Fort Crawford Ghosts of a Wisconsin fort’s storied past
Prairie du Chien’s D A R seeks to preserve Fort Crawford by optioning the Graves property. The fort’s history spans from Fort Shelby siege in 1812 with Zachary Taylor and Jefferson Davis, to later sites, Lincoln era service, Black Hawk treaties, and a well cared for government cemetery nearby.
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Prairie du Chien
Wis
Fort Crawford
W. R. Graves
Northwest
Fort Shelby
Wisconsin
Fort
Crawford
Zachary Taylor
United States
Jefferson Davis
Davis
Taylor
Abraham Lincoln
Leutenant
Blackhawk
Bad Axe
Infant Grows Two Sets of Teeth in Hinckley
Duluth Minn physicians report a remarkable case of Alice Margaret Collins daughter of Mr and Mrs Matt Collins Hinckley Minn who under one month old has grown two sets of teeth A dentist extracted two teeth two weeks after birth then doctors found two more teeth replacing them The infant otherwise is normal The note mentions a new micrometer for measuring internal cylindrical surfaces to ten thousandths of an inch.
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Duluth
Minn
Alice T Margaret
Matt Collins
Hinckley
Col
C. J. Bowlby
Crete
Lincoln
Poland
Stratton
Nebraska
Northwestern Bankers Association
Norfolk
Philip Bross
South Omaha
Marion Michels
Fairbury
St. Catherine Sienna Hospital
McCook
Frank Galda
la Platte
Sarpy County
Tecumseh
Beatrice State League
United Brethern Church of Aurora
Richardson County
Roland Owen
Verdon
Ruspert Henderson
D. H. Weber
Emmet
Shorthill
Emmet Hay Company
Raise Standard for Teachers Grade School Classes
Commissioner John J. Tigert of the bureau of education with assistants studies raising training standards for teachers nationwide. Thousands of women and men are involved in the discussion as criteria for credentialed teachers are examined.
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Washington, D. C
John J. Tigert
Bureau of Education
United States
Standards Lowered for School Teachers Across U S
Commissioner Tigert reports a nationwide drop in teacher training standards as wartime shortages eased. Many grade and high school teachers lack required credentials. salaries rose while trained staff left, leaving inadequately trained educators in positions and delaying corrective reforms.
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United States
Tigert
Hold to Their Old Glories Emperors Honor Despite Change
In Pekin the Qing dynasty rituals persist at the Eastern Tombs during Chinese New Year. Old Manchu officials still perform kowtows and offerings though funds fail and the imperial fortune wanes. Poverty drives some to wood gathering as tombs decay while officials strive to preserve the dead emperors' glory. In Portland Indiana a curator displays the first barbed wire bar piece from L P Fennig as a museum relic.
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Pekin
China
Forbidden City
Portland
Ind
Henry Martin
Jay County
L. P. Fennig
New Corydon
Pig With Elephant Head Stuns Irvington
Irvington Ky Forrest 8tith reported a pig from a litter of eight with an elephant head and snout and a single central eye and no hair. The sow originated from the Louisville state fair.
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Irvington
Forrest 8Tith
Louisville
Nebraska News Roundup Highlights 1923 Local Events
Nebraska towns report bond votes for schools and buildings, farm sales and crop notes, debates, and public notices. Individuals include Bert Ritchie electrocuted in Gering, Col. Bowlby's death in Lincoln, and Robert Gilbert elected to the Poetry Society of America.
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Lincoln
Omaha
Blair High
Pendér
American‘Legion
York
Farmers
National Grain’ Dealers Association
Uehling
Buildi G
Pender
Fremont
National Home For Children
Brotherhood of National Yeomen
Bert Ritchie
Scottsbluffs
Robert W. Gilbert
Poetry Society of America
William Rothschild
Nebraska
Wyerts
Lodgepole
Parmlee Ranch
Broken Bow
J. McD. Anderson
Douglas
Sarpy
Washington
Burt
Lincoln Board of Education
Chappel
Bert Parrish
Tecumseh
Table Rock
Jefferson ‘County
Selfridge in London a Fearless Retail Pioneer
The sketch on H Gordon Selfridge portrays a Chicago born department store innovator who built a career at Marshall Field and Co then moved to London. It notes his 1861 birth in Ripon Wisconsin, rise in retail, retirement in 1904, and turn to business in London with a noted visit to Neugo.
