M. W. A. Meets Twice Monthly and Local Health Notes
The M W A holds meetings on the second and fourth Thursdays. Herman Rippe near Diller underwent surgery at a Beatrice hospital on Saturday. C Burkett of Odell is reported critically ill, now improving. E L Look returned from Peoria Illinois after visiting a ill sister. A church bulletin board at Saint Andrews United Brethren Des Moines prompts parishioners about a funeral hearse.
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C. Burkett
Odell
Saint Andrews United Brethern Church
Des Moines
Tax delinquents face sheriff action February first
All delinquent personal taxes not paid to the county treasurer this month will be passed to the sheriff on February 1st with added costs. You are subject to arrest for driving an automobile on an old license after February first. 21 EL L. Jenkins, Co. Treas.
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EL L. Jenkins, Co. Treas
Iowa Farmers Slogan Breeders Gazette
A reader in Iowa proposes a slogan for farmers nationwide to cut waste and increase effort. The quote urges action with phrases like wake up get up settle in clean up paint up and shut up highlighting self reliance and diligence in agricultural work.
Lincoln Journal offers bargain for daily and Sunday editions
Save 50c by ordering the Daily and Sunday Lincoln Journal before January 31. Present offer: $3 a year for the Daily, $2 a year for Sunday, or $4 a year for both. After February 1 the Sunday price rises 50c. Order today to secure the latest town and rural routes news.
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Lincoln Journal
Sunday Journal
Minnesota Lad Laid Hie Plans Garden To Win Title
Garden plans formed during Christmas vacation by Willard Weeke of Winona Minnesota led to a club buy of net profit over $100 and the state garden club championship for last year. He mapped his plot early, prepared ground in spring, and by 21 days after planting produced first harvest. Weeke supplied his family and built an extensive neighbor market while canning tomatoes beets corn pickles and preserves. Total value of vegetables used canned stored and sold reached $135 with $21.50 cost.
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Minnesota
Willard Weeke
Winons Minn
Seaso Hig
Mayborn in Omaha for party cattle events at Washington and Ellis
Mayborn traveled to Omaha Tuesday after cattle parties at Washington Kansas and Ellis. The M W A plans to initiate a class of candidates next Thursday night January 31 with Neighbor Kester and others from Lincoln and Beat Rice assisting the degree team in the ceremony.
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A. Mayborn
Omaha
Washington, Kan
Ellis
Kester
Lincoln
Beatrice
Cow Narrates Hidden Banking Skills
A cow boasts clever math tricks to help a man she belongs to. She claims she can add to his bank account, subtract from his mortgage, multiply his success, divide his worries, increase his work’s interest, and discount his losses.
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Lous
Shea Items and Local Visits Reported in Community Notes
Mr and Mrs Roy McCune and son Roe returned from a week with her sister in Lawrence Nebr J H Logan is slowly improving Mrs C A Riddle spent time with daughter Mrs Sam Friday and family and with Mrs Roe Hudson Glen Riddle visits Fairbury Shaea Equity Exchange shipped one car of cattle and one of hogs to the St Joe market with Vance Carmichael joining J W Gardner auditing books Roy Wagner Ray Wagner and Art Friday visited Fairbury for business.
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Roy. McCune
Aon Roe
Frank Theer
Lawrence
J. H. Logan
C. A. Riddle
Sam
Roe Hudson
Ros Wagner
Glen Riddle
Fairbury
Walt Nutter
Roy Wagner
F. E. Church and
Ray Wagner
E. E. McCune
Diller
Shea Equity Exchange
St. Joe
Vance Carmichael
J.W. Gardner
Art Friday
Beggars and Ex-Servicemen in Postwar Hollywood
A writer notes escaped beggars in Hollywood after the war and mocks able bodied claimants. A woman drops a quarter to a veteran hawker, who jokes about the gift and asks for it to be a larger, more celebratory sum.
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Hollywood
Ta Brondle Takes Day Off for Birthday
Fragmentary dialogue mentions Ta Brondle planning a day off tomorrow for a birthday. The text cites Laudine of a rapid fire restaurant and a head waltrese named ffelofse as part of a misread script.
