Hastings church plans and community notes in Hastings
The Methodist congregation considers remodeling or building a new church after visits to Randolph Shenandoah and Strahan for ideas and costs. A large birthday celebration near town marked dates between March 24 and 26. Schools in Hastings move into a completed building begun last summer with delays. Local reports cover restaurant changes, visits, and notable residents, including Darland family, Gray visit, and Knighting ceremony in Oakland. Also noted are inventor G D Keffer’s gasoline water separator funnel and town ice deliveries by N W Colling & Bon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hastings
Rev. Smith
Randolph
Shenandoah
Strahan
J. F. Martin
Ira Turner
C. T. Parker
Walter Boylan
L. L. Greenwwalt
Schools of
GITY'S SURE STILL STRONG ON MIGRATION TO CITIES
The Columbus Dispatch warns that cities in the United States and Europe face a housing shortage as farmers abandon farms for urban work. High wages, war, and unrest drive rural exodus, risking future food supplies as shelter cannot keep pace with relocating populations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Europe
America
Akles
Columbus
Subways and Seats: A Fat Woman and Courteous Passengers
A New York subway scene shows a fat woman clinging to a strap while passengers react. A young boy offers his seat, a girl scolds the boy, and the woman remains conspicuous only until the next stop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lavnsee
New York
Robert
Indy
New York Times
Destitute Children Education Highlighted in Australia
Kingsley Fairbridge, headmaster of Western Australia children’s law schools, spoke at a British National Council of Women session in Caxton Tide. He explained the 1900s start of the Child Emigration Society program sending destitute youths from Mughalid to WA. The schools provided government-supplied education and nursing, turning each graduate into a new Western Australian citizen and potential Marner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
British National Council of Women
Caxton
Kingsley Fairbridge
Children’s Law Schools
Western Australia
Fairbridge
Child Emigratim Society
Mughuid
Government of
Marner
Japanese Paper Underclothing From Durable Paper
Aged durable underclothing made from fine grained Japanese paper. After cutting to pattern parts are sewn and finished with calico or linen for buttonhole areas. The fabric is strong yet flexible, interferes with perspiration minimally, not sized or waterproof, and becomes resistant to tearing when wet.
Found Ancient Texas Fort Relocated West of La Vara
Dr Herbert Bolton of UC announced new research locating La Salle’s last Texas fort further west on the Garela river. A map supports his theory and the site revealed remains of the fort buried under debris. The structure measured about 200 feet square with thick red adobe walls and a well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
la Salle
la Vyaca
Garela River
Herbert E. Bolton
Unversity of
California
Boulton
White Dump
la Vara
Tales of bears and Roosevelts in wilderness myth
The piece debunks hunters who brag of escaping grizzlies in trees as nature fakery. It notes Colonel Roosevelt would endorse Mills on wilderness guiding and repeats warnings about misread hunter prey dynamics. It then shifts to a testimonial about Tanlac curing rheumatism indigestion and fatigue, with local sellers listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enos A. Mills
Roosevelt
Mills
National Park
Portland Oregonian
Spider's thread has value in star measurement
Astronomers long sought finer lines for telescope fields and precise star positions. Early methods used silver wire and tiny hairs, but since 1820 English maker Throughton popularized the spider thread, smaller and stronger, produced by fixing a garden spider and guiding its viscous thread to form firm elastic lengths for accurate astronomical work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Throughton
Victory of Courage Inspires Relentless Effort and Duty
