Hidden Release Deed Restores Norman Bliss Prized Riverdale Farm
Norman Bliss loses Riverdale property after a forged mortgage but keeps a separate Dakota farm. A winter storm brings Viola Tascott and her brother to his cabin. Norman saves them, proving his love. a hidden release deed is found, making him owner of the town property again.
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Riverdale
Viola Tascott
Viola
Plainfield
Mr. Bliss
Dakota Prairie
Bliss
Norman
Tascott
Coa
Tascotts
Curious locomotive clock lights up Kansas workshop
A Kansas mechanic built a miniature locomotive clock with an ebony dial on the cab, ruby and green lamps, and a headlight. The eight day clock auto turns on at six pm and off twelve hours later, with independent lamp circuits flashing every 15 seconds for about three seconds. It strikes hourly and half hour with bell, moving wheels, and a rear auxiliary lamp switch.
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Kansas
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Parrot That Walked Egyptian Tale From Nassau
An anecdote recalls a Nassau driver claiming a black parrot spoke only Egyptian though the bird may not have been. The tale notes all island birds supposedly spoke Egyptian and that the driver understood only a little of it.
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Bahamas
Nassau
Richard le Gallienne
Harper’s Magazine
Grandpa Quietly Seeks Screws With Ruffled Nails
A lighthearted anecdote from a home scene where Grandpa asks the janitor for screws. Little Elsie mishears and jokingly reports Grandpa wants nails with ruffles, reflecting a child’s playful miscommunication.
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Elsie
Veteran French Corporal Surrugue Still At Front At 76
A Paris Journal note highlights Corporal Charles Surrugue of Auxerre aged 76 and serving as a second sapper in the Sixth Engineers. The veteran of 1870 and former mayor of Auxerre insists on doing his bit amid front line toil and urges younger soldiers with stories of past wars.
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Illustration
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Livingstone
Africa
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Yonne
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Dordogne
Ministry of the Interior
Grandmother Sends Warm Gift to Marine Grandson
An elderly Rochester woman sewed a fleece comfort for her grandson in the U S Marine Corps. At the local recruiting station Sergeant George S. Fynmore promised to forward it. He later sent the package to Port au Prince Haiti with a note explaining the need may differ abroad. He added a playful line about ice in Alaska.
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N. Y
United States Marine Corps
George S. Fynmore
Fred
Europe
Fynmore
Port Au
Prince
Haiti
Alaska
Deer Attack Injures Oregon Rancher at Rice Hill
Isadore Rice, an elderly Rice Hill resident, was knocked down by an infuriated deer while working his ranch in Roseburg Oregon. His son beat the animal into submission and saved him. A few days earlier the same deer injured Rice’s daughter but she escaped unharmed.
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Ore
Rice Hill
Isadore Rice
Watch Found in Wichita Sewer Near Coleman Lamp Factory
A gold watch and fob were recovered from a sewer behind the Coleman Lamp company on North St Fran cis avenue in Wichita. The watch was badly rusted and parts dropped when opened. the owner is unknown. A new city sewer cleaning machine, described as modern with two four-wheel trucks and 400 feet of cable, was used.
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Wichita
Kan
Coleman Lamp Company
St. Francis Avenue
State Farm
State Board of Control
Lynn Farm
Milwaukee Railroad
Butter Lines Describe Berlin’s Wartime Shortage
A Berlin dispatch reports long lines at German butter shops as Germany fixes low maximum prices to prevent hoarding. Working classes secure butter through clever schemes while the well to do fare poorly. officials hope potato harvests and imports relieve the strain, though supply remains tight.
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Hague
New
Rotterdam Courant
Berlin
Germany
Denmark
Holland
Balkans
Five-Footed Hog Draws Stamford Attention
Stamford Kentucky reports Andy Adams owns a five-footed hog weighing about 125 pounds. The unusual animal features five fully formed legs and is noted as a local oddity attracting curious onlookers.
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Stamford
Andy Adams
Parker
Popcorn Ear Shows Multiple Grain Colors in Connellsville
Farmer George Strawn of Connellsville Pennsylvania reports an ear of popcorn five inches long with grains in eight colors red green white black blue purple yellow and brown. He wonders if the kernels will color the popped kernels.
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Connellsville
George I
Strawn
London Seen Through American Visitors in Wartime
London hosts a steady flow of American tourists totaling about 190000 in ordinary times, reflecting cross atlantic travel patterns and cultural exchange amid upheaval. The figure illustrates the enduring appeal of London as a destination for U.S. travelers despite global events.
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London
Iowa State News Mixed History and Local Affairs
Iowa records reveal education era shifts including coeducation start at the state university and its 1857 58 funding crisis building Old South Hall. Other notes cover convicts labor funds distribution, drug law enforcement, parole denials, and rail and farm developments across Des Moines Fort Madison and state institutions.
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Des Moines
R. Aumner
Iowa
Aumner
Aurnor
Old South Hall
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