Anniversary party honors Alma H Holland Missionary Society
Members marked the society’s fiftieth anniversary with a birthday party at president Mrs Mae Allen Jones home. They cut quilt blocks for Manila Training School and arranged picture cards for Dr Ida Belle Lewis school in Foochow China, then a May basket fund was seeded.
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Alma H. Holland Missionary Society
Mae Allen Jones
Mrs. Jones
Jones
Manilla
Ida Belle Lewis
Foochow
China
Lighting floodlit golf courses promises revolution
An innovation could revolutionize golf by lighting courses with floodlight projectors. The artificial brightness is said to let players follow the ball clearly during play.
Origin of bootleg ging term traced to bootleg liquor
The term bootlegging began in the West where certain gentry illegally sold alcohol to Indigenous people. They carried liquor strapped in their boots to evade federal officers and smuggle it across boundaries.
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West
Tempery Tiny Learns to Calm Her Fire
A brief tale about a girl named Tempery Tiny who struggles with sudden anger but grows calmer. Her friends and mother use a strict parish chair punishment to curb outbursts, and a salad incident with Brenda becomes a pivotal lesson in managing temper. Tiny then recalls Brenda’s look as a reminder to control anger.
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Tiny
Brenda
First Bank Visit Sparks Childs Wonder at Window Bars
Men Agerie on her first bank trip with her Nother small Marjorie gaze at the cashiers behind barred windows. And what do they feed 'em Wimma she asks in hopeful innocence.
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Marjorie
Murphy Joins Velie Motor as Assistant Sales Manager
Announcement of J. F. Murphy appointment as assistant sales manager of Velie Motors Corporation Moline Illinois. He brings nine years of automobile industry experience from leading manufacturers and will oversee sales efforts.
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I. F. Murphy
VEIA
Motor Corporation
J. F. Murphy
Velie Motors Corporation
Moline
Illinois
Dodge Brothers set weekly sales record amid high production
Dodge Brothers report record weekly results with over 7000 retail deliveries and more than 1300 cars produced per day for the week ending April 11. Retail orders exceed 1924 by about 1000 units, a 19.7 percent rise. Studebaker names Paul G. Hoffman to replace H A Riggs as vice president of sales and advertising. Studebaker claims it makes more car parts in house than any other maker besides Ford, boosting quality and lowering prices.
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Paul G. Hoffman
H. A. Riggs
Studebaker Corporation of America
Studebaker
Jarre
Ford Motor Company
Studebaker Bulletin
Ford and Lincoln Foreign Sales Break Records in Q1
Ford Motor Company reports a record foreign sales quarter with March up 35 percent from 1924 and total deliveries of 49,567 cars and trucks abroad, including 3,844 Fordson tractors up 60 percent. Lincoln overseas sales rise 35 percent to set a new high, with Europe and South America showing strongest gains.
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Mich
Ford Motor Company
Ford
Europe
South America
France
Brazil
Ford Motor Company of Canada Ltd
Canada
Colon+l
Fordson
Lincoln
Higgenbottom Named Chicago District Manager for Oakland
Hugh Higgenbottom appointed Chicago district manager for the Oakland Motor Car Company of Pontiac Michigan. He joined Oakland about six months ago after a long tenure with Podge Brothers totaling fourteen years.
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Pontiac
Michigan
Hugh Higgenbotom
Chicago
Higgenbottom
Oakland
Podge Brothers
Closed Cars Grow in Popularity
New York report shows General Motors closed car sales rising as a share of total sales. In 1924 closed cars accounted for 43 percent of GM's total sales, up from 37 percent in 1923 and 28 percent in 1922, with the first quarter of 1925 at about 43 percent versus 39 percent a year earlier.
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General Motor Corporation
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Oldsmobile
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Buick
Cadillac
Chevrolet Output Reaches Over Two Thousand Cars Daily
Detroit reports the Chevrolet Motor Company is producing 52 299 motor cars and trucks this month. The rate equals more than 2 000 units per working day and may lead to the two millionth car by early fall. The milestone would mark the first three speed gear shift model to reach that total.
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Chevrolet
Detroit
Mich
Chevrolet Motor Eompany
Jones Surface Rumor Sparks Domestic Misread
A fragment from a newspaper page recalls a surface rumor about a woman described as a wife, with limited readable context indicating marital tension. Further details are not available in the accessible text.
Recompense at Fox Theatre Promises Dramatic Screen Romance
Moving picture audiences are invited to a compelling adaptation of Recompense at the Fox Theatre Monday and Tuesday. Monte Blue stars as Peter the Army Chaplain torn between duty and forbidden love with Julie portrayed by Marie Prevost.
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Warner
Robert Keable
Simon
Peter
Monte Blue
Julie
Marie Prevost
South Africa
Announcements from West Chester civic clubs and groups
Notices list meetings for the West Chester W C T U Fortnightly Club Booster Club Interchurch committee Young Women's Missionary Society Harmony club Royal Neighbors American Legion and other groups with times locations and special notes such as Mother's Day guest day flower exchange and initiation actions
Purposed Broadway Temple to Rise as Modern Apartments
An entire Washington Heights block is bought for a 24 story Romanesque Broadway Temple by the Methodist Episcopal Church. The modern apartment house will house 500 people with rooftop playgrounds and rent proceeds directed to building costs and church support.
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Washington Heights
New York City
Metropolis
Broadway Temple
Methodist Episcopal Church
Paul Known for Jewish Law Learning and Greek Literature
The text notes that St. Paul was educated in Jewish law and also had knowledge of classical Greek literature. It mentions Eastern centers of learning, including a major school in his native Tarsus, Cilicia, likened to a university.
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Tarsus
Cilicia
Helen’s Promise to Hear Episcopal Preacher
Helen, raised as a strict Congregationalist, asks permission for she and her sister to attend an Episcopal minister’s sermon. Her father doubtingly stalls, then Helen pledges to listen but vows not to believe a word he says.
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Papa
Saturnalia Reversal Roles In Ancient Rome Festival
During the Saturnalia festival in December ancient Rome slaves wore masters garments and served while masters dressed as slaves. The tradition honored Saturn and inverted social roles as a festive custom.
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Rome
City Churches Apostolic Mission Service Notice
No services this evening. Sunday School 9 30 a m. Preaching 7 59 p m by Brother Sickles of Eldon. Come and bring someone Elder BEKE. Bosley, Pastor.
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Eldon
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Bosley
Gibbon’s Rome Inspiration Sparks Major History Work
On October 15 1704 while pondering the Capitol and Forum in Rome Gibbon conceived the idea of writing The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. The remark about advertising echoes a common motif of promotion.
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Rome
Gibbon
Capitol
Forum
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