Two Men and One Woman in a Lifeboat
In a lifeboat after a ship disaster a red faced man and a pasty faced steward threaten the lone woman who claims she suspects their murder plots. She outmaneuvers them by revealing hidden biscuits and tossing them to bait a fight, then pushes one overboard and saves herself as the other sinks behind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Thatcher
Stoker
Red-Face
Henry E. Wiggin
Thatcher
Wiggins
Henry
Ikely
Bil
Alm
Onserra Howmeh
Spotlight on the minister’s lonely leadership role
An essay from Century Magazine describes how the minister is exalted as community leader and set apart by church atmosphere and ritual. It argues the pastor must project a superior persona, losing touch with his true self and weakening his real humanity.
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Mintstera Son
Century Magazine
Gap Johnson Knows Value of Discretion
A Kansas City Star anecdote recounts Gap Johnson of Rumpus Ridge describing a buggy mule incident. A car with lights out hit a mule in front of Hoot Holler’s house, the mule kicked as its owner questioned the driver, and Johnson chose not to intervene.
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Gap Johnson
Rumpus Ridge
Roy
Kansas City Star
The Haddock Legend on Portland Pier
An Idhmonger recounts a legend of haddock markings near a Portland pier. Two dark bruiselike blotches on the gills mark lines that supposedly trace to the fish Christ fed the multitude. The tale attributes the scratches to the devil’s vengeance on the species and notes beauty’s elusiveness.
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Portland
Christ
Christopher Morley
Saturday Review of Literature
Just Jim the Paper Boy Without Family
A passerby talks with a lone newspaper boy named Jim who explains he has no father mother or siblings and that seeing him is like seeing all there is of his family, in a caption from American Legion Weekly.
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Sonny
Jim
Alu
American Legion Weekly
Bird census work across nations protects game animals
Across civilized countries trained census takers count protected birds and game with patient work. In the United States and Canada warders use helpers, counting by estimate rather than exact tallies, yielding figures like four million llamas in Peru as an example of large totals.
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United States
Apada
Europe
Peru
Confessing After Anonymous Letter Causes Husband’s Dilemma
A husband consults his lawyer about an anonymous letter to his wife revealing past entanglements before marriage. The lawyer urges a confession, but the husband balks at not knowing the letter’s contents or whether his wife would permit him to see it.
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John
Bill
Right to Salute Bride in Old Scottish Ceremony
The Baltimore Sun reports on a Scottish custom where the officiant claimed a privilege to smirk after marrying, believing the happiness of the couple depended on the moment. The note reflects a quaint wedding rite observed in past eras.
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Evert
Jay
Legion Meets at Sterling August 6
The American Legion reunion at Sterling on August 6 aims to be the largest nonconvention gathering with anticipated attendance of at least 10,000 Legionnaires. A $10,000 budget funds the event, including $3,000 for the grand parade, with notable drum corps from Racine Kankakee Rockford and the Blue Devil band of Bloomington. Hanford McNider will address the crowd as state and national officers attend from Illinois and Iowa.
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American Legion
Sterling
Legion
B. F. Krieder
Illinois
Iowa
Krieder
Racine
Wis
Kankakee
Rockford
Blue Devil Band
Bloomington
Hanford McNider
Illnois
Public Schools Open August 31 in Quincy's Plan Change
The Quincy board of education voted to open public schools on Monday August 31 rather than the first Tuesday after Labor Day as in years past. The decision follows a shift in the school calendar to align start dates with administrative needs.
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Quincy
Board of Education
Veteran commits suicide after divorce and separation
Eight year battle with shell shock ends when E N Reed thirty five a World war veteran kills himself in Chicago after his wife takes their six year old daughter in a divorce. Mrs Reed and child live in Bush while Reed’s home is in West. Local improvements board pushes paving of Indianapolis avenue and cooperation with county and state highway departments for better Chicago and Cook County thoroughfares. John J Sloan, board president, announced in Chicago.
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E. N. Reed
Chicago
Reed
Bush
Wurst
Board of Local Improvements
Indianapolis Avenue
Cook County
John J. Sloan
Assembly
John H. Walker
Illinois Federation of Labor
Joint Labor Legislative Board
Springfield
Walker
Circuit
Supreme Court
University of Illinois and Waterway Conservancy
Penalty of Lying discussed by court officials
A Newcastle witness questioned about where liars go prompts a commentator to recall Judge Maule. A boy in Maule’s court listed offenses and said hell fire for each. The judge urged commission to swear him, noting belief in consequences may enforce truthfulness.
