Society Notes Highlight club gatherings and civic events
Members of the Past Chiefs Club attended Green Pastures in Cherokee Tuesday evening then held a lunch. Bridge scores crowned Mrs. Ralph Peterson high and Mrs. A. A. Davis second. Several social gatherings followed including Rebekah Circle and W. F. M. S. meetings with talks on India and Burma Village life and officer elections for the church group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chiefs Club
Green Pastures
Cherokee
Clarence Kaskey
Ralph Peterson
A. A. Davis
Mabel Johnson
O. B. East
George Scott
Ralph Teterson
H Boehnke
Wm. Wolter
Fred Wogahn
Zelma Parrott
Vernon Butterfield
Rebekah
R. B. Harrison
B. B. McCarty
Pp. Il. E. F. Club
Ed Rice
M. S
Fred Daniels
Florence Will
Mabel Waddell
Helen Hench
Lillian Olson
Nettie DeVries
Eula Lewis
For Sale White Face Calves 18 Head Priced Right
For sale18 head of good quality white face calves priced for immediate sale. T R Porter Aurelia phone 158.
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T. R. Porter
Aurelia
Methodist Church Notes Highlight Friendship Class Growth
The Sunday School reports the new Friendship Class meeting with sixteen members and a leadership team appointed for the year. Upcoming events include Morning Worship with a sermon on church officers, an evening unified service for country folk, and the Cherokee County Ladies Aid convention next Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Lamm
Art Will
Raymond Kruse
Lois Anderson
V. Culver
W. A. Lewis
Jeanne Anderson
Deloris Peterson
Ladies Aid Society
Cherokee County Ladies Aid Asociation
Men’s Brotherhood
Earl Roadman
Morningside College
St Pauls Lutheran Church invites public to services
Sunday school at 10:00 with classes for tiny tots to senior youth and a weekday program led by William Walter. An advanced class meets twice weekly for deep doctrinal study. English service at 10 46. Ladies Aid meets next Wednesday at 2 30 with guest day invites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Webster
George Washington
The Home Medicine Cheat List for a Household Chest
A suggested inventory for a home medicine chest includes poracic lint medical cotton wool bandages of various sizes needle and cotton sterilized dressings antiseptic gauze oiled silk adhesive tape in two sizes medicine measure and glass eye-bath glass syringe clinical thermometer scissors tweezers iodine sal volatile smelling salts common aperients Ipecac and wine sulphur zinc thoracic ointments and locked poisons if kept separate away from children.
First American Play in 1787 Shaped by Col Royall Tyler
The Contrast by Col Royall Tyler, the first American written play staged professionally, was produced by English players at John Street Theater New York in 1787. Within weeks Tyler wrote rehearsed and witnessed his own show's opening after leaving Boston where he called the theater the vestibule of hell.
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Col. Royall
Tyler
John Street
New York
George Washington
Boston
Hell
Average American Consumes Milk Butter and Cheese
An old statistical note details per person yearly intake in the United States: about 45.3 gallons of milk, 17.8 pounds of butter, 4.3 pounds of cheese, and 2.77 gallons of ice cream. It compares U S consumption with that of Sweden Denmark Switzerland Germany France and England noting higher dairy intake abroad in certain items.
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Europe
United States
Sweden
Denmark
Switzerland
Germany
Giants Through History Heights and Notable Giants Listed
The article recalls legends of giants from ancient times and cites measured cases. It lists modern well known individuals such as Patrick Cotter O'Brien, Charles Byrne, and others with heights ranging from about 92 inches to 112 inches, illustrating extreme human stature.
