Yesteryear Dreams and Sunday School News
Verses on Yesteryear meet a call to attend Sunday school meetings with William A Brown as field secretary of the International Sunday School Association. Mrs Porter hosts a bridge party honoring visitors while reports note the bidding up of Field's Little Boy Blue manuscript to 2400 dollars auctioned for charity. A DAR presidency contest in Washington intensifies among Guernsey Morton and Squires, with efforts to keep decorum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William “A. Brown
International Sunday School Association
Wiliam A. Brown
New York Sun
Chicago
Slason Thompson
Bureau of Railway News and Statistics
Eugene Field
Field
Thompson
Grimalkin
Daughters of the American Revolution
Washington
George Thacher Guernsey
Independence
Kan
John Miller Morton
Buffalo
N. Y
George C. Squires
St. Paul
Minn
Cob webs and Metabolism Dr Edwards lecture tonight
Dr Edwards will lecture at 8 30 pm at W C A residence on cob webs and metabolism causing Y W C A recreation games and skating to be postponed. The notice urges attendance and outlines the subject.
Striking Pageant Highlights Missionary Meeting in Elberton
In Elberton Georgia the Woman's Missionary conference featured an impos ing pageant with hundreds of girls as daisies and boys as heathens marching with flags. Miss Ella Leverett spoke on a decade of work in China while reports from Atlanta Griffin and other locales were given by named coordinators. A motion picture about the mission field was to be presented.
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Elberton Elberton
United States
First Methodist Church
Woman's Missionary Conference
Ella Leverett
China
Wesley House
Atlanta
J. W. Wellborn
Griffin
Paul Akin
Luke Johnson
Federated Movement
W. A. Allbright
J. N. McEachern
Golds Bridge and Whist Club Hosts at City Meeting
Mrs. Gold entertained a bridge and whist club with several tables. Mrs. Abrams won whist, Mrs. Cohen top in bridge. Visitors included Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Watson of Commerce. Several locals and guests attended reports from Athens to Commerce News and state normal recitals.
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Mrs. Gold
Severa
A. B. Watson
Commerce
W. H. Fetner
Macon
O. R. Dobbs
Lois Fetner
State Normal
A. C. Fowler
Athens
Helen Winn
Douglass
Methodist Parsonage
V. P. Scoville
Commerce News
S. R. England
Eatonton
Oconee Street
Harris
Claud England
The Changes Time Brings to a Ham Lending Neighbor
An exchange asks what became of the old fashioned man who lent his neighbor a ham to do until he killed his hogs. He could not afford it anymore unless the neighbor would post bond.
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Bond
Home Industries Promises Improved Service In Athens
The message notes payroll in the printing department exceeds ten thousand dollars annually and up to fifteen thousand. It emphasizes keeping spending local in Athens and funding new machinery to better handle orders. It thanks patrons for support and signals readiness to serve.
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Athens
Sterling Silver Service Items Listed for Sale
A New of Sterling lists line silver service pieces including water pitchers bread trays bread and butter plates sandwich plates salad bowls muffin sets salt sets sugar creamer sets bud vases Mayonnaise sets nut sets French dressing boats candle sticks with various pieces described in detail for potential buyers.
At the Movies Friday and Saturday showings
Strand presents Owen Moore and Irene Fenwick in A Girl Like That and Shielding Shadow along with Elite featuring Muriel Ostriche in A Circus Romance. Helen Holmes appears. Saturday shows Ethel Barrymore in The Awakening of Helen Ritchie and Pearl White in Pearl of the Army with Luke and Christie Comedy.
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Strand
Owen Moore
Irene Fenwick
Muriel Ostriche
Helen Holmes
Ethel Barrymore
Helen Ritchie
Pearl White
Luke and Christie
Luffa Gourd Dishcloths Create Busy Trade
An Olle woman profits from raising thick spongy luffa gourds, used for dishcloths and bath sponges. Last year she supplied over a thousand to a garage company for car washing. When cut into strips the gourd yields lace for milliners and serves well in making flower baskets.
Fresh Talk Sparks Aged Lesson From A Child
A caregiver recalls Marie, a five year old visitor, who challenged a rebuke by asking about the meaning of “Ce.” The adult stammers to explain not to get fresh, and Marie promptly clarifies by rephrasing the phrase, highlighting a witty exchange that exposes adult euphemism.
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Marie
To Clean Copper Wash Boilers With Kerosene
Practical tip advises applying kerosene with a cloth to clean copper wash boilers after suds settle. Rinse with hot water and soap to remove kerosene and scum from hard water, leaving the boiler clean and smooth.
Appreciate Your Blessings Quote on Work and Virtue
The passage urges gratitude each morning for purposeful work. It argues that being forced to work and do one's best builds temperance, self-control, diligence, willpower, contentment, and many virtues unknown to idleness.
Boston Geese and their distinctive dress origin
A historical note explains the term Boston Geese for geese dressed with green skin, tall wing feathers and ruff around the neck. The practice gave the Boston market a reputation and defined the branding of geese using that dressing style.
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Boston
Moth Killer Plan for Closets and Stored Clothes
A method warns saturating a 12 inch square cloth with formaldehyde and placing it in a closet or storage chest for 12 hours to kill moths and their eggs. The same approach can be used in trunks or boxes where clothing is stored.
Birthday Coming Down the Street
A short dated piece about a three year old who misunderstands the concept of a birthday. She asks to see her birthday approaching by looking out the window and imagining it coming down the street in a quaint, childlike way.
Editorial Lament For The Old Maple Sugar Messenger
A nostalgic note questions the fate of the longtime editor’s spring supplier who once delivered 100 pounds of maple sugar each year and wistfully imagines a future gift of peanuts from the Arizona Gazette.
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Arizona
Fashion in Furs Tracks Style Shifts of a Fur Market
The article surveys the evolving fur fashion of the season, noting semi precious peltry’s rise to popularity to suit mass budgets. It highlights new styling trends from neckpieces to shoulder pieces, three quarter length coats, lavish belts, and wristlets, while naming favored furs such as ermine sable beaver kolinski flying squirrel and skunk. It contrasts modern furrier craft with ancient need, stressing artistry over mere animal remains.
Bargain Paint Leads to Colorful Domestic Disaster
Mrs Jandivere buys a cheap quart of malachite green paint and a brush on a sale. She plans to glaze woodwork though the paint is not as described, causing a messy mix, splattered clothing, stained wallpaper, and a ruined rug as the couple argues and resolves to abandon the project.
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Jandivere
Janedivere
Paine
Mra
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J. A. Langford
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Littles Park
Helen Hoyt
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Hronor
W. B. Wilkinson
Will Walker
Beaumont
Texas
Coates Benedict
Boy Blue
Oime
America
DR. Brown
the Baptist Tabernacle
the Tabernacle
Emmanuel Guild
Hugh Rowe
W. G. Watre
Woman's Club
E. W. Brogdon
Eva Snellings
Bostwick
A. S. Parker
Thad Hawkins
Arnoldsville
City
William B. Wilkinson
Ben Barrow
Mamie McKie
W. Y. Harber
Cliff Daughtry
Ben Thornton
Walter Forbes
Belle Ruark
Evelyn Lewis
Mr. W. E Carroll
New York
the McCregor Co
Sterling
Brandi
Georgia
Uke
Robert
Tere
Wea
NG Po
Columetdors
Tour Tisk
Number One
Mr. Dustin Stax
Number
la Triomphe
Reid Drig Co
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