Birthday Party for Lyons Man Ben Griswold
Lyons resident Ben Griswold celebrated his 52nd birthday with a Sunday gathering of relatives including Wray Gleason family Thomson and Clarence Massinger family Lyons. Attendance included Sack family at Point Rock Park Mt Carroll. Community notes mention city water at a lumber shed, local visits, Masonic banquet in Savanna, and Methodist picnic planning and organizational actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Griswold
Lyons
Wray Gleason
Thomson
Clarence Massinger
Ed Griswold
Fulton
Dr. Griswold
Sack
Point Rock Park
Mt. Carroll
Ed Sack
Methodist’Sunday School
Distret Supt
Carpenter
C. H. Jenkins
Clark Williams
Imported from Europe Violin Cases and Bows Sale
Imported from Europe violin cases and bows in full three quarter and half sizes with trimmings. Also violin viola cello bass mandolin guitar banjo and ukulele strings available.
Unknown fragments hint at Clinton area transit and services
Fragmentary OCR lists names like Carroll Thomson Clinton and places such as Hotel Clinton and Clinton Hotel. Mentions bus stops, express and parcel service, and passenger attention, indicating a local transit or service notice from a Clinton area newspaper page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt Carroll
Ghen View
Motet Satayna Hadhe
Hhanson—Rewall
Lewis Pulte
Jobsetes
Cluitat
Babivette
Clinton
Turner
Ay Dore
Pacht Express and Parcel Service
Christian Church Services Notice
Sunday school at 10:00 a m preaching at 11:00 a m and evening service at 8:00 p m Wednesday prayer meeting at 8:00 p m. Pastor PB Scharch. South Bound No 47-405A M 52-4.36 P.M.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Church
Scharch
Epworth Beach Service at Clark Williams Pastor
A local notice announces Epworth Beach service led by pastor Clark Williams. The event details indicate a Sunday gathering at 7 p.m. with community attendance encouraged.
Lodge No. 550 Meeting Schedule Inconsistencies
A. FL and A.M. lodge No. 550 meets on the first and third Tuesday evenings monthly in their hall. The dates listed include March Sept 25 and Sept 26 with unclear times. Officers KR L Fuller W.M. and RI Houghton Sec. appear, with timing ambiguous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fhomeon Lodge No. 550
L.fuller
W.M. RI Houghton
See
Half Hearted Interest In Farm Ownership
A fragmentary note hints at a restrained interest in a farm and implied consequences. The cryptic lines mention loss, an implied grant or action, and potential impact if the person named Edbert takes an interest. Read as a brief historical diary snippet of unsettled property concerns.
Floating Log Raft City of Simeon Sound
Pathfinder Magazine details a remote coastal settlement at Simeon Sound British Columbia where loggers live on cedar raft houses chained to shore. The floating city grows with seasonal logging and even hosts a post office and steamship calls as houses move to new sites with weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simeon Sound
Brish Columbia
Dulding
Plate
Ca Noes
Pathfinder Magazine
Puritan and Pilgrim Too Often Confused
A Philadelphia Public Ledger letter corrects a March 7 item mis identifying Pilgrims and Puritans. It notes Puritans founded Plymouth in 1620 and later banished dissenters, while Pilgrims allowed broader early voting. the distinction held lasting New England significance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Ledger
Clicodore Roosevelt
Henry Cabot Lodge
Jane H. Farnham
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Roger Williams
Anne Hutchinson
New England
Freaks of Lightning and Repeated Strikes in England
A discussion debunks the saying that lightning strikes twice. In Brentwood and Sussex a few days apart horses and a steeplejack suffered strikes. A Neuse in Sussex had lightning strike him thrice, traced to ironstone subsoil beneath the building conducting electricity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meyer
Brentwood
Esse
England
W. Larkins
Neuse
Sussex
Woalth
Names of Oaks in Scientific Form
Latin remains the naming language for trees. The oak genus is Quercus with白 alba for the white oak and rubra for the red oak, reflecting bark color and distinctive traits as noted by Joseph S. Flick in Tree Habits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph S. Flick
Twins Denied by Pinch Test of Famed Pianist Henry Wood
Sir Henry Wood relates a charming tale of baby twins so alike their mother cannot tell them apart. The father, a piano enthusiast, claims a simple method identifies them by a pinch. He explains one twin named Wil Nam cries on the high note while the other, James, is a bit lower in pitch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Wood
Wil- Nam
James
San Francisco
Advances in Rust Prevention Mention Chromium Methods
The Iron Age discusses progress toward rust control with direct and indirect chromium supply as two key steps. Patent constraints on rustless iron processes are delaying commercialization and broader development of these corrosion resistant methods.
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Harry McGinty
Barbara Frietchie
Leslie Fuller
Alpha, Ill
Blaine Peck
Storm Haven
Glenn Ellyn, Il
Jenks Melendy
Ed Porter
QO. F. Mudd
Savanna
Ingwersen’s
Albany
Zion
Cedar Creek
Argo
Waverly
Til
Irve Martindale
Irve
Europe
Hans Thomsen
Maple Ave
Ayt
Sato
SUAVE
RUS
Hiewn
Carroll Vansa
Pelton Clenton
Paul Adauis
Sagatina
Salas
Carell
Savane
Thomson - Sau
Clinton Fle
Fteseon
Sa& How
MC Carroll
Vlens
Mickie
Thenwon Sanday Scheel
Epworth
Epworth Beach
Clark Willams
Les
A. Leath & CO
First National Bank of
Clinton County
Mr. Farmer
D. E. Hollinshead Thomson
Illinois
Haines Bros
Ebow
Zimmerman
Straube
Weber
Gehard
Manogain
Steger & Co
Artemus
Hoffman
Fifth Avenue
Iowa
Ivory
Bunny Brown
W. A
O.st
Jedemann
Lyons, Iowa
F.e. B
Toledo
Lewis Motor CO
Clinton National Bank
E. A. Young
C. H. Young
Albbert B. Rathbun
A.f.johnson
Clinton Savings Bank
Sixth Avenue and
Second St
Savings Bank of
Kewanee, Illinois
Savanna Bally
Elect Stalin
W. E. LaShelle
Exide
Michelin
Stuedemann
Howes
M. G. Rogers
J. R. Bather Co
5Th Ave
Clinton, Ia
Bell Phone
Tri-City
Real Estate
Iesurance
Paint and Paper
Fulton III
F. A. Wythe
Prop
F. Roe Cramer
Kodak and Gift Shop
Kodak
Sixth Avenue
Reimer’s
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