Elba Iron Mines Highlight War Era Value and Napoleon's Plans
Elba, a small island rich in iron ore and stone quarries, gains wartime significance. Napoleon ruled the rugged isle from its peak, planning development and campaigns from this miniature kingdom. Across nearby Pianosa, pirates once raided, but Napoleon aimed to add it to his realm before fate led him to France and Waterloo. The piece shifts to a reader letter by Helen R. C. Temple about broken promises and the value of keeping commitments, urging practical reliability and finishing tasks. SIDNEY LUMBER CO offers to finance home construction.
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Napoleon
Elba
Iitte
Isle
Files
Pianosa
France
Waterloo
Mexican Cadets at Chapultepec Brave Defense Heroic Act
A Los Angeles Times observed account recalls the 1847 defense of Chapultepec during the US Mexico War. Cadets ages fourteen to twenty died, including a fifteen year old who tried to save the flag, and forty eight were buried in a single grave as chapultepec cadets laid flowers yearly.
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Chapultepec
United States
Mexico
Los Angeles Times
Montezuma
Uring
Spain
Maximilian
Scott
General Bravo
Ife
Cndets
Special Term at University of Nebraska Opens for Missing Students
Extension News Service announces a special December term for students who missed fall. Open to eighth graders through the School of Agriculture Lincoln and ends in March. The university’s regular term ends in April with courses similar to the fall. Agricultural offerings include farm management dairying horticulture poultry husbandry diseases of farm animals livestock judging soils and fertilizers blacksmithing and carpentry. Notify the Registrar or School Principal promptly.
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School of Agriculture
Lincoln
Neb
University
College
Fattening Poultry Advice and War Notices
The Nebraska College of Agriculture urges fattening market poultry with a 69 percent corn meal and 40 percent shorts ration moistened with buttermilk for digestibility. Start with smaller feeds, increase to full by day three, and confine birds for best results. Also advise vaccinating cattle for blackleg twice yearly with free government vaccine. University seeks names of soldiers and asks alumni to submit addresses for a roster. An appeal urges spring wheat planting to restore normal Nebraska production after a defense survey shows 75 to 80 percent of normal acreage may be planted.
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Nebraska
Poultry Department
The
College of Agriculture
Department of Animal Pathology
University of Nebraska
G. R. Chatburn
University of Nebraska, Lincoln
Nebraska State Councell of Defense
State Council Calls for Spring Wheat Seeding Next Year
The State Council urges immediate action to seed spring wheat to cover national deficiency. Farmers with excess cornstalks should convert them to seed supplies and ensure seed wheat is allocated for milling only after focal needs are met. Nebraska farmers and elevators are urged to cooperate to secure necessary acreage. assistance will be provided to those needing spring wheat. Now is the time to prepare for next year’s crop.
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State Council
State Council of
Dienese
Nebraska
State Council of Defense
Doan's Kidney Pills Help Ailing Women In Sidney Story
Mary E Hadley of Sidney describes relief from backache bearing down pains and dizziness after using Doan's Kidney Pills bought at Vath's Pharmacy. The ad urges women to treat kidney issues to avoid headaches nervousness and rheumatic pains, with price 60 cents at dealers. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY markets the remedy.
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Duan
Sidney
Mary E. Hadley
Doan
Vath
Mary Hadley
Foster-Milburn Co
Msgrs
Buffalo
N. Y
Gast Indian Magic Tale by a Traveler
A traveler recounts a tale of Indian magic featuring a Malas juggler. He strokes a long knife with flasers while claiming a blade becomes a strip of India water. An observer notes a waterless mat and a blade that appears to shed drops before returning to its true form.
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Malas
India
News to Her Gwendating Chidignandysi
A garbled exchange shows a puzzled caller asking why an appointment was kept yesterday while the other party apologizes and mentions waiting in a restaurant. The dialogue reveals miscommunication about roles and expectations in a social setting.
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Gwendating Chidignandysi
London
Intestinal disease warnings from eight doctors
Eight physicians warn that cholera and intestinal infections spread via contaminated gelatin and water pipes. The text notes organisms contaminate food items and crawl along surfaces, making pests of hotels, apartments, bakeries, and restaurants as they travel through plumbing and water systems.
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Agiake
Earth circumference and nautical mile relation to feet
The article notes the earth’s equatorial circumference as 24 898 6028 miles and defines a knot as this distance divided by 21 600. Converting to feet yields 6 080.3 feet, establishing the nautical mile as 6 080 feet 3 inches in statute miles.
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Helen R. C. Temple
Sidney Lumber CO
Frederick W. Abbot
Black
Army Engineers
Engineer Department
General Abbot
New York
Extension News Service
Sidney Electric Harness Shop
Thomas Olsen
Edison Company
Larson’s Music Store
Leroy Larson
Standard Oil Company
Omaha
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