Historic Buildings in City of Philadelphia Landmark Sites
Historic Philadelphia sites include Independence Hall, Carpenter's Hall, the BeLtoss House, Christ Church, and Congress Hall. The text notes Revolutionary era associations, the burial of Benjamin Franklin, and the central park area as a focal point for prominent structures in the city.
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Philadelphia
Anice Hall
Liberty
Withi
Stiles
Carpenter's Hell
Old Christ Church
Benjamin Franklin
Congress
Bright Jep Youth Banana Description Satirizes Sausage Contrast
A playful Los Angeles Times piece notes a Japanese schoolboy in the Sacramento valley framing a humorous comparison titled The Banana. The boy’s writing mocks sausage as a manmade item and praises bananas as a natural product, with quirky observations on readiness, form, and culinary use.
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Sacramento Valley
Los Angeles Times
Alaska in Summer The Inside Passage Voyage
Alaska in summer offers vivid scenery from warm Pacific currents deflecting northward to the coast. Travelers traverse 1,000 miles in four days through fiord like waterways to see forests rivers totems and glaciers in a land of striking towns and strange settlements.
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Alaska
Japan
Vancouver Island
Alaskan
Pacific
Simon
Johnson and Boswellquip Fable on Language and Talking Fish
A quip attributed to Dr Samuel Johnson about defining a window as “an orifice in an edifice” frames a Boswell anecdote. The tale recalls fables and a remark about making little fishes talk like whales, illustrating Johnsons wit and catalogued dictionary lore.
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Johnson
Sumuel Johnson
Boswell
Johmson
Doctor Johnson
Sea Snakes Grow About 12 Feet in Length
Sea snakes near northwestern Australia are typically 12 feet long and surface often while sleeping. They have a compressed rudder shaped tail and cannot move on land. Their diet mainly consists of fish.
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Australia
National Geographic Society
Lose Yourself in Your Job
A dubious aphorism urges full immersion in work to avoid malaise from self consciousness. The author, echoing John Galsworthy, counsels happiness through engagement with thoughts and actions rather than inward scrutiny.
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Nature
D John Galsworthr
Diplomat Proves Wit With Widowed Question
A young man impressed a diplomat by pausing before replying to a widow who asked him to guess her age. He dodged directly noting the difficulty of aging and spared any offense while delivering a cautious remark about how age is a number that may mislead.
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Winn
Ruar
Sioux County School Notes and Fresh School Openings
Sioux County notes detail new school libraries and reading projects in several districts, teacher assignments in Hawarden and Orange City, and dedication of Garfield No 1. Reports mention hot lunch programs, new classrooms, clocks and furniture, plus remarks from local superintendents and board members.
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Sioux Center
Morent
Hihnert
Orange City
Ellen White
Ireton
Marie Sickey
Earle Township
Lynn No. 2
Bertha Bosman
Boyden
Lynn No. 1
eShaw
Sadie Rease
Sheldon
Krause
Hawarden
Nigh Tenn
Sioux City
Tawar
S' den
le Marser
le Mars
Rey
Orange City Boys
Marcus Tem
Marcus
Garfield No 1
Rencella Vander Mulen
Marcella Tayniman
Rock Valley
My. Tye
Ma. Schilling
Talsma
Garfield
Chas. HW. Tye
Armed Holstein businessmen vow protection plan
Twenty four business and professional men in Holstein Iowa now arm themselves to guard against undesirables at an indignation meeting. They condemn the jury for not convicting Terry Schroeder who allegedly sold liquor to Lester Mohr, who is in Port Madison serving time for his mother's murder, and criticize leniency toward another culprit.
