Lessons of Experience From the Gran Chaco War
The Gran Chaco War between Bolivia and Paraguay ended in a near draw with returning veterans met by silence in Bolivian and Paraguayan capitals. Diplomats note the conflict was stirred by political leaders using war as a tool to calm restless voters, revealing that peace across a council table is wiser than battlefields.
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South America
Buenos Aires
Paraguay
Bolivia
Gran Chaco
Chaco
Free corn cobs fuel for Odebolt residents study
Iowans in Odebolt and surrounding areas enjoy free fuel from the Adams ranch. The large Iowa corn crop allows corn cobs to be donated for public use, with residents hauling away cobs to burn in stoves and furnaces this winter.
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Adams Ranch
Puzzle Reference From The National Banner
A mixed set of vertical and horizontal clues appears, covering letters for a crossword style puzzle. Entries include clues for colors, measurements, animals, and common terms, with several numeric and country related hints woven through the grid.
Stories on Stamps By J S Klein
Windsor Castle has long served as the English throne’s stronghold and was recently featured on the Silver Jubilee stamps of Great Britain and its colonies. The article notes its ward divisions and legends of a ghostly maid, with Queen Victoria’s death marking late modern updates to the palace.
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William the Conqueror
Windsor Castle
England
Queen Victoria
Arthur
Knights of the Round Table
New Windsor
Elizabeth
Great Britain
Richard Jacobs Named Safe Driver in Toledo
Richard A. Jacobs of Toledo earned a Toledo Blade safe driver award after being followed by a police safety car for exemplary conduct. A Van Wert High School graduate and Libbey Glass employee, Jacobs received five dollars and was praised for traffic rule obedience and courtesy. He and former Mrs Eleanor Allen were married last June and own a new car.
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van Wertman
Toledo
Richard A. Jacobs
Aaron Jacobs
South Washington Street
The
Blade
Jacobs
Kenilworth Avenue
Libbey Glass Manior Enticing Company
van Wert High School
Eleanor Allen
Fr.l. Allen
Elevator remodeling at Evans Central Building completed
The Otis Elevator Company has fully remodeled the building’s automatic passenger elevator under C. C. Fredericks with fire proof shaft and cab, new interlocking doors, and updated mechanism. Floors host Purmort Bros Insurance, Dr F W Danneker, Van Wert Business College offices, Christian Science reading room, and West End A P grocery. Times Want-Ads offer to sell odd furniture pieces.
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Evans Central Building
The
Central Manufacturers
W. Main Street
Otis Elevator Company
C. C. Fredericks
Ltm
Purmort Bros. Insurance Agency
Dr. F. W. Dannecker
van Wert Business College
Robert Conley
C. A. L. Purmort
Christian Science Reading Room
West End
Bible Thought A Promise of Faithfulness
A devotional note cites Psalms and emphasizes God’s steadfast mercy. The excerpt quotes Psalms 89:33 and reflects on faithfulness and divine steadfastness in sustaining believers.
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Fralms
Union Institute Play on Thursday
The play The Path Across the Hill was postponed due to cold weather and will now be presented Thursday evening at Union school in connection with the Union Township Partners Institute.
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Union Township Partners Institute
Union School
Home Decor Taste Seen Shaped by Low Mood Says Crane
Ross Crane of Chicago, author of a home decoration textbook used by the General Federation of Women's Clubs, told thousands of retail buyers at the winter furniture market in the Merchandise Mart that low mood drives women to improve home decor.
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Chicago
Ross Crane
General Federation of Women's Clubs
Merchandise Mart
Ford V-8 Trucks Replace Industrial Railway on Road Job
The Lewis & Frisinger Company used Ford V-8 Trucks instead of an industrial railway on a ten mile hard road west of Ann Arbor. V-8 trucks promise fuel and soil savings plus lower variable costs and taxes. Ford dealers offer an on the job test to compare loads under operating conditions.
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FORD
Lewis & Frisinger Company
Ann Arbor
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Times Printing Co
West Court Street
Ford G. Owens
United Press Associations
van Wert
Ohio
Devine-Tenney Corporation
New York
Chrysler
Michigan Ave
Detroit
New Center
Atlanta
Palmer
Des Moines
Insurance Exchange
Pittsburgh
Oliver
America
Beatrice Lillie
White
J. S. Klein
Richard Jacobs
Bible Thought
Union Institute
Walter J. Christie
U. S
BY Williams
Aeditor
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Dervice, Inc
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