Patten unveils a 8000 yard range air cannon invention
Reporter notes Bartel-impossible device by Patten and son, a 6 foot wide steel gun using centrifuge gas force to fire steel balls at up to 1 750 000 feet per hour, with no electricity or compressed air. Built in shop for 18 months, 10 parts, 95 horsepower, $800 cost to manufacture, designed to deter jam and mount on ships or decks. Government potential preferring this one barrel system. Ball diameter one half inch, 50 000 balls per minute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wililaw Eaty
Patton and Son
York
Renin
Aroma
Rand
Jwhen
Patten
United States
Dinner in Airship Ends With Savoy Scene
In Savoy near the Hoosac range, a pilot from the North Adams aeronaut scene planned to dine with a local woman at the Burnett House. Homer Burn, owner, observed a ballad down on him and shouted to the aviator asking for where dinner would be.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suas
Ceenenh Gal
Raleu
Acta
Ken
Savoy
Hoosac
Homer Burn
Burnett House
Adams
Arnold
Dirinay
Fragmentary OCR Note From Unknown Page
Fragmentary text fragment presents unclear phrases about jewelry and fashion from unclear origin. Names, dates, and places are unreadable, making precise headline or summary impossible.
Fragmentary lyric fragment on love and youth
A damaged OCR fragment presents a romantic lyric about heartache and devotion. The lines express freely given love and a desire to stay together, but the text is incomplete and irregular, with garbled words and broken phrases likely from a dated poem. Related names or dates are not clearly readable.
National Conservation Commission Begins Resource Inventory
The Conservation Commission has begun compiling America’s resources to report to the president by January 1. Early material covers waters forests lands and minerals, with state and national bodies forming to aid the study. The group plans a first meeting in December and a joint Washington session with state governors to deepen cooperation.
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the Conservation Commission
America
Roosevelt
White’ House
United States
Dee
Washington
New Fowl Discovery by Harris of New York City
In a sensational tale from New York, Charlies IX Sturris reports a method to render an old rooster tender and juicy. The experiment arose after an electrified rooster died near a chicken house, inspiring Harris to devise a chair device to electrify tough hens and roosters to improve boarding house life, transforming poultry handling into a curious, dangerous practice.
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Charlies IX
Sturris
New York
Syoner
Jentra
N.Y
Harris
Chieken Rising
Harila
Earvis
Modern John Gilpin Motorcycle Tale From Barington
An account from Barrington Miss describes a green motorcyclist who rode fifty miles before his machine stopped. John McCarthy, a telephone collector, attempted to ride and manage the bike while urging himself and others to keep it under control. The machine sped, turned, and collided with a wall after McCarthy tried to halt it, with onlookers yelling for him to stop.
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Gilpin
Great Barington
Miss
John McCarthy
McCarthy
Ovary
Brom. Grant
Barrington
Canaan
Coun
Street Trees Value and Planting Hints for City Streets
Advice on spacing roots and canopies to ensure street trees mature with strong structure. Emphasizes deep soil beds, proper pruning, and trained arborists, noting city foresters and wardens needed to maintain aesthetics and property values amid urban planting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abita
Avindor
Twig bending warning from old adage reprinted
A fragmentary note critiques the old adage about a twig bending with inclination. It suggests early, brief training helps avoid future harshness or “hocking” in adulthood, linking memory of a familiar admonition to practical growth. The text is garbled but centers on beginnings shaping later behavior.
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Fred
Keep the Lawn Clipped
A note on garden upkeep praising a neatly clipped lawn as a satisfying home-stead detail. It emphasizes that maintaining a tidy yard requires effort but yields visible, pleasant results.
Forget It and Go to Sleep Worrying Won't Help
A poem advises readers to abandon worry about daily troubles. It argues that worry delays nothing, drains energy, and won’t solve problems such as missed connections, bills, or hunger. The piece urges choosing sleep and rest over anxious rumination.
A Plea For Boys On Farm Life And City Ambitions
A pamphlet urging farmers to engage boys on the farm rather than push them to city fortunes. It argues for shared ownership of tasks and rewards, family unity, practical inclusion in farm decisions, and balancing work with humor to keep boys interested and attached to home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dolar
Bey
Fragmentary OCR Notes from Algons Republican Agency
Readable scraps show a fragmented political note referencing an ebitap meeting and the phrase same 1a there versus in Lews Town. It contains ambiguous language about temperature and everyday brand with no clear event date or outcome.
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Lews
Town
Algons Republican
Billy Sunday Encounters Boy In Storm Lake
The evangelist Billy Sunday met a local boy in Storm Lake who could guide him to the post office. The boy spat tobacco juice, and Sunday identified himself as the speaker of the afternoon, inviting the youth to sit up front and learn the way to heaven, questioned by the lad about knowing the post office.
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Billy Sunday
Storm Lake
Billy
Lam
William Sunday
Dollar bill that haunted a Weber County farmer
An old Weber County Utah tale says a farmer put his initials on a dollar. The bill circulated for years through Ogden merchants and neighbors before returning to a mail order house. It will never benefit schools or county taxes again.
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Weber County
Utah
Ogden
Boy Bitten by Stallion Sparks Nine-Year-Old Injured
Sparks nine year old vert was severely bitten by a stallion injuring the right cheek from ear to near nose. Medical aid given and child cared for. condition reported as well as could be expected. Parents grateful the injury was not worse in Algona U D M Republican report.
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Sparks
Geo. Sparks
Algona U. D. M
Paine Returns From Texas Trip With Corn Shipment
H Ay Paine arrived home last week from Garwood Texas where he had been with a prospective buyer. He understood that the tract and move down there. Paine brought home two oars of white dent corn which he husked.
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H. Ay
Paine
Garwood
Tex
Grattinger Dreamry Co Monthly Report July
The July report notes a strong month for Grattinger Dreamry Co with payouts to patrons totaling $4,182.96 and receipts of cream at 18¢ per unit. Individual recipients include Jens Thompson $186.99 Oscar Graven $106.52 Pat O Rourke $119.00 Pat Montgomery $128.88 L Springer $97.88 Theo Dirkx and Protas, Elsenbast and Jackman appear among others. Total funds received: 366,022. The report was submitted for publication.
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Grattinger Dreamry Co
Jens Thompson
Oscar Graven
Pat O'Rourke
Pat Montgomery Vahyede
L Springer
Lee Ende
Theo Dirkx
Protas Ae
Elsenbast
P. Jackman
John Nolgon Gee
Grachtinger
Misses Bossie and Lauiretta narrowly escape injury
Fragmentary report notes Stapleton Sperbeck and Lauiretta narrowly escaped serious injury Friday afternoon while hurrying to Arnold's Park. The Milg wanileaa trackabead o ab local incident remains unclear due to damaged OCR text.
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Bossie
Stapleton
Lauiretta
Sperbeck
Arnold
Qlors
Abead
Notice from Emmetsburg area ad seller and misc notices
A garbled 19th or early 20th century notice set mentions selling outifts, tools, stray livestock, and rewards. It references Emmetsburg and nearby Jack Creek, with requests to inquire about delivery, photography services, hay equipment, and overdue mail. Several names and scattered phrases indicate farm and trade notices, sales, and a missing items appeal.
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Bartel
Deyis
Nyo Phitil
Tora
Uya
Atay
John Gilpin
Horna
Monthly Report
WM. J. Black & CO
Emmetsburg, la
States
Prairi
Kansas
Balle
Stuttgart
Ark
Emmetsburg
Jack Crée
Nels ‘Nelson
Talen
Sabe
Meadow
Osborn
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