When the Boys Came Home in Scotland The Return of the 147th Field Artillery
Last Saturday Scotland rejoiced at the return of about half the boys who enlisted from Scotland in the South Dakota National Guard. They served in France with the 147th Field Artillery, seeing action at Chateau Thierry, Argonne and St Mihiel. Seven months in gas and wounds, they arrived to a banner welcome in Sioux Falls and Camp Dodge. The group included Rex Tomlinson, Donald Parmenter, John Wells, John Weiland, Frank Colwell, Morris Ide, Oscar Weld, George Schneider, Sam Welk, Cha Eisenman, Frank Bouski, Percy Brown, Chris Alberto, Eli Meyers, and Mr. Baney of Olivet, with several others visiting en route. May 24, Pierre, S D.
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Scotland
147Th Field Artillery
France
South Dakota National Guard
Sioux Falls
Camp Dodge
Worm
Austria
Chateau Thierry
Argonne
St. Mihiel
Rex Tomlinson
Donald Parmenter
John Wells
John Weiland
Frank Colwell
Morris Ide
Oscar Weld
George Schneider
Sam Welk
Chae
Eisenman
Frank Bouski
Percy Brown
Chris Alberto
Eli Meyers
Mr. Baney
Olivet
Maynard Munich
Sioux City
Is Brothers and Sisters
Fred Cachent
Wisconsin
J. Schroeder
Mr. Eastman
Chicago
Hospital fund pledges sought by soliciting committee
The committee appointed to secure pledges to the hospital fund has obtained blanks and is taking orders for stock. The enterprise rests with citizens and all interested in a modern hospital should subscribe as liberally as possible. It is a humanitarian movement benefiting more than Scotland alone.
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Scotland
Proof of Biblical Truth and War’s Moral Echo
A commentary linking World War to Bible doctrine, arguing fallen humanity mirrors Germany’s garden prosperity. cites Dr. John Roach Straton and Christian Herald. Also describes a thermometric experiment with Braide thermometers showing rock and surface temperature effects at depth, noting a 1 degree earth increase per 106 feet.
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Germany
John Roach Straton
Christian Herald
Bee bombs and bee armor in wartime absurdities
The piece recalls impractical schemes to win a war by dropping bees from planes. It notes the silliness of conscripting bees as bomb dispersers, acknowledges experts saw no utility, and humorously warns that ideas may seem sensible at night but absurd by morning.
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Washington
Measuring Earths Temperature Deep Bore Study
A simple method to measure Earth temperature at a depth of 5,302 feet in France’s deepest bore-hole at St Jean d Herans. The test yields quickly similar readings, indicating a promising technique for subsurface thermometry.
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Earth
St. Jean d'Herans
France
Aluminum Coins Adopted in Africa for Circulation
Africa adopts aluminum coins from the Tits ish mint for Uganda and Nigerian protectorates. About 32,000,000 coins in 1 cent and 2 mills values are perforated for stringing, replacing cowries with bronze coins on the west coast and cowry shells inland as fractional currency.
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Africa
Titsish
Uganda
Wyest
France names its first lady mayoress in Nampeel
Mme d Evry, chosen by Nampeel in Aisne, attended a Paris gathering of army zone mayors. She spoke movingly of a village razed by Germans and a surviving population sheltering in cellars and ruins, delivering simple eloquent remarks.
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France
Mme, d'Evry
Nampeel
Aisne
Mme, Duvry
Paris
Mme. d'Evry
Use Your Head and Break Up a Factory Fight
A stern boss proclaims workers must think for themselves. When a porter Sam is told to resolve a quarrel with his own head he stumbles into a tense, noisy dispute among factory hands, raising questions about cleverness and obedience in the workplace.
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Sam
San Bekan
Rival claims spark renewed debate over Shakespeare authorship
The Christian Science Monitor reports on a French scholar Abel Le Frank who argues William Stanley sixth Earl of Derby is the real Shakespeare, suggesting an Englishman who lived in France wrote Love's Labour's Lost and that Winn in the Stanley line wrote poetry, framing the dispute like a quiz over Sir Philip Sidney’s letter and Leicester's jester reference.
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Tose
Biucon
Willliam Stanley
Sixth Earl of Derby
Shakespeare
Abel le Frank
France
Willian Stanley
Thetter
Stanley
Winn
Philip Sidney
Will
Lord
Sewer system bid invite Scotland South Dakota 1919
The City of Scotland South Dakota invites bids to construct an extensive sewer system including 18 inch 16 inch 12 inch 10 inch and 8 inch mains with manholes flush tanks and a treatment tank. Plans and specs available for $500 from the Dakota Engineering Co Mitchell SD. Bids due Sunday at 56 00 pm 1919 with certified checks of 3000 or acceptable bonds. 7 percent interest certificates paid on completion. City reserves right to reject any or all bids. Attest Mayor J T Smith City Auditor Pro Tem Robert Jasman dated May 8 1919.
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City of Scotland
Tb Daikets
Dakota Engineeing Co
Mitchell
South Dakota
Dakota Engineering Co
Scotland
Robert Jasman
J. T. Smith
Aviation Enthusiasm Grows For Future Air Travel
A Youth's Companion excerpt notes aviation will be the next great American amusement. It highlights how many young men of means join aviation, buying their own machines and mastering speeds around a hundred miles per hour, making ordinary travel seem tame.
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Felpal
Thoughtless Reconstruction and a Quip on Hasty Policy
Senator Watson, head of the reconstruction committee, warns that rushed policies lead to poor results. He cites a parable comparing hasty reconstruction to a young drug salesman who offers a hand painted Lair receiver for hair loss, quipping affirmative action with a wink.
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Senator Watson
Committee On Reconstruction
Morale a New Word in Wartime Thought
Bruce Barton in Red Cross Magazine defines morale as a key war factor alongside others. He notes morale includes turning men's minds from meals to other thoughts and activities to prevent morbidity and homesickness. Without a positive mental atmosphere enthusiasm dulls.
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Napoleon
Bruce Barton
Red Cross Magazine
Parade of White Caps Disturbs Cardiff Breakfast Streets
Daily breakfast parade in Cardiff shows sailors and marines from the United States marching from Castle Street to various restaurants and hotels. Morning crowds form as streets, usually deserted, are filled by the unique parade, with mid day meals and tea following.
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Cardiff
Wales
United States
Castle Street
Westie Street
Insect Intelligence Report Flawed By Jumbled Text
Fragmentary note discusses insect intelligence and wasp behavior but the readable facts are unclear. No clear events dates or named organizations. The text suggests a discussion of wasp intelligence near a classroom setting but details are not legible.
Boy keeps goat for his unborn son in birthday moment
A three year old Hunter received two billy goats for his birthday. The father prompts him to share with a younger brother, but Hunter, after a moment, decides to save one goat for his own future child, showing thoughtful generosity.
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Hunter
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