Perfume Their Dead and Trous Strait Funeral Customs
Natives of Torres Strait islands near Queensland observe distinctive funeral rites. They anoint the coffin with perfume, seal the bottles on the waves shore, and conduct a three day wake with dancing and singing. Relatives shake yams and tiles to make room for the departed, while blind readers use tactile numbers marked on a chest to aid memory. The text also describes a mortise joint invention with raised brass heads for touch reading.
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Torres Strait
Islaitts
Queensland
Dom Noes
Toinduwes
The Y M C A Work In Europe praised by Perkins
George W. Perkins of New York, chairman of the War Work Council finance committee, returns from Europe after four months studying Y M C A activities. He finds the organization shaping Army policy on entertainment and education, with the Army closely allied to Y M C A in athletics and morale programs, and predicts continued support in peacetime.
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George W. Perkins
New York
War Work Council
Europe
Perkins
Germany
France
Gener
Nish
Army
War Department
Y. MC. A
Y. M. GC
M.C. A
M. GC
Y. M
Aekd
Onal
Monroes dress making class and community notices
Miss Caton and Miss Huckinta held a dress making school at the vestry in North Monroe. Several local events follow including a Grange night, Odd Fellows memorial service on June 8, and a tablet unveiling for Rev. E C Langford. Numerous residents and visiting relatives are listed with brief movements and visits around town.
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Caton
Dunham
Huckinta
Woodsville
North Monroe
Dlora
Grange
Adolphus Linfield
Lilton
D. ©. Burns
North Hayterhill
E. C. Langford
Clara Aiken
Freeman Johnson
Mary M. Bugh
Moretown
Charles Hosford
W. Ross Wilson
Lloyd Murray
Chicopee Falls
Maas
Thomas Murray
James Hadlock
Porter
Fred Gibson
John Colby
Larkin Hosford
C. H. Hosford
Lois Beattie
Unity
Ruby Beattie
Waltham
Mass
Roy Gilbert
Ella Amy
Lyman
George Bort
Misa Belle Hinman
St. Johnsbury
Henry Hinman
Lee Little
Geneva
Til
Frances Hall
Harriet Cross
Brookline
Edward Laiselle
Montpelier
P. E. Blanchard
Local notes from Orleans area and Willoughby Lake visits
Orleans residents share Sunday visits with friends and relatives at Willoughby Lake cottages. Dr. Allen performed an operation at Orleans hospital. A funeral was held for Miss Wright of Maple Street, with burial in Coventry. Mrs. Hendrick Twombly moved to St Johnsbury for care at Mrs Harveys sanitarium on Pearl Street. About 50 people dined at the Valley House.
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Marion Newland
Newport
H. 8. Webster
Willoughby Lake Cottage
Dr. Allen
Orleans Hospital
Charles Atkins
Lothrope
Mr. Sheldon
Miss Avery
Willoughby Lake
Valley House
Charles Stevens
Dr. Chesley
Doris
Virginia
St. Johnsbury
Mrs
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Wisely
Standard Oil, Company OF
Firestone Plan
Firestone Tires
Aix-Le-Bains
Aix
Eberit
Paris
Swift & Company
Eastern Avenue
C. W. Steele
Monroe
Orleans
Malden
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