Crooked Creek Church Social and Thanksgiving Weekend Reports
Mrs G A Brady hosted the Crooked Creek Missionary Circle with local guests. Hunters, Mr Kirk Downey McGara and Fred Kirk, are in the mountains. Mrs Harold Cray’s burial was held in Crooked Creek Cemetery. Visits tied to Blairsville and Rogister families occur across Thanksgiving. A yearly Progress subscription offers a unique weekly gift option with a mailed Christmas card.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. A. Brady
Crooked Creek
F. BE. Kirk
Harry Downey
Frank McGara
Fred Kirk
Harold Cray
Blairsville
Chris Brady
Paul Brady
Wen Brady
Mr. Over
J. C. Miller
Jay McQuilken
Melvin
Rogister
Nellie Wells
Aaron Gray
Bananas the Only Clue Seeks a Lunch Time Mystery
Aunt Sally borrows Jim Leroy’s lunch, prompting a theft mystery at the apartment hotel. Molly Baldwin considers motives and cost, while Jim pieces clues from bananas to a possible confession. A romance blooms as Jim and Molly confront their feelings and a shared secret.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ant Sally Stone
Jim Leroy
Jim
Sally
Miss Baldwin
Molly Baldwin
Molly
Buck
Danan
Matty
Danas
Jill
Jit
Imoney
Linnet
Jin
Sea Rover's Ambition to Settle a New World
Eric the Red promoted Americas first real estate venture planning a colony along the west coast. He spent three summers exploring for settlements and named the land Green Land to attract settlers. In spring 086, about twenty five ships sailed with settlers, domestic animals included, to Greenland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sea Rover
New World America
Eric the Red
Ire
Urle
Green Land
Greenland
Teeland
Vilhjalmar Stefansson
Forum Magazine
Passed Out of Life to Keep Contentment
Charles Driscoll recounts a near death experience that left him with a vivid memory of an eternal, tranquil beyond. He describes losing consciousness as life seemed to drift away and returning to awareness as a rebirth, followed by a sense of loss and questioning during the afterward. Capper's Weekly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Driscoll
Capper
Quill Pens and the Drive to Write
In a Mobile Register-quoting column, Grove Patterson notes that many youths delay serious writing work due to dislike of manual toil, preferring typewriters or dictation. He cites Dickens using a quill and reflects on mental indolence, self doubt, humor, and ambition amidst pressure to become a respected community figure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anderson
Charles Dickens
Dickens
Grove Patterson
Mobile Register
Los Angeles
Cicada Called Locust Despite Misleading Name
The cicada is wrongly labeled the Vi-yeur Jogust though it is not a locust and it cycles every 17 years and also 13 years. The misuse has persisted so long there is little chance of correcting the term.
How to Prevent Piano Keys from Sticking
When keys stick open the piano remove the front near the music rack to expose the interior to sun and air. If sun reaches the exposed area move the piano toward it. otherwise place the piano where there is air. The swelling from dampness inside causes the keys to stick.
Early Britons Unlettered and Assumed Oral History
The passage argues that Caesar and Tacitus do not show evidence of British literacy before Greek characters were taught, nor do they preserve British bardic or druidic oral traditions that illuminate early Celtic history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caesar
Tacitus
Operated for appendicitis and regional visits noted
GIPSY Edna Floy Webster underwent appendicitis surgery at Clearfield Hospital on Wednesday. The region features visits by Emma Lydie of Taylorsville and others from Cleveland and Youngstown. Thanksgiving relatives in town include Gorman, Hess, and Salegiver families. Intermittent items list travel between Akron Pittsburgh and Niagara Falls with locals such as John Hoover and John Downing visiting kin in nearby towns. A cartoon caption about a Christmas card sale appears beside a small town note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna Floy
Jack Webster
Clearfield Hospital
Emma Lydie
Taylorsville
Iis
John Lydie
Leonard Hess
Niagara Falls
N. Y
Anna Lutsock
Cleveland
James Gorman
Akron
Ohio
H. J. Gordman
Mollie Coalmer
Youngstown
GB. M. Smith
Pittsburgh
Mort
Essie Ober
Dora Salegiver
Arcadia
David Smith
J. E. Coalmer
Carl
John Hoover
Coal Run
J. H. Smith
Ernest Brady
John Downing
Glen Campbell
John ‘Trimble
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Chambersville
Harry Miller
Marion Center
Ira Kerr
Pant Brady
Paut Mulpers
Mr. Anderson
Howard Brady
Chatz Lewis
Dixonville
C. A. Brady
Balkite Radio
Berkey & Gay
South Seventh St
Indiana, Pa
Dalate
Ellis
Andy Kinter
Ellis Mills
By Marie Dale
Sacle
Seete
Troutman’s
Indiana
PENNA
Coats
Yous Wassy
Toyland
Mathe
John White
Philip Ober
Susan Ober
Strongstown
William Morris
Ivison
Isaac Strong
Mary Johns
Alverda
William Troxell
R. Y. Duncan
Ellen Hill
Johnstown
Glen Bergener
State College
J. C. Nanett
Barney Hogan
Sperg Hogan
Biz Bend
Auntia
Jane
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