Basque Peace Officers Kept Reasonably Busy
Basque migueletes in Guipuzcoa wear red trousers and blue tunics, handling mail, lunatic transport, road inspection, literacy teaching, tolls, taxes, savings, and dispute mediation. They collect bets and pesetas, earning peasant trust and fame. A proposal suggests the League of Nations study the corps as a world organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miguelete
Spain
Madrid
Guipuzcoa
League of Nations
Corps
France Zouaves in Algerian service shape world military style
The piece traces Zouaves from Berber origins in Algeria to French battalions, noting their unique native dress and rapid shift to an infantry branch, with early combat in the Crimean War and wide adoption of their drill and tactics by volunteer groups and Civil War units. it also touches on Canadian bituminous sands in McMurray country 300 miles north of Hamilton.
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France
Algeria
McMurray
Canada
Halmonton
United States
Health First Ballot Sheds Light On Life Aims
The London Observer reports a National Union of Students ballot across English and Welsh universities. It lists life happiness priorities led by a sound constitution, sense of humor, and a secure future, with a humorous nod to a charming spouse and a £400 annual income among other traits. A separate note cites a Birmingham Weekly Post quip about a judge and a revue title.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Union of Students
England and Wales
London Observer
Youngel
Birmingham
Eng
Weekly Post
Avocados From Tropics See Broad Variety Through Year
Native to Mexico Central America and Colombia the avocado tree grows 20 to 50 feet high and yields several varieties from August September through year end. The widely grown West Indian avocado in south Florida is the most tropical, bearing the sergent fruit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tropics
Nature Magazine
Mexico
Central America
Colombia
Florida
Local timetable for C M and St P rail line through Rock Valley
Eastward trains include Passenger No 4 daily 342 AM with service to Spencer Des Moines Mason City Marquette Savanna Clinton and Passenger No 22 the Sioux Flyer daily 516 PM to Sheldon Spencer Des Moines Mason City Madison Milwaukee Chicago. Westward trains run Passenger No 11 Sioux Flyer 853 AM daily to Canton Sioux Falls Mitchell and North Black Hills and Passenger No 3 daily to Mitchell and north. Local to Canton runs Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays 1030 AM. Sleeping car reservations advised day of two in advance. coupon tickets through to any destination. C W Jacobs Agent. Phone 15.
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C. M
ST. P. RY
Rock Valley
Spencer
Des Moines
Mason City
Marquette
Savanna
Clinton
Sheldon
Madison
Milwaukee
Chicago
Sanborn
Canton
Sioux Falls
Mitchell
Black Hills
C. W. Jacobs
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A. G. Rus
Home Bakery
A. G, van Bes Heer & Son, Preps
Huntting
WH. Schouten
Wiite
Rhode Island
Minorcas
Valley Poultry Yards
Vanwt Houl
Song QM Patttry
ANT Regs
Rytay On
Rock Valley Rendering Works
Sueldon
Fire Eye
Iowa
E. R. Scanlan
Owa
Altna-Ize
Rock Valley Grain Co
John Coert
Prop
Frigidaire
OWA Public Service Company
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