Local News Briefs Highlight Weddings and Visits
Henry Green arrived from Omaha for the wedding of Miss Jane Yockey to Mr. Sharp. Prof. J. H. Kelly visited from Cedar Falls. Mrs. Wm. Mickle and children came from Alvo Nebraska to visit her parents. Anna White returned to work at the courthouse after illness. A strawberry festival is planned by Trinity Guild. Fred L. Stewart returned from Canada with Luse Land Co. Jo h nson’s offers 10 cent angel food today. W. E. Chilecote opens new Equitable agency office in the Opera house building.
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Henry Green
Omaha
Jane Yockey
Mr. Sharp
Fred L. Stewart
Canada
Luse Land Co
Trinity Guild
Wm. Mickle
Alvo
Nebraska
Mrs. S. Green
D. A. Chalmers
Charles Means
Heights
John Rhienert
Keota
Muscatine
J. D. Doud
Ottumwa
Mattie Rudd
Abbott
R. L. Hughes
Lola Wells
Havre
J G Rowan Spends Day in Ainsworth
J G Rowan spent the day in Ainsworth visiting local sites and meeting residents to discuss community issues and upcoming events.
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J. G. Rowan
Ainsworth
First Good Roads School convenes at Ames
Today at Ames convenes the first good roads school in this state. A full course covers surveying road machine use concrete culverts and earth road construction. Exhibits include a reversible grader elevating grader a stone crusher and field instruction for road superintendents.
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Ames
Ducks Rescued by Ostrich in Durban Flood
In Durban during a heavy tropical rainfall the Umgeni River flooded and two ducks, a common half bred native and Bombay variety, were entangled in barbed wire. One escaped with help from an ostrich that pulled it from the water and carried it ashore, though the ostrich was torn by the wire.
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Bombay
Umgeni
Proverb On Fruit Freshness Through the Day
The piece argues the saying Gold In the morning, silver at noon and lead at night refers to fruit and vegetables losing value as hours pass. Freshly gathered produce is most palatable and best for consumption, with quality diminishing from garden to table.
Deepest net haul records set off Tonga Islands
Americans achieved the deepest net haul in history off the Tonga islands in the south Pacific. The trawl reached 23 000 feet below the surface and found life despite near freezing water and 9000 psi pressure. It took a full day to sink and retrieve the net.
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Tonga Islands
South Pacific
St. Nicholas
Not a Lingering Fault in Wedding Banter
A Chicago News tease records a playful exchange on a brief marriage. The bride jokes her husband flatters, the elder sister notes the flaw may fade as the honeymoon ends, and the bride laments hoping the flattery lasts.
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George
Chicago News
The Scotsman Mr McDougall Faces Stringent Sermon
A large pompous Scotsman named Mr McDougall is lampooned in a sermon by a minister who targets his vanity and conceit. The crowd, including sympathetic elders, watches as McDougall walks out humbled by the pointed rebuke and a lingering disdainful smile.
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McDougall
Meenteter
MacTavish
Oldest Inhabitant Question Sparks Village Talk
Local debate centers on a centenarian resident rumored to be the village's oldest inhabitant. Observers note he has hardly left the area, spending decades aging in place while others move on.
Why the Quail Disappear
Morocco Indiana June 12 The Indiana game law has proved ineffectual in perpetuating the quail and in this county the bird is practically extinct Prairie chickens have thrived in the last four years This fact supports old hunters claim that cold winters and lack of natural shelter rather than the sportsman s gun cause quail decline
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Morocco
Ind
Indiana
Union Iron Workers members freed on bail after Philadelphia shooting
Forty one National Structural Iron Workers and Bridge Builders union members jailed for the Joyce shooting at a union meeting are released on $1,000 bail each. Joyce’s condition improves and police probe continues. witnesses cling to the original claim that a doorkeeper named Chetwood fired the shot.
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National Structural Iron Workers and Bridge Builders Union
William Joyce
Joyce
Chetwood
Toed Ag
Ben
Monument unveiled marking first Civil War meeting site
In York county Virginia Bethel Monumentation commemorates where Union and Confederate troops first met during the Civil War. Ex Confederates from Virginia and North Carolina attended the unveiling alongside other spectators in Norfolk on June 12.
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Movscmt
Bethel Monumentalation
Bethel
York County
Virginia
North Carolina
Wilkins Death Leaves Post to John J. and Robert C Wilkins
The Washington Post states Beriah Wilkins death will bring no change in the paper. Control passes to his sons John J. Wilkins and Robert C. Wilkins, who have worked with their father on The Post for years.
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Washington
The
Washington Post
Beriah Wilkins
John J
Robert ¢. Wilkins
Post
Notable Deaths and Ordination Reported Across Several States
Carl von Friesen Swedish education minister dies in Stockholm. Kon. George KF. Seney congressman from ISS to ISM dies of heart failure at Tiff. Ben Holt aged 111 oldest man in Kentucky dies at Webbs Cross Roads Russell county. Thirty four candidates for the ministry oldest class ordained by Augustana synod Stanton Iowa. George Bixby long-time editor proprietor of Plattsburgh Republican dies in New York. Dr W R Harper president Chicago university arrives New York to rest up.
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Stockholm
George KF. Seney
Congress
Iss
ISM
Tiff
Ben Holt
Kentucky
Webbs Cross Roads
Russell County
Augustana Synod
Stanton
George Bixby
Plattsburgh
N. Y
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W. R. Harper
Chicago University
Norwegians in Chicago Seek Roosevelt Action on Norway Sweden Split
In Chicago on June 12 a petition from prominent Norwegians calls President Roosevelt to recognize the storming of Norway and its separation from Sweden.
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Chicago
Roosevelt
Norway
Sweden
Death of Andrew Jackson Truner Noted Wisconsin Publisher
Portage Wisconsin June 12 Andrew Jackson Truner aged 73 died after a brief pneumonia illness. A familiar figure in state politics he founded the Wisconsin State Register and published it for seventeen years.
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Portage
Wis
Andrew Jackson Truner
Truner
Wisconsin State Register
Zionist Movement Set To Open Paris Meeting Hall
Representatives of Dowie the Zionist have rented a large hall in the St. Henage quarter, owned by Prince Monaco's estate. The hall is expected to host Zionist activities in Paris.
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Dowie
St. Henage
Prince Monacco
Northwestern Straw Works Bankruptcy Petition Filed
Milwaukee June 12 an involuntary petition in bankruptcy has been entered against Northwestern Straw works with F G Bigelow named as vice president.
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Milwaukee
Northwestern Straw Works
F. G. Bigelow
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