Trustees Notices Madison Township and Mill Creek area
Trustees' notices detail weekly office hours at Madison Tomes STROUBE s UBF and residence in Mill Creek Township with Wednesday and Saturday sessions. Other entries list Erie township and Marion township locations with specific midweek or Friday hours to transact official business. The ad also promotes Chamberlain's Tablets for constipation and a Pilot Shoe Shop ad with contact.
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Madison Township
Truste. of
Madison Tomes Stroube S
UBF
Mill Csek
Savar
ERNEST_KIVETT
Jackson Township
Jackson Gernship
Benjamin Walls
Monroe Township
Bainbridge
E. Etcheson
Floyd Township
Fred Todd
Marion Townriip
Marionwnship
Fillmore
Wits
Silkville Saga Recalled In Topeka Story Of Kansas Silk Venture
A Topeka report revisits Silkville in Franklin County once led by E. V. Boissiere. The venture included a silk farm, wine and cheese industries, and a large estate with mulberry plantings. Prohibition and profit doubts ended the project, with Boissiere rarely visiting after initial funding and eventual transfer to an Odd Fellows group.
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Topeka
Kan
Silkville
Kansas
E. V. Bolsstere
Williamsville
Franklin County
BE. V. Boissiere
Charles Sears
Sears
German Deserters Seek French Legion Amid Campaign to Stop Recruiting
Berlin papers denounce the French Foreign Legion as immoral while noting large German deserters join for refuge in Algeria. German commanders warn officers against foreign recruitment efforts and against intercepting Legion correspondence. Annual emigration figures show steady departures via Marseilles to Oran, with thousands since 1903.
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Berlin
Republic
Paris
France
North
Africa
Germany
Foreign Legion
M. Jean Servien
Petit Marseillais
Legion
Marseilles
Oran
The
St. Jean Fort
Clarcettia
Oklahoma man proposes Grand Canyon dam plan
M Z Z King envisions damming the Grand Canyon of the Colorado to create a 4000 square mile lake. He claims the water could be distributed to insure crops and has produced an oil painting illustrating his project.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
M. Zz
King
Grand Canyon
Colorado
Good Roads Aid Education in Michigan Address
Governor Ferris links roads to literacy in Michigan remarks before the American good roads congress. He cites New England as an example of roads reducing illiteracy and notes impassable routes hinder schooling in parts of Michigan.
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Detroit
Mich
Ferris
Michigan
American Good Roads Congress
New England
Scarce Furs Drive Prices Upward for Russian Sables and More
UK fur trade faced shortages as Russian sables and silver foxes tighten supply. Chin chilla now valued above weight in gold, with sable shortages due to government close-time. Prices rise for muskrat, pony skin, sea otter, broad tail, and moleskine. England sees growing fur trading, including illegal cat skin sales, while farming is proposed to stabilize supply.
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Chinchilla
London
England
Baby Liked City Life London Baby Finds Peace breaks in Suffolk
A 9 month old girl raised amid London's noise adapted badly to quiet country life in a Suffolk village seven miles from a railway. The change made her fretful until returning to London’s clamor. A doctor says such urban upbringing makes babies blasé and restless for excitement.
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London
Suffolk
Chicago Renames Streets With Historic Significance
Wisconsin State Historical Library aided Chicago in selecting street names rooted in early Illinois and U S history. The plan favored Indian names and pioneers, using alphabetic zones and adding owner credits to prevent future confusion.
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Madison
Wis
State Historical Library
Central Bureau of Information
Wisconsin
Chicago
Mackinac
Association of Commerce
City Club
Common Council
Map Department
Association of Commerce and the
Illiois
Wisconsin State Historical Library
Chicas Historical Society
Illinois
Wisconsin Library
Citizens’ Committee
Nicolet
John Nicolet
Lake Michigan
Boys Charged in Killing Over Small Debt Near Hine
In Charleston West Virginia two boys aged 12 and 14 shot and killed 75 year old Greer Hicks after pursuing him on a road to collect a debt. They arranged a shotgun ambush and fled. Hicks was a farmer who had sued them in magistrate court. The youths were arrested and jailed in Hamlin.
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Charleston
Boone
Lincoln County
John
Charlee Hager
Greer Hicks
Itie
Hicks
Hamlin
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S. Vine Street
W. A. Craver
the Home Loan CO
Southard Bldg
Greencastle, Ind
Riley
South Main Street
Brazil
Indiana
West Virginia
Pocahontas
Daniel Kelley
Bears
WV. M. McGaughey
Bloomington
Seminary Streets
Evans’ Block
South Jackson Street
Oliver Stringer
Chamberlain
D. R. ‘Thomas
Tidi- Sute
Ole OF
Garri Don
Alec
Boissiere
Ottawa
Burlington
Odd Fellows
Famed Corp
Kaiser
Promoter
New York
New York City
Industrial Bureau
Merchants’ Association
United States
New York Gateway
Silver
Almos
Baby
Winsconsin Society
Honores
Trenton
N. J
Marie Zielaka
Rive
Jones & Stevens
RED Cross
Brazil Loan Company
Greencastle, Indiana
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