Social gatherings highlight Washington community life
Mr and Mrs W K Cambridge of Minneapolis hosted a family dinner at the Stewart shack with fifteen guests enjoying picnic fare and social simplicities. Mrs Oscar Wane and Miss Ruth Pierce entertained Miss Helen Kettering of Monmouth. sixteen youths picnicked by the river near Gladwin, and Ernest Fisner celebrated a birthday as Mr and Mrs E Ray Bell marked their fourth wedding anniversary with a photography session and cake. Senior Guild Girls studied China’s country and present conditions with Miss Edna McCarty leading, and Wellston’s social club hosted thirty three students and children for an afternoon of games, piano, singing, and refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. K.cambridge
Minneapolis
Stewart Shack
Oscar Wane
Ruth Pierce
Helen Kettering
Ot Monmouth
Miss Pierce
Mildred Pierce
Washington
Gladwin
Earl Simmerman
Martin Whittaker
Henry Berdo
Tom Berdo
Aes
Hazel Porter
Marie Butte
Elizabeth Bell
Faye Brown
Joe Snider
James Butterfield
Aia Pty
Ernest Fisner
E. Ray Bell
Angel
Gladys Schultz
Catherine Frasemer
Charles Fasemer
James Ryan
Chicago
Herman Schultz
Gladys
Velda
Marion
Ray Hel
Besse Jones
China
Edna McCarty Leating
Marco Palo
Edna McKimmy
Faye Sutton
Mother Wang
Chas. Hays
Hhe
Noovs
Paul Harvey
Wellston
Use of stamp enlarged Washington
The two cent postage stamp now extends to send a single letter to most foreign countries and U S post offices. The expansion aids business and foreign trade, with Bermuda Haiti and Argentina among the early additions. The list covers many nations and islands including Brazil Canada England Jamaica Mexico and China.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Canola
Cuba
Mexico
Argentina
Brazil
Costa Rica
Jamica
Martinique
Bermuda
Haiti
Ien
Vlorka
Anguilla
Anticus
Avoration
Lihema Islands
Barbuda
Barbadés
Bolivid
Bon Ayre
British Buiana
Briss
British Virgin’ Islands
Canada
Manual Zone
Columbia
Tuna
Curacao
Dominica
Doraniess Republic
Dutch West Indies
Ecuador
England
The
Grenadines
Guam
Hawaii
Honduras
Ireland
Leeward Islands
Montserrat
Nevis
Newfoundland
Nicaraga
New Zealand
Panama
Peru
Philippines
Porto Rico
Social Calendar Highlights From Keota and Crawfordsville
The Washington Standard bear entertains Keota and Crawfordsville Standed Bear at a six o'clock picnic. Several clubs meet in the afternoon with hostesses including Mrs Clyde Bickford Mrs Brock Mrs McLaughlin and others. Thursday schedules feature Rural Women's club Ladies Aid Christian church Rebekah Independent club W C Y U and United Presbyterian Ladies Aid with meetings and an 8 o'clock Sunset Work picnic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keota
Crawfordaville
Washington
Clyde Bickford
Just Us
Oo. Tl. Brock
W. McLaughlin
Rosemary Club
Lloyd Walker
Harmony Club
Howard McCreedy
TS. KB. Club
Chas. Wilson
Val Puli
Ladies Aid of the Christian Church
Ladies Aid Society
The
First United Presbyterian Church
Blind girl student graduates with honors at Barnard
Photo shows Catherine Gea Burke of Chicago receiving a Barnard College BA with Phi Beta Kappa honors. The totally blind Miss Boeke prepared at home, used a steel frame and stylus for notes, with her mother reading aloud to aid exams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catherine Gea Burke
Chicago
Barnard College
Columbia University
Boeke
Bernard
University
Wisconsin
Iron Sinks and Marble Busts Stir London Opinion
A curious London Opinion snippet recalls a shop window scene where a bag and the remark iron sinks spark a quarrel and an exchange about time and travel. The visitor reappears, agreeing with the shopkeeper’s rapid stream of phrases before bolting once more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Niagara Falls
London
Exchange Etiquette In 19th Century Japan
The New York Globe notes a humorous exchange where the operator asks for the caller's number with lofty language. It chronicles the polite back and forth as the line remains busy and the service apologizes for the inconvenience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
New York Globe
Flag change in German merchant marine arouses mixed reactions
A Washington Commerce Department report from Vice Consul Maurice Walk at Hamburg notes the January flag change signals Germany’s surrender of past sea ambitions. He says it breaks a tradition that once projected German ships globally and challenged British dominance, while hinting Germany has not abandoned old maritime aims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teuton
Commerce Department
Washington
Maurice Walk
Hanmfurs
Germany
Hawk Uses Stork Role In Farm Oddity At Cherry Valley
Report of a bizarre incident on H C Stanley’s Cherry Valley farm where a hawk acting as a stork dropped a baby pig. A dog and flock of crows spooked the hawk, causing it to release the prey before sale. The pig weighed around two pounds and later grew strong.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. C. Stanley
Cherry Valley
Stanley
Germans Push for Peace Without Victory Stated
The Omaha World Herald notes German officials insist a peace without victory remains their stance and argue that any peace without clear terms would be unacceptable, signaling continued demand for concessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha World-Herald
Higher Criticism Skepticism At Odds With Tradition
The speaker dismisses the higher criticism of the New Testament as a manipulation of doctrine, likening it to robbing Peter to pay Paul. The remark conveys a lay public skepticism toward scholarly Bible interpretation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter
Paul
Needle Traced City by Mysterious Doctor in Jerusalem
A doctor claimed a psychic ability to locate a needle hidden in Jerusalem. Doctor Tiymoxsen guided a committee by car to an asylum where, behind a portrait of Sir Herbert Samuel, the needle was found in twenty five minutes. He was awarded £100.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerusalem
Tiymoxsen
Owenty
Hanessen
Sir Herbert Samuel
Ilanessen
Trima
Han
Berlin voice museum to preserve famous voices for millennia
A Voice Museum opens in Berlin to record distinguished figures on phonograph records treated with a preserving chemical. The international museum will invite visiting dignitaries to provide voice samples and have their photographs taken for archival purposes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Child Training at Home Column Issued by National Kindergarten
Weekly column guidance from the National Kindergarten Association based in New York at 8 West 40th Street. The articles appear regularly in our pages offering home training tips for parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Kindergarten Association
West 40Th Street
New York City
How Big Is A House Dorothy Canfield Pisher
A lecturer argues for humane child care and questions the effect of spanking. A caller challenges him asking how big a house is a plain question, prompting a discussion on individual case differences in child upbringing and development. The piece quotes John Galsworthy on nurturing, and urges support for kindergarten education and establishing kindergartens.
Sour Cream Cake Recipe and Oil Substitution Note
A recipe lists ingredients for a sour cream cake and notes cocoa nut oil as a butterfat substitute. It cautions that the oil lacks vitamins and reports adverse results when fed to children and babies. The piece names Mrs. J. W. Henik of Lone Tree Route 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Henik
Lone Tree
Route
Russian Mothers Thank Americans for Life-Saving Corn Aid
Women in Vaseliefka, Samara district, receive corn from the American Relief Administration as Hoover's group pledges a large appropriation to end famine. Col. William N. Haskell reports U S aid feeding about 3 million children and 5 million adults daily across Russia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Relief Administration
Vaseliefka
Samara
American Relief Administration
Herbert Hoover
William N. Haskell
Russia
Moscow
Haskell
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