Sunday notices and society updates at Galveston
Wm Polk and wife attended commencement at Judson Saturday night. Various locals host and visit relatives including Mary Ross Viola Streeter at Lake Bruce. Ed Bell family hosts guests Evelyn Gorman Jessie Hell and more. Universalists meeting and Loyal Union Class events noted. New Galveston Tire Shop headquarters announced. G W Ws party and local visitors listed. Universalist Church notes call for Sunday School crowd and recent events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Polk
Judson
Bernice Haworth
Mary Nichola
Mr. Potts
Morrocco
Ed Bell
Evelyn Gorman
Jessie Hell
Peggy Brings Hope for a War Wounded Man
Peggy Stuart visits Ralph Lynch, a gassed WWI veteran with a back shrapnel wound. A new doctor urges surgery and patronage from friends as she sets up care, helps him recover, and plans a future together with work and a home.
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Peggy
Olive
Chefr
Buler
Ralph Lynch
Peggy Stuart
Sunshine
Ralph
Lynh
Joe Spencer
Tom Hertford
France
Bud
Tegay
Rogue wartime outlaw turned master thief exposed
A former shopkeeper Surran, jailed before the war for arson to claim insurance, reemerged as a top bandit behind Allied lines. He amassed wealth through bribes and theft in France, attempting a 1 000 000 payout while evading government payments, but fledgling debts and drivers' complaints led to his arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Surran
Rince
Sam Ansiust
France
Bensht
Manchester
Eog
Guardian
Adrian IV Pope of England a brief historic sketch
Adrian IV the only English pope born Nichola Breakspear from Langley Hertfordshire, rose from monk and abbot to cardinal bishop, then pope in 1134. He served as legate to Denmark and Norway and influenced conversions before returning to Rome for a historic election.
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Pope Adrian IV
Langley
Hertfordshire
Nicholas Breakspear
England
Avignon
France
Pope HI
Albia
Denmark
Norway
Rome
Nicholas
Henry I
St. Albans
Air Mail Stamps Show Global Aviation Philately
More than forty air mail stamp varieties have been issued worldwide highlighting Italy as the originator of the first air stamp. Nations including the United States Canada Newfoundland Sweden Spain Switzerland Estonia Colombia and the Belgian Congo have explored issuing special stamps to their publics. Tunisia has issued a second contribution and Germany and Hungary are early adopters promoting aviation education.
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Ater
Philatelista
Italy
United States
Canada
Newfoundland
Sweden
Spain
Switzerland
Esthenia
Colombia
Belgian Congo
Tunia
Germany
Hungary
Alde Electrical Welder Improves Helmet Window
An electric welder adopts a new helmet with a left hand adjustable window allowing better view during work. The protective screen lifts for visibility and drops back to protect eyes. The window uses chemically prepared glass to filter ultraviolet rays.
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Alde
New Self Service Call System Aids Hotel Guests
A new hotel installation lets guests set an indicator for an automatic wake up. An electric clock system rings a low master chime at the chosen time. The clocks feature luminous dials and hands so the time is readable in the dark.
The Curee of Poverty in Birmingham News
A humorous exchange recalls a trip to town where one buys hairpins and a greuch rather than a grand purchase, highlighting the comic side of urban shopping in a Birmingham Age-Herald snippet.
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Birtmingham Age-Herald
Birthday Club Keeps Sunny Social at Mrs Smith’s Home
Indianapolis resident O El Chamness spent Sunday at home. Harry Gallagher and family visited Frank Baldwin and wife in Kokomo. Jackson family joined Ray Oldfather and kin. Lake Maxinkuckee guests included Joe Mills and family. Titus and family entertained, as did de Pave and Mrs Davis Eber Ballard in Chicago. Birthday Club at Mrs Wine Polk’s West Washington street home held a July gathering with named members and a guest list. Refreshments included fruit salad cake graham wafers apples tea and nuts. Next meeting will be with Mrs Eval Emerick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wine Polk
West
Washington Street
Tda Redibauch
Eva Emerick
Dora McClain
Laura B. Terflinger
Sarah McConnell
Ella Emerick
Meda Peter
Molefie Miller
Emma Polk
Mary Bo Oakley
Ella Lott
Ethel Polk
Kathleen Garrison
Toa
Eval Enerick
Spanish artist brings Columbus altar to Brooklyn for valuation
Altar used by Christopher Columbus on the Santa Maria voyage arrives in Brooklyn via Angel Curras and Gonzales Blanco from Corunna Spain. The small shrine, a gift from Queen Isabella, features bone carvings of Christ scenes and portraits of Ferdinand and Isabella, with eight bone carvings and a two piece hinged cabinet. It will be appraised after customs inspection.
