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Newspaper
The Dispatch News
Location
Lexington, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1921
Page
5
A fragment from a 1921 church notice lists Rev Arthur B Obenschain and Rev O B Shearouse preaching at multiple times on August 28 and a schedule of services across several congregations including Providence Lexington Red Bank Horeb and others with Sundays, devotionals and Sunday school notes.
Daniel Boone, son of Quaker parents in Pennsylvania, left Quaker beliefs to become a famed Indian fighter and frontier scout. He founded Boonesborough in 1775, endured captivity by Shawnees, escaped, and later migrated to Missouri where he died in 1820 at eighty six. Kentucky later honored him by reinterring his remains in the state capital.
Prof A C Hottes of Ohio State University recounts a myth about how the iris gained its rainbow colors during a Columbus Iris Society display. He describes angels on a rainbow, the rainbow breaking into pieces, and the Iris receiving those fragments to explain its delicate hues. The tale was shared at a joint American Iris Society Columbus gathering.
The National Education Association urged paying teachers by preparation and efficiency, not by grade. The idea, seen as revolutionary by many, argues primary and high school teachers with equal training deserve equal pay. The shift emphasizes strong instruction in early grades to curb ignorance.
The dairy division of the USDA estimates Americans average 44 gallons of milk per person annually, excluding ice cream cheese and butter. The rise since 1890 is about twice, with current consumption about a pint daily. The article notes regional contrasts and advances in distribution and dairy industry growth.
Yale forestry professor Whitford says tropical vegetation stores solar energy as cellulose and could yield economical alcohol. He notes nipa plant output in the Philippines nears 3 million gallons annually, with a distillery producing 93 percent alcohol at about 20 cents per gallon and potential 15 cents per gallon at full capacity.
The piece argues that South Carolina faces unprecedented crime and urges the state to resist sentimentality and respond with force. It calls for the state to assert its majesty and authority, pursue lawbreakers, and demonstrate that vengeance belongs to the law, not vigilante action.
Charleston News and Courier quotes a statement asserting a method to curb lawlessness, implying firm, decisive action as the path to restoring order and public safety.
Lake City August 17 a safe containing Liberty bonds valued about thirty thousand dollars and similar mortgaged securities was stolen from S W Young eight miles west of town between Sunday and Monday night. Tracks in the yard show the safe was hauled away by wagon. Young alerted on return Tuesday and is seeking to catch the robbers.
A child and parent banter about fear of cows horses dogs and wasps ending with Evelyn asking if the only thing not to fear is mamma. Included note on shark skins tanning for shoe leather and dried cotton plant seeds used as fertilizer and cattle food.
Dr Hess Poultry Panacea claims to keep poultry healthy and prevent sore eggs. It promises to relieve diseased fowls and produce a strong vigorous flock, urging use during moulting season. Packages 30 cup. Hess Instant Louse Killer targets lice fleas ticks and certain bugs on vines and bushes.
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