Northgate defeats Portal in seven innings on local diamond
Northgate ball team beat Portal 7 to 3 in seven innings on the local diamond. Updates note residents arriving, visitors at dances, and community events including a Great Northern train stop, multiple social visits, house painting, a new piano, and Sports Day in Frobisher with Northgate facing Frobisher.
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Northgate
Portal
Martin Hager
Kenmare
Jefferson Street
Hag+r
Marcel Madison
Regina
Sask
Geo. White
Near Bowbells
Mary Schwegen
Graves
Perella
Flaxton
Buford Mathews
Haberman
Harry
Bowbells
Opera House
A. P. Prebel
Coteau
Yeoman Lodge
Great Northern Road
Marion Widdowson
Minneapolis
Emersons
Westminister
Tow Bwells
Oscar Lowe
Little Son
Northwood
Iowa
John E. Emerson
Jack
Rob
McGovern
Pete Kochas
Joe Schafer
John Grinolds
Powers Lake
Olive Strawbridge
Oscar Amundson
Frank Williams
Plentywood Mont
Walter Lowes
North Dakota
Walter Lowe
Bowery
Bowhells
Susie Blaska
Ate R. Emerson
J. Schafer
Unis
K. Sanderson
George Felton
Henry Schwegen
Columbus
Harry Gibbons
Mark McArdle
Charley Shones
Blanche Christmas
McIntee
Frank Russell
Willie Willings
J. C. Kramer
Cor. G
May family visits County Treasurer Hagen home
Ole May and his wife with their baby traveled from Columbus to stay a few days as guests at the home of County Treasurer Matt C. Hagen, arriving Wednesday evening.
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Ole May
Wife
Baby
Columbus
Matt C. Hagen
Preparing For Old Age How to Avoid Want At Sixty Five
Actuaries show that of a thousand men reaching twenty, about five hundred survive to sixty five, and economists say two hundred of those may fall into want after sixty five. The piece argues thrift, abstaining from waste, budgeting, and continual study distinguish those who avoid poverty from those who do not, citing the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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America
Allan
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Wood from the Moon and the Primitive Nechilli
Captain Amundsen described a native group called Nechilli found during the 1908 07 Northwest passage voyage aboard the Gjoa. Isolated in icy fastness, they used horn spears, rubbed sticks for fire, and believed their tribe alone existed. They marveled at Earthly wealth and asked how much wood there is in the moon.
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Earth
North Pole
Nechilli
London Standard
Too Eager in Richmond Household Pranks
A Philadelphia Ledger fragment describes a conversation with Lily the servant and her mistress. Lily reveals only a postal card arrived, sparking the mistress’s remark that anyone sending a message by postal card is foolish or impertinent. The exchange ends with Lily defending her mother.
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Richmond
Lily
Philadelphia Ledger
Pidgin English in Shanghai Shops and Homes
A National Magazine excerpt describes pidgin English in Shanghai ports where Chinese and foreign buyers use a simplified trade tongue. It notes origins like Lingua Franca, gives examples such as That book pay my, and recounts an American visitor and tailor exchanging phrases like B’long allo same chicken fur and Miss A. have catchee master.
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Shanghai
China
Levant
Mediterranean
Amy W. Hotchkiss
National Magazine
Elizabeth Island’s Curious Little Colony of Total Abstainers
Explorers report Mendelson or Elizabeth Island about 120 miles northeast of Pitcairn hosts a tiny uninhabited habitat with a peculiar zoo. The six mile long coral rock is home to a rat, a lizard, and four bird species including a fruit pigeon and a reed warbler. Two of the animals drink no fresh water and may sip dew or tolerate seawater. The find is described in Argonaut.
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Total Abstainers
Mendelson
Elizabeth Island
Zoological
Pitcairn Island
Bounty
Flight of a Great Nebula in Orion
The Orion nebula, a striking display of glowing streams and starry groups, spans vast space yet appears as a tiny speck next to the solar system. Astronomers report it is moving away from Earth at eleven miles per second, though 100 years show no perceptible change due to its immense distance.
