Dayton Grove News Roundup Highlights Local Happenings
Little Eunice Sigman improves after illness. Swayne Beatty and Dorothy return from Davenport visiting Mrs. Beatty and daughter Mrs. Ralph Garber. Mrs. W. H. Palmer and Ruth of Marion, Iowa visit the Harry Beatty home. Farmers report oats in and corn plowed. Jennie Strum visits A E Knotts. Sew and So club meets with Mrs. Beatty. Dayton Grove pupils enjoy a week off as school closes at West Chester.
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Dayton Grove
Eunice Sigman
Swayne Beatty
Dorothy
Davenport
Beatty
Ralph Garber
W. H. Palmer
Ruth
Marion
Iowa
Harry Beatty
Jennie Strum
A. E. Knotts
Sew and
Weat Chester
Social at Crawfordsville Methodists features play Not a man in the house
About 80 people attended the Crawfordsville Methodist church social led by Mrs. George Yeager. The third division presented the play Not a man in the house, with musical numbers by Hope Huston Ming Wallen and Helen Huston. Butterflies and yellow white decor, two course butterfly luncheon, and various local visitors marked the event.
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Cleyce Huston
Iowa City
Bruce Lease
Loren Moorhead
Grinnell
Frank McCoy
Martinsburg
John McCoy
Olds
J. B. McCoy
Lee Rhea
Mediapolia
Will Duncan
Thomas
Washington
Leslie Mountford
Second United Presbyterian Church of Washington
United Presbyterian Church
Rev Mountford
Caroline Johnson
Mildred
Ottumwa
T. E. Maxwell
Mary Barnett
Cedar Rapids
Jee Huston
Champaign
Ill
Ralph Moorhead
Des Moines
J. A. Moorhead
Muscatine
Farmer's Institute
T. H. Eaves
Monmouth
Henry Curtis
Burlington
United Presbyterian Sabbath School
E. L. Davis
Earl
Gossip as social attack in modern warfare remark
A Boston Transcript quote notes that gossip is a social attack aimed at someone not present to hear it. The speaker defends gossip as an approved modern warfare tactic where the target does not see the person making the remark.
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Boston Transcript
True Greatness in Honest Purpose and Right Rule
A quotation from George Long defining true greatness as living with an honest life purpose, a correct self and world view, and steadfast obedience to the right rule.
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George Long
Behold the Lamb of God sermon excerpt outlined weekly
Echoes From Washington Pulpits presents a brief sermon excerpt by Rev. A. M. Malcolm from the Associate Presbyterian Church. The piece centers on Christ as the sacrificial Lamb, risen and victorious, urging daily remembrance of him and highlighting Elijah’s despair and God’s renewal through obedience.
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A. M. Malcolm
Associate Presbyterian Church
Lamb of God
Jno
Christ
God
Draws a Lesson of Prayer From Elijah Experience
Rev W G Robb reflects on Elijah’s trials after Mount Carmel and Jezebel’s threat. The prophet’s fear led him to abandon prayer, showing prayer as an anchor in danger, while God’s past power and promises remain steadfast despite panic.
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Elijah
W. G. Robb
Covenanter Church
Elias
Mount Carmel
Ahab
Jezebel
Baal
God
Realize afresh the fact of the risen Christ
Rev M R Regan urges believers to awaken to the risen living Jesus and fulfill the great commission in the power of the Holy Spirit. He stresses universality, duration to the end of the age, and the gospel as humanity’s only hope amid evil. The message calls for active obedience and renewed zeal in evangelism.
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Risen
Christ
M. R. Regan
Baptist Church
Jesus
Glorified life shown in Easter reflections
The sermon notes that true glory of Christianity lies in humble acts and sacrifice rather than visions. It cites examples from daily duty to martyrdom, urging believers to see resurrection as a call to responsibility and to recall the Cross and Gethsemane alongside Easter.
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Socrates
Jesus
Resurrection Message Urges Despairing Souls to Hear
Rev Leslie Mountford urges immediate spreading of the Easter gospel. He cites Matthew 28 7 and the angelic commission to go quickly and tell of the risen Christ, stressing urgent mission to all nations and to millions in despair today.
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Leslie Mountford
Second
United Presbyterian
Matt
Idle New York Libraries See Crowding Rise With Depression
New York officials report branch libraries crowded from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. as unemployment and lower wages drive more patrons to books. The main library on Fifth Avenue is overtaxed with seating at capacity and wear on volumes increasing despite reduced book purchases.
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New York
Moving Picture Theatres
Greater
Fifth Avenue
Bryant Square
Manhattan
Bronx
Richmond
New York Public Library
Washington
Jefferson
Columbus
Agrerica
River to River Highway Sets Iowa Speedway Ambition
Hon Laf ayette Young of Des Moines promoted the River to River Highway across Iowa from Davenport to Council Bluffs a 333 mile route. A survey under the Highway Commission aims to straighten turns and create a faster cross state road with numerous successors and improvements in progress. Delaware County is noted as home of the first creamery at Manchester and gains attention in the current discussion of the highway project.
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Lafayette Young
Des Moines
Iowa
The
Highway Commission
Davenport
Council Bluffs
Delaware County
United States
Manchester
Iowa survey probes meat prices and by product value
Des Moines reports a dairy and food department survey on meat pricing tied to low by products values. Packers blame declines in hides and by products for profits shifting to meat. by products like dried blood hold little change since 1913. The country butcher also bears the effect of dropped by products value.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Dairy and Food Department
Valentino recalls 1908 Naples Rome race and motion picture shock
Rudolph Valentino recalls seeing an amateur photographer film his 1908 road race finish. The scene at Taranto showed a crude projector and a private screening. The piece notes his later fame with Dorothy Phillips in Once to Every Woman and its Graham Theatre run.
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Rudolph Valentino
Universal Player
Naples
Rome
Valentino
Taranto
Dorothy Phillips
Allen Holubar
Graham Theatre
Swinburne operates large northern poultry and pheasant farm
The Delhi resident Harry Swinburne runs a major poultry and pheasant operation, ships stock nationwide and abroad, and keeps rare pheasants and wild turkeys from the south. The Manchester Delaware County school board seeks to test its contract liquidated damages clause by suing Ruth C. Dudley for 200 dollars after she took a higher paying job. Roman Citurs, a Worth county poultry keeper, tallies 742.20 from 135 Plymouth Rock hens in 1920, netting 3.85 per fowl.
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Harry Swinburne
Delhi
Swinburne
United States
Manchester
Delaware County
Stiit
Ruth C. Dudley
Dudley
Roman Citurs
Northwood
Worth County
Plymouth Rock
Eges
Twenty Toed Elephants in Demand
Asia Magazine cites Charles Maver noting twenty toed elephants held across tedia are highly sought by rulers and nobles for prosperity. Guards and enclosures are stricter, with prices set by how much wealth rajas can amass, mirroring legends of Siamese white elephants.
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Tedia
Charles Maver
Asia Magazine
Siam
Kerosene vs Coal Heating Energy Compared
The article notes kerosene yields about 8000 heat units per pound while high grade coal yields about 15000 per pound. It emphasizes that heating costs depend largely on relative supply of the fuels.
Auntie Chides Marie Over Bare Feet Joke
Auntie tells Marie to wash her feet before bed and comments on dirty soles. Marie replies she does not sleep standing up, revealing a humorous misunderstanding.
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Marie
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