Labor Day Parade Sparks Heroic Rescue and Romance
A Westchester company Labor Day parade ends in tragedy as a naphtha launch explodes. Ted Gardner heroically guides a burning float away from the crowd and Nell Fowler survives, later awakening to find Ted alive and at her side. Ted consoles Nell as she recovers, revealing a deeper bond sparked by danger and duty.
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Jed Gardner
Ted
Westchester Company
Wilson
Fitson
Gardner
Westchester
Nell Fowler
Nell
Big Joe Fowler
Westchester Works
Nan
Joe
Fowler
Sid
Miss Fowler
Piconic
Tie
Nand
Still Believe In Witchcraft Across The Hebrides
A Chambers Journal writer notes persistent witchcraft belief in Lancashire and the Hebrides. A 1899 Stornoway sheriff court case described cows milk allegedly transubstantiated by a witch, provoking local constables to test milk for wealth. The sheriff mocked witchcraft while locals maintained firm faith.
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Lancashire
England
Isle of Man
Hebrides
Chambers’ Journal
Hebrideans
Isles
Stornoway
Mills County Board Adjourns in December 1902 Ditch Deliberations
Mills County Board of Supervisors met in Glenwood with all members present. They approved bonds and levies for Pony Creek and Watkins Ditch districts, delayed action to December 9, 1902, and enacted a drainage bond plan with sixteen sections and nine bonds totaling 8600 dated January 1903. The session approved reclassification reports and set tax rates per acre for dry and wet lands, then adjourned.
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Auditor's
Glenwood
Board of Supervisors
Mills County
Warren Walling
Glenwood Township
W. H. Doyle
Oak Lumber
BP. Co. Jackson
L. B. Bacon
John Linrooth
Watkins
Pony Creek
Auditor’s Office
Watkins Ditch
Belit
Towa
Nice
Iowa
EB. A. Plumer
Vestal
Geo
H. Mstes
Attest
Halu
Glerk
A. Pluiner
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Westminster Gazette
House of Commons
Glenwood
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Little Nell Fowler
Albert Ross
County Board Proceedings
AD Acard
Carerod
Pacific Junction
Bill
Attest, Co
Hale
FF. A. Plumer
Duch
Royal
Bonn
W. F. Laraway
Northwest Corner Square
Seed
Escott & Son
Tabor
North Side
J. E. Scott & Son
Iouds
Louis Hurst
East Side Square
H. R. Lyon
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