Grant Families Travel and School Party in Grant
Mr George Hughes and Mr George Von Bermuth made a business trip to Dillon on Tuesday. Mrs George H Smith returned home Friday after visiting her sister Mrs Agnes Pier. Grant school children hosted mothers and friends at a program and party observing Lincoln Washington birthdays and St Valentine day. A lunch followed the opening and valentine box. Tom Payette of Lemhi Idaho visited Grant Saturday. Elsie and Helen Waldemar spent time with their parents J L Waldemar. Elmer Selway and family toured Dillon Friday. Ralph Waldemar visited Grant Saturday and Sunday.
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George Hughes
George von Bermuth
Dillon
George H. Smith
Agnes Pier
Grant School
Washington
Tom Payette
Lemhi
Idaho
Grant
Elsie
Helen Waldemar
J. L. Waldemar
Elmer Selway
Ralph Waldemar
Local residents travel for visits and social events
Mrs Dan Pendergast rode the Dillon stage on Wednesday and will visit county relatives for two weeks. Mrs Fred Nelson and two children accompanied her early in the week. Mrs Wooligan plans a Hamilton return after several weeks visiting the Nelsons. Miss Helen Wenger visits Grasshopper and sister Mrs Herb Strom while Mrs Wendell Jardine travels to Dillon for dental work. Mrs Wendell Jardine hosts bridge with honors going to Miss Leonine Foussard and consolation to Miss Amanda Peterson. A luncheon follows. Mr and Mrs Harry Lapham thank friends for an anniversary gift. Mrs St J Johnson hosts Ladies Auxiliary. twenty five attend. Next meeting March 5 at Mrs James Johnson’s. Mrs John Myer to host. Rebekah lodge observes Washington and Lincoln birthdays with a long luncheon in IOOF hall and a log cabin center piece. All members are asked to attend.
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Dillon
Wooligan
Hamilton
Fred
Nelson
Helen Wenger
Grasshopper
Herb Strom
Wendell. Jardine
Dillox
Wendell
Jardine
Leonine Foussard
Amanda Peterson
Harry Lapham
John Jackson
St. J. Johnson
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Johnson
James Johnson
John Myer
Sincerity Rebekah Lodge
Rebekah
Camas
Washington
Lincoln
IO. O. F. Hall
Probable Hoover Cabinet Members Named for Labor and State Posts
Reports place William N. Doak of West Virginia as Hoover’s choice for Secretary of Labor and Col. Stimson as Secretary of State. Doak is noted as vice president of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, with Stimson linked to governing duties in the Philippines.
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Hoover
William N. Doak
West
Virginia
The
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
Secretary of Labor
Col. Stimson
A. Post
Phillippine Islands
Dr. Wilbur
San Francisco
Curtis D. Wilbur
Interior
Herbert Hoover
Stanford University
Clermont Ship Fate Questioned Though Destroyed Claim
The Washington Star reports the Marine Research Society states that the Clermont, Robert Fulton’s early steamboat, was destroyed though no definite evidence confirms its fate. The note questions preservation status amid conflicting sources.
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Clermont
Robert Fulton
Marine Research Society
Washington Star
British titles and the baronetcy precedence
The knightly title is non hereditary while the baronetcy, bearing the prefix Sir, is the lowest hereditary title in Britain and ranks in precedence behind knighthoods.
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Britain
One's Own Youth Companions in Understanding Childhood
The piece discusses how recalling one’s own youth aids insight into childhood problems. It emphasizes personal experience as a tool for empathy and comprehension in matters of child development and education.
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Howe
Largest fixed star Antares measured by Naval Observatory
The Naval Observatory notes Alpha Scorpii Antares as the largest fixed star with a diameter near 400,000,000 miles. Its volume is about 100,000,000 times that of the sun and 125,000,000,000,000 times Earth's. It lies roughly 85 light years away, about 20,000,000 times farther than the Sun is from Earth.
