British Train Brings Wounded From Boulogne
Mary Roberts Rinehart notes in the Saturday Evening Post the British hospital train arriving at Boulogne at night. A young lieutenant and four orderlies supervise the unloading of stretchers, the silent care of wounded men wrapped in blankets, as women across America knit scarves for the injured. The piece lauds British care for wounded in this great war.
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Boulogne
America
Mary Roberts Rinehart
Saturday Evening Post
Advertising Rates Now Available on Application
Advertising rates will be set upon request. All ads run until canceled unless an order to stop is issued.
Local Notes and Social Updates From Moulton Area
Grandma Haynes returns home after visiting Moulton. Laura Morris of Cedar Falls visits her sister Mrs Claude Lawry. Fern Lowry ill, rhewmatism limits Marian Bowles. Children’s day program at Carlton Brethren Church June 27. Fourth of July picnic July 3 in Charley McCune grove. Letta Wall visits Moulton and returns with her mother. Claude Lowry hosts Sunday guests including Haynes and Lowry families. John Alden Home hosts and local alums attend. Further social calls and a Cherry tree accident reported.
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Laura Morris
Cedar Falls
Claude Lawry
Marian Bowles
Carlton Brethren Church
Letta Wall
Moulton
Claude Lowry
Joe Haynes
John Lowry
Jas. Dobson
Fred Wallen
Richards
Labbie Halley
Grandma Haynes
Artie Morris
Mexico's Superb Cathedral of Mexico City Details
The Cathedral began 1578 on marshy ground and grew slowly over two centuries to include a 400 foot long nave and 179 foot high main structure plus a 240 foot tower. It features an ornate altar with a 380000 jewel studded sanctuary lamp and 14 chapels. Buried here are Iturbide and Hidalgo. Hidalgo's head once hung on prison walls at Guanajuato.
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Mexico
Cathedral of
Croesus
Cortez
Iturbide
Hidalgo
Guanajuata
Industrial bleakness in Belfast and Glasgow overwork
The piece laments modern industrialism as ruinous to life in Belfast and Glasgow. It describes barracklike mills and smoke stained cottages, with workers on endless shifts. Women and girls appear hardened by harsh conditions, while social life centers on saloons and neglected families.
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Belfast
Glasgow
Ruskin
Mill Band
Poverty and cash limits spur literary work, critic says
Prant Cullen, an English critic and editor, notes that authors like Thomas Nelson Page Kipling Barrie and Hall Caine stopped prolific writing after wealth. He argues lack of cash drives progress, claiming the world moves mainly because rent cannot be paid.
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Thomas Nelson Page
Kipling
James M. Barrie
Hall Caine
Prrant Cullen
War books sell poorly in Paris shop window
In Paris the proprietor reports a glut of war books on a stand outside a Boulevard des Itations shop, yet none are selling well. Novels too have basically halted sales as morale and interest wane.
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London
Boulevard Des Itations
East LeGrand Notes and Local Updates
Paxson added to disabled list. Mrs. Sloat visited Marshalltown Monday. Mae Thompson works for Mrs. Tow. Reba Squires visited Gus Nedland Sunday. Helge Larson improved barn and buildings with a new paint job done by his son George.
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Reba Squires
Gus Nedland’s
Helge Larson
George
Town Notes From Montour and Surroundings
Mrs Amile Frandle and children were in Marshalltown Thursday. Mrs Chara Paxton and daughter Guata visited relatives here Wednesday. Merle Frandle and Maryin Nedland spent Tuesday with Montour friends. A J Banks and Maude McNair visited Marshalltown Tuesday. Larson siblings and M T Nodkund shelled corn early week. Charles Banks of Knoxville visited A J Banks home Sunday. Larson youths visited uncle Thore Larson near Stavanger. Mrs Herman Thompson spent Monday in Marshalltown with her mother in hospital. George Larson left for Vega Texas to harvest an abundant Panhandle wheat crop. brother Dewey accompanies him. Good flour cheaper now at Arnolds. Osman Tweed of Dunbar guest at C S Bryngelson home Thursday. Strawberries still bearing though declining. some prophecy strawberries for July 4. Two Boston motorcyclists bound for Frisco passed LeGrand Wednesday. Chautauqua shifts from luxury to necessity. Mrs Joseph Reed of LeGrand spent part of week with daughter Mrs Roy Finney. Mrs Eric Ferguson and baby of Quarry visiting C S Holden.
