New St George Catholic Church Project At Scotland
St George's parish of the Catholic church awards contract to John Keller of Geddes for a brick church at Scotland. Groundwork starts immediately with basement digging, heating and finishes to follow. site spans a full block valued around 100000 dollars, debt free, Rev Father Sack credited for drive. Parish members and town citizens share pride in the forthcoming structure.
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St. George's
John Keller
Geddes
Scotland
Father Sack
Methodist Church Notes and Local News Highlights
The church notes detail service times at the Methodist Church with pastor J W Zerbe and mentions Rev Wm R Scott preaching at the Presbyterian church next Sunday at 10 30 am. Items include births, visitors, temporary lumber yard charge, and local social notes plus strawberries on market and a fire at the Boston Store building undergoing repairs.
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Wm. R. Scott
Presbyterian Church
Japan Hotel Expansion Plans Reported in Tokyo
Plans to add hotels to Tokyo Yokohama Kobe and Osaka were announced in Tokyo by D Shono general manager of the Japan tourist bureau. It will take time to build. Efforts aim to relieve city hotel congestion by encouraging country travel and wireless information to incoming ships about spare rooms. Negotiations are under way with companies.
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Japan
Tokyo
Yokohama
Kobe
Osaka
D. Shono
Japan Tourist Bureau
Verlous
The Usual Thing in a Paper Reading
Mrs Fields reads aloud about a congressional debate as Benjamin Blawhaw rises to speak. Farmer Fields interrupts, noting the honor remains unchanged whether shouting or quiet. Kansas City Star style quotation captures a moment of commentary and irony.
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Mrs. Fields
Congression
Benjamin Blawhaw
Debby
Farmer Fields
Kansas City Star
Penitentiary Farm Operations in Alberta Province
A report from the Penitentiaries superintendent describes the farm and mining activities at the Alberta penitentiary farm. Seventy acres were cultivated last year yielding a net profit of 4191.17 after purchasing a tractor and plow for 1314. Wheat averaged 45 bushels per acre on nine and a half acres, potatoes 3500 bushels from eleven acres, oats 85 bushels per acre, and vegetables were notably good. Intensive farming proved very profitable.
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Penitentiary Farm
Rccat
Powermar
Edimonta
Alberta
Canada
Penitentiary
Prohibition Primer in Hawaiian History
Historians note Hawaii’s monarchy as the first government to enact absolute prohibition. Kamehameha the Great issued an 1795 edict with severe penalties for offenders including property seizure and exile. Later, foreign pressure and wartime camps influenced enforcement across the islands.
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Hawaii
Hawaiian Islands
Kamehameha the Great
United
Why Hair Nets Are Dear in Chefoo China
The hair net business in Chefoo China is chaotic as Shanghai buyers bypass regional makers in Chingchonfu and compete with their contracted firms. Prices have risen about 300 percent.
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Chefoo
China
Shanghai
Chingchonfu
Fighting Rats with Varnish
London docks house about a million rats costing roughly two million dollars yearly by raiding grain and cargo. A new varnish trap promises mass extermination. Traps laid near rat holes use cardboard coated with varnish heated to spread on boards. One stick per board can trap many rats. medical reports note rats die of fright or kill each other when two share a varnished board.
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London
Port of London
Garden Prize Riddle From London Blighty
In a London Blighty item a gardener reports that their garden won a prize indirectly. The neighbor’s thickens took first prize at the poultry show, with the speaker noting pride in the outcome.
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London
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P. A. Bliss, Balter
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Geo. Hanna
Sioux City
L. A. Eads
Tyndill Wa
Ray Zolnowsky
Owen Donley
Elk Point
F. D. Wicks
Sioux Falls
Clifford Hanna
Minnesota
Phil. Schmierer
Mies
Carrie shcLachlan
Vermilion
Estella’ Warner
John Hosterman
Menno
Frances Mason
Parkston
Mies Myrtle Shiley
Nebraska
John Schmerer
Parka
W. C., Grant
F. S. Birkinbine
Cynthia Cobb
Mitchell
Chas, Whitham
Pierre
Grand Chapter of
Anna Doering of
Tripp
John Wittmayer
Ellen Hebbert
Ramona
Ella Cass
Dakota Wesleyan University
W. W. Logeman
Ellen Wicks
Milwaukee Downer
Milwaukee
Joe Kodelka
Sacerd Heart Hospital
D. W. Chamberlain
Montpelier
Idaho
Des Moines
G. A. Landmann
August Reich
Ed. Treich
Treich
Reich
Methodist Church
J. W. Zerbe
Mrs
Bee Bostien En Pridss
Sean
Ted Haase
Helen Pattes
Springfield
Edward Ardery
C. F. Wittmayer
Carpenter Lumber Co
Peter Sheckel
Lake Andes
Gettysburg
Jos, Sheckel
Archie Samel
Armou Line
Cora Moore
E Heberman of
Wilson R. Brown
Las Animas, Colo
Jos. Plattner
Cach & Zolnowsky
Boston
Haag
German Evangelical Church In
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Texas
South Dakota
Bon Homme
Christian Neth
Wicks & Quinn
J. W. Cisar & Son
B&w
C. G. Max
Sane Foundation
Erie Mar
London Docks
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