Varied News Snippets Highlight Longevity and Language Shifts
A miscellany of items notes Borah’s call for a US inquiry into Catholic church and Mexican government tensions, and a Mexican senator’s push to probe the United States. It also praises cabbages as versatile via London’s Kew Gardens, and suggests evolving terms for false teeth with new denture language. An elderly New Jersey man ponders a frugal funeral bid as he nears 95, while blue mountain, Mississippi’s Hicks Foster showcases thrift by repurposing an old car chassis into barn tools and contraptions.
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Borah
United States
United
Fragmented North Carolina sympathy note mocks a sea of oddities
A North Carolina paper laments a subscriber losing a dog to a car and threads a bizarre roundup: horns from Jenner’s cow used in vaccination, African bride beatings, a shooting victim’s recovered bullet, a pie crust bite verdict, a wrecking charge, a taxi death, a Vermillion razor bone, and a fatal tree rescue in Heidelberg.
Tragic and oddball tales dot early 20th century news
A ragbag of brief items reports charges of liquor possession in Luray Virginia. a New Jersey widow boasts happiness after bobbing her hair. a Neo sho bank scene ends with a $10,000+ theft staged by three men. a Sherman Texas man loses a leg over an attempted bite. Other items recount a boy's artificial leg removal as punishment, grandsons jailed for chicken theft, a Belfast youth's razor attack, a Minnesota wife’s surgery to recover a swallowed needle, a Hull boy's fatal accident foretold by his father, a Chicago divorce suit over a lead pipe, a relief work defaulter jailed 30 days, Sir James Heath's fourth marriage at 83, a Chicago stabbing over a dance, a Grandfather clock's 200 years of perfection, and a Glastonbury official's office tally final.
The Pangolin Armor and Acrobat Pangolin Description
The African pangolin, a toothless ant eater, is covered not with hair but overlapping horny scales. It can roll into a ball, protecting itself and leaping from trees. upon impact it may bounce three to four feet.
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Jciley
Tide Rip and Desert Crossings in Aged Lore
A compact set of lines recounts the rip tide definition from the Oxford dictionary, notes on currents and tides, and a historical observation of Halzhari desert rivers crossing South Africa centuries ago. It ends with a quirky line about a Chinese city telephone exchange inquiry.
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Halzhari
South Africa
Life on Himalaya Mountains Study Reveals Ancient Humans
Discoveries indicate Homo sapiens inhabited the Himalaya region during the Stone Age, with evidence from settlements on and near the mountains as North America remained forested. Findings highlight early human adaptation to high altitude and rugged terrain.
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Himalaya Mountains
North America
June CHICKS Book Purchase Delay Notice
Fragmentary OCR text shows a notice about purchasing delays for June CHICKS with unclear details. The readable bits indicate a procurement or ordering issue and urgency to complete purchases. No concrete names, dates, or locations are extractable from the legible content.
Pitching recruit Paulsen released by Des Moines team
Pitcher House Of David Guilford Paulsen was released by a Des Moines Western League team last week and will join the House of David baseball club. He spent time in Graettinger with his parents before marching with the travelling Greston Town squad. Paulsen had a strong Des Moines spring training, pitching Des Moines’ first full nine inning game and earning praise from writers and the manager, making the release surprising.
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David Guilford Paulsen
Des Moines
House of David
Graettinger
Greston
Paulsen
Memorial Day exercises urged for ex service men
Ex servicemen are urged to attend the Memorial Day exercises at the school grounds at 9 a.m. for formation. All who can attend are asked to wear service uniforms. A more complete program will appear in next week's Grachtinger Timea. Commander A. H. Cameron signed the notice.
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A. HH. Cameron
Instructor Grodland Secures Post at Havelock
Merle Grodland of Graettinger, previously Lone Rock instructor and coach, has secured a similar position at Havelock for the coming year. He served on the Curlew faculty for several years before moving to Lone Rock.
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Havelock
Merle Grodland
Graettinger
Lone Rock
Curlew
Church Notes Protest At Graettinger Meeting
Resolutions adopted by Forest City Estherville Circuit Lutherans denounce films row houses beer dancing and card parties urging Christian morals and youth guidance. Church notes list services at Zion Lutheran Methodists and First Lutheran with schedules and events May meetings and parochial school dates.
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Graettinger
Church of Jesus Christ
Tews
Forest City
Estherville
Girowit
Iowa
Volea
Nomely
L. Mathre
Lost Island church youth and cantata after revival calls
Delegates Mrs Sandvng Mrs Lewison and Mrs Lande plan divine worship at Lost Island L Church Sunday at 9 am with Sunday school at 10. The Ruthven choir will present a cantata Sunday evening at 8 pm titled A Lord Revive Thy Work. Rev M Mandgayer pastor quotes Moody revival themes and urges prayer and mercy. St Pauls Church services 9:15 am 10:15 Sunday school in Graettinger at 11 am. Luther League meets May 17. summer religious school and Vacation Bible School planned starting June 8 in Graettinger public school from 9 am for two weeks with teachers volunteered. Junior activities include infant care and country neighbors urged to bring children first day. Sunday topic A INQUIRE. Senate arms inquiry report discussed. other inquiries bring happiness and guidance.
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Lutheran Church
First Lutheran Church
Divine Wor Haip
Helgeson School
Rieder Haakonson
Luther League
Story City
Sam Sandvng
Chas, Lande
Mra. Sandvng
Lewison
Lande
Lost Island
Sundy School
Chas. Lande
Ruthven
Lost Island Church
America
J. Moody
Roosevelt
Moody
Rev. M. Mandgayer
ST. Paul's
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Graettinger
Senate Committee
James I’. Christensen
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Omaha
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Joseph C. Tyler
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Glastonbury, Wi
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