Rural Mail Service Changes Across County Finally Implemented
Post Office announces August changes with four West Union and Marshall routes altered or discontinued to consolidate service. Marshall route 7 gains segments from routes 4 and 7 and will serve 17 additional families via connections through West Union and Martinsville. Patrons urged to use higher denomination stamps to save paper and dye.
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Caney
West Union
Martinsville
Marshall
Marshal
Harry Maurer
Harry Ma
Preachers on farms plan to aid rush season
Clay county Ministers union proposes mobilizing 8000 skilled laborers for Kansas farm work during July and August. Rev J Ashton Davies of Clay Center outlines sending ministers to farms Mondays through Saturdays with support from churches and Red Cross, salaries paid by churches, wages to benevolent boards.
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Topeka
Kan
Clay County
Kansas
Capper
J. Ashton Davies
Clay Center
Davies
Farma
Fort Riley
Red Cross Society
Denver uses rockscape castings to mimic outdoors in city park
City agents created plaster molds from real Rocky Mountain cliffs and boulders for bear pits at City Park. Gelatinous material covered the rocks by day, removed by morning, then cast in plaster of Paris. Molds will be reinforced with concrete and shot with cement, in colors to mimic the original rocks.
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Rockies
City Park
Worcester Farmers Win First General Crop Insurance
Worcester Mass farmers can insure crops for 1917 with a guaranteed 10 percent profit over production cost on excess 1916 volumes. The Worcester county farm bureau launched the program backed by a $100,000 fund from local business men. Insurance covers winter staples marketed within Worcester county and requires farmers to meet set standards.
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Worcester
Masa
United States
Shaving Fund Buys Bond From Iowa Council
Waterloo Iowa A grand council of the Iowa United Commercial Travellers raised a fund after F W Houck of Sheldon lost his wallet sixteen years ago. Banks were told not to cash his draft as a joke, the fund grew to over 3000 dollars and is now invested in the Wberry loan.
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Dog Catches Deserter in Leavenworth Adventure
James Thompson, a special officer in Leavenworth, relies on a police dog known for apprehending criminals. The dog nabbed William Payne, a deserter from the Missouri National Guard, who had escaped from disciplinary bars on the Mexican border. The canine held to Payne’s trouser leg and slowed his flight until officers could detain him.
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Leavenworth
Kan
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Thompson
Wiliam Payne
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Army
Trusty
Lynn mayor and school board fined for labor law breach
Lynn Mass mayor George H Mewball and school board members including Dr Nathaniel Breed Elmer Boyer and Walter McDonough were fined five dollars each by Judge Henry T Lommus for violating the eight hour law by allowing janitors to work more than the daily limit. Assistant City Solicitor Jacob e appealed on their behalf and they were held in their own recognizance for the superior court.
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Lynn
Mass
George H. Mnéwball
Nathaniel P. Breed
Elmer E. Boyer
Mias W. Chase
Wallter McDonough
Henry T. Lommus
Jecobe
Tudge O'Brien
Liver Roulettes And Haddock Croquettes From Home Cookery
Wash beef or lamb liver simmer until tender then grind. Cook milk with butter and flour to a thick sauce, season with salt pepper onion juice parsley and egg yolk. Shape into balls, egg and crumb coat and fry. Prepare haddock scraps with bread crumbs parsley paprika celery salt butter and egg, form loaf, bake thirty five minutes, serve hot with egg sauce.
Thick Cornmeal Mush In Double Boiler
Prepare a lump free thick cornmeal mush and cook in the upper boiler for one hour. Season with salt and paprika, pour into a square mold to set. When firm cut into slices and fry in hot bacon dripping. Serve with thick tomato sauce. Optionally add grated cheese.
Southern batter bread recipe steps and bake times
The recipe calls for one half cup cornmeal one quarter teaspoon salt one egg and one and a half cups sweet milk. Mix dry ingredients then add milk cook fifteen minutes in a double boiler add the egg and bake forty minutes in a buttered dish set in hot water.
Cherry Raisin Walnut Preserve Recipe
A fruit conserve blends five quarts sour cherries with pitted raisins two and a half pounds sugar and chopped English walnuts. First boil the cherries about twenty minutes then add sugar and remaining ingredients cook until thick and ladle into jelly glasses.
Wise Observations On Life And Mirthful Maxim Fragments
A collection of pithy aphorisms on work desire women and nature offering witty social commentary. The lines touch on money luck dating health humor and character with a light casual voice and social tone.
Flag colors and heraldic meanings in global flags
The Boston Transcript notes red dominates nineteen of twenty five national flags and European flags, symbolizing military fortitude. It adds blue represents loyalty and truth while white stands for peace and sincerity, underscoring harmonious flag colors in the United States.
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United States
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Boston Transcript
Every Man to His Job in Industrial Management
The note extols workers who combine education with moral courage and aggressive, ethical competition. It urges leaders to fight doggedly for principles, using all permissible business tactics while staying level headed.
The Most Formative Years in a Child’s Life
A Woman’s Home Companion writer argues fathers and mothers must give the first five years of childhood careful attention. Proper handling during this period shapes future battles won by the child as an adult.
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Woman's Home Companion
Served Him Right
A fragmented excerpt presents a jumbled exchange with archaic phrasing and garbled names. The text appears as a misread dialogue or quotation involving Hal and Lawiorite figures, reflecting a sarcastic remark about pretension and a misaligned claim of learning or status.
Bed Habits and Tools for Temple Street Door
A fragmented piece discusses avoiding wasteful habits and choosing disciplined tasks. It mentions a door with a heavy key and unusual locks, hinting at old objects on Temple Street. The text contrasts ballast with duty and hints at a curious key weighing an odd amount.
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