Personal notices from Ottumwa activity and travels
A long column lists visits and movements of residents and relatives in Ottumwa including Mrs A B Anderson and Marie of Oskaloosa, Nellie Walker of Batavia, Grace Lawson, Abe Kann of Chicago visiting, and deaths prompting relatives from North Dakota to Portland Oregon to travel. It notes school closures in Batavia for mumps and smallpox and a recent marble shop purchase by L E Whitney in Keosauqua.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. H. Dempsey
Julia
Libertyville
George Lesher
Carlier
North Dakota
Winifred Lesher
Wilbur Whitney
Keosauqua
L. E. Whitney
Abe Kann
Chicago
H. B. Lesher
Salina
C. C. Cochran
Kate Jones
Nobie Ball
Cantril
FE. A. Howard
V. A. Lamson
Milwaukee
Wis
Arizona
Colorado
James Freshwater
West Grimes Street
Batavia
Ed. Allender
Eldon
L. Kimes
Richard Nelson
Iowa
Glendale
Marble Works
Mark Whitney
O. J. Lambert
H. D. Minster
John Fuqua
Pleasant Plain
Frank Fuqua
Eric Aaronson
South Depot Street
Baygrounds
Lincoln School
Walter VanTassel
Local society notes include bridge tea and linen shower
Mrs H P McLaughlin hosted a bridge and tea at her South Main home for Mrs R C Objartel of Monmouth Ul. Tulips adorned the room and prizes went to Mrs Elsworth Turney and Mrs Harry Bail with Mrs M D Rodabaugh taking the consolation. A suffrage entertainment by Empyreans of Parsons College is planned with talks by Mrs M M Sloan Mrs A S Hague and Miss Mary Stever. The Loyal Temperance Legion meets at the Methodist church tomorrow at 2:30 PM. The Thursday Embroidery Club visited Mrs Arthur Greer on East Broadway with lunch served. Sixteen young ladies hosted a linen shower for Miss Edith McConnell at her West Washington home in anticipation of her marriage to Vern Farnham of Pecatoma Ill. The Junior Queen Esther Circle meets Saturday at 2:30 PM at Miss Vera Parks to plan convention attendance. Stortz & Taglaeur’s B M Stortz and Miss Hazel Balmer return to Fairfield announcing their marriage without ceremony location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. P. McLaughlin
Bridge
South Main Street
R. C. Objartel
Monmouth
Elsworth Turney
Harry Bail
M. D. Rodabaugh
Empyreans
Parsons College
Equal Suffrage Association of
City
M. M. Sloan
A. S. Hague
Mary Stever
Arthur Greer
East Broadway Street
Edith McConnell
West Washington Street
Dramatic Club Stages Irish Play At Parsons College
The Parsons College Dramatic Club presented In the Land of Heart's Desire in Trustee Gymnasium to a good audience. The cast delivered strong performances and the show was enjoyed by all. Margaret White sang A Little Bit of Heaven before the performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parsons College Dramatic Club
Trustee Gymnasium
Margaret White
Food thrift and openness to new foods
Editorial urges readers to try varied foods and drop dislikes to prevent shortages. It cites rice as valuable starch when potatoes are scarce and corn as an affordable breadstuff option, urging broad acceptance of simple foods.
A. O. U. Girls Plan Benefit Night at Bethesda Church
The A. O. U. girls announce a second benefit entertainment at Bethesda Church scheduled for Saturday night April 14. Tickets cost fifteen cents and are sold at Beckwith store or by club members. Holders of April 7 tickets gain admission. In other news The Continent notes Professor John B. Kelso of the College of Wooster is named president at Parsons College succeeding Lowell M. McAfee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethesda
Beckwith
John B. Kelso
College of Wooster
Parsons College
Fairfield
Iowa
Lowell M. McAfee
Ladies' Improvement Association Food Sale at Crail and Brown
The Ladies' Improvement Association will hold a food sale at Crail and Brown meat market at nine thirty Saturday morning. Funds raised support community improvements and local projects in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Improvement Association
Crail
Ninethirty
Fairfield Methodist Church Hosts Food Sale Tomorrow
The ladies of the Fairfield Circuit Methodist Church invite all to attend a food sale at the home of J. W. Carson on West Broadway. Proceeds aid the church and provide meals for Sunday dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Carson
West Broadway
Fairfield Circuit Methodist Church
Also Mentioned on This Page
Resistos
Hantheland
A. B. Anderson
Marie
Oskaloosa
C. A. Mintonye
Robt. F. Wilson
Arthur Jordan
Ascha Bates
Ottumwa
Nellie Walker
Mary Roberts
Hattie Church
John Walker
Rock Island
Little Winifred Lesher
Robert Gummy
Keota
Frank Lawson
Grace Lawson
A. W. Crane
Atlantic
Fred Ward
New London
Bess Burys
O. C. Richardson
L. E. Kuhns
Elsie Rickard
Kinrose
C. E. Ward
Schuyler LaTourette
Nellie Keller
Portland
Oregon
C. C. Ericson
Loyal Temperance Legion
Methodist Church
Miss McConnel
Vern Farnham
Pecatoma
Ill
Ry Sa
Esther
Vera Parks
B. M. Stortz
Stortz & Taglaeur
Hazel Balmer
Dramatic Club
Food Thrift
Roy L. Emry
Iz Shoes
Orpheum Orchestra
Selzwick Pictures Presents
Clara Kimball Young
Charles Chaplin
Charles Lyon
Serra Ave
Fise Tires
W. H. Pence
North Fourth Street
Collegian Label
Adler
M. H. Cuddy
Aic
Fairfield 9
H. B. Warner
The
Thos. H. Ince Production
Jane Bernoudy
Grace Cunard
Gale Henry
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