Fourth of July Activities and Local Baseball Scores
The Nelson family spent the Fourth at the Chautauqua. Alta lost to our hoya 5 to 5 at the ball park, with a home run by Ray Stillings. The ball team beat Ypsilanti 13 to 5 at Clark City. Green remains undefeated this season. Battery was H Stillings and E Vondrochek. Several residents visited, including Mrs. Herman Hanson and Miss Edna Evenson. Many community members attended events, lemonade and cake were served to children.
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Nelson
Chautauqua
Alta
Our
Hoya
Ray Stillings
Herman Hanson
Morris, Il
Wicks
Clark City
Ypsilanti
Green
H. Stillings
E. Vondrochek
Battery
Edna
Amy Evenson
Mortenson
Elias Larsen
Emil Vondrochek
Hoover issues home card rules for food conservation
Washington dispatch details Herbert Hoover's non compulsory guidelines for housewives to cut waste and stretch scarce foods. Rules urge smaller portions, saved leftovers, weekly wheat and meat reductions, fat and sugar saving, and local sourcing to aid war effort. Also notes 1,000,000 signers and local consolidation news from Greenland township.
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Washington
Herbert C. Hoover
Mr. Hoover
America
Europe
Food Administration Department
Democracy
Local Social Notes From Heman Sanborn Enterprise
Miss Cora Larson spends the week at J. A. Stoll home. Mrs. Clifford Jaberg visits C. Lettenmaier home. Dorothy Munz stays at Brock farm Hobart township. Frank Stillings visit Art Kee home. Christine Munz with Anna and Aurelia Flach. Ladies Larkin club met Mrs. Martin Akestad. Miss Birdie Thompson of Carpio visiting at Thompson home. Chas Munz family with G. Lettenmaier. Charley Altenburg family with Jake Wendell. Mrs. Phillip Ash and son Boyd with Miss Mary Thompson. Miss Fay Stillings and Miss Peters at Art Kee home. Miss Gladys Altenburg returned from Granton Wis. Mrs. Joe Schneider with sister Mrs. Fred Schwehr. Lakeside school closed Friday.
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Sanborn Enterprise
Cora Larson
J. A. Stoll
Clifford Jaberg
C. Lettenmaier
Dorothy Munz
Brock
Hobart Township
Frank Stillings
Art Kee
Christine Munz
Anna
Aurelia Flach
Ladies’ Larkin Club
Martin Akestad
Birdie Thompson
Carpio
BBC
Thompson
Chas, Munz
G. Lettenmaier
Charley Altenburg
Jake Wendell
Phillip Ash
Boyd
Mary Thompson
Fay Stillings
Miss Peters
Valley City
Gladys Altenburg
Granton
Wis
Joe Schneider
Fred Schwehr
Lakeside
A Slice of Bread Waste Sparks Wheat Waste Alarm
The Cleveland Leader warns that daily bread waste in households adds up to millions of ounces of flour and millions of loaves yearly. It argues even small, consistent waste across homes uses vast wheat, rail, and coal resources, urging daily reduction and better use of bread in cooking.
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Cleveland Leader
Lifting Heavy Weights Safely
A Popular Mechanics summary advises proper lifting to avoid back strain during housecleaning. It notes the risky method of bending at the waist with knees straight and praises squatting close to the load to shift weight to the thighs and shoulders for safer lifting.
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Ceck
Popular Mechanics
Copsista
Living Music Evangeline Close in Musician
Evangeline Close defines music as moving the body to rhythm and voice with clear themes. She urges steady accents, kind words, daily life blending, and a mind shaping life into a harmonious song.
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Evangeline Close
How to Clean Paints With Heated Vinegar
An old home tip explains cleaning paints in bathrooms or kitchens stained by smoke or grease by heating vinegar and wiping with a sponge. For best results, heat the vinegar several times during the process and then finish with thorough cleaning to restore a refreshed surface.
Statuary debate echoes in old cigar store tale
A visiting critic bets the nation undervalues statuary. Grandpa Mint recalls saying so years ago when the wooden Indian statue outside a cigar store was removed, a quip highlighted by the Washington Star.
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Grandpa Mint
Washington Star
Deserved Some Pibsan Frocks Cake Plea In Dialog
A fragment from the St Louis Globe Democrat presents dialogue about a cake described as awful nice. The exchange includes a minister and a niece, with remarks on asking for more portions. The text is rough but preserves a domestic tone and period voice.
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Pibsan
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Hopeful Georgia philosopher vow on prices falling
A Georgia philosopher tells readers to cheer up and believes high prices will drop eventually, remarking that relief may come once the public sees the fate of what was not seized.
