Aqueduct of Roses Sparks Country Romance
A college instructor buys a New England farm and, with Miss Goodwin, designs a garden to echo the landscape. They plan a roman arch trellis, plant roses, and share labor from digging post holes to nailing trellis strips. The day ends with sunset, thrush songs, and growing mutual attraction.
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New England
Bert Temple
Bert
Hard Cider
Mike
New York
Hard
Hiroshige
Italy
Massachusetts
Rome
Highbridge
Joe
Mount Sterling and Area Marriages and Local News
Mount Sterling reports the marriage of Mount Sterling resident James M. Martin to Adda Cogle of Clayton by County Judge W Y Baker. Other items note a robbery in Elgin, Kane county marriage license growth, the Mason temple cornerstone in Virden, and ongoing county updates.
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Mount Sterling
James M. Martin
Adda Cogle
Clayton
W. Y. Baker
Sparland
A. Aitchisom
Elgin
Kane County
Virden
Grand Lodge
Lincoln
Murphysboro
Charles Cappa
Carlinville
Carlinville _Libray
Dixon
Bloomington
Illinois Wesleyan University
Francis G. Blair
Springfield
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Peoria
J. J. Crowder
Chicago
Robert M. Sweitzer
Peoria County
Trig
Elmwood
Brimfield
Laura
Glas
Dunlap
W. Barton
Bartonville
Quincy
Chaddock Boys
Sch
Ratsick
K Cational Forward Movement
Miit
Illinois
Yct
Organs Adult Bible Class Federation
Illinois Stade School Association
C. Schenck
Gene
State Sunday School Association
Hugh Cork
Fort Benjam Harrison
Washington
Congress
House Committee On
House Committee On Milite Affairs
War Department
Riches to Be Developed in Shale Oil Industry
The article notes Scotland’s long shale oil industry employing over 8,000 in a year and compares it with richer Colorado Utah shale. It estimates Colorado alone holds enough shale to yield twenty billion barrels of crude oil and two billion barrels of gasoline, with by products of gas and ammonia. It forecasts eventual U S development to supplement declining well oil, aided by distillation heat and valuable ammonia by product.
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United States
Scotland
Colorado
Utah
An Honest Confession in a Parlor Scene
A young man compliments a maid on her complexion in a parlor scene. The leap year maid responds that the sight is pleasing and notes she is testing a nae prand described as cheaper than a prior option.
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Swatter Prichard Eaton
GY Doubleday, Page & CO
Iioshige
Miss Goodwin
Mr. Thrush
John
Stella
State News
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