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Newspaper
Lynden Tribune
Location
Lynden, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1920
Page
10
Public notice lists budget items for Millwood Water Department with superintendent salary 1500 and operating expenses 2700 and new construction 5995 totaling 11195. Debt reduction six mills 2246 and other receipts 5498.25. Town Clerk R B Le Cock publishes September 9 16 23 1920.
Lynden Gilet Messrs Chris Anderson and George Whipple won’t appear on county payrolls due to vote shortages while Lynden remains active in the race. Farmer Labor picks Henry Shagren David Wilson Bender and Gerrit Kok as candidates. Will Bauman may be the county clerk nominee. Notable votes include Worthen for constable Slade Leake for constable and A E Rusco W H Waples Geo Taylor for justice of the peace. Rev A J Brink broke his arm again this week. Mrs Robin returns to her job as county precincts oppose her office. Precinct One saw Ben Loring defeating W I Baker two to one for Democratic precinct committeeman. Precinct Two elected Charles Galbraith unopposed as Democratic committeeman.
A reflective poem speaks of enduring tribulation yet choosing to affirm the present. The speaker notes recent sorrow and future rain but declares today is fine, embracing life as it unfolds with time.
Mail for named individuals remained unclaimed at Lynden Washington post office on Sep 16 1920. If not called for in two weeks it will be sent to the Dead Prison BAe sick D E Peters W Ream. One cent due on each letter when calling and callers must say Advertised. D L Beckes postmaster. Melutronic e Mrs Mary Hardison Henry Krum found Yale key call Tribune.
El Universal reports Teotihuacan relics with frescoes and an inscription in unfamiliar characters. Chinese chargé d’affaires Fong Tsiung Kuang identifies them as early Chinese symbols for sun eye and city, sparking debate among scholars.
In a lively exchange, Mrs Ephraim and Old Henpeck debate reports claiming Venus tries to communicate with Earth. The banter hints at widespread curiosity and speculation about astronomical messages.
In a North London vestry a clergyman reproved the bridegroom for laughing during the marriage service as the line with worldly goods was spoken. The groom quipped that he only had his suit of clothes to endow his bride, noting she would not wear them and he would be left with nothing.
A Louisville Courier Journal quip notes that ancient cavemen dragged brides by hair and a woman with false hair risked ending life as a spinster, reflecting social humor on marriage and appearance.
A brief exchange in the Boston Transcript sees a caller challenging a figure named Brown with a blunt accusation. The recipient rebuts, and the dialogue is summarized as a rough estimate rather than a measured assessment.
The British colonial office provisionally fixes the former German East Africa as Tanganyika territory the new name for the region.
An article cites Prof. John Fryer asserting ancient Chinese influence in America with sun eye and city symbols found in Teotihuacan. It claims Buddhist missionaries visited in the fifth century A D and links Aztec calendar and Quetzalcoatl to Asiatic origins and Cortes’s reception.
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