Local Social Roundup and Wedding in Brighton
August events include Miss Isabelle hosting Haven Girls club with guests Mrs James Pulver and Miss Wilma Helm from Long Beach California. Also a Pleasant Plain Missionary Society all day meeting with Mrs W S Green. A quiet wedding unites Miss Florence Owen of Brighton and Mr Marion S George of Washington at the Presbyterian Church in Brighton with family attendance and a three course dinner.
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Isabelle Bes
Haven Girla Club
James Pulver
Wilma Helm
Long Beach
California
Hazel Little
Wilha Helm
Winters
Cobra
Rosalie
Isabelle
Jaicille Hotle
Pleasant Plaine Missionary Society
W. 8. Green
Florence H. Owen
Brighton
Marion
George
Washington
J. Reade McCrory
John Owen
M. J. Hesseltine
Warren O. Morgan
Oscar George
Washington High School alum and banker departs on winter trip
An article notes a former Washington high school graduate from 1926 who worked at the Farmer's and Merchant State Bank for two years and has served as deputy treasurer at the courthouse for four years. Mr. and Mrs. George left last night on a winter moon trip in their car and will return to 618 South Second Avenue in Washington after August 20.
Notices of school food sale at Keota Washington Gleaners
The Methodist Sunday school classes taught by Clarice Wenzel and Gertrude Beatty plan a food sale at the Washington Gleaners Saturday morning August 14. Proceeds support the church and school activities in Keota and area.
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Clarice Wenzel
Gertrude Beatty
Washington
Hesseltine reunion at Sunset Park Sunday August 15
The Hesseltine reunion will be held at Sunset Park on Sunday August 15. All relatives are urged to be present.
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Sunset Park
Nebraska students freed after humming vacation hoax
Four youths aged 18 to 19 given names Lester Large Francis Grain Floyd Olds and Lee Letterman were pulled from a box car in Des Moines yards by patrolmen claiming to be University of Nebraska students on a humming vacation. They gained liberty when another Nebraska student identified them.
Uncommunicative Florists in Tightwed Community
In a small tightwed community, florists remain silent and unresponsive to most inquiries, leading to a perception of reluctance to speak unless certain phrases are used. The scene suggests underlying tensions or local customs shaping communication.
How Times Change Out Arabella Old Fashioned Idiom
A quip notes the shift in idiom from “shee pet no smart” to modern speech, suggesting earlier remarks about wealth and looks have become outdated. The Ohio Dialect column contrasts past perceptions with present phrasing, highlighting linguistic change.
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Arabella
Ohio
Bitter Reflection on Plants and Children by Luther Burbank
A quotation contrasts neglect of plants with neglect of children, attributed to Luther Burbank. It uses sharp metaphor to warn about care and cultivation in both garden and family life.
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Luther Burbank
Icelandic Diagnosis of Criminals in Lunatic Asylums
In Iceland criminals were once placed in lunatic asylums due to a belief that crime could not stem from true madness. Islanders, viewing wrongdoing as the work of sane fools, assumed criminals must be sane and thus confined them in mental facilities.
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Iceland
General Lew Wallace Visited Holy Land After Ben Hur
General Lew Wallace traveled to the Holy Land many years after writing Ben Hur and later claimed his study left him with no errors in his record.
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Krew
Lew Wallace
Holy Land
Ben. Hur
Matilda’s Camouflage Escape From Oxford Siege
Matilda daughter of Henry I uses snow cloak to slip from Oxford during Stephen siege. Clad in white she passes unseen through besieging forces, escaping capture in 1141.
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Matilda
Henry I
England
Oxford
Stephen
Mosquito Sings at Work in Louisville Times Note
In the Louisville Times a writer of inspirational literature laments a mortician not being popular as the mosquito sings at his work. The piece contrasts popularity with diligence and whimsy in work life.
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Gruniie
Louisville Times
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