Local notes from Smith County busy week in 1910s era
Jud Herrick shows a fine bug gy ER. J. Fike builds a double corn crib. Bert Ainsworth visits Denver. Vera Nichol visits her brother H C Nichol. Sylvia Fogelberg teaches Stone District 91. Miss Shirley Shivvers goes to New Mexico. Poplar Grove and Central schools open with new teachers and bells. County fair draws crowds. many locals attend social events, ball games, and church services.
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Katie McGlashan
Norway
Hurley Dist
Warwick
W. McHenry
Belleville
Smith County
P. M. Herrick
Topeka
Jas. Mosher Jr
Hother
Frank Goodwine
Scandia
Death Notice of Mrs Mathilda Isaacson
Mrs Mathilda Isaacson born May 9 1887 in Laknevi Parish Kalmar Lan Sweden died Aug 29 1905 at age 68 years 3 months and 20 days in Scandia Kansas. She leaves six children including John Isaacson and one daughter in Oregon, 23 grandchildren and a brother. Funeral held at the Lutheran church with Rev Oden officiating.
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Mathilda Isaacson
Laknevi Parish
Kalmar Lan Sweeden
Seandia
Oregon
Oden
Fontana's Ss Stage Strong Show at City Hall
Fontana’s Ss delivered a lively entertainment at City Hall on Wednesday evening. The reading drew praise for its engaging delivery and the audience will again enjoy a performance due to an open date.
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Fontana
Theity Hall
England and Wales Light Public Lamps Count
The report states 300000 public lamps are lighted nightly in England and Wales.
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England ‘and
Wales
England and
Payson Tucker’s North Conway Residence Remark
The late Payson Tucker, former Maine Central railroad manager, built a fine North Conway residence. A Bethlehem, New Hampshire lady questioned why nearby Bethlehem was distant to him. Tucker replied with a quip linking Bethlehem and North Conway.
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Payson Tucker
Payson ‘Tucker
Maine Central Railroad
North Conway
N. H
Bethlehem
Mr. Tucker
Tay
Family Operates Malcolm Australia Gold Mine
A single family with father mother two daughters and six sons has worked a gold mine near Malcolm Australia for several years. Last year the mine yielded net profits of 75000 dollars.
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Malcolm
Australia
Life imprisonment in England and release prospects
In England the sentence of imprisonment for life means confinement for the natural life of the offender, but many cases after twenty years lead to efforts to secure release.
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England
Printing error alters Bible passage in Micmac edition
In the first edition of St Matthew in Micmac for Nova Scotia Indians a translator misprinted chapter 24 verse 7. The phrase Nation shall rise against nation became A pair of snowshoes shall rise up against a pair of snowshoes due to a single letter swap between naook takumiksijik meaning a nation and naooktakumiksiiik meaning a oc.
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Nova Scotia
Fortunes Lavished on Shoes Across History
The article notes lavish footwear worn by famous figures from Sir Walter Raleigh to Caligula. It cites the tomb of Henry VI of Sicily opened in Palermo revealing cloth of gold shoes encrusted with pearls for the king and queen. It compares court fashion during Louis XIV with oversized boots and abundant lace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Raleigh
Caligula
Henry VI
Sicily
Palermo
Louis XIV
France
Versailles
Jace
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Kansas
Republic County
Jud Herrick
ER. J. Fike
Bert Ainsworth
Denver
Vera Nichol
H. C. Nichol
Sylvia Fogelberg
Stone School
Shirley Shivvers
New Mexico
Poplar Grove
Mamie McGlashan
Republic
Central School
Ross Branson
O. E. Johnson
Lonnie Griffith
C. H. “Wallace
Iowa
Geo. Kent
Epworth League
H. A. Bushby
Will Nichol Jr
Lincoln
Thomas County
Odell and
Rydal
Odell
Giants
Ollie Johnson
Doctor’s Pasture
Virgie Williams
Courtland
C. H. Wallace
Ed Bushby
Kansas City Skirt Co
Oxson & Beckman Cash
Central
Frank West
Ind
Terr
Miss Pearl Berry
Mrs. Otto Johnson
C. W. Jones
Bro. Madden
Latter Day Saints
Jas. McGowan
H. B. Dickerhoof
Geo. D. Bowling
Bert Cooper
Concordia
Jas. Price
Brady Bowling
Boyd
Emil V. Nelson
Nebraska
M. E. Church
Howard Williams
Scotch Plains
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Texas
Arkansas
Missouri
Rock Island
UGE
J. A. Mereill
Agt
Scandia, Kan
J. F. Hale
Formoso, Kansas
Scandia Township
Providence Chapel
H. A. Zimmerman
J.B. Bowine
Lavinia Garman
J. P. Porter
A. S. Mahan
E. V. Nelson
G. E. Thorpe
R.A. Glenn
F. P. Rasy
J. W. Plotner
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Chattanooga, Tenn
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