Clara Henderson Regular Meeting in West Chester
West Chester report on the Woman's Home Missionary Society of the M F church meeting at Mrs F M Lindenmeyer home on December 18. Devotions by Mrs W B Rittenhouse, readings and songs including Hark the Herald Angels Sing. Gifts packed for Motors Jewels home York Nebraska and plans to send a box to Esther Hall Des Moines. Next meeting with Mrs Ida Hough, devotions by Mrs McBlain, program by Mrs Coffey and Mrs Stouffer.
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West Chester
Clara Henderson
Bridge Club Seeks Christmas Cheer at Rabenold Home
Members of the Ace Hi Bridge club and their husbands gathered Monday evening at the J. D. Rabenold home for a Christmas party and cooperative dinner. Turkey with all the trimings, holiday decorations, and bridge games capped the evening with high score prizes won by John Buenneke and Mrs Eva Blankenhorn while Mr and Mrs Burke McCreedy were guests.
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Ainsworth
Ace Hi Bridge Club
J. D. Rabenold
Turkey
John Buenneke
Eva Blankenhorn
Burke MccCreedy
Living pictures credited to Mme de Gentis in Orleans lore
The text states that the tableaux or living pictures concept was said to have been invented for Mme de Gentis while she directed the education of the children of the house of Orleans.
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Mme. de Gentis
Orleans
Cause of Ski Is Wine Color The Sky Blues Many Lands
In all Mediterranean countries the deep blue sky is attributed to the excess of ultraviolet rays. The statement ties the color of the sky to UV exposure across regions.
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Mediterranean Countries
Christmas program announced by Prairie Flower school
Pupil groups from Prairie Flower school plan a Christmas program and two art play titled Christmas at the Stebbins, followed by a box social and hot lunch at the church basement on Wednesday December 23 at 8 pm. Renlah Johnson teacher invites the community.
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Prairie Flower School
Stebbinses
Renlah Johnson
J. W. Baker Relief Corps Holds December Meeting
WESTCHESTER December 238 The J. W. Baker Relief corps met in the hall on Monday with the regular date moved from Thursday for Christmas. Reports were positive and general orders read. President Dot Bauer was reelected. Members brought homemade candy fruit and cookies to fill sick and shut-in boxes.
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Westchester
J. W. Baker Relief Corps
Dot Bauer
Christmas Party Held by Sorosis Club Hostess
Riverside gathers as Mrs Harold Cress hosts the Sorosis club for its annual Christmas party at her home. A play titled The Convict entertained members starring Mrs Maude Cress Mrs Birdie Godlove Mrs Arleigh Frost and Mrs Bird Cress. A library board committee was formed with officers including Mrs Fy F Wheelan president and Mrs William OLoughlin vice president.
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Riverside
Harold Cress
Sorosis Club
Maude Cress
Birdie Godlove
Arleigh Frost
Bird Cress
Fy F Wheelan
Wiliam O’loughlin
Miss Ardith Tinnes Leads White Oak School Christmas Program
White Oak school children and teacher Miss Ardith Tin nes presented a Christmas party for mothers and friends at the school house. About thirty five attended the Community meeting. A Christmas play was performed with treats. January plans include a men’s entertainment. Nearby residents attended a program at Valley school house Friday night.
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Lloyd Luers
White Oak
Ardith Tinnes
Valley School House
Brighton Mutual Telephone Co
George Augustines
Walter Hotle
Lloyd Suers
H. D. Luers
Social Calendar for Eastern Star Christmas Party
Notices for the social calendar are due by 10 am Wednesday. The Eastern Star and families Christmas party is at 6 30 with dinner at the Masonic Temple. Bring table service dish to pass sandwiches and a ten cent toy for each family member. Visiting members invited.
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Eastern Star and Families
Masonic Temple
Birthday greetings for listed residents and families
The Journal notes birthdays for Mrs. R. L. McGuein, Jean Jarrard, Wilma Jean Snyder, Ruth McGraw, Charles Schiebel, Bess Woolsey, and others. It also mentions belated wishes for T. H. Lowry and confirms Dale and Clifford Eyestone ages as 26, plus a cake memory for Bunny Barnett.
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Wilma Jean Snyder
Mela Horak
East Jackson
Ruth McGraw
Nelse B. Westermark
Charles Schiebel
Harmony
Bess Woolsey
Pilotbore
Dale
Clifford Eyestone
C. L. Eyestone
Brighton
Elaht
Clifford
Relatives Enjoy Christmas Dinner at C. Green Home
Grandview residents report a Christmas dinner hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Chas Green. Attendees include Keota families Stoutner and Stoutner Jr. Plus Kalona and Lone Tree visitors. Other local relatives and friends shared meals at the Enfield and Griffith homes as Christmas Day activities unfolded.
