Chautauqua Opens with Wishart Address and Miller Concert
Dr J M Wishart opens the chautauqua with an eight o'clock address at the grounds. The Miller Operatic Company performs a full concert this evening and again tomorrow afternoon and evening. The program includes Private H Gordon Rosa recounting wartime service and a busy schedule for children with flags, games, and food demonstrations by Miss Anna Olsen.
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Chautauqua
J. M. Wishart
Miller Operatic Company
Wishart
Kaiser
Schuyler Livingston
Marsh W. Bailey
Dave McLaughlin
Chautauqua Association
Journal
Miller
Form Society in the Second Ward Form Society in the Second Ward
A patriotic organization started at the old Methodist church session on Monday, aimed at mobilizing ward residents for war effort. A committee including F. R. Sage Capt. J. A. Young and Mrs. Eva Livingston will nominate officers and plan full organization reporting in a month.
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Old Methodist Church
F. R. Sage
J. A. Young
Eva Livingston
Second Ward
Eicher Named Chairman of Washington County Defense Council
C J Wilson announces H M Eicher as chairman of the Washington County Council of Defense for the coming year. The letter thanks county members and supporters and directs all matters to Mr Eicher for proper attention.
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H. M. Eicher
Council of Defense
Washington County
Eicher
Iowa
Anna Held Dies in East with Storied Stage Career
Anna Held renowned actress dies in New York after months of illness. Long noted for her stage work and tie to Florenz Ziegfeld Jr who married and later divorced her in 1912. The couple had a daughter in France and Held was famed for salaries earned abroad.
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New York
Anna Held
Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr
Miss Held
Ziegfeld
France
Yvette Guilbert
Spiders Cause Short Circuits in Argentina Wires
During the dry season a spider species in Argentina builds webs on telephone and telegraph lines. At dusk the webs collect dew and lead to short circuits between wires. A six mile span lost eleven pounds of spider webs from four wires.
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Argentina
Popular Science Monthly
Cheerful Conservation Promotes Wellness
Cheerful conservation themes link mood with digestion and waste processing, advocating upbeat attitudes as a factor in gut health. The essay-like piece emphasizes optimism aiding digestion and overall wellbeing.
Plenty of Work for the Overaged Soldier Admired
Corporal A M Riewelman at Camp Dodge explains reclamation efforts by the conservation and reclamation company. They rescue usable gear from waste, rehabilitate it, and will start laundry work. Uniforms and shoes are repaired, clothing repurposed into shells and supplies saved for troops. The program offers older men a chance to serve in repair shops, while saving money for the government and teaching thrift. An ad for Champlain Chamberlain’s Tablets in Indiana Pa follows.
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A. M. Riewelman
Camp Dodge
United States
J. F
Conservation and Reclamation Company
Reclamation Company
Uncle Sam
Reclamation Service
Kidder & Ko at Star Theatre with Bryant Washburn
Bryant Washburn stars in Kidder & Ko at the Star Theatre in a sharp business plot and a romance with a blonde, dimpled girl. Fatty Arbuckle will also appear for thirty minutes of fun in the program curated by Manager Pratt for the whole family.
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Bryant Washburn
Kidder & Ko
Star Theatre
Bryant
Pratt
The
Star
Fatty Arbuckle
Bible Thursday Cast Dice for Bibles in St Ives Parish
In St Ives Hampshire England the Bible Orchard land endowed by Dr Robert Wilde who died in August 1878 with £50 annual interest to buy six Bibles not exceeding 7s 6d each They were to be cast for by dice on the communion table by six boys and six girls of the town The day became known as Bible Thursday The capital was invested as Bible Orchard
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St. Ives
Hants
England
Robert Wilde
Bible Orchard
Pennsylvania Dutch Origins and Language History
The Pennsylvania Dutch label began as a language reference not a group. It referred to German dialects imported to Pennsylvania. Over time the term came to describe the people who spoke the language, not the first settlers’ class.
