Scandia Park Friday Meet Ends In 4-3 Scandal
Friday night Scandia beat Norway 4 to 3 at Scandia Park with gate receipts to the winner. Admission 25 cents, ladies free. The Scandia Tennis Club later visited Belleville for a tournament but darkness halted play leaving Scandia 20 Belleville 21.
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Scandia Park
Norway
Scandia
Scandia Tennis Club
Belleville
Scandia Brigham-Newell
Billingsley-Doyle
Wheeler-Platner i
Collins-Randall
Union News Roundup Shows Local Visits And Trips
Howard Williams visited D. P. Johnson Sunday. Gene Nelson and wife of the Chapel neighborhood visited in Union Sunday. Ed Stockbieck and Leman Johnson visited in Union Friday. Ira Carey Fred Walker and Charlie Carey of Freedom went to the river Monday on a camping trip returning next morning amid rain and mud. L L M and Kk L Johnson of Belleville and Earnie Noble of Union began a three month hunting and fishing trip in Colorado. George Coachman and wife along with D. P. Johnson and wife visited J. R. Bowersox Friday. Varnishes at HAPPERS.
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Gene Nelson
Chapel
Union
Ira Carey
Fred Walker
Charlie Carey
Freedom
LL. M
Kk. L. Johnson
Belleville
Earnie Noble
Colorado
ENT Surgeon Dr Folsom to Visit Scandia Office
Dr Folsom an eye ear nose and throat surgeon will be at Dr Henrys office in Scandia on Friday June 21. Spectacles will be fitted and examinations are free.
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Folsom
Dr. Henry
Scandia
The Magic No 3 Mascot and Electric Bitters Cure
A Cedar Grove reader praises Electric Bitters as a remedy for liver and kidney troubles. The letter claims significant relief after trying the tonic, with one bottle helping and three completing the cure. Guaranteed relief is offered by druggists at 50 cents.
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Geo
Nt. Parris
Cedar Grove
Fortunate Texan Praises Droietene's New Fire Pills
A reader from Dallas speaks of discovering relief from biliousness and dyspepsia after using Droietene's Fire Pills. The testimonial notes the product cured ailments previously stubborn for a year and credits a white father figure with teaching them to use the remedy.
Local Social Notes and Weekending Visits
A list of Sunday visits and greetings from local residents including Mrs Mollie Sothers of Riverton Nebr visiting here and Esther Salyard returning from Hardy. Families such as Thompson Grissel Poage Glasgow Squires Bettis Morris and others are mentioned visiting and staying with relatives and friends around town. A brief note about Monday rain closes the column.
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A. M. Poage
Kackley
Mollie Sothers
Riverton
Nebr
Esther Salyard
Hardy
Garman’s
Squires
Maggie Bell
J. N. Bettis
Flossie Johnson
J. C. Glasgow
Roy Everts
Norway
Co. J. Carlson
Eric Erickson
Vic Erickson
Chas
Wreck of a Forgotten Ship Found off Port Phillip
A diver reports discovering a 200 foot clipper remains buried in Port Phillip bay waters. The hull has become a seaweed filled frame rising 50 feet, fouling anchors and stalling salvage. Officials plan dynamite removal to access the interior, believed to be from early gold rush era ships.
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Port Phillip
Australia
Port Philip Bay
To Drive Away the Mail Order Wolf
A persuasive piece urges local merchants to counter mail order rivals with strong in‑paper ads. It notes mail order firms spend heavily to draw customers within 25 miles and stresses detailing every advertised article with clear prices. It recommends vivid storytelling and using the newspaper columns to reach local buyers.
Diving Method Changes Tarpon Springs Sponge Harvest
The Tarpon Springs News reports the diving method for sponge gathering proving practical. Many vessels switch from hooking to diving as Greeks adapt to helmets and weighted shoes, with practice and fitness key to success, boosting native spongeers’ proficiency and expected catch.
Whitewash Brushes at NAPPERS Mistaken Grief
A fragmentary piece references Alexander and a dialogue between a hero worshipper and a skeptic about words and a dare. The readable text presents a tense exchange with themes of courage and regret.
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Alexander
Fragmentary Diary Verses on Sleeping Car Memory
A terse, cryptic excerpt captures a speaker urging sleep while recalling a sleeping car name. The lines mix ruminations on night journeys with a plea or command to rest, hinting at memory strain and fatigue. The fragment reads like a fragmentary diary or dialogue from a railway scene.
Barred Monopolists and Odd Tales From Indiana
A fragment recounts three boys in a household of a descendant owner offered coins for the three best things in the world. Timmy wins with possum, sweet taters and gravy. Another item notes Vaughan’s mock English style at a Marian congress in Rome and a wolf dog incident near Johnson township.
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Oses
Jackson
Timmy
Marie
John
Moses
Dialogue fragment from a social scene at home
A short exchange shows Mrs Gayley recounting three years of wearing a dress while accusing her partner of not having played poker for two years. The fragment depicts a tense domestic moment with implied history between the couple.
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Gayley
Tramp Saves Farm Fire After Haystack Sleep
The tramp recalls waking at a Connecticut farm to see a fire burning the house roof near the kitchen. He alerted the family, helped extinguish flames, and declined milk offered for his heroism, choosing instead to press on for lodging elsewhere.
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Connecticut
Hanner
Carriage Paint at Happers Inference
The Study club discutts Constantine and the tale of his thousand cooks. Mrs Ultry-Mural is asked to infer from the clue, suggesting the emperor lived far from central power or lacked despotic reach. Poison Fly Paper at Harriss
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Constantine
Barristers Doyle and Yelv ri Quarrel Beside the Bench
The two barristers Doyle and Yelv ri kept fighting before the bench. One day Doyle shouted that they have gentlemen like and knocked his adversary down. The other replied that he defies him and can do it. In the exchange they reference Jap Lac and Happ ers. Peter Corntoss comments that saving for a rainy day is wise like keeping cash in an umbrella.
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Cardinal Vaughan
Rome
Father Bernard Vaughan
New Oxford
Varsity Life Illustra
Rampolla
Mount Vesuvius
England
Barrist
Doyle
Yelv
Peter Corntoss
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Mr. Bell
Base
Haprers
Union News
Howard Williams
D. P. Johnson
Ed Stockbieck
Leman Johnson
George Coachman
J. R. Bowersox
Happers
NN & Go
New York
St. Washington
D. C
Jennie Thompson
Tom Grissel
Lebanon
Wm. Glasgow
A.C. Thompson
Mable Carlson
Edna Hobson
Leslie Nichols
Harbor
Kigitag
Ahale
Pric
Alaska
Cullers & Goodwin
Florida
Wolf
George B. Israel
Samuel Paks
Johnson
Brown County
Oscar Ault
Israel
Ault
Fiame
Justice Robinson
Columbus
Indianapolis News
Tramp
Harri
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