Church Items Ensure Next Sunday's Schedule and Council
The schedule lists Sunday school at 9 30 with German and English departments, Divine Worship at 10 30, and choir practice at 7 30. Newly elected church council members are Wm H Plager Ben Behrends Dick Fanders Martin Fanders Gerd Henrichs and H Wechsels. Ladies Aid and Missionary Society held annual meeting electing officers Mrs Diekman president Mrs Frerichs vice president Mrs Hullman secretary Miss Emma Glathar treasurer. Two new members were received and choir welcomed five new members bringing the total to 19.
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Church Council
Wm. H. Plager
Ben Behrends
Dick Fanders
Martin Fanders
Gerd Henrichs
H. Wechsels
Ladies’ Aid and Missionary Society
Diekman
Pres
Frerichs
V. Pres
Hullman
See
Mias Emma Glathar
Treas
Jacob Lottman
Diekhoff
Methodist Church Weekend Schedule and Easter Cantata
The Methodist church outlines Sunday activities including Sunday school at 10 a m Morning Worship at 11 a m Epworth League at 6 30 and Evening Worship at 7 30 Attendance was below normal due to local sickness. A cantata for Easter is planned with town churches joining in practice sessions and quilt making for Omaha hospital and Blair Neb old folks home.
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Epworth
Methodist
Omaha
Blair
Nebr
Presbyterian Pastor Gets Call At Auburn Church
The King family reports that Mr. King accepted Auburn Presbyterian Church’s unanimous call to serve as pastor. Auburn with 2700 residents is near Springfield Illinois and Mr. King plans a move soon to lead a 165-member congregation. He visited his brother Rev L B King in Kansas City during the trip.
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King
Auburn
Ill
Presbyterian Church
Marist
Mr. King
Rev. L. BK. King
Kansas City
Mexico
Livestock Anecdotes Cast Doubt on Bloodlines
The Bugton Transcript quips that driving into a pig yields a blooded Birkshire, and each chicken slaughtered is a pedigreed bird worth 40 or 60 dollars. It notes a cor head fox terrier and claims crossbreeding cattle with automobiles changes livestock breeds.
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Guernsey
Bugton Transcript
New Klu-Kioux Klan Seeks Omaha Location
A newly organized Klu-Kioux Klan plans to establish in Omaha to promote 100 percent Americanization among Americans.
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Klu-Kioux Klan
Omaha
Astronomical Scale and Distant Stars Explained
Mitchell of Virginia notes the Alpha Orion volume equals 200 million suns. Sliper of Lowell Observatory reports Dreyer 584 in Cetus racing through space at 1200 miles per second. For contrast a rifle bullet is about half a mile per second and light travels 186000 miles each second. Some stars’ light has taken 20 million years to reach Earth.
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Mitchell
Virginia
Alpha Orion
Lowell Observatory
Flagstaff
Dreyer
Cetus
High Speed Freight Engines Delivered for Fast Service
Sixteen Mikado-type 2 8 2 locomotives built for fast freight duty arrived for the Chicago Burlington and Quincy Railway from Baldwin Locomotive Works. Each engine weighs over 240 tons and stretches 78 feet 4 inches, designed to move livestock fruit and perishable freight rapidly at a cost of 68 750 dollars per unit versus prewar prices around 20 000 dollars.
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C. 3B. &Q. R. KR. Bythe Baldwin Locomotive Works
Philadelphia
Gossip Echoes at Toad Mountain Aid Society Meeting
At a Monday aid society gathering Mrs. Peabody relayed a chain of whispered chatter linking Mrs. Bradley to Mrs. Wilbur's husband and Len Woodward to Joe Hume's sister. The tale echoes through McNutt's store and the post office with mentions of local figures Casewell Norton Winslow and Link Ober as the rumor mill runs.
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Aid Society
Mrs. Peabody
Mrs. Bradley
Mrs. Wilbur
Len Woodward
Joe Hume
Mrs. McInnis
Knothole in Leg Blamed for Attack Rumor
Neighbor talk from Frazee Minnesota jokes that Abner Faston’s locomotor ataxia stemmed from a metafictional knothole in his wooden leg. Floss Cunningham warned to chase rumors and watch for splinters. The piece ends with a Lincoln parable urging energy for opportunity.
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Abner Faston
Floss
Cunningham
Women and Hell A Moral Ledger From Ed Howe
A satirical lament on gender double standards claiming men can repent after hell while women face unforgiving judgement. It notes many mean men are tracked by society, whereas foolish women are vigilantly judged, reflecting 19th century gender attitudes.
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Ed. Howe
Farmer voices balanced view on city and farm life
A retired farmer defends farm blessings and argues city life is not all peaches and cream. He rejects claims that God drained the countryside of happiness and insists blessings remain shared between rural and urban life.
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J. Monroe Davis
First National Bank
Fairbury, Neb
Frank T. Pearce
Diller
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Chet McCurdy
Endicott
H. R. Royle
Beatrice
Bert S.etchison
J. S. Taylor, M. D
Globe Pharmacy
Fairbury, Nebr
M. J. Powell
Fairbury
O.C. Diehl
S. B. Viers
Diller, Nebr
Diller Veterinary Hospital
Waggoner Bros
ST. Paul’s Lutheran
E. Society
Toad Mountain
Linccoln
SOIA
Universal Car
Ford
Detroit
Mich
C. G. Catlin Co
Ford Sales and Service
Henry
Alee
Ae Leaep
Lheerr & Myens Tonacco Co
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