Marriages and social events dot Crawfordsville society notes
Last evening at eight thirty Miss Wilma F Lease and Mr Francis Marion Olde were married at the Baptist parsonage in a ring ceremony conducted by Rev M R Regan. The couple will live on the Olds farm northwest of Ainsworth. Also noted is Mrs J B Hoxworth’s birthday dinner with twelve guests, fall flowers from Mrs Joseph Myall, and a Presbyterian Sunday school gathering at the Matucha home featuring a picture show and a three act melodrama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilma F. Lease
Crawfordsville
Francis Marion Olde
Ainsworth
M. R. Regan
Baptist Parsonage
Joseph Lange
John L. Olds
J. B. Hoxworth
Cap Gray
Joseph Myall
Ed Myall
Bessie
Presbyterian
W. C Harding
Will Matucha
Pa Sneak
Harold J. Montgomery
Presbyterian rummage sale and church notices
Announcements list upcoming church gatherings including a rummage sale on Saturday in the Stewart building, missions society meetings, Rebekah Lodge initiation, Young Women's Missionary Society with Miss Ora Henderson, O B S lodge regular meeting, preparatory service with Rev Mountford, Communion Sunday service, St James bake sale, Alma Hearne Holland members gathering, and Baptist choir rehearsal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian
Stewart
Orr Grocery
Young Women's Missionary Society of Ind UV. PL
Ora Henderson
St. James Church
Eatable Sale by Normal Training Girls for Armenians
The Normal training girls of the high school hold an eatable sale Saturday at Bruns Seed Store to aid Armenians. They offer homemade pies cakes jelly doughnuts cottage cheese fresh buttermilk and other country goods. Sale starts at two o clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruns
Lines to Be Remembered and the Conscience ethic
A reflective piece asserts the origin of mankind is shared and that true nobility stems from a clear conscience. It emphasizes heaven given virtue as the basis for moral character.
Winfield Youth Freed After Seduction Hearing
Ralph Patterson a young man from Winfield faced a seduction charge in court before Squire D C Kyle. The Crawfordsville girl’s evidence failed to establish grounds to hold him, and he was dismissed. His attorney was Kenneth Nelson of Mt Pleasant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Patterson
Winfield
Squire D. C. Kyle
Crawfordsville
Kenneth Nelson
Mt. Pleasant
Cochine and coconut exports eyed for Guatemala coast
The report notes potential export growth on Guatemala's north coast for cochineal, with £10,000 in highway upgrades possibly boosting to 100,000 tons yearly. On the south coast, cape of cornona nuts could rise to 300,000 tons annually, aided by cheap southern labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guatemala
New Theory of Flood Emerges from Africa Findings
In South Africa a new flood theory arises. Hydrologists in Uganda report evidence that Lake Victoria and central African lakes once stood as vast inland seas. Excess rainfall could have overflowed northward. Primitive stone tools found at old water levels suggest human presence in that era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Africa
Uganda
Lake
Victoria
Central African
Indians Counting by Hands in Guiana Numeration
The Indians of Guiana use a hand based system of numeration. They count by hands and fingers. five is a hand, six is a hand and first finger, ten is two hands, twenty is two tens, and forty is two men. They describe forty six as two men a hand and first finger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guiana
Arrow Versus Rifle Firepower in Buffalo Hunting
The American Forestry Magazine notes that a mounted Indian or white hunter using a bow and arrows could kill more buffaloes than a rifleman. At close range the arrow proved as deadly as the bullet, made less noise, and could be fired three to four times faster than muzzle-loading rifles.
P. E. D. Loans $100000 to Girls for Education
Kansas City dispatch reports the P. E. D. sisterhood has lent over 100000 dollars from its education fund to hundreds of young women nationwide. The biennial convention in Kansas City showcased delegates, luncheons, and plans for officer elections led by Mrs. Bertha Clark Hughes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
National
P. E
Vina Ives Bowden
Brookfield
Supreme Chapter
Muehlebach
P. EB. O
Woman delays date but ensures early train departure
A woman may keep you waiting for hours amid an engagement yet will secure you to catch a 9 train by arriving you at the depot an hour early.
St Swithin myth tested with 1840s weather record
A long running test from 1840 checks the famous St Swithin rain rule. Analysis shows the most rainy days occurred during two decades when St Swithin day had dry spells, undermining the belief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Swithin
St. Swithis
Toy Rope Hanging Activity for Young Children
A short line of narrow rope or twine is hung in a corner of the kitchen or nursery. It should be about three or four feet long. Give three to four year olds a handful of clothespins and scraps of cloth to hang notches, a simple play activity for both girls and boys.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Women's Missionary Society
First United Presbyterian Church
Milt Godfrey
BTIS
Rebekah Lodge
Odd Fellows Hall
O. B.S. No
Presbyterians
Leslie Mountford
Alma Hearne Holland
The
Baptist Choir
Wickey
Wickey Battery Agency
Washington
Keokuk Counties
Mississippi
Willits Brothers
R. H. Willits
L. C. Willits
White Way
PROM
Mote Education
Frane Rhoads Elliott
Chicago
New York
Elliott
Iowa Wesleyan College
Mount Pleasant
Town
Sisterhood
Bertha Clark Hughes
Omaha
Hughes
Children's Beavers
Lyons
Smith
Utz & Dunn
East Side Square
C. M. & F. Clothing Co
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