Miss Pretty and the Prairie Suitor
In Stone Gulch Beth Culver, the new school teacher, clashes with cowpuncher Billy Winch who teases her with "Miss Pretty." After Billy injures a leg and is cared for at Blair's ranch, Beth learns his genuine affection and he proposes marriage if she will accept the nickname occasionally.
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Illy Winch
Cross Trail
Afr
Beth
Blair
Beth Carvel
Billy Winch
Stone Gulch
Pretty
Ike
Blair’s
Miss Pretty
Remark on Medical Ethics and Consent in Experiments
A debated stance argues that consenting patients may accept experimental cancer worm inoculations for long term observation and treatment, with freedom granted if cured. The author contends such experiments could be preferable to wasted lives, asserting physician experimentation benefits humanity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuba
Islanct
Man Grows Cooler With Age In Heat Production Study
Washington reports Dr. Francis Benedict of the Carnegie Institution details a long metabolism study showing age, sex, size, and height shape basal heat production. Babies produce more heat per body weight than teens and adults. metabolism diverges after infancy with boys and men having about 12 percent higher rates than girls and women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Francis G. Benedict
Nutrition Laboratory
Carnegie Institution of Washington
X ray based brain study by Dr Max Ludin in Basel
Basel Swiss doctor Max Ludin at the Roentgen Institute uses X ray contrast techniques to locate brain tumors. Air in brain cavities reveals white patches indicating tumors while oil in the medulla shows as a black strip. gaps or stops in the strip help define tumor edges for precise surgical removal.
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Basel
Switzerland
Max Ludin
Roentgen Institute
Citizens’ Hospital
Doctor Ludin
Ludin
South Sea Islanders Crave Paper Umbrellas
A growing demand for Chinese and Japanese paper umbrellas reaches the South Sea Islands. Wealthier residents favor decorative Japanese sunshades, while common people buy sturdy Chinese vil ed umbrellas for rain and shine.
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Peking
South Sea Islands
Japan
China
American captains report Gulf Stream current reversal
Two steamship captains from America report evidence of a reversal in the Gulf stream current off its usual path, signaling a notable shift in maritime conditions and possible navigation implications.
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London
America
Dollar Bill Now Lasts Only Third as Long
The dollar bill buys less and wears out faster than before. It lasts about a third as long while passing through hands quickly, ragged in six months versus twenty months previously. Government prints about a billion new one dollar bills yearly at four million dollars in cost. New issues will be cotton and linen, smaller, with longer lifespan and saving about 1.6 cents per bill.
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Washington
How bees locate food via scent trail explanation
Naturalists explore how honey bees share food location. A humming sound accompanies a scent trail emitted from back glands and blown by wing movement. The initial forager marks the path with odor, guiding swarm members straight to the nectar source.
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C. K. Ogden
Science Notes of the Forum
Gold Peak Treasure Shared By Pickens And Honest Man
Summitville Colorado prospect James Pickens long kept secret the location of a gold peak in the San Juan mountains. He found a trusted backer, Judge Jesse C Wiley, and formed a partnership to mine 40 claims. They have shared $114000 from the visible bowlder ore and hauled away half a million dollars since, with more gold still in sight.
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Summitville
Colo
Jack Pickens
San Juan Mountains
Pickens
Jesse C. Wiley
Little Annie
Golden Peak
Judge Wiley
Self-Reliance Play Sparks a Childs Witty Reply
In Irvington a youngster was to perform in a church play after a second rehearsal the leader commented you did just like today the child replied I know it showing a quiet defiance and humorous self awareness from a simple local incident
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Irvington
Frugality as Daughter of Prudence and Temperance
A quoted aphorism attributed to Samuel Johnson on frugality linking extravagance to poverty and dependence. The line presents value judgments about thrift, prudence, temperance, and generosity as interconnected virtues shaping financial fate. It frames extravagance as cause of ruin and social corruption.
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Prudence
Temperance
Uberty
Samuel Johnson
Yankee inventor of scissors and 1826 milestone
A historical note credits Seth Boyden as the American innovator who introduced the first scissors in 1826, welding a high grade steel blade to a backing and forming ergonomic handles. The invention is described as mechanically unique and highly important to the world.
