South Platte Conference Meeting Program in St Pauls Church
The schedule for the South Platte Conference at St Pauls Church June 12 to 15 includes opening services Pres Moehing Otoe City Friday business sessions papers by Rev Rhode Cedar Creek and by Prof Wellhausen Lincoln Exegesis on Dan 9 24 29 and a mission supt Wiencke Grand Island plus a question box and Sunday services in German and English led by Synodical President Loede Rev Kuehne Rev Ritzen Rev Nolte. Space invites attendees to participate.
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South Platte
St. Paul’s Church
Otoe City
Rhode
Cedar Creek
Didlankies
Syracuse
Nebr
Wellhausen
Lincoln
Mission Supt
Wiencke Grand Island
Loede
Federated Community Church Members Election and Reports
Sunday night service features Children's Day Exercises with the theme Nature's Glory. Public worship at 11 with a sermon on Putting the Joy into Life. After service, members will elect the Board of Control and hear the treasurer's annual report.
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Federated Church
Board of Control
Diller Businessmen Rally for Chautauqua Support
Keystone Kensington class holds June meeting at Mrs. J. W. Fouts home on June 18 at 2 30. Mrs. Jack Burton of Beatrice author of Mothers Poems for Mothers Day will present readings and is a Nebraska poets association member. Ladies are urged to attend.
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Diller
Keystone Kensington
J. W. Fouts
Jack Burton
Beatrice
Nebraska Poets Association
Keystone Classics
Cheese through the ages and church influence in history
A survey traces cheese from ancient Greece and Rome to medieval Europe and monasteries, noting spread of cheese knowledge, markets, and early commerce. It critiques church impact on youth and concludes with a quip about a motor car accident involving Dick.
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Greece
Europe
Germany
England
Switzerland
Dub
French Beauty Doctor Unpins Beard Forever
A Paris inventor offers a facial light treatment that suppresses beard growth after three sessions and leaves an appealing complexion. The procedure uses exposure to light rays, not electricity, and requires no further products. He reports booming sales and plans to expand to the United States.
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Paris
United States
Stull and Bina Tie The Knot In Owingsville Romance
Fifty year old romance ends in marriage at Owingsville Kentucky as James F. Stull aged eighty eight weds Mrs Georgianna Bina seventy five. Stull traveled from Paola Kansas to wed the widow whom he courted in youth and who said her cooking won him back.
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Owingsville
James F. Stull
Georgianna Bina
Stull
Paola
Kan
Rs. Swartz
Paratrooper Reaches Record Height 21 500 Feet
Corporal C Eugene Conrad of Kelly Field jumped from a De Haviland plane at 21 500 feet above San Antonio Texas. He did not lose consciousness during the 1 100 foot drop before the chute opened and landed safely in a muddy alley. Pilot Lieut Leland Andrews notes the flight set a height record for a regulation army plane. Oxygen was not used. cold was the main discomfort.
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San Antonio
Tex
C. Eugene Conrad
Kellyfield
de Haviland
Conrad
Leland Andrews
Kelly Field
Andrews
Woman Tours Continent on Horse in Six Years
Spokane resident Miss Helen Thinglestad of Ione completed a solo horseback circumnavigation of the continent in six to seven years. She funded travel by working along the way, camped near farms for food for her horse, crossed deserts at night, and endured snow and rain while crossing the continental divide six times.
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Continent
Spokane
Wash
Helen
Thinglestad
Ione
Pacific
Los Angeles
New Orleans
Virginia
Kansas
Colorado
Wyoming
Noted Pirate Henry Morgan Rising in West Indies Raids
Detroit News recounts Henry Morgan, kidnapped in Bristol as a youth, becoming a Jamaica buccaneer captain. He aided Mansfield, then led buccaneers, gathering 9 or 10 ships and about 400 men in 1568 to attack Puerto Bello, earning fear from Spaniards.
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Henry Morgan
Bristol
Barbados
Jamaica
Mansfield
Morgan
Puerto Bello
Sir Francis Drake
Detroit News
Ex-Barber Heir to 75 Million Estate Unearthed
George Dennis of Harrison New York a former barber painter and handyman is revealed as the sole survivor heir to a 75 million dollar estate tied to the Duc de Longville. The tale follows a 18th century kidnapping of the duke son by Dennis a British ship sailor later disclosed on his deathbed leading to modern proofs of inheritance. Bertrand son of a French barrister helped expose the claim after World War I when Dennis shared the saga with him.
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Greenwich
Conn
George Dennis
Harrison
N. Y
France
Duc de Longville
America
Dennis
Rouses Point
Lake Champlain
Harrison Barber
Bertrand
Lighted Broadway Signs Use 36 000 Lamps
Five electric signs on Broadway New York use about 36 000 incandescent lamps. The largest chewing gum sign uses 19 000 lamps. The signs draw 890 kilowatts, about one quarter of 1881 U S lamp power, yet twice the light as then.
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Broadway
New York
United States
Edison
Things You Can't Buy Measure Your True Wealth
A reflection on money and its limits urging readers to check that they still value what money cannot purchase. It contrasts material wealth with enduring personal qualities and life assets.
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Kuehne
Ritzen
Falls City
Nolte
Westbow
THE
Federated Community Church
W. F. Clark
E. E. Pengelly
Priveleges
Ies
Tury
Rairoads
Texas
West Indies
M. J. Powell
Fanbury
Nebraska
Jefferson Go
Bavi
First National Bank
Fairbury
Seu Oler
Optician
Waggoner Bros
Guneral
O.C. Diehl
Frank T. Pearce
Diller, Nebraska
Record Office
Glacier Park
Rockies
Glacier
Burlington
Scenic
Denver
Colorado Springs
Yellowstone Geyserland
Cody
Senate
Park Line
W. I. Filley
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