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Newspaper
Gravity Independent
Location
Gravity, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1915
Page
2
An entry indicates mail classification with gravity noted and second class mail matter. The terse notice records postal handling terms and suggests standard post office processing for affected items.
Clayton family and C L Beach of Clarinda were in a Monday auto crash seven miles east of Shenandoah. Clayton broke a collarbone and suffered bruises after swerving to avoid an eastbound car on a hill. Beach sustained a serious leg cut. The vehicle was not badly damaged.
Infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Kent Wallace died less than 24 hours after birth. A brief service was held at the family residence with scripture, prayer, and a solo by Grace Dunlavy.
Chandler and Mrs. Robert Wall rode in the auto to address the community during a time of affliction. The scene highlighted collective support as residents faced hardship together.
The Simpsons college gospel team led by Lester Milligan Dorothy Anderson Carol Willis Carl Nevius Guy Gilson Helen Rusk and Mildred Kennedy conducted services at the M E church in Villisca last Sunday with afternoon and evening meetings and several conversions reported in the evening.
A college that sends able students for service in support of the Masters Kingdom is worthy of consideration. The same team is invited to conduct services at Shenandoah and Afton soon. Miss Mildred Kennedy is a member of this team.
Oak Hill church held postponed Children’s Day exercises Sunday evening with a crowded house. The program went well as each participant delivered their part, though bad roads prevented Mrs. Rhodes and her children from attending. Free will offerings totaled 76 dollars.
A historic argument from the Texas Farmers Union opposes woman suffrage, claiming women should focus on home life and motherhood. It argues women have equal rights but would not vote or work by necessity, preferring duties at home over political life, and likens suffrage to other trades or roles. The piece notes the broader national debate from coast to coast.
Will and Henry OConnell returned to Montana after the funeral of J J OConnell. Art Welch and family visited Fred Dunkin’s home. Mrs Cecil Groeting and Carroll toured New Market. Will Boydston came home to Shenandoah after a month with his son Charles. Fred Dunkin plans a new barn. E Rhodes returned from Oklahoma where her mother was seriously ill. Rev Rhodes called Gravity’s celebration the best he ever attended praising the Sunday School participation and local hospitality.
The piece argues against universal suffrage for women, contrasting female capability with racial prejudice, praising women as moral influencers yet opposing equal political rights. It asserts the primacy of family support for suffrage and critiques modern legislation as unsexing humanity, invoking Christian imagery to claim women’s elevated, separable role.
Themistocles claims true greatness is in building not fiddling or rhetoric. He praises planners who lay bricks and plow fields over those who seek power or craft laws. He urges leaders to focus on tangible public works like highways and farms as the true test of statesmanship.
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