Methodist Church Sees Strong Attendance and Easter Plans
The Odell Methodist Sunday school reported 124 attendees and a $6.32 offering. Miss Clarice Hill read winning oration, with teachers from Odell High School visiting. Easter decisions and devotional talks led by Mrs. Iva Innis were announced. Epworth League had 34 present and an official board met Tuesday to discuss church progress.
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Methodist Sunday School
Clarice Hill
Odell
Miss Hill
Hill
Ellisson
Gale
Miss Sick
Odell High School
Laura Muth
Odell Oracle
Iva Innis
Easter Plans and Services at Federated Community Church
The Federated Community Church outlines Easter week events including morning and evening services led by Rev. Clark, a Sunday school emphasis on Easter decision day, and preparations for an Easter cantata with soloists and a quartette. A Ladies Aid Easter Bazaar is scheduled for the City Hall.
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Riddle
Keystone
Emmert
Clark
Ladies Aid
City Hall
Beulah Thompson
Ray Green
Potatoes and Philosophy on Embracing Life’s Bounty
A 1922 reflection urges enjoying life’s good things instead of clinging to weeds of misery. The author jokes about digging up garden potatoes, noting effort reaps rewards and nature dictates happiness, arguing to seize the moment rather than wait for an ideal time.
Holy City In Early Days Describes Jerusalem’s Hills
Ancient Jerusalem stood on four hills with valleys filled by debris. Mount Zion in the southwest once the city of David now marked by German ecclesiastical towers funded by the Kaiser. Mount Moriah lies to the east site of Solomon’s temple. Be retha and Akra form the northern and northwest quarters of the modern city.
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Holy City
Jerusalem
Mount Zion
City of David
Mount Moriah
Solomon's Temple
Mount Beretha
Mount Akra
An Old Timer Defends Oral Skill in Public Speaking
A Birmingham Age-Herald humor piece describes a senator who, amid a faulty sound amplifier, defends rugged old time oratory. He proclaims he honed lung power before learning to think, contrasting with modern weaklings.
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Birmingham Age-Herald
Polar Bear’s Arctic Dance Turns Hunters’ Profit
Nome advices describe an unusually abundant Arctic year with large Behring Sea ice floes driving polar bears southward. Natives report high polar bear kills in the last two decades as winters grow harsher and ice packs extend toward Kutsebue sound.
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Nome
Alaska
Arctic
Behring Sea
Kutsebue Sound
French scientist preserves fruit for a year by jar sealing
A French scientist demonstrates that washing delicate fruit and sealing it in jars with sterile water hermetically can keep produce fresh for twelve months. The method emphasizes cleanliness and airtight containment to prevent spoilage.
Beaten Road As Metaphor For Sincerity And Truth
A concise aphorism compares sincerity to a beaten road, claiming it guides a man more surely to his journey’s end than by-ways where one may get lost. The quote presents a moral contrast between straightforward paths and wandering detours.
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Tillotson
Quotations on Life and Society From A Quip Almanac
A collection of wry maxims and observations on love work and society. The text carves satire from daily life noting vanity, economy, gossip, love and marriage with brisk proverbs and light humor. It plays on gender roles and social norms with playful aphorisms.
Brief wordplay and proverbs on color and commerce
A playful collection of quips about hair color hints, jam origins, and marital costs. It presents light observations on social quirks and consumer habits with a wink to language and brevity.
Moon Wash Request From Little Girl
Margaret, a child of a little over two years, watches the moon on a clear fall evening. A light transparent cloud crosses the moon making it look streaky and she exclaims, Moon dirty mudder wash moon.
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Margaret
Animals Hoard Winter Stocks Insects Bees Ants And Earthworms
Earthworms drag leaves into burrows to stockpile food for winter. Bees ants and other insects store seeds and develop molds for sustenance. The piece surveys natural winter storage strategies and compares animal behavior to human methods.
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Solomon
Storing Food Found Across Diverse Animal Life
The text notes storage habits in ants termites beetles and mites among invertebrates and in birds and mammals. It details hamster burrows with grain and hay stores and alpine snow mice gathering chopped grass and gentian roots, illustrating thrifty storage across many species.
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Alps
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