Ozark trail effort enriches Jackson County roads drive
Altus Oklahoma merchants farmers and business leaders joined two days of road work on the Ozark trail across 38 miles in Jackson County estimating 500 men and 300 teams engaged. Work focused on sections from Salt Fork river to Headrick with plans to finish by June ahead of Colonel Harvey's inspection.
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Altus
Okla
Jackson County
Altus, Duke and
Headrick
Moter
Harvey
Reid
Walker
North Fork Bridge
West County
Sunday church crowd and golf course ban joke
Judge remarks on an unusual church crowd noting many women attend while men are restricted to golf on Sundays. The exchange highlights a lighthearted commentary on social norms and leisure restrictions.
Claude Perrault Architect Of The Louvre
Claude Perrault, born 1613, shifted from medicine to art. Brother of the barrister Charles Perrault, he became architect of the Louvre through influence. His columned facade is praised as a premier seventeenth century creation.
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Claude Perrault
Charles Perrault
Louvre
Word of Different Meaning in Farm and City Life
The article discusses how the phrase early carries distinct meanings for a farmer and a city neighbor. For the farmer early can mean four o'clock, while for the urban resident it may denote six or eight. The point is how context shapes interpretation of routine terms.
Solon Alcott Stallion Pedigree and Show Quality
A bright bay stallion 15.3 hands, 1200 pounds, standard bred and registered, showcases strong speed inheritance. Sire records 2.09 and dam 2.12, both trotters, tracing to Wilkes Boy 2.244 through sire and dam. Dam of Miss Adrian 2.09 reinforces speed potential. horse praised for appearance and pedigree.
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Bright Bay
Solon Alcott
Miss Adrian
Wilkes Boy
George Wilkes
Prince Albert Black Jack Stallion Advertisement
Prince Albert is described as a registered black jack with white points, fine head and ears, good bone and feet, and strong style and action. His males rank among the best. he is a solid foal getter and performer. Terms for either animal are $10 to insure a living colt. Service fees due when foal is born or mare is disposed of. lien on mare and colt for fees. Care is taken to prevent accidents, but no responsibility assumed.
Jasper City Love Letter From 1888 Ranger
In backward thoughts the writer recalls Jasper City and its growth from 1888, praising Bob Childers the postmaster and George Doran for backing the town. He notes snipers and backbiters, and celebrates his time there, vocation, and close ties with old friends, inviting readers to write to the News editor in Pittsburgh.
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Jasper
Grand Avenue
Bob Childers
George Doran
Jasper City
R. P. McMahan
Second Avenue
Pittsburgh, Pa
Lines to Be Remembered by a Musical Library
A compact meditation on books as instruments of the mind and music. The passage likens shelves of volumes to melodists that awaken the spirit with refined strains, soothing worries as flowers release fragrance.
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Osten
James Lane Allen
Singing Contests in Norway Verse Memory Test
From Norway by Nico Juugwan notes long Norwegian songs with hundreds of four line verses. Singers memorize verses and alternate in duets. the one who forgets first loses.
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Norway
Nico Juugwan
Hard Reputation and Circus Talk From Old Graball
Old Graball recalls starting life by running away with a circus as Biggers jokes about his restless nature. Sniegers suggests he would run away with anything not secured, hinting at his wild reputation and bold character.
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Graball
Sniegers
Times Change. Old coed now carries a fountain pen
The Kansas University Kansan notes a shift in campus fashion and habits as the old pencil borrowing coed now favors a fountain pen, signaling broader changes in student life and style at Kansas City Star.
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University
Kansan
Kansas City Star
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J. A. Walker
Altus Commercial Club Roads Committee
Salt Fork River Valley
Cottonwood Creek
Duke
Stinking Creek
ROYSE
Prince Albert
Thos. Patterson
REA
Jasper, Mo
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