Local Church Notes and Sunday Schedules
A compiled church notices section lists St Gecilla's Mass at 10:00 Sunday led by Rev. Stanley Morrison, Vernon Community Sunday School at Mt. Vernon Grange Hall at 10:30, and reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Sunday School at 10:30. Brown Corners U B Church offers Sunday School 10:30 and worship 8:00 with Thursday prayer meeting. Maple Grove U B Church shows Sunday School 1:30, services 2:30, Thursday prayer, Sunday evening 8:00, evangelistic service by Mr Tumstra midweek 7:30, and Rev John Tumstra to speak Thursday evening prayer.
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St Gecilla's
Stanley Morrison
Ghuren of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
F Hall
Brown Corners
U. B. Church
Maple
Grove U. B
My. Tumstra
John
Dutch forger Jaarsma swindled New York officials
Pieter Jaarsma, a Dutch impostor posing as an International journalist for Queen Wilhelmina, collected signatures and seals from top U S figures including Hull Lehman Moore La Guardia and Roosevelt. He is detained on Ellis Island awaiting deportation as authorities review forgery claims and misused seals.
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New York
Wils Igland
Washington
Holland
Cordell Bull
Lehman
la Guardia
New York City
Roosevelt
Pieter Jaargsma
Amsterdam
Wilhelmina
Jaarsma
Jaarsina
Els Island
Bernard {Ytham
White House
United States
State Department
Cordell Hull
America's Foreign Affairs
Governo Lehman
A. Harry Moore
New Jersey
Snd
Hollander
John F. O’ryan
Alfred KE. Smith
O’ryan
Local Roundup of Social News and Ball Game Fun
A lively note from Ward's park reports a Ladies Ball team beating their husbands in a playful match with Hardy pitching and Billsby catching. The crowd filled the banks to watch the Detroit Tigers vs Cubs style spectacle amid other community visits, travels, and family news across Vernon City and nearby towns.
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Hardy
Billsby
Helen
Cappaart
Zora
Ward's Park
Vernon City
Kelly Bros
Buckley
Swayzee
Marion
Indiana
Toledo
Ohio
St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Services Canceled
Rev. C. Binhammer reports no services on August 12 and 19 due to the pastor being out of the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. John’s EV
C. Binhammer
Seventh Day Adventist Sabbath School at Cosgrove Home
The Seventh Day Adventist reports Sabbath School at Cosgrove Home 205 on Seventh Street with session starting at 1 20 and the lesson topic The Advent Movement Spiritual Israel. Memory verse Isaiah 11 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seventh Day Adventist
Cosgrove
7Th St
Church of God service schedule invitation
Rev. M. L. VanHoose leads Sunday School at 10:00 a.m. and preaching at 11:00 a.m. Young people meet at 7:00 p.m. Evangelistic message at 8:00 p.m. Wednesday prayer and praise at 8:00 p.m. Invitation to hear the old fashioned gospel expounded.
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Church OF God
M. L. VanHoose
Charer Building in Education by Local Clergy
Divine worship at 10 39 with Rev J E Lockyer. Supt B D Kennedy of Clare public schools to speak on character building in education. Combined church and Sunday school service at 3 30 to 0 20 with Kennedy again on the same topic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. D. Kennedy
Clare Public Schools
Herrick
Clare
Congregational Church Announces Summer Vacation Closure
Rev Albert Dawe and his brother Rev Percy Dawe from Cadillac will preach. The church will be closed Sunday August 19 and 26 for summer vacation, with services resuming September 2 for church and Sunday school.
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Cadillac
Percy W. Dawe
Eagle Church of God Services and Schedules
Elder M R Hendrich presides with Sunday school at 10 30 and preaching at 11 30. Cottage prayer and study Wednesdays at 8 00. Elm Grove holds Sunday School 11 60 with preaching every other Sunday evening and Thursday cottage prayer at 8 60. Colonville hosts services every other Sunday led by Rev Hendrich with Sunday School 10 30 and Mrs A O Hampton as superintendent.
