Masonic Picnic Marks Third Fayette County Event
West Union hosted the Fayette County Masonic picnic and dormer stone laying with over 160 Masons, a noon dinner, and a large band. Major C. B. Robbing and Lieut. Gov. Hammill officiated as ceremonies impressed attendees. The crowd enjoyed warm weather, games, and socializing at the court grounds and fair park.
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West ‘Ution
Fayette, Co‘vinty
Fayette County
Masonic
Grand Lodge
Fair Ground
Yowa
C. B. Robbing
Cedar Rapids
Hammill
West Union
Fair Grounds
Corner stone laying ceremony of the Masonic lodge
The record describes a corner stone laying ceremony featuring Grand Master by the Masonté band and Grand Officers. Addresses given by Hon O B Robbins Commander of the Iowa Legion and Hon Hamill Lieutenant Governor. Music by the Masonic band and an America Benediction.
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Masonté
Iowa
Magonic Band
Hammill
State of
Masonic Band
East Country Club Event at George Braust Home
The Mast County Club gathered at George Braust home near West Union on Thursday afternoon June 21 for a short business meeting followed by a varied program. Readings, local solos, magazine excerpts, and instrumental pieces were performed by club members including Mrs Ray Rowland Mrs Wthel Dewey Mrs Selma Hitch and Mrs Clifford Brand. The group voted to suspend meetings during June. Hostess D Brause and Drs Clifford Braude attended with Albert Hoff and Phyllis Hoff among guests.
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Mast County
George Braust
West Union
Ray Rowland
Wthel Dewey
Selma Hitch
Clifford Brand
Albert Hoff
D. Brausa
Anddeushter Phyllis
Freeman
Waldron
Clifford Braude
Manly
Masonic Officers Elected At Eighteenth Iowa Grand Lodge
Officers elected at the eighteenth annual communication of the Masonic Grand Lodge of Iowa include Milo J. Gabriel of Clinton chosen as grand master to succeed F W Glaze of Os Kalooga. Other picks: H C Hesser Bac City as grand warden, Percival Bonaparte as grand warden, Le Dunn Des Moines as grand treasurer, Narvin Cedar Rapids as grand secretary, and David R Flowest Dave Trp Golfat as grand opstodian.
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Masonic Grand Lodge
Iowa
Milo J. Gabriel
Clinton
F W. Glaze
Oskalooga
H. C. Hesser
Bac City
Percival
Bonaparte
Justor
le Dunn
Des Moinea
Narvin
Cedar Rapids
David R. “Flowest
Dave Trp
Golfat
Rand Opstodian
Private Sale Of Household Goods Near Fort Dodge
At Private Sale Good range, kitchen cabinet, kitchen table and oven, walnut bedroom suite, ivory bed, walnut dining room set, overstuffed Davenport and arm chair, rugs, library table, fern stand and other articles. All the above are practically new and anyone interested call Mrs Boles Capper on Falb. Mrs Falb left for Fort Dodge Tuesday morning to visit her sick sister.
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Mra
Falb
Fort Dodge
Hta Sleter
California Governor’s fight against excessive laws
Governor Richardson calls for reducing law making to cut taxes and government overhead. He argues that overregulation burdens citizens and politicians alike, urging reforms to streamline statutes and curb costly regulatory expansion nationwide.
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Richardson
California
Lawmaking restraint and government overhead debate
The text argues that if Congress refused to pass laws, the country would benefit by stabilizing business and reducing government costs. It suggests voters should elect representatives who cut legislation and lower overhead, rather than increasing it, by prioritizing streamlined action at state and national levels.
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Congress
National Legislative Assembly
What Men Are Men Are What Women Marry
A fragmentary reflection on gender roles and marriage, noting quirks in male perception and social behavior. It argues that making a husband demands art, faith, and restraint, while flattery and appearance influence a man’s interest and actions. Brown Eyes.
World's Largest Mail Terminal at Chicago Opens
The Van Buren mail terminal in Chicago, six stories high and two city blocks long, is the world’s largest of its kind. Covering 80 feet in width and 10,208,000 cubic feet, it sits beside Union Station and can load 42 mail cars at once from its chutes. About 1,300 postal workers operate it, with four miles of belt conveyors distributing parcels. At full capacity it handles 2,400 tons per hour, designed for Chicago’s immense parcel- Post traffic.
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van Buren
Chicago
Union Station
Married couple begin life together in local ceremony
The bride and groom, attended by Miss Bessto Chapman and Mr. Harry Palmer, exchanged vows on Saturday evening. Guests offered best wishes then headed to a modest supper. After a pleasant reception the couple left for a wedding trip to Texas and Montana. The bride, once with a local telephone exchange and now with Northeastern Town er Co. atmistment, is praised for charm and capability. The groom is described as industrious and well regarded in his hometown. Best wishes are extended from friends at home and beyond.
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Bessto Chapman
Harry Palmer
Bo Glal
Tiktnsis
Tatana
Anid
Northeastern
Towner Co. Atmistment
Shaver
The Power of Laws to Enforce Themselves
A discussion on faith in written laws and the auto enforcement belief. It warns that reliance on paper to govern leads to weakened respect for government, greater government encroachment, and higher costs from new bureaus. It predicts voters may favor candidates pledging broad repeal of laws.
Married in Cedar Rapids Grace Bowen Weds Charles Leach
Grace Lina Bowen, a Mt Vernon girl long known in Cedar Rapids social circles, married Charles W Leach of Mt Vernon. The couple, after a brief stop at the bride’s home, will reside in Mt Vernon. The bride has worked in Delavan and West Union as a stenographer and is praised for character and promise. The groom, an Express Company employee in Mt Vernon, is described as a man of worth and integrity.
