Boy Scout Movement Spreads Across United States
The anecdote of W D Boyce guiding a London youth leads James E West to describe how Boy Scouts received $1000 a month for four months to launch in the United States. By October 1910 scouting groups existed in every state and in Hawaii the Philippines and Puerto Rico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
W. D. Boyce
London
Boyce
Boy Scout
Boy Scouts
Boy Scouts of
New
York
James E. West
Seesenyy
Bey
United States
Oes
Hawaiian
Phillipines
Porto Rico
Works of the Devil and a 1828 Lancaster education note
The Downs Kansas Times reprints a Lancaster Ohio board of education message from 1828 to a group of young men discussing steam railways. The document warns against superstitions and omens such as palm reading and talismans, and notes concerns about garb and symbols affecting morals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. P. Bates
Downs
Kans
Board of Education of
Lancaster
Ohio
A. Company
Old Settlers Picnic boosters arrive for Fairbury spread
An automobile load of boosters for the Old Settlers Picnic will be here on the 14th, with the Fairbury News noting their arrival and plan. The item mentions castor oil as a claimed cure in a remedy sold by Shutt Drug Co, and says it is pleasant when diluted with water and sweetened.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Settlers
Fairbury News
Shutt Drug Co
Miss Addie Miller Joins Lincoln City Schools Opening
Miss Addie Miller will teach this year in the Lincoln City Schools. She went Monday to arrange her living place and be ready for the opening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Addie Miller
Lincoln City
Losin
Thank you for kindness during illness and death
Mrs. Catlett expresses gratitude for deeds of kindness and the beautiful floral offerings shown during her son’s illness and passing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Catlett
Birds Under Attack
Warning to boys who shoot song birds with air-guns and slingshots. The text notes such acts violate state law and any observer can have offenders arrested and fined for each offense.
Trouble For a Salesman Seeks Health With New Life Pills
E. E. Yourng of Berkshire Vermont carries Dr. King's New Life Pills to ward off indigestion and constipation. He says they are excellent for digestion and bowel issues and have helped him greatly. Available 25 cents at Shutt Drug Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. E. Yourng
E. Berkshire, Vt
Dr. King
Shutt Drug Co
Aviator Atwood's Lost Air Journey From St Louis to New York
In a dramatic flight from St Louis to New York, aviator Atwood loses most of a day circling over New York hills seeking Auburn as a landing point. The narrative portrays his perilous search with fuel dwindling and no landmarks, likened to a dove lost at sea and amid stormy conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uze
St Louis
New York
Atwood
New York Hills
Seacrh
Auburn
St. Paul’s
Tailored Gowns and Practical Farming Pointers
A mixed snippet covers dress belts and linen outfits stressing belts’ role in waistlines and the shift to semi princess dresses, then shifts to gasoline engines for pumping by K. Rhedd detailing windmill advantages, engine sizes, costs, and belt-driven setups for farm use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. Rhedd
Department of Agriasa Engineering
University of Nebraska
Nebraska
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Frank T. Pearce
Diller
Gage County
Beatrice
Blue Springs
Cortland
A. Uttic
Ikea
Diller, Neb
Gutenberg
X . Om Rt
Y. M.C. A. Bidg
Zed Five peaThiCk
E. Neb
J. Monroe Davis
First National Bank
Fairbury, Neb
Dr. Claude, Ellis
Diller, Nebraska
Odell
O. C. Diehl
Nebr
John Carrico & Son
J. G. Neely
Packer’s Restaurant
DR. NH. Bauguess
Diller, Nebr
L. P
Raymould
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