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Newspaper
Wakefield Advocate
Location
Wakefield, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1917
Page
15
The Starr family scenes unfold as Prudence hosts Rev. Morgan at the parsonage, a lunch mishap and a humorous table blessing lead to embarrassment for Carol. A later cow-riding escapade ends with Carol fleeing, and family laughter, leaving Carol vowing to avoid Blinkie.
Prudence and Fairy fear the Ladies' Aid visit will expose the Starr girls. The parsonage buzzes with preparation as chairs, flowers, and a punch bowl grace the dining room. Gossip flies among Connie, Carol, Lark, and others while Prudence enforces discipline and warns of consequences.
Mr Starr a widower Methodist minister arrives with daughter Prudence nineteen and four younger sisters to prepare a new parsonage at Mount Mark Iowa. The town and Ladies Aid curious about the newcomers, the parsonage girls entertain a visiting minister and a mishap with Carol riding a cow stirs amusement before family prayers become routine.
State legislation would let each county set when to close seasons on specific game or fish with strong public conservation aims. Sen James C Wood says a centralized system via the game warden would replace many local bills and better protect spawning periods across Michigan. The plan includes county input and emphasizes preparing a general, uniform policy.
New house bills request funds for Central Normal school 115 365 yearly maintenance 23 350 athletic field and gymnasium and 65 000 for enlarging school in 1919. Newberry state hospital 164 730 for new buildings Kalamazoo state hospital 113 201 for building and special purposes Pontiac state hospital 90 500 for view buildings.
Richmond Ind Mrs M O Johason recalls two years of illness and weakness from age causing slow climbs stairs. She credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring strength allowing housework shovel work and caring for many chickens and ducks after treatment. She asks her experience be published to aid other women.
Austrian women join trench digging on the Galiclag front as labor units support frontline operations. The shift reflects broader mobilization efforts during wartime. Local communities observe volunteers and conscripts contributing to the war effort in key battle zones.
An old advertisement touts Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as a physician's prescription effective for kidney liver and bladder issues. It claims rapid self-perpetuating demand through testimonials and offers a sample bottle for ten cents with a newspaper mention request.
A fatherly paw explains that placing How in front of a man's name signals honesty in some cases and not in others. The exchange reflects cautious judgment about names and character.
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