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Seth Boyden
Lightning explains soles torn from shoes shock tale
A Farm Journal explanation notes that in a summer lightning strike the bolt travels to the victim’s shoes. Moisture in perspiration turns to steam, causing an explosion in the footwear and the sole damage observed.
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Farm Journal
Joshua's Dictation Humorous Sunday School Tale Hmm
A brief quip notes Joshua was a man who told his son to stand still and he did. The Christian Advocate adds that Joshua was far more successful than the modern father in this simple tale.
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Joshua
Pecan Trees Thrive Across Wide Range of Soils
The pecan is among the most cosmopolitan native trees. It grows well on high dry lands, in clay loam and light sandy soils, and in river bottoms where water does not expand during the growing season.
Mrs Nellie Bailey Employed At Kehrberg Schneider
Mrs Nellie Bailey a LeMars resident for 20 years has served two years with the Kehrberg Schneider company. Her duties include wash materials linings domestic sheetings and bedspreads. She has one daughter Miss Clebeth Bailey.
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Nellie Bailey
Kehrberg-Schneider Company
LeMars
Clebeth Bailey
Miss Tillie Ender Bustles Into LeMars Fashion Dept
Miss Ender, buyer and manager of the ladies ready to wear department, took over after Mrs Wichman left for Schenectady to live with her children. From Dubuque she came to LeMars, a place she adapts to quickly. An athletic former kittenball standout, she rose from fitter to department head through her fabric sense and style judgment.
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Miss Ender
Wichman
Schenectady
LeMars
Dubuque
Switzerland
Ender
Kehrberg-Schneider Co. Names Russel S. Bowers New Secretary
Russel S. Bowers becomes secretary and treasurer of the Kehrberg-Schneider Co. after a varied career in hardware farming and a three year stay in Los Angeles. A Plymouth County native from Preston township, he grew up in LeMars, attended public schools, and graduated Western Union college. He served in the army and later ran a hardware business before moving to California. He is married with three children and will oversee all store departments, mainly the men’s furnishing section.
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Kehrberg-Schneider Co
Los Angeles
Plymouth County
Preston Township
LeMars
Western Union College
Koenig-Bowers Hardware Co
California
Richard
Joseph
Donald
Bowers
Founders Story of Kehrberg-Schneider Store
G L Schneider founded Kehrberg-Schneider, starting small and building one of the region’s leading department stores. He is married and resides in a prominent city home. In November 1893 he partnered with C H Kehrberg, 35 years ago, keeping the business on the original lot except for the shoe and clothing departments.
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Kehrberg-Schneider Company
G. L. Schneider
Schneider
C. H. Kehrberg
E. Beach
Kehrberg-Schneider store evolves with new departments
In 1893 an empty lot housed the Brigg's Harness shop before the Kehrberg-Schneider department store expanded. The dry goods area held groceries at first, then the clothing department opened, followed by a shoe department built by C. H. Kluckhohn and later bought by Kehrberg-Schneider, then sold to Er. Beachler. Mr. Schneider, a valued community businessman, welcomed customers with friendliness, backing Le Mars as a growing business center.
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Brigg
Kehrberg - Schneider
Schneider
C. H. Kluckhohn
Kehrberg-Schneider Company
Black Carnation Tops Ghent Flower Show Display
A Farm Journal report from the International Flower Show in Ghent Belgium highlights a nearly black carnation as the latest bloom. Ghent, famed for color in flower season, hosts hundreds of nurseries markets and towering conservatories.
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The
Farm Journal
Ghent
Belgium
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Billy
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Garrette
Gold Hill
Prospector
Miss Tillie Ender
Lowe Bros. Paint
R. E. Stebbins
LeMars, Iowa
Kehrberg- Schneider
Koenig Hardware Co., Inc
Oldfield Tires
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company
Alyea Bros
W. H. Wassman
First Street
S. E
Sybella Johannes
Chiropractic
DR. Ambrose C, Delaney
Palmer
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