Friends Church to Observe Its 100th Anniversary Soon
Timothy Nicholson, aging Quaker reformer known as the grand old man of the Friends, will preside at the August 16 anniversary in Richmond Indiana. Nicholson, 92, led the Indiana Yearly Meeting for 34 years and helped found the Five Years' Meeting. He champions disarmament and international peace and has long pushed temperance and prison reform. He remains active in the Anti-Saloon League and Indiana charities, retaining Quaker speech and attire in keeping with his era.
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Richmond
Ind
Yearling Meetings of Friends
Timothy Nicholson
Alter Church
Nicholson
Indiana
London
England
Meeting of Friends
America
Friends
Jesus Christ
Indiana Anti-Saloon League
North Carolina
Indiana General Assembly
Imperial Commission of India
Indiana Prison For Women
Reform School For Girls
National Conference of Charities and Corrections
Detroit
National Conference of Social Work
Milwaukee
Indiana Board of Charities
Mr. Nicholson
Douglas Fairbanks in When the Clouds Roll By at Fox Theatre
A film feature at the Fox Theatre this week stars Douglas Fairbanks as a skeptical hero who dissects superstition in a broadside against fear. The narrative pokes fun at jinx lore and supernatural beliefs while delivering Fairbanks’s characteristic wit and dramatic flair.
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Big World
Douglas Fairbanks
Doug
Fox Theatre
King of Iceland makes historic first visit to Iceland
King Christian X of Denmark arrives in Reykjavik for the first time in Icelandic soil history. The capital’s 18,000 residents crowd around the public school turned royal residence, the Castle, as the Danish royals tour historic sites. The king creates the Icelandic Falcon order and plans horseback excursions, though some river conditions force cancellations.
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Reykjavik
Iceland
Christian X
Denmark
Raykjavik
Alexandrine
Christian
Portable School Planned for Fairfield
Fairfield will build a portable school this fall at Logan school to relieve crowded grade rooms. The second grade will use the tiny heated unit connected to the main building. It will serve until a new school is erected.
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Fairfield
Logan
Chautauqua and Lyceum System Shine in Education
The manager of a large chautauqua and lyceum network reports 6200 chau tauquas and 100000 sessions costing 10000000 attracting 1590000 attendees yearly, with 15000 lyceum courses and 75000 sessions costing 5000000 drawing 10000000 yearly. The systems bring top music, lectures, and entertainment to many cities, ranking as key educational assets despite competition from movies.
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America
Muscatine Journal
Fragrance Sources Across Plant Parts
The text notes scent in flowers and leaves but also in fruits bark wood and roots. It cites ginger iris sandalwood cinnamon and other sources as containing perfumed oils in varied plant parts. It highlights nature s diverse distribution of aroma across plant structures.
Romance Often Ends in Frustration, Yet Hope Persists
A column notes that romance endings increasingly end without a happy ever after, but argues against a universal rule. The piece reflects St. Louis Globe-Democrat sentiment on modern relationship narratives.
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Dalah
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Lake Superior Warms For Bathing This Summer
Superior waters, long known as the coldest inland lake, have become warm enough for bathing along the head of the lakes. Weather officials attribute the rise to a mild 1920-21 winter and prolonged heat, with ice breaking early this year and surface waters warming. In Twin Ports, Minnesota Point beaches draw bathers as northeast winds drive waves onto the shore.
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Duluth
Minn
Lake Superior
Twin Ports
Minnesota
San Francisco Fair Declares Rare Dividend on Exposition Stock
Panama Pacific International Exposition trustees announce a one-time dividend of 5 percent on about 5.5 million dollars in stock. Checks go to stockholders August 1. The company also donated the exposition auditorium and organ to San Francisco and plans a four-block marina area likely to become a Marine Park and boulevard.
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San Francisco
Exposition Company
Marina
Exposition Grounds
Golden Gate
Auto ad slogans spark wry wordplay in Boston Transcript
A Boston Transcript item catalogs car company slogans such as The car with conscience The motor with eo wind The vehicle with vim and The truck that thinks suggesting playful marketing alongside the era of automotive enthusiasm.
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Boston Transcript
Hang Wallpaper to Fade to Match in The Sun
A fragmentary notice advises hanging a small amount of wallpaper outdoors to weather and fade, so it will blend with an older, sun faded surface over time. This compact tip suggests using sun exposure to achieve color harmony.