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Holstein
Iowa
Terry ‘Schroeder
Lester Mohr
Port Madison
Asa
Sale and ads for livestock and farming services
Local classified notes advertise Spotted Poland China boars and other livestock for sale from multiple farms across South Dakota and Iowa. Also listed are auctioneers, loan offers, shoe repair, well digging, and farm equipment sales. Names include Albert Milles & Son, Lam Gerritson, Peter De Smet, D. J. Seas lan & Son, Antony Bomgaars, Hagen Bros., Frank De Young, Peter Brandsma, Fred Martfeld, and Herbert Coffman. Locations cover Hudson SD, Rock Valley IA, Le Mars IA, Inwood IA, and surrounding towns.
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Vander Velde
Poland
Albert Milles & Son
Hudson
Ver Mulm
Lam Gerritson
Peter de Smet
S. D
Big Whoopee
South Dakota
King Governor
Minnesota
Clay Me Keecan
D. J. Seaslan & Son
Antony Bomgaars
Boyden
Jowa
M. Blavkespoor
Rock Valley
Hagen Bros
Alcestec
B. Lems
Inwood
Frank de Young
Rk. W. Steele
Treton
Iowa
Hye
Duroe
Hampshire
Herbert Coffman
Peter Brandsma
Fred Martfeld
le Mars
Peter
Oophington Woos
Chicken Roup Medicine Proclaimed for Quick Poultry Cure
An Iowa notice promotes Ebs's Swine Flu and Chicken Roup medicine claiming it drains swollen head tissues, restores drainage, and allows antiseptics to enter for a rapid cure that keeps layers laying. It recommends spraying over chickens’ heads with a $1.50 bottle treating 150 chicks and cites H. H. Pember in Rock Valley, Iowa.
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Ebs
H. H. Pember
Rock Valley
Iowa
State Board of Health Opposes Closing of Schools
The Iowa State Department of Health argues against closing schools during disease outbreaks. It says closures are obsolete and ineffective without isolating pupils, and recommends modern measures such as school nurses, physicians, daily health checks, and prompt exclusion of ill pupils while other venues remain open.
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State Board of Health
Iowa
Notice of probate estate administrator appointment
Notice is given that on October 21 1930 the District Court of Sioux County Iowa appointed the undersigned administrator of the estate of N Nomma deceased. Those having claims against the estate must present them legally authenticated to the court for allowance. Dated October 1936. Administrator Ousterhout BH Veldiuan C A Walhod Kolyu Attorneys.
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District Court of
Sioux County
Towa
N. Nomma
Aid County
Lowshate
Central Tire and Battery Station Auto Body Ad
For auto body and fender work bring cars to Central Battery and Tire Station. If your car frame or fender is bent we can fix them. Come in and let us look the job over. Includes station name and service offer.
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Ihen
Local Timetable For C M & St P Ry Through Rock Valley
Eastward daily Passenger No 4 departs 3 42 A M for Spencer Des Moines Mason City Marquette Savanna Clinton Sioux Flyer departs 5 16 P M via Sheldon Spencer Des Moines Mason City Madison Milwaukee Chicago Wayfreight No 98 100 A M Tue Thu Sat to Sanborn Westward Passenger No 11 The Sioux Fiseh 8 53 A M to Canton Sioux Falls Mitchell North Black Hills Train No 3 Local to Mitchell North 7 24 Re ML No connections for Sioux Falls Passengers may buy tickets and check baggage for Train No 4 east. coupons sold through to final destination sleeping car reservations required in advance contact W Jacobs agent phone 15.
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C. M
ST. P. RY
Rock Valley
Spencer
Des Moines
Mason Cire Marquette
Savanna
Clinton
Sheldon
Mason City
Madison
Milwaukee
Chicago
Sanborn
Canton
Sioux Falls
Mitchell
Black Hills
W. Jacobs
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Kelloggs
Council Oak
Council Oak Store
KSCJ
Murray Tires
Burray Tubes
Geo
Murray
Vilaes
Swier’s
Heninsrlaalathsn
John Kersserger
Leon
Eya
Jep
Market Report
Hogspee
Ousterhout
BH Veldiuan
C. A. Walhod Kolyu
A. F. Schemmer
FEMA
ATNA
E. R. Scanlan
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