Des Moines Women’s Foreign Mission Society Raises Funds
The Des Moines branch of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society reports a 1934 35 subscription of about 89152 dollars, roughly 4000 more than last year, aided by currency exchange concerns. Des Moines treasurer Mrs W H Arnold announced the figure at the fifty first annual meeting at St Paul’s Meth Episcopal church, noting earnings exceeded last year.
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Des Moines
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
The
Methodist Church
W H Arnold
St Paul's Meth- Oatt Episcopal Church
India
Thomas Nicholson
Mount-mnor
Womars Foreign Misionary Society
Berold
Japan
G. Dildine
Maryville
E. Freeman Saxton
Louisiana
J. D. Briggs
St. Louis
United States
Emma
Auburn_ Arnold
Mount Auburn
Young People's Department
Treasury
Arnold
Burma
Missionaries Attend Fifty-First Des Moines Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society Meeting
At St Paul’s Methodist church Des Moines the fifty-first annual meeting of the Des Moines branch of the Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society gathers furloughing and retired missionaries. Five attendees originate from China including Dorothy Wilkinson Wen Pi Chen and Lydia A Trimble who plans to return to China after forty-five years in the Orient.
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Noebelson
Sesson
Womans Foreign Missonary Society
Frina Taylor
Japan
Loren Edwards
St Louis
Des Moiines
Woman's Foreign Missonary Society
St Paul's Methodist Church
Dorothy Wilkinson
Wen Pi Chen
Lydia A Wilkinson
Lydia A. Trimble
Mary Gladys Moore
da H Dudley
Mary L. Eide
Erma Taylor
Des Moines
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
China
Foochow
Lydia
Storm Lake
Orient
Lydia A. Wilkinson
Dorothy
Simpson College
Yenping
Women’s Foreign Missionary Society
Methodist Church
St. Paul's Church
Miss Eide
Emma Fuller High School
Marion widow Mattie Estelle Coons dies after brief illness
Mrs. Mattie Estelle Coons 68 widow of John Coons died Friday at a Cedar Rapids hospital after a short illness. Born May 7 1866 in Marion she married John Coons in 1885 and had seven children five grandchildren and multiple siblings. Services Sunday 2 pm at Yocom chapel with Rev Ernest C Allen in charge. Burial Oak Shade.
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Mattie Estelle Coons
John Coons
Cedar Rapids
Mattie Estelle Austin
William and
Julana Lucore Austin
Marion
Prairie Chapel Methodist Church
Iowa
Central City
Ina Mae Slaughter
Anna
Sam
Fd Paul
Decorah
William Mason
K D Sanders
Prairiebure
William
SunPlate
John
Austin
Margaret Giano
Faith
Kate Crew
Omaha
Lasde Scott
Los Angeles
Calif
Tha Dse Minor
Merle Jordan
William B Austin
Alexander S
Frank Austin
Great Falls
Mort
John C Austin
Near Marion
Yocom Chapel
Ernest C Allen
Prarie Chanel
Oak Shade Cemetery
Terror and resilience in Yenping through communist raids
Miss Mary L. Eide described a three year period of terror in Yenping China during the 1930s as communists killed, arsoned, and invaded while missionaries fled and returned to rebuild. The Des Moines gathering marked the event with reports from mission society leaders about junior works, student departments, and overseas support, highlighting faith and perseverance amid danger.
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Chungking
China
Mary L. Eide
Des Moines
Yenping
Erma Taylor
Buffalo
Hirosaki
Japan
Watson's Grocery Specials And Daily Staples
A crowded listing from Watson's Market shows prices for sugar flour butter coffee and canned goods as part of Saturday specials. The ad highlights oats corn Flakes crackers coffee and produce with multiple bulk and per unit offers and free delivery noted for Third Avenue Southwest location.
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Watson’s
Hills
Omar
FiIsbury
Lima
Quick
Graham
Midget Couple Wed In Midget Village
In Chicago at midnight, Miss Lillian Porter a Gainesville Texas 26 and 28 inches tall wed Chester Keesner 29 of Muncie Indiana 30 inches tall. The ceremony in the World’s Fair village was conducted by Rev J F Clancy with tiny attendants Ada Frank and Harry Fish also of short stature.
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Chicago
Lillian Porter
Gainesville
Tex
Chester Keesner
Muncie
Ind
J. F. Clancy
Ada Frank
Harry Fish
Woman reports murder of girl friend in Hollywood
Irene Willard, 26, limps into a Los Angeles police station claiming she witnessed the slaying of Gladys Seeley, 23, and was abducted for two days. She says the victim was beaten and killed by a Black man and the body wrapped in sheets, with the car fleeing toward the beach. Police verify details as the case unfolds.
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LOS Angeles
Irene Willard
Central Avenue
Miss Willard
Gladys Seeley
Hollywood
Miss Perkins Urges Arbitration Peace
Miss Perkins advocates a government backed arbitration system to resolve labor disputes. She stresses boards will make factual findings and arbitrate when parties agree, creating a continuous mechanism for orderly industrial relations amid transitional tensions.
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Miss Perkins
Marriage Licenses Listed for Several Couples in Multiple Cities
Goshen Utah pairs Nels L Peterson with Virginia Okelberry while Mason City shows Charles R Sifert with Mabel Phillips and Cedar Rapids records Paul Francis James with Harietta Miner and Frank Myers with Hazel Arce. Three Mile Bay New York’s Charles L Selter weds Anna Wilson of Cedar Rapids. England and Wales population 1931 totals 39 988 000.
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Nels L. Peterson
Virginia Okelberry
Goshen
Utah
Charles R. Sifert
Mabel Phillips
Mason City
Paul Francis James
Harietta Miner
Cedar Rapids
Frank Myers
Hazel Arce
Charles L. Selter
Three Mile Bay
N. Y
Anna Wilson
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Gazette
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Clifford Armstrong
Mike Cha
Katheryn McFinn
Norma Biddick
Dent
Helen Biddick
June Milner
DeMolay
Raymond Manson
de Molay
E W J Kurth
Cedar Rayics
Manson
A de Molay
Elliott Building
Gordon Grocery
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B. F Brockman
John M Waters
Marvin Edison
Earl Brockman
Vernon Brockman
Peterson
Detroit
West
Floyd Slaussen
Clyde Derflinger
Slaussen
Walter Lowe
California
George T Krog
Stanton, Neb
C. E. Krog
1St St. NE
Dial
Swift
Lamb
Wisconsin
First Street
Bologna
Pork Ghops
C. R. Cassell
Waterloo
T. C. Stephens
Sioux City
J. A. Lory
Sironcha
H. M. Humphrey
Indianola
Courage of Christianity
Martha Stahl Beall
Otis Moore
Tipton
Beally
Ola H. Dudley
Helen Galloway
J. L. Shroyer
Lake Park
Marjorie Ware
West Branch
W . Dennis
D. W. Britton
Garden City
A. M. Thornburg
C. L. Mead
Jesus
Allie Bass
Parker Branch
Moradabad
Wll
A. N. Watson
Third Ave. SW
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Limerick
Last Lines
Big Ben
Bo Staay
P&g
Idaho
England and
Wales
Enright
Congress
Uno Beways Pour
Sale Tender Young Steer
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