New Kewanee Methodist church to cost 150000 dollars
Rev Virgil Thompson will lead a new modern Methodist church in Kewanee Illinois. The project began with tithing drives and a substantial fund, with the parish house ready by February and the auditorium due by September. The building features brown brick Tiffany memorial windows and a 850 seat assembly hall with rebuilt pipe organ and an athletic floor.
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First Methodist Episcopal Church of
Methodists
Kewanee
Inl
George Thorpe
Rock Island
Tiffany's Studios
New York
Pug Pilot Nets Boxing Boss for Parish House Plans
John DePalma, brother of Ralph DePalma, expands into boxing management with Eddie Gleason under his wing. Parish house plans include a church within a church, Tiffany windows, a 500 seat dining room, a 150 seat chapel, and a large choir loft. The Kewanee church adopts the modern “Kewanee plan” with full time secretary Miss Pearl Wiesenthal coordinating class leaders and a renewed Sunday school to serve a growing industrial community.
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John
Eddie Gleason
Tiffany
Church of Knee
Kewanee
Pearl Wiesenthal
Chicago Training School
Black pony marks its 47th birthday in Marysville
In Marysville Kansas on December 14 a black pony owned by Michael Rueger is celebrated for reaching its 47th birthday, possibly making it the oldest in the United States. The pony has remained with the Rueger family since being purchased from the Crow Indians 45 years ago.
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Marysville
Kan
Michael Rue
United States
Rueger
Mrs A E Wainscott Injured After Hayloft Fall
Frankfort headlines report Mrs A E Wainscott of the vicinity fell from a haymow and sustained a broken member. Local inquiry notes the accident occurred near her residence with medical assistance sought.
Minnicar's flivver injures friend in cold start attempt
Tocsin Claton Minnicar owned a flivver that failed to start on a cold morning. When he tried to hurry it, the vehicle kicked and broke his arm, leaving him with an injury and a misfired plan for the day.
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Tocsin
Claton Minnicar
Claton
Busy Woman's Interest In Novel Millinery Adornments
Hedda Hoyt surveys 1925 fashion items sold to busy women. Highlighted are miniature animals and birds on pins, tiny diamond-like buckles for ribbon wristlets, side combs, bowknots in bright colors, a lipstick necklace, carved parrot heads with ostrich tail, umbrella handles as ornaments, and color buttons with removable makeup tops. Also notes rickets linked to lack of sunshine.
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United Press
New York
Kno
Evansville Blacksmith Electrocuted Protecting Son
Thomas Trister a 44 year old Evansville blacksmith living near Grand View was electrocuted today when he grabbed a live wire as his barn burned. His son Delbert was knocked down by the wire while the father tried to move it away. Coroner Eva Buxton ruled death by electrocution. He leaves a widow and five children. Barn and contents valued at 5000 with 1500 insurance. A threshing machine and generator burned as well.
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Evansville
Ind
Thomas Trister
Grand View
Delbert
Eva Buxton
Spencer County
Trister
Gen Buller
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Redda Hoyt
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Hudson Essex
Nash
Washington
John ‘W. Greenwood
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