Prairie Grove Battle Song by 19th Iowa Infantry
A Civil War era poem recounts the Prairie Grove engagement in December 1862. It praises the 19th Iowa Infantry Volunteers and describes battlefield carnage and funeral rites, with later note of copying in 1864 at Navy Cove Alabama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Infantry
William Riley
Iowa
Prairie Grove
Arkansas
19Th
John W. Morton
Navy Cove
Mobile Point
Alabama
Ants Use Leg Fastened Combs In Grooming Routines
A well known authority notes ants keep themselves tidy with task specific grooming tools including coarse and fine toothed combs hair brushes sponges and soaps. Their combs are authentic and differ from human ones by being attached to their legs.
Theatregoer Buys Eightyearold Toys At Christmas
ABE MARTIN notes a theater goer who splurges on childish gifts as Ter Lafe Bud Jr visits his grandfather for Christmas and plays with a drum until tired.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lafe Bud, Jr
Round Up Reds Face Jail and Exodus to Russia
Rounding up Reds, Justice the Avenger moves to lock up dissenters. The piece imagines an ark to old Russia and a jubilant exodus with Emma Goldman among the arrivals. The tone blends anti Red sentiment with propaganda and fear of radicalism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice
Avenger
Red Jays
Old
Russia
Reds
Emma Goldman
Emma
Dirks
Beckoning Roads at Graham Theatre Promises New York Style
Barriscale stars in a Robertson-Cole production set largely in metropolitan scenes after opening in the Canadian North west. Miss Barriscale portrays a girl who moves to New York seeks revenge on the man who ruined her guardian and caused his death. The drama unfolds amid hotels cabarets and Wall Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Barriscale
Robertson-Cole
Graham Theatre
Canadian Northwest
Miss Barriscale
Wall Street
High Potatoes Price Surge Linked to Transport Woes
Wisconsin Market Bureau reports Wisconsin potato prices more than double in four months and nearly tripled from last January due to three factors. Poor road conditions, shortages of railroad cars, and early harvest frost and blight pressure growers to flood markets, shrinking supply and lifting prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin Market Bureau
Madison
Wisc
Wisconsin
State Division of Markets
Waupaca
Noted author Cyrus Townsend Brady dies at Yonkers home
Prominent author and Episcopal clergyman Cyrus Townsend Brady died of pneumonia at his Yonkers, New York home on a Saturday. Born December 20, 1861 in Allegheny Pennsylvania, Brady served as a naval graduate and wartime chaplain, authored frontier and sea adventure stories popular with juvenile readers, and earned L L D honors from St John’s College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cyrus Townsend Brady
Yonkers
N. Y
Allegheny
Jasper Ewing
Harriet Cora (Townsend) Brady
United States Naval Academy
Flest Volunteer Infantry
Pennsylvania
Brady
Andrew Jackson
Hatching Trout in Turbid Water Delays Fry Emergence
A fragment suggests trout eggs hatch range from 45 to 60 days in water, noting temperature effects and timing. The readable line references incubation periods and environmental influence on fry emergence.
Social gatherings brighten Washington area homes this week
The Second United Presbyterian choir enjoyed a cozy evening at the Arnold home as members knit and hemmed items while guests admired a Wallace Nutting picture and a vase. Nearly a hundred attended a Congregational social at the church with an International Imperial Orchestra and readings by Miss Eleanor Walker. Mrs. Dan Klopfenstein hosted an elegant East Washington afternoon luncheon with yellow Narcissus decor. Announced marriages include Dorothy Palmer and Paul Suttman, wed in Kansas City, with plans to reside in Oklahoma City after April first.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Second United Presbyterian Church
Lloyd Arnold
Washington
Arnold
Wallace Nutting
Presbyterian Church
International Imperial Orchestra of London
A. B. Schmoeller
Eleanor Walker
W. G. Stewart
Dan Klopfenstecin
East Washington Street
Marsh Bailey
John Swisher
R. L. Coulter
Frank Landau
Peter Berdo
Lyda Hellam
Frank Bandy
Dorothy Palmer
John Struthers Palmer
Vinton
Paul Eh. Suttman
Kansas City
Missouri
John 8. Wilson
Suttman
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Jugo-Slav Answer Refuses Allies Ultimatum on Adriatic
In Paris on January 20 the Jugo-Slav reply to the allies ultimatum rejects the compromise offered by Italy while signaling openness to discuss Wilson’s 1919 proposals. It notes lack of official cognizance of the secret London pact and asserts cannot be bound to a treaty it has not seen. The document will be deciphered and presented to the council of ambassadors at Quai dOrsay.
