Christmas Visits and Local Farm News
Christmas greetings to Washington township residents and neighbors down to Union and Freedom areas. Local hauling, corn shelling, hog sales, and hay movements are noted along with visits to Belleville Republic and nearby farms. A social gathering at Mrs. Bowersox’s featured festive decor and an upcoming Ladies Mutual Benefit Club meeting followed by an oddity about a love measurement device.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. R. ‘Johnson
Washington Township
Earl Harvey
Roy Hall
I. Bowersox
Dejos Hazen
Wwas
Union
Ingstrom
Rydal
Hiarris
He Mercer
Willis Isale
Lee Bowersox
Merle Yeager
Counselaman
Republic
John Clark
Haggmain
Fred Bassett
Belleville
Claud. Goodwin
Nebraska
Goodwin
Root
Claude
Rittleson
Emil
John Hubbard
J Will
Lena Householder
Dr. Thomas
Frank Mikewell
Burgess
Bernard Marshall Scome
Karl Bowen
Bowen
Lawrence
Don
Romance in wire rope industry outshines spider toil
In a piece on wire rope, John Kimberly Mumford recounts an astonishing production tale. The text highlights minuscule wire draws and notes a single strand finally reaching four thousandths of an inch, with the spider chain of work surpassed by human craft in the industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Pennell
John Kimberly Mumford
Finale-Hopper Defined as New York Acropolis Trend
A Philadelphia Ledger column defines the finale-hopper as ultra modern young women in Manhattan from Riverside Drive to Morningside Park. They are year-ahead trendsetters who blaze paths in music art dance dress and slang and abandon styles as soon as the crowd adopts them.
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Manhattan
Acropolis of America
Riverside Drive
Morningside Park
Raymond G-Carrol
Philadelphia Ledger
Hopper
Develops Motor Operated Wood Surface Rubbing Device
An American company has developed a motor operated rubbing machine for wood finishing. A fractional horsepower motor drives rubbing blocks together and apart at even speed under a regulator controlled by work type. Weighing about 35 pounds, the aluminum dust proof unit allows extra pressure and handles surfaces 15 inches long and varied widths.
Bar keep laments fountain business complexities
In a Louisville Courier Journal snippet, a bartender tells Sam he dislikes aspects of the fountain business, noting the appeal of the job lies in the presence of many pretty customers, while questioning how the house is treated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville Courier-Journal
Christmas Customs and Beliefs across Europe and Norway
The article surveys Christmas customs in England Germany Norway Sweden and France. It notes bees singing on Christmas night sacred hives with holly end of life beliefs for Christmas deaths hair color taboos candles in churches hospitality to animals and gift traditions reflecting regional practices.
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England
Germany
Christmas Customs Survive in Nations and Thoughts on Leadership
The article describes Christmas traditions across Belgium Serbia and Bulgaria with rites of corn sprinkled for good luck and trees bearing fruit. It then shifts to a teacher Homer Hoch on leadership stressing accuracy imagination courage faith and personal magnetism as essential for effective guidance.
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Christ
Foundling Hospital
Belgium
Servia
Bulgaria
John R. Lowell
B. H. S. Booster
Homer
Hoch
Kansas
Essentials of Leadership and Work Ethic
The passage stresses absolute devotion to the task as a key leadership trait. It criticizes a prevalent attitude of doing just enough to get by and urges higher commitment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ding
Administrator's Notice in Benjamin M Lervold Estate
Probate Court grants letters of administration to Frank C Servos administrator of Benjamin M Lervold estate. Creditors must present claims within one year from December 6 1922 or be barred. claims not exhibited within two years after letters are issued will be forever barred. Henry H VanNatta probate judge.
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State of Kansas
Repub
Ness
Benjamin Maevold
Benjamin M. Lervold
Frank( C. Servo
Henry H. VanNatta
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Society For Bestrical
J. C. Anderson
Scandia
Modern Candy Co
Peterson and
Carter
George Fawcett
Matilda Brundage
Jack Ramond
Kenneth, Harlan
Florida Kingsley
Nina Casavant
Joseph M.schenck
R. William Neill
Princess
J. R. Shotzman
Jeandebeur
F. R. Bachelor
Geo
Goodrich and
Fisk
Buick
Ford
Gould
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