Custer Wolf, the infamous predator, is dead
John Dickinson Sherman recounts the U S Department of Agriculture obituary for the Custer wolf in southwestern South Dakota. The piece traces the wolf’s nine year reign of terror, the bounty on his head, and hunter H P Williams’ 1920 pursuit ending when the wolf was trapped and killed, noting the animal’s intelligence and the long campaign against wolves by civilians and federal agencies alike.
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John Dickinson Sherman
Custer Wolf
Biological Survey
Department of Agriculture
Uncle Sam
Weekly News Letter
Agricultural Department
South Dakota
H. P. Williams
Joh Burroughs
John Burroughs
Clvfilzaton
National Park and
National Forest Rangers
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Custer County
Wyoming Line
Nebraska
Black Hills Country
Wind Cave National Park
Custer
Pringle
Pelgar Mountains
Hell
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Willams
Pelgars
Pawa
O. K
Petrified Forest and a tale from the Mauretania
A historical note describes Arizona's Petrified Forest formed by ancient conifers fossilized into chalcedony. The piece shifts to a voyage aboard the Mauretania where Hither Glyn jokes about a pretty girl with a swelled head as she lounges, provoking a remark about revealing her light under a bushel.
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Mrs. Glyn
Sentence Hymn Practice in Rural Churches
The term sentence hymn arose from scarce hymn books in earlier days. The pastor read the first two lines aloud so all could sing, then reading and singing alternated to the hymn’s end. The custom persisted in some rural churches of the South.
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Bouth
Small Things Cause Discord in Daily Life
A domestic exchange features Hercules asking for chores. The mother assigns school and hints small acts, like a clean yard, and the idea that minor annoyances, like a grain in a shoe, cause larger discord than long journeys. The piece closes with a moral about small disturbances impacting happiness.
The Easter Story In Christ Our Living Leader Lesson
A Sunday lesson discusses the Easter story with focus on the empty tomb, the angelic message to women, the risen Christ’s meetings, and the Great Commission. It highlights the angel’s calls, the angelic invitation to witness, and the command to go forth teaching and baptizing in the Triune name.
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Mark
Luke
John
Phil
Christ
Jesus
Lord
God
Erection of Gaston County fair plant to begin soon
Gastonia reports work on the new plant of the Gaston County fair to start within the next few days. Wilmington notes the Carolina Steel Shipyard launched its eighth vessel, the San Leon, an oil tanker of 9,200 tons, for a British firm, the second of this class since the Emergency Fleet Corporation completed six 9,500 ton steel freight carriers.
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Gastonia
Wilmington
Carolina Steel Shipyard
San Leon
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Ite
Skating to His Work Amid Winter in Germany
Severe winter cripples Germany freezes soils and keeps people using skates for daily tasks. A chimney sweep navigates suburbia on skates as the image shows a top hat badge of discipline.
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Germany
Dis
Physical perfection hailed in John J Watkins from Dorchester
John J Watkins of Dorchester Mass is praised by civil service examiners as a perfect physical specimen. The former heavyweight boxing champion reportedly achieved a strength test record of 100 percent in the test sequence, showcasing peak fitness.
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John J. Watkins
Dorchester
Mass
Civil Service
U. S
Mt. Vernon
Traitor in Japanese Navy Arrested Over Secrets Sell Plot
Naval Lieutenant Tsuru Hamaguchi was arrested and court-martialed after allegedly seeking 1,000,000 yen to sell Japan's mobilization plans and Formosa maps to Capt. Edward Howe Watson, the U S naval attache. Letters signed Goto Yapada prompted the affair, with Watson handing them to authorities. Japan’s foreign and defense ministers voiced positions on the Yap island mandate and on battleship and cruiser priorities amid the case.
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Tsuru Hamaguchi
Edward Howe Watson
United States
Watson
Nichi Nichi Shimbun
Goto Yapada
Weiter
Japan
Formosa
Documenta
Tokyo Bay
Hamaguchi
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