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Paris
Jugo-Slav
Council of Ambassadors
Itia
Jugo-Slavia
Wilson
Quai d'Orsay
Millerand
Belgium
Friday Afternoons Subject Discussed At Meeting
The Normal Training club met Monday during school hours with Miss Montgomery ill. Vera Saville led the discussion on Friday afternoons and their use in school. Members shared Friday activities, next meeting Feb 9 led by Mabel Long on Opening Exercises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Montgomery
Vera Saville
Mabel Long
Lowden Leads in Iowa in Ten-Newspaper Poll
A Iowa presidential poll by ten newspapers shows Governor Frank O. Lowden of Illinois leading with 2 340 votes, General Wood 1 611, and Ham Johnson 891. Total votes 3 817. Other candidates include Coolidge Hoover Poindexter Taft Pershing La Follette Hughes Kenyon Borah Capper Lodge Root Cummins Sherman Knox Hays and others. The survey notes anti league sentiment yet a non anti league candidate remains preferred.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Frank
Lowden
Illinois
Wood
Hiram Johnson
Johnson
Coolidge
Massachusetts
Herbert Hoover
Miles Poindexter
Harding
Wm. H. Taft
Pershing
la Follette
Charles E. Hughes
Kenyon
Borah
Capper
Lodge
Elihu Root
Cummins
Sherman
Knox
Will Hays
Middle West
East
New York
Theo
Train schedule notices from 1918 corrected rail times
Station agent H W Russel and agent J W Calvert publish corrected horse and steam rail timetable details for C B Q M 8ST lines. Listings include Express, Local Passenger and Freight numbers with daily, weekend, and exception notes, times, and west eastbound designations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J W. Calvert
Divorces Granted In Noecker Case And Other Sessions
Testimony in Noecker v Noecker concluded. Judge Dewey to hear attorneys tomorrow. Guardianship hearing for John Artemus of Wellman set for this afternoon. Anwyl v Jones settled. several divorces granted in Fish and Booth cases. various court orders including decrees of divorce and partition actions listed.
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Noecker
Thelma Fish
D. N. Anwy
William Jones
David Lewis
William Lewis
Riverside Savings Bank
H. B. Noel
Leroy M. Downing
Elma R. Jones
White Deer Appears With Red Deer Herd in Glen Canntes
A white fawn has been seen in the Cozac Forest near Inverness Scotland joining a red deer herd. It has been observed through a telescope and described as pure white with a slight bluish mark on the week.
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Cozac Forest
Glen Canntes By
Inverness
Scotland
Possibilities in Honduras for Development
Honduras with about 600000 people and an area similar to Pennsylvania offers ample room for growth. Its climate is favorable and interior mountains provide salubrious conditions for diverse farming and fruit growing. The rest of the terrain, including steep central areas, is used for pasture and grazing.
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Pennsylvania
Honduras
Masonic Lodges Schedule for Monthly Meetings
Regular meetings announced for Washington Lodge 296 Cyrus Chapter 18 Bethlehem Commandery 45 Washington Chapter 98 O B S Visiting brethren welcome Damascus Shrine 10 W 8 of J lists officers and meeting times across Fridays Thursdays and last Thursdays at Moose Hall Rose Reid Joseph Glasgow Mildred Rice J D Glasgow E C H Richards L D Langworthy H P J W Morton secretary.
