Bouma Van Strien Wedding at First Reformed Church
Rev John Van Strien and Miss Cornelia Bouma united in marriage at First Reformed Church with Rev P Bouma officiating. Reception at the parsonage followed. Index and friends extend best wishes for a long, happy married life. Also notes state corn and fruit crop conditions as of August 2 1917 with farmers’ outlook and later reports of statewide showers.
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Bouma-Van Strien
First Reformed
van Strien
Anyge
Weekly Bulletin on Iowa Weather and Crops 1917
The Des Moines bulletin reports ideal weather for harvesting and threshing across much of Iowa with heavy showers in the northeast and southwest. Rain aided corn and late potatoes, crops held up well, threshing advancing, and large grain yields remain strong though more rain is needed in many areas.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Otiter
Ks. Ie
Liberty Loan Bonds Signal Solid Market Demand
New York banks hold sizable Liberty Bond blocks as banks allotted only part of their orders and raised rates to customers. The Times notes healthy demand and limited bank inventories. The Sun reports a surge in bond investors from few holders to over seventy thousand subscribers, boosting bank confidence for a second issue. Real savings in New York rise with Liberty Loan purchases despite post office growth of nine million dollars, a forty eight percent increase for the year.
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New York
Heneek ‘Times
Bates
New York Sun
Liberty Loan
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Govnt
New York Post Office
Nurher PF
Liberty Loan Bonds Moves Highlight Federal Reserve Actions
The Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland recently sold about five and a half million dollars in Liberty Loan Bonds at par plus accrued interest. The New York financial correspondent for the Philadelphia North American predicts bonds will rise slightly above par. The San Francisco Chronicle notes withdrawals by Liberty Loan payments caused a small bank deposit shrinkage, with district deposits down over three hundred million while withdrawals were about one hundred twenty two thousand. funds will be redeposited soon to restore balances.
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Federal Reserve Bank
Cleveland
New York
Philadephia North American
San Francisco Chronicle
Federal Reserve District
The Last Judgment Clock at Beauvais Cathedral
An 1880s description details Beauvais cathedral’s 92 thousand-piece clock. It features 52 dial plates showing hour day week month and celestial events. The oak frame measures about 26 by 16 feet. The clock, by Beauvaisian Verite, includes angel trumpets and a dramatic judgment scene with a condemned thief and a soul led to heaven.
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Beauvais
Beauvais Cathedral
Strassburg
Night blooming tree and a coronet tale
A night blooming tree called the sad tree opens its fragrant buds after sunset and fades by dawn, revered by locals and florists for its rapid nightly flowering. The passage also recounts Macready's caustic reply to a baron who pawned a coronet worn at Queen Victoria’s coronation, suggesting the noble would not improve his collection with such a token.
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Jessamine
Macready
Victoria
Mark
Lion Signs In England Sign Origins and Uses
The Red Lion badge likely stems from John of Gaunt and his Lancastrian claim to the throne. English heraldry favored lions in white black red brown golden and yellow red, with Leon's lion badge adopted to symbolize rights. Richard and John Hons adopted the emblem, widely used by claimants in England.
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England
Hoogland
John of Gaunt
Duke of Lancaster
Don Pedro
Leon
Castile
Richard
John Hons
London
Mull
Emotional Acting Reflection on Juliet Performance
A fragment recounts an actor’s take on Juliet, describing the portrayal as weary and paced, noting a tonal approach and implied fatigue in the character’s bearing within a theater rehearsal or performance context.
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Juliet
Nature's icy graveyard in Arctic Siberia revealed
The Arctic Siberia region from the Urals to Bering Strait is a vast graveyard of fossils. Elephants mammoths rhinoceroses and musk oxen lie buried in cliffs and shores. tusks and bodies emerge from thawing earth as summers briefly warm the coast. The spectacle reveals bone-rich plains and fossil-laden cliffs beneath icy shores and offshore islands.
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Arctic
Siberia
Polar Sea
Ural Mountains
Bering Strait
Arctic Ocean
Bho
Tyne
Baseball and the Marines Highlight Early War Skill
A Marine Corps officer says Americans are natural bomb and grenade throwers, and that baseball training and trench warfare skills emerge from youth. He notes base programs encourage baseball at stations and praise marines for impressive throwing abilities, even among recruits.
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United States Marine Corps
Marine Corps
Studying Audiences Boosts Film Thrills
A movie producer notes that audience reaction can be sparked without sensational stunts. He cites a heroine getting grease on white gloves as a trigger for excitement, contrasting with the dramatic spectacle of a bridge explosion.
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Pittsburgh Post
Proof of Will Notice in Marion County Court
Notice that Gerrit Roorda deceased has a purported last will on file in the Clerk of the District Court office in Marion County Iowa. The will is set for hearing on October 2 1917 the opening day of the October term. All interested persons may appear. Knoxville Iowa August 6 1917. H Clements Clerk of District Court. By Walter Kester Deputy. (August 9 16 23)
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District Court of
Iowa
Marion County
Gerrit Roorda
Knoxville
H. Clements
Walter Kester
Rough on Rats Ends RATS MT Bugs Die Outdoors
An unclear clipping notes a slogan or ad line about rough on rats and outdoor deterrents. Mentions economy sizing and substitutes, a free comic picture by W. Wells, and Jersey City, N J.
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Gov't Too
W. &. Wells
Jersey City
N. J
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