Social and club notices fill town diary in May
The Welleton Social club hosted fifteen members and six guests at Mrs. Zeno Tines home with entertainment by Mrs. Mangcoki, Mrs. Brown, and others. A guest social is planned for May 28 at Mrs. Charlies McKinstry’s home, with Mrs. Hillis attending. Other groups met for picnics, furniture study, garden tours, and regular meetings, including the Rural Women’s Club at Mrs. Gled Schwartz’s home and the Woman’s Relief Corps in West Chester. A Wallace neighbors surprise visit featured piano music and a two centre luncheon. A Memorial Service was planned by the Valley St. Paul’s Evangelical Ladies’ Aid, with seventeen members and seven visitors present, and a birthday dinner for Mrs. Ruby Skipton. The Nineteenth Century Reading Club hosted a farewell luncheon for Mrs. A. R. Oates and Mrs. Stanley Miller at Mrs. C. A. Dewey’s home.
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Welleton Social Club
Zeno Tines
Hillis
Dave Temple
Hureday
Mre
BE. A. Wallace
Wallace Home
Sielen Melinski
Johanna Drish
John Timmerman
Mary Kurtz
Quincey
Hinds
David MacCartney
A. B. Jones
Ellen Wallace
Tom Rickey
Mary
A. T. Brown
George Fetters
J. P. Thomas
Arthur Morrow
Jim Arnold
Lloyd Arnold
Clayton Neiswanger
Neice
Anita Pacha
Charles Falkner
Otto Walton
Brighton
James Embree
W. HM. Harrison
Paul Bell
Clyde Birney
C. A. Pratt
J. P. Melinski
Helen
Wallace
The
Valley St. Paul's Evangelical Ladies’ Aid Society
Martha Mayer
Jim Gatton
W. L. Brinning
Wellston
Reading Club
C. A. Dewey
A. R. Oates
Belvidere
Illinois
Stanley Miller
West
M. W. Bailey
YWCA and YMCA Offer Summer Classes and Swim Sessions
Registration tomorrow for YWCA summer classes at the YMCA building runs 2 30 to 5 20 and 7 to oclock with term starting June 9 and running to September. Music courses by Mrs Henry Shields begin June 8 for ages 10 to 18, with free classes and medals for top work. Swimming sessions for girls and women have new price schedules from 1 00 to 2 50 per week per period, towels available for 5 cents.
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Henry Shields
Manton Hebner
Mirrors in Everyday Life Reflection and Note
A student essay notes mirrors as common subjects in daily life. It compares square and round shapes and describes how a mirror must be tipped like a waiter to function well. The piece reflects on how people see themselves in mirrors and how reflections pertain to personal appearance.
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Boston Transcript
Butterfly Table Delicacy of Bogeng Mountains
The Bogeng mother butterfly is a delicacy among certain Aboriginal peoples of Australia. They travel long distances to collect it each year on the slopes of the Bogeng mountains. In New South Wales they are captured by smoke from wood fires lit under trees.
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Australia
Bogoeng Mountains
New South Wales
Holy Cross Pitcher Owen Carroll Aims For Major League Debut
One of the best in college baseball, Holy Cross star Owen Carroll is in his fourth year as captain and ace pitcher. His sensational work has drawn interest from several major league clubs, and he is expected to appear in a big time uniform soon.
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Owen Carroll
Holy Cross
Carroll
Missionary Society Meetings And Club Notices
Announcements include the Methodist church Missionary Society meeting Monday at Dora and Lillian Minick home with Jessie Miller as leader. A barrel drive to the Orphans Home at Council Bluffs is organized with empty cans at Miss Eva Smeltzer’s home for fruit donations. The Fortnightly Club Art Department meets Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. Milan Shields, 8313. Rooster club gathers Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. John Miller, 8313. K Can regular meeting Tuesday evening at the hall, 843. Bethel Presbyterian Woman's Missionary Society meets Wednesday afternoon with Mrs. Wilson Martin, 8413.
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The
Methodist Church
Dora
Lillian Minick
Jessie Miller
Council Bluffs
Eva Smeltzer
Miss Smeltzer
Milan Shields
Woman's Missionary Society of the
Bethel Presbyterian Church
Wilson Martin
Regular meeting and nominations at Rebekah lodge event
The Rebekah lodge invites the Odd Fellows wives to a regular meeting Tuesday at 8 PM with officer nominations and a short program and entertainment. L. BE. Larson, N. G. 8413 The Pythian Sisters of West Chester will hold their regular meeting on Tuesday evening.
