Tenth Chautauqua Opens With Notable Attendance
The tenth annual chautauqua opened with heavy anticipated attendance. Acts range from Ely to Albion with Miss Largon aiding ticket sales. The Lantz McMahon concert company and New York Lyric Singers headlined, delivering music, readings, and a science lecture by Prof Harvey V. Moyer. Attendance benefited from favorable seats and a strong program lineup.
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Ely
LeGrand
Albion
Meé
Fred L. Scheyer
Washington
George Titus
Toas
Lantz-McMahon
Universal
Lantz
McMahan
New York Lyric Singers
Lyric Singers
Margaret Holland
Ruth Shema
Everett Martinson
A. Pritchart
A Glad Homecoming at LeGrand Gathering
A family reunion near LeGrand brought together Mrs. Millie Hoover and siblings from Atlantic Cairo and Nebraska with numerous Gifford relatives. The event featured a lawn dinner, games and photos, recalling shared memories and honoring long-separated kin from Walter Hoover’s home west of LeGrand.
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Millie Hoover
Walter Hoover
le Grand
Hoover
LeGrand
Nabey Hill
Atlantic
B. C. Gifford
LaHlarpe
Kai
A. A. Gifford
Friend
George Gifford
Waterloo
Town
A. K. Gifford
San Rafael
Calif
A. J. Hoover
Fily
Montour
Jesse Sloat
Marshalltown
Glenn Sloat
Ferguson
Ernest Hill
Waverly
Clyde Hoover
Alice Slot
Cora Hoover
Gilman Defeats LeGrand 5-2 In Thursday Baseball
Gilman beats LeGrand 5 to 2 after a lively exhibition at the field. LeGrand pitcher Davis faced Gilman hitters while Keen and Pemberton caught. Gilman’s Johnson and Seager formed the battery for the home team.
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Gilman
LeGrand
Homie
Davis
Keen
Pemberton
Johnson
Seager
Gilman Battery
Are You Guilty Driving Nails Endangers Chautauqua
G G Ogier found seven nail heads stuck through a tire while driving to the chautauqua grounds on a Wednesday afternoon. He believes nails were placed in the wheel track near the Christian church corner and chautauqua tent to cause trouble. The writer urges inquiry to locate the culprit, whether child or adult, for questioning.
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G. G. Ogier
Go Thay
Coleman
Hunted Fox Escapes into Burton House Grounds
The fox chased by the Cowdray hounds for 15 miles sought refuge at Burton House in Petersfield Hants, leaping through a window into the residence of L G Bonham Carter. It fled across the lawn into a greenhouse and vanished up a chimney where four live rabbits were found with it. Workmen removed bricks to reach the animals.
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Burton House
Wear Petersfield
Hants
L. G. Bonham-Carter
London Mail
Not Dead The Age of Chivalry Stopped by a Hole
In a Detroit News anecdote a man aiding a lady near city hall drops into a basement window ope ning to rescue her teeth that fell into the hole. He retrieves the teeth and returns to the lady, finishing the fablelike scene with humor.
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Curtis Cooksey
Chicago
Grand Central Station
Windy City
Cooksey
New York Dramatic Chronicle
Detroit News
Crossbreed plan shifts Alaska reindeer study HQ
The biological survey of the United States Department of Agriculture plans to relocate its reindeer research headquarters from Nome to Fairbanks in 1825 as Eskimos crossbreed native caribou with Siberian reindeer. The project aims to double body weight by hybridization with caribou blood.
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Alaska
Biological Survey
United States Department of Agriculture
Nome
Fairbanks
One Way to Come Back From A City Street Remark
Alfred C. Baumgart recalls overhearing two five year old boys debate directions near South East and Prospect Streets. One argued uptown is south while the other pointed north, then corrected with a drawled yes that that’s the way. Indianapolis News.
