Peru Child Sent to Detention Home
Neighbors testified seven year old Helen Barns was beaten and neglected by her father Stanley Barus and his second wife. A kindly court sent her to the County Detention Home in South Ottawa where she will have food play and protection like other children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Barns
Peru
Ottawa
Stanley Barus
Poland
Josephine Barus
Aelt
Welen
Molly
Bady
Curtis
Grandma Curtis
Mrs. Curtis
Grandma
Mamma
Paw Paw Bank Burglarized Lost Papers and Bonds
The State Bank of Paw Paw was burglarized between Thursday night and Friday morning. Two safety boxes containing deeds mortgages abstracts registered bonds and war savings stamps were broken into and contents stolen plus about 100 dollars in silver and pennies and 500 dollars of coupon bonds. Loss estimated at 1000 dollars. Burglary discovered 3 39 Friday morning by janitor. Burglars gained entry by crawling a rear window and vault side. Clues exist but no arrests. Rewards offered for return of papers and for apprehension.
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State Bank of
Paw Paw
Bank
Banker's Association
The Telephone Teases With Rings And Hot Air
A playful riddle in old style describes a telephone as a tool that buzzes in the ear, rings like a bell, and carries chin music and hot air. It hints at calls for dates, married life, and bills determining when it goes out, while noting the phone stays in place yet travels with the provider’s service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rceiver
Cedar Point Community News Roundup
Miss Winnifred Charneskey and Miss Mary Michalov attended the Teachers Institute in Ottawa all of last week. Mr and Mrs Walter Charneskey hosted relatives including Mrs Pazmierski and Miss Anna of Chicago. Mrs W Kemery of Oglesby visited Cedar Point. Mrs Adam Berghoffer hosted a Saturday gathering in honor of the two girls birthdays. Attendees included Mrs Charneskey, Mrs Glenn Mudgy, Mra J Gealow, Kathryn Brau, Winnifred Charneskey, Tessie Gealow, and local children Adrian and Henry Charneske Tama Braun Melva Fern Lavern Voquet Anna Kotecki Anna Gealov. Miss Clara Monari of La Salle spent the weekend with Miss Fern Rem Buss Monari before moving to La Salle. The infant son of Mr and Mrs Aimone, previously ill, is improving. Edw Charneskey, a Feout tribe Scout canvasser, and others attended a reg leek rally near Utica. Peter Barra is on vek but recovering. The infant daughter Mussatta is unwell.
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Adam Berghoffer
Cedaroint Stock Farm
Charneskey
Glenn Mudgy Mra
J. Gealow
Kathryn Brau Winnifred Charneskey
Tessie Gealow
Helen
Jennette Bergofer
Adrian
Henry Charneske
Tama Braun
Melva Fern
Lavern Voquet
Anna Kotecki
Anna Gealov
Clara Monari
la Salle
Fern Rem Buss
Monari
Cedar Point
Molly and Grandma Curtis Find Family Bonds
In 1820 Molly, a bold girl with gum and a whistle, imagines a bright future but hides a secret about her identity. Grandmother Curtis longs for a safer life for Molly as a letter reveals a long lost kinship and a plan to unite two grandchildren with care and forgiveness.
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Molly
Grandma Curtis
Molly Curtis
Curtis
Mrs. Curtis
Mary Clark
Mary
Grandma
Marvy
Words of Wise Men on Self-Control and Genius
A reflective meditation on wisdom, self-control, and strength. It contrasts enduring adversity with prosperity and explores how genius blends reasoning imagination and passion into a unified intellect. The passage emphasizes inner power over external success.
Verses on Love Faith and Courage from Classic Voices
A compact mosaic of quotations from Hugo St Bernard Bushnell and Beecher. The lines celebrate love self-acceptance religious faith and personal resilience with reminders to persevere in song despite scorn. Each author offers a distinct angle on happiness virtue and spiritual fortitude.
Perpetual Suspicion Turns Life Into a Sentinel
A reflective line echoes Rochefoucauld on living with suspicion and enduring others misfortunes. It contrasts constant vigilance with the resilience found in facing adversity and the crooked outcomes of ease.
World’s Two Great Canals Compared in Length and Cost
The Suez canal opened in 1869 and runs 90 miles, while the Panama canal spans 50.5 miles. Construction costs were about 100 million dollars for Suez and nearly four times that for Panama.
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Suez Canal
Panama Canal
Freckles dramatization at Majestic in one night only
The Majestic Theatre presents Neil Twoney's stage adaptation of Gene Stratton Porter story Freckles for one night Sunday Sept 5. The Amusement Co. hosts a premier tour with a standout cast and Anatol Friedland music. Seating at Valley Bakery scaled 50c 75c and 1.00, gallery 25c and 35c.
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Majestic Theatre
Neil Twoney
Gene Stratton-Porter
Eee Amusement Co
Valley Bakery
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PAW Paw Bank
Winnifred Charneskey
Mary Michalov
Teachers Institute
Walter Charneskey
Pazmierski
Anna
Chicago
Fr Aimone
Lia
Dante Biagni
Edwieski
Utica
Peter Barra
Vek
Mussatta
and Nellie A. Fairbanks
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Victor Hugo
St. Bernard
Horace Bushnell
H. W. Beecher
Rochefoucauld
Russell-Miller Milling Co
North Dakota
James DE Fillippi
Freckles
Anatol Friedland
Iter
GEO. L Hoffman & CO
Spring Valley, Illinois
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