Hope College honors noted in Orange City telegram
A telegram from John Dethmerg at Hope College reports first honors in a declamatory contest. Community notices include local visits, a hospital recovery, a bakery ad, and farm bureau plans. Ben Meylink sold a Plato Township Remmerde estate quarter for $48,000 cash to Henry Wolfswinkel, at $300 per acre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. P. Dethmerg
John
Hope College
Orange City Journal
Ben J. Meylink
Hull
Remmerde
Plato Township
Henry Wolfswinkel
Sioux County
Local notes from Boyden and area events
Dick Rypkema visits Boyden as a business caller. John and wife Lutjens announce a baby girl. Edelweiss is the drink of choice at Van Den Brink's. J A Stutzman and T H Veenschoten depart for South Dakota on business. L DeBoer and wife report twins. L DeBoer is sister to Mrs DeJong. L Rens tends pheasants at home. Henry and wife Winter, just back from Germany, visited Henry Stehrenberg. Lemons advertised with a joke about small lemons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Rypkema
Near George
Boyden
John Lutjens
West
Vanden Brink
J. A. Stutzman
T. H. Veenschoten
South Dakota
Vanden Brink's
Duel with a billiard ball ends in four deaths
In Maisonfort, France, 80 years ago two men Lenfant and Mellant quarreled over a billiards game. They chose the red ball as a weapon, Mellant struck Lenfant and killed him, a duel allegedly inspired by Cagliostro. The physician involved challenged him with a poison pill plan. no record of execution exists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lenfant
Mellant
Maisonfort
Seine-et-Oise
France
Cagliostro
Third Wife Tree Marriages Reported Across India
The article details tree marriages in India where men wed trees to fulfill a third marriage or when finances or customs prevent normal unions. It notes ceremonies vary by region including late night mango tree weddings to avert widowhood curses and keep the “husband” alive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Punjab
Pure Chaucer and Westminster Bells Echo Historic Craft
The piece notes Chaucer as a master of English verse and influence on later poetry, praising his pentameter and architectural rhythm. It then mentions Westminster Abbey bells, dating the tenor to 1480 and two others gifted in Elizabethan times, with recent additions completing the octave and tuning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chaucer
Saxony
Lowell
Westminster Abbey
Gabriel Goodman
Westminster
Elizabeth
Coe
No land like mine under the shining sun
Poem praising a nation with a distinct flag and anthem imagery. It extols land, flag, and unity, declaring no red shall wave over the land without white and blue. The verses celebrate mountains, valleys, prairies, freedom, equality, and Old Glory as herald of liberty. Selected.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Caimi
England
Agatha Christie
Styiee
Clarence Hulsef
Rock Valley
K. W. Kooiman
Johanna Kamminga
Orange City
Academy
Carl Schildhauer
Grant and Lynn Township
Peters
Volfe
the Farmers Store
Joe Steven
Iowa
Doc Bird
New York
Iowa Creamery
Iowa Dairy Council
NATIONAL_DAIRY Coum
Farmers Co-Op
Creamery
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