Valley Forge National Shrine Gains State and National Care
The article recalls the hardship faced by General Washington and about 10 000 troops at Valley Forge from December 1777 to June 1778. It notes a 500 acre tract purchased by Pennsylvania and the United States to restore landmarks and create a national shrine. The Daughters of the American Revolution erected a shaft for the unknown dead and the Valley Forge Museum holds era artifacts. Washington Memorial Chapel offers a place of reflection. It closes with a note on global brains centering in Washington and a wish for their wise use.
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Schuylkill River
Philadelphia
George * Washington
The
Brandywine
Argonne
France
Pennsylvania
Daughters of the American Revolution
Valley Forge
Museum of American History
General Washington
Washington Memorial Chapel
Westminster of America
Catarrh Medicine Promises Blood Purification and Health
Catarrh is described as a local disease influenced by constitutional conditions. BIALLS CATARRH MEDICINE is claimed to be a tonic and blood purifier cleansing the blood and building up the system. It is said to restore normal conditions and let Nature heal. Circulars are free from F J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio.
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Biall
Hall
Nature
Toledo
Ohio
Frenzy Tale Of a Fisherman With Flies And Feesh
A narrated tale describes a man planning a fishing trip and using flies, spoons, and a fork to catch feesh. He worries about trouble with street cars and doubts from others as he narrates his inventive if flawed method.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
USA
Early steps of motion pictures from toy zoetrope to cinema
The piece traces the toy HID zoetrope as the grandfather of modern motion pictures and lists inventors and dates. It notes W. E H Lincoln 1867 patent, O B Brown 1869 glass plate projection, Muybridge 1880, Murey French institute with continuous film, Lumiere 1893 Cinematograph, and the first real machine reaching America in 1894 with Edward Hadley as early operator.
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W. E H. Lincoln
O. B. Brown
Muybridge
M. Murey
Intstitute
Lumiere
America
Edward Hadley
Fragmented Iowa news mixes crime and local notices
The column blends rumors of a colored lodge, a court candidate dispute, and athletic notes with village happenings. It mentions Webster City politics, Emmetsburg appointments, Denison football, a Centerville church stunt, a large Anamosa reformitory population, and multiple small town visits and gatherings.
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D.C
Chase
Webster
City
Town
Bull Morling
Emmetsburg
Gordon Locke
Denison
State University
Aubrey Devine
The Farmers Daily The Des Moines Register Ad
The Des Moines Register promotes itself as the best daily paper for farmers with early morning delivery and exclusive markets coverage. It touts timely Iowa stock and grain price information and offers a reduced annual price of five dollars with a money back satisfaction guarantee.
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Des Moines Register
Register
Iowa
H. F. Thomas
Havelock Happenings and Local Family Tragedy
Havelock notices list visitors from Laurens Pocahontas Rolfe and local attendance at business matters and funerals. A birth and death occur with Elizabeth Clare Nickelsen born December 1 and passing shortly after. funeral held at home and burial in Washington cemetery. Sorrowful note ends the snippet.
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Walter Mick
Pocahontas
Mick
Edge
Laurens
Farmers’ Shipping Association
Chicago
Mr. Ashby
Havelock
Harry Carlson
Len McVey
J. C. Smith
Rolfe
Peter Smith
G. A. Grover
D. BE. Reents
H.H. Reents
Wm. Froh
Plover
J. W. Phillips
Ray Hawk
Roy Boysen
Elizabeth Clare
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Ames
Burlington
Kingsley
Ernest Hahn
Centerville
Gideon
Iowa Reformatory
Anamosa
Peter ‘Smith
Gertrude Young
Joyce Clarke
Perry
Grover
Gowrie
He Owill
Des Moines
Henry
Elmer Sanding
Andrew Smith
Nicollette
Minn
Henry Buck
Mesdames
Meredith and
John Jacobson
A. J.truelsen
D. F. Reents
Mya
Neil“Snell
Emmetsbure
Fred Hudson
Bob Winegarden
Wayne
Allen
Fort Dodd
Grac Knight
Alice Hilton
Cal Brown
EA. Albaugh
the Arrow Shop
Rolfe, Iowa
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Forstman-Hautman
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Claus
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