England's External Debt Totaled Over One Trillion Pounds
London July 26 The official return shows Great Britain's external debt at 1 161 562 000 pounds for the year ending March 31 a decrease of 117 151 600 pounds. The chief creditors are The United States 972 704 000 pounds and Canada 53 339 000 pounds.
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London
Great Britain
United States
Canada
New York Plans to Naturalize 80 000 Citizens This Fall
Representative Isaac Siegel says Greater New York has 1,032,000 adults not yet citizens and a campaign will enroll them this fall with civic and state bodies aiding. President Harding may address about 46,000 new citizens in October, as Judge Cropsey processes a daily average of new naturalizations through the summer.
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New York
Isaac Siegel
House Immigration Committee
United States
Harding
Brooklyn
Cropsey
Naturalization Court
TAMA
Greater
Indigo Dye History and Shifts to Synthetic Indigo
Indigo from Severn plant species is among the oldest dyes. Today most indigo is chemically produced from anttice, reducing natural indigo's share. Commercial cultivation remains mainly in Bengal and Salvador as natural indigo fades.
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Severn
Bengal
Media
Salvador
Central America
Pessimists Rewarded With Expectations Realized
A Galveston Now quip notes that the only upside of chronic pessimism is that outcomes align with expectations, suggesting a cynical view of future events and personal outlook. The line frames pessimism as a self-fulfilling bias rather than prophecy.
Dempsey Says He Wouldn’t Battle With Jack Johnson
The interview quotes Jack Dempsey drawing the color line, saying he would not fight Jack Johnson due to public demand and to protect boxing’s integrity. He praises Johnson but insists a mixed bout would harm the sport and notes plans to donate future gate profits to war veterans. He also expresses hope for a rematch with Georges Carpentier and recalls past fundraising for soldiers.
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Jack Dempsey
Robert Edgren
Des Moines Register
Wills
Johnson
Georges Carpentier
Georges
Jack
Philadelphia
Willard
Red Cross
Urges Matrimony Course In Chicago Schools
Judge Harry A. Lewis urges adding a matrimony course to Chicago high school curricula. In an open letter to Edwin Davis, board of education president, he notes many marriages occur without awareness of obligations and cites his 2000 divorce cases in ten months. He proposes replacing some special affairs with such instruction to protect future generations.
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Chicago
Harry A. Lewis
Superior Court
Edwin §. Davis
Board of Education
Lewis
Wisconsin Matriarch, 93, Survives Large Family
Mrs. Martin Pagel of Suamico Wisconsin died at her son Otto Pagel’s home aged 93. She is survived by three sons three daughters seventy grandchildren and 108 great grandchildren making her the oldest local resident in Suamico.
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Wisconsin
Bay
Wis
Martin Pagel
Suamico
Otto
Man Finds Skull of Extinct Beaver in Iowa
A large fossil skull found near Avoca by Ray Leonard was identified by Prof. A O Thomas of the University of Iowa as the skull of a prehistoric Plant beaver, an extinct glacial mammal. Fragmentary remains were found close to the skull, with similar finds previously in Oakland Turrin Des Moines and Sioux Falls.
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Iowa City
Avoca
Ray Leonard
A. O. Thomas
University of Iowa
Oakland
Turrin
Des Moines
Sioux Falls
S. D
Iowa
Raven Nesting Habits in Winter Observed
The raven in eastern regions is nearly extinct and North American ravens differ from European birds. They nest early, lay five to seven eggs, and hatch them by late February. The species shows distinctive wing span and length measurements.
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America
New Brunswick
Alaska
Europe
Farmers' Union at Ottumwa Debates N P L Resolution
In Ottumwa the Wapello county Farmers' union tabled a resolution denouncing police and leaders of the nonpartisan league and opposing a league organization in Iowa. The meeting, about eighty strong, also discussed a four county Labor Day picnic at Fairfield and elected John Seadore as president after Frank Gaylor resigned for ill health. Speakers included Ed Heckretter Milo Reno and A R Bluhm.
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Ottumwa
Nonpartisan League
League
Iowa
Wapello County
Court House
Labor Hall
Fairfield
Frank Gaylor
Arthur Areingalé
John Seadore
Seadore
Segrion
Ed Heckretter
Milo Reno
Morris Williama
C. W. Heckart
A. R. Bluhm
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