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H. Gordon Selfridge
Chicago
Windy City
London
Field, Leiter & Co
Marshall Field &Co
Occupy
Castle
Great
Selfridge
Neugo
Senator Blasts Anti-Saloon League in Senate Debate
Senator Shields of Tennessee accused the Anti-Saloon League of using paid lobbyists to corrupt federal justice while opposing a bill to add federal judges. Representative Tinkham urged Department of Justice action over alleged violations of the corrupt practices act, naming Wheeler and Elizabeth Roberts in connection with false returns.
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Anti-Saloon League
Justie
Senate
John K. Shields
Tennessee
Shields
Tennessee Supreme Court
United States Supreme Court
Department of Justice
Tinkham
Massachusetts
Public Ownership of the Coal Mines Debate
Senator Borah argues the coal strike may push public ownership of coal mines. He says the industry must be reorganized for the public, or the public may test ownership as a remedy. He cites irregular employment as a key inefficient issue in bituminous mines.
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Borah
Idaho
Senate Committee On Labor
Washington Policewoman Mina Van Winkle in investigation
Washington's policewoman Mina C Van Winkle heads the city's women’s bureau and faces charges of conduct prejudicial to the police force. Her position and wealth mark her as an unusual figure in the capital's official social life.
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Mina C. van Winkle
Washington
Portrait of Robert Moore’s Narrow Escape From Death
Robert Moore, pilot of the Miss Miami flying boat, survived after his five passengers drowned following a propeller blade break that forced a water landing about 130 miles north of Miami. The victims included Mr. and Mrs. August Bulte, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Smith of Kansas City, and Mrs. J. S. Dickson of Memphis. Moore was rescued delirious and near death hours later as the stranded craft settled in the water.
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City Beautiful
Pawnee City Women’s Club
Fremont
Northwestern Railway
York
Golden Red Orchestra
Post Intelligencer
Seattle
Nebraska
Madison
George B. Noble
State University
Reed College
Portland
Ore
Pawnee City
A. L. Cole
Rudolph Raduechel
Bloomfield
Loup City
Chamber of Commerce At
Nebraska City
Givie Club
Stuhr
Fairbury
R. D. Roode
Er. ¥. Hole
Woman's Club of
Kairbury
Bertha Holly
Lovers’ Club
Robert Moore
Paris
Texas
Miami
Fla
Bimini
Bahamas
Moore
August Bulte
Lawrence Smith
Kansas City
J. S. Dickson
Memphis
Tenn
William Green
Bayonne
N. J
Tampico
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Daughters of American Revolution
Doctor Beaumont
Martin St. Alexis
Henry Schoolcraft
George Calvin
William Clark
Lewis Cass
Winfield Scott
Mississippi River
Federal Bureau
Freeze
Doctor Tigert
California
Vincent Astor
Iis
New York
Dwight
Hulings
Banda
Mrs. Hulings
Board of Education At
Superior
Charles Long
Jake Sittler
Custer County
Climax
Wagner Post Office
Callaway
Beaver City
Merchants of
St. Paul
Valley
Greeley
Sherman
Howard County
Fremont Gas Co
St. Mary’s Hospital
Columbus
University of Nebraska Agricultural College
Gering and
Stottsblutts
National Monument
Harry Welsch
Nebraska Cement
John E. Steele
Minneapolis, Minn
International Association of Fire Engineers
Republican Valley Association of Congregational Churches and Ministers
Anton Odvarka
Colfax
Clarkson
Rhode Island
Potato Growers’ Association
Gothenburg
BoPyti
Pape
Org. Ie
Indarwees
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