Correspondents Report From New Haven Community
News notes from New Haven dated March 27 describe Mrs Dela Neal visiting relatives in New Haven while nursing at Marion Smith’s home. The report lists several Sunday and midweek visits among local families including the Nicholsons and Smiths, with mentions of Grace Hill Ladies Aid and neighbors in the area.
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New Haven
Ireta
Frank Smith
Merle Stattler
Grace
Add Baker
West Chester
Local Notes From Nira Hearings and Households
Lee Davisson delivered a horse to a North English buyer while Jim Hanley bought a Ford at Wherle. Joe Dradek purchased cattle from Dick Lures. livestock had been on full feed since fall. Jestine North welcomes patronage for his new store. Will Deuker owns over one hundred lambs. Carrie Robinson visited from Webster.
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Nira Nira
Lee Davisson
Jim Hanley
Joe Dradek
Jestine North
Will Deuker
Carrie Robinson
Webster
Local Notes and Family News From the Area
Miss Mable Wineicke improves from a severe attack of appendicitis. Mrs. Sarah Ann Edwards entertained her brothers over Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Nick Amrine visited Jack Reilly and family. Hattie and Anna Edwards called on Marjorie Lyons. Mrs. Carpenter helped by sister near Brighton. Fred Cold was a business caller in Wayland. Adelald Alter returned home after caring for grandmother Alters. Road dragging and mud holes noted. Russell Davidson, ill with pneumonia, shows improvement. Chick Nicola lost a cow. Charley Edwards held a closing out sale. Amos Stout northwest of town reports another diphtheria sieve. third since mid September.
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Mable Wineicke
Sarah Ann Edwards
Nick Amrine
Jack Reilly
Hattie
Anna Edwards
Marjorie Lyons
Carpenter
Brighton
Cal Campbell
Fred Cold
Wayland
Adelald Alter
Amos Stouts
Her First Love Affair Ends With Canine Interruption
A rural schoolhouse literary society night ends with a dog chasing away a stranger as the narrator recalls a budding romance. The incident drew witnesses and a full account appeared at the next meeting, marking the end of the affair.
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Literary Society
Rover
Stage Tragedian Louis James's Oyster Prank
A famed stage humorist Louis James reportedly stuck a raw oyster in a fellow actor’s hand during a Shakespearean tragedy. The prank forced the offended actor to hold the oyster for the remainder of the scene amid the audience’s laughter.
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Louis James
Fewer Earthquakes Occur in 1921 No Lives Lost
Washington March 27 Fewer earthquakes with no loss of life and little property damage marked 1921 against 1920 says Professor Francis A Tondorf director of Georgetown University Seismological Observatory. Observatories records 61 disturbances in 1921 versus 68 in 1920 and global reports place 1921 earthquakes at 107 with 77 in the United States.
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Washington
Francis A. Tondorf
Georgetown University Seismological Observatory
Tondorf
United States
California
Ss.ascencses
Colorado
South Carolina
Pennsylvania
Ciewc
South Dakota
Alaska
Hawaii
Utah
Professor Tondorf
Cedar Rapids man charged with extortion tied to Greeks
Dudley Wright and associate R. C. Marshall were arrested after attempting to extort hush money from Greek operators in Cedar Rapids. Police say Wright planned to threaten exposure as bootleggers, asking up to 75 dollars at one parlor and taking 14 dollars at another, with a revolver kept for show. No arrests of Greek owners reported.
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Cedar Rapids
Mar
Dudley Wright
Wright
R. C. Marshall
Marshall
Paper From Truck Patch Inspired by Swiss Chard
A newspaper note reports Swiss chard grown widely could yield high quality paper. Experiments at a Yakima Washington sugar mill show stalks and leaves can produce parchment like Japanese paper, suggesting a new potential fiber source despite the vegetable’s modest esteem.
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Yakima
Wash
Echoes from Sunday Services at Washington Methodist Church
The Methodist Episcopal service led by the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society and Alma Hearn Helland Auxiliary featured a sermon on John 3 16, stressing mission scope and motive. The free will offering totaled 522 dollars and prayer, faith, forgiveness, and abiding in Christ were highlighted as essential conditions for effective prayer.
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Methodist Church
Methodist Episcopal Church
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
Alma Hearn Helland
Pliny
Cicero
Peter Coles
Queen Elizabeth
God
Jesus
Conquering Christ Sermon Seeds Triumphant Spirit
Last Friday evening a preparatory service at the Presbyterian church explored The Conquering Christ from Mark 16 20. The pastor urged shoulder to shoulder effort with Christ and disciples, likening it to an army of equal ranks, and cited a Harvard professor who learned contagion of a triumphant spirit from Phillips Brooks as a model for our need.
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Presbyterian Church
Christ
U.S
Jesus
Ephot
Harvard University
Philips Brooks
Lord Teach Us to Pray Sermon by Rev Hamp
AProne sermon by Rev W H Hamp Ten DD from Christian Church on Luke 11 1 asks how prayer shapes the Christian life. The message likens prayer to a child at a Father’s knee and emphasizes drawing near to God with faith, noting prayer as the great Associate in prayer and likening access to the President.
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David
Nehemiah
Jerusalem
Peter
St. Paul
Jesus
God
Christ
Christian Church
W. H. Hamp Ten DD
Father
U. S
Sermon Ref lects on Catching Men Not Fish
Rev. M. BR. Regan delivers a Baptist Church sermon based on Luke 5 10, comparing the calling of Peter to become fishers of men with the skills required to win souls. The pastor notes patience perseverance faith and understanding of people and aims to apply fishing insights to evangelism.
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Jesus
Simon
Jesus Christ
Effort Spurred for Faster Newspaper Handling
Washington March 27 John H Bartlett new first assistant postmaster general urges expeditious handling of newspapers in the Postal Bulletin Postmasters are urged to ensure all daily papers both outgoing and incoming are processed immediately upon receipt to satisfy the public and support an appreciative press.
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Washington
John H. Bartlett
Postal Bulletin
Talking movies bring wireless voices to cinema screens
Chicago demonstration shows a new wireless phone system synchronizing studio and theater audiences. Frank Bacon stars in the first try out with Harry Powers Jr presenting the device, promising synchronized dialogue and sound effects across venues and hinting at home broadcasts.
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Town City Press Citizen
Chicago
BE. F. Albee
Keith Vaudeville
Frank Bacon
Harry J. Powers, Jr
Alexander Bell and Edison Parade as Born Twenty Days Apart
Detroit News notes that Alexander Graham Bell, born twenty days after Thomas Edison, shares a fame for invention. It highlights Bell’s enduring work ethic, his telephone’s central role in modern life, and the vast reach of Bell linked telephones in America.
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Alexander Bell
Edison
America
Mr. Edison
Alexander Graham Bell
Mr. Bell
Chaplin
Mr. Ford
United States
Bell
New York
Detroit News
Rooster Fight Tactics Turn the Tables in Cuban Match
A Cuban rooster bout shows a smaller rooster outmaneuvering a larger opponent. The smaller bird feints and circles while the heavier rooster tires, then counterattacks and wins quickly as the big bird loses breath.
Foley's Honey and Tar Advertises Remarkable Recovery
Wm Barnes of San Antonio Texas writes that Foley's Honey and Tar was worth 50.00 a bottle to him. He had the flu followed by pneumonia leaving him weak with a persistent cough. After using the product he completely recovered and no longer coughs. Your Druggist Sells It.
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Wm. Barnes
San Antonio
Texas
Foley
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