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Srtenday
Mies Gracelina Bowen
Higin
Charles Wach
Mt Vernon
Cedar Rapids
Mtetn
Elgin
New York
Delwain
Lana
Weat Union
Law of
Wstey
The
Express Company
Mt. Vernon
Leach
Three Classes to Miss Honus Bonus for Training Time
State Auditor Haynes states that three classes of soldiers, including remarried widows and student army training corps, will not receive the extra bonus for time spent in training. The bonus board interprets the law as covering all free cases regardless of status.
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Haynes
Tho Ism
Vapid Vei
Memorial Day dance sparks debate on sacred observance
The West Union Argus notes growing public push to keep Memorial Day sacred from celebrations while West Union shifts away from Memorial Day baseball games. The Waukon Democrat prints a card urging restraint, warning that dancing on Memorial Day at gravesites resembles an improper burial ceremony.
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West Unio Argo
West Union
Waukon Democrat
Jack Boyle Weds Miss Lillian Wratten at Jackson
The Netherville Democrat reports Miss Lillian Wratten and Jack Boyle were married at Jackson last Wednesday. They have been on their wedding trip since. The bride is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Walter Wratten. The groom is employed by Rock Island Co. West Bend Journal.
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Netherville Democrat
Lillian Wratten
Jack Boyle
Jackson
Walter Wratten
Rock Island Co
West Bend Journal
For Sale Shetland Pony Black Gentle Disposition
For sale a black Shetland pony named Guap with a gentle disposition. Contact box 337 West Unter for details and inquiry.
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Shetland Pony
West Unter
Government bonus board operates around the clock
The board is working overtime to process claims and expects to find quarters where it can run about ten hours daily without interruption until most claims are handled. State Treasurer Barbaouk says ample funds are available to settle claims as fast as they are approved.
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Barbaouk
Dexter High School Knickerbockers Spark Town Split
In Dexter Iowa last week two sophomores Lillian Wetrich and Le phe Coulter wore natty knit knickerbockers to use seats, triggering whispers and a public disturbance. Superintendent Pitman summoned the girls to his office, then sent them home to change, leaving Dexter divided in sentiment as townsfolk react to the dress issue in the Postville Herald account.
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Dexter
Shaffer Death Shocks Elgin Area Obituary and Graveling News
Clayton reports the death of C L Shaffer at his sister Mrs Sam Greenley’s home after illness. He was a longtime Elgin resident, to be brought home for funeral at Ilyria church with burial in Ilyria cemetery. Emmetsburg club starts weekly graveling to improve roads with 46 workers and 16 teams delivering 139 loads. Also notes on Russia crackdown on religious teaching to youth. caller questions barbarity of such laws.
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Clayton
C. L. Shaffer
Siater
Sam Greenley
Br. Shaffer
Elgin
Ilyria
Llyria
Emmeteburg
Russia
Publicity spirit and town notes on social news and veterans
Town readers discuss publicity habits and the duty to send social items to the paper. A letter from the Town Creamery Secretaries and Managers Association praises veterans on the board of the Eisfn Farmar Dairy Company for long service and a thriving, modern creamery plant built from a small start.
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Veterans’ Club
Bigin
Fred Ponte
Hos. Groth
Hy M. McMillan
B. M. Benson
Toha Frederick
Chag Rothisberger
Henry Frieden
Melehr Luechsinger
Ths
Fox Cn
Town Creamery Srecretaries' and Managers’ Association
Eisin Farmar? Dairy Company
Iowa City leader to head state department on maternity aid
Mrs. Max Meyer of Iowa City is slated to head a state department tied to maternity aid funding. The plan allocates federal money to support the bureau, distributing benefits by pamphlets while critics denounce government control and warn of erosion of individual initiative. The piece scathes the push as tommyrot and laments overreach by the state.
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Max Meyer
Iowa City
State Department
Iowa
Odd Fellows Lodge 290 to Install New Officers Next Tuesday
Elgin Lodge No 290 T O O F will install new officers at the regular meeting Tuesday evening. All Odd Fellows urged to attend. Refreshments after the work. Mrs I D Hitch and children visited the Welles home over Baneday.
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Elgin Lodge
Odd Fellows
Volga City Triumphs In Narrow Baseball Win
Volga City edged their rivals 11 to 6 after a rough eighth inning as errors hurt the home team. Chhat pitched well until the eighth, while Hanson Kilngman White and Fath led the offense with key hits in a Little Eight League clash.
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Volga City Boys
Volgaity
Chhat
Bigin
Volga City
Gruver
Ffseeseeeaee Yonney
Welch
Cseeeetreissee
Cesdeeseseyees
Ree City Rhajse Little
Smith
Borg
White
Kahr. c
Elgin.e
Hanson
Kilngman
Kurper
Sore
Christ
Kiple
Stevens
Baptist Church Notes Summary of July Activities
Church calendar lists dormant service and communion at 10 AM, Sunday school at 12:30 PM, church dinner, junior meeting at 1 PM, and Standing Committee at 1 PM. Highlights include annual reports, conference planning, August events, teachers’ meeting July 3, prayer meeting July 5, choir rehearsal July 9, local gathering July 10 with Brother J F Miller Jr. and youth convention in Muscatine invited for June 1924.
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Baptist Church
J. F. Miller Jr
Young Peoples’ Convention
Muscatine
M. F. E. Church Notes on National Faith and Worship
The column urges church attendance as a foundation of democracy. It promotes the upcoming July first Sunday services with morning worship at 10, Sunday school at 11, Epworth League, and evening worship. Music by FP Berg is noted and a Thursday prayer gathering is announced.
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Epworth Lesgue
FP. R. Berg
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