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Newspaper
Hayward Review
Location
Hayward, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1925
Page
3
Fragmentary line references Kerly at University of California Hospital Eye Clinic in Castro Street Hayesward. Text hints at ophthalmology work or patient notes but is incomplete. No clear event date or outcome present in readable excerpt.
A Seedsman reports selling enough alfalfa seed to cover about 1500 acres in the Kingsburg region. In Ventura and Santa Barbara counties a sugar beet raising contest is underway with cups to be awarded over a three year period.
The text outlines Rotary’s mission to inspire individuals to serve others through a philosophy of service before self. It defines a Rotary club as one representative from each profession in a community and explains Rotary International’s role in promoting service, ethical standards, and world peace. Membership criteria emphasize leadership in business, reputable character, and active commitment to service.
The first Rotary club was formed in Chicago on February 23, 1903 by Paul Harris and three friends. Rotary International by December 22, 1924 boasted 1,864 clubs in 28 countries with about 103,000 Rotarians. The article traces the organization’s early conventions and the spread of clubs worldwide with dates for each country’s first club and key milestones.
A busy classified page lists baby chicks from Hayward Hatchery and H & H Hatchery, real estate offerings for cottages, rent and sale prices, lost items, employment requests, and various goods for sale including an electric range, a piano, and a Chevrolet Touring Car. Also includes wants for a furnished house, a Portuguese speaking saleswoman, and job seekers at Hunt Cannery.
The document lists cities and dates from 1922 to 1924 including Oslo Oslo Norway Amsterdam Netherlands Rio de Janeiro Brazil Ostene Belgium Milan Italy Valparaiso Chile Zurich Switzerland and notes clubs form conservatively. It states no Rotary club is forced on a community and each club forms after local study with authority to organize from Rotary International. Initial membership capped at 25, adding three per month in the first year.
The article extols service as a powerful business factor and civic virtue. It notes that goodwill from service boosts success and blames lack of service for failures. Rotary Kiwanis Lions and similar clubs promote service shaping individuals, communities, and nations toward trust and happiness.
A jumble of lines includes remarks about The Office Cat Home, a photographer and son portrait exchange, a party life disappointment, a bitter love line, a request for a payment, a judge’s admonition, a defendant misstatement, and garbled spelling of a hare and a hamster tale.
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