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Newspaper
Lynden Tribune
Location
Lynden, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1908
Page
5
The Northwood Sunday school friends furnished the old building with new seats and will hold services there. Arrangements allow the public schools and Sunday school to share the same organ in the building.
Mr Waters plans a move to Lynden soon. Clarence Dahlquist visited his parents here Saturday. G H Griffith builds a chicken house rat and skunk proof. A large attendance attended the dance and all enjoyed it. The Ladies Aid Society hosts a New England supper at Wiser Lake hall on November 12. The Wiser Lake school held a Halloween party Saturday evening with everyone enjoying themselves.
Delta and Sunnyside report Lyndon visitor Mrs C R Axling and multiple guests at various homes, a grain task for H C Berthusen, an auction sale by A G Freden, and a Sunnyside school list noting pupils with perfect attendance for the month ending Oct 20 1908 with two tardies.
Community notes from Greenwood describe weekend visits by Christie Boeringer Effie Johnson and others. Vera Robinson hosted a Halloween party while Mrs Muerer and Lena Elsner hosted guests. Henry Freudenberg and others visited Elsner home. Bernard Olimans and Gusta Cenzel wed in Bellingham and plan to reside at the Austain property in Roosville.
Local items list visits and calls in Riverside and nearby towns. Mrs F H Muerer spends Friday in Belingham with Mr Delle Og and Jake. Paul Belece calls in Lynden. Krouse family visits Lynden. Belece family attends Davis's Sunday. Ralph Moorman visits Bellingham and hunts with Ray Shumway. Ashley family hosts W A Reids. Miss Hannah D Blankenforth Ralph Moorman and Ray Shumway enjoy cards at Muerer's. lemonade and cake served. a newly married couple hosts guests amid a tense dinner over a crude remark about the meat on a fork.
A busy week in Custer with barn shingling by J F Vaughan, logging for Jeffreys mill, and visits by Newton Ellis and Anderson. The H student football team lost to Blaine 11 to 0 while villagers plan weddings, an orphan’s home opens near Custer, and court notices reveal the Peters Ostins estate proceeding set for November 23, 1908.
A deacon and a parishioner clash over a morning prayer as the deacon defends not all prayers are addressed to any one person. The conversation hints at differing interpretations of worship and propriety within the church.
Attorney at law Frank W. Bixby offers notary work fire insurance and mortgage services. He handles contracts wills abstracts examined collections real estate buying and selling. A general law practice in all courts serving the community.
The Chicago News recounts a Chinese drought where wells dry up and ponds vanish as heat reddens rice fields. Desperate farmers drill deeper at night to save crops, risking theft and violence as neighbors fight over scant water and fear famine.
In a discussion attributed to the Rev John MacGowan the Chinese are depicted as utterly devoid of reverence for religion with worship rooted in fear or business. Idols influence decisions on illness and new ventures and blame for failures is placed on the idol rather than the individual.
Scribner's offers a vivid account of crossing the Andes in winter from the Pacific coast of Chile to Argentina. It details the high ridges, summer routes, and the dangers of cold storms and sudden whiteouts. The piece notes rail lines in Peru and Bolivia and explains that winter crossings are deadly and discouraged after June first.
An 1857 twelve penny stamp printed at Ottawa travels from a stigmatized origin to a U S dealer via a seaside parcel. A chase of high offers follows as collectors and nobles bid up its value until a maid accidentally burns the album, annihilating the historic stamp.
In Werda Dahomey a temple houses over a thousand serpents kept by priests. Serpents feed on birds offered by villagers and can reach large sizes. Killing a serpent is a death sentence, and even Europeans face severe punishment. accidental killings require ritual purification.
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