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Newspaper
Jackson Sentinel
Location
Maquoketa, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1920
Page
3
The passage debates summer breaks and boy independence, arguing that vacations should not mean idle escape but purposeful routines. It critiques idle pleasure versus opportunities for self reliance, noting shifts from old “survival of the fittest” ideals to structured social and political life.
A fragment contemplates the mind as more than a vacuum during a summer furlough, suggesting that empty space invites noxious weeds of thought and character. The terse line hints at internal reflection and the risk of moral drift.
Mrs. J L Briglet and Mrs. Walter Moeller spent weeks visiting family near Maquoketa before returning home in a sedan to Hardin county. Genevieve Swanson stayed with Florence Galloway. Local families hosted and attended church events as extended kin gathered for a funeral service for Bertha Koch, born 1871 in Schleswig-Holstein, who died June 24 1920. Rev J C Snyder officiated. services held then burial at Hanover.
Ida Sell is said to have originated the ancient custom of performing the marriage ceremony with a square piece of cloth held over the bridal couple to conceal the bride’s blushes. The veil was not used by the groom or by widows according to the account.
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