Easter Week and Church Events In Several Congregations
Congregational notices list one act plays on Friday April 4 and social events at CEGRCH NES including a birthday celebration for Mrs Suckow and gifts from the Junior society. It notes upcoming services, Sunday school times, Lenten and Easter programs across Alden Ellis Methodist Episcopal Lutheran and other churches with choir practices and societies meeting in early April.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suckow
Vera Martin
Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society
X Peace Evangelical Church
Buckeye
Ladies’ Aid Society
Emil Wambier
A Laboratory Is Needed to Study Prohibition Impact
The piece argues for a distinct statistical and human examination of prohibition’s effects on moral and economic life. It urges a formal laboratory study funded by foundations to assess changes in accidents, savings, home purchases, church membership, and life insurance health data since the law’s enactment, beyond sensational press reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Verily times do change
Twenty years ago few dreamed of modern cars and editors chronicled every auto trip. Today nearly twenty two million vehicles operate in the United States as the automotive industry leads in value of finished products, marking a swift transformation in travel and commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Union
District of Columbia
Spring Opening Early Amid Warm March Weather
Following an unusually warm February and a warm first half of March, northeast Iowa saw dry soils and rapid field work. Thunderstorms on the 15th and 16th brought several inches of snow, while corn Steck batery crews prepared stalks for shipment. Ground was disced and plowed for seed beds, spring wheat was sown in the northwest and oats in the south, winter wheat and grasses greened early, and fruit buds advanced rapidly amid favorable reports on spring pigs lambs and chicks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Jury service for women in specified cases
A brief note details juror participation for women under a law permitting Wollan juries in select cases. The provision outlines eligibility and obligations for service, reflecting historic legal standards affecting female jurors in certain trials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Babylon
Turies
Wollan
Home at Last in a Humble Army Shack Romance
A long wartime tale follows Lieutenant Gibbs and Mary Rose as they marry, endure a damp, cramped army post home, and endure hardship. Mary Rose yearns to leave for her father’s sunny nursery but stays for the baby. She finally proclaims, I am home, after transforming their shack into a real home with improvised comforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John R. Gibbs
John
South
Baltimore
Roanoke
Greenville
Army Post
West Point
Quartermaster Corps
Mary Rose
Army Hospital
Jobo
Germans Train Employees on the Rail System Across Cities
Popular Mechanics notes the German government operates the railway to run traveling school trains. Passenger cars accompany crews as classes are held at each stop, teaching theory and practice of train operations with instruction given promptly during travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Savings Passbooks Sought by Crook
James E. Baum of the American Bankers Association urges customers to guard savings pass books and blank checks to deter forgery. He notes many crimes arise from careless handling and promotes alarms and broader state police protection, citing fewer bank holdups where police are present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James E. Baum
American Bankers Association
Mr. Baum
Baum
Far West
American Bankers Association Protective Department
Humble Vegetables Grow Into Major Commercial Crops
The bureau of agricultural economics of the USDA reports that carrots turnips and beets once seen as home garden staples have become large commercial commodities. Carrot production rose from 3 184 000 bushels in 1928 to 6 628 000 bushels the same year, with increased carlot shipments and rising consumption over the past decade due to standardization refrigeration and rapid transport from producing areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
United States
The Thinker Leads Modern Progress
John G. Lonsdale argues interpreters of the times are vital to guiding business, finance and policy. He warns prosperity hinges on leadership that reads trends, urges bankers to study changes, and stresses mergers, consolidation and forward vision for future action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John G. Lonsdale
American Bankers Association
Daniels
America
Vegetable Production Grows Across Year Round Market
Readable fragments show broad growth in vegetable demand and year round production. California Texas Georgia and Mississippi center commercial output with shipments in most months. Techniques include grading bunching washing pre cooling and loading for market readiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Texas
Genna
Mississippi
Earliest Upright Piano Patent in England and U S
A fragment notes John Isaac Jenkins, an Englishman, patenting the first genuine upright piano in England and the United States around 1800. The text is partially garbled but points to early piano invention and cross‑Atlantic patent activity.
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England
Uni
John Isaac Jekins
Also Mentioned on This Page
Cegrch Nes
Alden and Ellis Methodist Episcopal Churches
Evangelical Sunday School
U. P. League
Hattie Lettow
AnniHeRii
Bond
Beatrice Vandergrift
John G. Lonedale
the Times
Alden, Iowa
Slebson
Aska
Pork & Beans
Campbells
Jonathans
Sunkist
Cort
Buchanan Co
acr.aGs
L. A. Page Lumber Co
W. V. Winter
Mey
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