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Newspaper
Gravity Independent
Location
Gravity, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1934
Page
4
A family weighs moving thirty miles from a railroad noting that tools like the telephone and automobile shorten long distances. They recall pioneers who settled thirty miles from cities, but now modern travel and communication enable faster access to doctors and services, transforming distant living.
The passage recalls how distant patients faced long waits for doctors, with six hours as a good time by messenger for a thirty mile visit. It notes that telephones and cars shortened response to under an hour, changing frontier life. It praises pioneer bravery and vision shaping safe, expanding cities.
The note records Toby Carson and his wife visiting over the weekend with her parents Mr and Mrs W L Chandler. A proverb warns men sacrifice more for a poison indulgence than food. A moral saying declares love is mother of virtues.
A linguistic echo notes that offspring resemble parents and that toxins are deterred by bitterness or aversion. The passage discusses how evolution shields organisms from poisons by making these substances taste bitter or harmful to normal palates.
Doris Darline Miller aged 17 months, daughter of Mr and Mrs N Miller, was treated after a wooden crochet hook became lodged in her neck near a jugular vein. She was taken from Robey place to Clarinda hospital after the hook was forced through the neck while she played. Surgeons clipped the instrument and she returned home Monday in good condition.
The Fortnightly Bridge club gathered Saturday evening at the Orin Price home with a seven o'clock dinner. High scores were earned by Oscar Roush, Bertha Harland, and Jimmie Green, who hosted guests. The school faculty hosted the school board and spouses at the school building Tuesday evening with Valentine games and decorated tables. Luncheon followed. Weather remains fine with peach buds appearing early and concerns about later cold damage.
Fragments describe Glorify Your Cereals feature urging mixes of Hawaii pineapple with cereals. Recipes include Freit Wheatena with crushed pineapple, Rice and Pineapple Mush, Cornmeal Pineapple Slices, Sunrise Pineapple juice, Prunes and Pineapple compote, and Hawexan Fresh Toast with pineapple and bacon. Serves eight.
Lucinda Josephine Faucett Phillips born August 13 1849 in Indiana died February 8 1934 at age 94. Survivors include eight children several siblings twenty four grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. Funeral held at the Methodist Episcopal church with Rev KR Felt directing and interment at Gravity Cemetery.
Resolutions of Condolence from Gravity Chapter No. 474 C B S honor sister Lu cinda Phillips. The chapter laments her loss and expresses sympathy to the bereaved family. The charter is to be draped in memory for thirty days, and copies of the resolutions are to be filed, sent to the family, and published.
A concise, reflective note contrasts blessings and justice with the idea that gossip fills idle moments. It equates a lying mouth with more words than truth and hints at the swift, piercing sorrow of a child, presenting a moral meditation.
The Phillips Family expresses deep gratitude for the kindness sympathy and service shown after the sudden death of our beloved mother Mrs Lad Phillips Your support meant a great deal during this difficult time.
A terse note mentions an unpardonable gin linked to an act by the other party, described as a fault within a faltering social scene. The wording hints at a moral judgment without detailed context.
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