October Dinner by Ladies of the Church
The ladies of the Christian church will host their annual October dinner in the church on the 28th. Everyone is welcome.
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Newspaper
Gravity Independent
Location
Gravity, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1931
Page
4
The ladies of the Christian church will host their annual October dinner in the church on the 28th. Everyone is welcome.
Mrs. Cora Lovelace is spending the week at Bedford at the Walter Lake home while her sister Mrs. L J Phillips stays in Oklahoma.
Curtains appear refreshed after Moore Laundry service with a note to try them again. Contact Ed Lock's Barber Shop by phone for more details.
A sensational bedtime incident about a wife who frightened her husband during a stomach gas episode. The tale mentions Adlerika as the remedy and a claim of fast relief within ten minutes, emphasizing dramatic household danger and quick cure.
The Free Methodist Church invites all to Sunday School at 10:00 a.m. preaching at 11:00 a.m. Sunday evening service at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday prayer meeting at 7:30 p.m. first Sunday monthly class meeting at 11:00 a.m. Everyone welcomed. Come.
Homemakers are offered the Premier Duplex vacuum cleaner for 49.50, down from 60, a savings of 10.50 with no loss of quality. Advertised as a full size model with motor driven brush, touted as a major advance in vacuum history. Iowa Nebraska Light and Power offices provide details of this money saving offer.
Irvin J Barr won the Atwater Kent audition in the tenor class held in Des Moines on Tuesday.
Jay Beemer local postmaster and Jeff Sunday of Missouri are among three Iowa delegates attending the National Postmasters Convention in St Louis this week. Beemer expects to be home Friday.
Oak Hill report notes Rally Day program and Homecoming postponed from last Sunday to next Sunday due to muddy roads. Event will include forenoon program, noon basket dinner, and afternoon preaching. invitations extended to all. Plus social and visitation details from local families and community notices.
J. H. Hough of Omaha spends his vacation with his uncle W. Halland and assists in painting the family house.
The newspaper lists paid up subscriptions including Elbert Storer Galen Wing B C Stearns Joe Cooper Ralph Kennon K T Stimson and W L Chandley as part of subscriber honors.
The text describes a malevolent goddess Discordia, sister to Nemesis, cast from heaven by Jupiter for causing quarrels. It notes her influence on the wedding of Peleus and Thetis, the golden apple inscribed “Detur pulchriori,” and her role in Troy’s ruin. She is depicted with a ghastly face, torn garments, serpents in her hair, and attendances by others in mythic lore.
A Detroit News opinion argues against lending books, saying it keeps prices high as borrowers avoid purchases. It questions whether libraries would substitute, notes borrowers sometimes buy, and criticizes publishers for resisting easier reading and popularization while insisting on costly bindings and jackets.
A century ago a Charleston South Carolina traveler described waiting on a station platform for hours after the scheduled departure so the engine crew could test the locomotive by running it back and forth. The tiny cars rode as the engine struggled to gain speed, stopping to "get up steam" as pine knots were fed to the furnace and the train slowly moved on.
Common brick appears in King Tut's tomb Ur and the Indus valley Rome built with brick Nero’s Gold House Coliseum Carpenter Hall Monticello Independence Hall Babylon New Orleans French Quarter Wheat Row Washington University of Vermont Sewers and aqueducts of Caesar’s time remain in use The Appian Way was brick Italy rich in artistic brick work
A Russian scientist notes a rhythmic movement in the human eye matching heartbeats, about 100 movements per minute. In quiet surroundings the eyes rest briefly before resuming side to side or up and down motion. Evolutionists link this restlessness to ancient vigilance for danger.
An eight year old Muriel, already fond of patriotism, stands with her parents during a radio broadcast. After her mother enters Muriel’s room she finds the pajama clad girl in the center of the bed. Muriel explains her teacher’s rule to stand for the anthem. Both remain standing as the Star Spangled Banner plays.
A diet friendly breakfast idea uses Hawaiian pineapple to brighten meals. Combine with cantaloupe by filling melon cups with pineapple and seeds removed. Another dish layers grapefruit with two tablespoons of crushed pineapple and a sugar dusting to chill overnight for eight servings.
Berlin’s historic windmills and water wheels fade from the capital’s skyline. Only two survive: a water wheel fragment in Tiergarten said to be over 800 years old but unused since 1837, and a distant wind mill near Zehlendorf road still standing though blades idle for decades.
The article explains two telescope classes refracting and reflecting. Refractors use lenses to transmit rays via the objective lens, while reflectors use a concave mirror to bring rays to focus. An axis mirror aligns with the focal point to transmit light in a reflector system.
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