Church Services and Schedules Across Several Parishes
A consolidated notice lists multiple churches including St Matthew's St John’s Ev Lutheran St Joseph's Prairieburg St John's Hopkinton Center Junction M E Castle Grove Lutheran Evangelical and Reformed Presbyterian and Congregational. It details pastors service times Sunday school English German schedules Luther League Epworth League choir practice and upcoming church events through May and April with notes on attendance and mission activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Matthew's Lutheran Church
H. L. Adix
Luther League
St. John’s Ev. Lutheran Church
Paul T. Gutknecht
Trinity
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Hopkinton
J. A. Pannhuk
Ladies’ Aid
St. John’s
American Lutheran Church
Center Junction M. E
V. Williams
Vern Moats
Epwforth League
Endeavor
Mary Leech
Castle Grove
Evangelical and Reformed Church
Armin H. Tendick
Germany
Presbyterian Church
Wim. J. Grossheim
Jesus
A. J. Fisher
Lord Jesus
China
Messag
Canton
Roosevelt seals renewal of NRA amid relief fund leverage
Mark Sullivan notes Roosevelt will push Congress to renew the NRA when it expires on June 16 and to enact AAA amendments. He argues the president’s influence grows with roughly five billion dollars in relief he controls, shaping requests from states and communities via their senators and representatives. A closing aside mentions a bee’s nectar load.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Sullivan
New York Herald Tribune
Roosevelt
Congress
Mr. Roosevelt
Queen Elizabeth Musical and the Harpsichord's Rise
The piece traces harpsichord origins from the harp like shape to keyboarded instruments. It notes virginals spinets and clavichords as early relatives and Queen Elizabeth as a fashion setter. It explains developments such as the action for changing loudness and the later exclusion from eighteenth century orchestras. It mentions Domencio Scarlatti as a standout early harpsichord composer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queen Elizabeth
Domencio Scarlatti
Montreal Herald
Color and Luster Determine Pearl Value says Washington Star
An authority in the Washington Star explains pearl value depends on color luster shape and size. Pearls from mollusks with mother of pearl inner lining fetch higher prices. orient level and exceptional size greatly amplify value. White stones dominate but pink golden yellow and greenish black pearls are prized by connoisseurs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Star
Tulip Mania and the Dutch Tulip Craze of 1590s to 1607
The tulip, famed as a wonder flower, sparked a mania in the Netherlands from the late 16th century to 1607. Prices soared with bulbs traded for fortunes including a single bulb bought for 4000 florins and another for 12 acres of land, impoverishing many families and prompting government intervention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tolland
Netherlands
Animal ecology defined as science and scope of Hel ology
The passage discusses animal ecology as a science that systematizes vast field observations on wild animals. It notes ecology reduces and coordinates life histories habits and numbers to address broad questions arising from human impact on animals and plants. It also mentions a human body fact about blood vessels per fat weight.
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Heoloey
Oat Seeding Rates Little Change Farm Yields
Iowa State College expert H D Hughes reports tests from Iowa and Illinois showing oats seeded at 2 bushels per acre yield nearly as well as 4 bushels. Iowa 105 matched across rates. Silvermine and Kherson gained about 6 bushels more at 4 bu/acre. Benefits of light seeding include better nurse crop establishment for clover alfalfa and grasses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
H. D. Hughes
Farm Crops Department
Iowa State College
Hughes
Iowa and
Illinois Agricultural Experiment Stations
Iowa Station
Ames
French Horn Once Banned in Some Musical Circles
The horn, once deemed coarse and unfit for delicate instruments, evolved from prehistoric horn tips to a central orchestral voice. Modern mouthspieces, valves, and interchangeable crooks give it a mellow, rich tone distinct from other brass, with a storied history of early rejection.
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Washington Post
Multinational Crowd Fills Singapore Streets Observed Abroad
Washington correspondent notes Singapore hums with races and outfits from China to Malaya. Chinese coolies in black shorts mingle with Sikhs in long shirts and white pants, Tamil laborers in bright loincloths, and Malays, Arabs, Filipinos, Siamese, Japanese, Javanese, and Burmese in a bustling, diverse city scene.
