Society Notes Highlight Local Club Gatherings and Weds in Muscatine
The community saw social evenings hosted by the 8SOPH club at West Harrison street, the Philathea Bible Class on South Third street, and Sunshine club on West Grimes street. A miscellaneous shower honored Mrs Rollie Nott, and a Now Sesta Club meeting was planned for West Adams street. Forest City Lodge No 1491 holds a Refruar meeting. A double wedding near Muscatine united Verlah DuVall Ray Finger Helen Grammer Clarence Elliott at the Hoyt home with a subsequent supper. Ruth Young attended a bridal shower hosted by Marion Patterson on East Burlington street, featuring gifts music and contests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
Verlah DuVall
Sherryville
Ray Finger
Birmingham
Helen Grammer
Clarence Elliott
Libertyville
A. Ll. Hoyt
Ruth Young
Marion Patterson
East Bulington Street
Miss Young
Eastern Star Hosts Ot tumwa and Mt Pleasant Guests
Fairfield Chapter No 39 hosted Ottumwa Chapter No 112 and Mt Pleasant Chapter No 38 for an evening of tours a banquet and a formal initiatory session. Ottumwa officers led the initiation and addressed attendees while regional members from Fairfield and Mt Pleasant participated in musical numbers and speeches. A later advertisement promotes shoe and clothing cleaning services in New Chicago by Pearl McGill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairfield
Order of the Eastern Star
Ottumwa
Mt. Pleasant
Masonic Temple
W. M
Catherine Morris
A. A. Wright
A. M
Etta Wright
Lillie Doty
Harriett Johnson
Emma Hickenlooper
Alice Page
Emma Hartman
Marshall
Jessie Mercer
Leora Daggett
Adair
Maude Nordgren
Ruth
Minnie Becker
Esther
Lizzie Ballard
Martha—Bessie Williams
Electa
Ida Stutsman
Margaret Stentz
Julia Boggs
Alta Sullivan
Anna Orris
Martha Wilson
N. P. Harrington
Miss Brodie
J. L. Black
Mra
A. F. Greet
C. Morris
I Mastin
Smart
H. P. Herrington
Cora A. Moore
Maude Nordren
Lizzie J. Ballard
Leora Davegett
Lilly
Dofy
Hazel Chapman
Edith Erskin
Eunice Peppers
Etta W. Wright
Genevieve Harring
Helen Drake
Abbie Reinhard
Bertha Carroll
Elizabeth McGavie
Elizabeth Blair
Janet Brodie
Mary Michael
Ada Redman
Edith Guisburg
Ola Evans
Mary Moore
Cordelia Hull
Mary Hull
Wila Jaques
Lynette Harrington
Mable Ross
Kansas City
Ben Wilson
Tom Bly
S. R. Royer
Robi B. Kassel
H. L. McGrew
M. Strand
Hord
J. H. Green
Robert Allen
J. &. Metcalf
Lizzie Leisenring
Fannie Dean
Fred Geehn
Edna Gheen
Edna Budds
Ada Nixon
Carrie Baker
Edith Michener
Ida van Horn
Mary Talbot
Kate Fross
Wm.Stewart
Juanita Stice
Elizabeth Berry
War bill to compel idlers to get busy
Springfield Illinois May 16 reports a bill to compel men aged nineteen to fifty to seek work or face jail. Senator Dunlap of Champaign says the plan would create local employment agencies to place workers and punish refusal as vagrancy to conserve state resources during the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ill
Iyr
Senate
Dunlap
Champaign
West Virginia
State Council of Defense
Illinois Council
Illinois General Assembly
Patriotic Economy Urged to Sustain War Efforts
John Wanamaker urges Americans to pursue patriotic economy by eliminating waste and maintaining normal commerce. He argues that conservation of resources and continued civic improvements are essential while war taxes and relief efforts must be supported beyond peaceful duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
John Wanamaker
America
Roosevelt division plan shapes volunteer army amendment
Washington May 16 The Roosevelt division amendment becomes a clause in the elective service army bill Conferees from the house and senate drafted the amendment from Senator Herding Ohio It allows the president to raise a volunteer force of picked troops with the expectation they will be led into France by Theodore Roosevelt
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Elective Service
Hovace
Senate
Senator Herding
Ohio
France
Theorttre Ronsevelt
Senators Renew Push for Dry Legislation Amid War
Washington May 16 senators advocating dry legislation plan to renew their fight after the senate struck out the Cummins prohibition amendment from the espionage bill. Senators from Iowa Kansas North Dakota and Oklahoma working on a carefully worded measure to present as a separate bill or amendment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wreshington
Senate
Curom're
Kenyon
Iowa
Gore
Chinhoma
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the Daily Journal
Minta
Berta Hoagland
West Harrison Street
Ethel Spry
Philathea Bible Class
The
Methodist Church
South Third Street
Rollie Nott
Miss Spry
James Freshwater
Sunshine Club
West Grimes Street
Sesta Club
Charles ‘Bogle
West Adams Street
Forest City Lodge
Eastern Star
New Chicago
Pearl McGill
Council of Defense
T. R. Army
Congressional
Lumber
Bing Material
Wairfield Theater
Jane Gray
Pathe
Vernon Castle
Patria
Lt Educational
Mutt
Jeff Adie
Copidys Pathe Scenic
Panamas
L. E. Clinkinbeard
Roth @ Co
J.C. Thorne & Son
Georgette
Organdie
Voile
Fairfield Public Service Co
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