April Masonry Remembrance Highlights Franklin and Founders
Freemasons honor Benjamin Franklin and other prominent members with April observances. The article lists Franklin’s lodge roles, births of Jefferson Rush Sherman Monroe and others, notable initiations in Paris London and Philadelphia, and key Masonic figures linked to U.S. revolutionary history.
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Freemasons
United States
Benjamin Franklin
Masons of
Pennsylvania
St. Johns Masonic Lodge
Philadelphia
St. Johns Lodge
France
Lodge Des IX Soueurs
Nine Sisters of Muses
Paris
Voltaire
Lodge of the Nine Sisters
Franklin
Lodge de Saint Jean de Jerusalem
Albert Pike
Thomas Jefferson
Virginia
Lodge of the Nine Sisters (the Muses
Benjamin Rush
Sutton
Mass
American Union Lodge
Grand Lodge of
Ohio
Peter Muhlenberg
Mordecai Gist
Annapolis
St. Bernards Lodge No. 122
Kircudbright
Scotland
Joseph Brant—Thayendanega
London
England
John McKinstry
McKinstry
William Preston
Duke of Wellington
Trim
Meath
Edward Gibbon
Friendship Lodge No. 6
Louis Kossuth
Monck
Hungary
Balloon tires become optional on Ford cars
Ford will offer balloon tires as an optional equipment on all models. The move follows extensive tests and positive owner feedback, with a new steering gear to offset harder handling. Balloon tires will be standard size 29x40 on wood wheels and available at a modest added cost for new cars, plus dealer conversion options for existing owners.
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Ford
Ford Motor Company
Eskimos in North Labrador Have No Word for Summer
A northern Labrador report notes that Eskimo communities in the region lack a term for summer in their language, highlighting cultural and seasonal perception differences.
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North
Labrador
Household Tips From A Century Ago On Cleaning And Cooking
A compilation of practical kitchen and home hacks including removing yellowing from ivory with turpentine, keeping velvet coat hangers from slipping, using stale bread to remove cabbage odors, vinegar and whiting for Japanese trays, and extending toothbrush life by soaking overnight. Also covers potato leftovers, meat in soup, hot water bottle care, linen storage, scented starch, stain removal, kerosene cleaning, and various food prep and preservation tricks.
Charge of the Bobbed Brigade at the barber shop
In a garland style column the piece celebrates women joining the bobbed hair trend with vivid, humorous imagery. It lists varied ages and social ranks moving to a barber for the cut, praising bold change and collective stance in a playful chronicle of fashion.
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Garland News
Texas Cotton Picker Claims Championship Record
J. M. Coker of May Brown County asserts he is the champion cotton picker of Texas. He picked for 119 days from Corpus Christi through counties northward into Oklahoma, gathering 45 793 pounds averaging 384 pounds per day. His best day yielded 603 pounds and he earned 870.90 dollars.
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J. M. Coker
Brown County
Texas
Corpus Christi
Oklahoma
Largest Living Animal: The Sulphur-Bottom Whale
The largest known living animal is the sulphur-bottom whale, potentially eighty five to ninety feet long and weighing nearly one hundred tons. No prehistoric creature surpassed its bulk, though a few extinct reptiles might rival its length.
Ironized Yeast Promises Health and Weight Gain
An old advertisement touts Ironized Yeast as a remedy for hollow cheeks and fatigue. It claims immediate energy boosts and a fuller figure, endorsing Scott-Long Drug Co as the seller and urging readers to try the product.
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Scott-Long Drug CO
Such as are thy habitual thoughts such also will be the character of thy mind
The quote notes that the soul reflects the color of its thoughts, asserting that inner mindset shapes outward character. It cites Marcus Aurelius, emphasizing the power of habitual thinking in forming personal virtue and destiny.
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Marceus Aurelius
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Roger Sherman
Washington
John Sullivan
New Hampshire
Rufus Putnam
Benedict Arnold
Hiram Lodge No
New Haven
Conn
Ator
Cincinnati
James Munroe
St. Johns
Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
N. Y
Shriners
William J. Florence
Order of the Mystic Shrine
Florence
Paul Revere
Masons
Massachusetts
District of Columbia
Masonic Fraternity
Aleaandria
Edwin Markham
Man With the
Hoe
Lincoln
Acacia Lodge No
Coloma
Cal
Buick
McMurtry Motor Company
J. L. McMurtry
East Side
Virginia St
A. E. Hophines
Proprietress
PTY the
Sherman
Wrsnachers
America
Bulls
Will Rogers
Bull’ Durham
Ziegfeld Follies
P. S
Uarantee
Fifth Avenue
New York City
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