Bible Thought Tuesday highlights road safety and progress
In a Rotary Club talk Dr. M. F. Haygood reflects on unseen health gains and the toils of public life. The piece reviews Iowa Highway 92 benefits over routes 34 and 6, noting fewer accidents and smoother travel. It also covers insurance, home life, local wildlife, radios, and political framing around Wilson and war news.
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Iowa
Nebraska
Chicago
Council Blaffa
Mendota
Week of visits and gatherings in Prairie Flower community
Eugenia and Esther Smith hosted their niece Josephine Kay Cornick from Mt Union during a visit, while other neighbors and relatives including Walter Canter, Mrs Jennie Smith and Mrs Lulu Green attended events, toured Des Moines and Des Moines area, and a local play directed by Mildred Doran was planned for the Christian church.
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Martha Thrasher
Prairie Flower
Eugenia
Esther Smith
Josephine Kay Cornick
Mt. Union
Washington Hospital
Washington
Frederick Smith
Rock Island
Walter Smith
L. W. Turnipseed
Martha
Iowa City
Jackson Township
Pleasant Plains
Ellis Finke
Gunnell
Orville Schulty
Mildred Doran
Thrasher
Christian Church
Forgetfulness and wit mingle in a humorous column
A Washington business man laments growing forgetful while joking about memory. The piece riffs on life speed versus endurance, taste in handling chaos, and sly quips about tuition and suspicion. It closes with a wry note on language and a casual sign-off from M. J.
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Washington
No Women in Backwoods Cabin Dialogue on Cooking
In a remote cabin two old settlers discuss domestic life and cooking. The men comment on cookery books and recipes, noting their reluctance and the plain, crude domestic arrangements of their settlement. The exchange highlights gendered expectations in a sparse frontier setting.
Curious Manufacturer Colors Three Wand Milling Machines
A factory shows three identical wand milling machines colored orange red and gray. Workers prefer the orange model by far, followed by red and then gray, with popularity strongest for night shifts. The orange model is likened to a cheerful fire on a cold night.
Reverend Hoskins Preaches Plain Living and Heart Clergy Wisdom
The Rev Kara Hoskins urged plain faith over showy talk, saying appearance cannot mask the heart. He cited a Sunday singer and warned that heaven begins with sincere living, as congregants reflected and one member, Jesse Maddox, paused to sing softly.
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Heaven
Jesse Maddox
A Pair of Walks With Pleasure and Sorrow
A poet reflects on walking one mile with Pleasure who spoke much and with Sorrow who said nothing. The contrast yields a lesson, as experience shifts from chatter to quiet insight.
Fragmented Moral Musing on Character and Integrity
A compact piece ponders bright character and clean conduct in Chesterfield style. It contrasts conservatism with cowardice and notes temper control, obedience, and the limits of forceful language in shaping reputations and integrity.
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Chesterfield
Beethoven Ignored in Vienna Becomes Only Surviving Composer
In 1808 Vienna, Ludwig van Beethoven won few honors despite growing fame and major works. A Vienna patroness arranged 62 composers to set Carpani's In Questa Tomba Oscura, but Beethoven was added last as the sixty third. Time reveals only Beethoven's setting endures.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Viena
Giuseppe Carpani
Vienna
Carpani
Europe
Salieri
Paer
Cherubini
Czerny
Beethoven
Carpant
Sixteen Seniors Attend Service in Crawfordsville
Mary Manners reports a Maccalaureate service held Sunday evening in Crawfordsville with sixteen seniors, eight boys and eight girls, in caps and gowns. Revifts, processional by Wille Benson, choir Gris, and sermons by Rev. Davies and Rev. Megehelson marked the event. local families hosted visitors from Omaha and Hastings during Mothers Day weekend.
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Mary Manners
Crawfordsville
Tiguecuoo Wauaitorium
Wilille Jilene Benson
Baith of
Our Fathers
Pupt. W. Co
Kauscher
Father
Gris Glee Club
Chapman
LD. CC
Davies
Itliene Benson
Judge-Rastus and the Work Question in Old Protest
A dialogue mocks the idea of work asking Judge Rastus about what Ab Was doing on the second Tuesday in July last year. The verse notes that solemn folks are respected but friends who smile easily are favored.
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Rastus
Harmony dominates Iowa Democratic convention scene
May 14 Des Moines reports show gub candidates Breen and Valentine walking stage together while leaders hail harmony and Roosevelt third-term support. Delegates applaud, and scattered profiles note local politicians, churchgoers, and a Tulip bulb salesman highlighting wartime sentiment.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Edward Breen
John K. Valentine
Clyde L. Herris
Nelson G. Krasechel
Amers
Mother's Day observance at Wellman and Lodge reception
Wellman May 6 meeting of O E S 8S had 24 members with Mrs Keith Adams in chair. A Mother Day program followed a reception at Masonic Hall honoring Mrs Mozelle Russell of Winfield, presented by Worthy Matron Mrs Keith Acullis. Committee roles listed. decor and bridge club gathering noted with awards to members.
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Wellman
Tuesda
Worms
Keith Adams
Masonic Hall
Orce
Mastern Star
Mozelle Russell
Win
Russell Winegarden
Rm Keith Adams
Roy Durian
Clarance Rowe
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