One Big Blaze Destroys Fremont Manufacturing Plant
A noon Monday fire at the Fremont Manufacturing Company plant, insured for 120000, enveloped the facility believed started by sparks from a passing train. The plant housed the Fremont Manufacturing and Surialch Incubator Company, dating back to 1908, with extensive lumber and refrigerator component production.
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World-Herald
Body of a Dead Man Found Near Nebraska Bridge
The body of a man believed to be Allen Foase of Bonesteel South Dakota was found under a Union Pacific railroad bridge near Hikhorn Nebraska early Sunday. Police believe the man met with foul play.
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Bonesteel
South Dakota
Union Pacific
Hikhorn
Nebraska
World-Herald
Overturned car fatality near Broken Row on Westerville road
Merna man Heckman twenty seven is found dead beneath his overturned car last Saturday night ten and a half miles east of Broken Row on Westerville road. John Nenson of Sargent discovered the body about 7 30. County Attorney Schaper and Sheriff Talbott led the investigation with Deputy Grable and W Schneringer. Car turned off road on east side and tipped, body face down with edge of car on neck in sand. No bruises or broken bones. death presumed from asphyxiation. Guster County Chief
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Merna
Westerville
Broken Row
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Sargent
Benson
Schaper
Talbott
Grable
Schneringer
Acme
Weissert
Qguster County
Weather Bureau Aids Wyandotte Grounding Recovery
The steamer Wyandotte grounded near Thunder Bay River mouth on September 24 at about 11 a.m. Water levels read about 10 inches below normal, the Alpena Weather Bureau station advised. A forecast of rising levels allowed the ship to float at about 4:45 p.m. and again later, illustrating the value of timely Great Lakes data to mariners.
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Veewers
Taxicab Driver Held Up and Abducted Near Minatare
A Scottablutt taxi driver Noel Brown was ambushed by three men who hijacked his car to Mtussiatown then Minatare. Bound and locked in a Burlington box car he was left in the cold until a track laborer found him. A night watchman fired at the fleeing bandits as they escaped southward.
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Ben
Mtussiatown
Minatare
Burlington
Gering
Explosion Kills Frank Diettmer in Farm Accident
A threshing machine explosion two miles south of Nurr, this state, instantly killed Frank Diettmer, axed sixty, as a bolt struck him and his body was thrown thirty feet. John Schmidt, a hundred feet away, suffered two broken ribs and other injuries from flying debris. The machine’s separator, two stacks of grain, and hundreds of bushels of threshed grain burned. State Journal.
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Nurr
Aide
John Schmidt
State Journal
Welsh Music in Wales A Vocal Heritage and Harp History
The article notes Wales as a land of singers with a chiefly vocal music tradition. It describes medieval bards uniting music with poetry and learning, the Irish harp’s 12th century introduction, and its status as a sign of distinction. The national anthem is The Men of Harlech, and Harlech Castle’s surrender to Yorkists in 1416 is mentioned.
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Wales
Muale
Prince Griffith
Harlech
No Jobs to be Had in South America
A editorial critique notes that South America attracts many women seeking work but few opportunities exist. Emma Chapin of Buenos Aires warns against hopeful applicants as letters flood in from around the world. A prospective teacher found work only with a family at $35 monthly, highlighting widespread job scarcity. The piece urges discouraging expectations for employment abroad. The Europe crisis is framed as solvable only by drastic creditor-led reform, demanding severed expenditures, tax reform, and rebuilt economies amid stalled talks with France and the United States.
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Yale Review
Diodon the Dreaded Shark Killer in Tiny Form
A reader recounts how a small diodon fish can kill sharks by inflating itself to burst the shark’s stomach and sides. The creature also squirts water and leaves a crimson stain on skin and paper. Its deadly bite and color-fast secretion outmatch a large iron hook for fearsome efficiency.
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London
Control of corn pests in the south cited beetle larvae
The larva of the 12 spotted cucumber beetle poses a serious risk to southern corn. Infested plants die or stunt badly. The USDA recommends burning waste places in winter to kill beetles, noting that destroying one female in winter equates to 400 to 600 worms eliminated in spring.
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