Sonnenberg and Kidron Community Notes and Visits
Local families from Sonnenberg and nearby towns hosted and visited kin this week. Concerts and rehearsals filled church, Sunday school, and Vacation Bible School schedules, with multiple choirs and groups performing for ill or homebound members. Relatives toured eastern hubs and extended trips to Washington and Atlantic City, while neighbors shared hospitality in Orrville, Pandora, and Dalton.
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Ebenezer Mennonite Church
Bluffton
Salem Mennonite Church
Alvin Burkholder
Dalton
David Schumacher
Chauncey and
Clair
Near
Pandora
David D. Hofstetter
Elmer Hofstetter
Stanley
Donna
Oscar Gerber
Clifford
Washington, D. C
Atlantic City
N. J
Irvin Whiteman
New Castle
June Whiteman
Youngstown
Simon Gerber
Clayton Weaver
Katherine Schantz
Kitchener
Ont
Lorene Lehman
Big Anniversary Sale At Kidron Auction Draws Thousands
The village of Kidron hosted Col S. C. Springer’s 12th anniversary auction drawing more than eight thousand people. Automobiles filled fields and lined the road for miles as activity ran from 8 A M to nearly midnight. Cols Roy Johnson Fred Reppert and others assisted while Walter Andrews was honored for 12 years at the gates with a gold medal for his service.
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Kidron
S. C. Springer
Roy Johnson
Fred Reppert
Decatur
Ind
Local Chamber of Commerce Meets Tonight for Dinner
The chamber plans a 6:30 pm banquet this Thursday at the Presbyterian church dining rooms. The menu lists Cocktail, Fried Spring Chicken and Gravy, Mashed Potatoes.
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Chamber of Commerce
Presbyterian Church
Kidron Fair Ends With Gifts To Young Pony Rider
Merchants of Kidron awarded $500 in gifts at closing time. Irene Amstutz, 8, received a pony from the sales grounds with funds to buy harness and buggy for her infantal paralysis care as she travels to school. Donkey baseball and a Beach City band concert capped a large village fair with total sales reaching $16,384.58. Consignments included 5236 chickens, 246 hogs and sheep, 108 beef cattle, 74 dairy cows, 110 calves, 12 horses and assorted merchandise. Pete Case of Sharon Center, longtime livestock buyer, received a commemorative watch.
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Kidron
Irene Amstutz
Moses Amstutz
Pete Case
Sharon Center
Beach City
Margaret Spangler
West Lebanon
Wilmer Baer
Canton
Timely Ways to Prepare Peas for Easy Meals
Simple pea serving ideas use minimal ingredients. Peas in cream sauce mix peas with a white sauce and milk. scrambled eggs with peas cook peas in a skillet then add eggs and milk for a creamy scramble. pea and lettuce salad blends canned peas with French dressing walnuts lettuce and mayonnaise for a light dish.
Decibel Scale Limits Human Hearing Loudness
University of Michigan researchers show that a tenfold energy difference between sounds does not yield a tenfold loudness difference for listeners. Tests with college students reveal fifty decibels and sixty decibels differ in perceived loudness, underscoring the ear’s non linear response and the need to translate physical measurements to human perception.
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P. H. Geiger
University of Michigan
F. A. Firestone
Michigan
How Summer or Flipping Tent of Arabs Is Set Up
The hejra is a simple summer tent of cloth tied to cords at four corners and staked to the ground. A larger Arab tent uses black worsted or hair cloth with a cottage like pent roof and curtains that can form a long skirt. Fronts are open to mid level, women’s areas may be foreclothed, and interiors split by a waist pole hanging. during bad weather stones weight the structure.
Early development of life insurance in America
The text traces life insurance from early forms in England to American origins. It notes the Amicable Society founded in 1690, the Presbyterian corporation in Pennsylvania 1759, the Episcopal corporation 1769, and the Pennsylvania company for Insurances on Lives and Granting Annuities in 1812, highlighting the growth of the industry.
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Snd
Amicable Society
United States
Presbyterian Corporation
Pennsylvania
Episcopal Corporation
Pennsylvania Company
How Temperatures Are Recorded In Thermometers
Ordinary thermometers use mercury but alcohol fills for very cold ranges. Weather bureau devices feature a retracting index that marks the minimum temperature reached as the liquid moves back and forth with temperature changes.
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Weather Bureau
How Far Moles Travel In A Night
The bureau notes it is hard to state a precise distance a mole travels in one night. Travel varies with food supply and soil. Observations show one mole moving 30 yards in a night and another over 56 miles.
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Bureau of Biological Survey
Origin of the bootlegger term roots in boot concealment
The word bootlegger began with illegal liquor sales to Indians long ago on reservations. Vendors hid flasks in boot legs to evade officials, and later law violators during Prohibition were called bootleggers.
How Maxim Silencer Works
The Maxim silencer is a tubular device fitted to a firearm muzzle that makes the discharge nearly silent. An interior spiral slows and rotates escaping gases, reducing noise while allowing bullet ejection.
Drying Time for Hickory Wood by Moisture Level
The text explains that hickory wood typically dries one inch per about six months under natural conditions. A board one and a half inches thick would need around eight months to reach roughly 15 percent moisture.
Description of a lion's tearing bite and tongue
The passage explains that a lion uses its tongue as a rough, spiked surface to tear meat from bone. It notes the tongue’s tiny hard points help rip pieces from the bone during feeding.
Pleasant Valley Home Coming at United Brethren Church
The second annual Pleasant Valley Sunday school home coming will be held Sunday June 30 at the United Brethren church. Former residents teachers pastors and scholars are invited. An interesting program will be given and a basket dinner will be served at noon. The public is invited to attend with a warm heart and a well filled basket.
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Pleasant Valley
United Brethren Church
Opinions and Violence in Chinatown Sage Hi Ho
The quote from Hi Ho the sage of China town warns that when opinions tempt violence there is something wrong with them. The remark reflects a call for restraint and rational debate amid heated discussion.
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Hi Ho
Chinatown
Tahitian Girls Lacking Love Noted at Pepeete Port
Tahiti's Pepeete port stands out as Tahitian girls, though charming in appearance and lively in song and dance, reportedly lack the quality of love. The observation notes their happiness despite this absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tahiti
South Seas
Cleopatra's Needle Inscription Honors Thothmes and Rameses II
The hieroglyphs on Cleopatra's Needle run in vertical columns read top to bottom. The central column honors Thothmes, credited with erecting the obelisk, while the side columns praise Rameses II.
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Cleopatra's Needle
Thothmes
Rameses II
Copper Sold as Silver
A report notes that refined silver often contains copper and that a share of copper is reintroduced to reach commercial purity. The resulting product is sold as silver, though it originates partly from copper content in the refining process.
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