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Singapore
Washington
Hills
India
Jong Bate
South
Malaya
China
Rattlesnake Age Myth and Odd Bricks Highlight Local Notes
Contrary to belief, age cannot be read from rattlesnake joints. A young snake begins with a horned knob, adds a joint after each skin shed, and can hiss when joints reach four or five. As joints exceed seven, they often break off. The Mitts Magazine notes Joe Vandle of Charlotte built a three room house with odd bricks collected locally.
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Mitts Magazine
Joe Vandle
Charlotte, N. 3
Portrayal of Emotions Trombone Chief Role
A historical note on the trombone tracing origins in Germany, etymology from tromba, and its name slide trombone due to sliding tubes. It details its length about nine feet, two octaves, and its standard use in orchestras with three tenor and one bass trombone. The piece discusses playing difficulty, breath demands, and the contrast between rapid passages and slower orchestral use.
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Germany
Washington Post
Sisal Harvester Industry Grows in Tropical Regions
The self binding harvester spurs a large sisal industry in some tropical countries. Sisal plants mature in six to seven years with semi annual leaf removal. Leaves are stripped and dried for shipment to cordage factories. Fibers come from leaf stalks resembling onion sets. Plant nature develops in four years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ceordae
Wallaces
Farner
65 000 Year Old Monster Exhibit in Winnipeg Museum
A 65 000 year old prehistoric reptile skeleton is on display at the Winnipeg Museum. The bones were found along the Assiniboine River near Treherne and assembled by museum workers over 18 months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manitoba
Wininipeg Amuseum
Abiborne
Treherne
Lead diffuses into gold when covered by lead, says Mu rial Young
A Collier's Weekly reader from Petersburg Alaska reports that only lead can permeate another solid at ordinary temperature and only by gold. When a gold layer is coated with lead the gold molecules gradually diffuse into the lead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murial I. Young
Petersburg
Alaska
Collier’s Weekly
Earliest Game Law Noted Before Norman Conquest
The fragment notes no Sunday hunting laws before the Norman Conquest and asserts an early game law exists. It mentions there were no general prohibitions prior, marking this as the earliest such regulation.
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Neha
Mislabeled Readings on Hehens and Mosses and Dyes
The fragment lists several species of Hehens with economic value as sources of dyes and foods. Jeeland moss yields nutritious jelly, while reindeer moss serves as Lapland reindeer fodder. Archil dye comes from certain Rocella and Leennoeria species, and a related substance is extracted after exposure to unspecified agents, with garbled chemistry terms and names.
Duel on a Royal Stagecoach Ends in Death and Wounding
In Bourbon era tensions between royalists and imperialists sparked a deadly duel in a closed Royal Guards carriage at the Palais Royal. Colonel Dufol and Raoul clashed as seconds watched, daggers drawn. cries filled the carriage as Raoul lay dead and Dufol was mortally wounded but survived after multiple chest wounds.
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Louis XVII
Rev
FD. Bruce
Chambers Journal
Dufol
Raoul
Royal Guards
Palais Royal
Disputed Johnny O Groats House in Scotland Hotel
An article describes John O Groats house in Scotland as a famed landmark at the far north now operated as a hotel. It recalls a local legend of the Groats family tied to an octagonal table and a grand feast with eight doors and noble guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotland
John O'roat
Land's End
Cornwall
O'Groat
Great Britain
John O'Groat
Witnedames TV
Groats
New York
Beiru t Palestine as an Important Mission Hub and Ancient Sites
The text presents Beirut in Palestine as a key mission point with American educational projects and Baalbek ruins praised as among the best globally. It mentions Tanthek and Damascus as ancient cities, stories of Adam and Abel, Noah’s burial sites, and sites linked to the Queen of Sheba, all framed as a history steeped region.
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Beirut
Palestine
Baabek
Damascus
Olas
Baalbek
Baal
Bet the
Adam
Abel
Pandhek
Mediterranean
Arghs
Noah
Babe
Sheba
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St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
Prairieburg
Stephen J. Kucera
Methodist Episcopal Church
Wm. J. Macaulay
Epworth League
Congregational Church
Samuel G. Gutensohn
the Missionary Society
F. D. McLaughlin
Followers of Jesus
Animal
Trombone
Des Moines
Kirkwood
DODGE
Plymouth
Eiben
Monticello, Iowa
Leel
Taoul
Monticello
Scotch Grove
Ara
Rene
FORD
The
F.C
Detroit
Easyterms
Universal Credit Co
Ford Finance Plan
America
Madsen Motor Company
Lowa
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