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Orion
Earth
Not Really Lost
Bertie explains his sister cannot find Robinson Crusoe on the nursery shelf. When asked where it is he says it’s only lost a little and speculates it may be in the barn or outdoors or perhaps in the garret or behind the woodpile.
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Bertie
Faulty Statue in Dublin Draws Roast
A Dublin equestrian statue of King William III at Trinity College is criticized as perhaps the worst in the world. The horse’s forelegs are uneven with one straight and the other curved, yet both hooves touch the pedestal.
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Trinity College, Dublin
William III
London
Washington Herald Quote On Wealth And Iron Dogs
A Washington Herald excerpt ponders happiness and wealth stating the dream to become rich took forty years, yet cast iron dogs on lawns are now out of style reflecting changing tastes and late-life irony.
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Washington Herald
Queer Job and Turkey Egga in Chronicle Quotation
An odd remark from the San Francisco Chronicle notes a man with a queer job as a bookseller's bookkeeper. A Turkish proverb about turkeys and eggs is included, framing ideas of right versus payoffs and everyday humor.
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San Francisco Chronicle
Confucius
Turkey
Sir Johanna Wayne Lad Service at Barkdale
Holstein Fresian bull Sir Johanna Wayne Lad used for service at Barkdale with a fee of $2.00. Owner Nels J. Lund listed as contact for the service.
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Holstein Fresian Bull
Sir Johanna Wayne Lad
Barkdale
Nels J. Lund
Population figures by region from early 20th century data
The text lists global population around one billion with Asia at 850 million Africa 127 million North America 120 million South America 45 million Australia 5 million Europe 380 million and polar regions 300 thousand. It notes difficulty estimating future growth due to sparse statistics but predicts acceleration due to science.
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Asia
Africa
North America
South America
Austra- Insia
Europe
Polar Regions
New York American
Dodges the Germs and Odd Behavioral Snippets
A fragment from Baltimore American and Chicago News items notes neighbor Jinks’ extreme aversion to microbes and Thurstue’s avoidance of any perceived verms of thought. A quirky aside mentions Milea-lideedt Giles and a wife’s odd driving habit described as a brimmer rather than a bat brush.
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Jinks
Thurstue
Baltimore American
Giles
Milea
Chicago News
Far Enough Does Your Wife Make Your Money Go Far
A brief Buffalo Express quote captures a dialogue on money management within marriage. The judge says none of it has ever come back that I know of, reflecting skepticism about financial prudence and repetition of concerns in domestic financial matters.
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Buffalo Express
From Abstract to Concrete Love Exchange
The excerpt sketches a witty dialogue where a judge notes a shift from abstract to concrete in love affairs. A character jilted a title guarantee man to wed a builder, while another exchange hints at self exalting rhetoric and a stern admonition to observe a teacher’s lessons as time is watched by Jobouie and Cleveland Plato Center.
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Judge
Jobouie
Cleveland
Credit is Due in a Heroic Gesture
A man believes heroism lies in a three minute act of raising a baby, yet he offers no credit for daily arousal. Cincinnati Enquirer notes the paradox and questions true virtue in caretaking beyond a fleeting moment.
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Cincinnat! Enquirer
Turned Down Ad Quip Echoes Old Sayings in Tribune
A fragment from a Boston transcript features a pun about turning down offers and a quip about being missed by friends if useful. It ends with a Robert E. Lee quote and an advertising line claiming Tribune ads bring results.
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Kloseman
Old Min
Boston Transcript
Robert E. Lee
Ladies Altar Society Meets At 1st Josephs Church
The Ladies Altar Society of the 1st Joseph's Church will meet Thursday of next week at 2 30 with Mrs James Southward. All members and others are invited. this marks the first society meeting at its new time and a large attendance is sought.
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Ladies Altar Society
the 1St Joseph's Church
James
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