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Angel Curras
Corunna
Spain
Gonzales Blanco
Brooklyn
Christopher Columbus
Insabella
Columbus
Santa Maria
Curras
Fernas, Collado & Co
Ralph (. Busser
Isabella
Christ
Ferdinand
Seemingly Twas Ever Thus in an Indianapolis Triad
The aged couple from Indianapolis faced a domestic ruse as the husband left on business and the wife, claiming to seek a neighbor, rode unseen in his car to a different home. There she waited while the husband returned with another woman, completing an old marital triangle. They prepare to explain the affair to the judge.
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Indianapolis
Alan
New Water-Cooled Baffic-Plate Device for Furnaces
A water cooled baffic plate device described in Popular Mechanics converts an up draft furnace into a hybrid with down draft characteristics. It uses two hollow steel compartments of different heights placed crosswise in the firebox creating two combustion zones. Gases from the forward fire pass over the rear section to be consumed by the hottest fire zone.
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Mary Ross
Viola Streeter
Lake Bruce
Wendell Switzer
Seattle
Mrs
Moliie Switzer
Mary Edith Keller
Lafayette
Willard Burrows
Geneva Anderson
Baby
Veedersburg
J. W. Wood
Wesley Frick
Omer Davisson
Herbert Gray
Jud Allison
Wm, Polk
Edith Mabbitt
Culver
Ernest Polk
Emerson Polk
Universalists
Luther Riley Robinson
Wm. Countryman
Loyal Union
U. B
C. J. Roberts
Myrtle Oyler
Luther Orr
Ward Tidrick
Chauncey Bevington
Galveston
Otto Whitesell
Kokomo Hospital
Sam Sprinkle
J. A. J. Funk
Shriners’ Club
Spencer Park
Logansport
Chas, Walk
Wife
Cleveland
Ohio
Kiwanis
Jas, Gray
Delilah Knight
Kate Enyart
Ruth
Everett Cornell
Hattie Beck
Franklin
Harry Wilson
Floyd Wilson
Mr. Chambers
Young America
Brumit & Samsel
Bevington Room
Dennis White Auto Co
Julia Kitchen
Mabel Frier
Gretna
Helen Graham
Mildred Lynas
Jessie Bell
Neva Stafford
Frances Kitchel
Pauline Kitchel
Geneva Cook
Julia Kitchel
Buster Saylor
Marvin Roller
Herman Walter
Family Sport
Arcadia
Olivia Mayne
Kokomo
Golda Pierson
Lincoln
I. T. Frantz
Mr. Crommett
Peru
Juanita Graham
Jess Graham
Universalist Church
Sunda
Rose
Myrtle
Murray
Earl Graves Cloud Countryman
Pansy’ Wood
Ron
Gre Bray
Cone
Boss Fit
Harvest
Cpam
Ic and
Nena
Union Suit
Mens Athletic Uals Union
Mens Balbriggan
Mensa Balbriggan
Mens Stout Union Aulte
Mene
Auita
Letic
Len
Hletic
Hing
Palm Beach
Mens Leather House
All Opera
Rapp’s Cut Price Co
South Side Square
Per T. C. Rapp
Kokomo, Indiana
Grace
Weatherby Paleo 'O
Medu
Adrian
O. EL. Chamness
Harry Gallagher
Kohomo
Frank Baldwin
Wife Sunday
Rian Jackson
Family
Ray Oldfather
Joe Mills
Famly
Dennis de Vinneyvad
Lake Maximkuckee
Titus
Clark Dans Gered
de Paves
North Grove
Geo. Davis
Eber Ballard
Chicago
Cornelia Smith
Cora Liston
America
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