Russians Aim to Abolish Religion and Family, Says Commissar
A news dispatch reports Com missar Yaroslavski addressing 10 900 delegates at Riga outlining plans to exterminate Christianity in Russia and to abolish family life. He claims religion will fade and children born from partnerships would be raised by the state. He argues a new loyalty to the state will supersede family ties.
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Riga
Bezboshniki
Yaroslavski
Russia
Moscow
Embarrassing School Moment Recalls Eleven Year old Rosa Beeson
Rosa Beeson of Washington Iowa writes about her memory of reading aloud in class and causing laughter. She notes the pride of carrying a pocket book home with a stray half dollar and reflects on absent mindedness in school.
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Itosa Beeson
Dear Journal
Rosa Beeson
Washington, Iowa
Revolutionary Russian ideals spark cautious American reaction
The piece argues that the Russian movement is startlingly revolutionary and unlike any previously tried in the United States. It warns against anti-Russian propaganda and suggests Americans may not embrace such ideals, noting the risk of a radical change that likely will not fail spectacularly.
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Russia
Iowa’s Great Orator Bob Cousins Ill in Hospital
A once renowned Iowa speaker, Bob Cousins, lies ill and indigent in a hospital. He thrilled Iowa audiences and captivated Congress, but later years brought ill fortune and poverty, though his oratory was praised as superior to William Jennings Bryan.
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Iowa
Bob Cousins
Congress
William Jennings Bryan
Mr. Bryan
Daily English Lessons on Age and Pronunciation
A guidance note on proper phrasing for age, advising to say a child as ten years of age and warning mispronunciations such as Indi gestion with the second i pronounced like in it.
Oddities and Tales From a Local Page
A collage of humorous scraps and vignettes recounts a battered Model T Ford roadster with a bright tire, garbled jokes, misheard quotes, a radio malfunction, and playful notes about local residents. The piece blends light irony with small town curiosities and nightly patrols.
Community Notes From Ainsworth Route 2 Section
Correspondent Ainsworth Route 2 reports local visits and family events. Mrs. Tom Davis stayed at J. M. Stone home. Miss Grace Stone with sister Mrs. Hugh Morris at Cotter. Mrs. Morris improving at home. Miss Pearl Wallace visits friends in Salisbury and Louie Shroeder. Billy and Martha McGinnis celebrate birthdays with a party for Haskins school. sixteen attendees and Hazel Hunt present. L. G. club hosts farewell for Mr. and Mrs. Will Paul with supper and games. next meeting planned as oyster supper. Mrs. George Martelle notes her mother, Mrs. Hattie White, improving in Independence Kansas. Winter weather returns with snow but mild. News from Cal Beenblossom at Savannah Mo. Sanatorium. Mrs. Lee Hunt and Beenblossom visit Oregon No. 3 school. Berniece Anderson reports visitors welcome.
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Ainsworth
Route 2
Tom Davis
J. M. Stone
Grace Stone
Hugh Morris
Cotter
Morris
Orie O'Conner
Pearl Wallace
Salisbury
Miss Wallace
Louie Shroeder
Billy
Martha McGinnis
Will McGinnis
Haskins School
Hazel Hunt
Lee Hunt
Paul G
Mrs. Edkins
Ed Lins
Glen Anderson
Louie Shhroeder
Geo. Marr
Hattie White
Theodore White
Independence
Kansas
Cal Been Blossom
Washington
Beenblossom
Savannah
Death Notice of Ruth Hoskins Aged Five Months Near Pleasant Plain
Ruth Slome Hoskins, infant daughter of Moses and Vera Hoskins, died January 17, 1931, near Pleasant Plain after a brief illness. She was born August 24, 1930. Survived by parents, one sister, five brothers, and grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Will Leppert of Washington. Funeral at Friend church, Pleasant Plain, Sunday at 2 p.m. Burial nearby.
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Veo
Ruth Slome Hoskins
Moses
Vera (Loeppert) Hoskins
Pleasant Plain
Will Leppert
Washington
Friend Church
Community notices from Ottumwa area families
Family extend sympathies on the death of a young daughter and sister. Local residents share weekend visits and gatherings with relatives in Ottumwa and nearby towns. News mentions births in Selma California, fox hunting success, minor car accident with scratches, and weekend visits among the Rice, Bray, Gowey, Ingham, Parsons, and Miller families.
Prolific Inventor Walter Hunt Tied to Early Sewing Device
Investigations of Smithsonian records identify Walter Hunt of Brooklyn New York as the inventor of the safety pin in 1854. He is also credited with the eye pointed needle for the sewing machine and the lock stitch.
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Smithsonian Institution
Walter Hunt
Brooklyn
N. Y
Hunt
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