Gravity era church histories and early town leaders
The article recounts Gravity’s early religious and civic development. It lists first residents, the first agent Porter, blacksmith James Hone Howard, and notes the Methodist and Christian churches built in 1885 with dedications by Rev. Lucas and Rev. Campbell. It covers church organizations, pastors like Rev. W. L. Danlavy, and the small Presbyterian and active Baptist and Free Methodist communities. It also mentions the Adventist and other organizers, the first Sunday School, early teachers, and concludes with local notes on the tulip tree, and a trip to Omaha by Leon Ledgerwood and Frances Clark.
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Mary Davie
Wire Sali Sinveal
Mary Ellen Duniavy
Billa Boeieman
Porter
Oness Hone Howard
Ceavite
J. P. Lucas
Campbell
Cottege Grove Pehenthouse
Geo. Brookman
John Stouder
W. L. Danlavy
Thera
Dunlavysien
Christian Church
Baptists
Albert Parka
Free Methodiate
Advantieda
Amadothes
H Seapher
Hopekins
Wry West
Tas Foxe Poager
Fiyat
George Brookman
M. E
Hadi
Raymond Hoekabout
J. A. Aid
John Lemon
Lydia Stouder
Wm. Mallinger
Lizzie Bencie
Martha Clark
Luna Johnston
Lizzie Garner
Dora Weaver
B.C Armstrong
Zephyr All Steel Train Exhibit Heads for Worlds Fair
Several from here drove to Corning Sunday to view the Zephyr, a Burlington all steel train exhibit. The train traveled to Lincoln with stops, then will run nonstop to Chicago before again being shown at the World's Fair exhibition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corning
Zephyr
Burlington
Lincoln
Internale
Chicago
Through Shams and Sincerity in Daily Living
A reflection on how people resist pretenses and seek wholesome sincerity of thought and deed. The text argues shams mislead by cleverness, while genuine character endures and rewards truthful actions in everyday life.
Barter to Money: Early Civilizations and Monetary Circulation
In a Detroit News excerpt, the piece traces money from barter in primitive communities to standardized currency as populations formed, noting prosperity hinges on service demand and circulation speed, not just money quantity. It argues taxes fund obligations and money serves value rather than controls economic status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit News
Insects See Colors Differ From Humans Beyond Sight
A Detroit Free Press writer notes that insects perceive colors differently from humans, especially in the ultra violet range. American Museum experiments show portulacas appear violet to insects while zinnias stay the same, challenging Darwin’s idea that color serves as insect camouflage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit Free Press
American Museum of Natural History
Darwin
Evolution of Commodity Money Across Ages and Regions
The article traces how various commodities served as money across civilizations from Greece and Rome to medieval and colonial contexts. It notes tobacco, wheat, lead, tin, copper, silver, and gold as historic media of exchange, with iron bars still used in Central Africa trades. It emphasizes the shifting role of staple goods as standardized mediums in commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greece
Rome
Japan
Virginia
Central
Africa
Bower Birds of New Guinea Displayed at Field Museum
The bower birds of New Guinea construct elaborate grass bowers decorated with bright berries and fruits for male courtship displays. A living example is shown at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, where a pair poses in courting attitudes. In the wild the bowers remain used by males as playrooms after establishing a nearby tree home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Guinea
Field Museum of Natural History
Chicago
Desert that will remain a fortress of heat and terror
A historic account describes a vast Hejaz desert region named Harrat Khal bar as an impregnable, infernal wasteland. It spans about 8,000 square miles and lies 800 feet above sea level near Jebel Shammar, long feared as a volcanic, barren zone in Arabia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arabia
Hejaz
Jebel Shammar
Harrat Khalbar
Capa Vad
Gibraltar Fortress of the World and Its Strategic Place
The Gibraltar fortress stands as a massive rock covered in vines and shrubs. It is described as the key to the Mediterranean with immediate strategic importance. The text notes a 2704 battle where a British fleet under Sir Gerree Rouke captured the rock, highlighting its tunnels and arsenals and its heavy guns and defenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gibraltar
Mediterranean
Gerree Rouke
Raavestos
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