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Georgia
Atlanta Constitution
History of crime and folly in mankind
A concise reflection on history as a register of mankind's crimes follies and misfortunes dating from ancient times through Gibbon era observations cautioning about patterns of human behavior and societal decline across ages.
Convex Lens of the Eye as a Burning Glass
The eye’s convex lens instantly focuses distant and near distances like a camera lens. By focusing on the sun, the retina can be burned if gaze is fixed, showing the lens adapts rapidly to different distances. This natural focusing capability enables reading fine print six inches away and instantly viewing distant mountains.
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Pittsburgh Press
Neglected Foods Offer Home Economy Tips
The New York World reports on turning unused greens like turnip and radish tops, sorrel, and chic peas into soups, salads, or broths to save costs. University of Washington lectures by Mary P F Rausch advise cooking foods in shallow pans to save gas and using all fat in double boilers for frying or pastry shortening.
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Mary PF. Rausch
University of Washington
New York World
Birth of the Pullman sleep car in Civil War era
A 19th century Illinois Journal article from Springfield dated May 30 1805 recalls a prophecy of radical railroad car changes and reports an invitation to examine a newly designed sleeping car by George M Pullman of Chicago at the Chicago and Alton depot in this city and the era’s push for passenger comfort.
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Illinoia Journal
Springfield
Chicago and Alton
George M. Pullman
Chicago
Faces Over the Doors and a Quaker Cemetery in Prospect Park
The piece notes Pompeii houses with welcoming or defiant door reliefs and marble heads greeting visitors in the New House. It also mentions a Quaker cemetery in Prospect Park West Brooklyn, older than the park, spanning several acres on a hill, with an understanding the burying ground will remain undisturbed.
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Pompeii
Prospect Park
Prospect Park West
Brooklyn
Friends’ Burying Ground
Park
Black Eggs Cayuga Duck Lays Dark Colored Eggs
The black Cayuga duck, a South American bird, frequently lays black eggs. The color does not penetrate the shell and is caused by an oily pigment that can be rubbed off. With successive layings the coloring fades and disappears.
Sharing a Sentiment and a Senator’s Parable
A Washington Star aphorism cites Senator Sorghum on forgiveness noting a man should balance scores so enemies can forgive, paired with a Dryden line about gradual habits turning into great rivers to the sea. The compact reflection blends political wit with classical allusion.
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Senator Sorghum
Washington Star
McFarland Thronson Wedding at Mankato
Miss Cora Thronson daughter of Mrs T Thronson of 114 Van Brant street and Eugene Harris McFarland son of Mr and Mrs George McFarland of Valley City North Dakota were married at 2 this afternoon at the bride’s mother’s home. Rev Norgaard officiated with Mendelssohn’s wedding march. The couple entered unattended and stood before an altar of palms and mock orange. A four course lunch followed for 16 guests. They will reside in Valley City after a short wedding trip.
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Cora
Thronson
T. Thronson
van Brant Street
Eugene Harris McFarland
George McFarland
Valley City
N. D
Rev
N. Norgaard
Our Saviorly
Esther Schroeder
Mendelssohn
Mrs. McFarland
Mankato Daily Review
Hegland Couple Return From Olivia Minnesota Visit
Mr and Mrs O A Hegland returned Friday evening from Olivia Minnesota where they had been visiting. They traveled by automobile and were joined by Mr Heglnds sister Mrs David Gustafson who will stay with them a few days.
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Mrs
O. A. Hegland
Olivia, Minn
Mr. Hegland
David Gustafson
Mrs Sandburg Family Depart for Summer Visit
Mrs Homer C Sandburg and her young son with her sister Alice Larson left Sunday night by auto from Henry Halvorsen home to Marion to spend the summer at the home of her parents Mr and Mrs M Larson.
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Homer C. Sandburg
Alice Larson
Ben
Henry Halvorsen
Marion
M. Larson
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Minnesota
North Dakota
South Dakota
Montana
Thompson Yards, Inc
R. C. Wolfe
Green Town
Hazel Clutter
Hope
Sam Wolski
John Altenburg
Letenmier
Greenland Township
Paul Schulz
Ben Duven
J. D. Baas
Green Township
Svea Township
Wall City
Dayne Hetland
Darey
Jonas Hetland
Heman
Northwest
Northern Seed Company
Dryden
McFarland
Mankato
Yellowstone
Nat's Park
Rainier
Nat’ Park
North
Pacific Coast
Alaska
Via
J. J. Chamberlain
Agent Valley Guy
M. Cleland
Gan
Wt. Paul
Minn
Northern Pacific Railway
Yellowstone Park
Liberty Bowe
Cooperstown
Sanbern
Wimbledon
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