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Rebekah Lodge
Wives of Odd Fellows
L. BE. Larson
N. G
Pythian Sisters of
West Chester
Counting a trillion at 200 per minute takes millennia
The piece explains that counting to a trillion at 200 numbers per minute would require 9,512 years. It notes that at that rate one hour yields 12,000 counts, a day yields 288,000, and a year yields 105,120,000.
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America
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Catawba
Yadkin
North Carolina
Ulster
American
Pen Quip Sparks Ink on New Trousers
Forest and Wood trade playful lines about a fountain pen as blotting paper dulls the stain on Forest’s trousers. The light exchange centers on pen accuracy and the ease of ink flow in a humorous vignette.
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Wood
Forest
Seed eating finch makes best pet Nature says
Nature Magazine praises the bull finch as a tame, seed eating pet and notes it can be trained to sing a simple tune, suggesting a small want ad could help a buyer find one.
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Nature Magazine
Mecklenburg Declaration Celebrated in United States History
The Mecklenburg Declaration, drawn in Charlotte North Carolina, is hailed as a key anniversary. Scots Irish settlers and colonial resistance are traced from Ulster emigration through the Revolutionary era with the 69th Congress funding the May 19 to 23 observance in Burlington.
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United States
England
Mecklenburg
Mecklenburg County
North Carolina
Tennessee Line
Charlotte
Scotland
James I
Ulster
Northern Ireland
Ireland
James
Boston
County of
Massachusetts
Concord
Lexington
Continental Congress
Philadelphia
George III
Washington
Congress
Senate
House
Burlington
Indian Monsoons and Seasonal Wind Patterns
The article explains the monsoon cycle in India with the southwest monsoon from April to September bringing vapor from the Indian Ocean. It condenses on the heights of the Chute and forms torrents that move eastward with seasonal winds from differing directions.
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India
Indian Ocean
Forcelini Finishes Lexicon of Al Latin After 35 Years
Pioneering linguist Forcelini spent 35 years compiling the monumental Lexicon of Al Latin. He began in 1718 and completed the work in 1753, though it was not published until 1771.
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Forcelini
Rome Hosiery Mill Shifts to Night Shirt Orders
In a southern exchange note the Rome Hosiery mill begins producing night shirts to fulfill large orders received over the past weeks. The move reflects intensified demand and a response to rising textile orders in the region.
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Southern Exchange
Rome
Bowton Transcript
Early Egyptian shaving tools and customs described
According to Herodotus the Egyptians shaved continually and only grew beards in mourning. The barber called hay used varied instruments including a razor shaped like a small hatchet with a recurved handle and knife like blades for shaving.
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Herodotus
Why They End Friendship
A Kansas City Star reflection on how women’s social bonds dissolve through mutual scrutiny and competition, arguing such frictions drive high mortality of feminine friendships worldwide.
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Kangas City
Personal Magnetism Watches and Wearer Effects
The article notes that some watches called Personal Magnetism are influenced by the magnetism of their wearers. It states the effect occurs most often with individuals of dark complexion and describes the unusual interaction between wearer and timepiece.
What Makes Them Wild Our Idea of a Wild Woman
A Dallas News feature argues that the notion of a wild woman reflects social constraints and lack of refuge. It explores gender norms, independence, and the limits placed on women seeking space or escape. The piece examines cultural expectations influencing behavior and autonomy.
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Dallas News
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Esther Corner
Alta Himetreich
California
J Hi. Humeton
Willard Wylie
Woman's Relief Corps of
Miss Ruby Skipton
Miss Ruby
J. C. Fields
Grace Elfman
Toledo
Ohio
Miss Elfman
Y. W
Stude
Rooster Club
John Miller
Rosemary Club
Vincent Marek
Priscilla Claub
T. S. BE
Chas. Wilson
Woman's Home Misssionary Society
M. E. Church
Wellston Social Club
Chas. McKinstry
Pleur de Lis Club
Lou Arthur
Knights of Pything
L. A. Jones
C. C
West Chester Presbyterian Church
Glen Martin
Floyd Crayne
Guy Dillon
Chas. Harley
Olive Munroe
Lucille Fisher
Lloyd Martin
Ham Thompson
El 2
Alamance
Rothschild’s
Hakrt-Schaffner & Marx
Kayser
Union
Champitex
Triangle Auto Supply Co
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