Local News Notes on Births and Assembly Travel
The May 12 birth of a son to Mr and Mrs Willard Whitaker at Jefferson county hospital named John Paul is reported. Mr and Mrs C W Wade plan a trip to Winona Lake assembly with Rev H Sears Thompson as guests. Fred W Harrison and Mrs Harrison visit Fairfield. he heads to the Winona Lake assembly as a delegate from Los Angeles. The fishing season opens at Water Worlds ponds with strong attendance and many fish seen in Cedar Creek large carp and buffalo reported. R Ames Montgomery of Parsons College leaves for Winona Lake assembly. Grace Young and C W DeMoss marriage announced. she is a Fairfield graduate and Parsons College student. City council delays street paving this year. plan for next year, oiling streets begun. The Howard Business College ad promotes business education and placement services.
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Sunda
Willard Whitaker
Jefferson County Hospital
John Paul
C. W. Wade
Winona Lake
Los Angeles
Harrison
Cedar Creek
R. Ames Montgomery
Parsons College
The
Presbyterian Church
Grace Young
A. J. Brier
Miss Young
Albia
C. W. DeMoss
Fairfield High School
Howard Business College
Junkin Block
South Main Street
Fairfield
Iowa
Sees Clothing as Blessing In Polynesia Says Hall
James Norman Hall notes in Harper's Magazine that in Polynesia people display compact, symmetrical bodies and great physical stamina. He contrasts their healthful, active daily life with Western bodies and imagines how prominent Europeans might appear without clothing. He observes sturdy legs and lean midsections among Paumonians, challenging sedentary Western ideals.
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Polynesia
James Norman Hall
Harper's Magazine
America
France
England
Two Sure Ways to Improve Finances and Focus
The excerpt cites Carlyle on debt repayment through industry and thrift as the two paths to rising income. It notes a separate obstacle in serious thought as people tend to drift to sleep when not speaking.
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Carlyle
Farm Bureau Demonstrations Promote Homemade Dress Forms
Miss Helen Burling from Burlington led two demonstrations on making home made dress forms at Pleasant Plain and Fairfield Farm Bureau offices. The sessions drew strong interest as the cost is about 1.05, far cheaper than store bought forms, and they fit sizes better. Each township chairman was urged to send two representatives to learn and teach a session in their own area.
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Helen Burling
Burlington
Pleasant Plain
Farm Bureau
Fairfield
Wisconsin Cow Testing Leads to Profit and Growth
Ags members of the Cedar Grove Cow Testing association report profits from improved feeding and management. Averages rose from 11 829 pounds of milk and 410 5 pounds of butter fat, with tests boosting production by over 3000 pounds yearly. Calf feeding and pure bred cattle plans also show gains. A Jefferson county testing group forms as Ida Ahrens promotes girls clubs with seven clubs and seventy five members, meeting twice monthly and exhibiting at the county fair.
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Ags
Cedar Grove
Wisconsin
Dairy Division
United States Department of Agriculture
Jefferson County
Ida Ahrens
Hilton
Miss Ahrens
Abigail Adams Describes 1777 Boston Coffee Protests
In a July 31 1777 letter from Boston Abigail Adams reports a female led action against a stingy coffee hoarder. About a hundred women with a cart and trunk marched to a warehouse, demanded keys, opened the store, seized coffee, and relocated stock amid wartime scarcity.
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Boston
Abigail Adams
United States
Abigail
John
Philadelphia
Duty to Preserve Health Emphasizes Personal Responsibility
The article argues health is not only personal but also a shared duty. Individuals should maintain fitness for their own welfare while using public health agencies for support and guidance. It frames self care as altruistic and not selfish.
Foreign-born workers and housing in American towns
Esther Everett Lape asserts that immigrant workers form a distinct bond with housing and work, noting they often buy land early but lack funds to build homes, preferring easy terms for construction and living arrangements. She emphasizes the fusion of living quarters with labor and the American character of such choices.
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Esther Everett Lape
Curses and small talk in the Apennines spark a tense riot
In the southern Apennines the phrase May an accident befall you is only a casual greeting, while May you be carried home in four pieces provokes a local riot. The clash stems from coarse remarks about untidiness and manners, revealing how everyday talk can escalate.
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Apennine Peninsula
Country Life Is Sweet Says John Burroughs
A short reflective quotation from John Burroughs praising country life as the best and most hopeful instinct of people to settle roots away from city distractions. The text contrasts lighter snow with drifting and frivolous people blown into towns by winds.
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John Burroughs
Bacteria in Teeth and Mouth Hygiene
The article explains that bacteria in teeth require keeping the mouth clean. It stresses removing tartar film not only for appearance but because it harbors germs, generates heat, and blocks air reaching the gums adjacent to the teeth.
Greenland Drifts West At About Ten Yards A Year
Norwegian scientists report Greenland is gradually moving west about ten yards per year. They estimate it was once connected to Norway, having shifted about 875 miles over the past 100000 years and continuing to move.
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Greenland
Norway
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