Local arrivals and social visits clutter city notes
Miss Blanche Smith arrived on No. 2 last evening and Mrs. F J Helvey from Ainsworth visited the city. Several visitors from Hedrick West Chester Chicago Oskaloosa and Fairfield called on friends and hosts. Andy Simpson of Centerville, once northwest of the city, was in town visiting. Cole's gallery offered cabinet photos at $1 a dozen for Christmas. Ruth Latta Mame Shearer Anna Dawson and Cora Porter drove to Wellman to visit friends and met Jesse Longwell former supervisor.
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Blanche Smith
No. 2
F. J. Helvey
Ainsworth
Foley’s
Lee Hanna
West Chester
Sands Home
Stolte
Hedrick
Miles Shelton
Chicago
Eugene Stichter
Fulton
Fairfield
Ruth Latta
Mame Shearer
Anna Dawson
Cora Porter
Wellman
Jesse Longwell
Board of Supervisors
Emperor at the Plow Peculiarities of China Thanksgiving
The piece describes a Chinese winter thanksgiving where families give offerings on the altar and share a grand dinner. On the fifteenth day of the first moon the emperor leads a state ceremony, prostrates to the god Tien, sacrifices a bullock, and plows a ceremonial field before mandarins imitate him. The festival ends with clothing and money gifts to the poor.
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China
Tien
Rabbit Hunting Dance Festival Among Pueblo Indians
The Pueblo Indians at Zuni Acoma Taos and Isleta perform a November rabbit hunting dance to thank the Great Spirit. Chiefs assign days, dancers in white shirts and pants carry guns chant from dawn to night, praying for rabbits crops rain and future favors.
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Zuni
Acoma
Taos
Isleta
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