Opening of Normal With Strong Early Attendance
The Washington County Normal Institute opened this morning with good weather and full instructor support. Enrollment reached 125 at the start and 180 by afternoon, with Miss Lucy Meacham handling enrollment and Miss Minnie Conner in charge of books and magazines.
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Washington County Normal Institute
Humber
Lucy Meacham
Minnie Conner
Porter
R. B. Crone
Washington City
Daugherty
Academy
Ella May Brown
Fred L. Whitney
Osage
Laws
University of Chicago
Whitney
Myrtie LeCompte
Ottumwa
Hattie Moore Mitchell
Crone
W. C. Riddle
Des Moines
Haworth
Chicago University
A. N. Palmer
Cedar Rapids
Palmer
J. F. Riggs
Publc
Riggs
Lowa Central Ry Announces Summer Round Trip Fares
The Iowa Central Railway will sell daily summer round trip tickets at one fare to two dollars to select Northern Minnesota and Dakota points with return limit October 31. Reduced round trips to St. Paul and Minneapolis start after June 1. For details contact agents or write A. B. Quouts G P T A Minneapolis Minn.
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Lowa Central
Stockholders Meet at Graham Opera House Co
The Graham Opera House Co annual stockholders meeting was held at 2 PM. W. E. Chilcote was elected manager for the coming year, succeeding secretary treasurer C H Wilson who retires after 20 years of service. A small dividend was declared and bills paid. Officers elected include President Frank Stewart Vice President F L Wilson Secretary Treasurer A N Albertson Manager W E Chilcote Directors A N Alberson Win Smouse C M Keck BE Mercer F L Wilson.
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Graham Opera House Co
Opera House
W. E. Chiilcote
Washington
H. Wilson
Frank Stewart
F. L. Wilson
Treas
A. N. Alber
Baptist Sunday School Plans Picnic at Box Springs
Sunday School members will picnic next Thursday at Box Springs. Rexwell DeMarco celebrates his birthday this afternoon with a gathering of young friends.
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The
Baptist Sunday School
Box Springs
Rexwell DeMarco
Pentecost Services at St James Celebrate Holy Day
The congregation at St James celebrated Pentecost Sunday led by Rev Joseph Sueppel. Roses were offered and the choir’s music filled the church as he spoke on eternal joys and vanities of this world. He announced the first St James school graduating class will perform next Thursday evening in the school auditorium.
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St. James
Jos. Sueppel
Holy Catholic Church
Joseph Sueppe
Paradise
St. James School
Prairie Flower church handkerchief bazaar and treats
The ladies of Prairie Flower church host a handkerchief bazaar and serve ice cream and strawberries Tuesday evening at Harvey Koupp's. All are cordially invited.
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Ladies of the Prairie Flower Church
Harvey Koupp’s
Sparrows Caught With Wine and Hemlock Recipe
An English 1820 game book describes a sparrow control method using wine lees and hemlock juice steeped with wheat overnight. Birds feeding on the soaked wheat are said to become intoxicated and die, with a warning to avoid excess to prevent poisoning.
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England
Thackeray’s Host of Characters Estimated Ranging
The London Post notes a reader has counted Thackeray’s characters in the last volume between 8 000 and 3 500. The public is astonished by the apparent magnitude of his fictional cast, though the figure remains unverified.
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Thackeray
London Post
Sharp reply pins Mr Jones in witty exchange
Mr Jones asks his wife why he is like a pin and expects a sharp joke. She answers that if he should get lost it wouldn’t be worth spending time to search for him.
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Mr. Jones
Scorpions and Spiders Compared By Traveler Affalo
The writer F. G. Affalo notes similarities between spiders and scorpions, including eight legs and blood sucking habits. He cites cases from England and Australia, contrasts their cleanliness and foulness, and recalls Morroccan masons working barefoot as scorpions stirred in rubble.
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F. G. Affalo
London
Mngland
Australia
Morocco
Pichofsha feast in tribal ritual over the sick
A description from the Oklahoma Times Journal explains a lower class Indian ritual called pichofsha. A sick person is secluded with a doctor for three days then fed a corn and meat stew before a fire and chant. If no improvement follows, the patient may die or recover by Providence.
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Act of Providence
Oklahoma Times-Journal
Inscriptions on Ancient Swords and Their Lore
The article surveys blade inscriptions from Toledo rapiers to Ferrara and Hungarian swords. It notes witty or wise mottoes such as Do not draw me without reason and When I go up you go down, and mentions maker marks and ornate hilts as sixteenth century priorities.
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Toledo
Ferrara
Superior Vision Across Lands and Peoples
The London Standard notes eyesight varies by environment and culture. Eskimos spot white foxes in snow from afar while Arabs on African plains show remarkable long range vision. Norwegians are cited as having strong eyesight among civilized people due to conditions. Defective sight rises in England and America from early study and poor lighting.
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Africa
England
America
London Standard
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Elizabeth Klein
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Alpharetta Thompson
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May Hrookhart
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Joe Roth
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William Kuhn
Lucy Langenberg
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Jas. W. Alliman
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Jessie Wiley
Lillian Olds
Frank Brown
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Joseph A. Kyle Maud G. Wilcox
Edna Jackson
Walter Little
W. E. Chilcote
C. H. Wilson
A. N. Alberson
Win Smouse
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