We Honor Our Flag on Flag Day and Its Meaning
A civic meditation on Flag Day describes Old Glory lifting from homes and offices worldwide. It frames the flag as symbols of citizenship, sacrifice, labor, emancipation, education, and the nation’s moral and historic development through figures like Roosevelt Riis Addams Lee Jefferson Davis and Benedict Arnold.
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Great Britain
Plymouth Rock
New Amsterdam
Hudsons River
Lord Baltimore
Henry Clay
Roosevelt
Jacob Riis
Jane Addams
Hull House
Lee
Jefferson Davis
Benedict Arnold
Aaron
Burr
Early settlers wife remembered with church on Rhodes farm
Obituary notes Mrs. Rhodes active in community work and missed by locals after funeral at her Oberlin home. A 4-H Club forms in Russia Township led by Kenneth Kern with calves potatoes chickens and a garden and met with William Lachey southwest of town. Briefs cover Allyn family reunion plans and visits to Carnegie Institute of Technology for George Allyn, plus local visits by Pat Sanders family and John Van Haverlyn.
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Charles Rhodes
Kenneth Kern
Russia Township
William Lachey
A. A. Santon
Dan Dudley
Allyn
Hugh Allyn
Lakewood
Gar McRoberts
C. N. Williams
Pittsburgh
George
Carnegie Institute of Technology
Harold Dantama
Chicago
Pat Sanders
Harry
Joe
Elyria
Frank Krueger
John van Haverlyn
Oberlin
Mondar
Local Families Gather for Graduations and Visits
Mr and Mrs Frank Krueger visited Oberlin and Amherst relatives on Sunday. The McRoberta family and son Dean traveled to Detroit for their son Freds University of Detroit graduation in Mechanical Engineering. Fred plans to study medicine next year in Washington and later Detroit.
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Frank Krueger
Harry Murphy
Oberlin
Gar McRoberta
Dean
Detroit
University of Detroit
Fred
Washington
Frank Krueger, Jr
Amherst
Multiplying ugliness and the rise of mass produced design
In a piece on industrial modernity Richard F. Bach warns that high speed production risks spreading ugly designs. He argues mass replication challenges aesthetic taste, urging manufacturers to preserve beauty in everyday utensils amid powerful machines.
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Richard F. Bach
Department of Decorative Arts
Metropolitan Museum of Arts
New York
Women Report Higher Happiness Quotient Than Men
Dr. Rowina Ripin of Long Island University led a psychology experiment with 41 students, 23 completing it, to compare happiness levels. She reported women showed a higher happiness quotient at 68 percent pleasant emotions versus 64.7 percent for men, with an overall average of 65 percent.
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Rowina Ripin
Long Island University
Association of Consulting Psychologists
Anniversaries and history notes from early American figures
A compilation of anniversaries listing Henry Allen Duncan McArthur Robert Anderson Harriet Beecher Stowe Andrew Campbell John Bartlett Robert M LaFolette and other notable births and deaths. It includes Today in History items such as the Stars and Stripes adoption Benedict Arnold and the Bear-flag war plus a horoscope reflecting on ambition and prudence.
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Henry Allen
Nova Scotia
Newport
R. I
Northampton
N. H
Duncan McArthur
Ohio
Dutchess Co
Chillicothe
Robert Anderson
Gooffeer
Fort Sumter
Louisville
France
Harriet Beacher Stowe
Latchfield
Conn
Hartford
Andrew Campbell
Trenton
N. J
New York
John Bartlett
Boston
Plymouth
Mass
Cambridge
Robert M. LaFolette
Wisconsin
Primrose
Wis
Washington
Continental Congress
Benedict
Arnold
London
California
A. BE. F
Alcock and Brown
Newfoundland
Atlantic
The Silent Observer and Odd Snippets From Town Life
A collage of scraps from a local paper notes safety near water for youths, a humorous exchange about employment and a secretary, a quip about fashion costs, and several aphorisms. It also references a boxing of jokes about forgetfulness, a joke on housework help, gym secrets, Roman history, and pilots tracking hours, finishing with a remark on California mining prices.
Oberlin Road Children's Day Observed Amid Community Activities
On Sunday morning June fifth East Oberlin Community church held Children's Day with music recitations and dialogs by children and a talk by Professor Ward. Afterward the group walked to Campbell Park for a pie dinner enjoyed by over one hundred, then games and singing. The community mourns Mrs. Charles Rhodes, who died last Saturday morning after thirty four years in the area.
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Oberlin Road
East Oberlin Community Church
Ward
Campbell Park
Oberlin
Charles Rhodes
Rhodes
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