Hedge College news and local social notes
Vivien Wilson attended Epworth League Institute at Mt. Pleasant as a delegate. Numerous visits and gatherings occur around Hamilton Alicia and nearby homes as families like Johnsons Wilsons DuVals and Pences share Sunday and weekday visits. Local birthdays and social events appear with refreshments and greetings as residents discuss community life and regional questions.
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Vivien Wilson
Mt. Pleasant
Epworth League Institute
John Johnson
W. J. DuVal
Ed Pence
Hamilton
A. G. Buvis
Regina Tarr
E. F. Wilson
N. G. Wilson
John Wiliam Johnson
Brisy Cain
Alicia
E. Wilson
Adna Dyphon
Choree
Dick Wilson
C. Cleved
Dutch DuVall
Trenton Wilson
F. Wilson
Allerika claims boost from sauerkraut and sausage cure
An advertisement promotes Allerika with claims of immediate relief from gas and bloating after a single spoonful. It asserts relief for Roth upper and lower bowel and removal of old waste matter, urging readers to try the product through Smith Drug Co.
Oracles At Implicit Faith In Flower Warms Hearts With Pin Plant Tale
An American in England enters a remote inn and learns of a village custom. Girls pin a tuft of pin plant on walls as an oracle of love. If the bloom fades, love fails. if it blooms, happiness follows and marriage is likely. The plant’s stems bend, bloom appears, and hopeful outcomes ensue.
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Booker
England
Joan
Shakespeare’s Reputation Gaining After 100 Years of Silence
A British review summarized by Jack Malone in the Chicago Daily News traces Shakespeare’s obscurity among the Elizabethan trio Bacon Marlowe and Green, then notes his gradual rehabilitation from a dim legend to widespread fame as his plays and poetry were collected. The piece dates the revival to about Pope’s era and culminates roughly 240 years after his death.
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Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
Jack Malone
Chicago Daily News
Bacon
Marlowe
Green
Theamerica
Aqueleh
William
Pope
Tana
Fnally
South Seas Name Origin in Pacific Ocean History
The article traces the term South Seas to Balboa who named the Pacific Sea el Mer del Sur in 1513, with English usage adopting a plural form early on. It notes 1598 references to South Seas in English letters and defines the term as the Pacific portion south of the equator and its remote islands.
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South Sea
Vasco Nunez da Balboa
Darien
el Mer del Sur
Sea of the South
Balboa
Pacific
Mio Pared Thorne
Henry VII
Iter
Pacific Ocean
Equator
Bea
Flower Names and Their Human Origins
Flower names often stem from proper nouns and biographies. The Japanese flower Hower was named to honor Casper Wistar, anatomy professor at the University of Pennsylvania, while Gentlus inspired a Tag gentlong geiz lis. Quaosala traces to Quassl, a Suriname slave, who used lig Dark to treat fever.
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Hower
Wistatla
Nuttall
Bits
Scientife
Casper Wistar
Univerasity of
Pennsylvania
Gentlus
Quassl
Suribane
Dutch Guiana
New Test for Diamonds by Lyons Police Lab Team
A method to determine diamond quality was developed by M Mulavel head of Lyons police laboratory and Professor Locnard. Stones are photographed under ultraviolet light with specialized equipment. Superior diamonds reveal distinct fluorescence while inferior stones appear as vague shadows.
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M. Mulavel
Chemlegh
Lue Police Laboratory
Lyons
Locnard
Wrough & Etteen
Not What He Meant Perkins Farmer Exchange Railroading
A garbled dialogue shows a farmer scolding Perkins for failing to deliver an answer to a letter. The farmer critiques the effort as poor and implies the recipient is a fool, reflecting a humorous miscommunication in a rural setting.
Valley Forge Plans Memorials To Honor 1778 Soldiers
Valley Forge plans two memorials the Washington Memorial Library and Washington Memorial Church near the cantonment outside Philadelphia. A nationwide observance is planned with all thirteen original states represented, and later all forty eight. The cornerstone for the library will be laid June 19, 1928, as part of the Seaqui Centennial observance.
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Valley Forge
Alley Forge
Philadelphia
Washington
Washington Memorial Church
Fie
W. Herbert Burk
Washington Memorial Chapel
Fils
Ban
Future detectives may extract jobs from dust clues
A speculative piece argues future investigators could identify a suspect's occupation from dust on clothing, linking fibers to schools, jewelers, lumbermen, and other trades. It cites dust analysis and particle traces as a potential tool, suggesting cities and origins might be inferred from residue, with safeguards and uncertainties noted.
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Sherlock Holmes
Getion
Holmes
Kinser Valley News Roundup of Local Travel and Work
Kinser Valley reports multiple farm and local activity including corn hauling by John Robinson Edgar Wilson and Geo Darby from Moravia on Friday. Roy Darby bought a black polled male and delivery occurred Friday. Earl Brain stopped en route to Albia for repairs to his grain binder. Henry Systma and five daughters were in Albia Saturday. George Clough from Madison Wisconsin arrived Saturday by Milwaukee No 3 for a few days at the W H Darby home. Allen Railsback visited the Hell Wilson home Sunday. Milwaukee railroad workers near Foster paint Kinser North Soap Creek bridges. Monroe County shows steel for a new bridge east of H D Darby home. Andrew Systma and wife of Albion passed through on return from visit. Roy Dana and Dorothea Darby left Saturday for Minneapolis for a teachers convention. They plan to be gone about ten days and expect to return via Town City. Donald can relay details.
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John Robinson
Edgar Wilson
Geo. Darby
Moravia
Roy T. Darby
E. M. Coltrain
Earl Brain
Albia
Henry Systma
George Clough
Madison
Wisconsin
Millwaukee No 3
WH. D. Darby
Allen Railsback
Hell Wilson
Milwaukee Railroad
Foster
Kinser
North Soap Creek
Monroe County
H. D. Darby
Andrew Syatma
Albin
Roy
Danah
Dorothea Darby
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Donald
Community Notes From Scattersburg Visit Highlights
Scattersburg brief reports various Sunday visits. Versel Rabb traveled to Unionville Monday. Lowell Harris Barbara McCumber and families visited Geo McCumbers. Leo Taylor family and Mary Tomlin visited W Tomlin. Ebner and J W Lockman with Lizzie Irelan called at T T Lackman. H M T Adams and wife visited Cud Adams.
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Versel Rabb
Unionville
Lowell Harris
Barbara McCumber
Geo. McCumber
Leo Taylor
Mary Tomlin
W. Tomlin
Ebner Lockman
J. W. Lockiman
Lizzie Irelan
T. T. Lackman
H. M. T. Adams
Cud Adam's
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