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C. Green
Delbert Maxwell
Grandview
Chas. Green
Sun- Gay
Charles Stoutner
Mary Green
Albert Stoutner
Keota
Omer Green
Kalona
Orlo Green
Lester Disney
Lynn Lamont
Loretta Mae
Bud Nickel
Washington
Lester Leeper
Earnie Wetrich
Verlin Nickel
Albert Walton
Grant Griffith
Floyd Griffith
Calvin Griffith
Leo Gislain
Paulett
Adolph Gislain
Frederick Sunday
Chas. Forbes
Lone Tree
Merle Enfield
Walter Swantz
Old Christmas Phrase Returns in New Year Card
An old wish reappears in a new form as greeting cards carry the familiar phrase Merry Christmas Glad New Year, reinforcing traditional seasonal cheer across generations.
Tiny floating plant fuels waterfowl feed in ponds
The smallest flowering plant drifts on pond surfaces in Lemnaceae. In large numbers it forms spreading yellow green mats and serves as important waterfowl food, notes Nature Magazine.
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Nature Magazine
Campfire Girls Hold Christmas Ceremony at Y
The Oeseca and Nawakah moka Campfire groups hosted two Christmas events at the Y W C A. A council fire Friday at 4 30 p m and a Christmas dinner Monday with sixty attendees and Santa gifts.
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Santa Claus
Nan Hoover
Betty Jean Hoyt
Georgeanne Rudiger
Lila Holden
Wilma Kerr
Doris Gray
Martin Luther
Mildred Anderson
Leah Anderson
Joan Michels
Dolly Madison's Inaugural Style Noted as Queenly
The article describes Dolly Madison at President Madison's inaugural ceremonies. She wore a buff velvet gown with a long train and minimal trimming, a pearl set, and a velvet turban with white satin and two bird of paradise plumes. She wore light makeup, often snuffed from lava and platina boxes, and carried bandana handkerchiefs.
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Dolly Madison
Madison
Paris
Dolly
Bullfrog Description and Habitat From Detroit News
The bullfrog is described as a large warty amphibian with a broad head, prominent eyes and ears, and long fully webbed toes. Its color is greenish brown above with possible black marbling and yellowish white beneath. It is an aquatic species found in summer ponds or lakes with muddy bottoms and has a loud croak likened to a bull.
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Helen Loomis
Detroit News
Had No Fear of Bullets Gen Grant On Iron Nerve
The account recalls General Ulysses S. Grant famed as the man of iron who could sit calmly on his horse while bullets whistled by. He attributed his coolness to inward fear yet outward composure, noting the enemy shared the same fear.
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U. S. Grant
Man of Iron
Hypnotism and its rise in medical acceptance
Hypnotism arose from ancient cults and gained medical recognition in the mid eighteenth century with Mesmer. It is a dissociative state where the brain yields to the hypnotist's suggestion, induced by touch or fixed gaze and ended by a sharp command, returning to the normal state.
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Franz Mesmer
Edith Maxwell Collapses After Verdict In Curfew Slaying
Grief-stricken Edith Maxwell collapsed sobbing beside her brother after a jury found her guilty again of the curfew slaying of her father. She received a 20 year sentence on second-degree murder and seeks a possible third trial. The image features her younger sister Catherine in the lower right.
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Edith Maxwell
Lmmi
Tenced
International Illustrated News
Catherine
Earl
Seed corn reserves seen enough for Iowa farmers
Dee reports farmers in drought-affected and non-drought counties have saved seed corn to cover Iowa’s needs. Iowa State College instructors J L Robinson and R H Porter note good to above average quality in hundreds of tested samples across sections, signaling ample supply for the state.
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Ames
Iowa
Dee
Iowa State College
J. L. Robinson
Lowa Corn and Small Grain Growers’ Association
Iowa State College Laboratories
R. H. Porter
Corn Shortage Less Severe in Drought Counties
State report indicates drought county corn shortages are not as severe as anticipated, suggesting agriculture stability amid dry periods.
Erbium Rare Element Found in Swedish Mineral
Erbium is a rare metallic element occurring with other rare earths in the mineral garolinite from Sweden. It forms a rose colored oxide erbia and various colored salts. Discovered in 1843 by Mosander, it has no commercial use.
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Sweden
Mosander
Phoenix and the four sacred creatures of China
Nature Magazine notes the phoenix or feng huang as one of China’s four sacred creatures alongside the dragon, tortoise, and unicorn. The phoenix is described as a ruler of feathered life.
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Feng Huang
Nature Magazine
Service to a Just Cause Elevates Worker Happiness and Satisfaction
The idea asserts that assisting a worthy cause yields greater real happiness and life satisfaction than any other career pursuit. It framed meaningful work as the path to enduring contentment and purpose.
History of Paper Making Shared by Chinese Prisons
The history notes that paper making spread from China in the eighth century when Chinese captives taught the craft to their Aral captors, illustrating early cross-cultural exchange in papermaking methods.
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