Weather bulletin for Midwest and Plains regions
Forecasts show generally fair and cold conditions across Wisconsin Minnesota and nearby areas with snow likely in extreme south portions. North winds remain fresh to strong, with cold waves centering over Manitoba and the Dakotas and below zero readings in northern plains areas.
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High School Lemons Support Claremont Students
The Searchlight reports Claremont High School operates a lemon grove yielding over $500 yearly after expenses. Pupils cultivate prune and care for trees, pick and pack fruit, and deliver to commissioners under an agriculture instructor, earning $2 for each eight hours of work.
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Claremont
Lifornia
Goue Bd
Villistas Reoccupy Parral After Recaptures in Chihuahua
Advices to mining men report a Villista force recaptured Parral after Jiminez and Santa Rosalia fell, restoring control over southern Chihuahua. All bridges on the Mexican Central line between Ortiz and Santa Rosalia were burned, cutting transport.
Portrait of a critic professor sparks heated debate on love
An Ohio professor, James E. Cutler, is lampooned for deeming love a vulgar motive for marriage. The piece ridicules his views and questions what weighs more in matrimony money eugenics or love, urging him to speak sensibly.
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Ohio
Horace
Indian hygiene and the turning of the Indian birth rate
The article notes that in the last fifty years the Indian birth rate now exceeds the death rate for the first time in half a century, signaling a possible continuation of the Indian population. It credits improved hygiene sanitation and medical care, especially for children, with reversing previous decline and emphasizes cleanliness over stereotypes.
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United States
America
Commissioner Sells
Gum chewing as civic virtue and etiquette reform
A columnist argues gum chewing sustains self respect by stimulating digestion, urges moderation in public spaces, and calls for etiquette reforms to reduce audible chewing and facial distortion while praising chewing as an aid to civilization.
Pocket Knife Pranks and a Frugal Boss
In a Chicago brokerage office a knife was needed when every clerk lacked one. The boss learns the office boy Henry always carries a knife. Henry replies he keeps it because his wages are low and he can’t afford more than one pair of pants.
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Enid
Persis Dale
Molly
Persis
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Thompson
W. Thompson
Hollenden
Cleveland
Eknid
People's Business
A historical note from 1916 highlights business news from The Bobbe Merril Company. The brief outlines corporate activities and market movements involving key individuals and entities of the era.
Boston Cemeteries Preserve Great Names on Stone
The Granary Burying Ground in Boston holds remains of John Hancock Samuel Adams Robert Treat Paine Peter Faneuil Paul Revere and Benjamin Franklin’s parents monument. Nine governors and figures like Samuel Sewall and John Hull are interred there an acre of soil sown with bones of men who shaped American history.
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United States
Boston
John Hancock
Samuel Adams
Robert Treat Paine
Hancock
Samuel Sewall
John Hull
Sewall
Peter Faneuil
Paul Revere
Benjamin Franklin
Prematurely Gray Hair Promise Adverts in Wis
A vintage advertisement touts Q Ban Hair Color Restorer for quick gray coverage claiming roots are energized and hair becomes dark and full. The piece promises dandruff control and long lasting color with a money back guarantee, selling via Hoeschler Bros Drug Star La Crosse Wis and mail order for out of town customers.
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Q-Ban
Hoeschler Bros
Star
Mining Stock Promoter Faces Police Crackdown
A judge orders the promoter away as police surround the scene while the chief clerk defies orders and demands entry into the index case. The exchange hints at legal scrutiny and mounting tension in the ongoing investigation.
Mrs Simson Now Tells Boy To Guard House Like Father
In a domestic exchange Mrs Simson-Now instructs Bobbie to watch the house as a "little man" would, asking if he must kiss the nurse, illustrating a playful household moment.
Income Tax Scheme Jokes Spark Laughter at Sermon
An elderly stout man in the fourth row laughs during a sermon as the exhorter urges shedding self bound obligations. The pastor afterward asks about the reaction and the man recalls a new scheme for beating the income tax.
Corn King of Ohio Reigns For Third Year
Dewey Hanes, 19, of Darke County, is crowned corn king of Ohio for the third year in a row. He led a field of 2,000 youths in the state contest with 137 4 5 bushels per acre, following last year’s 153 bushels. Ohio grows nearly as much corn as Kansas and aims to ease shortages as corn becomes a staple.
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Dewey Hanes
Ohio
Buckeye State
Kansas
Hanes
Darke County
Butterflies inspire fashions and film gossip crown
The piece notes Valeska Suratt designing gowns inspired by butterflies from the Museum of Natural History and hints at butterfly motifs in Christmas neckties. It mentions Francis X. Bushman and Beverly Bayne starring in The Great Secret serial arriving at Christmas, plus updates on June Caprice Morrison and Betty Schade’s family news and a car wreck scene with Johnny Hines.
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Valeska Suratt
Museum of Naturalllistory
Miss Suratt
Francis X. Bushman
Beverly Bayne
Letter Writing Amid Tense Encounter In The House
Persis delays rising to finish a letter when Thomas Hardin enters. She stays at the ink bottle and asks him to note the form as she completes the address. He comes with a painful disclosure about insanity in his family, hinting at a dramatic revelation to be continued.
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Persis
Thomas Hardin
Thomas
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