Sunday visit and harvest notes from local families
Henry D. Ens reports visitors including Mr. and Mrs. Jac Janzen of Syracuse and J K Ens clan. The Schmidt baby sick with pneumonia, farmers plan road work, barley near ready, harvest prep underway, granaries to be built, wheat ripening, alfalfa at 124 per ton, plastering nearing for Brandt home, and several family visits noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry. D. Ens
Jac. Janzen
Syracuse
I. J. Schmidt
A.B. Reimer
J. T. Olassen
Peter Brandt
J. K
J. K. Ens’s Sunday Afternoon. David and Danny Ens
Ens
Henry Ens
I. H. Harms
J. K. Ens
Credo of a True Friend and Helper
Poetic vow to be true pure strong brave and kind. The speaker pledges to aid the friendless give without keeping score and remain humble aware of personal weakness while choosing joy love and uplift.
Mansfield Collection Itemizes Stage Costume Exhibition
Mrs. Richard Mansfield donated to the National Museum in Washington a collection of eight cases. The display includes costumes armor jewels and other dress articles worn by her husband on stage in many parts. Mansfield checked for historical accuracy and fabric quality enhancing its value beyond associations with him and American theater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mansfield
Richard Mansfield
National Museum
Washington
Brutus
Julius Gaesar
Shakespeare
Henry V
Richard III
Shylock
Rostand
Czar Ivan
Rusia
Don ‘Los
Spain
Bonaparte
American Troops Fed At Front With Sealed Rations
Soldiers in the trenches received air tight 25 man daily rations including corn bread corned beef hash roast beef salmon sardines salt sugar coffee and can openers. An emergency ration like the British ton ration consisted of ground meat and wheat cake with a chocolate block used as soup or porridge. The US Army depended on American food supplies and contracted 16 million pounds of dehydrated vegetables.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
United States
Thomas F. Logan
Leslie’s
Small Transgression by a Child on a Tricycle
A child named Jane rode a new tricycle around the block despite orders not to leave the front walk. She returns home to a scolding and offers a poor excuse claiming she thought her mother would not mind if she went behind the block.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane
Paint and illiteracy tied in national study
In Washington DC the Educational Bureau and the Bureau of Industrial Research note a curious link. States with high illiteracy rates show scarce use of paint, especially the common barn variety, with painted homes being rare in areas where white illiteracy is most prevalent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Educational Bureau
Bureau of Industrial Research
Flint Ridge Flint Kiln Industry Unearthed By Survey
A remarkable prehistoric industry is promised by the archaeological survey led by Dany T. Mills in Flint Ridge between Columbus and Zanesville Ohio. An exposed expanse of flint bearing limestone spans ten miles or more and is dotted with pits dug by ancient men, revealing a long forgotten industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dany. T. Mills
Flint Ridge
Columbus
Zanesville
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John A. Thiessen & Sons
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Jansen Light& Power Co
A. J. Thiessen
C. W. Rohrbaugh
P. M. Friesen
Garden City, Kansas News
Dave Wiens
Credo
Aermotor
Gerth & Macklin
Plymouth
Nebr
Jansen Lumber Co
Vienna
Sunshine Biscuits
Sunkist
Tany Man
W. Rohrb
Thiessey
Treas
Manny Jansen
Omaha
Denver
St. Joe Line
Omaha Line
Markey
RW. Murray, M
Jansen
Jacob Bartel
Ank
D. A Olpeat
Henry
Beatrice
Seo H. T. Fast
Quality Yard
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