Scarborough Bombarded by German Cruisers
Scarborough on England’s east coast, a spa town of about 40,000, is described as a premier watering place. The city sits amphitheatrically above the North Sea with a promontory harbor view, ruins of a twelfth century castle, St Mary’s Church, Marine Drive promenade, gardens, a spa, museum, and piers.
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Scarborough
England
British Isles
North Sea
London
City of
York
Eye Injury From Barbed Wire at Rural Farm Sale
Fred Fuhlman suffered a left eye injury when barbed wire snapped free while untangling it from a barn animal at his farm two miles from the city on Rural Route 2. He received medical treatment at the city clinic, with hope for no lasting vision loss despite a corneal puncture. A brother previously lost sight in one eye from a similar accident.
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Fred Fuhlman
Fuhlman
Pahlman
County Agent To Be Hired By January
Muscatine County Crop Improvement Association members in session at the county building decided to employ a county agent by January first. Correspondence will resume with Dean Curtis to locate a qualified man. It was reported that 2200 dollars has already been subscribed with additional funds expected.
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Muscatine County
Istana
Dean Curtis
Offshore British Officers Suffer Casualties In Week
London dispatch reports during the week ending December 7 92 British officers killed 153 wounded and 26 missing. Losses spread across front units with no single regiment suffering more than three officer deaths. Indian forces associated units show heavy casualties including 29 officers killed and 49 wounded. Total officers killed 1 058 wounded 2 071 missing 602 since war began.
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London
Associated Press
France
Turner to lead National Army and Navy club in Illinois
Colonel Henry M. Turner, veteran of the Civil and Spanish-American wars and longtime commander of the Illinois National Guard unit, accepted the presidency of the National Army and Navy club. The club aims to strengthen the citizen soldiery of the state and promote military service.
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Associated Press
Wire
Chicago
Henry M. Turner
Iet
Ilinois National Guard
National Army and Navy Club
German Club Hostesses At Muscatine High School
German Club members acted as hostesses to Muscatine High School students at the Y W C A Building with holiday decorations a fireside scene a vic trola concert and games Santa Claus delivered presents for all guests and refreshments were served by Mary Thompson Mabel Healey Marie Harper and others. The second item notes Mrs A L Branson hosting Embroidery Club at her Orchard avenue home with Ken sington and upcoming January meeting at Mrs M S Albright’s home. A birthday gathering for Mrs Francis Townsend followed by luncheon served by her daughters Mrs George Jones and Mrs Lady Boston. Hulda Zeidler held a Christmas party at 115 West Seventh street with a tree and luncheon. Sweetland school pupils will present an entertainment December 22 at the M B A hall featuring songs recitations and dialogues.
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Muscatine
Y. W. A. Buildig
Mary Thompson
Mabel Healey
Marie Harper
Mary Berry
Flora Ross
Wsther Steinmetz
Marguerite Hinkel
Geraldine Rolland
Jessie Louis
Anna Lorenzen
Marie Pitman
Mes
Branson
A. L. Branson
Fair Oaks
Orchard Avenue
Kensington
Francis Townsend
East Fifth Street
Hulda Zeidler
West Seventh Street
Sweetland
Ladies Aid Society at German Evangelical Church
The Ladies Aid society met yesterday afternoon at the church parlors for a social sewing session. Mesdames Hermley Freymark and Kornenian served refreshments. The next meeting is scheduled for two weeks from now, January 1, at the church parlors.
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AIM
Ladies Aid Society
German Evangelical Church
Hermley
Freymark
Kornenian
Postpone Meetings After Holidays at German M E Church
The Ladies Aid of the German Methodist Episcopal church postponed all meetings until after the holidays. The first gathering will be the second Friday in January at the church, with sewing sessions as the main activity. A meeting yesterday afternoon at the church parlors focused on sewing and produced no major business. Francis Townsend surprised at her home as at least fifteen Pocahontas Degree members gathered.
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Ladies’ Aid Society
German Methodist Episcopal Church
Francis Townsend
Degree of Pocahontas
County Officials Await Unannounced Appointments
With the new year near, speculation grows about county official appointments. Earl Erwin may become deputy county clerk, while Sheriff elect Wiley has not named a deputy. Other offices are expected to remain unchanged.
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Earl Erwin
Wiley
Berlin Aviator Kaspar Completes Daring Flights
Berlin reports Aviation Lieutenant Kaspar, a referendar by training, returned after another series of bold night sorties. He crossed Calais and attempted to strike hostile ships in the harbor, dropping ten bombs with no hits. Warm anti aircraft fire greeted him on return as high angle guns opened fire on the ships. Kaspar previously flew over Dover and Paris with attacks.\
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Berlin
Berling
Associatedness
Associated Press
Kaspar
Calais
Dover
Paris
Promissory notes occasion three suits filed in district court
Three suits were filed in the district court today over promissory notes. First National Bank of Fairmont sues Huttig Mfg Co and H W Huttig for 5000. Holt L Manufacturing company sues Murphy and Miles for 2950. G Allbee sues H G Moss to recover 352.59.
