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Newspaper
Oelwein Daily Register
Location
Oelwein, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1933
Page
3
This fragment outlines a religious lesson plan on Jesus as Lord and Savior. It lists primary and junior topics, intermediate aims, and senior class goals with scheduled April to June study topics. It includes two teaching methods, a Perplexities Review and the Summary Method, plus lesson outlines through June 4.
An Orphan's Name Benefit banco party is set for Mrs. Albert Dohse's home two and a half miles east of Oelwein on Tuesday afternoon June 2. All ladies of the congregation and friends are invited. Mrs. Dudley Entertained Members of the Sunshine Unit of the Christian church gathered Wednesday at Mrs. Budley's East Charles Street home. A pleasant afternoon included a visit to the Canady rose garden and a picnic lunch for ten members and twenty four ghosts.
Miss Dorothy Butler daughter of Mr and Mrs John Butler wed Mr Walter Troxel last evening at nine o'clock in the Presbyterian Manse Rev L W Walter officiated. Attendants were Miss Luella Kern and Richard Flower. The couple will live at a Lake Oelwein cottage during the summer. The groom is a salesman for the Decker Meat Company.
Regular meeting of Jennie Wade Tent No 54 held last evening June 22 presided by Sister Eilen Shackelford. Sister Lucy O fenchain gave a report on the Fort Madison Iowa convention. Next meeting set for July 13 with greetings from the press column.
Maple Grove celley members met at Mrs Alan Fereday’s country home near Stanley with Mrs Everett Putnam as assistant hostess. Twenty two members three guests and fifteen children attended a business and social meeting with a fine lunch. Next meeting set for July 13 at the Ridler building on North Frederick Avenue.
Unit 2 of the Lutheran Ladies Aid Society met at Mrs. Dohse's country home with Mrs. Otto Kehlander and Mrs. Guy Handy assisting. Eighteen members and twenty one guests enjoyed danco atning tables with prizes awarded to Mrs. Wagner, Mrs. Koob, Mrs. Meyers, and Mrs. Lamp. A luncheon followed. July lawn party planned at Mrs. Fred Meyers home with assistant hostesses listed.
Pupils at Tangwern College in Cheltenhall England learn juggling and balancing feats. A sample exercise for girls has them stand on one foot on a pedestal while juggling three walls and balancing two oranges on a plate.
Harvard professor Harlow Shapley spoke at the National Academy meeting at the University of Michigan about a universe of immense scale. He noted 76 000 galaxies mapped in a sky portion, with expectation of 300 000 galaxies and about a billion stars per galaxy, by future surveys. Dr. Stebbins added that some Milky Way red stars are closer than thought due to cosmic dust reddening, complicating distance estimates.
Famous California clipper races featured Wild Pigeon John Gilpin Flying Fish and Trade Wind. Flying Fish finished 92 days 4 hours from port to anchor San Francisco. Gilpin 93 days from port to pilot Wild Pigeon 118 days Trade Wind 102 days after a late start and eight hours burning. Another race matched Swordfish and Flying Fish Fly ing Fish sailed Boston November 5 1851 Swordfish reached San Francisco February 10 1852 in 90 days from Boston.
Toledo Blade's Culture Grove Patterson cites Matthew Arnold defining a man of culture as one who diffuses the era's best knowledge and ideas. He aimed to humanize knowledge and spread sweetness and light beyond the learned clique while preserving its quality and power.
An two foot bronze kettle with drop handles was unearthed at Colchester on the site of a former Roman camp. Experts say the copper vessel is Celtica in origin and may date back about 2000 years. It likely held soup prepared by ancient cooks using cattle meat as key ingredient.
The Detroit News notes passports not required for stays up to six months in Mexico but border checks may occur with a one dollar Lourie fee at Maxton. It also lists Chinese dog names from Dog World with English meanings such as Aye Shing and ChiJen, and mentions Cairo’s mosques and worship limits.
A historical method describes staining a gun barrel by dissolving 44% ounces of hyposulphide of soda in a quart of water and 144 ounces of acetate of lead in a quart of water. Mix, boil, and apply to a warmed barrel with a sponge on a stick. When color forms, wash, dry, and finish with boiled linseed oil.
The Chinatown sage Oi Ho states it is well to be silent and patient but warns that the first article of furniture to wear out is a door man. The remark frames patience against inevitable wear in daily life.
A English critic asserts he has reviewed about 6000 books in four decades and has read every one. He invokes a Chinese saying about makers of images not worshiping the god to illustrate discernment of what works are made of.
An old classified item lists a wanted ad for metal salvage at Oelwein Iron and Metal and notes prices for batteries rags magazines and brass copper and aluminum. The rest discusses topics from Mer de Glace glaciers and preserved bodies in ice to fish sex differences in Médaka and the U S seal on the 1795 coin and a note about drinking water pumps for Moslems and Hindus at Indian railroad stations.
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