Rural routing, daylight saving, and petitions push in Iowa
The United States Civil Service Commission announces an examination for rural carrier vacancies in Hastings Hendbraon Itdstiver City and surrounding counties open to residents domiciled in the territory. Farm Bureau and Iowa Federation petitioners urge repeal of daylight saving, aiming to return to standard time. Petitions due by the 23rd, mailed to Ames for Washington submission. readers may send letters.
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United States
Malver
Hastings
Hendbraon
Farm‘Bureauw
Iowa Federation of Farm
Missouri Valley
Farm Bureau
Ames
Washington
Belgian Boundaries and Language Divide Through History
The text outlines Belgium's 1830 independence, the 1881 boundary decisions influencing access to the port of Antwerp, and language dynamics between Flemish and Walloon speakers. It notes 1910 Belgian language distribution and historic Dutch Latin roots of Belgae in Gaul, with references to German attempts during the Great War and the current extent of Belgian territory.
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Kingdom of
Belgium
Kawi -A. Groaveriot
National Geographical Society
Meuse
Scheldt
Antwerp
Germany
Caesar
Gaul
Seine
Rhine
Scientific name for periodical cicada explained
Wisconsin entomologist H T Wilson clarifies that the 17 year cicada is a periodical cicada not a locust. He notes these insects injure shade and orchard trees by oviposition in twigs and that pruning affected parts is the remedy. Brood No 10 is due this year. last brood appeared in 1915 across the state.
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H. T. Wilson
Wisconsin Experiment Station
United States Department of Agriculture
Wilson
Wisconsin
Dane County
Crown Prince Declares Himself Germany's Greatest General
Dr Arthur Davis, once the Kaiser's dentist, cites the crown prince as the most egotistical man he has met. He recalls a palatial dugout scene where a young officer asks who is Germany's greatest general. The prince replies I am and refuses to prove it.
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Germany
Arthur Davis
Crown Prince
Minneapolis Tribune
Notorious chancery judge and a vivid shorthand note
J A Strahan recalls a chancery judge famed for terse evidence notes. In a probable appeal a shorthand note was requested. The note revealed a crude drawing labeled The Plaintiff and And-Sigge Pearson's Weekly, providing a dark caricature rather than a factual record.
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J. A. Strahan
Chancery
Mr. Strahan
Court of Appeal
Sigge~ Pearson's Weekly
Right Place store proprietor vents at loafers in Petunia
In Petunia the Right Place shopkeeper scolds a group of influential loafers and sets pine boxes on the shady side of the store. He invites them to sit, whittle, and argue about nothing from morning till night without disturbing customers while offering to sell goods.
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Cnyns
Petunia
Nike Aide
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