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South East
Prospect Streets
Alfred C. Baumgart
Indianapolis News
Durable bindings praised for 17th century books at UW library
University of Washington officials note that book producers in the Swift and Dryden era made bindings more durable than modern printers. Pointing to a book from 1683 and several published soon after, the library highlights their panels as evidence of lasting craftsmanship.
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University of Washington
Swift and Dryden
Friends Church Service Schedule and Leaders
Rev Guy W Harvey pastor Sunday School 11 a m L T Hibbs superintendent morning service 11 to 12 Junior Endeavor Hattie Hibbs superintendent 7 p m Senior Endeavor Irena Hibbs president 8 p m Evening Worship 8 00 Wednesday evening Prayer Meeting
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L. T. Hibbs
Hattie Hibbs
Senior Endeavor
Irena Hibbs
Christian Church Services and Circles Schedule
The Christian Church lists a 10:00 a m church school with Anna Herbert as superintendent, a 11:00 a m morning worship on the theme Sympathy an Essential Church, a 7 p m Christian Endeavor led by Edith Gaunt on Great Women of the Bible, and an 8 p m evening worship on Who is the Freeman of Today. Prayer Circle meets Wednesday at 8 with a Mission Circle Thursday at 2 with Miss Della Richards. all ladies invited and welcome.
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Anna Herbert
Christian Endeavor
Edith Gaunt
Mary Higinbotham
Mission Circle
Della Richards
Strand Lutheran Dunbar Services Next Sunday at 11
Strand Lutheran Dunbar announces services next Sunday at 11 am with communion. Vacation Bible School is planned at the Consolidated school building. all children should be sent. Three weeks remain. Ray Oxaus pastor. Mies Zell Billick returned Saturday from Grinnell after visiting relatives. Various local residents visited relatives and attended Chau tauqua. Mutual Telephone Company buys Beamac and Conrad exchanges, routing through Traer.
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Newton Camp
Sarah
Mildred Hansop
Des Moines
Marshalltown
Rosa Beechout
Ray Dunca
Aay
Washington, D. C
E. G ‘Hanson
Ray
Oxaus
Quarry
Mies Zell Billi Billick
Grinnell
Relatives
Jon Egger
Portland
Ore
Roid Beechout
Egger
Susie] Toman
Eli Inman
Oregon
Mutual Telephone Company
Traer
Beamac
Conrad
Grundy Center
Tama Northern
Flyer Makes Fast Time From London To Berlin And Back
An aviator completed a journey from London to Berlin and returned in about eleven hours. The remark comes amid reports of rapid transcontinental times. Ray Bes.
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London
Berlin
Ray Bes
Southwick Home Scratched by Night Fire
A November fire at the Southwick residence in the village caused damage to the basement and electrical wiring near floor joists. Lloyd Omundson and Donald Reed raised the alarm. Miss Olga Devig secured a key. Harry Sloat fainted during firefighting but recovered. the blaze was extinguished with water, narrowly avoiding total loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gus Devig
Olga Devig
Southwick
Nashua
Miss Devig
Germany's artificial alcohol may boost rival to gasoline
Germany's February imports show 62 971 gallons of alcohol mash, rising to 69 886 gallons in March, suggesting a revolution in production. By advancing steam and pressure coal processing, Germany may supply artificial alcohol that could challenge gasoline as motor fuel.
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Germany
Mortgage Debt Totals Near 25 Billion in U S
The total mortgage debt on U S real estate nears 25 billion dollars as postwar credit expands. Bank and trust losses amount to about four billion, with mortgages growing about four billion annually. Farm mortgage debt rises by a quarter billion each year and seven million homes are mortgaged. The piece notes much development has been funded on credit and mentions a milestone cement pour on Wednesday afternoon.
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U.S
Federal Reserve
United States
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Louis Lamer
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George Ross
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Womens’ Missionary Society
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China
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Africa
Japan
Gifford
J. W. Piper
Kansas
W. F. Estes
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LeGrand Township Farm Bureau
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Christian Church
L. E. Forenxspex
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Mrs. Meredith
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Chautauqua
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