National Holidays Debate Refects on U S Holiday Count
Washington discusses push for new public holidays honoring three American leaders. The piece compares international practice, lists state holiday counts, notes Lincoln and Jefferson Davis calendar tweaks in the South, and argues that twelve national holidays are common sense for the United States.
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Washington
Wilson
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Virginia
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Wisconsin
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Les
Jefferson Davis
South
Jefferson
Veterans on Pension List Drops 6464 in Six Months
The Interior department announced a six month decline in veterans on government pension rolls exclusive of World War II. The total fell from 522,007 to 515,548 a drop of 6,464. War veterans and many groups show varied changes with declines in some eras and small gains in others.
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Washington
Interior Department
Canadian Shipbuilding Growth Under French Regime Through 1810
The record notes early Canadian shipbuilding from 1728 with six merchant ships and two men of war in the colony. It cites a 1752 four-gun ship at Quebec and in 1810, fifty years after the fall of Quebec, 26 vessels totaling 5836 tons were built in Canada, indicating small craft predominance.
Local Tailor Posts Sign For Impromptu Vacations
A small town tailor, bored by routine, locks his shop and leaves without notice. A friend suggests a reason, so he prints a large sign for the door listing possible excuses: sick, out of town, funeral, or fishing. The note appears intermittently to explain his sudden closures.
Lotus plants thrive along Michigan bayou and Ohio sites
The article notes Nelumbo nelumbo grows abundantly in a bayou on the Grand River in Ottawa County Michigan near Spring Lake and Lake Michigan, with visitors yearly. It mentions Nelumbo lutea also appears in two Cleveland area locations near Huron, Ohio.
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Nelumbo Nelimibe
Grand River
Ottawa County
Michigan
Spring Lake
Lake Michigan
Grand Rapids
Cleveland
Huron
Ohio
Eye Stones Used Historically to Remove Substances
Eye stones were small smooth objects used by grandmothers to remove foreign substances from the eye. The common eye stone is the operculum from a small marine shell, a lens shaped calcareous piece placed in the inner eye corner and drawn to the outer corner, carrying the irritant with it.
Livestock Prices Report From Kansas City Market
Moderate receipts and light demand shape the Kansas City market as beef and cattle price trends improve. Fed cattle rise 10 to 40 cents. best light and medium weights command 11.00 to 11.50 per cwt with grass cattle mixed. veal calves up to 9.50. hogs advance 25 to 40 cents with top near 13.55. sheep and lambs up 25 cents with native lambs to 15.90.
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Oklahoma
Kansas
Ana
Idaho
J&ambs
Union Valley News Notes Local Visits and Sports
Union News reports W L Bowersox and family visiting the S Bowersox home in Union Valley. The Union Valley baseball team lost 11 to 9 to Swenson of Belleville. Mutual Benefit club met at Mrs Frank Eastman home for an enjoyable gathering. Community activity includes visits among local families and ongoing oat threshing amid heat and rain. Revival meetings at Union Valley church closed with reported conversions.
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W. LI. Bowersox
LaVern
Vera
Great Bend
Kansas
Marie Haberman
Abilene
S. Bowersox
Union Valley
Swenson
Belleville
Mutual Benefit Club
Frank Eastman
Frank Rosinsky
Lenora
Clay Center
Ed Swiercinsky
Jétim Wenda
Young folks visit Edith Aspegren and Esther Johnson
A Sunday visit to Sa lina included Carl Hammer Alice Johnson Elia Aspegren Clyde Norris Mabel Brewer and Earnest Bockoven. E Fraser of Live Oak California joined with his parents for a short stay. John Fraser heads to Chicago for work at Chicago University until September 1 marking his second summer there. The Daily Covers Telegram offers an 18 month subscription for six fifty, with The Journal handling signups.