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Washington Lodge
A. F
A. M
L. D. Langworthy
W. M. Glenn
EB. Mace
Cyrus Chapter
H. P. J. W. Morton
Bethlehem Commandery
K. T
J. D. Glasgow
E. C
H. Richards
Recorder
Washington
R. H. Walker
W. M
Rose Reid
Wacome
Damascus Shrine
Moose Hall
Rose M. Reid
Mildred Rice
Notable Names Listed in Historical Senate Memo
A roster of prominent figures including Roosevelt Jr, Senator Lenroot, J Frank Hanley, General Goethals, Judge Landis, Governor Goodrich, William Hale Thompson, Lafayette Young, Charles G Dawes and Myron T Herrick appears in a contemporaneous government document.
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Dgie Roosevelt, Jr
Senator Lenroot
J. Frank Hanley
General Goethals
Judge Landis
Governor Goodrich
William Hale Thompson
Lafayette Young
Charles G. Dawes
Myron T. Herrick
Decree of partition and referee appointment in Crawford case
Mary Crawford appointed referee with bond set at $16,000, addressing the partition decree between Sarah Crawford and H. B. Crawford. Bond for the pointed sole referee fixed at $25,000. The order outlines the partition action and the appointment process in the disputes among the Crawfords.
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Bond
Sarah Crawford
H. B. Crawford
Mary Crawford
Real Meaning of Salad Roots Traced to Salted Origin
Linguistic note traces salad to the Latin sal and the Italian insalata and Spanish ensalada meaning salted. The term salad for greens emerged only recently, with early usage linked to salted foods rather than mixed greens.
African Race Well Advanced
The Wakuwba of Uganda, described as the leading Bonida tribe, are portrayed as highly civilized. The article notes they had a decimal calculation system, understood mining or tron work, and possessed notable musical knowledge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uganda
Africa
Toledo Man Wounds Roommate During Bedbug Shooting
A Toledo man fired at bedbugs in his room and accidentally grazed his roommate with a bullet. The incident underscores unsafe pest control methods amid tense housing conditions in the city.
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Toledo
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Evening Journal
Shannon
Bruce Cowden
E. Main Street
Mutual
Old ‘Mount
Abe Martin
Walt Mason
Adriatic
Adam
Eve
Houston Post
Ipics
A.m. St Woulder
Sanday. C
Passenge
H. W. Russel
Altemus
Wekela
Holland
Eatonic
Drug Sherman’s Store
Covenant Lodge No. 101
Hall
N. Town
Carl B. Schneléer
Noble Grand
Keller
Brighton
LO. O. F
North Iowa
Toman
Ayee
Clair Booth
Kilmer McFadden
Hill's
Cascarags
Quinine
Hills
M& At All
Storce
Mysicians
A. John Droz
Irvin E. Huston
Southwest Corner Square
Lemsey's
Washington, IA
Ree
DR. 8. H. Bateman
Blair
J. E. Edgington
M. D
F. & M. Tank Dbidg
Bine
Cloyce B. Kerr
Lemmon's Pharmacy
Washington, Iowa
Cordelia E. Klopfenstein
F. & M. Bank Bldg
G. W.meyer
Keota, Iowa
M. H. Sartor
Mra
M. H. Garter Bartor & Sartor
Cbiropractors
Square
Klein Kinthing
Brookhart Bros. Law
Opera House
Aliso Mutual
T. A. Michels
Temple Building
Black
Cc. J. Wilson
CO. C. Wilson
Wilson & Wilson
OFFIC
Washington, Owa
Morrison & Morrison
Morrison
Eicher, Livingston & Eicher: Law
Abstract Department
Was Eington, Iowa
W. WM. Keeley
Dawyes H
W. Fl. Butterfield
Cratl’s
Austin Sutherland Auctioneer
Ashington
J. D. Dayton
Westchester
Ferme
City Pro
Gome
Wasbis
Lowa
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