Belleville Normal Draws Large Attendance Amid School Moves
Wiss Nellie Anderson wins Highland School District 47 arrangement east of Norway for winter. Nearly 90 pupils enrolled at the Normal. Local residents and visitors from Scandia, Narka, and Courtland frequent the county seat as teachers and officials convene for the Republic County Normal session.
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Wiss Nellie Anderson
Belleville
Highland School
Dist
Norway
Republic County Normal
By Way of Variety Vaudeville Review in Courier Journal
A Louisville Courier Journal excerpt reviews a vaudeville show. The act list includes performing cats a baseball player a champion pugilist a trained cockatoo and an actor delivering a turn. The reader calls the performance good and entertaining.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Man Hangs Self in English Prison Cell
George Eccles, serving three years penal servitude and five years detention at Winston Green jail in Birmingham, England, hanged himself in his cell using a rope he made from yarn secreted during mail bag manufacture.
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George Eccles
Winston Green
Birmingham
England
Man's Work In the World
The world is a great workshop where each person must find the job they fit best and perform it as well as possible.
Mummy Bargain at the Museum
A visitor asks the director to sell a 7,000 year old mummy claiming it as a wife’s souvenir. The director refuses, noting the artifact is not for sale, and the man jokes about paying up to $15000 including freight.
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Museum of Natural History
Canada Rain Prospects Prompt Western Land Rush
Promoters tout plentiful rains in Western Canada and invite buyers to join a July 1 land viewing trip. They highlight favorable weather, land quality, and nearby neighbors from Nebraska and Kansas, offering rates for a round trip and promising special arrangements for prospective buyers.
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Canada
Nebraska
Kansas
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Harry Walters
Daugter
Lincoln
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Courtland
W.S. Ball
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Frank Sorick
Co. Seat
Julia Larson
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J. J. Smith
A. J. White
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Montreal
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Washington
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