Roberts County Teachers Seek Higher Certificates at Courthouse Exam
Forty four young teachers and leads in Roberts County completed second and third grade certification exams at the courthouse last weekend. Miss Andrews notes ongoing efforts to raise professional standards, with many seeking improved certificates. Names and addresses of examinees span Sisseton Browns Valley Brown’s Valley and nearby towns, including Anna McGuckin Wilmot Jennie Johnstad Grenville and others.
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Andrews
South Dakota
Minnesota
Anna McGuckin
Wilmot
Jennie Johnstad
Grenville
James L. Oliver
Ettington
Dorothe DeWolf
Kittie Morrison
Hazel Sandy
Browns Valley
Archie Griffith
Sisseton
Jessie F. Hiatt
Tenney, Minn
Bessie A. Hart
Household Recipes and Canning Guide from Local Page
The text provides weights and measures for common ingredients, directions for canning vegetables, and several salad recipes including PEA SALAD and CONGRESSIONAL SALAD. It lists steps for sterilizing jars, preparing vegetables, and processing times for tomatoes, beans, peas, corn, and asparagus. It also includes a recipe for a fruit nut jelly mix.
German Inventions Highlighted in Science Siftings
A German invention lights and extinguishes gas lamps via wireless waves. A German scientist introduces a micro photographic apparatus that magnifies 2,500 times for metal testing. Experts note Earth’s rotation affects gyroscopic compasses more than magnetism on magnetic needles.
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United States
State License Tag Bound to J L White Sioux Falls
State reports show No 18 auto license issued after refusals. J L White of Sioux Falls received the tag on special application amid public interest with about two dozen seeking that number after rumors of its unavailability.
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J. L. White
Sioux Falls
South Dakota
Tragic Teapot Incident Kills Young Boy
A county teapot toppled onto a table scalding a young boy who suffered burns to his face neck and chest. He died two hours later from the injuries.
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County
Outlaw Trio Pleads Guilty in Aberdeen Case
Penitentiary, States Attorney Mann, and Sheriff Minder sent Lot Max Abraham Grant and Joe Kruger to Aberdeen last week for guilty pleas before Judge McNulty. Max and Grant admitted stealing a pony buggy and harness from John Erickson on June 30 and sold the pony for $20. Max received ten months imprisonment and Grant ten months with suspension for good behavior. Kruger pleaded guilty to assault with a dangerous weapon after drawing a knife at Summit and drunkenness. The judge fined Kruger $200 or 100 days in jail.
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Mann
Minder
Lot Max
Abraham Grant
Joe Kruger
Aberdeen
Judge McNulty
Max
Grant
John Erickson
Bossko
Browns Valley
Andrews
McNulty
Kruger
Summit
Dames and Daughters and Noted Social Figures
Miss Margaret Wilson and Mrs. Thomas Riley Marshall attend social circles praising Wisconsin social center work and national figures. Mrs. Strong, Alaska's governor’s wife, sets social speed records in Washington while Sarah Bernhardt plans a Paris premiere. Melba builds a retreat at Lilydale and supports the University of Melbourne conservatorium.
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Margaret Wilson
Wilson
University of Wisconsin
Bureau of Social Center Development
Thomas Riley Marshall
Marshall
Washington
Strong
Alaska
Europe
Seattle
Sarah Bernhardt
Paris
Chiatin Bernard
Mie
Melba
Lilydate
Melbourne
Conservatorium
University of Melbourne
Electric Cable to England Hongkong Spark Advance
A telegraph cable linking England to Hongkong is reported as the largest ever. Rudolph Drambourg of Brooklyn claims a single six volt storage battery cell of 100 ampere hours or more is three times as powerful and two thirds lighter than existing batteries.
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England
Hongkong
United States
Rudolph Drambourg
Brooklyn
International Aeronautics Body to Meet in 1915 London
The International commission of scientific aeronautics will hold its next triennial meeting in 1915 in London. The German hangar roof design permits a dirigible to rise from its anchor. German aeroplane manufacturing is weak financially with 35 works, largely government orders funneled to 2 or 3 major arms.
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International Commission of Scientific Aeronautics
London
Germany
Missing 19-year-old driver after wagon overturns near Effington
Bert Beining of Sisseton, 19, disappeared after a moving picture wagon toppled in darkness near Effington. Miss Bessie Hart escaped unharmed. others searched overnight and again next day, finding the team in a nearby corn field. Authorities fear Bert may have fled out of fear.
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Bert Beining
Sisseton
Bert
Effington
F. D. Chausse
Bessie Hart
Young Benning
Mrs. Chausse
Benning
Miss Hart
Messrs
Berené
Cook
Class
Lewis Jackson
Steve Barnett
Chausse
Batson
Thomas
Payne
Martin Anderson
Mr. Chausse
Town Topics on city ensembles and fashions
A New Zealand visitor calls Pittsburgh “a city in overalls” while noting New York and Brooklyn fashion and urban impressions. Chicago’s mayor debates police uniforms amid varied reports of outfits seen in New York’s more affluent force.
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Pittsburgh
New York
Washington Post
Brooklyn
Manhattan
Loulavillé Courier-Journal
Chicago
Philadelphia
Pert Personals From City Papers Speak On Notable Women
Quotations about Mrs Catt in Chicago News say she was re elected president of the international suffrage body yet not many would say she returned. Miss Sylvia Pankhurst in prison or out causes officers and visitors to struggle for silence. Sarah Bernhardt, famed actress, claims youth by doing as she pleases, with a remark on her farewell U.S. tours in the New Orleans Picayune.
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Catt
International Suffrage Body
Chicago
Sylvia Pankhurst
Kansas City
Sarah Bernhardt
United States
New Orleans
Forest Notes on Canada and Alaska Forests
Canada has about 800 million acres of forest with Alaska's national forests featuring many small islands and inlets. German forests show net returns of 11 dollars per acre yearly, while gross returns reach 24 dollars per acre, with annual expenses of 13 dollars per acre. Motion picture studios film federal forest service activities from planting to patrol and timber cutting, with at least two firefighting movies already shown.
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Canada
Alaska
Federal Forest Service
Plantius
Three Strikes and Baseball Fame Quotes
A collection of witty lines about American boys, presidents, and baseball from St. Paul Pioneer Press, St. Louis Times, and Cleveland Plain Dealer. It notes limited hope for pitchers, rain reducing ball games in St. Louis, and a New Jersey fan who reads pigeons’ returns by innings and waits for extra innings papers.
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St. Paul Pioneer Press
St. Louis
New Jersey
Cleveland Plain Dealer
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Carrie Boyd
Julia Darling
Mabel Foss
Veblen
Katherine Otto
Anna Cahlin
Blanche Connelly
Browns Val
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Peever
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Alice L. Jackson
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Minnie Moeller
Belle DeGreef
Big Stone
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Woodstock
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Matilda Teigh
Ortonville
Minn
Esther LeLachure
Walery
Congressional
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Bison Courier
New
Tax Commission
Volga
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Volga Tribune
John Soule
Chas. Hughes
Moreau River
Hanery Carlson
George Carlson
Spink
R.w.schoomaker
News-Messenger
Frankfort
The
State Insurance Department
J.N. Talley
Sanborn
Pert Personals
Forest’ Notes
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Lyman Abbott
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