Mangy mongrel helps two neighbors meet and fall in love
Dixon Blaine retrieves a stray dog and uses a lost and found ad to meet Betty Lou Collins. Misunderstandings with her father arise but the pair realize their mutual attraction as the dog becomes a catalyst for their courtship. The tale ends with both embracing fate and each other.
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Dixon Blaine
Betty Lou
Betty
Dison
Inger
Misa
Betty Lou Collins
Cox Avenue
Dixon
Collins
Miss Collins
Betty Goa
Betty Lon
Dickie
Dixov
Yankee Sailors Open Hawaii to Civilization
A historical account traces Hawaii’s transition from neglect to US influence. From early explorers in 1555 and 1778, Boston traders and American ships after the American Revolution spread maritime contact. Rival Hawaiian kings united under Kamehameha I, aided by American firearms, until the monarchy faded and U S control emerged after Queen Liliuokalani’s era.
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Hawaii
United States
Boston
Wea
Qook
Navalians
Repubic
Haawaii
Napoleon
Pacific
Kamehameha I
Liliuokalani
Not Visit Europe for Literary Research
Two Southern Methodist University professors of English published Famous Editions of English Poets, reproducing 18 volumes with photo facsimiles. They copied works at Oxford and the British Museum, then found those rare volumes in Texas libraries, illustrating American intellectual progress and domestic library strength.
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Europe
Southern Methodist University
Verge
Oxford University
British Museum
Pope
Byron
Chillon
Tennyson
Texas Weekly
National Parks Lure Millions Visitors to Forest Reservations
The National Forest system attracts about 82 million visitors annually with nearly 2 million campers and hundreds of thousands of hikers. Aided by accessible camp sites and trails, the Forest Service notes the automobile drives most trips, delivering about 80 million travelers to federal reservations.
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Nature
Foresta
Forest Service
Baths of Diocletian in Rome A Vast Ruin
Ancient ruins of the Baths of Diocletian near Vermini station in Rome reveal the massive complex built by Emperor Maximian in 302 AD. Once the city’s grandest baths, they declined after the sixth century and were buried or repurposed, with restorations revived two decades ago by restorers who documented halls and pavements.
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Vermini
Rome
Diocletian
Maximanus
Cerosa
Michaelangelo
Maria Degli Angell
Capital's Attractions for Every American Visitor
The writer suggests a visit to the Nation's Capital for its historic and educational value. Highlights include the Capitol, senate and house chambers, the Supreme Court room, and the Library of Congress with millions of volumes and rare originals. Also noted are the Smithsonian, government bureaus, the Washington Monument, and the War and Navy Buildings.
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Nationa
Capitol
Senate Chamber
House of Representatives
Supreme Court Room
Library of Congress
United States
Lothsonian Institution
Washington Monument
War and Navy Building
Exchange
Showing His Intellect In Love and Readin Gaffe
A man courting a college professor's daughter avoids book talk until forced to reveal his limited reading. When asked about Romeo and Juliet he admits he has just finished Romeo and Mugolo go to read Juliet next revealing his feigned literacy.
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Romeo and
Juliev
Modern Cow Care Tops Routine Life in Milk Plants
A new method reshapes dairy farming by moving cows through a tiled corridor to a revolving 50-cow platform where they are washed dried and milked by machinery. The system aims for immaculate cleanliness sterilized water monitored feeding and electric light replacing sun exposure as the cows cycle through the platform and back to stalls.
Humble Egg Hailed as Foundation of Cookery
A French chef proclaims the egg as the cornerstone of gastronomy and French cooking. He extols the omelette as the pinnacle of cuisine, universal on royal and bourgeois tables, and as essential as cement uniting all dishes. The egg appears in every form from poached to perdu and drives culinary art.
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Monsieur Egg
Archery Longbow Flight Record Scrutinized by US Association
The National Archery Association confirms a 424 yard 2 foot 8 inch longbow record by J L Dalley of Monmouth Oregon at the 1930 Chicago tournament, noting a prior 1014 England shot by Ingo Simon with a Turkish composite bow. Dalley’s stands as the wooden bow world record.
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National Archery Association of the
United States
J. Lb. Dalley
Monmouth
Ore
National Archery Association
Chicago
Til
Ingo Simon
England
Dailey
Washington Star
Like a Battle It Was My Flat Appearance Story
A fragmented reminiscence describes a speaker mistaking a theatrical fiasco for battle. The speaker recalls being overwhelmed by hostile crowds and a sudden retreat, then reveals the scene was a misread description of a Hamlet costume in an amateur theatrical society.
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Tamlet
Excitement at a country inn near the beaten track
Two hikers sit outside a country inn and discuss the quiet scene. The village constable overhears and recalls a recent incident described as a “coltigion” between Parker's wheelchair and the postmistress's tricycle.
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Old Parker
Dim Past Gallery Echoes From a Kansas Paper
The Minneapolis Journal recalls a bygone Kansas era with a tintype gallery and oddities such as a Last Chance saloon, medicine show memories, a dream nook, quirky props, and a lamplighter centerpiece, weaving local nostalgia and historical snippets into a curious portrait.
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Kansas
Tintype Picture Gallery
Last Chance Saloon
Congress
Minneapolis Journal
Diary reveals Washington hunting beyond Virginia
The diary notes from autumn 1770 show George Washington hunting buffalo on the Ohio expedition with Doctor Craik. His entries describe encamping along Kanawha River, killing five buffalo and pursuing other game, including deer, swans, geese, and ducks. In 1772, he recounts a hunting trip at Mount Vernon with friends, finding both a bear and a fox but taking neither.
