Lavish Entertainment Planned for Upper Peninsula State Fair
The Escanaba fair, Aug 18 24, promises top acts from the cream of show world. The 1930 Fiesta features Pavley Dukrainsky ballet Roy Smith Highlander band and fireworks. Notable acts include Jorgen Christiansen and his high school horse Sterlight Gordon's Dogs Honey Troupe and Billy Lorette. Over a carload of fireworks will crown nightly shows on a 300 foot stage frontage.
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Escanaba
Pavley-Dukrainsky Ballet
Roy Smith
Scotch Highlander Band
Roy 10. Smith
Christiansen
Sterlight
Toronto
Gordon
Doga
Honey Troupe
Jonsley
Billy Lorette
Will Morris
Doubt on Upper Peninsula Branch Office for State Conservation
The Diamond Drill questions a proposed branch office of the state conservation department in the upper peninsula. It argues against creating two equal power directors, one in Lansing and one in the UP, asserting the boss should be in Lansing and opposing an upper peninsula branch.
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State Conservation Department
Upper Peninsula
Tis
Lansing
Conservation dept Needs Stable, Nonpolitical Organization
The Michigan conservation commission faces calls to reorganize along highway department lines, centralize units in peninsula garages, and appoint accountable leaders to depoliticize game and fish operations. Governors Groesbeck or Brucker are urged to back such reform to end political influence and create a permanent structure. Porcupine Mountain Park project committee named to study a regional park and land.
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Fice
Upper Peninsula
Conservation Department
Highway Department
Fish and Game Department
The
Conservation Commission
Commission
Lansing
Peninsula
Game and Fish Branch
Aley J. Groebeck
Michigan
Groesbeck
Brucker
Crystal Falls
Porcupine Mountain Park
G. H. Earle
Hermansville
U. P. Development Bureau
Porcupine Mountain District
Thornton A. Green
J. F. Sicknisn
Ontonagon
Weidman
Trout Creek
FR. P. Zinn
Ironwood
John M. Rush
Negautiee
M. J. Fox
Iron Mountain
Frank Abelman
Bessemer
Old Lady Questions Sonnie About Nickels at Church
A mischievous exchange centers on Nickels collected at a church. The boy admits the money is for the heathens while claiming no theft, prompting the Old Lady to accuse him of taking from the church. The dialogue hints at church charity and adult suspicion.
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Sonnie
A Strange Creature From South Africa Visits Two Relatives
Maxwell and Mansfeld the galago debate home life and laziness while sharing a meal of insects. The siblings argue about cleanliness and work, admitting they prefer resting to toiling, and conclude they will not bother with duties.
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South Africa
Maxwell Maholi Galago
Mansfeld
Maxwell
Mansfield
Brother Maxwell
Bar the Door Hero playground game rules
Bar the Door Hero is a playground game with two dens at ground ends. One player stands middle and calls others by name. named players sprint to the opposite den while the catcher tries to tag them. If successful, the felled side chants A bar and others rush across. Caught players join the catcher in the middle to help. If no one is caught the same out player continues. Each successful cross prompts another A bar shout.
The Modern Machine
A long verse on industry as a ruthless, tireless force. It depicts machines as "the modern machine" and "supreme Man of all time," sacrificing human workers for gold and profit. The piece laments unemployment, calls for regulation, and warns of the dehumanizing reach of industrial power. Read by T. A. O'D.
Straits Michigan Ferry Service Faces Manners Critique
Michigan plans to boost Mackinac Island tourism with more ferries and smoother trips, but dock staff behavior draws complaints. Tourists feel treated like cattle while officials tout the Straits as a tourist asset, contrasting Canada’s rising traffic.
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State of Michigan
Straits of Mackinac
Mackinac Island
Arops
Mackinaw
Canada
Soo
Michigan
Straits
Grand Rapids Press
Old Knowle in Staines Reveals Drake Era Wallpaper Loss
The Knowle house in Staines, once home to Sir Francis Drake, had valuable hand painted wallpaper from about 1720 sold to a London antiques dealer. Removal was gradual due to damp and cold weather, with a long anxious process as the Chinese paper was peeled from the wall.
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Staines
England
Knowle
Sir Francis Drake
London
Shanghai
Pellett
Prancia Drake
Defenders of Jerusalem Unable to Hold Mount Zion
Titug son of Vespasian besieged Jerusalem and Terusa lem. Despite efforts to save Herod’s temple, rebels set it aflame. The Jewish remnants fled the Zion area across a bridge into the old city of David and the royal palace, where they fought Romans until every defender was slain or wounded as the temples and structures burned.
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Jerusalem
Titug
Vespasian
Rome
Terusalem
Mount Zion
Herod
Zion and
Moriah
David
Old beliefs linger in us as inherited loves
A compact reflection on how inherited loves and lifeless beliefs persist beyond usefulness. The quote by Ibsen contrasts living, tangible truths with old ideas that haunt people, suggesting that tradition often clings despite dwindling value.
Diesel Engine and its Inventor Rudolf Diesel
During the last decade of the nineteenth century Dr. Rudolf Diesel of Leipzig introduced an internal combustion engine built on high compression. He proposed mixing fuel and air at the moment power is needed and used cheap low grade oil as fuel in a highly heated, compressed air charge. He enlisted manufacturers and developed what was described as the most economical heat engine produced. When job work is needed call at the Times Office.
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Rudolf Diesel
Leipzig
Doctor Diesel
Manufacturera
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U. P
Lake States Forest
Francis Drake
Times Office
Michigan Bell
Sullivan Agency
D. D. Reid
Savie
Iron National Bank
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