Sixty third Iowa Teachers Association Opens in Des Moines
The Iowa Teachers Association starts its sixty third annual session in Des Moines this morning and runs through Saturday afternoon. Educators from across the United States attend with addresses planned. County Superintendent June Chidmaster will speak on propaganda in schools. City schools close Thursday and Friday for teachers to attend. Supt A W Crane and others headed to Des Moines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Teachers’ Association
Las Moines
United States
June Chidmaster
Des Moines
A. W. Crane
An&É
Mail Your Parcels to Troops in France Soon
November 15 is the last mail date for holiday parcels to American Expeditionary Force soldiers in France. Parcels must be sealed by the postmaster, inspected, and endorsed, with nothing prohibited. Packages should weigh under seven pounds and be wrapped for easy opening and rewrapping for safe transit.
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France
Boy Scout Campaign Supports Winter Work
The Q. T. Campaign held last Saturday by the Boy Scouts was a success and will fund ongoing work among the scouts through winter. Each Scout thanks supporters for generous contributions and urges payments at the Iowa State Bank. Troops Nos. 1 and 2 must pay registration fees this week to allow troop records to be sent. Total contributions reach 25,950.00 with 187 160 noted in figures.
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Iowa State Bank
College Notes and Student Activities Highlight Local Events
A joint meeting of the Y M and W WoC A was held yesterday morning with remarks by Mr Having Hurst National Student Travelers Volunteer Secretary of the Christian Association. Conversational French classes taught by Miss Scott and Miss Stanwood met in Fairfield Hall last evening at 7 15. Final try out for the Dramatic Club play The Far Away Princess named several representatives including C Keesey Miss Snyder Miss Gormley Frau Von Halldorf Miss Leggett Miss Lease Miss Scovel Miss Shelby Miss Von Brooks Miss West. Judges were Miss Staunwood Miss Bean and Prof Morris. An announcement reports the marriage of Irene Albide to William Paul Wickham on Sunday October 21 1917 at Fremont Nebraska with home after November 1 in Creston Iowa. Wickham was a Parsons College student the year before last.
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Y. M
W. Woc A
Having- Hurst
The
Christian Association
Scott
C. Keesey
Miss Snyder
Gormley Frau von Halldorf
Miss Leggett
Leasees
Scovel
Goss
Shelby Maroness
von Brooks
Miss West
Miss Staunwood
Miss Bean
Prof. Morris
George B. Eddy An Moinhee
Irene Albide
William Paul Wickham
Fremont
Nebraska
Creston
Iowa
Charles Thanks Kaiser After Cividale Capture
Vienna reports Emperor Charles of Austria Hungary congratulated Emperor William on the capture of Cividale by German troops and thanked him for his divisions. William replied praising joint operations and noting recapture of Goritz and the Marso plateau with comradeship in arms.
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Amsterdam
Vienna
Charles
Austria-Thungary
William
Cividale
William In Reply Sent the Follow Tim Telegram ~ To Hmperor
Fronz
Goritz
Marso
Emperor Heries of Austria-Hungary in Goritz Recapture News
Word from Vienna states Goritz, recently recaptured from Italy, is now held by Emperor Heries of Austria-Hungary. Report follows movements of the war front and confirms strategic gains in the region.
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Amsterdam
Heries
Austria-Hungary
Goritz
Italy
Vienna
Durand of the Bad Lands at the Orpheum Tonight
Dustin Farnum stars in Durand of the Bad Lands at the Orpheum theater today and tonight. The film follows an outlaw who rescues three children, faces pardon, and reunites with the loyal love as he seeks redemption.
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Durand
Orpheum
William Fox
Dustin Farnum
Orpheum Theater
Mr. Farnum
Dick Durand
Local Social Notes and Obituaries from Libertyville
Libertyville residents host relatives and guests from Des Moines and Glasgow while others travel to Burlington Eldon Des Moines and Beav City for care school business and illness Revival services occur at the Methodist church Mrs Lew Fordyce and Mrs Hattie Fell are among ill residents Myra Grebe remains ill at Jefferson County Hospital Mrs Will Hewitt dies in Beav er City Neb Hig Sisters meet at S K Davis home W M S of M Z B church to meet at O A Swanson home Nov 6
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O. F. Peebler
Lubbock
Tex
Arthur Poland
Des Moines
J. O. Boyd
Burlington
Mr. Hook
Lockridge
W. V. Linder
Fairfield
Hook
A. H.miller
Methodist Church
Fred Martin
Ottumwa
Abe Schwartz
Glasgow
Lew Fordyce
Eldon
Myra Grebe
Jefferson County
Mrs. Welty
Illinois
M. ZB. Church
O. A. Swanson
War Tax Imposed On Long Distance Messages
After November 1 the war tax applies to long distance telephone messages with a charge of fifteen cents or more. An extra charge of five seats is required per such message, per Jefferson County Telephone Co.
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Jefferson County Telephone Co
Food pledge cards urged in Jefferson county drive
John F. Deem of the Iowa Food Administration asks local committees to send complete returns of signed pledge cards by Saturday afternoon to Mrs. Ellsworth Turney. The cards honor patriotism and pledge home food conservation with no dues or inspections implied.
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John F. Deem
Iowa
Jefferson County
The
Food Administration
Goverinment
Ellsworth Turney
J. F. Deems
Burlington
Law of the Land at the Orpheum with Petrova star
Mme Petrova headlines George Broadhurst’s The Law of the Land directed by Maurice Tourneur at the Orpheum. A loveless arranged marriage unfolds from a mother’s schemes and a cheating episode’s witness, leading to a forced union and hidden romance. See tomorrow night.
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Mme. Petrova
Paramount
George Broadhurst
Maurice Tourneur
Orpheum Theatre
Richard Harding
Geoffrey Morton
Law of the Land
Orpheum Theater
F. R. Ryan Weds Widow in Virginia Chapel
Thom as F. Ryan and Mrs. Cornelius Cuyell of New York were married in Charlottesville at the Catholic church of the Holy Comforter. Witnessed by Dr. Edwin A. Alderman and Mrs. Alderman, the ceremony follows the death of Ryan’s first wife on October 17 at Suffern. Mrs. Cuyler is the widow of C. C. Cuyler and sister of Delaney Nicoll.
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Charlottesville
Thomas F. Ryan
Cornelius Cuyell
New York
Catholic Church of the Holy Comforter
Thomas A. Rankin
Edwin A. Alderman
University of Virginia
Alderman
Suffern
N. Y
Cuyler
C. C. Cuyler
Wilson
Delaney Nicoll
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