Picnic honors Flag Day in Marr grove Ainsworth
The W R H C plus G A R American Legion and Boy Scouts held a Flag Day picnic in Marr grove near the cemetery. Col. Palmer Mrs Nora Bryson and Rev Coata spoke on patriotism. A reading The Waving of the Flag was given and the Star Spangled Banner sung. Frank Ingham of Chicago visited Mrs Jax Chambers.
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Col. Palmer
Nora Bryson
Rev
Coata
Mary Vaughn
No. 11
Washington
Frank Ingham
Chicago
Jax. Chambers
M. L. Miller
Salsbury
North Carolina
FE. R. Rhodes
Dre. W. L. Alcorn
Des Moines
George Fulton
A. N. Eower
Ainsworth
Riverside man Sebastian Bouquet dies at 68
Sebastian Bouquet died at his Riverside home from brain hemorrhage linked to six months of dropsical trouble. A 68 year old married to Mary Schmidt nearly thirty years, he leaves daughter Rose Bouquot deceased, sons George and Wilfred in Riverside, wife, two sisters Addie Coleman of Douglas Arizona and Mary Schnoeberen of Riverside. Funeral Monday at St Mary’s.
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Riverside
Sebastian Bouquet
Mary Schmidt
Rose Bouquot
George
Wilfred Bouquot
Addie Coleman
Douglas, Ariz
Mary Schnoeberen
Bouquet
Carl
Burlington
Washington County
St. Mary's Church
M. &. Church
Ruth Marie
Leroy Hardy
Riverside Cemetery
Vaudeville Wit: Elmnore and Williams Entertain with Jokes
Kate Elmnore and Sam Williams perform a vaudeville routine loaded with quick quips and puns. The dialogue skits at a lively pace trading jokes on work, marriage, and social mores with snappy punchlines.
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Kate Elmnore
Sam Williams
Puzzle of Identities Across a Train Meeting
A fragmented dialogue unfolds with evasive answers about identity and origin. The speakers trade vague clues about meeting at a train, a farm, and a noisy horse fly as a means to reveal who they are. The exchange ends with uncertainty over birthplaces and existence.
Paralyzed Man Recovers Some Senses After Brain Operation
Luther Dionne, once deaf dumb blind and fully paralyzed, regained hearing sight smell taste and limited speech after a brain operation at Denver county hospital. He can point to his birthplace on a map and spell his village name with effort while his right side remains partly paralyzed.
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Denver
Cole
Luther Dionne
Dionne
Viking Pronunciation and Heritage in Norse History
The text discusses how the word Viking derives from Norse roots and should not be pronounced as "vic king." It notes that the English form reflects "wicking" and argues against perceived weakness, emphasizing Viking courage and the inapplicability of weakness to their daring cultural image.
Figures That Stagger in Cosmic Population Debate
The excerpt ponders Earth's population possibly above two billion and not less than 1.09 crore, then asks how many living species Nash could have saved on his ark and how large that flotilla might have been. It frames a vast, hypothetical creature count for moral or scientific reflection.
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Earth
Nash
Berk
Swollen Paper Lifts Floor of Publishing Building in Pueblo
The Franklin Press at Third and Main in Pueblo, a Rocky Mountain Bank Note Company branch, flooded as paper stacks swelled in the basement lifting the first floor from its foundations. Estimated loss by Malcolm Denison runs to $89,000 plus potential building damage. supplies to resume business are being financed by Pueblo banks on a cost basis.
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Pueblo
Denver
Franklin Press
Third
Main Streets
Rocky Mountain Bank Note Company
Malcolm Dennison
Dennison
Washington
Keokuk
Henry Counties
Maines
Tax on bootleg booze upheld by DC Supreme Court
Justice Stafford ruled the government may levy internal revenue taxes in addition to penalties under the Volstead Act on sellers of intoxicating liquors. Ferdinand Appell challenged a $1,982 tax assessment after a raid in 1920. the injunction was denied and property seized for tax collection.
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Washington
Jusee Stafford
Supreme Court of
District of Columbia
Internal Revenue Bureau
Ferdinand Appell
J. A. Miles
Appell
Miles
Stafford
Greenland Drifts West, Scientists Say
Norwegian scientists report Greenland shifts about ten yards west each year. They say it was once connected to Norway and has moved roughly 875 miles over 100000 years, with ongoing movement detected.
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Greenland
Norway
Echoes From Washington Pulpits
Journal previews Monday brief quotations from Sunday sermons by local ministers. Excerpts sample reflections, highlighting moral themes and community concerns in about one hundred fifty words. Readers gain quick insights into sermons aired across Washington churches each week.
Heart as Measure of Men Says Rev Oates Sermon
The sermon argues God's measure is the heart not outward appearance. It cites scripture to urge humility, condemns hypocrisy, and notes reverence in worship. It contrasts worldly dress with inner faith and stresses sanctifying Christ as Lord in the heart as central to life.
Dr. Hampton Lecture on Home and Child at Church
A large Sunday evening audience at the Christian church heard Dr. Hampton discuss home life and childrearing. He urged bringing children to church while young, praising Puritan ideals for manhood and womanhood and noting modern clubs and business life threaten family life.
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Dr. Hampton
The
Christian Church
Set Up Christ as Ruler of Your Life
Rev Leslie Mountford urges believers to sanctify Christ in their hearts as Lord citing 1 Peter 2 15 He compares reverence to removing a hat before Washingtons tomb noting the humility expected of believers in all circumstances and urging a reverent mindset toward Christ.
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Christ
Apostle
Gade
Judah
Capitol
Wallington
D. C
Leslie Mountford
Second United Presbyterian Church
Tomb of
Washington
Mount Vernon
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