Frontier Editor’s Bold Move Sparks North Dakota Boom
A. C. Adams, early Webster Dak. editor, moved to Day County after the war and printed a one man paper from a sod shack. A visitor mocked his loft, then the same area grew into Britton, Marshall County, with railways and dozens of houses.
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St. Paul
A. C. Adams
Webster, Dak
Farmer
Adams
Dakota
Day County
Ccessa
Neral
Lawrence
Iowa
Britton
Marshall County
Amok Rampage in Singapore Leaves Three Dead
A Malay man Hadji Ibraim in Singapore killed three people and wounded six in a brief amok spree last month after reading a Mecca letter about his daughter's death. He stabbed a Malay host, two Malay women, and two Chinese men before being captured by a native policeman. one victim a Ling may not recover. He claimed no clear motive. The event cast gloom over the native community.
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Hlama
Mecca
Singapore
London
Milford Township’s Pest Parade Through Years of Farm Woes
Milford township Pennsylvania is featured as state champion for pests since 1883. Field mice triggered 1883 problems, hawks followed in 1884, leading to a 50 cent bounty on hawks. Moles, weasels, skunks, and rats later shifted the pest season, with pigs and terriers fighting a large rat invasion in winter quarters.
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Milford
Pennsylvania
Milford Township
Commonwealth
Little Meadow
Icelanders Moving Westward Scheme Reported
The St James Gazette states a Manitoba plan to move 75 000 Icelanders and their livestock from Iceland to Canada. It compares the potential emigration to the Exodus from Egypt, noting ongoing Icelandic settlement in Manitoba and colonies Gimli Thingvalla and New Iceland expanding under the Icelandic Society.
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St. James
Iceland
Manitoba
Israel
Egypt
Canada
Gimli
Thingvalla
New Iceland
Canadian Northwest
Icelandic Society
Worst of all Chinese Floods
The Yellow River has ruptured its banks in China creating a massive new outlet to the sea. The south bank failure on September 28 submerged thousands of square miles, swept away hundreds of villages, drowned thousands, and left millions homeless. The river now feeds the Yellow Sea south of its former channel and alters the Yangtze region.
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Yellow River
China
Yang-tse -Kiang
Kaifeng
Yellow Sea
Yang-tse-Kiang
London Daily News
Niagara Ice Bridge Forms in Gorge at Prospect Park
A large ice bridge stretches from the Canadian falls to the river's far shore in front of the Niagara Gorge pleasure grounds. Thomas Conroy crossed the bridge first, with Jack Le Blond, and Miss Mamie L. Edwards of Bridgeport Connecticut became the first woman to venture across accompanied by William Edwards of Niagara Falls Ontario.
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Buffalo Courier
Niagara
Prospect Park
Canadian Falls
Pleasure Grounds
McCloy
Thomas Conroy
Jack le Blond
Mamie L. Edwards
Bridgeport
William Edwards
Niagara Falls
Ont
Miss Edwards
Goat Island
Park Company
Jack McCloy
The Jokers Budget and A Patchwork of Gossip
A fragmented clipping blends satirical lines and humorous exchanges from cartoons and columns. It features jokes about justice time limits, a comic dialogue with a maid and a husband, village witticisms, and condensed quips about farming education and fashion.
Humorous Fragments and Quips From Various Papers
A collage of short jokes and light notices spans critics on grammar and politeness, poet lore, editor antics, a hunting tale, a Cincinnati socialite, quips about parasites, and a Massachusetts musician’s ad, all reflecting early 20th century humor.
A Foolish Doctor
A patient insists on a stomach problem and is told by the doctor that the stomach is fine but the issue lies in poor food choices and stuffing, prompting the patient to discharge him. Burdette notes people hate honest medical criticism.
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Burdette
Aopnonse Davvet Plans Satirical Expose of French Academy
Aupnonse Davvet announces a book aimed at ridiculing the so called forty immortals of the French Academy. The project seeks to lampoon the academy's members and prestige with sharp commentary.
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Aupnonse Davvet
Academy
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