A Story of the Builders 7 Democracy Trving
Samson and Sarah Traylor travel from Vergennes Vermont with two children toward the Sangamon country in Illinois. They journey via the Erie Canal and through Buffalo to Rochester and Niagara Falls meeting Irish emigrants and travelers. A wagon wheel breaks in Ohio Indiana. Sarah falls ill but recovers after a mountain of effort, with aid from a visiting missionary and a helping traveler.
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Samson
Sarah Traylor
Joelah
Betsey
Vergennes
Land of Plenty
Illinois
New England
Buffalo
Ohio
Indiana
Sarah
Colonel
Journey South to New Salem with a Helpful Stranger
Samson and Sarah travel with a feverish boy from Niagara County New York named Harry Needles whom they meet along the way. They shelter at Rutledge’s Tavern in New Salem Illinois on day ninety seven where Dr. John Allen and Mrs. Rutledge welcome them. The group plans to claim land as they settle and a tall stranger Abe Rutledge greets them with a curious stout demeanor as the tale continues.
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Utica
Joe
Betsey
Boston
Long House
Hudson
Lake Erie
Par West
Samson
DeWitt Clinton
Sarah
Connecticut
Ohio
Cannandaigua
Genesee
Rochester
Lewiston
Niagara River
Falls
Flanagen
Flanagans
Michigan
Old Country
Broome County
New York
Dennis
John McNell
Sangamon
Great Falls
America
Traylors
Niagara County
Harry Needles
Indiana
Tilnois
New Salem
Rutledge
Semson
Phitemon Baker
Humbness
John Allen
Vermont
Canaan of America
Howdy
Music Notes Mme Ney to Visit America Next Year
Mme Billy Ney, hailed as a top pianist since Teresa Carreno, plans an extended concert tour in America next season with debut in New York in October. Born Elly Ney of an Alsatian lineage, she trained in Bonn and Berlin, won major prizes, studied in Vienna, and later married Dutch conductor Willy van Hoogstraten.
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Mme
Bily Ney
America
Billy Ney
Teresa Carreno
Atlantic
Avall
New York
Elly New
General Ney
Mendelssohn
Vienna
Europe
Netherlands
Willy van Hoogstraaten
Mme. Neyts
Brahms
Anton Rubenstein
The Tobacco Habit and Its Effects On School Work
A long study of several hundred boys over ten years notes tobacco use harms schooling. Early starters show stunted growth, indigestion, impaired senses, and dull study ability. Many become grade-stuck or fail promotions with poor discipline and honesty, while reform can restore progress. The piece urges action beyond classroom instruction to curb youth tobacco use.
Iowa Billiard Association Forms to Clean Up Gamming
The Iowa Billiard Association formed in Des Moines aims to eradicate public gambling and improve billiard hall standing. Dwight N. Lewis is president for the first year with B F Kauffman as treasurer and Thomas H. Boylan as secretary.
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Des Moines
Iowa Billiard Association
Hien
Dwight N. Lewis
B. F Kauffman
Bankers Trust Company
Thomas H. Boylan
Proprietora
Reverend Musselman to Deliver Wayland Commencement Address
NOBLE NOBLE May 27 Rev. M. Mus selman of Bluffton Ohio arrived Thursday morning. He has been secured to deliver the commencement address at Wayland Friday night May 27 He was formerly pastor of the Mennonite church here and at Wayland. Amanda Frey and Sam Eicher of Archibald Ohio were guests at supper Thursday evening at the J A Frey home. Verna and Joe Graber and Henry Leichty who have been attending school at Heston Kansas the past year returned home Friday morning to spend the summer vacation. Mr and Mrs Andrew Hanenatine Wm Hanenstine and Lawrence Stort and wife attended the funeral of Mrs Fannie Baumgartner at Germanville Thursday afternoon May 26th. Mrs Baumgartner was a sister of Andrew and Wm Hanenstine. Demnesel Leiper of Mt Pleasant is visiting his grandparents Wm Leiper and wife this week. KE BK Eicher and family were in Fairfield on business Monday afternoon.
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Noble Noble
M. Musselman
Bluffton
Ohio
Musselman
Wayland
Waylnd
Amanda Frey
Sam Eicher
Archibald
J. A. Frey
Verna
Joe Graber
Henry Leichty
KE. BK. Eicher
Fairfield
Missing Cedar Rapids Teen Harold Kohl
Harold Kohl an 18 year old Cedar Rapids high school senior vanished after leaving home for school Monday. Police search advised and boathouse keepers warned as he was last seen at the high school building and may have planned to swim with his bathing suit.
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Cedar Rapids
Harold Kohl
Tan shoes and a cross girl mark a playful day
Donald boasted about new tan shoes after playing with two little girls. He described one girl with tan hair as very cross, sharing a moment from a domestic scene.
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Donald
West Chester Holds Community Picnic and Commencement
A May 3 community picnic in Sherbeck's pasture drew over 250 attendees as West Chester consolidated schools wrapped up commencement week. Miss Minnie Conner led the program with Dr. W W Bowers delivering the commencement address.
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West Chester
Sherbeck
West Chester Consolidated Schools
Minnie Conner
Washington
United Presbyterian and
Methodist
W. W. Bowers
Clair Walters
Oral Walters
Floyd Schall
Lucile Dayton
Vera Watson
Violet Hough
Viola Fuhr
Lucile Fisher
Leila Dunbar
Harold Griggs
Harold Fisher
Eldon Bower
Daryl Bell
Blanche Huber
Wilbur Gordon
Howard Disney
Raymond Ferguson
H. C. Druse
Dr. Bowers
Boy answers riddle about profit in trade puzzle
A country lad inquires about a job and faces a math riddle. The article asks if a man who buys for 4 dollars and sells for 50,045? gains or loses. The boy replies he gains on the dollars but loses on the cents, highlighting a faulty sale calculation.
Heart Trouble Not Fatal Says Doctor on Therapy
Dr Frederick Brush told the National Society for the Promotion of Occupational Therapy that heart disease is not a barrier to useful work. Under proper supervision cardiac patients can engage in a large part of active life rather than being told to stop.
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Frederick Brush
National Society For the Promotion of Occupational Therapy
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Tuffalo
Abe
H. H. Seerley
Lone State Normal School
H. C. Cruse
Methodist Church
United Presbyterian Church
Sadie
Lola Dayton
West Chester High School
Miss Conner
J. W. Houseal
Mary Martin
Dodge Brothers
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