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Newspaper

Gravity Independent

Location

Gravity, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Nov 25, 1937

Page

2

Armistice and Thanksgiving program at Oak Hill Ald

Oak Hill Ald met at Jessie Beemer home with 35 present. May Caskey led devotions. Beulah Morgan supervised a program of songs readings games and contests in honor of Armistice and Thanksgiving days. Lunch featured sandwiches pickles pie and coffee. Christmas meeting set for December 15 at Masme Gold home with Bertha Goudie in devotions and Hezel Wilson in program. Several local residents noted in social updates and visits.

Ald Jessie Beemer May Caskey Beulah Morgan Bertha Goudie Ferra Beemer Chaesie Valentine Kenneth Barker Lenox Jim Terry Ar O Washington Jesse Sexton Richard Dean Bert Terry Bert Terry and Family of Near Hawlyville Lloyd Weat Corning O. C. West Lester Corbins Jasce Sexton and Son West Carlere West Marie Kingery Abe Brokaw Near Corning Savannah Missouri Brokaw Stockton Mabel Shafar Liator Walter Fuelberth Kaith Lewis Barker Mildred Kenneth Mes Feed Goudie Wilber O

Ancient Gion and Aoi Festivals Traced to Early Century

Gion Matsuri in Kyoto dates to 876 A D with a seven day festival featuring yama and hoko floats, decorated cars, and a 120 to 180 foot central mast. Aoi festival traces to the sixth century, mimicking imperial processions with emperors, robing officers, and chariots to honor Shimo-gamo shrine.

Japan Imperial Palace Kamigama

Tobacco through time from Washington to Europe

A Washington Post writer notes tobacco's pivotal role in early America from George Washington shipping 55 hogsheads to England to its use in Capitol columns. The piece traces global reactions from King James to Shah Abbas and Louis VII, detailing bans and shifts in fashion. It ends with tobacco adapting to diverse soils and climates.

George Washington Virginia England National Capitol Washington Post Walter Raleigh Europe James Shah Abbas Persia Connecticut Louis VII

Allergy concept and symptoms from Mecern Home Medical Ad viser

The article defines allergy as an inherited constitutional makeup causing sensitivity to certain things. It notes reactions can be triggered by light heat or cold and extreme cases may react to minute amounts of substances in food. It links hay fever asthma hives eczema to allergic conditions.

Mecern

Tomato to Town Aa Urgency of imore than 1000

A producer of a single variety farms millions of vines yearly on Mahovee of the Batenrhete lands. The island is mountainous with handbuilt stone walls forming terraces. They constructed concrete reservoirs and intricate irrigation systems to moisten the terraces and sustain crop growth despite hardships.

Imore Porto

Alligator Pear Varieties Describe Leaf Shape And Aroma

The text outlines numerous alligator pear varieties and slight foliage differences. It notes that seeped types grown in greenhouses share deep green laurel-like leaves and an attractive appearance. Leaves emit a pleasant aromatic odor resembling anise.

Quotations and Aphorisms From a Midwestern Page

A collection of witticisms and reflections on life politics and society from a midwestern voice. The piece surveys humor absence gratitude aging diet trends and political views with pointed lines and clever turns of phrase. It blends social commentary with playful quips about work age and ambition.

Installment Fines Aid Indy Defaulters

Indianapolis reporters describe how Marion County Criminal Court uses weekly installments to pay fines and restitutions. The plan lets offenders keep their jobs while the court tracks conduct through regular payments, extending to damages in misdemeanor cases.

Indianapolis

Bees Invade Bulawayo Market in Mass Stinging Stampede

Bees, long time residents of Bulawayo, suddenly attacked the Market district causing panic and stinging hundreds. In the Market Hall shoppers fled to doors as crowds stampeded, with car drivers aiding rescues. The cause remains a mystery to correspondents.

Bulawayo Johannesburg

To Be Renamed Irish Free State to Teire

The Irish Free State will be renamed Teire pronounced Aira in the new constitution translation from English to Ere. The official version, to govern future interpretation, is prepared in Dublin with care amid debates over the name Erin and its meanings.

Irish Free State Dublin Ere Free State Eire Erin Land

Fragmented historical report on a blast and its preparations

A garbled account describes a blast and its preparation, mentioning a large quantity of boards or material, a location of Westminster Abbey, and seven months of prior work. Names and details are obscured, but the text implies a significant explosion with extensive prior activity.

Maurble Minuitada Troma

Monks Tunnel Uncovers Workmen at Templemaine

An ancient tunnel was uncovered at Templemaine in Free State by workmen. It is believed to have served as an escape route for monks from the Ab bey of Loughmore to the Castle of the Purcells in case of attack.

Templemaine Trish Free State Abbey of Loughmore

Illustration Visitor-Why are you watching me so closely

Louisville Courier-Journal reports a humorous dialogue scene featuring a visitor asking about attention and a family moment with a pint bottle of water, depicting domestic banter and humor in a slice of life vignette.

Robert Bobbie Daddy Louisville Courier-Journal

Borax Bath Cuts Decay in Citrus Packing House

A borax bath given to citrus fruit on arrival at the packing house reduces decay materially, improving shelf life and quality for shipment.

Mac's Barber Shop Moves to New Location

The message announces Mac's Barber Shop relocating to the first door north of the Monahan store and thanks patrons for past business while inviting them to visit the new location.

Monahan

Sharpsburg W C T U Builds Bridges in Membership Drive

Sharpsburg W C T U outlines a year long plan under the theme Building Bridges with All Your Strength is in Your Union. The group reports three new members added at the November 10 meeting at Helen Brown’s home, bringing total to nine this year. Elizabeth Pennebaker Lela Rutledge and Ella Young presented a playlet After the meeting and the next gathering is set for the third Wednesday in December at Olive Blood’s home.

Brown James Ross Reed Bert Perdew Mable P P2r Elizabeth Pennebaker Lela Rutedge Ella Young Olive Blood

School News and Miscellany From Local Pages

School notes cover tests, new topics in Physics Power and Energy typing contracts bookkeeping and class achievements. Senior, junior, sophomore and freshman remarks include exam results carnival contestants health posters and attendance quotes along with scattered notes on world facts and quotes.

Lorene Stafford Lorene Wilson Neil Smith Donald Acter

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