Bible Study in Iowa Public Schools Push Urges Action
Richland Iowa official urges adoption of a Bible study elective in public high schools nationwide trends show limited chapel use at state universities and widespread neglect of Bible reading. The Iowa plan, backed by the W C T U and Iowa State Teachers Association, calls for county and local superintendents to promote a secondary Bible study course backed by the state board.
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Mattie M. Hadley
Richland
Brighton
R. C. Hughes
Presbyterian Board of Education
America
National Reform Association
Supreme Court
Arizona
Illinois
Louisiana
California
Minnesota
Missouri
Washington
New York
Colorado
Nevada
New Mexico
Wyoming
Montana
Iowa
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
New Jersey
Edward Blake
Methodist Sunday School Union
United States
Iowa State Teachers Association
Iowa State Board of Secondary School Relations
D. 8. Wright
Mra
Ida B. Wise Smith
W. Co. T. UU
Cedar
Smith
Ouija Victim Loses $850 After Pillowcase Switch
In Pittsburgh Rosa Christy trusted an ouija warning and gypsies who learned of her $850 bank balance. They persuaded her to move funds, hid the cash in a pillowcase, slept with it, and woke to find the money gone after the pillowcases were swapped.
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Pittsburgh
Rosa Christy
Rosa
Ouiji
Camel Delicacy Among Arabs Draws Curious Comparison
Description notes the camel's hump as a preferred Arab delicacy described as veal like in color and beef in taste, reflecting a curious culinary remark about traditional dishes and animal utilization.
All's Fair 4 ae A Nurse and a Jewelry Store Scheme
A 1920 McClure story follows Suse Hopewell a Belleview hospital superintendent who meets jewelry phonograph sewing machine store owner David Kling. David schemes to marry her after falling for her beauty and her nurse status, arranging a plan involving two sewing machines and a hospital call that sparks his bold, if cautious, pursuit.
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Sanburn Memorial Hospital
Suse Hopewell
Belleview Hospital
Rushington
David Kling
David
Suse
Gard
Sewing Machine Sparks Love in Store Encounter
David Klinger and Suse Hopewell meet when he fixes a sewing machine belt misrouted by delivery. Their playful deception leads to romance and engagement three months after the purchase, as they confess mutual love sparked by the repair scene.
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Buse
Suse
David
Joseph Freedman
David Klinger
Suse Hopewell
Queer Methods of Fishing in the Syrian Waters
A Palestine observer details nonstandard fishing in the Sé a of Galilee and along the Jordan and Jabbock. Arabs use poisoned meat scraps to draw fish, then collect. stones, gunfire, and small shot are used to corral schools. Hook and line are rare, dip nets and hand nets predominate, with one womanlike butterfly net style. Many fish species inhabit the Syrian waters, though few are unique to the region.
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Palestine
Galilee
Jordan
Jabbock
Syrian
Alarm over daylight aurora in Tuam Ireland on January 3 1756
The Gentlemen's Magazine records a startling event at four o'clock in Tuam Ireland an unusual light brighter than day. By seven a sun of streamers appeared across the sky moving west to east and then dissolved. A general alarm followed though no damage occurred, the phenomenon likely an daylight aurora Jose.
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Gentlemen's Magazine
Tuam
Ireland
Alaska Relief Hints At Easing Newsprint Shortage
A Senate forest service report blames northeastern and lake states forest depletion for the newsprint shortage. It notes overdevelopment of pulp industries, reliance on four tree species, and two-thirds imports. Alaska’s Tongass timber offers potential for relief with Sitka spruce and western hemlock, plus water power and cheap transport. A comprehensive survey is urged to map suitable timber and sites.
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Washington
Lake States
Senate
Forest Service
United States Department of Agriculture
New England
United States
Alaska
Tongass
It Is Not Enough to Know a Good Thing You Must Seize It
A succinct aphorism notes that simply recognizing value fails without taking action. The adage stresses initiative and decisive effort to gain what one desires rather than lingering indecision.
Make Boot Buttons Stay On With Strong Laces
Instructions describe fashioning a secure boot closure by threading a new strong shoelace through the button eyes and tying both ends with flat knots to keep the buttons in place. The method emphasizes using a common shoelace and enlarging a hole in the boot tongue to accommodate the lace.
Confused wedding report in Passing Show captions
A London crowd jokes about a wedding notice misreporting the bridegroom’s happiness. Editors allegedly flipped the line to imply “many years of interrupted bills” instead of bliss, prompting satire of the wedding coverage.
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London
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Harding
Jersey
Joseph R. Frelinghuysen
Emily
Joseph, Jr
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