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Bashan
Magrath
Berkeley
Patrick Cotter
O'Brien
Charles Byrne
Toplard
Winkelmaler
Topinard
Auction notice from New York 1744 ship and estate sale
To be sold the sloop King Soloman about 100 tons with guns tackle and apparel lying at Stephen Mayard's Wharf New York Also a house and a lot of ground formerly Anna Baptist Meeting House Also a Negro Woman and a Negro Boy a Marble Chimney Piece three Marble Tables three Riding Chairs and a single Horse Chaise 16 000 shingles 150 Elephant's Teeth three Desks two Cases of Drawers a Mahogany Book Case six Dozen Boston Axes 860 Gallons of Spirits and sundry sorts Buyers may apply to Thomas Noble and Joseph Scott New York May 28 1744
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen Mayard
Wharff
New York
Annabaptist Meeting House
Boston
Thomas Noble
Joseph Scott
New York Post-Boy
Columbus Cathedral at Cathedral Square Havana Cuba
The Columbus cathedral in Havana sits in Cathedral Square at Empedrado street. It served as a center for religious ceremonies under Spanish rule and housed supposedly the remains of Christopher Columbus before they were moved to Seville. Some claim the true relics lie in Santo Domingo and that those in Havana were Diego Columbus’s.
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Columbus Cathedral
Havana
Cathedral Square
Empedrado Street
Christopher Columbus
Seville
Cuba
Columbus
Santo Domingo
Diego Columbus
Socrates Death Described as Hemlock Poison Infusion
The poison Socrates drank was a hemlock infusion from leaves and stems. In his biography he spoke with followers nearly to death as torpor and coldness spread from his feet to the whole body, the brain affected last.
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Socrates
Just Enough for One
A famous wit declines walking with an elderly lady due to bad weather. Later she finds him alone and remarks that it cleared up. He replies that the improvement was “just enough for one, but not quite enough for two,” implying the weather changed insufficiently for both.
Redwood Timber Claims Superior Termite Resistance
The article touts California redwood as termite proof with low shrinkage and good for painting or staining. It notes fire resistant shingles used by homeowners for generations and claims termites will not eat redwood due to taste.
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California
Bucharest as a Gay City and Eastern Paris Replica
The passage portrays Bucharest as an eastern replica of Paris, an elegant and gay outpost of a Latin civilization. It notes its origins in the early Christian era with Roman legions establishing a Dacian fortress there.
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Bucharest
Paris
Mt Olive News Roundup of Social Events and Meetings
W H Bell of Cherokee visits Mt Olive. Rev E H Gillet and daughter Edythe Gillet arrive from Seattle and plan meetings at 7 30 pm this week. Various local visits, weddings, farm sales, and club activities noted including the Dreyer wedding at the Mt Olive parsonage and S O S club picnic at Wescott park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Bell
Cherokee
Mt. Olive
E. H. Gillet
Edythe Gillet
Seattle
Washington
Edythe
Providence
Rhode Island
Francis Peters
Eva
Helen
Marjorie
Earl Crippen
Helen Crippen
Frank Dreyer
Afton Township
Mt. Olive Parsonage
Minor
Axel Johnson
Clarence Johnson
Lloyd Ohlson
Letilia Reitz
Near
Holstein
Robert Reitz
Leonard Anderson
Sioux Valley Hospital
Anderson
West Cherry Street
Lincoln Hahn
Quimby
Levi Lundquist
Baby
Oscar Gustafson
Frank Laposky
New York
Pennsylvania
Hughie Crippen
Dan Hankens
Claus Carlson
Will Hahn
S. O. S. Club
Edgar Johnson
Donald
O. S. Club
Wescott Park
Hey
Marcus
Howard Sawwell
Huron
South Dakota
Hi Adams
Chas. Sawwell
Ruth Leeds
Anna Miller
Paullina
Howard Sawvell
Chas
Sawvell
Raymond Sawvell
Sioux City
Legend says Charles I burial in Westminster in sitting pose
Pathfinder Magazine recounts a legend that Charles I promised poet Ben Jonson he would be buried in Westminster Abbey in a spot chosen by Jonson. The chosen space was already partly occupied and too small for a horizontal burial, so the king allegedly allowed burial in a sitting posture.
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Charles I
Ben Jonson
Westminster Abbey
Pathfinder Magazine
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Neces
Society
Mildred ‘Thomson
Helping Hand Circle
Kate Stutz
Chiefs
C. E. Ammons
J. H. Dieterich
Art Larson
Carl Peterson
Chicago
Ida Williams
Bank For Sound Progress
the First Trust & Savings Bank
Iowa
Methodist
Lloyd Scheerer
ST. Paul’s Lutheran Church
William Walter
Frank F. Faber
Mgr
ANSUR
Samae
Farmers National Bank
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