Public Sale At L A Boyer Place Near Clarksville
Farm auction set for Thursday February 13 1919 at L A Boyer Place three miles north of Clarksville and four miles southeast of Grandview Illinois. Items include 5 work horses 3 milk cows 30 head of sheep two sows 30 shoats 800 bushels corn 5 tons timothy hay 8 tons clover hay 2 tons oats straw and farming implements plus new 3 1/4 inch Webber wagon and household goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. A
Boyer Place
Clarksville
Grandview, Il
Webber
Charleston Road
Clyde H. Knowles
J. E. Stephenson
Dean's Kidney Pills Ad at Herald Office
The ad urges backache as a warning of weakened kidneys and promotes Dean's Kidney Pills as a tested remedy. It quotes Mrs. Nay of Marshall describing relief after using three boxes and cites price at 60 cents with Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo New York as the maker.
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Dean
Nay
Edgar Nay
N. Third St. Marshall
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
CZARINA SAVES CROWN JEWELS FROM REVOLUTION
A Russian noble recounts how the czarina secretly removed the crown jewels from Petrograd during the revolution. Gems were replaced with paste, smuggled via Sweden and Denmark to Hesse Darmstadt, and placed in the family treasury. Notable pieces include the Orloff diamond and Catherine II’s black pearl.
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House of Romanoff
Chicago
Vladivostok
United States
Tzarkoe-Selo
Tzarkoe-Selo Palace
Catherine II
Orloff
Buddha
Prince Orloff
Catherine I
Kohtnoor
England
Nicholas
Czarina
Woman rolls barrel in wartime armistice parade
Three hundred Beaver town residents two thirds women marched eight miles from Beavertown to Middleburg to honor war end bet by Mrs Nerr Feese who rolled the barrel the entire distance in. The Thoxesville band greeted the group and a Red Cross committee escorted them to the county seat where Mrs Feese wore a banner United We Stand. Her son J Blaine Feese serves in France. Tracks and cars ferried the party home.
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Beavertown
Middleburg
Nerr, Feese
Teutenberg Wants Name Change to West in Seattle Court
Mrs Lilian M Teutenberg appeared in superior court in Seattle asking to change her name to West saying Teutonic origins hindered her. Judge Calvin Hall granted the change stating Now you are tootin. She has a son Harry West serving with the American army in France and said she married in Chicago in 1898 and divorced in 1905.
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Tootini
Calvin Hall
Seattle
Lilian M. Teutenberg
West
Harry West
France
Chicago
Teutenberg
Longtime New Hampshire man marks 105th birthday by chores
John Nemeeau of Goffstown New Hampshire celebrated turning 105 by chopping wood and doing home chores at his daughter's house. His birth certificate states he was born in Canada on November 14, 1848.
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John Nemeeau
Goffstown
N. F
Mr. Remeau
Canada
Rights as Free Citizen on Nevsky Prospect
A Petrograd morning report describes a man blocking a streetcar on Nevsky Prospect claiming freedom to stay on the track. Soldiers and bystanders watched as the motorman and conductor appealed to him, noting that a worker must reach the car barn. The man finally moved after being reminded of others’ need to work.
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Nevsky Prospect
Petrograd
Russia
Erdwa
Country
Workman
Honest compliments hide in plain language
The Los Angeles Times quotes a commentator on how the phrase you have a big heart is really a compliment not a criticism. It suggests people often mask admiration with cautious wording and should speak plainly about valued kindness.
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Los Angeles Times
Music's speed up and morale boost in wartime trenches
The article notes a surge of music during the war shaping troop movement and morale. A toy fife and drum kept a unit awake and marching faster, while songs shift from "Tipperary" to tunes like "There’s a Long, Long Trail" and "Mother Machree" reflecting home ties. Phonographs soothe wounded soldiers, signaling gradual recovery as music calms wards.
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Mons
Tipperary
Mahree
Apple Crop Forecast For 1918 Exceeds 1917
The United States 1918 commercial apple crop is projected to reach 25,008,000 barrels, about 9 percent higher than 1917’s 22,519,000 barrels. Barrelled and bulk production rise 31 percent from last year, while boxed apples drop 22 percent, offset by gains in the Eastern states.
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United States
Bureau of Crop Estimates
United States Department, of Agriculture
Widow’s mite in wartime relief fabrics stitched into garments
A poorly dressed woman delivers four sacks washed and sewn into undergarments with crocheted edges to the Red Cross Refuge Clothing Department. She offers the bundle as her widow’s mite, saying it is all she has to help a Belgian woman with less.
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Fsvoman
Department of Refuge
The
Red Cross
Synthetic rubber factory planned in Germany to supply future needs
For years artificial rubber was experimental but now reports say practical success has been achieved. The large dye works at Eiberfeld, Germany, intend to erect a major factory to produce synthetic rubber on a large scale to supply Germany as natural rubber imports decline in coming years.
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Eiberfeld
Germany
Tropics
Globe-Democrat
THE
Globe Printing CO
ST. Louis, Mo
Pancakes in Ostend Reveal Hotel’s Wartime Hardships
An Ostend Crown Hotel report details four years without pancakes for American correspondents, while German-occupied hotel rooms suffered looting and damage. The manager and chef prepared pancakes for the English reporters using milk and flour from British ships, amid war-torn scenes with wall fittings, copper, and two floors inspected for evidence of theft.
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Ostend
Crown
Crown Hotel
Ger
Blacksmith in danger acting as shoe clerk in Weymouth
East Weymouth Mass. J H Moran the village blacksmith who retired after 41 years of shoeing horses began working in a retail shoe store. The manager warned Moran he risks trouble if he overreaches and, bending over, shouts Lift up Bess in the new trade.
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East Weymouth
Mass
J. H. Moran
Glad Colonies Are Freed From German Rule
Native chiefs in Samoa, Kameruns, Togoland, Southwest Africa, and East Africa describe German cruelty under colonial rule. A British white book notes widespread desire to remain under British oversight, with fear of land loss to Germans alternating with calls to keep the British flag. Flogging and forced labor on plantations are highlighted across the colonies.
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London
Samoan Islands
Kameruns
Togoland
Southwest Africa
East Africa
Colonial Office
Africa
Hopewell’s Rise and Fall as “Wickedest City” Ends
Hopewell Virginia once boomed around the Du Pont powder plant, growing to 40 000 residents in months. A devastating fire followed by disasters and vice left the town dismantled. inhabitants flee as cornfields and memories remain.
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Hopewell
Klondike
Qa Ponts
Sprane
BF. I. du Pont de Nemours Powder Company
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Jones National School of Auctioneering
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Exch
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Mme Ag
C. F. Reynolds
Elmira
N. Y
Clyde H) Knowles
the Man
Bubeck & Gallagher
Crown Jewels
Czar Ina
Teuton
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Goody-Land
Wrigleys
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Indiana
St. Louis Globe - Democrat
Europe
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