Advertising Pays Big Honors for South Dakota Farmer
John Eklund spent about 100 in ads across multiple papers in the county and drew the largest auction crowd yet, boosting his sale by roughly 4000 over expectations. Advertising proved an excellent investment, per Enterprise Wilmont S D.
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Big Stone
Milbank Herald-Advance
Marvin Monitor
Summit Independent
Sisseton Standard
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Services at the Churches Swedish Lutheran
Rev. A. Road, pastor Washburn, announces service times with Christmas observances including Ashland Bayfield and Washburn dates. Special early morning Christmas service listed for Julatta.
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Ashland
Bayfield
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Nor. Lutheran Church Announces Christmas Festival
Chr. Christiansén, pastor, leads services next Sunday at 10 30 A M and 7 30 P M with Sunday school at noon. Prayer meeting Tuesday evening. Young People Society meets at Charles Johanson home on W Bayfield street Wednesday evening. Christmas program by Sunday school planned for Wednesday evening December 27.
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Young Peoples Society
Chas. Johanson
W. Bayfield Street
The Dead Sea the Hottest Place on Earth
The Dead Sea lies at the southern end of the Jordan valley in Palestine. It is 47 miles long and ten miles wide, about 1,300 feet below sea level with no outlet, giving rise to rapid evaporation and five million tons daily. The water is five times saltier than the ocean, bitter to taste, oily to touch, and cannot be sunk in.
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Jourdan Valley
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Earth
Police Glee Club Sings at Seventh Regiment Armory
Officers of the New York Police Department form a glee club performing chorus works at the Seventh Regiment Armory near Park Avenue and Thirty-fourth Street. The group includes traffic officers plainclothesmen patrolmen and sergeants who sing Marseillaise and other songs between duties.
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Seventy-first Infantry Armory
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New York Police Department
New York Evening. Post
Big Demand for Radium Across Watch Dial Market
The article notes radium is primarily used as a luminous material for watches and clocks. It explains glowing comes from substances activated by tiny radium quantities and cites over four million timepieces treated with less than a third of an ounce of radium used in production.
Statue surplus inquiry from distant congressman
A Washington official notes that a representative from a southern district asked if Uncle Sam could supply a soldier statue for a small town honoring World War dead. The officer said the Office of Public Buildings and Grounds had no spare statues to give or place for them.
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Uncle Sam
Railroad Water Wagon Sprinkles Dust On Desert Rails
W H Whalen of the Los Angeles division reports a new sprinkler attached beneath locomotive water tenders to sprinkle water on tracks as trains pass. Tests on the Southern Pacific between India and Palm Springs show promise, with plans to install on passenger locomotives in desert territory. The method aims to curb dust more effectively than previous oil-sprinkling attempts.
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W. H. Whalen
Los Angeles
Southern Pacific
India
Palm Springs
Literary Digest
Southern Pacific Bulletin
San Francisco
Whalen
Toys Reveal Hopes Through Children’s Favorite Toys
The article muses that a child’s preferred toy hints at future career paths and reflects on family life. It contrasts boys and girls, noting dolls and toys mirror past generations and reassure home life amid seasonal change.
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Chicago Post
Hobson's Choice dialogue in London Answers
Mrs Tomkins asks if the new cook satisfies Mrs Stevens doubting how to express herself. Stevens fears saying she is a treasure may invite theft while claiming dissatisfaction might cause the cook to leave. Local humorous exchange from London Answers.
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Hobson
Dream Preceded Hobart Crane Accident Foretold
A Hobart laborer employed by the city corporation died after the crane jib swung and a wire rope touched overhead high tension wires. A week earlier a workmate dreamed of a fatal crane accident three times and warned colleagues. The dream exactingly foreshadowed the event, shocking those familiar with the tale.
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Hobart
Tasmania
Hobart City Corporation
Curious wartime bread named Hottentot’s bread
The piece explains that Hottentot’s bread refers to a tropical plant whose root stock is eaten by the Hottentots. The plant, known as elephant's foot for its large fleshy root and corky bark, also lends its name to a genus in India with footlike leaves.
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India
Pretrial counsel signals for courtroom theatrics
A Birmingham Age-Herald clipping shows a lawyer instructing his client in stage cues for a trial. The coach explains signals such as scratching the ear to faint and plucking the trouser leg to alter jurors focus, highlighting courtroom theatrics.
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Birmingham Age-Herald
Pig in Box Tries to Escape on Cold Return Trip
A boy travels several miles to fetch a bought pig by light wagon. The pig squeals in cold weather and briefly disappears from its box. A Reverend joining the journey helps corner the pig on a steep hill, where it is captured again and the trio completes the trip home safely.
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Mr. Pig
When a man carries a doll in triumph at Iron booth
The Washington Star notes two men solved a long speculation on when men feel at ease carrying a doll. They found the only unashamed moment is returning in triumph with Iron the booth at a nearby amusement park.
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Washington Star
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