Mildred Pierce Tells Of India
Pioneering teacher Mildred L Pierce writes from Pakaur India about health drives in her school. She notes monthly weighing for underweight children, growing dormitory and classroom facilities, village schools, a kindergarten, and health programs addressing leprosy tuberculosis and cerebral malaria. She praises Gandhi and India’s push for freedom amid new viceroy concerns.
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Mildred L. Pierce
Mary
India
America
National Congress
Karachi
Gandhi
Congress
Round Table
London
Bombay
Lord Irwin
Title of Champion Speller
Iowa readers light up for a spelling contest dispute with Dorothy Greenwald winning the state title over Alzina Howell. Howell pockets 50 dollars as second prize while Greenwald earns a trip to Washington, DC for the national contest.
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Madison County
Des Moines
Daily Register
Dorothy Greenwald
Muscatine County
Alzina Howell
Miss Howell
Miss Greenwald
Webster's Dictionary
Washington, D. C
Iowa
Noah Webster
Powers That Be
Chestnuts in Cuisine and Installment Buying History
Chestnut foods include chestnut bread roasted and ground nuts with milk and salt. a sugared nut meat dish dipped in sugar. English boiled chestnuts with lemon juice cinnamon rose water. chestnuts made into cakes and porridge. Installment buying traces to antiquity Crassus made a fortune selling houses outside Rome on the Ingluiment plan. The current system emerged a century ago with dramatic expansion in sales and industry.
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Crassus
Julius Caesar
Rome
Trial by Battle Ended by 1819 English Act
The 1817 murder of Mary Ashford led Abraham Thornton to trial by battle twice. after the second trial the court upheld the wager of battle, sparking public outcry. The result was Parliament passing the Gloucester Act abolishing trials by battle on June 23 1819.
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England
Mary Ashford
Abraham Thornton
Gloucester
Tris
Ellenborough
William Ashford
Craven
Thornton
America
Buttle
Quaint Rental Payment for English Freeholds
The city of London rendered quit rent services before the king's remembrancer Sir G A Bonner at the Law Courts. The Moors near Bridgenorth in Shropshire and The Forge on Knights Templar land received ritual payment long ago. The Moors were paid with six faggots and a hatchet, plus a hatchet, and The Forge with six horseshoes and 61 nails.
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Law Courts
Findings Of The District Court For May Term
Proceedings from the May term outline approved reports in estates of Sazma Murphy Mizaur and others with executors discharged and sales authorized. Civil actions list defaults, judgments on notes, pleadings deadlines, and trials set. notable cases include Probst v Luke, Coast to Coast Stores v Gallagher, Knepper v Kremer, and multiple foreclosure and divorce orders. Criminal fines issued to Clarence Rickels and Lee Lynch. trials and trial dates scheduled for May 25 to June 8.
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Matthias Sazma
Louisa Murphy
Joseph Mizaur
Francis Probst
James Luke
H. P. Gallagher
J. J. Hayes
J. T. Lanigan
Mary Eloise McConkie
Maxine Monroe
Margaret Rieniets
John Knepper
Celsus Kremer
American Steel & Iron Company
Jurgensen Lumber & Grain Company
Joseph Chew Shingle Company
George Preston
Gerd Tholen
Shirley Leroy
Fendant
Caddie White
People’s Trust & Savings Bank
John W. Morse
First Trust & Stock Land Bank
State of Iowa
John Schmidt
Anna Mackey
Frank E. Sarby
Fred Sarby
Ruby Wilson
Charles Wilson
P. J
Katie McNamara
Tony Brukner
Joe Brukner
Clarence Rickels
Anamosa
Lee Lynch
Clarence Schoone
Wyoming
Forest Clearing Thins New Hampshire Landscape
Historical survey notes that about 2.5 million acres nearly half the surface of New Hampshire has been cleared from forests after 8,000 years of settlement. The vast transformation marks a long-term shift from woodland to cleared land across the state.
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Audubon
Alfred Allee
Amjens Spencer
South
Burlington
Mississippi River
Chariton River
Appanoose County
Missouri
C. J. Twomey
Osage
Little Cedar
Manly
Rock Island
Waterloo
Chicago Great Western Railroad
Oelwein
Great Western
McIntyre
New Hampshire
Renown Thirst Cited in Historic Quotation
A fragmented quotation hints at fame and the power of patrons, with Lobert Dode ley referenced as the speaker. The line suggests a reflection on prestige and the influence of influential benefactors in historical context.
Handling Unexpected Guests During Dinner Time Warning
A per sentence note warns households to avoid inviting an unplanned guest home for dinner, suggesting the wife should alert the husband with at least an hour of warning to manage the visit.
Practice baby aids school of home economies program
A Philadelphia Bulletin note describes a practice baby project for a home economies school. The item highlights the value of hands on training and student engagement in domestic sciences learning.
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Phindelphia Bulletin
First Ocean-Going People Credit for Bay Nictins
A damaged OCR fragment notes credit given to early builders for a seaworthy craft. The text mentions bay nictins and gnaileys and sea travel, but details are unclear.
Sense of Humor in Timor Keeps People From Conmission
Fragmentary OCR notes reference humor and timor, mentioning Wil Keep and San vel Butler. The readable text implies avoidance of commissions or conflicts, focusing on shared absurdities and social interaction.
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Timor
San Vel Butler
Council Bluils Nonpareil on road spending in Towre
The article argues for large road improvement spending in Towre as necessary given the vast vehicle ownership, noting an investment of 640 million dollars supporting 800 thousand motor vehicles.
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Towre
Nothing connected with the care of the motor car
In a Terre Haute Tribune line, the writer reflects that spinning a buggy wheel after centering the axle crease offers unique spiritual satisfaction unlike motor car maintenance. The lighthearted note contrasts old horse era craft with modern vehicles.
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Terre Haute Tribune
Making It Good Arkansas Ciarette
The piece presents a sardonic line on taste and virtue, noting that the sharp sauce heightens a dish by stirring unease about health. It blends moral mood with culinary metaphor to critique indulgence.
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Arkansas
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Mildred Pierce
Monticello
Far East
Pakaur
Hawkeye State
Audubon County
David Sutherland
Montezuma
H. A. Grantham
DeWitt
Vandenburg
Sac Co
Frank Krejci
Lake View
Sac County
Mr. Krejci
Ohio
Wisconsin
Rosedale
P . d Faves Pia
Calif
Ind
Ted Pi
District Court
Louis Mizaur
Anna Mizaur
Henry Lesch
Carsten P. Lorenzen
First National Bank of Wyoming
Bertha Moore Schnepp
Asa Srr
Alice Louise Weltz
Guy Weltz
Ex Rel
Jud Leggitt
Ethel J. Barrett
Michael Barrett
Lowell State Bank
O. J. Rogers
Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States
Albert Hartwig
First Iowa Trust & Savings Bank
Maranda Gearhart
Starry
Starry and Lynch
Moran
First T. & S. Bank
Wood
Rieniets
Schwartz
Estate
Wm. H. Davis
Smith and Davis
Green
Dougherty
Schatz
Helgens
Johannsen
Ketelsen
Prull
Joe Sarby, Sr
Lubert Dodeley
Willys
Teledo
Obie
Willye Six
Willye-Knight
Acme
Adriance
Moline
Champion
Deere
Deeding
Independent
McCormick
Milwaukee
Minnesota
Osborne
Massey-Harris
Herschel
Deering
Cormick
Osborne, and
Manssey-I Harris
Pitmans
Arend Balsteyr’s Stores
Scotch Grove
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