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Newcastle
England
Maule
Iles
San Francisco
Sunken Cities in Legends From Brittany to Holstein
Traditions describe sunken towns and cities like Killarney Lough Neagh Vineta Ya and Ys. Legends attribute their fates to wicked rulers and disasters with bells heard underwater on calm days and Dahut blamed for opening sea gates and doom.
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Killarney
Lough Neagh
Holland
Spyder Zee
Holstein
Vineta
Bay of
Douamency
Quimper
Brittany
Dahut
Bear photographer causes camera to trigger trap
A forestry student camping with two friends in Allegheny park left his camera on a fallen log while seeking a viewpoint. A bear in berry bushes touched the camera with its nose, exposing a plate. the student hurried back with companions, but the bear vanished before they could retrieve the scene.
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Allegheny Park
Five men indicted in bribe scheme tied to Fort Sheridan theft
A federal grand jury in Chicago indicted five men including a suspended Winnetka police officer and a former army sergeant over a $75 000 Army supplies theft at Fort Sheridan. Others named are Winnetka garage owner Oscar Hostetter George Polkow from Winnetka and Highland Park resident Minor Ludlow. Pietro Di Centre of Glencoe is also charged in the case which centers on bribe connections to the theft.
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Federal Grand Jury
Chicago
Fort Sheridan
Donald Klein
Oscar Hostetter
Winnetka
George Polkow
Ludlow
Highland Park
Pietro di Centre
Glencoe
County roadhouses face new controls on liquor and amusements
Cook county roadhouses must follow a new regime after the legislature empowered the county board to license prices of amusement outside city limits. The move targets liquor, immoral dancing, and youth entertainment in the area.
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Cook County
Sadler’s Well restoration question raised over historic site
A recent appeal funded by leading men questions who Sadler was, tied to the restoration of the ancient theater Sadler’s Well. The narrative recalls Sadler, a Stuart era road surveyor and landowner in Clerkenwell, whose gravel digging uncovered a medicinal spring that drew pilgrims and led to a popular resort with a pleasure house, gardens, and music, soon fading from memory.
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Sadler
Excellence as a Self Manifesting Axiom in Critique
The passage argues that true excellence is self evident and needs no elaboration. It warns that over describing a work implies its beauties are not fully admirable and suggests criticism should reveal where and how excellence fails to manifest.
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Poe
Vision of Animals: Birds See Far Better Than Humans
The piece states that birds have vision about a hundred times greater than humans and can spot distant objects such as a worm at 300 feet. It notes birds' eyes are adapted for tracking objects at great distances, allowing early detection of approaching enemies compared with humans.
At Any College Homecoming Day Review Remains Vivid
Alumni return to the alma mater to critique the house and architecture, discuss freshmen and football, lament ivy memories, and wonder about the younger generation, expressing nostalgic humor and idle reflections on college life.
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Ivy
Galoh
Telatate Doda
Local Social Notes From Armstrong Area
Bertha Beltz teaches at Choctaw and spent Sunday at home. Fannie Nichols and daughter Thelma visited. Mrs Andy Cork of Livingston visited John Beltz's family. Mrs M M Weaver called to Greenup for her sister’s illness. Conrad Bartram and Mrs Harry Wyrick stayed overnight with Ray Day. Yonta and wife of Marshall visited John Snedeker family. Charles Sweitzer and Mrs Iva Grumlin attended Zion Sunday school.
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Bertha, Beltz
Choctaw
Fannie Nichols
Thelma
Andy Cork
Livingston
John Volkers
Terre Haute
John Beltz
John Snedeker
Saniday
Josh Lee
Nos Gh
Charles Sweitzer
Iva Grumlin
Zion
Name Origin of Wisconsin River Through History
The river name Wisconsin derives from early French terms misprinted and Anglicized from Ouisconaing or Misconsing. Pere Marquette noted a Masconsin form meaning wild rushing channel, while later spellings settled on Wisconsin.
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Wisconald
Pere Marquette
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By John Matter
Western Newspaper Union
Bear
Carlstrom
C. H A. Jenkins
State Welfare Department
Jenkins
Fifty-third General Assembly
Fifty-fourth Assembly
Fifty-third Assembly
James H. Wilkergon
Grommes i& Ullrich
Robert J.’ Mulcahy
Sadler’s Well
Conrad Bartram
Mrs
Harry Wyrick
al. Yonta
Marshall
Menge
Peigloehih
Radio
Marshall Battery Co
Marshall, Illinois
Al-Burn Coal Co
Whitlock
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