Sabbath school social and church events headline local scene
The First United Presbyterian Sabbath school held a quarterly social at the church parlors with an oyster supper followed by a yearly business meeting. Officers elected include Miss Elia Montgomery as teacher and J. Martin White as president. A school board dinner at the high school featured sixteen guests and a menu of fruit cup to coffee prepared by home economics students under Miss Ensign. Nora Mahala Motta married Rev. John Bell Easley in a simple A M E church ceremony with Rev. Griffin officiating and Mrs. Motts to Mrs. Easley noted for her nursing work and church service.
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First United Presbyterian Sabbath School
First United Presbyterian Church
McCrory
Ella Montgomery
Elia Montgomery
Reade McCrory
Will Matthews
J. Martin White
Samuel Pulver
J. A. Hawthorne
Charles Corvette
Miss Ensign
Nora Mahala Motta
Mary Motts
John Bell Easley
A. M. EB
W. H. Griffin
Des Moines
FE. R. Edwards
Griffin
Lewis Wallace
Ab Hall
Walter Williams
Florence Hall
Miss Hall
Ebasley
Washington
Easley
Professor predicts device to aid deaf in hearing speech
Northwestern University professor announces a hand device to transmit oral speech by touch. He and two Crane brothers demonstrated distinguishing vowels and short sentences using a receiving disk and an acoustic trumpet apparatus, achieving high accuracy in tactual hearing of sentences.
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Evanston
Rlbert H. Gault
Northwestern University
Gault
Prof. Gault
George
John Crane
Fort Wayne
Ind
Crane
Jack
Henry
Wedding of Miss and Groom Delights Congregation
The groom chose Reverend Griffin to conduct the ceremony, a longtime friend of ten to twelve years. After the vows, the couple hosted a wedding supper at the bride's home for family and two out of town ministers. They departed quietly on the Rock Island train for a short trip as guests awaited their homecoming. Out of town attendees included Mrs. Helen Stephens and her daughter Mary Margaret Stephens of Indianapolis.
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Griffin
Des Moines
Rock Island
Charivari
Helen Stephens
Lttle
Mary Margaret Stephens
Indianapolis
Indiana
West Chester Baptists to present Christmas program
The West Chester Baptist church will host its annual Christmas program Friday evening December 21, 1933. The lineup includes readings, carols, violin duets, and a star drill by Mrs Dayton's class with Ruth Dayton Ruth Sherbeck and Ruth Dayton among the performers.
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West Chester
Enterprise School
Eva Ballard
Secret Room Reveals Barber Shop On Leviathan
A steward in the main hall of the Leviathan during a railing sea moment pressed a panel and opened a hidden room. Inside a barber shop lay hidden picture postcards of the former German Kaiser his son the crown prince and other royal figures.
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Leviathan
Piccadilly Circus Station Opens with 1.5 Million Ridership
The Piccadilly Circus Station of the Underground Railway of London carried 1.5 million passengers when opened in 1907. Last year the line served 18 million passengers indicating its growth and importance in the network.
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Piccadilly Circus
Underground Railway of London
Choir Rehearsal and Community Notices
A collection of local notices and events from West Chester district churches and groups. Rehearsals at First United Presbyterian and United Presbyterian of West Chester loom. Christmas programs, oyster suppers, lectures, and club meetings scheduled across Lexington and nearby townships.
Origin of Deadhead Phrase Traced to Latin Caput Mortuum
The term deadhead derives from caput mortum the Latin phrase used by ancient chemists for the residuum after volatile matter has escaped. In modern usage it figuratively applies to anything stripped of value including spectators or passengers who do not pay, deemed nonproductive from a revenue view.
Filling Stations for Pens on University of Chicago Campus
On the University of Chicago campus a penny operated filling station dispenses fountain pen ink. A coin drop releases ink from a reservoir into a right-hand well where it can be drawn into the pen directly or via a provided dropper.
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University of Chicago
Origin of a Great Idea Cuffing Trousers from a Lost Coin
A Scottish traveler in the rain turned up his trousers and lost an old coin. That night the coin fell from the fold and the next day trousers were cuffed. A tailor then built a thriving business on the new style.
Boy Responds With Quiet Rejoinder In School Meal Row
A boy, after an hour of lessons, takes an apple and is sent to the yard to finish it. He asks to bring his little brother, saying half of the apple is his, prompting a calm, polite moment in the classroom.
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Guild
Linen Handkerchiefs Offered At Bargain Prices
The cheaper makes advertise ladies and gentlemen initial linen handkerchiefs priced at 25c and 50c. A wide selection includes many hankies for children in this city.
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Alice Baily
Alice Wead
Ferne Patterson
Cecile Robertson
Addie Wallace
Blanche Beranek
Gertrude Bates
Genevieve Harrison
Florence Wilson
Vera Keating
Martha Crone
Gertrude Hammer
Katheryn Hull
Henrietta Wilson
Lois Ross
Frances Thomas
Chester Baptists
Alma Jones
Extension Department
The
State College At
Ames
Lexington Methodist Church
Cedar Townships
United Presbyterian of
Presbyterian Choir
Rebekahs
Just Us
Oscar Brock
West Chester Shipping Association
K. of C
Red Brick
Kathleen Bruty
Moose Lodge
Bethlehem
Knights Templar
Methodist
J. J. Miller
Martha
Allen
Navy
Brighton-Carlsbad
William Carter
America
Bissell
India
Jean Castle and
Mendel Bros
Ton, Iowa
J. B. Crail
Washington, Iowa
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