Hastings Area Anniversary Event Draws Big Crowd
Hastings Methodists marked a lively anniversary with a tea dinner, stereo views, and talks by Rev. Morgan of Emerson and District Superintendent Rev. Talley. Next Sunday promotes Patriotic Day with morning Communion and a stereoptical lecture on Christianity and World Democracy. Also noted: Hastings baseball game July 8 at 2 30 p m against Schoening Hardware of Council Bluffs and a birthday picnic for Cecil Burchette at Wayside Lake with ten guests.
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Hastings
Morga
Emerson
Talley
Schoening Hardware Baseball Club
Council Bluffs
Hastings Ball Park
Cecil Burchette
Wayside Lake
Inez Burchette
H. P. Rea
H.l Hathaway
Joe Hathaway
Donald Baxter
Edward and
Francis Reynolda
Waldo Crouse
Johnny
Champion Hill Sunday School Banners Win State Honor
Champion Hill Sunday School led Mills County to a state standard banner as the third county in the state to earn the honor. Thirteen 100 percent standard Sunday Schools exist in the county, with Champion Hill and Hillsdale as rural banner holders. The banner will tour to banner Sunday Schools for a set period, starting with the rural schools. Mrs. J W McLain and Mrs S A Reed drove to Shenandoah Tuesday. W A Lang attended Grandma Hays birthday picnic at White Cloud Sunday.
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S. S
Champion Hill
Mills County
S. S. Association
Hillsdale
Jesus Christ
J. W. McLain
5. A. Reed
Shenandoah
W. A. Lang
Grandma Hays
White Cloud
Wesley Chapel Notes From Malvern Visitors Picnic Plans
Wesley Chapel reports visitors from Malvern and Oakland including Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Fickel and their relatives. A Sunday School Convention, Poultry Culling demonstrations, and a July 4 picnic at Grantee Grove are announced with planned ice cream lemonade and sports inviting Henderson residents and others.
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J. B. Fickel
Malvern
June Fickel
Gibbs
Ernest Houstin
Glenwood
Albert Kullbom
Oakland
G. B. Fickel
Fickel
Claude Wilson
Arthur
Janet Luther
Chas. Danley
Harvey Liste
Geo, Parker
Elmer Sowers
Max Lew
H. J. Smith
Francis ‘Benton
Coloma Hyde
Bent Pickel
Wesley Chapel
Granteer Grove
Henderson
Senator McCumber on temptations of patriots and Willie tale
Senator McCumber and a parable about Willie illustrate resistance to temptation among dollar a year patriots. The exchange mocks harsh judgment of well meaning critics by recalling Willie stealing a quarter and declaring he has no deaf ear to temptation.
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McCumber
Senate Finance Committee
Ute Wille
Wille
Willie
Feebly Growing Chin Phrase Triggers Classroom Lesson
Georgie challenges a reading lesson by insisting feebly is a noun and reads aloud a sentence claiming a “feebly-growing down on his chin.” The puzzled teacher corrects the error as Georgie shows his book and proclaims the word’s supposed meaning.
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Georgie
Miss Smith
Greatest Great Neck Loafer
An old man in Great Neck, famed as the premier loafer, stays up early to get his wife to the laundry for ten years, revealing his daily routine when questioned by a surprised neighbor. The anecdote, sourced from the New York Sun, humorously highlights his procrastination balanced by quiet family duty.
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Great Neck
New York Sun
Acting the Part in Conflict over Wives
Smith visits Jones the playwright and witnesses his mistreatment of his wife. Jones laments being obliged to keep a proper frame of mind for a tragedy and jokes about flustering his wife while writing comedy. Houston Post.
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Smith
Jones
Houston Post
Moonlit Bench Confession After Painted Trousers Incident
A couple sharing a bench under moonlight hear a playful tune and exchange a flirty line about a kiss then discovery of green paint on the man's trousers. She notes no paint on her dress as they return to her home.
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Archie
Wisdom of Children at Golden Wedding Party
Paul, a small boy, asks if everyone must remarry after fifty years of marriage. His sister, versed in worldly matters, answers that few ever wait that long. The anecdote highlights childlike confusion about long marriages.
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Paul
Can Do No Better Service by Washington Gladden
Quoted admonition from Washington Gladden asserts true religious service surpasses all others amid commercial temptations. The speaker emphasizes that faithfulness in daily trade and business is the highest calling, urging moral steadfastness and integrity in professional life.
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Washington Gladden
Happiness as Uncle Eben Defines Self Worth
A compact quotation frames happiness through Uncle Eben’s reflection on how a person imagines what others think of him. The line suggests happiness rests in perception and mutual regard rather than external status.
Enormous Consumption of Matches Reported
The article notes that civilized nations consume about 8,200,000 matches each minute of the day, a staggering global rate illustrating vast daily consumption.
Deadpan Proverb Echoes Through Uncle Eben’s Wisdom
A line from Uncle Eben claims that as long as a man lives he can still be useful. He laughs off failures except heart failure, implying resilience and value remain possible despite hardship. The remark frames life as ongoing work and purpose.
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Eben
Jud Tunkins Says Some Men Need More Helpers
Jud Tunkins asserts that certain men require extra assistants as they waste a working day calling the roll. the comment highlights staffing inefficiencies and calls for practical help in administrative tasks.
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Jud Tunkins
Simplicity of Character Quote Note
A compact quotation highlighting that simplicity of character stems from deep thinking, attributed to Hazlitt.
