Lightning set fire to a straw stack at Shea
Reports say lightning caused a straw stack fire at Shea for Chance Roulst on Monday. The Epworth League hosted a social at Rock Creek church Friday evening, and attendees had a good time. Relatives from Humboldt visit Don Gridley and Arlen Sollenberger this week. The Equity shipped a car of white corn last week. C. W. Lambert of Endicott was a business caller at Shea Monday. The heavy rain on Monday delayed corn planting by a few days.
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Chance Roulst
Equity
Humboldt
Don Gridley
Arlen Sollenberger
Epworth League
Rock Creek
C. W. Lambert
Endicott
Shea
St Pauls Lutheran Church Service and Activities
Church items note Divine Worship in German at 10 30 a m and English service at 9 30 a m Ladies Aid and Missionary society meet at 2 30 p m Choir practice Thursday evening at 8 p m
Zion Lutheran Pentecost Services Ahead at Zion
Zion Lutheran invites all to Sunday school at 9 30 and preaching at 10 30 with special music. Otto Bergfelder is the pastor. All are cordially invited to attend.
Methodist Church Sunday Schedule
Regular services will be held at the Methodist church next Sunday morning with Sunday school at ten and preaching at eleven. There will be no church service in the evening due to the baccalade service at the opera house.
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Methodist Church
Opera House
Mother's Day at Federated Church Highlights Vision and Giving
Sunday school and Christian Endeavor noted no services due to a baccalaureate at the opera house. Mothers were celebrated with a joyful program and a $20.30 free will offering for China relief. Rev. Noyce of Crete Nebr offered an inspiring message about living a clean life that honors motherhood. The evening discussed visions for youth and the dreams of elders, praising the spirit of young men who see and build.
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Opera House
China
Noyce
Crete
Nebr
School Days and Rubber Research Across the Nation
Sen. Robert Diller leads Christian Endeavor activities this week as youths present a Bible drill. The article also notes a California University survey finding over twenty U S rubber bush varieties with several surpassing Guayule, and mentions Jacques Cartier's 1534 voyage naming St Lawrence Gulf after the saint's day.
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Robert Diller
Leigh
United States
Mexico
University of California
Gars Motor
Saint’s Day
Jacques Cartier
France
North America
Newfoundland
Cartier
St. Lawrence
Gulf St. Lawrence
Great Chinese Engineer Ta Yu Tames River Legacy
The article recounts Ta Yu, famed for river control on the Hoang and his method of channel adjustment to balance flood and drought. It cites his nine auxiliary channels on the northern China plain and his enduring impact echoed by modern river engineers.
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Hoang
China
Confucius
Ta-yu
Mississippi River Commission
Jacques W. Redway
Formation of the Grand Army of the Republic in 1866
The first Grand Army of the Republic post was organized in Decatur in 1866 to preserve fraternal ties, bolster loyal sentiment, and aid veterans' families. Eligibility includes U S soldiers sailors or marines who served between April 12 1861 and April 9 1865 and were honorably discharged, plus state regiment members and officers under U S orders.
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Grand Army
Grand Army of the Republic
Decatur
United States
Why Living Cost Increase Cited in Philippines
A native complains that higher living costs stem from tribesmen who once wore breech cloth now required to wear trousers by order of Uncle Sam.
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Philippines
Oder
Uncle Sam
Prison Baseball Teams and Sing Sing’s Mutual Welfare League
Prison baseball teams sustain health and morale, with Sing Sing’s Mutual Welfare League leading, winning over 95 percent of games last season against visiting squads from New Jersey and Connecticut. The teams play on prison grounds with graded fields and bleachers, and games are held on Saturday and Sunday afternoons. Visiting teams come from nearby states as the sport develops talent through prison programs.
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Sing Sing
Mutual Welfare League
New Jersey
Connecticut
Eastern
Philadelphia
Boy Who Vanished Returns Home From War
Allentown residents are startled as Peter Smith, believed dead for years, reappears at his brother Theodore Smith's home. He says he wandered west most of the time, served in France early in the war, and fought through the entire conflict. His homecoming included a large chicken dinner with relatives.
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Allentown
Peter Smith
Theodore Smith
France
Smith
Norwegian Shipping Reports 350 Ships Laying Up
The Norwegian Shipping association says 350 ships totaling 850000 tons are laid up in home and foreign harbors amid current conditions.
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Idie
Christienia
Norwegian Shipping Association
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ST. Paul’s Lutheran
Otto Bergfelder
Methodist
THE
Federated Community Church
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J. S. Taylor
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Over Globe Pharmacy
Fairbury, Nebr
Jefferson Co
First National Bank
Fairbery
Nel
Colman
C. L. Tiistman
Mgr
Diller
Nebraska
M. J. Powell
Fairbury
O.C. Dieh
S. B. Viers
Diller, Nebr
Diller Veterinary Hospital
Seweler
Set
Waggoner Bros
Jack
Ero
Cook
Corrie
Licorrr
Mruns
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