No Cherriead Without Birds
A fragment from a historical column lampoons farming, birds and pests with riffs on roles in crops. It references John Burroughs and a San Francisco Chronicle Advance Guard quote about ecosystems and a San Bernardino man claiming quake warnings from cement cracks. Incidental dialogue ends with a political jab about a talkative hired man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Burroughs
San Francisco Chronicle
Orlis I. Kennedy
San Bernardino
Cal
California
Kennedy
Hemet
San Jacinto
Women Dig Out Iron Ore Near Banjeli In Africa
A report describes Banjeli in Togo land as the center of a small iron industry where women mine ore from a hill 1,600 feet high using simple tools. The shafts are dangerous, sometimes collapsing, with women sometimes bringing babies to work. they are described as slaves or partly slaves signed on for years under a native chief. The ore is smelted in the village.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Togoland
Africa
Banjell
Engei
Thata
Banjeli
Temme Manning
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Black Forest
Alfred Sidgwick
Germany
Cassel
Berlin
Spreewald
Bayaris
Dixonville and Hillsdale Social Happenings Chronicle
Dixonville notes include visits from Mr and Mrs Leonard Pearson and Carl Pearson to DuBois and gatherings at the Newling and George homes. Mrs Waddel and family vacation at Bert Newling’s near Utabville, and TammAR and Dixonville attend a carnival. Hillsdale reports sick day for George Getty, a 4 to 2 win by Willsdale at Deckers Point, and local visits from Haddan, Gromley, and Mumat families plus a pie social attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs
Blair Fleming
Coalport Ousiness
H. Baker
Indiana
I, Bolvin
Leo McTigue
Janty-Glo
R. C. Gaston
Thelma Carnathan
Creek, Aide
Ernest Myers
Blakley
James Rumgay
Clymer
Nanty-Glo
George Getty
C. A. Ginter
Helen Wigley
Elizabeth Ake
Zemma Conner
Daisy Blose
Violet Kinter
Montgomery
Willsdale
Deckers Point
Hillsdale
Melda
Grace Gromley
Mr. Barnett
Houghton College
Arthur Buterbaugh
B. F. Ake
Will Smith
Jacyd Mumat
Howard Dishang
Bertha Trimble
C.1 G. Conner's
Bernice King
Violet Giute
Ralph Gromley
Frank Gromlay
Local News Briefs From Waterman Area and Nearby Towns
Heilwood visitors from Waterman Indiana and Duncansville. local ball team defeats Glaghorn 4 to 1. Residents from Diamondville Clymer and Indiana drop by. Rev Walter J H Ruch to lead Presbyterian churches at here and Mt Neho. Fourth of July preparations underway. Fire in Heilwood, fourth this month, caused by a still explosion according to reports. Army surplus ad closes with Trimble Blose school reunion planned August 25 at Rochester Mills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Chapman
Waterman
Alexander Gray
Indiana
J. M. Wilson
Duncansville
J. F. Wilson
Lynn Buchanan
Getty Jane
Lomer City
Glaghorn
Ft la
I Alda
Genevieve Banchor
Diamondville
Hora
J. MM, Stewart
Clymer
B. TW. Coe
Walter JH. Ruch
Sharpsville
Presbyterian Church
Mt. Neho
T. J Evans
Marshall
Ronald
Carl Kirker Wers
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Cleveland
Wilson
Roosevelt
Jefferson Winter
Joseph Jefferson
Gables
Crow's Nest
Jeffersons
Mr. Winter
Jefferson
John G. Carlisle
Treasury
Heaton
Carlisle
G. Cleveland
Hiram
Hudson's Bay Company
McGill University
Fur Corporation
Western
Canada
Hudson Bay
North America
United States
Ita
Sassafras
Boeston
Hugh McAllister and
Joseph Blak
Heilwood
Hellwood
Om Ghured
U. & Army
U.S. Army
U. S. Army
Aeew Union Ams Peepee
U.S Army
Army Storl
Trimble-Blose School
Rochester Mills
Coats & Suits
Paris
B. V. D. Union
B. V
Perealus
Madras
Louis
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