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Larson
Thore Larson
Stavanger
Herman Thompson
Marshalltown
George Larson
Vega
Texas
Panhandle
Dewey
Boston
LeGrand
Funeral for Martin Hilsabeck Fills Ferguson Church
Relatives and friends filled the Christian church at Ferguson for the funeral Sunday at 2 pm with Rev. W. H. Scott officiating. A brief home prayer service occurred at 1 pm one mile south of Ferguson. Floral tributes included pieces from the Ladies' Aid of Ferguson and the Hansler and Brooks factory of Waterloo. Pallbearers were nephews Oliver, Lloyd, Boston Finders and Will, James, Charles Spease. Attendees from afar included Mrs. W. A. Fortner, Sterling. Mrs. Ethel Miller, Sanborn. Mr. and Mrs. G. Ness, Randall. Edna and Mamie Arney and Mrs. E. Hilsbeck, Albion. Mrs. Rose Hill and Miss Georgie Turner, Lynnville. Mrs. James Weatherby. Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Hilsabeck. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Nugent. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hilsabeck and Mrs. Chas. Wiley, Liscomb. Mrs. E. Strom, LeGrand. Mr. and Mrs. John Hanson, Waterloo. Mr. and Mrs. J. Lowers, Cresco. and John Hilsbeck, Cedar Rapids.
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Christian Church
Ferguson
Martin Hilsabeck
W. H. Scott
Hansler and Brooks
Waterloo
Hilsabeck
Oliver
Lloyd
Boston
Will
James
Charles Spease
W. A. Fortner
Sterling
Colo
Ethel Miller
Sanborn
G. Ness
Randall
Edna
Mamie Arney
E. Hilsabeck
Albion
Rose Hill
Georgie Turner
Lynnville
James Weatherby
Delbert Hilsabeck
Charles Nugent
Frank Hilsabeck
Chas. Wiley
Liscomb
E. Strom
LeGrand
John Hanson
J. Lowers
Cresco
John Hilsabeck
Cedar Rapids
Times-Republican
Deafness Cure Lies in Constitutional Remedies Says Physician
A local medical note explains deafness results from inflammation of the Eustachian tube mucous lining. External applications cannot reach the diseased area, and curing requires constitutional remedies to restore tube function. It cites catarrh as a common cause and mentions a sale of a remedy in Toledo, Ohio.
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Toledo
Ohio
Dragsitts
Writing in Harper’s Magazine on Torres Strait sharks
Norman Duncan recounts two astonishing shark tales from Thursday Island in the Torres Strait. A Japanese diver loses an arm and thigh after a crayfish mishap, while a black beachcomber dodges a shark with a swift head retreat and a impressive punch to distract the predator.
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Harper's Magazine
Thursday Island
Torres Strait
Norman
Duncan
Mexico Land of Cathedrals
The article portrays Mexico as a land of cathedrals with religious heritage spanning from the Bravo to distant southern regions, likening churches to beads in a rosary across historical frontiers and cultural landscapes.
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Mexico
Bravo del Norte
Efficiency in letters and the dying man of Europe
Emerson Keough argues for clear business correspondence as the modern standard. He quips that Turkey may fool Europe as the dying man does in a Dusseldorf tale, and a dying man jokes about funeral biscuits during a grim family moment.
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Emerson Keough
Denver
Bernhard Dernburg
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