Local News Notes From D. W. Gaass Area Visits
Local items recount visits and travel in the region. People from Red Lake Falls Minnesota to Des Moines and Ottley are noted visiting relatives, attending chautauquas, and meeting friends. Names include Thomasssen Gauss Dyketra Hines Verought Kuyk Monkman Van Zante and Van Doren among others.
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P. B. Gaass
Wanda
Red Lake Falls,’ Minn
D. W
Edward Hines
Portland
Ore
D. Hines
Des Moines
Kansas
Aberdeen Angus Cattle and the Pure Blood Advantage
First in a series on the payables of the cattle industry argues that purebred Aberdeen Angus cattle underpin beef production in the United States and Great Britain. It cites live stock shows, crossbreeding trends, and the need for pure blood to sustain high quality beef while urging breeders to preserve purebred associations.
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America
Great Britain
United States
England
Scotland
Mystic Russia Inspires Walpole In London Mall
Hugh Walpole has spent two years in Russia and finds the nation a puzzle and a problem. The author of The Dark Forest analyses the Russian character noting its mysticism impracticability idealism and material simplicity and suggests East and West unrest may never fully reconcile.
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Hugh Walpole
Russia
London Mall
CARE IN MAKING PROMISES
A business guidance note emphasizes the value of keeping promises in all dealings. It urges recording appointment promises to avoid mistakes and notes that reliable word builds influence in communities and commerce.
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Business
New York Mail
Ascension Island Declared A Battleship of Britain
Ascension Island in the south Atlantic is described as a naval station treated as part of the British fleet. It is said to be the only land carried on a roll of ships as a naval force, manned by the navy rather than garrisoned by the army, and classed as a battleship in admiralty offices.
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Ascension
South Atlantic
St. Helena
Great Britain
England
Admiralty
Navy
Speed Producer Demonstrates Steam Power Trick
A professor asks a class about generating speed from a tin can and demonstrates a provocative response. A student proposes tying the can to a dog's tail to produce rapid motion, illustrating a provocative, unsafe concept from a historic classroom moment.
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Rutherford
Tuning Fork Standardized for War Department Use
The United States Bureau of Standards has adopted testing tuning forks as a new line of work. A tuning fork for use in ordnance tests has recently been standardized for the War Department, and equipment has been secured to carry on ongoing work.
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United States Bureau of Standards
War Department
Scientific American
Fragments Show Quick Talk on Marriage and Work
A clipped exchange mentions marriage plans and an electrical trade. The speaker asserts readiness to marry while addressing the fate of their occupation, hinting at a sudden change or personal decision related to work and life.
Proving the Beast
A fragmentary note questions a dog’s behavior with stilted dialogue about Nekny ig aight, signaling an odd or unresolved incident. The unreadable OCR leaves the core claim unclear while hinting at a confrontation or test involving an animal.
Baptist Doctor to Speak at Local Church Services
Dr Wm R Schoemaker superintendent of evangelism for the Iowa Baptist Convention will supply the pulpit at the Baptist church next Sunday morning and evening. A Muscatine native and nephew of Rev C Schoemaker, he is described as an excellent preacher and a schoolmate of Dr Bailey. Deacons urge a good community turnout for the services.
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Wm. R. Schoemaker
Iowa Baptist Convention
Schoemaker
Muscatine
Iowa
C. Schoemaker
Shoemaker
Bailey
Drink of Drink of Drinks Apostrophe by Bryan
In a prohibition address Hon. William Jennings Bryan extols water as the daily need of all living beings. He hails it as earth born and sun summoned, a sparkling beverage that nourishes the flower and grain, seen as a radiant canvas traced by man, with divine approval from creation.
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William Jennings Bryan
Jehovah
Special Teachers Examination Aug 1917 Held in Knoxville and Pella
The August Teachers Examination will be held at the county superintendent’s office in Knoxville Iowa and at the college in Pella Iowa on August 29 30 and 31 1917. Only those with certificates of attendance from a summer school approved for the twelve week normal training may enter. Mae Goldizen, Co Sept 32-4.
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Knoxville
Iowa
Pella
MAE Goldizen, Co
Government Exhibit At State Fair Aims To Boost Food Efforts
Representatives of the American Association of Fairs and Expositions met in Washington to offer the use of fair plants for a nationwide drive to conserve food. National Food Administrator Hoover urged a special committee to cooperate and plans for educational exhibits and lectures were announced. The War Department also planned patriotic, educative displays.
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American Association of Fairs and Expositions
Washington
Hoover
War Department
German Inventive Solder Uses Little Tin Under Pressure
German chemists develop a low tin solder using 80 percent lead 10 percent cadmium and 10 percent tin then switch to bismuth cadmium and other metals to create a non poisonous solder almost tin free suitable for sealing food cans. The move addresses wartime tin shortages and follows state limits on tin tops of beer mugs and steins.
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Germany
Motives and Cousin Henry Highlighted by Callan
An expert on motives, Cousin Henry would recognize the motive behind your actions as Claude Callan remarks in the Fort Worth Telegram. He would see through deceit and understand the pattern of actions even if you think you can hide it.
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Cousin Henry
Henry
Claude Callan
Fort Worth
Motivated by spite in valedictorian dispute
Henry reveals a long, concealed motive behind his anger over his daughter's valedictorian selection. He insists the case rests on deeper knowledge only he possesses, promising to explain why the choice sparked such bitter resentment and why it is more than mere disagreement.
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Henry
Panoramic Streetcar View Sparks Varied Vignettes
A Kansas City Star reader quotes professor Pate describing a streetcar panorama. He notes scenes of beauty and drama, including a pretty mother and child, a cottage, moments of comedy and tragedy, and glimpses that beg for a sequel. He mentions a youth playing a ukulele and a man sharpening a razor nearby.
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Pate
Kansas City
Smaller Farms In California Move Toward Smaller Holdings
In California the large Spanish land grant ranches persist as vast holdings but a shift toward smaller farms gains ground. Observers note taxation and production benefits with a new movement promoting smaller, productive parcels across the state.
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California
Thid Enone
Indianapolis News
Fragmentary overheard quotes on fairies and car breakdowns
A garbled dialogue fragment mentions fairies and a roadside car breakdown. The text reads as broken chatter about a desirable fairy intervenir and a simple rescue with a wave, but the passage is largely unreadable and lacks clear context or attribution.
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G. G. Thomassen
C. F. Dyketra
Abram Bogaards
Mre
Henry Rovaart
Ethel Rovaart
Prairie City
Henrietta
Wanda Gauss
Mrs. G. W
Ryke
Otley
M. Vander Linden
John de Cook
A. H. Clark
Oskaloosa
T. J. Bryan
Chautauqua
C. H. Klages
Milo
Chas.Van Doren
Herbert van Doren
Cherokee
H. P. Neyenesch
Zohn Verought
Leo
Joy
Ben Kuyk
G. E. Monkman
Marengo
J. A. Monkman
George Cummings
Mildred
George
Eddyville
J. T. van Zante
Monroe
John Braam
Oskalooss
Marshalltown
Tymes
Republican
Wm. Dingeman
Harold Moore
Grace Rowland
Helen
Lois Brooks
Helen Brooks
Miss Rowland
Elite Theatre
Maclyn Arbuckle
Reform
Bluebird
Cleo Madison
Chalice OF
Fannie Ward
The
Aberdeen-Angus
Department of Agriculture
Special
Satlex
de ‘Pree Bros
Puritan Drug CO
Heerema Bros
T. Plette
Meyey
Uy Aoa
Ron Eee Riny Saar
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