North Liberty social notes and visits highlight week
Mrs Thomas Coglan and Mrs By ron Coglan visited near Iowa City with Mr and Mrs Frank Carson family. A Whip-poor-will club miscel lan eous shower honored Mrs Beulah Dodt Lager at Paul Dodt home. Several residents attended an Arkansas Iowa game in Iowa City and many shopped in Iowa City. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Melvin Potter, Dale Anderson, Mr and Mrs Samuel Ranshaw, and Mrs Susan Ward who plan to spend winter in Florida. Children and neighbors gathered for a weiner roast at the Lininger home with Pr octor Mildred Denter and friends nearby. Notable visits included Rev D L Cox, Mr and Mrs Elihu Ramsey, and Miss Mildred Denter visiting Iowa City and Cedar Rapids.
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Thomas Coglan
Byron Coglan
Frank Carson
Iowa City
Whip-poor-will Club
Beulah Dodt
Paul Dodt
Carl Lagell
Diet Friendly Training Wins Boxing Fans
Sammy Mandell, world lightweights champion, credits trainer Howard for his rise from small, weak beginnings to top rank. Howard’s system emphasizes enjoyable dieting with evaporated milk, vegetables, and carefully prepared pastries, avoiding strict deprivation. He asserts fighters can diet while enjoying meals and avoid gorging, praising his own method as successful and humane.
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Kid Howard
Chicago
Sammy Mandell
Mandell
Howard
Sid Terris
New York
Japan and Christianity in Meiji Era Church Growth
Dr. Scherer estimates about 3,000 annual accessions to Christian churches in Japan, mainly among the influential classes while masses resist. Count Okuma notes moral fiber erosion amid new influences and welcomes Christian efforts to raise conduct. Government circles show no anti Christian sentiment despite Tokyo church burnings. Prime Minister Katsura seeks to reassure Americans with official esteem for Christians.
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Japan
Scherer
Okuma
Tokio
Katsura
Crown Gains £175,000 From Death Without Will
The late Capt. George Lindsay Anthony Wilson of Folkestone dies intestate, leaving no heirs. His estate valued at £160,209 plus £25,663 from his father, Sir John Wilson, totals £185,872, all devolving to the British crown after 49 years unadministered. Claims by former loyal servants and others are noted amid royal inheritances.
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George Lindsay Anthony Wilson
Capt. Wilson
Sir John Wilson
Bart
Ceylon
John Wilson
London Chronicle
Queen Victoria
Federal Reserve Aids Farmers Through Gold Standard Move
A 1920s analysis by M A Traylor argues Britain's return to gold stabilizes global payments, reducing risk for US farmers. He credits Federal Reserve support with backing Bank of England and enabling broader euro currency gold equivalence, maintaining stable credit and export confidence for agriculture.
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England
Great Britain
Montana
Bank of Enghind
Europe
United States
Federal Reserve Banks
Bank of England
Federal Reserve System
Silver Show Comes to Oxford Auditorium Next Week
Oxford will host the Silver Fun Show Company with free performances each evening at the Auditorium next week. They wrap a week at Brooklyn's Broadway Theatre to positive notices. The M FE Ladies Aid Society met at the church for a monthly social. about 45 ladies attended and enjoyed the afternoon. Collections reported: last Sunday $7.01, the previous week $3.06.
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Oxford
Silver Fun Show Company
Broadway
Brooklyn
Town
M. FE. Ladies Aid Society
Christmas Cards Arrive At Our Office
Christmas cards are now on display at the Leader office as samples of a fine line. A British engineer in Bombay notes the largest artificial freshwater reservoir in the world. In Rajputana near Udaipur lies Dhebar Lake with Jalsa Mand. The dam, about 200 years old, covers 21 to 25 square miles, 90 feet deep, and a capacity near 153 billion gallons.
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Leader
Bombay
Ris Chat Tadla
Tee
Uralpir
Rajputana
Udaipur
Jalsamand
Dhebar Lake
Mahnarana Jai Singh
Hunting Licenses Available at the Leader Office
The Leader Office is issuing hunting licenses with new renewal procedures and updated regulations. Residents must present identification and pay the applicable fees to obtain or renew licenses.
Desert mice defy thirst with waterless endurance
Descriptions from the New York Evening Post recount that some desert creatures endure long dry spells. Sheep in winter deserts go 40 to 60 days without drink, peccaries in Sonora survive without water for months, subsisting on cactus moisture. The pocket mouse reportedly lived three years on bare birdseed with no water, sparking questions about possible atmospheric moisture absorption.
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Sonora
Desert
Howard Lear
New York Evening Post
Origin of Shorthand in Greek and Roman Times
The article traces early stenography to the Greeks and Romans, noting sign-based writing for rapid transcription dating to the first century BC. It highlights semelograph usage, quotes Flavius Philostratus and Origen, and credits Marcus Tullius Tiro with advancing shorthand, aiding Cicero and notable trials.
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Christ
Flavius Philostratus
Origen of
Alexandria
Socrates
St. John Chrysostom
Cato Athensis
Plutarch
Marcus Tullius Tiro
Latium
B. C
Tiro
Cicero
Chicago Tribune
Red Hair and Baldness Claim by Science Expert
A prominent scientist states red-haired individuals are less prone to baldness. He cites averages of scalp hairs: red hair about 20,200 hairs, dark hair around 105,000, and fair hair typically 140,000 to 160,000 hairs.
Practical Uses for the Kite in Engineering and Rescue
The kite, a childhood toy, is described as a practical tool in engineering. It can carry lines across deep chasms to lay heavier cables and support structures during erection. Kites are also used to transport lifelines over surf to rescue passengers from stranded vessels.
Filterling Tobacco Smoke Suggests Cotton Filter Method
A German investigator recommends users alter pipe smoke with cotton seated in ferric salts. The process removes essential oil fumes hydrogen sulfide cyanhydric acid and about half the nicotine and its decomposition products while preserving aroma.
Conductors on German Railways Must Speak English and French
Four Track News reports that German state railway conductors must now be fluent in English and French in addition to their native language. Those failing the examination will be discharged, and experts doubt many will qualify if educational standards rise further, according to university professors in Heidelberg and Bonn.
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Germany
Heidelberg
Bonn
Stopping Child Marriages in Bengal and India
The practice of marrying girls as young as nine or ten is increasing in Bengal and other parts of India. Racial degeneration is noted, prompting several regions to pass laws banning marriages of girls under age fourteen.
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Bengal
India
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