Gold and Gems Guarded by Temples Through the Ages
A National Geographic bulletin traces how wealth in gold silver and precious stones flowed to religious institutions worldwide from ancient pagans to Christian churches. It notes temple treasuries, royal gifts, and jeweled artifacts, with plunder during conquests and crises shaping sacred wealth over centuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sov’t
Russia
National Geographic Society
Tibet
Constantine
Rome
St. Peter’s Church
Sancta Sophia
Constantinople
Christendom
Italy
East
France
Ara Coeli
St. Peter’s
American Boy Child at Seventeen
In America a boy remains a child at seventeen while in England he is a man, wearing a man’s costume and adopting adult interests. He does not parade in long trousers and a high hat as an American youth would, and the American boy would disrupt the costume by misusing it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
England
American Evaporated Milk Finds Favor in Hungary
American evaporated milk has taken hold in Hungary amid fresh milk shortages and historic prejudice. Relief shipments proved popular and planners aim to send larger quantities as it costs far less than dairy products, expanding use beyond the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hungary
United States
Appreciation and Welsh Rabbit Delight
A Richmond Dispatch quote recalls a couple's playful kitchen scene. The woman praises a Welsh rabbit and bistuits while the man expresses delight, claiming he could not sleep thinking about them. The exchange captures domestic warmth and flirtatious humor.
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Richmond Dispatch
Local notices and social notes from Tangier area
The itemized notes cover residents with travels and visits, church activities, social gatherings and entertainments, a birth, a death and funeral, local commerce promos, and a store sale. Individuals named include J E Hancock, Mr and Mrs R W Sutton, Rev J C Whitson, Audrey Barker, Fern Newton, Harvey Carty, J Armstrong, Eugene Higbee, Walter Rierden, and Walter McCord. Places include Indianapolis Danville Illinois Bloomingdale Beards town Tangier Wabash College Rush Creek and Linebarger Chapel.
Local social notes record visits and family events
Mrs Glen Wilson spent Wednesday with Mrs Willis Pawley. Raymond Esker of Terre Haute visited relatives here. Allan Morris returned home from Missouri and Kansas on business and visiting kin. Mrs R L Dooley hosts Industrial Society on March 3. Gertie Wilburn taken to Julia Work School by probation officer Jennie Testing. Frank McCord left for Beardstown Ill. after visiting here. Several locals attended events in Terre Haute and the Hippodrome. The Russell 70th birthday dinner drew many friends. Mrs N W Clark rushed to Fort Branch for her mother’s illness. Clark learned of his mother-in-law’s death. The ENTERPRISE was two days late due to sickness. The staff thanks readers for news and asks continued submissions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertie Wilburn
James Wilburn
Julia Work School
Plymouth
Jennie Testing
N. W. Clark
Fort Branch
Glarkived
English Institutions Shape British Identity Across Eras
The passage notes three distinctly English institutions defining national character beyond other races or creeds. It evokes a dinner hour ritual with dress and manners, suggesting social conventions guiding behavior and cohesion among Britons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britannia
Notice to Hunters on Private Lands
Notice to trespassers that anyone caught hunting trapping or trespassing on private lands will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. Signed by Grant Knight William Dean John Weaver Harry Wolfe H B VanSickle Ira E K Frazier A G Heber John H Myers Emery Mathas George Featherston Lake Nichols H L Davis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant Knight
Wm. Dean
John Weaver
Harry Wolfe
H. B. VanSickle
Ira EK. Frazier
A. G. Heber
John H. Myers
Emery Math As
George Featherston Lake Nichols H. L. Davis
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Harriet Cr
Peres Norris Pittrere
Harriet Field
Carter
Harriet
Kathleen Norris
Enterprise
J. E. Hancock
Indianapolis
Cal. Bartlow
Geo. Hartman
Montezuma
Wilma Pawley
R. W. Sutton
J. C. Whitson
Linebarger Chapel
Mrs. R. W. Johnston
Dana
Audrey Barker
Thelma Warner
Fern Newton
C. A. Barnett
Jonesboro, Arkansas
S. P. Hancock
Fred EK. Murphy
Danville, Ill
Watson’s Restaurant
Harvey Carty
John Ray
Eugene Higbee
Wabash College
Walter Rierden
Walter McCord
Mrs. K. M. Morrison
Beardstown
Illinois
Berneice Cummins
Agnes McGinty
Lenna Whitson
Albert Tomlinson
Tangier
Rush Creek
Glen Wilson
Willis Pawley
Raymond Esker
Terre Haute
Allan Morris
Missouri
Kansas
R. L. Dooley
Industrial Society
Frank McCord
Ill
Fred E. Murphy
Lovie Phillips
Ernest Thomas
Usher Jared Harley Kennedy
Edward Becker
Hippodrome Theatre
W. P. Montgomery
Franz
Indiana University
John S. Montgomery
Georgetown
Hugh Montgomery
Rockville
Scott Russell
John McCampbell
Wilson Cummings
Marshall
Wm. McCord
Wil. Blue
Anna Rice
Russell
Gall
A. J. Miles
Buick
George Mathas Montezuma
Ind
Goitre
Troy Lady
Dot Cox
E. Canal
Troy O
Anyon
Cumming Pharmacy
Mechanicsburg
Ohio
A.r.machin
Rays
A. Conner
C. E. Runnion
Busy Bee
Topacco
Chars
Danny
James Gilmore
F.B. Maghlett
South End
Indiana
Pitman & Son’s Garage
Miles
Powells Pharmacy
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