Celebrated Golden Wedding Anniversary in Unionville
Mr. and Mrs. J E Miller celebrated their golden wedding at home on November 6. Their son F A Miller and family of Centerville and daughter Eunice Carr and Earl of Allerton joined six o'clock dinner and online visitors brought greetings, flowers, and gold coins. The couple wed near Unionville and Moravia and have spent most of their lives here. Armistice Day events and local notices follow, including a church service for the bereaved, school and community activities, and a long list of local residents with visits and travels noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Unionville
Towa
J. E. Miller
F. A. Miller
Centerville
Eunice Carr
Earl
Allerton
Iowa
C. B. Miller
Moravia
West
Mark Harringtes
Ottumiwn
A. S. Dukes
Garden Grove
Addie Hull
P. A. Bair
Mt. Pleasant
Fanny Wood
Sarah Haines
Floyd Wood
Duane
McGrew
Toothless future foretold by Palmer in Washington Star
A British student of data architecture, Dr. Q. B. Palmer, predicts humanity will soon lack teeth and chins. He argues cooking and table manners have reduced jaw strength and tooth length, leaving future humans nearly toothless and unable to bite or chew.
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Q. B. Palmer
Omim
Ros Dementa
Ale Waya
EB. Pree
K. D
The
Washington Star
Odd Foods Favored in Congo and Elsewhere
A National Geographic Society Bulletin excerpt surveys unusual foods across regions. It notes Koreans often serve seaweed fried in oil with red pepper slices and Nimshen, a form of sauerkraut, as common fare. It describes Kamchatka natives enjoying reindeer tongue and bone marrow dishes, and mentions delicacies like deer intestines, boiled salmon eyes, and raw elephant meat among pygmy communities.
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Kamchatka
Belgian Congo
National Geographic Society Bulletin
Carpet Making Industry Through Early European Factories
The passage traces early carpet manufacturing from Henry IV's Louvre mill to Savonnerie in Chatil and Beauvais by Calbert in 1604, noting 1705 grain carpets at Kittlecamster and Wilton's 1745 factory. It reports upheaval driving French weavers to Flamers and U Wolland, the Magland trade expansion, and John Bevern bringing Trussels carpets via Winnberg in 1749, with American handloom origins and Erastus T. Reelow of Boston refining the first noi.
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Hewry IV
France
Louvre
Flamers
U Wolland
Magland
Winnberg
John Bevern
America
Erastus Ts. Reelow
Boston
Mass
Salt substitute claimed to aid high blood pressure patients
Dr Jon Chelstian Krantz and Johns Hopkins pharmacists announce a salt substitute called eka galt made from malice acid and apple juice. Marketed as harmless in Bright's disease and hypertension, it tastes like salt but supposedly lacks harmful effects.
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Bright
Jon Chelstian Krantz
Jyebermlgt
Johns Hop King
Fishes With Odd Eyes Have Hairlike Sensory Appendages
Deep sea creatures show hairlike sensory fins and phosphorescent or luminescent organs guiding movement. Some have glowing globules that help them traverse depths below 500 fathoms. Their paths reveal a ride through dark waters unlike any surface experience.
Let It Rain on the Field at Sydney Buileia
In a hazy scene the new long Us dud Cuthbert faced jeers as rain teased the crowd. He urged the turn of weather with a quip about letting the rain fall while Dud bowled on, a moment captured in a small-town game.
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Cuthbert
Sydney Buileia
Sweden Dialects Vary Widely Yet Share Core Vocabulary
A Philadelphia Inquirer report describes Sweden’s many dialects from Dantahlite speech to Dalecarlin, noting common words across tongues. It highlights a unique Stockholm slang centered on Soderaimerisk on Soder island near Tok Maclaren and Salt Lake, with terms borrowed from many nations and sailors.
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Sweden
Stockholm
Soderamertsk
Saeder
Toke Maclaren
Salt Lake
Soderaierisk
Phladelphia Inquirer
Arabic Text Uses No Vowel Letters in Writing System
The piece argues that Arabic omits vowels and readers rely on context to identify words. It notes Roman script suitability for Turkish and similar use by Hungarians and Tatars, praising phonetic clarity without silent letters. It mentions Azerbaijan and other Soviet republics adopting Roman letters.
