New King of Rural School at Winthrop College
Washington reports on an experimental rural school at Winthrop College Rock Hill South Carolina led by Mrs Hetty Browne. The school eschews desks seats or fixed classes using a garden centered curriculum where arithmetic and reading arise from farm tasks and practical activity rather than formal subjects.
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Washington, D. C
Winthrop College
Rock Hill
S. C
Hetty Browne
United States Bureau of Education
Browne
Madame Montessori
Rock Fill
Rock Iill
Py Anath
Bourland
Chuteau
Chicago market blotter shows slower hog and steady cattle
At Union Stock Yards Chicago the hog market slows with receipts about 40000 today and 27500 expected Sunday. Prices range from 7.60 to 8.00 for various hog grades while cattle and sheep show steadier tones with bees at 6.70 to 9.60 and lambs 6.70 to 8.20. No market on Thursday for New Year day.
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Union Stock Yards
Chicago
Texas
Sioux City
Iowa
Mertens
Tots Csv Ete Es Akin Og
Soapweed adds value as a Kansas crop item
In Kansas farmers turn soapweed from western dry lands into rope and soap, with fourteen carloads sold this year. The weed, once a pest, now draws attention from St Louis and Chicago buyers. Leaves yield soap, stems and roots make rope, and bale value ranges up to six dollars per ton dry and baled.
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Crimea
Kansas
St. Louis
Chicago
Cleveland
Minneapolis cash close wheat and grain prices listed
The Minneapolis cash market shows bid prices for wheat, corn, and barley with various grades and origins. Rates include No 2 Northern wheat at 82.75 to 85.00 cents, Montana lard around 48.88, and December to July futures noted. corn and oats values and barley grades also appear with several arrival notes.
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Minneapoles
Minneapolis
Minn
Montana
Grain prices and delivery terms for Milwaukee and Dakota markets
Grain quotations from Milwaukee and Dakota show wheat, corn, oats, barley and flax in bulk shipments. Prices list No 1 northern wheat at around 74, corn No 4 yellow at 63 64, No 3 yellow to arrive in 7 days, oats No 3 white at 38 1 4, barley medium at 73 75, flax No 1 northwestern at 1.44 to 1.47 with a 84 cent base for other grades.
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Sulwack HE Giraen Jevr
Milwaukee
Wis
Dakota
Northwester
Local Notes and Visits from Woodward and Area
Woodward residents report a brief visit by Wondala over Monday. A baby boy was born to Mr and Mrs John Zeal on December 27. W Jansland, recently ill, died Sunday afternoon and funeral arrangements are set for Thursday. Gladys Johnson visits her father J W John while Mrs John Anderson of Plankinton and Mrs Delia Moses call on friends in town. Mrs Williams visits from Seneca to see her daughter Mrs Frank Mudekins, Cottingham of Arlington spends Christmas at home. Harry Dixon of Ames remarks about the holiday festivities.
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John Anderson of
Plankinton
Delia Moses
Williams
Senica
Frank Mudekins
Father Cottingham
Arlington
Harry Dixon
Ames
Poisoning death at Pittshureh doll incident
In Pittshureh Pennsylvania a five year old girl Margaret Sheppard gave her two year old sister Mong strychnine pills to stop crying after an accidental doll break by Santa Claus. The baby died within two hours despite medical intervention. A previous child died ten years ago from a Christmas tree fire burns in the same family.
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J. W. Sheppard
House of Happiness
South Dakota Carriers Plan Pension Bill Support
Friends of South Dakota mail carriers form an organization to back a proposed federal pension measure for veterans in carrier service. The plan cites Cummins as a key supporter and aims to hold a public meeting with speeches, music, and clergy participation to rally citizens and gather petitions targeting the state delegation.
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Senaator Cummins
South Dakota
Congress
Unusual Sea Seal Skin Talisman Brought for Mounting
Rapid City, South Dakota report on Poor Eagle and Poor Sagie, aged Sioux warriors from the Rosebud reservation, who brought the skin of a seal to a taxidermist for mounting. The skin, once a cherished tepee talisman for over forty years, is linked to the bearers' fortunes and life successes.
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Rapid City
S. D
Poor Eagle
Rosebud Reservation
Sagie
Wagie
Beware of Mercury Containing Catarrh Ointments Warned
Public health notice warns against catarrh ointments containing mercury as harmful to the sense of smell and body systems. It cites unsafe products from Fo Chesey & Co Toledo and others and advises avoiding alleged cures sold by dubious providers.
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Wales
Fo Chesey & Ca
Toledo
Ohie
Sheneva Co
Tertimontalt
Ty Draggiets
Prive
Tae
Tin
Lal
Man Walks to Alaska for Talisman Skin
A narrator travels to the far northwest in search of a medicinal talisman from the Innpard seal. He shoots the seal and returns home to South Dakota with the skin.
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Ucard
Alaska
South Dakota
Royal dress costs in history reveal vast expense
London reports reveal royal wardrobes demand high fashion spending. The queen of Spain reportedly spends heavily on gowns, with Paris as a main source, while Queen Victoria also buys dozens of morning and evening gowns annually, reflecting lavish royal attire practices.
Royal gowns bill and disposal habits of European queens
The German empress and Queen Mary are described as frugal dressers with annual gown bills of eight to ten thousand dollars and five thousand dollars respectively. Both rarely sell left off gowns, with Mary giving away or donating hers to charity or court dependents, while the empress distributes most of hers to court-related recipients. Dress agencies in Paris handle many ex garments for other royals, but not these two queens.
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Spain
Paris
der Majesty Rarelvy
Queen Victoria
Berlin
Gompress
Mary
Wales
Queen Mary
Lion Cub's Wild Escape Endangers Dogs In Paris
A former Paris music hall favorite bought a lion cub in Paris and tried to smuggle it home. The cub scratched her and escaped at Boulogne, killing a fox hunter and a deer hound before the animal was recaptured. The dancer completed her journey to St Germain in a taxicab.
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Paris
St. Germain
Jardina Aecumatafon
Acer
Doan's Kidney Pills Promote Kidney Relief
Mitchell case cited by Mrs P S Streete of 323 5 Duff St Mitchell S D says a family member suffered from kidney trouble with unregulated secretions and morning dizziness. After using Doan's Kidney Pills for a period, satisfactory results followed and she recommended them to others. For sale by all dealers 50 cents Foster Milburn Co Buffalo.
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Dean
Mitchell
P. S. Streete
Duff St
Mitchell, S. D
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New Police Recruits Curbed by Broadway Drunks
On Broadway veterans replaced by 55 fresh officers face tone and behavior issues as late night saloons close at one. Citizens report rowdy drunks clash with new cops prompting quick nonpublic resolutions to avoid court and protect reputations.
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New York
Miles
Broadway
Lin Wife Entangled With Friends Reputedly Around
A fragment notes Lin, wife of a man, appearing amid social circles with friends in a contested scene. The readable text hints at relationship tensions and public perception but provides limited concrete facts or context.
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MT. Vernon
Mt. Vernon, S. D
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Eagele
Epreboters
Thes Palisman
London
Leneca
Indjesty
Hohenzollern
Queen Victoria of
Savage Young Beast
Dierl & Brown
Sioux City Stock Yards
Great Northwest
Eost Boots
Lakay Husband
Acrusine
Lin
Hits
Wu 'Pheuns
Daudhter
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