot and running races.
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Giudlingar
J. W. Morse
Estherville
Exthetvilly
Dinter
Woodmen Hall
Maple Grove
Big
Wallngford
Walling
Ruth Rokenbrodt
Wn Fisher
Timun
Wolfe
Will
Jackeson
Helmar Rasa
Clas. Jackson
Joe. Amdyll
Philip Butler
Chester Richards
J. D. Ingvald
ST. Shiley
Parmners
Moore
Friantr Weir
Weir
Harry Chasm
Immet County Limited
A. O. McKinney
John Hornwall
Panto Vace
Munk Carper
A. Peterson
Trowis
Chas. Tuckson
A Humphry
McDonald and Bubis Married in Emmutsburg
At the residence of Mathuy McNorny in Emmvtsburg on Wednesday of last week, Charles McDonald married Louise Bubis of the city. Father Kelly officiated. Attendants included Miss Anne Bubis and Clemons on as best man. A silk wedding dress and blue gorge suit were noted. A small wedding dinner followed at the bride’s parents home for close relatives. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chus Bahls and is a county teacher.
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Mathuy.McNorny
Emmvtsburg
Chas. McDonald
Chus. Bahls
Kmietsburg
Gaesefuli
Srouk
Sunday Sermon Sparked By Childs Play Bishop Story
A Harper's Magazine writer recalls Bishop Williams of Connecticut fondness for children. During a visit, the bishop’s anecdote livened the home as a four year old asked to read his piggy book and whispered that it was Sunday and they must do it on the sly.
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Bishop Williams
Connecticut
Harper's Magazine
Bishop
Bissop
Dodging the Neighbors in a Domestic Warning
The exchange shows a husband fearing danger as the wolf nears their home and a wife urging avoidance and a plan to escape. The dialogue reflects tense domestic peril and a seek for safety.
Thackeray Manuscripts Show Contrast With His Carelessness
Thackeray's carelessness with his own copy is highlighted by manuscripts on exhibition at the Charterhouse versus the writer’s habit of losing pages at the Athenaeum club. A manuscript of a number for the printer was left in a cloak room and forgotten, then found swept into a dustbin by a housemaid after a hurried search.
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Thackeray
Charterhouse
Philip
Athenaeum Club
Training for Matrimony Our Divorce Remedy Convention urged teaching children the sacred duties of marriage to curb divorces.
In Indianapolis, Allied Charities speakers called for strict religious upbringing to instill the sacred meaning of marriage in children. They argued that if youths are properly trained in marriage duties, they will avoid entering unions lightly and divorces will decline. Charles W. Moore of the city referenced the need for boys and girls to be carefully raised.
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Chaities
Indianapolis
Chidren
Dacred
Charles W
Moore
Elty Apoka
Earth erosion threatens land as US basins wear away
The Geological Survey reports surface erosion at about one inch per 760 years due to drainage basins. Annual river loads include 136.4 million tons of dissolved matter and 340.5 million tons of suspended matter from the Mississippi, with other rivers adding hundreds of millions more.
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United States
Geological Survey
Mississippi River
Nea
Ohio River
Missouri River
Colorado River
Anys
Panama
Hen as financier foreshadows breakfast economy
A satirical Indianapolis News clipping mocks shifting sizes in everyday goods. It parodies a University of Kansas freshman’s poultry psychology critique, claiming the hen and manufacturers illustrate the era’s 'financier' mindset by shrinking egg packages and cloth threads and reducing loaf size.
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University of Kansas
Indianapolis News
History of Polo and ancient stick-and-ball games
A fragmentary historical note traces polo as the oldest stick-and-ball game, likely giving rise to hockey golf and cricket, with earliest records cited as Persian and dating back about six hundred years before Christ. Mentions India and early introductions to England, but text is garbled.
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India
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