Mt. Zion Weekend Visitors and Local Notices
A long list of residents from Mt. Zion and nearby towns are noted visiting relatives and friends in Cincinnati, Hamersville, Felicity, Laurel, Bethel, and Mt. Washington. The column also records engagements, illnesses, hospital visits, property rentals, and a home funeral. A WWI veteran, Harry Weakley, is named among those who passed away recently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katherine Henry
Cleveland
Walter Muzzy
Harry Weakley
Elmwood City
J. E. Bredwell
Danby Cottage
California
Ohio
John Kinnedy
Caroline Myrick
Lorena Myrick
Evylin Boles
Mrs. L. Stathe
Bill Ramsey
Belle
Local Guests and Moves Highlight Weekend Notes
Cincinnati visitors include Mark Stomat with J Morgan and wife. Families move to White Oak to build homes. Floyd and Roberta Conrade and Ruth Wasman visit Cincinnati. Ralph Curtis with Louise Garman visit Germantown. Ohio State University’s Frank Needham spends weekend at home. Eugene Wise stays with grandparents Louis Cadman and wife. John Chaney and family visit Marathon hosts J B Cover and wife. Missionary Society meets at Mrs J Roy Fuhr home with Mrs Elizabeth Evans co host. Wm Jones Jr of Marathon visits Mrs John Amiott. Ladies Aid at M E Church hosts meet. Young Men's Bible Class meets April 24 in S S room with Carl Faulkner and Henry Miller. Marguerite La Ramour visits Cincinnati guest Newton Ely. J Roy Fuhr and wife host I B Davidson and family in Cincinnati.
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Mark Stomat
Cincinnati
J. Morgan
Clifford Cramer
White Oak
Freeda Conrade
Roberta
Butie Wasman
Ruth
Ralph Curtis
Louise Garman
K.K. Curlis
Germantown
Frank Needham
Ohio State University
Eugene Wise
Louis Cadman
Rob Genet
Madisonville
John Chaney
J. B. Cover
The
Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church
J. Roy Fuhr
Elizabeth Evans
Wm. Jones, Jr
Marathon
John Amiott
Ladies Aid
M. E. Church
Presbyterian Sunday School
Carl Faulkner
Henry Miller
Marguerite la Ramour
Newton Ely
I. B. Davidson
Saturday Dance Evening With Earl Kirth Music
A Saturday evening dance event features music by Earl Kirth. Attendees are invited to enjoy a lively program of standards and popular tunes in a sociable venue.
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Earl Kirth
Umbrella Renovation Tips and Miscellany
Instructions for renewing a worn umbrella with ammonia and warm water mix. Brief note on the Irish Free State’s self governing status akin to Canada. Pondering idea that one electrical bulb could light entire homes. Short caution that tarantula bites are painful but not dangerous.
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Irish Free State
Canada
Earthworms Keep Soil Loose and Porous
The Boston Herald notes earthworms are among the most active ground life and greatly benefit soil. An acre with worms may have as much as 15 tons of soil pass through worm bodies each year. Worms keep ground loose and porous and carry decaying matter from surface into the topsoil, aiding plant roots. Studies suggest matter is buried as deep as two inches over a decade due to worm activity.
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Boston Herald
Emblem on Dime Tied to Aesop and Unity Motto
The emblem on the American dime traces to Aesop in the sixth century BC and embodies unity. Romans used a seven-staff badge for authority. the US adopted thirteen sticks for the colonies with E pluribus unum as motto. Mussolini reportedly copied the idea for unity.
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Aesop
B. C
United States
Mussolini
Pathfinder Magazine
Raccoon Description Notes Size and Color
The raccoon is common nationwide and hunted in season. It is dull brown gray with a yellowish back and pale gray belly. A black mask-like patch on the cheek gives the face a distinctive look. Average weight about 18 pounds, some exceed 30 pounds.
Walk From U. S. to Africa
A Philadelphia Record note explains a hypothetical walk from the United States to Africa. Starting in New York the traveler could cross to Canada and Alaska reach the Bering Strait in winter, cross to Asia, travel to Asia Minor and the Syrian desert then the Suez Canal and into Africa by foot.
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U. S
Africa
United States
New York
Canada
Alaska
Bering Strait
Asia
Asia Minor
Syrian Desert
Suez Canal
Philadelphia
Early history of watches and Nuremberg eggs
The text notes that precise pocket timepieces emerged after the mainspring in clocks and suggests watches began in Nuremberg Germany around the start of the sixteenth century, called Nuremberg eggs and egg shaped.
