Birthday Celebrations Highlight Community News
Mr. D Sjaardema marked his birthday on October 10 with family gathering. D W Van Gorp also turned 50 on October 10, celebrated with Father Van Gorp Sr and Hattie as guests and angel food cake. Harold Klein’s 21st birthday was celebrated by about thirty friends. Mr and Mrs Van Rheenen marked forty years of marriage with fifty-two relatives visiting. Philo Alethian Institute hosted a registration night at Doolittle Institute with four class divisions, opening chapel, inspirational talks, male glee club tryouts, a piano medley, and a communal luncheon as students prepared for the year.
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D. W. van Gorp
Wm. van Gorp Sr
Hattie
William van Rheenen
van Rheenen
Philo-Arethian
Central
Rymes
Philo-Alethian
Doolittle” Institute
de Haan
Mulder Ver Ploeg
Belemen's Perfume Trade at Temple Sale
Belemen's perfumery goods listed with mace value of 10,000 and temple consers recorded for sale or offering. The fragment suggests a catalog or pricing note for temple related goods and perfumes.
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Belemen’s
Belemen
Gol ‘Perfumery
Loneliest Isle Seeks Priest Schoolmaster Volunteer
A London Daily Mail report says Rev Henry Martyn Rogers and his wife will serve on Tristan da Cunha, Britain's loneliest possession. The 119 residents live 1512 miles west of Cape Town with no laws or crime, few goods, and rare tea cocoa and flour.
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London
Tristan da Cunha
London Daily Mail
Henry Martyn Rogers
Alexton
Uppingham
Rutland
Britain
South Atlantic
Capetown
Yellow peril looms as Asia nears white nations says writer
Paris reports Dr. A F Legendre warns that Asia 900,000,000 strong approaches Western doors. He argues the yellow peril is the major future cloud, noting Japan's wartime resilience and urging Europe to expand production and build factories in Asia to counter rising Asiatic wealth.
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Paris
A. F. Legendre
Far East
Asia
Doctor Legendre
Japan
Europe
Nitti's alternating smoking cycle shocks Rome
Francesco Saverio Nitti former premier and current deputy from Potenza is described as a periodic smoker who then abstains for a year. His Tempo interview notes he typically smokes ten cigars and many cigarettes daily, and has recently begun a cycle of a year smoking followed by a year of abstention to protect his health.
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Rome
Francesco Saverio Nitti
Interior
Chamber of Deputies
Potenbza
Tempo
Fashionable New York Gowns Named Like Race Horses
A major dressmaker sued a wealthy man for 11306 for gowns bought by his wife, items named with quirky horselike titles such as Lady Fair I'll Say She Does and Patches. Other gowns include Country Mouse Bobby and Reggie with an Evening gown called Morning Glory.
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New York
Lady Fair
Bobby
Reggie
Pigeons Aid Drug Addicts In New York
Detective Quigley reports pigeons used by drug vendors to supply inmates at Blackwell's Island. Anthony Adamo, arrested with $4,000 in drugs and a pigeon, faces case details. Adamo denies his pigeon acted as a drug courier.
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Blackwell's Island
New York
Quigley
Anthony Adamo
Adio
War survivors live in dugouts near Dvinsk Latvia
Hundreds of families endure life in war wrecked Dvinsk region dugouts once used by German and Russian troops. Little progress toward rebuilding seen in the ruins of numerous villages, as poverty lingers after the Russia Germany war era under Bolshevik rule.
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Dvinsk
Latvia
Russia
Germany
Coats In Several Styles Embrace Fur And Embroidery
Fashion designers present a range of fall coats from straight shoulder to belted and close-fitting bodices with capes. Fur and embroidery trim sleeves and collars in varied silhouettes, with wide, embellished sleeves and a muted brown duvetyn coat featuring sealskin cuffs.
Memories of Pella and a Moore family note
C M Moore writes from September 1921 reflecting on past visits to Pella Iowa. He recalls quilting bees, old neighbors, and the 50th wedding anniversary of J Murray Cox, with reminiscences of the 33d Regiment reunion, family sketches, and military memories. He mentions Cynthia Clutter’s death and notes joining a funeral in Des Moines.
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W. A. Young
Pella
Iowa
Moore
C. M. Moore
the Chronicle
Cynthia Clutter
Earth
J. Murray Cox
Jim Sexton
Nature
Cickens
33D Regiment Volunteer Infantry
Alex
Josiah Petty
Perry
Little Rock
Nathan
N. C
Des Moines
Cynthia’ Cluttér
Moore’s Mixture and a Town Anniversary Misadventure
An elderly letter recounts a celebration of arriving in Elma on September and a fruit-picking mishap. A 196 pound beer keg toppled from a ladder, injuring the writer yet he persists with work. He jokes about aging, promising to let George pick fruit next time and notes no fool like an old tool.
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Elma
George
Different Ways for Girl to Make Money
A United States Department of Agriculture guide explains how city and country girls earn their own money through work aligned with education and opportunity. It highlights home and club support, warns against lost rural gains if parents resist semi independence, and cites Arkansas canning club results showing tomato production with clear costs and net returns.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Arkansas
Mount Valley
Hot Springs
Fannie
Ada
Rosamond
New Nation Out of Oldest Land Irak Mandate Discussed
Washington reports from London describe creation of a new kingdom of Irak under British mandate in Mesopotamia. Bulletin notes Tigris Euphrates plain’s ancient fertility, Baghdad’s rise and fall, and the colossal irrigation plans to revive the Garden of Eden region at a projected cost of about 130 million dollars for 22.6 million acres.
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Washington
Family of Nations
Kingdom of
Irak
London
Natonal Geographic Society
Trak
Manhattan
Frisco
Pacific
Tigris
Euphrates
Babylon
Nineveh
Mesopotamia
Great Britain
the Tigris
Greece
Rome
America
Bagdad
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D. Sjaardema
Harold Klein
Town
Nitti
Gotham Modistes
Vik
Pelta
Mathuselah
Womare
Kingdom of Iraq
Turkey
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