Local Society Notes Show Weddings and Club Gatherings
The Muscatine area reports a string of social events including a double wedding at Mr. and Mrs. A. N. Hoyt's home, a mixed party for Miss Ruth Young, and multiple club meetings. Mrs. Rollie Nott receives gifts at a Philathea Bible Class shower, and Sunshine Club and Now Sesta Club plan gatherings. Forest City Lodge LO OM holds a regular meeting.
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Ethel Spry
Philathea Bible Class
The
Methodist Church
South Third Street
Sesta Club
Charles Bogle
West Adams Street
Muscatine
Verlah DuVall
Lherryville
Ray Finger
Birmingham
Helen Grammer
Clarence Elliott
Libertyville
A. N. Hoyt
Ruth Young
Marion Patterson
East Bulington Street
Miss Young
Eastern Star entertains guests in Fairfield gathering
Fairfield Chapter No. 39 hosted Ottumwa Chapter No. 112 and Mt. Pleasant for a memorable Evening. Ottumwa officers demonstrated work for two candidates then led a city tour followed by a banquet at the Masonic Temple and a formal session with addresses and musical numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairfield
Order of the Eastern Star
Ottumwa
Mt. Pleasant
Masonic Temple
Margaret Stentz
Julia Boggs
Alta Sullivan
Anna Orris
Martha Wilson
N. P. Harrington
Miss Brodie
Ottumwa Rfa
J. Li. Black
A. F. Greer
H. C. Morris
A. A. Wright
I. Mastin
K. B. Smart
H. P. Herrington
Cora A. Moore
Alice Page
Maude Nordgren
Lizzie J. Ballard
Harriett Johnson
Leora Daggett
Lilly C. Doty
Karel Chapman
Edith Erskin
Eunice Peppers
R. Boyer
Robi. B. Kassel
H. L. McGrew
W. M. Strand
M. B. Hord
J. H. Green
Robert Allen
J. E. Metcalf
Lizzie Leisenring
Fannie Dean
Fred Geehn
Edna Gheen
Edna Budds
Ada Nixon
Carrie Baker
Edith Mic
War Bill Aims to Harness Idle Men in Illinois
Springfield May 16 A proposed bill by Senator Dunlap would compel all men aged 19 to 50 during the German war to seek useful employment or face jail. The plan envisions local agencies to place idle labor and penalize refusal as vagrancy, aiming to conserve state resources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ill
Germany
Senate
Dunlap
Champaign
West Virginia
State Council of Defense
Illinois Council
Illinois General Assembly
New Chicago Shining Parlor Ad Offers Cleaned Clothes
We clean all kinds of shoes for ladies and gents in white tan brown and black. Pearl McGill operates the New Chicago Shining Parlor. Bring in last season's clothes for a brand new look. Suits cleaned and pressed for 1.00 at 726 Pearl McGill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Chicago
Pearl McGill
Patriotic Economy Calls for Normal Life to Back War Efforts
John Wanamaker urges Americans to maintain business as usual while supporting war taxes and subscriptions. He stresses patriotic economy through efficiency and conservation, insisting that civic projects, production, and labor continue to sustain prosperity and enable a quick war victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
John Wanamaker
America
Agree On T. Ri. Army Plan for Volunteer Division
Washington May 16 a Roosevelt division amendment becomes part of the selective service army bill. House and Senate conferees inserted the senator Herding of Ohio amendment authorizing the President to raise a volunteer force of picked troops, expected to be sent to France under Theodore Roosevelt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Senate
Seistor Herding of
Ohio
Het
France
Theddore Roosevelt
Senators push for new dry legislation during war
A group led by Crimmins Kenyon Gore Curtis and Gronne plans a carefully worded bill to restore prohibition rules. They intend to present it as a separate measure or as an amendment to the espionage bill despite the senate deleting the Cummins provision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wreshington
Senate
Crimmins
Kenyon
Town
Gore
Oklahoma
Curtis
Kansas
Gronne
On Dekota
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the Daily Journal
Journal Printing Coublishers
Taylor A. W. Taylor
Minta
Berta Hoagland
S. O. P. H. Club
West Harrison Street
Rollie Nott
Miss Spry
James Freshwater
Sunshine Club
West Grimes Street
Eastern Star
W. M
Catherine Morris
A. Wright
A. M
Etta Wright
Lillie Doty
Martha
Bessie Williams
Electa
Ida Stutsman
Council of Defense
T. RI
Congressional
Peili
Sairfield Theater
Tonitigat
Jane Gray
Pathe
Vernon Castle
Patria
Matt
Jeff
Pathe Scenic
L. E. Clinkinbeard
Roth & CO
Georgette
Organdie
Voile
Fairflield Public Service Co
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