Scotland News Roundup From Parkston to Lake Andes
Otto Schmiertr and Rev Underwood visit Scotland amid a busy week of editors, teachers, real estate moves, and a merry go round. A heavy thunderstorm breaks a street light, floods roads, and boosts grain prospects as residents plan trips to Mitchell and Lake Andes for fishing and commerce.
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Barker
Jungmann
Abel Stafford
Chas Wellek
Lake Andes
Chemel
Lesterville
Scotland
Frances
Mason
Meritol White Relief for Soreness and Pain
A fragment describes Meritol White relief for muscular soreness and pains with emphasis on rapid action. The text mentions colors and pigments, symbolic elements, and the idea of prompt alleviation for affected individuals.
Clear up domestic frets through plain speaking
A plea for direct talk to resolve family troubles and avert unhappy home life. The piece notes that avoiding issues breeds ongoing friction, with temperaments clashing under one roof, until nerves fail and patience wears thin. It urges timely honest discussion to prevent serious domestic breakups.
Century seal ceremony invites preservation of family records
The Modern Historic Records Association offers members opportunity to deposit personal and family records on durable Japanese vellum to be opened by descendants in 2013. Members are asked to include records, memoranda, messages, photographs and related items in sealed envelopes.
Envelopes Sealed For 2018 New York Library Vault
Two lead lined chests are to be sealed with wax and deposited. One chest will be stored with New York Public Library collections, opened in 2018, with a copper plate inscribed for citizens. The second chest will be placed near the Cheops pyramid in Egypt along with documents and photographs of life and affairs of the people. Golf is blamed for keeping men from joining forces, with historical note of 15th century Scotland banning golf due to archery needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Public Library
New York
Cheops Pyramid
Egypt
Peo
Curious loan clubs impose odd rules in London
Curious loan clubs in North London enforced quirky rules as part of lending schemes. Members had to borrow 5 pounds each year or pay a 6 shillings fine if they did not borrow. Loans required two fellow members as security, and failures to provide security could lead to a loss of loan eligibility and further fines.
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London
England
Wiped Out Armed Criminals Amid Siege and Fire Bombs
A Montreal man famous for eccentrics barricaded a boarding house with a rifle, killing one officer and wounding the police chief Silas Carpenter before capture and insanity verdict. In Russia near Odessa bandits killed in a cottage siege after a bomb was used, prompting a police order to employ bombs in future sieges to avoid casualties.
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Montreal
Canada
Fire Department
Silas Carpenter
Edmonton
Alberta
Russia
Odessa
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Whiting
Springfield
Ashton
Ed. Fry
Wagner New Era
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G. C. Hirsch
John Craig
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OC. A. Daily
Samaritan Christian Army
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W. E. Liddle
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J. L. Meighen
Yankton
H. Kegley
Iowa
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Minnesota
Fog
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A. M. Shaw
Delmont
R. W. Russell
Alex. Treiber
R.E. Dowdell
Artesian
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Sifford
Sioux City
Chris. Diede
Philip Becker Pit
Tyndall
Mr. Joner
Kadoka
J. W. Fowker
Nebraska
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Grandpa
Grandma Walker
Olivet
W. S. Barker
Parkston Menace
Mrs. Litchfield
Warren Dimpock
Foler
Menno
Mitchell
Lester Haynes
Haynes
General Assembly of the Presbyterian Shareh
Atlanta
Avon
Philip Schmierer
North Dakota
W. A. Cobb
Dr. Jasmann
D. Wicks
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Chas. Treiber
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