End of an Era For Salvation Army Tambourine Please
A nostalgic column laments the end of the Salvation Army tambourine collection as the group shifts to more slum work and year round service. It notes changes in American life from front yards to modern city life and cites the 1920 Appeal planned for May 10th to 20th. The piece ends with a farewell to the tambourine and its role in fund raising.
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America
Primrose
Salvation Army
New York
The Bass Drum Defiance That Shaped Salvation Army Policy
Mrs. Adam Gifford led a defiant drum hit against a police ban in a town duel with authorities. She spent a night in jail and the Supreme Court later upheld the Army’s stance, prompting widespread changes to how Salvation Army meetings were treated by authorities nationwide.
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Salvator Army
Adam Gifford
Colons
New England
Salvation Army
Pennsylvania
Flig
Gifford
Tittle Salvatics Army
Supreme Court of the State
Army
Farthermary
Union
Farwell News Notes Busy Local Life Reflects Community Ties
Local column details daily schedules and transit times for trains and motor routes, updates on residents including Mr and Mrs Shear Roy Shear and others, church activities with M E Sunday School officers, Marsh sale recollections, and minor moves. The piece notes Arbor Day tree planting, a hospital operation, and several visits between Clare, Flint, Owosso, and Cadillac. It also mentions weddings Grace Perry and James Pitts and a Pontiac funeral for Mrs Flore Ogden Burke.
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T. E Frir
Roy’ Shear
Cadillac
Stinchcombe
Masonic
Gould
Littleffield
Farwell
Littlefield
Helpere
Fred McGuire
Clare
Thomas McGuire
Deitrick Masten
M. E
Chas. Stinchcombe
Spe
T. A. Fuller
Anna Armatrong
Sec
Laura Stinchcombe
Martha Fuller
Trezeurer
Loic Robinson
Helen Green
Mary Armstrong
Margerie Fuller
Mre
T. O. Fuller
Margaret ‘Bareton
Detroit
Barston
Masten Wan
Mies Renzie
Mason
Eager
Owosso
Westley Largworthy
LeRoy
John Bunyan
Francis Haas
Haas
Grace Perry
James Pitts
Wade Suylandt
Saginaw
Peterson
Lansing
McGinnies
West
Flore Ogden Burke
Pontiac
Grace Perry and James Pitts Tie The Knot At Home
Grace Perry and James Pitts married at the bride's home on Monday May second. A miscellaneous shower followed at Le Vern Perry's home. The couple will reside on the groom's farm in Nottawa with best wishes sent for their future. Rev Fracvklion from Beaverton spoke at the Christian church. Mrs. Clarinda Seymour is currently staying with Mrs. Eli Fordyce.
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Sam Nichols
Mark Burgess
Marion
Stinchcomb
Grace Perry
James Pitts
le Vern Perry
Nottawa
Fracvklion
Beaverton
Christian Church
Clarinda Seymour
Eli Fordyce
Evening musical at art omnes Seas name of F W O program
An evening musical at Mrs art omnes Seas on Friday featured a program titled American Music. Madge Byrne Latoh and her company of artists including Mr Bush violinist Mrs Donner Bush pianist and Miss Dolittle soprano performed with Mrs Lamb presenting a paper on Beauty and Power of Music. The event drew music lovers and Mrs Lamb's Glee Club offered punch and wafers afterward.
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Art Omnes Seas
Nome
F.W. O
Madge Byrne Latoh
Bunb Fiver
McDowell
Miss Dolittle
Local Social Notes From Moores Crossing Area
Lloyd Smith of Atwood drives a new car in Moores Crossing. Mrs J. B. Frizzell arrived from Jackson to spend weeks at her home. Herb Muir of Sents visited his father E Mull. Mrs Wilmot Graham and her daughter Lola visited Gilmore. Roy Powers of Detroit visited John Madison on Sunday.
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Lloyd Smith
Atwood
Frizzell
Jackson
Herb Muir
Sents
E. Mull
Wilmot Graham
Lola
Gilmore
Roy Powers
Detroit
John Madison
Ladies Aid Meeting and Local Visits Highlight Lake George News
The LAKE GEORGE column notes the Ladies Aid gathered with Mrs Wellman who read a self penned poem. Mr and Mrs Al Ryder of Bannister visited Newsoms and bought a new pen car. Various locals, including Luca building a cottage, Kress on Bay City business, Bierly in Clare, Heintz visiting Alma relatives, and Boufford in Farwell, are named with short trips and departures.
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Marah
W. C. Fuller
Marsh
Mrs. Black
Flint
Burston
Tuesaday
Ladies Aid
Bay City
It would be a different world with less self-criticism
A reflective quote from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer notes that sweeping self-doubt toward others mirrors a broader mindset. The line contrasts personal discouragement with external judgment, inviting readers to consider self-compassion.
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Seattle Post-intelligencer
Old Farmer Woman Stirs Crowd In Ring Side Antic
In a vivid scene from Everybody's Magazine a farmer woman wearing eccentric clothes roams the ring after the show calling for Albert. A policeman orders her away and she clashes with him, her wig and petticoats falling, revealing she is neither old nor a lady.
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Clireuc
Al-bert
Albert
Everybody’s Magazine
First Dolls From Ancient Civilizations Unearthed
The earliest known dolls came from Babylonian ruins and were small figures in terra cotta and ivory. Syrian children played with mechanical and wax dolls, while classic children enjoyed clay figures decorated in bright colors. Girls often married very young and played with dolls up to their weddings.
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Babyléa
Syria
Mankind’s Debt to Reading in Classic Reflection
The passage recalls James Russell Lowell pondering reading as the key to world thought and imagination. It extols literacy as access to great minds, refined speech, and timeless voices, framing reading as a boundless conduit beyond time and space.
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James Russell Lowell
Birds Driven by Storm and Raisin Grapes Process
Birds blown far north by cyclones survive with the help of favorable winds. Grapes for raisin making rely on Muscat varieties and Malaga, sun dried on trays with periodic turning. Larger growers use curing sheds to reduce drying risks and speed the process.
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Muscates
Alexandria
Malaga
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