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Naval Observatory
Antares
Or Enduring It For Many In Middle Age
A reader reflects on aging and the daily grip of looming aches and pains as middle age stretches on, noting the common anticipation of new discomfort in everyday life.
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Wayne
News-Sentinel
Enormous Power of Resistance in Barrel
The article extols the barrel as a timeless container used for sugar salt apples potatoes oils and beverages. It notes its great strength from pressure within and without and claims a barrel placed upright can bear half the weight of a railway car. Barrels are self-fastened without nails screws or pins and differ in size from keg to hogshead.
Work Up to a Carpet
The junior clerk in the British navy begins his official life in a bare office with a collapsible shelf as a desk and no carpet. Promotions come slowly. real desks with lockable drawers arrive only after reaching higher ranks and salaries. Only officials earning at least £1000 yearly are allowed carpets in their rooms.
Degree Conferral Set For February Meeting And Social
The notice states the degree will be conferred at the February meeting on the 26th followed by a social gathering after the lodge. Members are asked to be present for the ceremony and reception.
Messages Written by Royalty Have Lasted In a London Inn
An old stained glass window from Abbots Bromley Manor bears a Latin inscription claiming Mary Queen of Scots scratched it with a diamond before her execution. It notes her passage through town on September 21, 1586 toward Burton and fotheringay. A separate inscription at Rye’s Mermaid inn purports to record John of France’s gratitude to his English hosts during exile after Poitiers.
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London
Abbots Bromley
Staffordshire
Mary
Scotland
Burton and
Fotheringay
Mermaid Inn
Rye
France
John
England
Battle of
Poitiers
Battle of the Blue Licks Ends in Devastation and Resolve
The Battle of Blue Licks on August 19, 1782, saw 450 Shawnee warriors ambush 200 Kentucky settlers led by Daniel Boone. Israel Boone was killed, and the clash spurred renewed pioneer efforts and eventual removal of Indians beyond the Ohio River.
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Kentucky
Blue Licks
Simon Girty
Daniel Boone
Boone
Israel
Alleghenies
Virginia
Ohio River
Detroit News
Basic Patents and Their Significance in Inventions
The term basic patent denotes a pioneer patent that marks a marked advance in an art. Many patents claim this status, but no fixed list exists due to varying opinions. Noted examples include Bell’s telephone and Howe’s eye-pointed sewing machine, with current basic patents in wireless and radio.
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Bell
Howe
Washington Star
Radio claims soda bicard put out fires in Amherstburg
A Detroit Free Press report recounts a Amherstburg woman anteing soda bicard as a fire suppressant after hearing it on the radio. A small house fire started, she dumped water with the soda mixture, and the flames died quickly as if covered.
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Amherstburg
Detroit Free Press
Nation Moves to Preserve Home of George Washington's Sister
Patriotic women across the United States raise funds to restore Kenmore Virginia the home of Betty Lewis Washington the sister of George Washington and her husband Col Fielding Lewis. Led by Mrs W M Fleming the Kenmore Association seeks national support to honor Washingtons sister and her husband who died penniless after aiding Revolutionary troops. The twenty room house once served as a Civil War hospital and is now partly owned by the family of the late Senator Oscar W Underwood and restored by his influence with a modern oil burner installed by Williams Oil-O-Matic Heating Corp.
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United States
Kenmore
George Washington
Betty
Col. Fielding Lewis
W. M. Fleming
Kenmore Association
Husbad
Yedre Hnally
Rankom
Woodlawn
Accotink
Eleanor Parke
Custis
Gate described by a Mars visitor on exam paper
An Eastern school posed a challenging exam question asking a four man from Mars who has never seen one to describe a gate, highlighting the difficulty of defining a common object for a visitor from space.
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Mars
Defenders of Lord's Day Alliance Overview
The Lord's Day Alliance of the United States unites 19 Christian denominations to defend the Lord's Day as a weekly day of rest and worship. It aims to promote Sunday legislation and enforce laws supporting a day of rest for workers.
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Defenders of
Alliance
United States
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