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Newspaper
Independence Enterprise
Location
Independence, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1921
Page
6
The passage urges steady progress toward a life goal, warning against aimless wandering. It compares the focused bee to one that seeks abundant honey and stresses daily effort, self regulation, and charting a course to ensure eventual success.
The article recalls Handel born February 24 1684 at Halle. Early in his career a quarrel with musician Matthewson led to a duel, saved by a score buttoned under Handel's coat. It notes his organ mastery and majestic style, his habit of wearing a large wig, and that he died rich with 1 000 000 in assets.
A historian notes a past New York parade celebrating the federal constitution with hogsheads and tuns of beer entwined in hop vines. Banners fluttered as beer banners and festooned cars highlighted the celebratory procession.
A vivid 18th or 19th century description depicts a boy of eight seated atop a tun. He wears flesh-colored silk and a garland of hops and barley ears, holding a silver goblet and drinking nut brown as onlookers admire the strange pageant.
The text outlines several dream classes including confusing fantastic dreams and warnings to be alert. It notes dreams can arise from bodily stress such as heavy meals or cold feet and aim to spur reasoning into action. It mentions fear influenced dreams and prophetic dreams. It also describes experiences where the ego leaves the body during sleep and travels in a mental world.
A recent visitor to the uth Sea islanders reports that moving pictures captivate the locals. The film’s tragedy overwhelms them with weeping and groaning, requiring a gallery guide to reassure that the ending will be resolved. After reassurance, the audience cheers as the heroine is saved and the villain defeated amid pandemonium.
In a humorous exchange Mr Meekton notes his wife Henrietta once objected to his smoking. He adds that she now smokes a pipe to avoid distraction when she gives speeches about public questions.
Edwin Grant Conklin notes massive migration to the United States since 1900. He cites over thirty million foreign born or children of foreign born parents, with Germans eight to nine million, Irish four to five million, Britons around three million, Slavs three million, and Italians and Hebrews about two million each, among others.
Paris unveils three futurist dances the machine gun the shrapnel and the airman dance. The piece comes from a poet of futurist tendencies courting controversy while still cherishing the waltz. The fragment hints at a provocative blend of avant garde movement and social commentary.
The text discusses a set of measures and dances including the lancers, a monophage starting on a Meht, and a shrapnel dance likened to a creeping barrage. It notes that only a brief description exists for the aleman's ace and that the Wattans mimicry is described, while a machine gun change baffles observers.
P J S Richardson a leading English authority on dancing states jazz is dead in London. He expects no new dances to gain popularity this year while fox trot one step and tango will be standardized. He notes London teachers agree on a common framework to unify steps without erasing individual variation.
Paul Donehoo, a blind lawyer and musician visiting from Atlanta, navigates cities unaided by listening to walls posts and sidewalk lines. He follows building lines by sound and can estimate sidewalk width, turning corners confidently despite street noise.
The Nebraska State Journal notes that voyages cut time by arc routes over the earth rather than straight lines. Air travel from San Francisco will likely follow paths far north, skirting the Aleutians to shorten distances and gain more landing options.
University of Oregon reports that 230 graduates this year show eighty percent paid over a third of their way through college and twenty percent fully self supported. Students earned income in hop yards, logging camps, shipyards, fishing grounds, saw mills, farms, warehouses, and forest service. They performed dishwashing, mowing, wood chores, cooking, waiting, and cleaning to fund winter expenses.
A cohort of 290 graduates from the University of Oregon in June will pursue varied careers across education law medicine diplomacy architecture banking and more. Top event prizes noted include sprint and field events with awards from local merchants and firms.
Despite rain the Dallas field meet succeeded with Dallas taking 62 points to Oak Point 20, Independence 18, Monmouth 11, Antioch 11, Bauxton 8 and North Dallas 2. Prizes included jewel boxes, agate rings, photographs, candy, silk hose, a swimming suit and a fountain pen awarded to top finishers from Independence, Oak Point, Dallas, Monmouth and surrounding towns.
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