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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 18, 1928

Page

3

Methodist Service Highlights at Bible School with Choir and Oratorio

The morning service featured an organist Milburn McKay directing a young choir while Dr. Bowers preached on the parable of the sower. A Christmas Oratorio performance followed with solos by Donald Anderson and others, praised for fine vocal tone and strong church music leadership.

Bible School Milburn McKay Speidel Paul Philamon Dr. Bowers American Bible Society Dee Shwe Bowers Christ Lewis Warren Averette Geis Donald W Gerson Ande Ethel Knight F Katherine Gritfin Marvel Schuster Everett Griffith Herma Schuster Donald Anderson Cecilian Choir Richel Knight Anderson Griffith Jer Selius Dhoir Mr. Anderson

Daisy Hill patients form music band to aid morale

London reports Poor Law patients at Daisy Hill Institution, mainly epileptic, organized into a band to boost spirits. The Institution Committee plans to supply a full jazz instrument set, following patients already owning a piano violins and two concertinas.

London Dees Ford Daisy Hill Institution Pretford Board of Guardans

Fragmented North Dakota item on hunting and fashion origins

A garbled North Dakota wire item discusses hunting and a three pound fowl. It shifts to a note about Ray Hunter and sales, then references John O’Lendon’s weekly. A Steinkirk anecdote recalls French nobles waking at Steinkirk in August 1622 and the origin of the neckcloth cravat.

John O'Lendon Steinkirk

Speedometer in Us Long Before Autos

Report notes that speed measurement existed before automobiles with early devices showing circles and scales. Evelyn’s diary cites a coach and wheels. observers imagined speed thresholds, centuries before modern speedometers, as travelers faced alarms and police traps.

Evelyn London Daily Mail

Happiest Man Marries Man in Nanterre Suburb Ceremony

In Nanterre suburb of Parks the couple tied their vows in a late ceremony. Friends carried the groom through streets on a decorated conveyance as banners and garlands announced the event. The groom wore a fanciful cap and bore a basket of gifts for guests amid festive cheers.

Nanterre Friens Grimgult Bel Marzle Cheebarros Sieng Frien Grinault Carey

Remarkable Res Emphasis At First Day Class

A fragmented report notes a student with repeated course stalls and a striking resemblance to a brother from last semester. The dialogue hints at a professor's absence and a remark about uncanny similarity, reflecting a chaotic classroom exchange.

Early Photography Timings and Landscape Limitations Discussed

The article reviews early photographic processes by Louis Daguerre and Louis Jacques Mande Daguerre, noting a landscape capture took about two hours at best. It explains the sun’s brightness limits and how later improvements reduced exposure times, highlighting the evolution of photographic speed and practicality.

Ogae Louis Jacques Mande CNIS Eaf

Paving Leadville Finds Hidden Gold Deposit

A historic paving project in Leadville revealed unexpectedly rich gold content beneath the graded earth. The find emerged where wagons once hauled materials for the original street surfacing and the area was cold during the work.

Leadville

Eurastometer Tests Human Power In Horsepower Units

A new device named the eurastometer measures human strength in horsepower. It uses four bicycle transmissions and a hand wheel to drive a resisted cylinder. The tester maintains a set revolutions per minute while a weight brake provides resistance and readings follow a standard. Washington.

Hich Washington

Dead Reckoning Defined in Navigation and Flight

Dead reckoning fills a ship or plane’s position using only charts, compass, and log without any astronomical fixes. The method relies on prior knowledge of course speed and time to estimate current location.

Lindberg Lew Pathttider

Dinosaur bones found across states from Connecticut to Texas

The article notes dinosaur bones are not limited to the western states but have been found from Connecticut through New Jersey Maryland District of Columbia and South Carolina to the Gulf states including Mississippi Alabama and Texas. Most specimens are reported in the West with discoveries beginning on the plains.

Connecticut New Jersey Maryland Columpia South Carolina Gulf Mississippi Alabama Tejas Plains Outey

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