Dale Carnegie Book Gains Popularity in Library
A Washington Public Library and nationwide audience flock to Dale Carnegie’s How to Win Friends and Influence People. The book’s author is praised as an authority on business relations with extensive research on Lincoln and other figures, and the review notes practical, non magical guidance with clear benefits for personal and professional life.
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Dale Carnegie
Washington Public Library
Carnegie
New York
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
NBC
Canada
British Isles
Paris
United States
Europe
Africa
Arctic
William James
Harvard
Ira Carnegie
Jdumor
Dale
Dayton Grove Local News Remembers May Day Events
May 17 report lists Herold Leet and classmates touring Keokuk dam and Fort Madison prison area on a school trip. Several families gather for Mother's Day with relatives from St. Paul and Rock Island visiting Dayton Grove, Washington, and surrounding homes.
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J. B. Moore
Dayton Grove
Herold Leet
Keokuk Dam
Fort Madison Penitentiary
Walter Leet
Dorothy
St. Paul
Lyle Oldfield
A. EK. Knotts
J. R. Moore
Washington
Opal Wilson
Wm. Embree
Herman Schults
Harry Dusenberry
Roy Bain
Mahoney
Dorothy Slack
Little Son
Samuel Stang
Rock Island
Lyall Moore
A. F. Knotts
Trena Oldfield
Carl Oldfield
Wim, Carr
Willard Leet
J. C. Bauer
C. C. Owen
Eugene Owens
America Tops World in Life Insurance Ownership
Life Insurance Week highlights that the United States, with seven percent of the world’s population, holds about 79 percent of all life insurance. In 1900 one in eight Americans had coverage. today about half the population participates, with 64 million insured and $104.5 billion in policies. The campaign promotes planning for the future from May 17 to 22.
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America
Provident
United States
Services held in Lexington for S C Gardner
Funeral services for S C Gardner of Cedar Rapids, long a Lexington figure, were conducted at the Lexington church with Rev W A Smith of West Liberty and Rev Bruce Syestone of Mt Vernon officiating. Many relatives and friends came from Cedar Rapids, Mt Vernon, West Liberty, Washington and Wellman as well as locals.
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Wade Gardner
Lexington
S.C. Gardner
Cedar Rapids
Lexington Church
Mt. Vernon
West Liberty
Washington
Wellman
W. A. Smith
Bruce Syestone
Belle Wilson
Wedding Voided After Bride Says Groom Had Too Much
In Kankakee Illinois on May 17 Shirley Corbin Hopper, age 16, secured an annulment from her marriage to 77 year old John Hopper, the brother of her grandfather. She testified he urged the union to gain inheritance and that his drinking prevented a valid marriage. Hopper is a retired police sergeant.
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Kankakee
Shirley Corbin Hopper
John Hopper
Shirley
Hopper
Hoppe
Garfield's Church Journey Toward Faith at Geauga Academy
The article recalls James A. Garfield attending Geauga Academy in Ohio for two years before joining the church. The community urged him to convert, but he insisted on making the personal choice and, after two years, grew to be impressed and officially joined.
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Garfield
James A. Garfield
Geauga Academy
Ohio
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