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Hazlitt
Odd Collections and Eccentric Dancers of Regency Era
The piece surveys collectors and their quirks with names like Kate Vaughan the English dancer and Lord Powerscourt. It notes odd items such as penny toys, pipes, dolls, stockings, hangman ropes, and medical devices, alongside relics tied to royal figures and famous hands and teacups, framed in a Victorian voice.
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Kate Vaughan
Biinll Qannon
Lord Powerscourt
Miss Rothschild
Wonton
Charles TI
Willan HI
George HI
Loudon Alail
Seed Wheat Lifespan and Seed Viability Question
Scientific farmers claim wheat seed dies within ten years in ordinary cases. Dr Asa Gray noted leguminous seeds retain germinating power for up to seventy or even one hundred years. Uniform temperature darkness and extreme dryness or burning beyond atmospheric influence may extend vitality.
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Asa Gray
Harvard Motto Traced to Dutch Inscription
Clifford B. Clapp of the Huntington Library says Harvard's motto Christo et Ecclesine is of Dutch origin. He cites an inscription on a portal of the Academy of Franeker in Friesland, founded in 1685, as the likely source, shared in an address before the Colonial Society of Boston.
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Harvard University
Clifford B. Clapp
Henry B. Huntington
San Gabriel
Cal
Colonial Society of Boston
Academy of
Franeker
Friesland
Onion the Oldest Vegetable in Antiquity
Onion is described as the oldest and most aristocratic vegetable, said to have caused tears since ancient times. The piece claims hieroglyphic tears on obelisks show Egyptian slaves eating onions for lunch, highlighting onions’ long historical significance.
Lost Continent of Atlantis Myth Described in Ocean
The passage recounts Atlantis as a mythic land west of the Strait of Gibraltar in the Atlantic Ocean. Plato places its existence 9,000 years ago and credits its sinking to the inhabitants impiety after attacking Athens.
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Atlantis
Atlantic Ocean
Straits of Gibraltar
Athens
Music's Debt to Ancient Egypt Harp Solo Legacy
The article traces ancient Egypt last harp as a surviving musical instrument, noting Egyptian instrument makers achieved mechanical excellence, enabling the harp to be played as a solo instrument while other instruments perished.
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Ancient
Egypt
How Venezuela Got Its Name From Venice Story
Alonso de Ojeda in 1499 named the land Venezuela after seeing Onotes fishermen who lived on piles in water, their dwellings recalling Venice. The extinct tribe inspired the country’s name as the explorer remarked on fishing communities and stilt-house homes.
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Venezuela
Venice
Alonso de Ojeda
Ojeda
Hen blood ritual marks Borneo marriage rite
A marriage ceremony in Borneo featured a live hen waved around the couple and then killed. Blood was smeared on the bride and groom's foreheads necks chests hands and feet before they daubed each other's foreheads.
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Borneo
Envy Found Everywhere in Court and Country
Lord Clarendon notes envy as a universal weed that flourishes in every soil and climate and infects all ranks of society, from country to court, proving it a pervasive vice that transcends fortune and status.
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Lord Clarendon
Missing Ducka Rumor Ablaze Near Mountain View
Arkansas Gazette recounts a legend of a creek near Mountain View that vanishes into a hole and reappears across Blue Mountain. Years ago a farmer reported Pekin ducks vanished at the disappearance point and later were found on the far side, having ridden via a subterranean stream.
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Farmera
Ducka
Mountain View
Blue Mountain
Arkansas Gazette
All of Jasmine Perfume From Spanish Jasmine
Ol of Jasmine or Jasmine oil is derived from a hardy southern European bush. The blossoms are pressed between oil soaked cloth to absorb scent, then pressed and strained to produce a delicate perfume called all of Jasmine.
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Europe
Most sensational robbery claim echoed by city editor
City editor questions the sensational claim of a robbery as a new reporter notes that banks in the area have faced robberies by some of the nation’s most noted crooks. The exchange underlines press skepticism about sensational crime reporting.
Made Clear at Last Luncheon vs Lunch Distinction
A Toledo Blade quotation clarifies usage by contrasting luncheon and lunch with a Boston Transcript line. It asserts luncheon is noon meal and dinner is evening meal while lunch pertains to the noon dish and supper as the evening meal. The remark plays on traditional dining terms and their meanings.
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The
Toledo Blade
Boston Transcript
Describing a Japanese Beauty by Facial Proportions
The passage outlines ideals for a Japanese beauty with straight black hair and a face that is narrow and long. It emphasizes a high narrow forehead at the center widening toward the sides to mirror Fuji’s outline.
First Side Saddles Born in Sixteenth Century Court
The First Side Saddles and ride saddles were invented about the middle of the Sixteenth century by Catherine de Medici. Before that, ladies rode on a cushion with feet supported on a board.
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Catherine de Medici
Netta Salessa birth congratulates Liverpool Mr Jones
The Boston Trans cript notes a London daily mall story congratulating Mr Jones of Liverpool for the arrival of a daughter named Netta Salessa, praising his support of net sales.
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London Daily Mall
Jones
Liverpool
Netta Salessa
Boston Transcript
Rotation of Numbers Short List of Large Values
A note outlines the sequence of numerical magnitudes from units to decilions and beyond, listing units tens hundreds thousands millions billions trillions quadrillions quintillions sextillions septillions octilli on a, nonilli ons, and decillions as part of a progression.
Don’t Prod Your Liver to Action
The piece urges balanced digestion by strengthening the whole system with Nature's Remedy NR Tablets. It claims the tablets aid stomach liver and bowels, improve digestion and elimination, relieve biliousness and headaches, and offer a money back guarantee through druggists.
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