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Eagle Church OF God
M. R. ‘Hendrich
Colonville Church
Hendrich
A. OD. Hampton
Baptist Church Services Led by A. D. Telder
A. D. Telder pastors the Baptist church with morning worship at 10:00 a.m. The supply pastor Rev. John Tumstra of Granville delivers the morning message. Sunday School meets at 11:15 a.m. with Miss Laura Thompson as superintendent. Park service scheduled for Wit. Pleasant at 3:00 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Tumstra
Granville
Laura Thompson
Wit. Pleasant
Rural News Aggregates Visits and Gatherings
Rural families hosted several gatherings as Indiana and Illinois relatives joined neighborhood reunions. Bodkins and Walters families welcomed guests from Angola Lebanon Paxton Clare and Grant. A Ladies Aid meeting occurred with a large turnout and chicken dinner. Preaching at Colonville church followed the C BY service.
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Bodkins
Wm. Hampton
Mr. Pleasant
Allen Gerow
Doris
David Teale
Alice
Roderick Teale
Clare
Jay Clure
Allen
Chas. Walters
Angola
Ind
Gary Walters
Lebanon
Goram Walters
Luella Anderson
Paxton
Ill
Frank Walters
McKinley Davis
Davis
Chas. Bodkins
Helen
Albert Walters
Grant
Indiana
Illinois
Ladies Aid
Dale Davis
Colonville
C. By
Town Clock Seven Minutes Fast for 681 Years
Goerlitz Germany notes a monk tower clock that has run seven minutes fast since 1253 when conspirators planned to kill the city council but a conscience led to a failed attack. The clock remains seven minutes ahead as a local oddity.
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Goerlitz
Germany
Holdup at Cleveland drug store injures clerk and manager
In Cleveland Ohio a well dressed youth robbed a drug store at night. Manager W Harry First and clerk Leo Last were threatened with a revolver as First handed over 43 dollars from the register. Last, in the rear, was similarly menaced and the pair recalled it as their first holdup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Ohio
Harry
Leo
Youngest Organist Replaces Oldest at St John's Episcopal
Portage Wisconsin. St. John’s Episcopal Church sees a change as 16 year old Alice Helen Jorns becomes the church’s youngest fulltime paid organist replacing 79 year old former organist Mrs Josephine Shackell who served 53 years before her death.
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Portage
Wis
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Alice Helen Jorns
Josephine Shackell
St. John’s
Money in Body Helps Man Pay Hospital Bill
Edward Nickels arrived at St Elizabeths hospital with stomach trouble. During recovery doctors found a coin collection of 14 dollars plus bottle tops nails and spoons weighing about eight and a half pounds. The unexpected foreign matter reduced his hospital bill by a sizable amount.
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Washington
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
Edward
Nickels
Buckley Brothers Mark 85 Years as Priests in Boston Archdiocese
Rev. Michael J. Buckley of St. Michael's North Andover and Rev. Patrick J. Buckley of St. Patrick's Cambridge completed 85 years as priests. The brothers, the first two ordained in the Boston archdiocese, serve as pastors with their parishes sharing their patron saints' names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Andover
Mass
Michael J. Buckley
St. Michael’s Church
Patrick J. Buckley
St. Patrick's Church
Cambridge
Boston
Sago and Birds Nest Exports From Sarawak Borneo
The note highlights Sarawak in Borneo as a source of sago and edible birds nests for global markets, noting the country’s role in supplying these goods to soup lovers worldwide.
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Sago
Borneo
Sarawak
The Lion and Elephant Fossils in Historical Note
The text references Aesop's Lion's Share fable with the Hon. claiming spoils, plus a note on a 16 foot Narbada elephant fossil from India, described as potentially the largest ancestor. It mentions the elephant's height and its significance as an ancient giant.
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India
Narbada
Siberian Rivers Freeze Solid for Five Winter Months
In Siberia rivers freeze over for at least five months annually, leaving the vast region covered in ice and shaping travel, trade, and life for residents across the expansive terrain.
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Siberia
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