Washington Masons Celebrate Two Hundredth Birthday Program
An audience at the Masonic Mall gathers February 22 for a George Washington bicentennial observance sponsored by the George Washington Bicentennial Commission. Speakers discuss Washington life and Masonry. Boy Scouts perform a ceremonial play supported by the lodge.
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Masonic Mall
George Washirton
George Washington
J. W. Haygood
America
Ella Bess Haygood
Masonic Lodge
John Martin
John S. Byrne
Billie Gillis
John Haygood, Jr
E. A. Camp
Rockdale
Graham Gillis
Washington
Gow
United States Capitol
Order of Ancient, Free and Accepted
General Lafayette
Federal Capitol
United States
John E. Cook
Essie McCall
Emory Camp
Rockdai
Joe Moore to Join New York Giants at California Camp
Joe Moore son of Charlee and Mrs Moore of Gause visited Cameron last week and said he would leave for California this summer to join the New York Giants. Friends in Milam County will follow his first season with the team.
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Joe Moore
New York Giants
California
Charlee Moore
Gause
Cameron
Milam County
Clock Gift For Bridegroom With One Foot
A fiancé known for kindness and popularity received a clock as a wedding gift. The clock had one foot and no hands. In thanks the giver explained they removed the hands since he never checks the time, with a jeweler deducting $5 from the price for the omission.
The Boy Makes A Tiny Wreath For A Mouse
A six year old boy crafts a small wreath and plans a funeral for a trapped pantry mouse after his mother asks about buying a trap. He reasons about catching and burying the mouse and lays out the need for a wreath.
Wise Reader Embraces First Read of a New Book
A critic urges readers to savor a first encounter with a book like a journey through a strange town. Do not spoil the experience by constant talk or complaint. The first reading offers pristine colors and vivid drama that cannot be recaptured.
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Charles EB
Tracewell
Washington Star
Court House
Native Irish Costumes Before Queen Elizabeth
The article describes early Irish dress with kilts, leggings, leather shoes, a pleated linen shirt, and a long bright wool cloak. Women wore linen undergarments with saffron dyed gowns and long capes with hoods, plus jewelry like bracelets and torques. It notes Elizabethan laws changed Irish attire and that modern Continental dress now prevails.
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Ireland
England
Henry Til
Tribe of Smiling People The Samoans A Happy Race
The article describes Samoan people as cheerful and jovial, smiling often and laughing easily. It notes their simple needs, bright clothing for women, minimal garments for children, and a warm sunny climate with frequent brief showers. It references stevedores reacting comically to a tractor mistaken for a new automobile.
Not by Bread Alone and the Mind Reaches Cosmos
A Ferocious Defense of Knowledge Over Hunger Describes how human desire for understanding transcends material needs. Fosdick argues the imagination can rearrange air waves into music and matter into art, elevating mind over matter beyond mere sustenance.
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Shelley
Cathedral of
Amiens
Harry Emerson Fosdick
Understanding the Far East and Near East Terms
The passage explains that the Far East covers divisions of Orient Japan and China along Asia’s eastern coast, while the Near East refers to Turkey, Asia Minor, Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Persia, Syria, Palestine, Mesopotamia, Arabia, and Egypt. It notes Orient as a broader term including Asia east of the Mediterranean.
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Japan
China
Asia
Far East
Mediterranean
Turkey
Europe
Asia Minor
Armenia
Georgia
Azerbaijan
Persia
Syria
Palestine
Mesopotamia
Arabia
Egypt
Near East
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Trons
E. O. Schiller
Cameron, Texas
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Hettie Murphy
Poplar Bluff
Notan O
Ehes
Ato Maren
Masons
Queen Elizabeth
Tribe of
Orient
Billy
The
Cameron Herald
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