Concrete and drainage work notice from 312 Cement Products Co
A fragmented real estate and construction item notes concrete and Hinch work for all sizes, a robot drainage project this fall, supply options from the factory or local station, and mentions of lost notices and rental ad bits. Also references to Pinder, Dallowan, and local events including a Relief Corps tea at Mrs Anderson's home on East Gawh.
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312 Cement Products Co
Relief Corps
Homr
Nettie Anderson
East Gawh
Auer Db
Give Consideration To Eye
More people wear glasses today not because eyes are more defective but because work is more demanding and knowledge of eye structure is greater. Lenses correct defects and lighten the burden, though some refuse aid or guess at correction. The eye is a wonderful, delicate organ deserving care equal to a watch.
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Journal of the American Medical Association
Underground chapel in Welsh mine among rough timbers
In Myndd Newydd coal mines Wales miners use an underground apartment as a daily place of worship. A disused coal trolley serves as pulpit and the oldest worker acts as pastor, with rough wooden benches for seating near the shaft bottom. A second note mentions a salt mine chapel in Wieliczka Austria carved from salt with marble like statues.
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Myndd Newydd
Wales
Wiellezka
Austria
Anthony
Ostrich Refusal of Food Leads to Forcible Feeding
The Zoological Society notes refusal of food as a first sickness sign. An ostrich at New York Bronx Park from Arizona refused breakfast December 28, 1914. A week later he thinned, and Keeper George Snyder began forcible feeding for six weeks. By February 6, 1915 he began eating voluntarily again.
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Zoolumtent Society Bulletin
Kool
Arizona
New York Zoological Gardens
Bronx Park
Old Sport of Falconry
A compact account of falconry’s ancient origins and prominence in English sport from the ninth century to the mid seventeenth century. It notes its mentions by Aristotle, Pliny, and Martial and outlines rank based falconry responsibilities from emperor to servant.
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Nile
Euphrates
Arisitotle
Pliny
Martial
England
Desirely
Poets Face Editor Rebuff as Fliptop Rants
Percival Fliptop saw his poems rejected by five editors in a row. He stormed that editors will one day fight for his work. The editor replied with grim humor saying he will be happy even if that day comes. From Philadelphia inquiries.
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Eyd
Percival Fliptop
Siath
Philadelphis
Teaching Children to Talk and Speak Well
The piece urges teaching children to talk with interest not just manners. It notes kids repeat the same words and filler phrases and suggests guiding them to choose better expressions. It advocates patient correction without nagging, as children naturally enjoy fine words and better speech.
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Garden Daily Courier
Made a Matter of Barter
A village clergyman in England helps an old parishioner by sending trousers to cover his Sundays. After three appearances, the parishioner reveals his plan to earn them by attending more services, asking how many more Sundays are needed to own them outright.
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England
John
Before You Leap and Notions of Hair and Change
Excerpts from the Kansas City Star feature a phrenologist urging women’s hair be shaved before marriage, claiming to judge character by the head. A voiced revivalist sermon then recounts a dramatic conversion moment at an experience meeting, contrasting past sins with present change.
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Indies
Sistahs
Brother Grump
Kansas City Star
A Question of Time Race Betting Tale
A young pretty girl with a sporty bend bets at a bookie on a horse race. She learns potential winnings from the odds, asking how much she would win if the race starts at 1 o'clock, highlighting the betting confusion and humor. The piece reads like a vignette about overconfidence and arithmetic in wagering.
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Horae
Keep Schoolroom Ventilated Explains Woman Hospital Drain
More women patients, three to one, are sent to hospitals than men. The author argues indoor living and stale air raise illness risk, especially for housekeepers and school teachers. Poor ventilation in classrooms is blamed for health decline and braining from continuous strain.
Rainy social and local notices fill Ringsted page
The column records a string of local social calls and visits across Ringsted and nearby farms, including gatherings at the Multen and Reinhart homes, calls on Fouts and Wilder households, and shopping trips. It notes land sales, a 8000 pound bull at the Algona fair, and mentions Ringsted needing a doctor and an independent newspaper.
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Herman Sorum
Migs Olson
Swan Lake
Ringsted
Algona Fair
Henry Meyers
Algona Ia
County Fair Draws Largest Attendance Yet at Algouw
Mrs Carl Rasmussen left for Ushtoruis for a months visit. Lt Soran and wife with WG Christian and wife attended the Kussuth county fair in Algouw last Thursday. The fair had the largest attendance ever seen on the grounds. Earlier, Mrs E W Ladvig of Ceylon was noted for an extended visit with friends in Bing-
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Carl Rasmussen
Ushtoruis
Soran
WG. Christian
Puirvillé
Algouw
Kussuth
Hingsted
E. W. Ladvig
Ceylon
Iy Bing
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Mankato Commercial College
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Raymond
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John Noll
Arthur Fouts
Lee Griffith
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Eernest Dowden
CG. D. Wilder
Clayton Henry For & Harness
BP. A. Fouts
Murelly
Chas. Rosenberger
Dolliver
Harry Webber
Hilly Peterson
Fouts
D. Wilder
A. J. Wilder
Louie Queere
C_ Hanson
Frank Allgood
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Munnet Anderson
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Louis Nelson
Musson
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Jepsen
Nelson
Dakota
Nela Nelson
Soruam
Marius Houg
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Lloyd Stockdale
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Howard Graves
James Erpeset
Emmet County Land and Abstract Company
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Gands
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Movaco
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