Nominations Reported At Kearney Legion And Auxiliary Meetings
Nominations for officers were announced at Kearney Post No 6 American Legion and Ladies Auxiliary meetings held in Grand Army Hall. The Armistice Day Ball committee will meet at the Hotel Belvedere. A fair is planned for Oct 19 and 26 and Nov 2 and 9 in Academy Hall. Officers named include Commander James T Pierce and various vice commanders, adjutant William A Bottomles, and others. The Auxiliary's officers were listed with President Mrs Katherine F Trmano and other posts.
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Kearney
American Legion
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Grand Army Hall
Belvedere
Academy Hall
Wood Street
Alonzo Vail
Scituate Post
Kearney Post
James T Pierce
Charles E Callery
Juniior
James J Drummey
Charles F Burns
Joseph Enos
William McKenna
William A Bottomles
Frederick E. Garvin
William EF. Flanagan
B W Wall
Albert A Edmonds
L. H Callan
Harold W Gifford
Wiliam FE Flanagan
Thomas A Hickey
Earle K Dunbar
Elmer C Maxfield
Fred FE Straight
Guy A Sullivan
Funeral of Mrs Peter Murphy Held Saturday
The funeral of Mrs Johannah O Mara Murphy wife of the late Peter Murphy was held Saturday morning from her home 607 Wood Street to St Marys Church for a requiem mass for the repose of her soul Relatives and friends from this town and elsewhere attended Interment was in St Marons Cemetery The bearers were John J McMahon Charles E Burns Dr Stephen J Malone and Joseph McCormick
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Johannah (O'Mara) Murphy
Peter Murphy
Wood Street
St Marys Church
Massachusetts
St Maron’s Cemetery
Chestnut Street
John J McMahon
Charles E. Burns
This Town
Stephen J Malone
Belmont, Mass
Joseph McCormick
Providence
Youth Is a State of Mind Not a Number of Years
Detroit Free Press quotes a contributor signing as Ruthor Unknown on youth as a mindset rather than age. It argues youth is courage over timidity, appetite for adventure, wonder at stars, and a persistent faith, self confidence, hope, and joy shaping life. It ends with a metaphor of a wireless station in the heart receiving beauty, hope, and power from earth and beyond.
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Ruthor
Detroit Free Press
Black Ox Symbol of Misfortune Across Traditions
The text links the black ox to bad luck and sorrow, citing a 15460 record by John Texswood and noting its use in sacrifices to infernal deities. It contrasts with white cattle offered to Jupiter and mentions the Arab black camel as a symbol of murder and death by violence.
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John Texswood
Ieans
Rome
Thirteen and Fridays Cited In Calendar Reform Debate
A defender of a thirteen month calendar argues that the number thirteen has historical resonance in the United States. He cites Friday as the day America grew great with events like discovery and the Pilgrims landing, plus thirteen colonies, thirteen stripes and stars, thirteen feathers on the eagle, and thirteen letters in E Pluribus Unum.
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United States
America
Maine D A R Declares Pemaquid Maine’s Most Historic Spot
The Maine D A R votes Pemaquid as the state’s most historic site. An act created a state park around the fort area. Forts Pemaquid Fort Charles Fort William Henry and Fort Frederick stand as four eras of defense from 1630 to 1729. English landing there predates Plymouth by 18 years. Bristol town origin linked to Bristol England.
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Maine Daughters of the American Revolution
Pemaquid
Pine Tree
Maine
Charles
Bristol
England
Age and Loneliness in Later Life Warned by Lodge
The piece notes that old age brings penalties beyond gout and stone, including loneliness when friends of youth fall silent. Sir Oliver Lodge is cited saying science could extend life to a century, yet many would not welcome such a universal gift as a favored exchange.
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Byron
Oliver Lodge
Rum Quay Vaults Guarded by Glass Roofs in London Docks
The famous Rum Quay in the London West India docks sits under a vast glass roof once part of the Crystal Palace structure built for the 1851 Great Exhibition. Behind iron doors guacheons of rum age before being rolled to vaults by the water, with capacity for 40 000 huge casks at the edge.
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Rum Quay
London West India Docks
Crystal Palace
Hyde Park
Camp Meeting Mile Protected by Massachusetts Court
In 1838 Massachusetts General Court recognized a protected zone called the camp meeting mile. Within this field meeting distance it was unlawful to hawk or peddle goods, sell rent or other structures, or keep horses for pay unless consent was given by officers of the religious gathering.
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General Court of
Massachusetts
Detroit News
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