Local Notes From The County News
Mrs. Johanna Marek is ill with lung trouble. Miss Celesta Kos returns from Washington trip. Tobio and Whittaker ship hog car pad to Chicago. Mr and Mrs Jos Brecht of Marfengo visit Denny Brennans and others. Frank Lintz Sam Lintz and Albert Sharp visit Anthony Chalopa. Ayers loses an eye chopping wood. Willie Welte injured by gasoline engine explosion. prognosis good. Grandma Kos, age 90, breaks hip. age makes prognosis poor.
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Johanna Marek
Celesta Kos
Washington
Tobio & Whittaker
Chicago
Jos. Brecht
Marfengo
Denny Brennan
Frank
Sam Lintz
Albert Sharp
Anthony Chalopa
Ayers
Willie Welte
Yeterday
Grandma Kos
Deaths and travels mark busy March day in Washington
Mrs. Sarah Wawie and Mrs. Elizabeth Vesey learn of Mrs. T. P. Miller’s death in Noble. Miss Tet White returned from West Liberty. Misses Anna and Jessie Long visit sister Mrs. A. E. Ross in Winfield. George Shaner returns from Letts. Grace Elizabeth Nicholson to wed Herman A. Twinam March 15 at 6 30 p.m. near Ainsworth. Mrs. Henry Hougis visits Washington. Miss Ida Conrad returns to Hamilton Ohio after visiting her brother P. S. Conrad. C. M. Strain attends horse shoers convention in Columbus Junction. Funeral of J. D. McCall held at United Presbyterian Church with Rev. Thompson and Rev. Cotton officiating. interment in new cemetery. pallbearers listed. Asa Reid and Abe Essiey in town on business. William Martin and Henry Brown plan move to Eskridge Kansas. Martin’s father has resided there.
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Sarah Wawie
Elizabeth Vesey
T. P. Miller
Noble
Vesey
Tet White
West Liberty
Anna
Jessie Long
Winfield
A. E. Ross
George Shaner
Letts
T. J. Nicholson
Grace Elizabeth
Herman A. Twinam
Ainsworth
Henry Hougis
Washington
Ida Conrad
Hamilton
Ohio
Conrad
C. M. Strain
Columbus Junction
J. H. Stewart
G. T. Reid
J. W. Maxwell
James McCulley
J. D. McCall
Asa Reid
Abe Essiey
Wm. Martin
Henry Brown
Eskridge
Kansas
Boxer Mike Donovan Recalls White House Dress Suit Tale
Veteran boxing coach Mike Donovan says President Roosevelt invited him to a White House reception. He wore a hired dress suit after the president arranged attire and he quipped he could not fill the president's clothes or his office. Donovan recounts meeting the president warmly.
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Mike Donovan
New York Athletic Club
Washington
Roosevelt
New York American
Mike
Army
Navy
White House
Japan Renames Dalny to Taken on War Office Decree
On February 11 the Japanese war office decreed Dalny disappear from eastern Asia’s map and Taken replace it as the designated name. The move marks a formal renaming amid ongoing regional shifts.
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Japan
Dalny
Japanese War Office
Eastern
Asia
Log Palace of Oregon Giants at Lewis and Clark Exposition
The Forestry building at the Lewis and Clark centennial in Portland Oregon stands as a log palace. It symbolizes Oregon and Washington forest wealth with giants of the forest logs weighing as much as 32 tons and up to 52 feet long, forming a 206 by 102 by 70 foot structure.
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Portland
Ore
Oregon Country
Oregon
Washington
Lewis and Clark
Ternal
Pacific Northwest
Names and Language Confusion in Global Markets Explain Naming Changes
The London Pall Mall Gazette notes that a Russian mushroom city name meaning distant is unclear in Japanese, likely not Russian, and reflects a broader trend to erase the Russian label. It argues the move signals a struggle to win world markets as names evolve for harmony, memory, or strategic reasons.
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Pall Mall Gazette
Tumut
Fashoda
Danny
Czar Discovers Threatening Letter In Tsarskoe Selo
A Sunday morning at Tsarskoe Selo the Russian emperor found a French letter on the floor in the writing room. It claimed twelve men planned to avenge the Sunday events and noted the first man had arrived. The palace guards and police intensified inquiries into palace movements and Tsarskoe Selo railway travelers.
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Tsarskoe-Selo
Russia
St. Petersburg
London Mail
Tsurskee Selo
Hill urges objective view on labor and steel trade issues
James J. Hill, president of the Great Northern, tells Success Magazine that the nation must face big labor and trade problems without optimism or pessimism. He cites artificial wage levels, declining steel exports, Germany’s cheaper, higher quality production, and Britain’s industrial pressures as signs the United States must cut costs and improve quality to compete.
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James J. Hill
Great Northern Railway
Success Magazine
Philippines
Germany
England
Planting tips for a bright home garden with annuals and roses
The article advises creating a small region for easy growing annuals like marigolds and petunias and highlights star crimson petunias. It praises early flowering shrubs and suggests using perennials to vary the garden. It covers blackberry and rhubarb planting, wild roses and hybrids, and recommends white Dutch clover for bees.
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Lord Penzance
Supplemental feeds show profit differences for cattle at Iowa Station
Experiments fed five groups of medium weight cattle on corn alone or with supplements. Prices per hundredweight ranged from 5.25 to 5.35, with corn and oilmeal producing a 5 percent higher return due to a firmer bloom. Oilmeal also has a laxative effect and reduces waste.
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Iowa
Digestibility Effects of Feed Supplements on Steer Growth
The report compares corn, corn and offmeal, and cottonseed meal diets. Steers on cottonseed meal grew more than corn alone but less than corn with offmeal. Shipping shrinkage was high across feeds, with cottonseed showing better hog gains later but overall less digestible outcomes.
Notions About Clover Seeding and Best Practice
A farmer argues for spring seeding and ground preparation to improve clover survival. He prefers sowing in April or May with one bushel of seed per five acres, followed by harrowing to cover and aid sprouting, enhancing drought resilience.
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Harrow
Grump and Phibbs Snarl Over Snoring Claim
In a sharp exchange from a New York Times item, Mrs Grump challenges Mr Grump over alleged fibs about snoring. The quarrel centers on who accused whom and the social muddle around a domestic dispute.
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Grump
Phibbs
Mrs. Grump
New York Times
A Drenadial Disappointment In Love and Wedding Plans
The Cleveland Plain Dealer notes a groom to be faced disappointment as his father’s business failure a week before the wedding date unsettles plans. The piece frames romantic setback against family financial trouble.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Money and happiness clash over enough wealth
A brief wry exchange attributed to the Chicago Tribune contrasts philosophical takes on money. The wise man doubts happiness from wealth until the other asserts that happiness comes with just enough money.
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Chicago Tribune
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