Pacific Junction Farm Bureau picnic fuels town pride
A Pacific Junction picnic at City Park on June 2 showcased the Plattville Farm Bureau's growing strength with a strong band and speeches by Editor Wayne Choate Henry Buch and Jim Graham. County agent Fred Farquhar presented a movable picture show while local chatter noted four notable women in the band and community sentiment for farming advocacy.
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Plattville
Southwest
Iowa
H. B. Nilson
Wayne Choate
Henry Buch
Buch
Farm Bureau
Jim Graham
The
Missouri
Fred Farquhar
Sunday Visit Ties Kahgas City to Purcell Family
Robert Reégester of Kahgas City was a Sunday visitor at the Livengood home. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Purcell and daughter of Irvington Nebraska visited during the week with Mr. and Mrs. Dean Purcell, Lon Purcell, Mr. and Mrs. Jessie Purcell, and Mrs. Herbert Purcell and daughters of Woodbine.
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Robert Reégester
Kahgas City
Livengood
Howard Purcell
Irvington
Lon Purcell
Jessie Purcell
Herbert Purcell
Woodbine
Dean Purcell
Emerson visitors and local social notes in Des Moines
Miss Evangeline Cheney visits friends in Des Moines this week. Mrs. Spaulding of Joliet and Mr. ___ visited sister Mrs. Bert Clutes on Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. James Kinney of Elliott were Emerson visitors Monday evening. Miss Pearl McLain spent Sunday with Miss Corinna McClelland at Nodawa. Mrs. Laurence Taylor and a son depart Wednesday for Fort Madison to visit her parents. Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Sturgeon return to Omaha Tuesday after visiting daughter, Mrs. James Durbin, and family.
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Teresa Colgan
Council Bluffs
Mabel Sargent
Clorinda
Clarence Stearns
Plattsmouth
N. J. Russell
Richard Seeger
Glenwood
Katherine Mulica
Pstos Timber
Mother Lundberg
Sue Wykert
Omaha
Prof
Orval Little
Cres Ra
Wm. Little
B. J. Ball
Platner Lumber Co
Robert Carson
Omnaha
Fred Carlson
Win. Evans
Dexter
B. T. Belden
Evans
Rolfe
Claude May
O. EB. Williams
Myrtle
Alliance
George Livengood
Charles Williams
Jeanette Regester
Shenandoah
George Liven
Evangeline Cheney
Des Moines
Spaulding
Joliet
Bert Clutes
James Kinney
Eliott
Ismerson
Pearl McLain
Corinna McClelland
Nodawa
Laurence Taylor
Fort Madison
J. F. Sturgeon
James Durbin
Adriatic brings Percival Fielding and Tazidah to port
The New York Tribune reports on Percival M Fielding a retired London army captain and Tazidah the Afghan beauty who traveled from Afghanistan aboard the White Star liner Adriatic their meeting in the Afghan hills where she hunted gazelles and later joined him on his voyage awaiting playful remarks about her large feet and her Afghan gazelle hound persona
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Mediterranean
Percival M. Fielding
London
Tazidah the Beautiful
Fesne
New York Tribune
Afghanistan
Tazidah
Hin
Vzidal
Geveres
Tazvidah
Iadia
Shea
The Tate Story of Osumi and a Resolute Writer
The tale recounts Osumi’s firm pledge to avoid handwriting after early schooling, his stubborn resolve to never pick up a brush again, and a moment when Kely Nakamura challenged him to write a Chinese character. He initially hesitated, then seized ashes and a poker to craft the character Shoku, illustrating his persistent intellect and quirky methods.
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Tate
Marquia Okuna
Tapan
Waseda
Kely Nakamura
Osumi
Okina
Okun
Okuma
Money In Street Music In London Streets
A London Times Weekly report notes growing street bands formed by the unemployed or seeking melodious work. At Marlborough Street police court a band member accused of obstruction was said to earn over seven pounds weekly, a sum musicians' union says is not uncommon.
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London
Marlborough Street
London Times Weekly
New Shantung Coal Field Discovery Reported
A newly found coal field in Shantung province is said to hold a vast smokeless coal supply. Chinese and foreign engineers are surveying the site with development planned under Obingae clauses at an expenditure of fifty thousand nine.
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Shantung
Shantung Province
Obingae
The Feminist Poll Clerk Debates Male Supremacy
A nervy amateur poll clerk returning home on election night boasts of women’s equality after learning voters age rules. She mocks men and cites the new “over thirty” rule, while recounting old and young voters claiming age concealment. Her fiancé and brother press for details as she exits to change before dinner.
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New York Sun
Ares
Kathat
Mr. Jones
Jack Mersercatt
Amleur
Lis
Moliere’s Treated Adviser Revealed in Paris Archives
Stevens digs into seventeenth century France uncovering Mile. de Bugsy, granddaughter of Adam Blackwood, as Moliere’s trusted literary adviser. Ninon de Lenclos likely introduced her. plays were read to her and her verdict shaped the works, including L Avare which failed at first but triumphed on revival.
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Moliere
Stevens
France
Milo
Honoree le Bel de Bossy
Adam Blackwood
Poitiers
Paris
Mimile Magne
Evithe
Molere
Mile. de Bugsy
Ninon de Lenclos
Vitamins Display At Lunch In Columbus Club Scene
A Columbus businessman reports seeing tiny organisms on Camembert cheese during lunch at a city club. He asks a waiter if he has seen vitamins at play, claiming the moment proves vitamins can appear in ordinary foods. The anecdote is reported with humorous disbelief.
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Columbus Dispatch
Columbus
Lax
Walter
Massive Spanish Shawl Curtain Hangs in New York Theater
A gigantic curtain described as a Spanish shawl stretches about 40 feet, draping the stage in a dramatic fold. The fabric reportedly required a substantial amount of silk and labor from a notable group, reflecting a lavish theater setting and stylish stage design.
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New York
The Modern Way Prophecy on a Car Upgrade
The Richmond Times-Dispatch notes Mr. Binkums needs a new motor car as his old vehicle rattles and leaks. It mentions mortgage strain, slow business, and a lean household with last year’s clothes, storage eggs, and a rising grocery bill, predicting he will likely get the car.
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Biinkwins
Elis
Binkums
Richmond
Times-Dispatch
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Hunt
F. W. Kelley
Boyles Business College
Omaha, Neb
She Hoover
R. H. Daniel
Lain
Good
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Hartman
Fred Carmelo
Randolph
Harry Reader
Dixie Dixon
Babeline
Rex
Marie Provost
Tom MIX
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the Tribune
Glenwood Kandy Kitchen
Parents Bros
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