Championship Hog and Town Trouble in Spring Farm Incident
In a rural spring scene Dar Jackson guides his prized Poland China hog Rex IV home but a road accident with two crooks leads to a confrontation. The pair are captured after a chase ending with Marshall Jones and a crowd, with a $2,000 reward for the thieves and more for the loot, as Rex’s owner contemplates justice.
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Dar Jackson
Poland
China
Rex IV
Bex
Jackson
Great
Tmn
Oranch
Tie
Duffy
Madison
Lear
Marstal
Soup Malone
Dersey Bih Ginser
Beeville Bank Fastight
Rex
Composer's Ego and Mozart Reverence Across Ages
A Montreal family Herald excerpt notes a composer’s changing ego with age. It contrasts early admiration for Mozart with later respect for elder masters and reflects on modern composers prioritizing their own works over tradition.
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Clairtes
Mozart
Chev
Jose
Unydn
Michael Unydn
Thei
Montreal Family Herald
Early Bible divisions and verse numbering origins
A Pathfinder Magazine piece notes early Bible text had no verse divisions or word spacing. It cites Ezra Abbot noting the 1551 Geneva edition by Robert Stephens as the first to divide the New Testament into verses, with Greek center text flanked by Erasmus Latin and the Vulgate, influencing Whittingham and the Breeches Bible.
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Pathfinder Magazine
Ezra Abbot
Butlient
Robert Stephens
Geneva
Erasmus
William Whittingham
Shorthand Methods Reported in Historical Texts Found
University of Texas library holds Spanish manuals from ISI and US21 showing shorthand as an old art. One text by Pon Guillermo Atunuste Xra millo notes a modified form studied during public examinations. Another Spanish work by Iran Prancis co de Palluti Marti mentions over fifty French and English shorthand methods at the time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Texas Library
ISI
Pon Guillermo Atunuste Xramillo
Us21
Iran
Prancisco de Palluti Marti
Sailors Fear Mistral Winds Off Southern Coast
The mistral winds, described as dangerous and strong, descend from mountain slopes to coastal waters along France Italy and Austria. They disrupt navigation and threaten small craft during the initial violent gusts before moderating but remaining powerful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
France
Ialy
Austria
Slick Dad Defends Cost of Daughter's Suitor
An elderly father jokes to a friend about ending his daughter’s unwanted engagement by presenting him with all the bills he has covered for her in the last six months, revealing a humorous test of the suitor’s resolve.
Crawfordsville Notes From Aug Correspondent Column
Crawfordsville updates include residents seeking work at Standard Oil Waterloo and Miss Veda Twinam returning to Chicago to teach. Travellers visits from Rev J F Thompson and Mrs Warren Nelson, and tennis honors for Grant Fletcher and Lisle Anwyl in Washington. Local teens lose a pickup game 6 to 0 to Wyman, and school resumes with teachers named across several districts.
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Crawfordsville
Aug
Berette Mitchell
Cedar Falls
Waterloo
Vernon White
Veda Twinam
Chicago
Velma Twinam
Ann Arbor
Mich
Jennie Brumage
Kansas
W. W
J. F. Thompson
Warren Nelson
Raymond
Nebraska
Cyrus Sewell
Diasonal
Selma C. Sommers
Wayland
Grant Fletcher
Isle Anwyl
Wyman
United Presbyterian
East Franklin Community Notes Highlight Local Visits
Ida Meeks and family visited Ernest Meeks. Will and Orva Meeks hosted, with Alice and Helen staying at Riverside. School opened September 2 with two new beginners Charles Atkin and Kenneth Meeks. Catherine Coulter teaches. Myra Meeks returns from Washington residence. Summer weather dry. a good shower desired. Local families attend Des Moines State Fair. others visit Jes Moines fair. Linger Longer club meets with Mrs. Charles Bush. Des Moines relatives stay with Dale Atkinson.
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Charles Atkinson
Kenneth Meeks
Catherine Coulter
Myra Meeks
Ralph Bauer
Washington
Harry Davidson
Jim
Harley
Des Moines
Delbert Davidson
Walter Longer
Jes Moines
Val Fuhr
Iek
Coffey
Chester Holcomb
Baby
Ernest Meek
Jerank Embree
Near Watkins
Joe Embree
Ernestine
Lou Embree
Virgil Miller
Lawrence McNeal
Mixa Esther Flood
Ed Vinton
Esther Flood
Will Monroe
West Chester
Charles Bush
W. G. du Mont
David
Dau
Ghter
Alex Foltz
San Antonio
Texas
Dale Atkinson
du Mont
Cadets Must Swear Oath Before Academy Admission
Cadets accepted for appointment to the United States Military Academy are required to take the oath of Allegiance and subscribe to an engagement to serve the United States for a term following graduation prior to admission.
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United States Military Academy
United States
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