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First National Bank of Fairmont
Huttig Mfg. Co
H. W. Huttig
Holt L Manufacturing Company
Murphy and Miles
G. Allbee
H. G. Moss
Anniversary plans mark Italian anti Austrian protests
In Chiasso Switzerland on December 19 Italy schedules over 500 meetings for December 20 to commemorate the 1882 hanging of a soldier who attempted to assassinate Emperor Francis Joseph. The Italian government braces for anti Austrian demonstrations and imposes additional security measures.
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Italy
Associated Press
Chiasso
Switzerland
Paris
Francis Joseph
Austria
General Education Board Calls for Strong Endowments
The General Education Board founded by John D. Rockefeller urges colleges to secure 40 to 60 percent of running expenses from endowment income. The second installment of its report explains gifts from its $100 million capital favor wealth centers and population hubs and cooperation with religious denominations.
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General Education Board
Associated Press Leason
Wire
New York
John D. Rockefeller
Arson Trial Testimony Attacks Korshak Credibility
Defense testimony in Chicago on December 19 challenged the credibility of Mrs. David Korshak. Attorney Emanuel Hartman, a defense witness, pressed that Mrs Korshak claimed Joseph Fish paid her and had her husband set fires to collect insurance.
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Korshak
Hartiman
Chicago
Joseph Fish
David Korshak
Emanuel 8. Hartman
Fish
Isthmian on Own Steam After Grounding Near San Diego
Isthmian the American Hawaiian freighter ran aground Friday morning about 200 miles south of San Diego but wireless reports say she is proceeding steadily northward under her own power. The ship rides smooth seas at seven and a half knots and is expected to enter the port at midnight.
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Associated Press
San Diego
Calif
Isthmian
Federal Reserve Banks’ Latest Statement Shows Tiny Shifts
The December 18 statement from the twelve Federal Reserve banks reports total resources of 369,992,066 and liabilities at 269,990,000 with a cash reserve ratio of 102.5 percent. Only very slight changes appear from the prior week’s figures, signaling a stable banking position.
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Associated “Press
Washington, D.C
Federal ‘Reserve
On Tuning a Piano
A tale about Hans von Bülow doubting wareroom tuning. He watched a tuner on stage in New York groaning and shouting in German as the piano was adjusted. After a near complete redo, the instrument fell hopelessly out of gear and required hours to fix, costing him dearly.
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Hans von Bulow
New York
Herr von Burow
Steals Ring From Baby In Kent Burglary
A man burglared the home of Herman J. Hoecklins in Kent Westchester County. He took watches a diamond ring silverware bric a brac and $18 from under a mattress. He greased fourteen month old Helen Boecklins finger clipped her ring cut a gold chain and locket from her neck smashed a toy bank and took $4.63 then left the child on the floor as neighbors arrived. The tale ends with a quip about a tenor’s voice and wages.
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Baby
Herman J. Hoecklins
Kent
Westchester
County
Helen
Boecklins
Our Dwelling Place Echoes in Frayed Editorial Snippet
A fragmentary reading presents a mix of quotes on dwelling, truth, and justice from Mazzin and a Houston Post line about pine echoes and catfish yields. It includes a Western court joke about a wooden leg classified as apparel and a Puck quip on a bone head.
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Mazzin
Houston Post
Puck
Defining Candor in a Milwaukee Free Press quote
A brief editorial quip defines candor as telling someone something about themselves that makes them aware of you. The line appears as a sharp, witty aside from the Milwaukee Free Press.
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Milwaukee
Frea Press
Salmon Flaherman and Fishermen Pay in British Columbia
The text notes Salmon Flaherman earners in British Columbia receive about $15 a day with exceptional catches reaching $26 a day. The passage also includes scattered quotes about progress, manners, and inquiry, reflecting a newspaper page with cultural reflections and unrelated aphorisms.
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British Columbia
The Bully and Reason Reflections on Strength and Honor
A reflective piece contrasts bully behavior with justice and respect. It argues that physical power alone fails without moral dignity and fair dealing. The author warns that a bully nation mirrors the abusive stance of a domineering map and will not reason.
Chin as a Beauty Point and Its Pitfalls
The habit of touching the chin can stretch the skin and enlarge pores, causing wrinkles and gathering extraneous matter. After age twenty two or twenty three, monitor this facial area carefully to maintain youthfulness.
Funeral draws town crowd for popular local figure
A judge notes the crowd at the funeral reflects the deceased's wide appeal. A native recalls the man helped many by giving rides after buying his car, showing his generosity and community impact. The exchange underscores how one life touched many in the town.
What Willie Got
A riddle describes a pie shared among four children John Mary Jane and Willie John receives half the pie Mary a quarter and Jane one sixth The remaining piece goes to Willie Willie got stung as a joke answer by Bright Boy
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Willie
John
Mary
Jane
Truth About Royalty. The first king was no more, than a fortunate soldier
Voltaire remarks that the initial king arose from chance military merit rather than divine right or birth, framing early monarchy as a product of luck in war and leadership.
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Voltaire
After All Notions and Second Thoughts in Daily Thought
The excerpt collects aphorisms and quotations about what matters to the thoughtful mind. It contrasts Wendell Phillips on education with Milton on embryo knowledge and includes an Old proverb about second thoughts as best.
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Wendell Phillips
C. Kintsley
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