College Notes Mixed Parish Updates At Central College
Dean Pietenpol attends a konfer ence of science teachers in Grianelt. Leonard Allen enlists for field ambulance work. Mrs. Sadler and Mr. Liggett hosted dinner. First Reformed choir entertained at the manse with about thirty present. Lloyd Hillyer quits Ottawa college to study music at Central next September. W J Van Kersen and Rev Scoemaker spoke at Chapel. Hazel White to give a pipe organ recital May 22. May baskets serenade May night. Donald Clifton arrives for residence and instruction. Students go to Des Moines to enlist. Gerard Beekman and a large Bible gift for graduates from New York City. Eleanor Thompson sang at Chapel. Rev Kuyper led.
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Hazel White
Second Reformed Church
Gerard Beekman
New York City
Central College
Pella
Iowa
Central
Pietenpol
Where's mother A homecoming verse by Priscilla Leonard
Poem reflects on mother as the soul of the home and the yearning of children across generations. It speaks of reunion, memory, and the civic circle of family, ending with a hopeful vision of heaven where households unite.
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Heaven
Earth
Priscilla Leonard
Chamberlain's Tablets Praised by Suffering Woman
Mrs. Anna Kadin of Spencerport New York reports long stomach trouble relief from Chamberlain's Tablets after trying many remedies. She calls the tablets a first to give lasting relief and highly values them. Sold by F D Stubenrauch.
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Chamberlain
Anna Kadin
Spencerport
N.Y
F. D. Stubenrauch
Grasshopper Canning Boom Reaches Fairbanks Factory
Douglas J. Mulloy of Fairbanks expands his grasshopper cannery to meet rising orders for canned grasshopper meat. He now ships pressed cakes, fried crisps called hopper crisps, and grasshopper preserves. Product uses cheap raw insects and child labor, selling for 10 cents a pound or 15 cents per can, with claimed high protein content.
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Douglas J. Mulloy
Fairbanks
Mulloy
New York City
North
South America
Symbol of health in ancient Greek Pythagoreans
The article notes the Pythagoreans of ancient Greece valued simple food temperance and purity and used a five pointed star as a health symbol. It claims a red five pointed star on Chamberlain's Tablets packages embodies this symbol and promises quick relief for digestion biliousness and constipation from a druggist. PDF sale by F D Stubenrauch.
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Greece
F, D
Stubenrauch
Night of murder at Edward Dewey firm in 1914
In autumn 1914 banker Edward Dewey is found shot dead in his office after a night of activity at his stock exchange firm. George Benkard, Dewey’s heir and fiancé of Dewey’s niece, vanished after being seen leaving the building and later reappeared as a French officer who had deserted and surrendered as Benkard. Clarence Hobson, Dewey’s chief clerk, faced winding up the business as rumors swirled of stock speculation amid the European war panic.
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Edward Dewey
Stock Exchange
Benkard
Mr. Dewey
John Dewey
Dewey
George Benkard
Clarence Hobson
Hobson
Douglas Sawyer
Paris
The
Marne
Sawyer
France
America
Europe
Alice Dewey
Cable
Display of Marksmanship Sufficient, Story of William M Chase
A Century illustration recounts William Merritt Chase's student days and his fierce sense of justice. In Madrid he shot a dog believed poisoned, provoking a mob. later at a cafe he demonstrated marksmanship to calm the crowd, avoiding a duel when his enemy faded.
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William Merritt Chase
William M. Chase
Chase
Katherine Metcalf Roof
Madrid
Aly
Door
Joy in Trying as a Life Guiding Aim
A Milwaukee Journal quote urges setting a real purpose in life and striving to excel in any occupation. It links labor to character growth and inner satisfaction, advising to aim high and steer circumstances toward achievement even if failures occur.
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Milwaukee Journal
Sidereal Day and Time Measured by Astronomers
The Irish Times explains sidereal time as the scientific method used by astronomers and navigators. A sidereal day lasts 23 hours 56 minutes 4 seconds, while a sundial records a day about four minutes longer due to Earth’s orbital motion.
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Irish Times
Figain
How Coins Are Made by Adolph A. Weiman
Adolph A. Weiman explains a seven month process to design and mint dimes and half dollars. He details sketching, wax models, scaled reductions, bronze casting, master dies, hardening, and production limits of 100 to 120 coins per die.
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Miss Liberty
Adolph A. Weiman
Uncle Sam
New York Sun
A Complete Education and Literary Ambition
A first person reminiscence recalls deep family ties to education and culture. The speaker, seven generations college bred, describes hosting literary figures in early 19th century circles and pursuing poetry and old plays in university life. He notes the library familiarity and editor roles, with a nod to Boston and a distant cousin’s visit signaling completion.
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Agassiz
Holmes
Longfellow
Hawthorne
Homer
Boston
Far South
Atlantic
Underground Eels Mystery Reported on Australian Farm
A farm on an Australian property had a running stream discovered at three feet when a hole was dug for water. Eels flooded the opening, darting through the hole, with hundreds caught. The owner later found a separate stream at eight feet a mile away and night sightings show eels flashing by, still moving toward the coast. Some eels weigh up to six pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boyd
Are Composers Short Lived
A review notes many famous composers suffered illnesses or early deaths. Mozart died at thirty five from consumption, Schumann spent years in an asylum before dying aged forty six, Beethoven was deaf late in life, Mendelssohn thirty six, Schubert thirty one, Weber forty, Chopin forty, Purcell thirty seven, Bellini thirty three. Bach Haydn and Handel lived past seventy, with Handel blind for years.
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Mozart
Schumann
Beethoven
Mendelssohn
Schubert
Weber
Chopin
Purcell
Bellini
Bach
Haydn
Handel
Sources of Spanish Law and Legal Traditions
The Spanish law sources include the code Napoleon and provincial fueros as direct origins, refined over generations into law. Indirectly, the Justinian compilation influenced medieval and modern nations shaping private relations and public life across many states.
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Dean Pietenpo
Grianelt
Leonard Allen
Bill
Mrs. Sadler
Mrs. Liggett
First Reformed
Wesselink
Dora Grandia
HE. J. Faassen
Lloyd Hillyer
Ottawa College
W. J. van Kersen
Mr. Scoemaker
New Commercial Student
Donald
Crew
Clifton
Dennis
Des Moines
Boterman, Jansr.1
Roorda, Byram
Pethoven
Eleanor Thompson
Griswood
Mr. Kuyper
Brenlin Guaranteed
Puritan: Drug CO
South Carolina
Adolph Weiman
Tung
Kuyper
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