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Nuremberg
Germany
Manatees and their coastal Florida habitat described
The text explains manatees or sea cows as large rubbery animals with flippers, living in warm coastal waters near Florida. It notes their flesh oil and possible leather value and that they feed mainly on manatee grass abundant in Florida streams.
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Florida
Keys to the City: A relic of feudal homage becomes ceremonial
The article explains that gifting city keys to distinguished visitors is a sentimental remnant of medieval practice. Towns once paid submission to rulers with keys to gates, a ritual now preserved as a ceremonial gesture during visits.
Remarkable Feats Of Endurance In Furnace Heat
A Russian named Chamouni reportedly stood in a red hot furnace and roasted a leg of mutton while enduring extreme heat. The claim comes from Direct Line From Shadrach via Collier's magazine.
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Chamouni
Collier's
Romance languages roots in medieval dialects shaping modern tongues
Medieval Romance languages arose as common speech blending Latin with Frankish and other tongues. From these dialects modern Italian French Spanish Portuguese Romani Provencal and related languages developed.
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Mt. Zion
Ralph Witschgar
Cincincinnati
Irene Knox
Hamlet
Fred Pollitt
Berea
Myers
Ft. Thomas
Russell
Adams
Kirgan
Alice Stapp
Audrey
Fisch
Bertha Gates
Holder and Son
Pittsburg
Lena Gates
Ashland
Paul Jones
Anna Jones
Stapps
Mack King
Hamersville
Katherine Lungmus
Witt Lungmus
Rose Brumagen
Amelia
Mt. Washton
Ed Harris
Bethel
Lowell Denham
Ella Foster
C. Patterson
Leonetta Foster
Laurel
Mary Hall
Norwood
Elmer Fridman
W. J. Nott
Clark
John Owens
Emerson Trees
Irwin
Louisville
Chas. Turner
J. D. Mefford
Roy Fouch
Nick Reinhardt
Middletown
H. Fouch
Dora Corbin
Pauline Nott
Pleasant
MT. Holly
Owensville
C. H. Armstrong
L. M. Moler
Mason
Mary L. Stouder
Detroit
Sarah Taylor
Young
Bertha Craver
Jessie Marsh
Washington
D. H
John Burdsal
Dayton
Lewis Favret
Columbus
W.J. Snider
John Rutledge
John Myers
Ralph McKay
Glen Este
Louis Favret
W. C. Smyth
Marie Kettler
Trene Prince
Otto Bingham
Philip Sperry
Louis Beagle
Newtown
Toney Lampe
Sid Curtis
Henry Hershaur
Bethesda Hospital
Will Avey
Williamsburg
Ervin
Newtonville
M. E
N. M. Marsh
Hebert Jett
Covington
Earl O’hard
Wyman
Independence
W. L. Stevick
Earl Jones
L. M. Cornwell
Ida Sutton
Belfast
Lillie Washburn
Smith
Lucien Meek
Chas. Dumford
New Richmond
Daisy Williams
Geo. Plotner
Frank Behymer
City
Roy Mullen
Bellevue
Price
A. Turner
W. W. Meade
C. F. May
Huntington
W. Va
E. C. Rutherford
Lindale
Ria Schmidt
Pauline Erdman
John W. Hausserman Jr
Colorado Springs
Phillipines
Willowville
Larkin Chapel
Helen Brown
L. GC. Groppenbacher
Ed. Swope
Curt Blackburn
Leona Gray
Kerman
Madison Place
Lewis Groppenbacker
Poplar Chapel
Clara Harvey
Guy
Walter Harvey
500 Club
Hyde Park Country Club
Stanley Frazier
Henry Foster
Wm. Ellis
Katie Rose
Ernest Ruffner
J.C. Fuhr
Arthur Reed
Laurence Reppard
Middlebourne
Minnesota
New England
Nathaniel Ward
Britain
Rumania
Austria-Hungary
Uncle al
Missouri
Illinois
Smithsonian Institution
Board of Regents
Manhattan Island
Peter Minuit
Los Angeles
Venice
Italy
Ley
Clermont County
Ular Amusement Resort
FOF Chaos
Loving, Bachellar
Clermont Courier
Courier
Clermont Pub. CO
Batavia
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