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Turkey
Azerbaijian
Casalan Sea
Union of Soviet Republics
Trumbull paintings true to events in Capitol rotunda
The Trumbull works in the Washington Capitol rotunda are accurate depictions of key moments and figures. They include The Declaration of Independence and The Surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown, created from sketches made at the events and with personal acquaintance with many involved.
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National Capitol
Pocahontas
Mississippi River
Capitol
Washington
Wse
Trumbull
Burgoyne
Sorutnga
Lord Cornwallis
Yorktown
Ancient masque drama and royal pageantry in England
The masque rose to peak popularity under James I and flourished at the courts of Henry VIII and Elizabeth I. Originating from early mummings heard in Sagland as far back as 1877, masques were staged before royalty and nobility with vivid color, scent, shifting scenes, and striking figures as described by Rev. Ronald Bayne.
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England
James
Henry Vill
Elizabeth
Sagland
Ronald Bayne
Cautious suitor asks doctor about sanity before engagement
A young man, a firm believer in eugenics, falls in love with the doctor's daughter and proposes. He fears family sanity issues and asks the doctor, who gravely answers that there must be. The scene ends with unresolved tension over inheritance of sanity in the family.
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Bin
Man Who “Never Died” Mythic Patriarch Envel in Death
A fractured archaic text fragment asserts Envel, father of Mythuselah, did not die and was translated by God. It claims he hid his testimony before translation and challenges conventional Genesis claims that Methuselah died before his father. The piece suggests a misreading of biblical ages and the phrase walked with God.
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Envel
Mythuselah
Leby Taith
Local Social Notes and Movements in Kins er Valley
Mrs Tom Taylor and Mrs Harley Smith spent Wednesday with Mrs H D Darby. Alex Foster bought the White property in Foster and moves in. Several Moravia shoppers visited Zell Wilson home. The A B Ladies Aid plans an emarel Bazaar on Thanksgiving Day in the church parlors. You can pay 500 dollars down for an airplane guaranteed to go up. The Girl Scouts are Mrs Herbert Hoover's chief hobby.
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Tom Taylor
Harley Smith
H. D. Darby
Forrest Sutliff
Melrose
Zell Wilson
Moravia
Alex Foster
Foster
John Wilson
Woodward, Town
Eph Wilson
Nate Wilson
A. B. Ladies Aid
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Amion
Des Moines
Minor Scott
Faye Wakefield
Rockford, Il
Bertha Wilcox
Supt
Ransom
Marne
Ruth Curtis
Niagra
Chariton Ta
Lulu Koehler
Anna Veitch
Ruth Allender
Mary Jones Misa Wilson
Agnes Moore
Ottumwa
LaRue Morrison
Boone
I.E. Carrick
Christian Church
Taylor Cemetery
Carl Buckingham
R. 8. Faber
A. O. van Dorin
M. E. Boardman
Alhia
Edward Robinson
J. L. Jones
Leda Sincox
Clair
3. L. Jones
A. G. Broshar
Men’s Bazaar
Voravia
M. E. Church
Moravia Union
Geo. Winsler
W. T. van Dorin
Geo. Firkins
Emmett Scott
N. BR. Ward Turner and Son
L. B. Hiatt J.D. Minnes
Chet Broshar
W. J. Dever
P. S. Hiatt
L. C. Main
Rolla McDonough
D. E. Bishop J. ¥. Albert Main Bros
W. A. Smith Success Barber Supply
Watter Eagle Fred Dotson
J. W. Hughes
W. Tracy
P. D. Schreiner
J. H. Schreiner
H. G. Broshar & Son
Broshar-Schreiner Harry Stocker Moravia Bakery
J.T. Day Frank F. Konrad Moravia Union
McFatridge & Coulson Oehler Bros
Congo
Kinser Valley
Albia
John Robinson
Sarah Hoadley
George Darby
M. M. Darby
T."stafford
Girl Scouts
Mre
Herbert Hoover
Moravia Bakery
Aladdin
Berton Braley
Edison
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