East Highland Social Notes Include Visits and Birthdays
Mrs Hollis Whiting and family from Crawfordsville called at Omer Bath home. Clement Rummel Hart and Clementine visited Anna Rath. James Swailes and family spent time at James Dvorak Jr. home. DeWayne Wieland turned ten with birthday cake. Evelyn Mincer started work near Lone Tree. Roy Taylor works at James Dvorak Sr. home.
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Frank Mincer
East Highland
Hollis Whiting
Robert
Mildred
Martha
Charles Andrew
Arthur
Crawfordsville
Omer Bath Home
Riverside
C. S. Cummings
Clement Rummel
Hart
Clementine
Anna Rath
James Swailes
James Dvorak, Jr
DeWayne Wieland
Evelyn Mincer
Lone Tree
Frank J. Mincer
Gary Gene
R. A. Stolley
J. EK. Swailes
Ernest
Roy Taylor
James Dvorak, Sr
Baby
Moline
Ralph Kelsey
C. O. Burris
Cotter
Lucille Clark
Winfield
Bill Chmelar
Emil Finkes
Ed Heck
Floyd Fisher
Chas. Schiebel
Ainsworth
Pratt
Emma Pratt
Della Miller
Mary Marr
Fannie Rowan
Joe Parizek
George Parizek
West Liberty
Wilford Dohert
Iowa City
J. W. Longer
Will Kos
Will Longer
Walter Longer
John Holmes
Edison Inventor of Mimeograph Declares Patent
Edison credited as inventor of the mimeograph with patent 180857 issued August 8 1876. The note cites Edison in connection with the early duplicating machine and the historical patent record.
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Edison
Thomas A. Edison
The Legend of Rufus Drake of Lirio NM
Rufus Drake known as Rufe Drake rises from prospecting to owning El Alhaja in Lirio NM. He wins big then loses it all to gambling. Boris Avery recounts how Drake’s fortune collapses after he buys the El Alhaja and never returns.
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N Lirio
N. M
Rufus Drake
Rufe
Lirio
Boris Avery
Rufe Drake
Boris
Rio Grande
Nate Paxton
el Alhaja
E! Alhaja
Nate
Rafe
Chance
Rufus
The
E Alhaja
Rafe Drake
Potluck Dinner Hosts Draw Many Local Guests
Havre area residents attended a cooperative potluck dinner hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Harry McConnell and Harold. The gathering included A. B. Carr and family, Molly and Betty of Brighton, Roy Gordon, Clara and Johnnie, Harriet Shirley of Abington Illinois, Minnie Duke of Davenport, and Reverend Sewinity of Bluffton Ohio. Visitors and extended family shared meals and chats at multiple homes, with several noting birthday celebrations and local travel for civic duties.
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Lewis Hering
Havre
Harry McConnell
Harold
A. B. Carr
Molly
Betty
Brighton
Roy Gordon
Clara
Johnnie
Charlie Ie Connell
Richard Leet
Wilma Martin
Helen Carr
Phylis Carstensen
Carrs
Harriet Shirley
Leona Edgar
Howard
Ottumwa
Meride
Edgars
Martin Weston
Harold Wilson
Martin Westen
John Baer
Reinhart Knaak
Frank Knaak
Hedrick
August Ziegiowsky
Haskins
Evert Westen
Olds
Walter Westen
Albert Zieglowsky
Wilmer Lauderman
Merle Statler
Dorothy
Davenport
Will Frakes
Fairfield
Frank Pratt
S. C
Ezra Wittmer
Duaine
August Zieglowsky
Harmony Community Notes Distill Social Rounds and Farm Work
Residents and relatives gather for soybean hay work as Edwin and Charles Griffith Walter Longer Lyle Kelsey Laver ance Muck assist Chas Schiebel. The same crew helps the Griffiths with hay. Neighbors share visits and birthdays as local farms progress through dry weather.
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Harmony
Edwin
Charles Griffith
Walter Longer
Lyle Kelsey
Laverance Muck
Chas. Schiebel
Chas
Richard Schiebel
Ed Heck
Griffiths
Ed Libe
Doyle Plecker
Ambrose Gilpin
Floyd Stover
Everette Locmnitt
Clarence Fletch
Electric Fences Law Sets Wisconsin Farm Policy
Wisconsin becomes the first state to pass a law regulating electric fences used on farm animals. The statute addresses safety standards, maintenance, and enforcement to guide agricultural practices statewide.
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Wisconsin
Clay Skyscrapers Rise In Ancient Arabian City
German explorers led by Hans Helfritz reveal Shibam in Hadramaut as a six century old desert metropolis. The 10 to 14 story clay towers rise above a waterless landscape where underground passages connect fortress like homes built from sun baked bricks. Residents commute to canyon floors for daily work, while rain remains an rare event with houses collapsing in cloudbursts.
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Arabian Desert
United States
Hans Helfritz
Shibam
Arabia
Arabian Sea
Hadramaut
Elixir Long Sought by Medieval Alchemists
Medieval alchemists pursued the Elixir Long Sought believed to prolong life and grant eternal youth according to historical lore.
Gringo origin traced to US war era in Mexico
Linguists at the Texas border explain the term gringo arose during the 1846 to 1848 Mexican American War as Mexican interpretation of US troops marching and singing Green Grow the Grasses. The article notes the Mexican usage and historical context.
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Kermit Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
London
Roosevelt
Ministry of Shipping
Mexico
United States
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Mr. and
Mrs. Kermit Roosevelt
Sone
Westphal the Jeweler
Official
Washington Directory
Optometrists
Richard Stewart
Ethel Grecian
R. R. Noonan
W. P. Rawn
Martha Foster
Harriet Coulter
Harold Putnamee Marion
George County
Schonis
Kyle
Ned Morrow
Lester B. Krabil Harve P. Wilson
Fred Bauer
Chiropractors
Dea, Chas
Brown
Court House
Washington Independent School District
E. A. Ralston
Harland W. Mead
Tansee George Pields
Ethel McCreedy
Harry Bowles
Glenn Mace
Ralph W. Thompson
P. L. Etter
T. J. Pease
A. BE
Atchison
C. W. Tucker
Dr, A
Peterson
Second Ave
Washington
Iowa
C. F. Boller
State Bank Corner
Washington St
Theodore B. Bailey
Law Loan & Trust Bldg
Officers
Lloyd Lytle
W. H. Fulton
E. F. Muck
Henry Bailey
P. L. Jordan
J. C. Brown
Walter Kiesey
Mark Pratt
C. C. Reister
Lester H. Orr
R. WF. McFarlane
Wil Dupuis
Clarence Jacobs
Fred Reid
City Library
Eva Denny
Homer Stephen
East Main St
Sherman
West Main St
Lemley & Yard
General Insurance
East Main Street
W. Livingston
Abstract Department
Eveready Plumbing Shop
Lowa
Harry McConnells
Jos Rich
Virgil Wittmer
C. Wittmer
Raymond Sankey
W. R. Longer
Arthur Griffith
Mae Burney
Glen Anderson
Gir
Mrs
Ronald Horn
Arabian City
Dixie Dugan
By Striebel & Mevoy
Trust Him
Ronvsuto
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
Caesar
Jim Hotle
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