The Milwaukee Sentinel extols moral courage over wealth or status. It argues that risk, persistence, and forward action transform failures into stepping stones, while hesitation and calculation lead to predestined defeat. True success lies in honor, high endeavor, and service to others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee Sentinel
Advice to Teachers on Encouraging Scholars
A teacher warns against inducing fear that drives learners to seek help from others or from misdirected sources. Emphasize plain understanding, daily translating, cheerful correction, and timely praise, guiding the pupil to read and translate Sturmius’s Epistles and a portion of Terrence’s The Schoolwaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sturmius
Terrence Algo
Roger Aschan
Height of Sea Waves and Wind Velocity
The article notes that average sea wave height roughly equals half the wind speed in mph, with constants varying by wind strength. It discusses that seven-fifths best fits observations between strong breezes and gales, while gentler breezes follow a different relation. The highest waves occur when wave speed matches wind velocity within observational error.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn Bugle
Community notes from Glenwood and Hillsdale area
Gladys and Hannah Scott visited the Frazier home in Glenwood last Sunday. Boles and Borene families hosted visits near Red Oak. Bennie Miller of Council Bluffs visited Charley. Ta bor family members visited for the new girl Vera Leota. Will Andrews helped start tractors for Herbert Holliday and Will Zanders. Woodcutting for several residents continued. Wives of Howard and gon Lyle traveled to Council Bluffs. Mr. and Mrs. Guy Jordan were Emerson visitors. The W F M S plans a Hillsdale meeting Thursday at 2 PM. A Master program is planned at Hillsdale next Sunday evening. Gospel Tenim from Glenwood conducted services at Hillsdale Sunday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Brownell
Malvern
A. A. Barber
Villisca
Hastings
M. B. Clark
Arlie Gamble
Cletis Blakesley
Frank Mitchell
Glenwood
J. A Wearin
Wearin
Rochester
Leo Darland
Farragut
J. N. Darland
Fred Lockabill
Regina
Roy Blakesley
Shenandoah
Groves
Cleo Smith
St. Paul
Wornell Bluffs
Oakland
Richard Gray
Wakenda
S. D
Rebecca Plumb
Gray
Grays
Mother Plarab
J. @. Van Gorkum
Dee Wilson
Verne (Lark
Vic Cromwell
Joe Haden
Charles R. Hodges
Ray Christie
K. P
Marion Purcell
Kansas City
Lincoln
Neb
Everett
G. D. Keffer
Gladys
Hannah Scott
Frazier
Galen
Herbert Boles
Dora Borene
Buchanan
Red Oak
Bennie Miller
Council Bluffs
Charley
Mr. Andrews
Tabor
Vera Leota
Albert Nelson
Gus Borene
Will Andrews
Herbert Holliday
Will Zanders
Howard & Boles
W. W. Jones
C. W. Boles
Will VanOrsdel
Roy Plumb
Howard
Gon Lyle
Guy Jordan
Emerson
Styles
Hillsdale
Hillsdale Church
Explorers Plan Global Expedition for Big Game
Oakland naturalist A Shaw and his son Sidney Snow join writer Donald Keyes and photographer Frank Wilton traveling from San Francisco to collect specimens and obtain relics from Africa and Asia. They will link with Leslie M. Simpson and Kenneth Quilinan in Africa, active since May, to traverse Africa from Cape to the Sudan, then sail the Nile, then Asia, and return via Siberia. They aim to obtain Manchurian tiger specimens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ft. A. Shaw
Oakland
Cal
Sidney Snow
Donald Keyes
Frank S. Wilton
San Francisco
Africa
Asia
Leslie M. Simpson
Cape
Sudan
Nile
United States
Siberia
Also Mentioned on This Page
Natal
Cliff Parker
Arlee Boylan
Orville Turner
Mary Preston
Fred Priest
A. F. Crouse
M. B. Harover
Harry Brown
Mr. Harover
Roy Clark
E. J. Brazeale
Charles Hodges
Colling
N. W. Colling & Bon
Texas Fort
Tanlac
John Versen
Quartermaster’s Department
Fort Snelling
Minn
Humphrey & Haley
W. W. Abel
Henry C. Morehouse
Silver City
L J. Talboy
Henderson
E. Irwin
Spider
East Center
Stase On
Holland
Kemp
Cong
Hive
Deag
Pe-Ru-Na
Mr. Louis Young
Clifford St
N. Y
Wrigleys
Missouri
Pacific Junction
John H. Bantrup
Pacific Junction, Iowa
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!