Neighborhood News From Beulah and Surroundings
Beulah reports include Mrs. Brown visiting her mother Mrs. West and several farm changes such as George Strandell taking over the Sethne farm. Local notes cover school concerns, birthdays, crop marketing, and visits from residents like Hiram West and Mr Just. Further items cite quarterly meetings at Mt Zion, corn crops, market hogs, new barns, and community events across Plano Mt. Vernon Ethan and West Perry with temperance talks and bazaar preparations.
Badger Notes On Local Visitors And Careful Preparations
The Badger column reports Mrs. E L Barton hosting a sociable to finish organ payments and a fair event. J B Davis has been ill for weeks. Fr D Tyler is prepping for winter by siding his house. Mrs Odell is reported very sick. Austin from Marion Junction plans to settle in Badger then move to live with daughter Mrs Schlosser. Victor’s birthday celebrated at Mr Young’s with Badger youths. Enger travels to Kansas City to visit sister. Ema Young returned from Mitchell with eye trouble hindering schoolwork.
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Blendon
G. E. Buhner
Suckow
Mt. Zion
W. H. Dean
G. B. Kelsey
Cambridge
Ills
J.B Davis
R. Millenberger
Cincinnati
Ohio
Locke Place
Vernon
Mt. Vernon
Tomlinson
E. E. Holbrook
Ilinois
Nels Swenson
Sibley
Holbrook
Blanche Lowen
John Chantry
Jolley
M. FE
West Perry
Navy
H. J. Timm
Will Clark
Miller
Henry Rose
Dan Lillie
Mr. Lawrence
Lawrence
Waugh
Lindsey
Sanborn County
Odell
East
Badger
J. B. Davis
Fr. D. Tyler
Mr. Young
Victor
Doorkeeper Crab Guards Homes in West Indies
A Strand Magazine piece describes a rare West Indian crab trained as a house watchdog. It stands football sized with a huge claw raised to threaten intruders, swift and strong enough to overpower foes. It guards front doors, spots evil intent, refuses meals with the household, yet treats children gently and is prized and costly.
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West Indies
Strand Magazine
The Old Soldier and His Tales of War
The article extols the veteran's memory of battles and courage in the wake of the Civil War. It notes how old soldiers reminisce vividly, the honor they command, and the lifelong pull of war stories even as they fade with age. It cites Charles Lever on war love and human folly.
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Charles Lever
Chicago Times-Herald
Two Stars Mistaken for Coon in Pulaski Hunt
Bob Cunningham and two companions hunted near Pulaski at night. He claimed to see glowing eyes and fired three times, but found he had shot at two stars peeping from a tree limb. The encounter ended with no game.
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Bob Cunningham
Pulaski
Bob
New Castle
Java Coal Mines Discovery Faces Thin Veins and Limited Transport
Coal mines found in Java yield thin veins and frequent faults. Poor transport infrastructure hampers potential development and exploitation of the deposits.
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Java
London Tourist Brags of Court Appearance
A returned traveler boasts in London that he appeared at court while a companion questions the fine. The exchange captures a witty snapshot from a Philadelphia North America report.
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London
Philadelphia
North America
Colors of a Soap Bubble and Its Thinnest Film
A discussion explains how a soap bubble shows colors from varying film thickness. Thickness ranges from about one three-millionth to twenty-one and eighty-one millionths of an inch, producing orange red blue and lemon yellow hues as the film evaporates unevenly. Light, refracted and reflected at multiple surfaces, creates the observed spectrum on both bubble surfaces.
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Jacob IF. Bucher
St Nicholas
Wonders of a Watch and Its Marvelous Powers
A Boston jeweler highlights the watch as a tiny, intricate machine with about 175 parts and 2400 manufacturing operations. He notes the watch endures 432000 impacts daily and 8,168,600,000 in 20 years, powered by four flea power, with one horsepower enough for 270 million watches. Regular service every 18 months preserves accuracy.
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Boston
Three suitors bid for love in provincial tale
In a provincial town three men woo the same girl. The elderly widower offers a Christian home and ready made family, the impecunious younger son promises grand adventures, and the curate stays cautious. She chooses the curate. the wedding is quiet. Meilhac counsels that success is essential to a dramatic career.
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Antipodes
Meat and Drink in Old England in Chaucer’s Time
The Cornhill Magazine describes fourteenth century English eating and drinking habits among different classes. It notes public house leisure for the affluent workers with ale, pies, and roast meats while the poor subsisted on barley bread and half penny ale. Milk and mean ale were common, vegetables dominated summer diet alongside coarse bread, beans, and cheese, with meat and fowls appearing as embroidery for the peasant fare.
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Old England
Chaucer
Robin Hood
Langland
Farthingale
Cornhill Magazine
Elks Attend Episcopal Rector’s, Offer Redemptive Appeal
A Grand Rapids clergyman and Elks member attends a meeting where the chairman jokes about his presence. The rector then donates a speech and invites Elks to hear him preach, prompting a church visit by many Elks and a larger plate contribution than usual. The Elks approve rewarding their reverend brother.
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Grand Rapids
Order of the Elks
Elksand
Elks
Ellis
The
New York Tribune
Variants in Fletcher Poem Readings Weigh Editor Notes
Notes and Queries discusses conflicting readings in Christ's Victory and Triumph by Giles Fletcher. It compares Grosart edition line 44 part 3 sought versus fought and cites Griffin Farran and Wesley Hymn Book readings. Charles Wesley’s version differs from John Wesley’s 1780 adoption, showing textual uncertainty and debate over the correct verb.
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A. B. Grosart
Giles Fletcher
Griffin & Farran
John Wesley
Charles Wesley
Grant Name Variations Spark Debate on History
A compilation notes how Grant’s name changes from Hiram Ulysses to Ulysses Hiram and beyond sparked discussion. It cites the New York Press on whether different initials could have altered his career and public image. It also describes Abyssinian thief catchers using herbs, tobacco, and a rope to identify thieves as legal evidence in a distinctive local practice.
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Grant
U. S
United States
Sam
West Point
Hiram
Hiram Ulysses
Ulysses Hiram
Ulysses Sidney
Ulysses Simpson
New York Press
Abyssinia
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Chamber of Commerce
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George Strandell
Sethne
Olmstead
Titus
Ce J. P. Laister
M. P. Champlin
Hattie Wolcott
R. R. Saul
Gregg
W. B. Smith
Hiram West
Centerville
Mr. Just
Gilbert
Suk
Plano
S. P. Jewett
Tom Crosby
Ed Herr
Will Blair
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Bert Brookings
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