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New England
Pennsylvania
Germany
Tolland
Psaltery Described as Modern Guitar Equivalent
A historical note explains the psaltery as a stringed instrument used to accompany singing. In the Pauluns prayer book, the Hebrew term for it is rendered as lute, and the instrument is described as guitar like yet larger with a convex back, resembling a gourd.
Value of skilled labor and fair pay
The paragraph argues good workers deserve compensation beyond money, noting true craftsmen work for love as well as pay. It asserts compensation exists in the work itself and will be more than monetary, especially when skilled labor is scarce.
The Particular Man and His Telephone Talk
A quip from the Portland presa notes that being particular shows as a man fussing with his necktie before dialing a woman, illustrating social etiquette and manners in a humorous line.
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Portland
Ray Hopengardner Sees Army Life at Camp Pike
Letter from Ray Hopengardner at Camp Pike describes daily schedule from 5 30 a m to 6 p m drill meals and retreat. He notes corporal duties, cleaning rifles, packing for move, rainy weather and busy pace with hope of remaining in his post two months or longer. He provides his Camp Pike address and asks family to write.
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Mae Hopengardner
Ray
Camp Pike
David Livingston Sends Cable From France
A cablegram from Sergeant-Major David Livingston to his parents states Safe and feeling fine. The brief message suggests his unit on the western front may have been rested after active combat. The cable is dated August 12 with no report of others from Washington suffering serious injuries or death.
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David Livingston
8. W. Livingston
David
Washington
True friendship praised as sacred and steadfast bond
An essay extols true friendship as one of humanity’s sweetest ties. It praises the sterling soul who always smiles and sees only the good in others, urging that such familiarity should not provoke annoyance when people are of the right character.
Brighton Township Knitters Postpone Meeting to August 29
The Brighton Township Knitters delay their regular meeting from Thursday the 15th to Thursday the 29th due to chautauqua. The next meeting will be held August 29 with Mrs. Will Cherry. The Rainbow Club will meet at Mrs. Frank Libe’s home Thursday at 2 00 p m.
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Brighton Township
Will Cherry
Rainbow Club
Frank Libe
W B C Members Meeting Schedule Reads September
A note from W B C members states there will be no further meetings until early September. No additional details are provided about agenda or location.
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W. B.C
A Hat Box Hinged Side for Easy Removal
A simple hat box shelf trick folds one side like a hinge so the cover stays closed yet the hat can be removed without moving the box. This method keeps the box on a high shelf while allowing quick access.
Birds Sweet Songs Capture Sky’s Quiet Voices
A bluebird by a brook yields a tinkling voice like running water while a bobolink in a meadow pours forth melody carried by breezes through grass. The common sparrow adapts its song to city noise such as hoof clatter, subway roars, and police whistles.
Mrs Bayne Leads English Food Production Inspectorate
Mrs Bayne is chief women inspector for the food production department of England. The United Kingdom is led capably by her, with women playing a great part in the tenet ment of the government's Lusiiens.
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Bayne
Food Production Department of
England
United Kingdom
Overdoing It. Don’t ax de Landter return a lost umbrella
A cheeky note from the Atlanta Constitution jokes about asking de Landter to return a lost umbrella, arguing that faith in such requests can be carried too far.
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Atlanta Constitution
Inoculation of Milkman's Voice Eludes Tryouts
A fragment from a Seattle Post-Intelligencer item notes a search for a method to inoculate the milkman's voice with a new anesthetic called nikalgia. The idea aims to reduce pain while knitting, though the passage remains fragmentary and enigmatic.
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Caves
Seattle Post-Itelligencer
Beginning of Shipbuilding and Harbor Buoys
A fragment describes early shipmaking with logs lashed as a raft and anchored by a stone. It notes society’s transition from rudimentary rafts to more stable craft and the emergence of harbor buoys as signals guiding landings and homeward arrival.
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