Prices Continuing Drop to Normal Levels
Financial writer John W. Till reports ongoing price declines across food and farm products as yields rise and demand weakens. He notes deflationary pressure on farmers, rising rents and fuel costs, and anticipated retail price cuts, while steel and industrial stocks drift lower amid general market unease. Authorities reassure six Boston trusts’ suspension is unwarranted as the Ponzi-linked trouble clears.
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Canada
India
Europe
Panito
Chicago
Vo Ice
Boston
Dangerous Fish Jones Teases Friend On Fishing Trip
A garbled Los Angeles Times excerpt shows Danger ous Fish Jones joking about trout during a fishing trip. Friends quiz his claims as he boasts of thousands of fish and their vicious bites. John Rae’s explorations are referenced, noting King context.
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Jones
Heather
Los Angeles Times
John Rae
Farewell Surprise Held for Mrs Alice White in Viroqua
A surprise farewell dinner honored Mrs. Alice White of Ensonarbo during a summer visit with her sister Mrs. Berton Prohock in Viroqua. Mrs. White left Monday for her home in Tennessee after the celebration. Local guests include Mrs. Prohock, Mrs. Martin Jasperson, and Mrs. Howard Barkley. Numerous relatives visited from Westby, Milwaukee, and nearby towns.
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Martin Jasperson
Howard Barkley
Congregational Aid Society
Charles Slack
Waupan
Wisy
Homer
George. B. Bisher
A. L. Davidson
Ta Fuege
Mary
John Tangley
Helena, Mont
George Griffin
Jitley Norris
West Salem
Willem Webb
A. Wolfe
West
Milwaukee
Wis
Joseph Burdick
Watertown
Cora Shintey
Cross
B. G. Brown
Mary Blanchard
John Blanchard
Osear Tarson
Edward Nestingen
Sparta
Jhey
Faden
Geral Seals
Sioux Tafts
Viroqua Friends
W. E. Butt
Myers
Viola
W. Lindemann
G. Dudley
Emarlin Neefe
Ontario
Jamey Stanford
George Fisher
Ira Cisperson
Hillsboro
B. ©. Brown
Hillshorpe
Roy Carver
Marshfield
Cora Barry
Wasted Strength Reflections On Power And Folly
A reflection on wasted strength and vanity by Merril Merald notes many men in prison houses of weakness view their own folly with disbelief. The passage urges caution against trifling with inner resources and warns of inevitable loss when strength is misused.
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Samson
Merril Merald
City fines him then buys from His
Memphis Tennessee reports a confusing scene where Fra G Gianotti appears at center as city fines him up to £500 a day for running a junk shop without a license while city departments buy automobile parts. The judge notes the conflict as Gianotti says the city is paying more than others and the fire department is involved.
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Memphis
Tenn
Fra
G. Gianotti
Barker
Frog Gianotti
Prica
Tomer
Gianotti
Zuyder Zee’s Rise Tied to Medieval Sea Influx
The Zuyder Zee is described as a relatively modern feature in Holland’s landscape, said to have formed after a great storm in the thirteenth century when the sea breached an isthmus, linking Friesland with northern Holland and turning the Flevo lake into a saltwater sea.
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Zuyder Zee
Holland
Friesland
Flevo
Merrill Herald
Crooked Usage Street Name Origins Revealed
The Merrill Herald notes that the London street name Crooked Usage may derive from old terms for sunage or paras between plots of cultivated land. The piece suggests the street may have originated from such narrow paths between private fields once common in the area.
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London
Merrill Herald
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John W. Till
Iron Trade Review
United States Steel Corporation
Mose
Uysstraw
Boston Bank Troubles
North 5Th
Globe Gas
Kol
Fred Kroner Hardware Co
Alice White
Fred Weruseco
Main Street
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