Propatstown Shepherd Eldred Tops County Wool Clip Record
Eldred of Propatstown sheared 7890 pounds of wool in Henry Mercer Stark Knox and Rock Island counties. He personally clipped 3000 pounds, with his largest single flock at 346 sheep and top farm output 261 sheep bays. Total season wool reached 71000 pounds valued around 45444 dollars. twine tied to fleeces added further haul. Farmers predicted rising shear volumes for next year.
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Avtiam
Propatstown
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Stark
Fean
Rock Island
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Montgomery
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New Winsor
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Doped on Train: Malden Man Robbed of $50 on Rock Island Ride
Louis Watkins of Malden rode the Rock Island train to Peoria and drank from a bottle offered by two strangers in the smoker. The drink contained knockout drops and Watkins was robbed of a $50 roll after being incapacitated. A traveling man and a policeman traced the suspects to Peoria. The men gave the names of Leo...
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Louis Watkins
Malden
Rock Island
Peoria
Watkins
Chillicothe
Washington Street
Leo
Iowa crooks in railcar theft case end in arrest
Bourdreau of Iowa City and Mike Foley of Davenport faced two men after $49 was found on them. Special Agents Reichart and Cain traced the suspects to Chillicothe and Peoria where Watkins identified the pair and said they used a drug to silence him. Bonds set at $1,000. they could not meet the amount. Watkins previously worked for a timber company near Mendota.
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Bourdreau
Iowa City
Mike Foley
Davenport
Reichart and
Cain
Rock Island Railroad
Chillicothe
Watkins
Peoria
Mendota
Editorial Denounces Yellow Paint Tactic
The Kewanee Star-Courier calls for stopping the yellow paint campaign as a menace to good citizenship. It argues loyal citizens are harmed by vandalism and urges lawful action to halt disloyalty and punish offenders with strict penalties.
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Kewanee Star-Courier
How Old Is London Town
A writer in London Tit-Bits notes London’s age varies by landmark. Many prominent buildings are under a century old, including Parliament, the Thames embankment, National Gallery, Tate, law courts, Big hotels, and Mansion House. Roads like Shaftesbury avenue and Regent street arose after 100 years. Suburban centers were villages a century ago. rail stations did not exist.
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London
St. Bartholomew’s
Whitehall
Horse Guards
Admiralty
House of Parliament
Thames Embankment
St. Thomas’ Hospital
National Gallery
South Kensington Museum
Tate Gallery
Law Courts
Mansion House
High Holborn
Shaftesbury Avenue
Charing Cross Road
Regent Street
Trafalgar Square
Kingeway
Aldwych
Putney
Selington
Hampstead
Edmonton
West Ham
Willesden
Shepherd's Bush
Wormwood Scrubs
Australia
Canada
How Many Are Truly Happy
An eminent New York physician estimates that about one in a hundred are truly happy. The piece notes rising physician visits and the growing role of psycho analysis in medicine as it seeks to explain happiness within the subconscious mind.
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New York
Napoleon Holograph Letters Fetch High Sothebys Prices
At Sothebys London the Morrison collection offered a Napoleon holograph where Napoleon warns Louis III to stay in exile avoiding a return to France, a line quoted as you would have to walk over 100,000 corpses. A descendant of Joseph Bonaparte observed bidding. Another letter to Josephine reached £150.
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Napoleon
Morrison
Sotheby's
London
Louis III
France
F. Sabin
New York
Joseph Bonaparte
Josephine
On Crying in the Theater by Nora Bayes
Nora Bayes argues in the American Magazine that audiences seek entertainment not mere humor. She claims crying can captivate the public, distracting them from themselves and their blues, regardless of country, by moving them to reflect.
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Nora Bayes
Sweeney
Australia
India
Russia
France
Putting Things Off Proves Helpful in Letters Says Gratebar
Mr Gratebar advocates delaying replies to hostile letters. He explains sleeping on it clears up trouble, reduces wrinkles of worry, and helps craft a courteous response that turns would be foes into friends. He distinguishes this from procrastination as a deliberate cooling period.
Sure Cure For Insomnia Ends In Absurd Dream
A reader recounts a supposed insomnia cure of peanuts and milk leading to rapid sleep then a surreal dream sequence. The narrator drifts through fantastical scenes with a two headed bull and a train that vanishes, waking after about ten minutes.
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H. B
Lock of Milton's Hair Goes Up For Sale In London
A reported lock of John Milton's hair, claimed by tradition to have passed from Addison to Milton's daughter with gratitude, is to be sold by Messrs Puttick in London this month. The strand was divided among Leigh Hunt Keats and others, with Browning once holding a share later sold in London and New York.
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Doctor Johnson
Milton
Messrs. Puttick
London
Johnson
Addison
Leigh Hunt
Keats
Legh’ Sie
A Loving Word and the Value of Kind Speech
A reflection on the impact of kind words versus harsh criticism. The piece argues that loving words remain pleasant memories for the speaker and warns that many spoken words are regretted, urging more affectionate expressions in daily progress with coworkers.
Soldering Iron and Steel Flux Mixture Method
The guide prescribes a flux for soldering iron with steel using equal parts cast iron filings and calcined borax, ground to a powder and spread on the seam. For soldering steel, melt in a vessel borax colophony carbonate of potash powdered hard soap glass and steel filings, apply the melted mass to the surface before uniting.
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