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George Washington
Virginia
Ohio
Doctor Craik
George Washington Bicentennial Commission
Kanawh
Washington
Mount Vernon
Explorers Debate Australia Discovery Before Revolution
The text surveys early European contact with Australia from 1606 to 1770, noting Louis de Torres mistaking northern Queensland for islands, Dutch sightings of barren coasts, Abel Tasman’s Tasmanian discovery, Dampier’s hostile coastal report, and Captain Cook’s 1770 Botany Bay landing opening Australia to British rule.
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Australia
Louis de Torres
Peru
Queensland
Marquesas
Solomon
New Hebrides
Java
Abel Tasman
van Diemens Land
Tasmania
William Dampier
West Australa
William
Captain Cook
Botany Bay
Sydney
Charms of Mexico City and Surrounding Sights
The piece extols Mexico City as a highland capital near a million residents with superb climate and cosmopolitan life. It highlights landmarks such as Xochimilco the floating gardens and Teotihuacan’s pyramids, plus nearby Cuernavaca and twin volcanoes Popocatepetl and Ixtacihuatl.
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Mexico
Mexico City
Xochimilco
San Juan de Teotihuacan
Cuernevaca
Maximilian
Popocatepet
Ixtacethuatt
Insects as Tailors Build Robes From Leaves
Insects and spiders often use nature’s fabrics, but the oak tortrix acts as a tailor. It makes a tent from a curled leaf, runs a silken line across, then creates many parallel threads. Weighing down some threads tightens the rest, curling the leaf into a portable shelter the insect can hide in.
Cotton's journey from India to Europe
Historical note traces cotton from India to Europe via Arab traders who called it qutun. The term evolved into cotton in English and similar forms in French, German, Italian, Portuguese, among others, likely originally naming a people or place linked to cotton cultivation.
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Europe
India
Spruce Residents Attend Reunions and Visits
Ida McAnulty and family spent a day with relatives in Washington township. Ronald and Raymond Bagley of Mundys Corners visited Spruce relatives. The D. P. McDonnell family reunion at Roy McDonnell’s was well attended. Various locals hosted visitors from Buffalo Detroit Lemont Furnace and Cockport. Elizabeth Keener was on the sick list. The Pine Flats to No 9 road is ready for the share. Mae and Louise Brown called on friends Friday evening. Harold Bagley and family visit relatives here.
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Ida McAnulty
Washington Township
Ronald
Raymond Bagley
Mundys Corners
Spruce
McDannell
Roy McDannell
D. P. MccDonnell
Roy
James McCurdy
Alice
Asa McA
Marton
Earl Johns
Elizabeth Keener
Raymond Lockart
Pine Flats
No. 9
J. F. McKnight
McKnight
Munele
Indiana
Mae
Louise Brown
Harold Bagley
Elders Ridge Sabbath Activities and Local Visits
Sabbath school at 10 and C H at 11 led by Mrs. T C Hood. No preaching services the last two Sabbaths of August. Indiana shoppers included Martha Ester Hine and Annabel Elwing. Townspeople and visitors attended Parkwood festival, corn roasts at Hilders Ridge and Paul Townsend, and the Alex Ewing shower.
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C. H
T. C. Hood
Mack Coleman
Martha
Ester Hine
Annabel Elwing
Indiana
Virtue Townsend
Frank Towngene
W. W. Ewing
J. G. Henderson
Bertha Frailey
Parkwood
Hilders Ridge
R. Hine
Martha and
Ester
Annabel Ewing
Alex Ewing
James Moorhead
Nick Prusach
Apollo
Alatha
Saitsbury
Donald Ewing
Paul Townsend
Elderton Social News Highlights Weekend Visits
Mr. Mahan ends illness and returns to activity. Greensburg visitors include Mrs. James McPhersons II Alex Buckley and family at Blaine Wood’s home. Glenn Cribbs and Ohio relatives stayed with Elderton kin. J 8 Campbell and wife from Cleveland visited friends here last week.
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Mr. Mahan
James McPhersons II
Alex Buckley
Greensburg
Blaine Wood
Glenn Cribbs
Ohio
Elderton
Campbell
Cleveland
Reed
Nancy George
Tra Russell
William Russell
Smicksburg Social Roundup Highlights Visits and Event
Mrs George Greiner and son Billy visited Mrs Ebert Brewer and daughter on Wednesday. Mrs Mattie Little of Marion Center and son Loyd along with grandson Tommy of Ohio called on Mrs Maude Wells and Mrs Ebert Brewer. Brewer attended her niece Velma Walker's wedding at the Walker home near Smicksburg. Mary Houser, recently working in Indiana, has returned home. Kings Daughters class met at Mrs Hart Skinner's Smyrna home with 20 attendees, a good program and 4:30 lunch.
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George Greiner
Billy
Smicksburg
Mary Houser
Indiana
Ola Brewer
Mra
Maude Weiss
Kings Daughters
Smicksburg Lutheran Church
Hart Skinner
Smyrna
Sunday School Picnic At Evangelical Church
Mount Tabor reports a well attended Sunday school picnic at the Evangelical church on Saturday. Mrs Olive Shaffer spent the weekend at their summer home. A weiner roast occurred at Lyons Park on Wednesday. Dalton and William Feehly Ruth Smith and Hazel Miller attended the carnival at Blacklick Friday night. Esther Capan returned to Pittsburgh after two weeks with her aunt and uncle. George Cline injured his foot last week. Mr and Mrs A F Shank and daughter Doris were on a motoring trip last week. Protect Your Fruit and Berries Get Trespass Notices at the Progress Office.
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Evangelical Church
Olive Shaffer
Lyons Park
Dalton
Wiliam Feehly
Ruth Smith
Hazel Miller
Blacklick
Esther Capan
Pittsburgh
George Cline
Vane Day
A. F. Shank
Doris
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