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Salina
Edith Aspegren
Esther Johnson
Carl Hammer
Alice Johnson
Elia Aspegren
Clyde Norris
Mabel Brewer
Earnest Bockoven
E. Fraser
Live Oak
Calif
Hugh Fraser
John
Chicago
Cicago University
Windy City
Mahan Family Leaves for St Francis Kansas Visit
Mr. and Mrs. John Mahan and grandson Alfred Fesler depart Thursday for St Francis Kansas to visit their son Clarence and family.
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John’ Mahan
Alfred Fesler
St.Francis
Kansas
Clarence
Knitting Machine for Sale With Wool Spool in Seandia
One knitting machine in nearly new condition knits baby to adult socks. Includes a six fifty dollar spool of all wool yarn with the machine. Mrs J E Bryan Seandia Kan R1.
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J. E. Bryan
Seandia
Kan
Framed Legend of Friar Bacon's Brazen Head
A Kansas City Star note recalls the medieval myth of Friar Roger Bacon and a brazen head that would reveal how to guard Britain with brass. The head spoke thrice saying Time is Time was Time's past before shattering, erasing the project.
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Friar Bacon
Roger Bacon
Great Britain
Bacon
Gerbert
Albertus Magnus
Kansas_ City Star
Baby Girl Born To Mr and Mrs James Goodwin
Mr and Mrs James Goodwin are proud parents of a baby girl born June 11 Miss Helen Goodwin visited Miss Maurine Larson Wednesday J T Johnson visited farms in Union Wednesday Miss Jennie Sandell of Scandia township helped care for Mrs Sandell who is poorly Leslie Johnson and Bert Brown sold hogs early in the week Mrs Ralph Bowersox and children visited Isadore Bowersox Wednesday Glenn Goodwin and family of Concordia Mr and Mrs Fenton Housel of White Rock township and Lena Householder visited the Dan Householder home Several from Union attended the funeral of Mrs Berry Monday A rain on Tuesday lifted farmers spirits harvest oats underway with light twine usage.
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Glenn Goodwin
Concordia
Oklahoma
Floyd Householder
Elgin
Dean Bowersox
Joseph Mallory
Topeka
Union, Valley
James Goodwin
Helen Goodwin
Maurine Larson
J. T. Johnson
Union
Jennie ‘Sandell
Scandia
Nitus Sandell
Isadore
Worms On Evergreens And Crops Boost Yields
Agricultural note points to using arsenate of lead mixed with water to control worms on evergreens. Sudan grass praised as a top non leguminous summer crop. Turning under stable manure preserves moisture after harvest. Time spent on fly control matters for horses. Sweet clover called a wonderful crop by growers. Legume rotation boosts yield and protein. Spoiled grain and decomposed animals cause poultry losses each summer.
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Sudan
Farm Notes on Weather Prices and Methods
The article discusses hot weather effects and favorable wheat-price forecasts for July and September. It notes legumes fix 50 to 100 pounds of nitrogen per acre annually, enough for a 50 bushel corn crop, and mentions a new campaign for improved farm business methods. It also claims corn is the only native cultivated crop in Kansas and mentions wool marketing authorities advising to hold wool until fall.
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Kansas
Old
New England
Way Down East
Courtland
Formosa
Republic
Scandia
East
Princess Theater
Mercement
Majestic Theater
Belleville
Majestic
Seandia
Request to join college monthly market forecast mail list
A notice invites readers to request inclusion on the college monthly market forecast mailing list. It explains the process and encourages eligible individuals to apply by sending their request for subscription.
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Lotus
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Union News
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Robison
Roy
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Robi
Daily
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Thompson
Silver
Navy
D. W. Griffith
Iron Horse
Lightnin
Siberia
Tin Dog
Ancient Mariner
Peter B. Kyne
Down East
Qhn A. Freeburg
F. R. Bachelor
Geo
Jeandebeur
Polarine
Ford
C. P. McMurray
Frank G.spurney
Belleville, Kansas
M.O. Peters, M.D
R. B. Briney
Hall
S.F. J, Cheney & Co
Toledo
Feandia Lorge
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