Father Marquettes Story of Trip Down Mississippi
Des Moines Iowa June 19 Associated Press reports ceremonies in Mississippi river cities marking the 250th anniversary of Father Marquette and Joliets exploration. The translated account recounts May 1673 dawn from St Ignatius and the journey in two bark canoes toward the Mississippi, meeting Illinois and Sachem chiefs, and a council with the Illinois leader amid a great feast before continuing toward the Arkansas and returning by the Illinois and Lake Michigan routes. The piece highlights the explorers’ caution, mapping efforts, and interactions with tribes along the Missouri and Mississippi corridors.
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Des Moines
Mississippi River
Father of Waters
Territory of
Iowa
Father Marquette
Louis Joliet
Arkansas River
S Dablon Joliet
New France
Quebec
John Gilmary Shea
St. Ignatius
L. Jollyet
Lake Huron
Ilinois
Lake Michigan
Bay of Fetid
Green Bay
M. Jollyet
Maskoutens
Mississippi
Hener
Meskousing
Wisconsin
Muskousing
Illinois
St. Xavier
Illinois River
A Tiny Christmas Greeting Crosses the Atlantic
A minuscule letter arrived in London described as a Christmas greeting cut with a diamond on a two glass slide. The writing spans 148000th of a square inch and contains 50 words. It includes a sea and island drawing with trees and a sun, all enclosed by an ornament border. Each word remains clearly distinct under a microscope.
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Atlantic
London
Tapestry furniture arms protected by linen covers
The arms of tapestry furniture resist soil and wear. Cover them with linen squares about 15 inches wide to save the furniture. Hem and pin the squares for easy removal and washing. They aren not unsightly and provide a neat alternative when silk covers are unavailable.
Horned Snakes Made While You Wait
A sensational claim describes horned snakes manufactured locally by cutting the scalp and inserting a spur to create a horned appearance. The process involves slitting the skin atop the head, placing the spur between skin layers, and waiting for healing to expose a horned look attributed to vendors.
Entering the Sere and Yellow in Early Morning Nature
The text laments a loss of health and spirit across spring, urging self-assessment by response to nature’s awakening. If there is no reply to morning, no banishment of sleep by dawn walks, no thrill from birdsong, the reader is urged to recognize their life’s spring has passed.
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Thorean
West Chester News Notes and Community Visits
Westchester Iowa correspondents report with Harry Campbell, D W Dayton and families visiting H W Lure and D R Munro households. Local preacher labeled a Bible student plans lectures Monday and Tuesday. Farmers forecast poor weather, discuss rain, and note growing Saturday crowds as towns prepare for the 4th of July in Wellman.
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Westchester
Harry Campbell
H. W. Lures
D. W. Dayton
Marecaret
Helen
Bernie
Fd Glidee
Winfield
Methodist Church
Ralph Munro
Fairfield
D. R. Munro
Keota
Washington
West Chester
Wellman
Chicago
Miss Veda Twinam Returns From Northwestern Music Study
Crawfordsville notes list residents with travels and visits. Miss Veda Twinam came home from Evanston where she pursued post graduate music work at Northwestern. Mrs. H. C. Hull visited Washington. Mrs. George Finch traveled to Washington to visit her parents. Mrs. Stephens and Mrs. Whistler of Omaha spent the day with Mrs. S. W. Huston. John Lee of Columbus Junction visited town. Mrs. R. S. White left for Chicago to see daughter Opal, who graduates in music on Tuesday the 19th. She has completed three years of study in two.
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Crawfordsville
Veda Twinam
Evanston
Northwestern
H. C. Hull
Washington
George Finch
Ee Eh Lear
Stephens
Whistler
Omaha
Neb
W. Huston
Jewish Passover Address Draws Big West Chester Audience
Jacob Moses Harris of Chicago spoke at West Chester Methodist Episcopal Church on God’s Plan of the Ages. He argued prophecy as history and that the Bible predicts future events, saying World War and current chaos do not end the world but the current church age will close. He denied Armageddon is tied to World War I, predicting a future return of Jesus when Jews are not exterminated.
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West Chester Methodist Episcopal Church
Jacob Moses Harris
Chicago
Mr. Harris
Mount Megiddo
Jerusalem
Jesus
Calvary
Peter
Jesus Christ
Alice Gookin Studies Clarinet and Saxophone in Band
Miss Alice Gookin has been taking lessons on the clarinet and saxophone in her piano music program and has played in the Ladies band before leaving early this week for her home in Ismay Montana.
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Alice Gookin
Ismay Montana
Car Crash Harmes Gertie Smylie in Crawfordsville
Crawfordsville June 19. Mr. and Mrs. Ira Oats rolled home from Washington when their car left the road. Mrs. Ira Oats, known as Gertie Smylie, suffered a broken collar bone and arm with possible back injury. Other locals include Hazel Anwy returning from Iowa City with her mother, Velma Twinam and Harold Ross visiting Iowa City, and Charles Chrissinger family visiting Rebecca Chrissinger. Katharine Baxbaum joined in for summer study in Chicago.
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Crawfordsville
Ira Oats
Columbus City
Washington
Gertie Smylie
Taylor Smylie
John Anwy
Iowa City
Miss Hazel
Genevieve Minicks
Velma Twinam
Harold Ross
Lee Lease
Washington Satuday
Charles Chrissinger
Olds
Rebecca Chrissinger
Buxbaum
Chace Hill
Katharine Baxbaum
Chicago
Jewish Passover themed sermon at Chester church
The speaker, a Christian Jew raised in an orthodox Jewish home, will discuss prophecy and the return of Jesus. He will describe the Passover's relation to the Lord's Supper and depict the Passover feast as observed at Easter. Rev C D Nash invites all to attend the 8 o clock service as Mr Harris gives his closing address.
Nature and God in all living things from League Monthly
The excerpt asserts nature as divine, equating God with life in roses violets and trees and dwelling within humanity. It frames nature as a living God present in grass the earth and birds, attributed to Trames Oliver Curwood and Inbeak Wiilson League Monthly.
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God
Trames
Oliver Curwood
Inbeak Wiilson League Monthly
Too Much of Good Thina in a Fractured Deliberation
A fragmentary line reflecting on money and time as heavy burdens for Wre and the unhappiest mortals who lack skill to use them, with a garbled reference to Jolnson. The text reads as a literary aside or quote fragment from a longer piece.
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Jolnson
Thought for the Day pays with critielam
A brief, non-specific aphorism notes that some individuals settle debts or obligations through questionable means. The wording suggests a critique of evasive or unscrupulous payment practices, though the exact meaning remains unclear from the fragmentary text.
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Trip
The
Associated Press
Eer
Tors
Chicago Milwaukee & St.Paul Railway
Puget Sound
Nature
Thina
Critielam
Iowa Gas
Oldfield
N. S
Cord
Firestone
F. S. Cord
Schenefelt
Kiefer
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