Harvest Prospects Amid Cloud Fears In West Perry
Harvest is underway in West Perry with good prospects despite fears of hail. Local items note visitors from Mitchell and Sanborn County, teaching appointments, threshing activity, and various social visits across East Perry Badger Blendon Ethan and Vernon with farm work, weather, and community news.
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West Perry
Letcher
H. J. Timm
Chas. Lindsey's
Sanborn County
Geo. Walcott
Badger
San Francisco
Martin Gleason
Ladd
Edgerton
Minn
Dan Lilly
Charles Mix County
Reeves
Mitchell
Henry Timm
Blanchard
Casmer
Wim Pratts
East Badger
Vernon Nourse
Oterville
W. C. Sholes
Geo. A. Thomas
East Perry
Dean
Perry Church
DeGroff
Graceland Cemetery
W. G. VanDenburgh
Bessie Stair
Logan
Coman
Daisy
EK. D. Watkins
Mr. Young
Mr. Logan
E. D. Watkins
Jack and His Grog in Navy Life and Smuggling Schemes
An exposé from the Washington Star on navy shore liberty and liquor. It details how sailors smuggle alcohol aboard ships through eelskin skins, rubber bags, leg strapped bottles, and cutter coal, with officers monitoring and punishing drinkers. It notes low overall naval drunkenness versus other powers and mentions the phrase jackie combing his mustache with a marline spike as a sign of drinking.
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United States Navy
Tennessee
Bosun
Navy
Ini
United States
Mariner Guard
China Station
Liberty
Hej
Jackie
Washington Star
Fearless Men and the Iron Nerve Across History
A ponderous meditation on courage profiles fearless resolve as a rare trait. It cites Potemkin's execution stance and a late nineteenth century Russian experiment where a subject endured deliberate torture to test unwavering purpose, revealing the calm, analytic mindset behind extreme acts.
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Potemkin
F. Foster
North American Review
Quaint Fashions In Manilla From Collier's Weekly
A colorful sketch by Edgar Saltus on Manila describing its climate, fashion, and lingering allure amid earthquakes typhoons and isolation. It contrasts mestizo beauty with bright silks and loose robes while noting minimal visitors and enduring storms.
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Manilla
Orient
Bawring
Magellan
Edgar Saltus
Collier’s Weekly
Gallet Seeks Admission in Evening Dress at Paris Opera
The Supreme Tenor Louis Gallet arrived at the Grand Opera director’s room during Eugene Ritt’s administration. Ritt, strict about proper attire, noted Gallet was not in evening dress. Gallet replied he was dressed as he was and had not yet crossed to the theater. He contrasted Jean de Reszke in a frock coat, remarking a tenor’s style justifies it.
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Louis Gallet
Grand Opera
Paris
Eugene Ritt
Gallet
Equally Guilty and Quick Wit Abroad on Long Island Roads
A sharp anecdote shows a well dressed young woman lecturing a barelegged urchin carrying a bird nest. She scolds the boy claiming the mother bird grieves, while the eel of wit undercuts her. Exchanges and adages conclude with a note on exact justice guiding civic men.
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Long Island
Olive oil praised for medicinal and health benefits
Medical authorities endorse olive oil for excretory duct defects and skin conditions. A starch-free fruit and olive oil diet reportedly clears eczema and improves hair nails and scalp by nourishing sebaceous glands. The piece notes olive oil aids general health and can eradicate certain microbes. It contrasts Chinese 12 two-hour divisions with the Italian 24-hour day.
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Scientific American
Sigsbee Turney Scuttle Explained in Historic Turmoil
The captain of a U S coast survey steamer faced a harsh fate when a hurricane drove the ship aground near Westport. To avoid a worse disaster he ordered the vessel sunk, later raising it in a costly salvage, an act described in Munsey's magazine.
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Sigsbee
Coast Survey
Munsey
Papa's First Baby Buds Out Laughs and Plans
A Washington Star quip riffs on a newborn and a proud father. The father boasts about the baby's bright future and oratory talent, while others joke the infant is already a born filibuster despite not talking yet.
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Papa
Adren
Bing
Ong
Washington Star
Odd Name For a Mile Burman Mile Explained
A curious linguistic note describes a Burman mile as longer than two English miles and explains the phrase me i for mile in Burmese meaning to and a oe as the distance Ang considers before it is laid down.
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Ang
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Jos. Koch
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Brooklyn Life
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Boston Transcript
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Schlimgen
New
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Ina Reliable Old Line Company
A. B. Hager, Mitchell
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