Trio of Farewell Sermons At Local Churches
Three ministers preached farewell sermons in one day. Rev J R Wright concluded four years at Friends church before moving to Bangor to serve the Friends, Rev P E Shull bid farewell after three years at the Christian church, and Rev A A Richards left for Massachusetts to pastor a church while studying at Brown University. After evening services the trio greeted congregants with handshakes at the church door.
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Sneh
LeGrand
J. R. Wright
Friends Church
P.E. Shull
The
Christian Church
Union
A. A. Richards
East
Wright
Bangor
Friends
Shalt
Richards
Ora
Massachusetts
Brown University
Providence
R. L
Chas. D. Harvey
Swansea
Mass
W. W. Newell
Owen
Harry Millard
Marshalltown
A. A. Shellenbarger
Butlerville
Howard Outland
D. W.richards
le Grand
Arthur
Apples Demonstration at Demonstration Orchard This Friday
Visit the Demonstration Orchard Friday or Saturday to watch Prof Herrick and assistant demonstrate picking grading and packing. Lost kit of Ford tools. For sale Majestic range. Various local notices of residents visiting, traveling, and moving arrangements across LeGrand and nearby areas.
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Ford Tools
Tce
W. K.arnold’s
Digestion Advice From a Medical Note
The guidance stresses starting digestion in the mouth with thorough mastication. It warns that neglect leads to stomach trouble and advises avoiding beef or veal if indigestion is present. It recommends Chamberlain's Tablets for constipation to ease bowels, aid digestion, and strengthen the stomach.
Call by Number for Telephone Directory Inquiry
R D Hogan urges obtaining the new telephone directory by number for simplicity. He argues that BS numbers are easier to understand and will improve switchboard service.
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R. D. Hogan
Be a Credit to Your Town Poem Reminder
A civic verse urges residents to uphold town honor in every act. It praises conduct, generosity, and quiet pride as the foundation of a community's renown, noting cities rise through the character of their people and the unity of everyday deeds.
Business change at LeGrand Central telegraph office
R D Hogan arrives with Mrs Hogan to take over the LeGrand Central exchange in Des Moines area. He will manage operations while Eva Lowry remains on the switchboard. Patrons urged to obtain the new directory and call by numbers. Local notices mention laundry service and a church pastor moving to Swansea, Mass.
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Hogan
Cof. Moines
Central Telephone Exchange
Oscar Terrill
Harvey
LeGrand
Harvey Crow Lands in War Department Telegram
A telegram to John Grow from the Salvation Army War Department states that his son Harvey Grow arrived at Camp Merritt New Jersey two days earlier and is reported feeling fine. The message accompanies a postcard detailing First American troops to France and various Firsts credited to Harvey’s First Division unit, including front line service numbers, casualties, and awards. Also noted are a hat shop reopening and a county fair preview featuring Raymond and Ralph Beane returning from Des Moines with their beef entries.
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Irma
Lois Dimmuit
Oskaloosa
Arthur Price
Nancy
Des Moines
Pearley B. Shult
Alarena Hyde
Viola
Wis
Morris Nodland
Thorval
Veldi
Minn
Nodland
Grinnell
Herbert Tuttle
Iowa River
Butlerville
John Grow
Salvation Army War Department
Harvey
Grow
Ub - Camp Merritt
XN. J
Harve
France
Raymond
Ralph
Beane
Hereford
Young Ideas Begin 10 Shoot School Opens in Labor Day Rush
The school opened Monday to the usual Labor Day rush with many new teachers added or re-signed. Names include Superintendent Prof BR A Roberts Ft Pierre. Principal Miss Carrie Wikof Pleasant Plain. Assistant Miss Hazel ONeal LeGrand. domestic science Miss Chmelik Tama. grades staff C B Adair LeGrand. 7th and 6th Miss Lilian Cornwell Coggon. 3rd and 4th Miss Minnis Nodland LeGrand. Primary Mrs Eunice Sawyer LeGrand. Enrolment totals 192 with 47 in High School and 145 in the Grades.
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BR. A. Roberts
Ft. Pierre
S. Oak
Carrie Wikof
Pleasant Plain
Hazel O'Neal
Rot LeGrand
Chmelik l
Tama
C. B. Adair
LeGrand
Lillian Cornwell
Coggon
Minnis Nodland
Eunice Sawyer
LOOK FOR RICHES FROM SEA
London Answers notes a busy postwar rebound in fisheries especially in the North Sea. A fleet of 16 steam fishing vessels in Hull Harbor awaits first opportunity, with owners expecting profits around £2000 a year per steamer and grounds like Dogger Bank reopening after wartime shutdowns.
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Billingsgate
North Sea
London -Answers
Res Aseles
Hull
Dogger Bank
Tin Derby Hat Serves Many World War I Posts
Overseas letter from Private Victor G. Stifer of Philadelphia in the New York Sun recounts his tin hat’s varied wartime uses. It served as a stool pillow wash basin shaving cup dinner plate and even a coffee measure for 50 men. Rain patter disrupts sleep and nerves.
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Victor G. Stifer
Philadelphia
New York Sun
OUR CHURCHES CHRISTIAN SERVICES AND SUNDAY SCHEDULE
Sunday School begins at 11 a m with Bible citation. The 8:30 a m service is followed by a 3 p m Junior C E and a 7 30 p m Y P S C E session. Prayer meeting is set for Wednesday evening at 8 30.
Friends Church Sunday Schedule Announced
Friends Church issue lists Sunday School at 11 with J F Rylander superintendent, preaching service at noon, Junior O E at 12 with Miss Jessie Manship supervising, Y P S C E at 7 30 led by Lois Rylander, and a Wednesday 8 30 prayer meeting. Invite extended to meet and worship together.
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J. F. Rylander
Jessie Manship
Lois Rylander
Cape Henry: Landmark Between Sands and Sea of Change
A historical Cape Henry summary notes its colonial origin and the first lighthouse of 1791, later replaced, as the Atlantic shoreline erodes inland. A 100 foot dune grows inland threatening Lynnhaven River and oyster beds while the pine forest is buried, illustrating constant coastal warfare along the Atlantic coast.
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Cape Henry
Chesapeake Bay
Atlantic Ocean
Prince of Wales
United States
Cape
Atlantic
Lynnhaveen
Oyaber
Why He Was Fired For Swindling The Grocer
A conversation recalls a grocer firing an employee for alleged theft. One man claims the grocer accused him of swindling after an unlawful act with a scale weight. The other insists he acted but was misweighted, leading to the firing.
Westward Ho It Happened In England Horse Drill
A wild horse bolted during a regiment drill in England and confounded the rider. The instructor asked where the horse was going and the rider replied he did not know, but the horse belonged in Canada. Private H. D. Paul reports the incident in Judge.
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England
Canada
H. D. Paul
Judge
Farmer explains scarecrows keep crops safe
A Pearson's Weekly quote shows a farmer asserting scarecrows deter thieves and scare away crows by making trespassers check if the clothing is worth stealing, leaving fields unoccupied and crops safer.
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Pearson’s Weekly
The Time Millennium Question in The League of Nations
A dialogue fragment places the question of the millennium to a son, defining it as a time when everyone will agree on the League of Nations details. The exchange frames a distant era of universal agreement as a measure of progress.
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Pop
Son
League of Nations
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