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Laudine
Rapid Fire
Ffelofse
Waltrese
Fragmentary OCR Improvised Speech Noted at Event
A garbled OCR sample shows incomplete dialogue with phrases like that the and er, making it hard to identify speakers or context. The readable bits hint at an informal party setting and misheard words.
Hawaii to Be Radio Hub for Far East
Arthur A. Isbell of the Radio Corporation of America says Hawaii will be the radio hub of the Far East because of its geographic location. The territory is viewed as the logical base for both military and commercial radi stations.
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Hawaii
Farifi
T Arthur A. Isbell
Radio Corporation of America
Tte Geogran
Navy
de Laval
Obituary of Johanna Margaretha C Meyer nee Adden
Obituary notes the Aug 22 1844 birth in Middelé Ostfriesland Germany and Sept 8 1844 baptism. Immigrated with Johann Janssen Meyer Dec 1882 marriage, 1883 emigration to America, settled in Cham paign County and later Rush County Kansas then Nebraska near Harbine and Diller. Died Jan 8 1924 after years of illness. burial Jan 11 1924 at Prairie Home cemetery from St. Pauls. Survived by husband and two nieces Mrs Henkle and Mrs Emma Robertson. memorial calls her Christian fortitude.
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Johanna Margaretha Catharine Meyer
Adden
Middelé
Ostfriesland
Germany
Johann Geeken Adden
Tiede Margaretha
Johann Janssen Meyer
America
Champaign Co
Rush Co
Kan
Nebraska
Reynolds and
Gilead
Harbine
Diller
St. Paul's
G. F. R.duhrkop
Prairie Home Cemetery
Henkle
Carleton, Nebr
Emma. Robertson
Charles Led in Artcraft and Jacobean Nationalism
Horace B. Cheng notes Charles I inspired art and industry nationalism comparable to Jacobean reform. He asserts Jacobean decoration as distinctly English, shaped by English craftsmen who displaced Elizabethan foreign workers, ushering in a period of refined woodwork, renaissance ornament, and grand hall interiors with tapestries, paneling, and ornate ceilings.
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Korea
Theleadere
Horace B. Cheng
Charles
James I
Christendom
Francia I
Lorenzo the Magnificent
Rubens
van Dyck
Phoenician Stone Hoax Exposed After Reputed 5th Century Tablet
The Phoenician stone, shown as a bilingual Greek Phoenician tablet from the fifth century B.C., was rented from Malta to Raoul Rochette in 1824 and deemed genuine by him. Copies were sent to European scholars, including Gesenius and Hameker, but the artifact was later proven a hoax.
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Malta
Raoul Rochette
Cabinet of Antiquites
Paris
Europe
Rochette
Gesenius
Halle
Hameker
Leyden
Bhedding Light Weighs On Humble Life and Light
Fragmentary reflection on truth humility and obedience to God. The speaker notes that even the humblest life can shed light if lived truly and humanely, and cautions against despising the meager life. The passage ponders moments when a life may reveal insight or sudden illumination.
World War Pension Claims Surge in France
The French pension office reports 2 00,000 claims for pensions or allowances as a result of the war. Of these, 1 712,000 were approved.
New Use for Aluminum in Saxony Opera Scenery
From Chemnitz Saxony comes a report on using aluminum sheets as stage scenery replacing wood frames. The lightweight fire resistant material allows painting on both sides and easy changes while preserving acoustics and cost savings.
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Chemnitz
Saxony
Chemnitz Opera House
Scientific American
New York News Reels From Oddities and Local Quirks
A series of odd events in New York includes a robbery suspect vanishing after removing a glass eye and another after hair by hair from a mustache. The police commissioner seeks a dry town, home brew shops fold, gal ion sales rise with visitors. A famous actress returns a lost purse anonymously, a taxicab and a handsome cab collide, and the horse and driver escape harm.
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New York
Belllevua
Detroit News
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Promises Cure for Deafness
Catarrhal deafness is linked to inflammation of the Eustachian tube’s mucous lining. If untreated, hearing loss may be permanent. Hall's Catarrh Medicine claims to treat catarrh and deafness, with forty years of reported success, advertised by F. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo Ohio.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
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