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Newspaper
Russiaville Observer
Location
Russiaville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1920
Page
4
William Vanderbilt, a missionary of the Peas Church, rode from Santa Cruz after services. He found Indians eager to study a world map used as advertising then wrapped his Bible. He learned illiteracy among local Indians is high, challenging churches to address it.
A mixed, fragmentary 1920s style note mocks fashionable dogs in cars and Scottish sheep with imagined gold teeth and gold dust soil lore. It references Bishop Hector Veo of Aberdeen and fanciful depictions of gold plated teeth, while a modern aside jokes about bank accounts and finance.
Town Topics quotes Polly and Dolly debating Mia’s age, noting she looks the same as five years ago. The brief exchange reflects small town curiosity about a local figure’s aging.
Japan and Switzerland issue peace stamps as the Republic of San Marino and the government of Portugal plan a series. Japanese stamps feature a dove, while Swiss designs include a dying gladiator envisioning peace and soldiers shaking hands on a battlefield, indicating a global stamp effort.
An Indiana sales pitch promotes buying land in the Davidson District of Saskatchewan with claims of lower costs and higher yields. It advertises a cheap Tuesday excursion rate, free maps and views, and urges postal requests for details from Kent Farm Agency at Lemcke Building Indianapolis.
The London Chronicle notes Tobolsk as a potential residence for the ex tsar describing it as a picturesque, healthy upper town with fever in winter, calling it the Boston of Siberia and home to Swedish officers interned after Poltava who brought refinement that persists.
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