Church Activities at Federated Community Church
Rev W F Clark leads The Ladies and W F M Society meetings this week. Epworth League hosted a supper last week with strong youth participation. Mothers Day programs drew good attendance. music featured. Dr J Gets to lead last quarterly conference next morning. no Sunday evening services due to Baccalaureate at the opera house.
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W. F. Clark
W. F. M. Society
Epworth Lecce
Mothers Day
Porte di Pop
Opera House
Methodist Church Announcement and Schedule
Reverend W S McCallister invites Sunday school at 10:00 a m Preaching at 11:00 a m and 8:00 p m Epworth League at 7:15 p m Attendance may drop. next Sunday features Paul lesson memory work and sermons Philip's Message to His Day and to Ours Evening union service at the opera house with a sermon for the graduating high school class
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W. S. McCallister
Epworth
Paul
Philip
Opera House
Senior class play and baccalaureate mark end of school year
The May calendar lists events from the school including a senior class play on May 15 and a baccalaureate on May 21 followed by commencement. Visitors Leonard Wiemers Raleigh Ruth Stahl and others observed lessons on dandelions letter writing and farm topics. The seventh and eighth grades completed history work and research projects while class colors and motto were chosen.
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Leonard Wiemers
Raleighe
Ruth Stahl
Benween
Elizabeth Green
United States Department of Agriculture
C. H. Cully
Frank Johnson
Eloise Diller
Viviance
Mr. Johnson
Japan
India
Pen
Edwin Weertz
Pennsylvania Man Is 107 and Going Strong
Jacob Cable of Butler Pennsylvania, born in 1817 in Whitestown Butler county, completed 107 years on his last birthday. He joined the Civil War draft in Pittsburgh but was rejected for height. A fiddler for over 50 years, he played at country dances and recently entertained at a party in his honor. His father John Cable died at age 104.
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Jacob Cable
Butler,Pa
Whitestown
Butler County
Pittsburgh
Cable
John Cable
Why Rooster Didn't Come
Martin Simonds of Rodman New York found his favorite rooster frozen in a rain barrel. He discovered the bird perched on the rim with tall feathers frozen into the ice and had to chop away five inches of ice to free it.
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Martin Simonds
Rodman
N. Y
Simonds
Why Felines Purr In Cat Behavior Study
The purring sound of cats results from vocal cords vibrating in coordination with breathing. This vibration often signals contentment and can be detected as a characteristic cat trait, though it may occur beyond the domestic species.
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Cata
Cold Humboldt Current Alters Peru Coast Life and Guano Trade
A National Geographic bulletin notes the Humboldt current changes bring unusual rains or droughts along Peru’s coast. Birds and fish die-offs are reported while regions revive rains. guano deposits, a key nitrogen fertilizer, stem from sea birds and fish-eating birds feeding on anchoetas schooling offshore. Three species dominate the guano trade: guanay cormorant, pelican, and white-headed gannet.
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Washington
Humboldt
Peru
National Geographic Society
Society
R. E. Coker
Antarctic
Equator
Peruvian Islands
Six Million Swedes At Home and Abroad
A royal bureau report places Sweden’s population at just over six million with global Swedish nationality near nine million. About 780,000 native Swedes live abroad, including 625,000 in the United States and 36,000 in Denmark, plus 350,000 Swedes in Finland. In 1920 the US Swedish stock reached 1,457,382 including immigrants and children.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Royal Bureau of Statistics
United States
Denmark
Finland
Pet
Why Ships Carry Cats In derelict ships cats save vessels from condemnation
A ship found under certain circumstances without a living creature aboard is derelict and property rights in her are forfeited. It has happened when a ship is abandoned that a live cat aboard has saved the vessel from condemnation.
Man Supposed Dead Fifty Years Is Alive
The New York Cotton Exchange announced its last surviving charter member was William L. Black of Del Rio Texas who had been listed as dead for half a century. At 82 he learned of the death notice and wrote to president E. E. Bartlett Jr claiming to be the sole living organizer from 1870.
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New York
New York Cotton Exchange
Willam L. Black
del Rio
Texas
California Mines Gold Heist Leads to New Safeguards
Gov. Friend W. Richardson announced a high grading bill after reporting thefts of more than $500,000 in gold from California mines during the last year. The measure tightens ore safeguards and creates direct laws to prosecute mine thieves.
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Sacramento
Cal
California
Friend W. Richardson
Colorado
Bequests Of Henry Voeckell Include 200000 To Friend
The Los Angeles probate filing shows Henry G. Voeckell leaving his wife Frieda five dollars and more than 200000 to James A. Watt described as a friend. One third of the 350000 estate goes to his son. Voeckell was found beaten to death in his drug store.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Frieda
James A. Watt
Henry G. Voeckell
Voeckell
Harvesting the Wool Crop Changes Mentioned
The article notes a shift in wool harvesting from traditional washing in streams to modern scouring methods. It highlights reduced precautions at shearing and claims improved wool quality and income potential, urging sheep owners to plan for the coming wool crop.
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SHE Federated Community Church
Methodist
School Calender
Donald Colman
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Asia
Pennsylvania
Rooster
Ford
Sss
Fairbury
Nebraska
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