Community Club and Society Notes From Eldora
Mrs. Gran Jones hosted Business Girls Club. Kozy Klub to hostess Frank Petty. Kensington planned. Ladies Society postponed. Tuesday Bridge Club luncheon. Four H Club meeting with sewing and upcoming events. Eldora Township Women’s Project meets for hat making. Mrs Ramsay invited to read Washington. Missionary Societies schedule readings. corrections issued for Leap Year Dance host. Rebeccas welcomed two members. St Mary’s Aid and various informal dinners and theatre parties noted. numerous clubs and gatherings documented with dates and hostesses.
New Spring Fabrics At Haas Store Inspire Home Sewing
The Haas Store presents a broad spring fabric selection including French Ginghams Crepes Ratines Suitings silks and cotton fabrics wool Flannels and new silk Crepes. The display stirs demand for early spring sewing as women gain more choices for spring and summer wardrobes. About 76 chickens listed with a phone number.
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Haas
Diamal Prospect Story From Chicago Tribune
A Chicago Tribune fragment recalls a young couple with two children. One day the mothers left with one child, leaving a three year old alone at home. The boy reportedly endured by himself as the other caretaker grandmothers remained nearby.
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Chivgo Tribune
Staten Island Area and Local Observations in Old NY Text
The fragment describes Staten Island as part of Richmond County near New York City, noting its size about 70 square miles and its separation from Long Island by the Narrows. It also includes garbled phrases about roads and a quirky line about road inches versus cemetery length, plus a stray note on bear meat nutrition.
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Staten Island
New York
Staten
Richmond
New York City
Manhattan Island
Long Island
New York Bay
Lower Bay
Statenslood
Legend of Grand Canyon Tale From Detralt News
A Detrait News account relays two legends about the Grand Canyon. One says Pack-Pthia-newl singlehandedly formed the canyon with a knife and a large stick, draining Earth into the Sunset sea. The other describes a chief guided by Taywoats to a mountain trail that became the canyon, with a river rolled in to guard the gorge and deter passage.
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Wallanals
Pack-Pthia-newl
Taywoats
Chilef
Taywonts
Colorado
Countries Free of Snakes Across the World
A garbled survey notes that Ireland hosts no snakes, New Zealand and Iceland are snake free, Canada has few venomous species, and Patagonia is snakeless. It suggests rattlesnakes near British Columbia but places like Japan and Tasmania are also noted as snake rare.
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New Zealand
Quitoes
Canada
United States
British Columbia
Patagonia
Iceland
Japan
Tasmanian
Widow's cousin marriage riddle at church meeting
An archdeacon and a curate clash over a tongue in cheek marriage law riddle. The curate argues a man could marry his widow's cousin, while the archdeacon insists he cannot marry his widow's sister. The exchange turns into a playful debate on legal phrasing.
Man with eight senses found in Notodden Norway
A Notodden man named Halvorsen is described as having a sixth sense used by police to locate stolen property buried miles from crime scenes. He claimed to sense the location of goods and a missing dog, guiding searches that proved correct. He reportedly found iron ore beneath deep snow.
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Notodden
Norway
Bearch
Halvorsen
Iron Org
Problem for Burbank Pather and the orange tree idea
A boy Georgie asks if planting a pit will grow into a large tree. His father reassures him that patience will yield fruit, suggesting oranges could grow, then clarifies the joke about an orange tree growing from a lemon pit.
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Burbank
Pather
Georgie
Bla
Faether
Partilan candidate quotes weavered yea or nay in rural speech
An addressing parliamentary candidate declares any world question can be answered yes or no. An old farm laborer interrupts asking for the question, and the candidate confirms. The Ledger notes the Exchange and notes paya read.
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Lonsdon
Fragmented note hints at school district booklet issue
A garbled OCR fragment mentions a school district booklet and a rate bulletin, implying an office action or upcoming release. Names, dates, and clear details are not readable, but the context points to an administrative notice about educational governance.
Rural school directors term extensions through March 1926 1927
A 1924 communication explains extensions of rural school directors terms to the third Monday in March 1926 for those expiring in 1924 and 1925, and to March 1927 for 1920 expirations. No March 1924 election means vacancies will be filled by appointment as required by law. Cities, towns, and consolidated districts remain under prior rules.
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HS Tarket
May B. Francis
Also Mentioned on This Page
Spadal
Business Girls
Gran Jones
Business Girls’ Club
Kozy Klub
Frank Petty
Eldora
J. W. Schiampp
M. D. Kennedy
Kensington
Ladies’ Society
Ladies’ Society of the
Congregational Church
R. V. Adams
Marian Nuckella
Four H Club
Four HW
Ardis
Ivy Mae Stare
Oregular
Minny Duet
Ruth
Florence Gast
Ruth Gast
Women's Project
Eldora Township
Ladies of the
Farm Bureau
Earl Brooks
Chester Vigara
Mra. Ramsay
Mra
J. F. Hardin
Mra. Geo. Ramsay
Ottumwa
Percy Mackaye
Washington
Missionary Societies
The
Missionary Society of the Congregational Church
Fred Sprain
Methodist Society
Soenie
Eva Fuller
Eva Protheroc
Emma. Hucn
Leonard McDonald
St. Mary's Aid
St. Mary's Aid Society
Cahill
Mesdames Bowman
Beasmley, Carmody
John Perry
Utopia Club
Agnes Panthan
Meta Dobbrunz
Clara
W Society
Asa Rodd
Mia
Chester Vigors
W. W. W. Society
the Methodist Church
Geo. Cowger
Eist
Grand
Howard
Great Lakes Naval Station
West Virginia
Cemetery Society
A. Palmar
Tom Johnson
Will
Auaziliary Circle
Mesdames Chas
Moser
Emily Brooke
Cal Boylan
Schwark
Methodist Church
Junie Wiesner
Arnold
Hawthorne Clubs
James L. Brown
Hawthorn Club
Oldham
Hand
Edgar Great
Russell Strickler
Parton
Win. Bohammacher
Thos
Larson
Wayside Inn
Ted
Gouyse
A. D. Davis
Joe. Mohr
Hardin
Geo. Ramsey
Mackaye
Gwendolyn Martin
Nettie Winters
Helen’ Tuttle
Kegley
Dowell
Jessie Wilson
Slee
Winters
Martin
Whiting
Bridge
Jas G. Bales
Geo. Starr
Fayé
Bales
Wanda
Beary
Jil- Man’ Schmidt
Frances
John
Henkle-Kaplan
Nce
Louise Henkle
Alden
John Kaplan
Cedar Rapids
Town Falls
Northwestern Bell . Telephone Company
Haaworth College
Iowa Falls
Aborn
L. J. Ries
Father Son
Bapuet
George Washington
Ladies’ Ald Society
Dennison
David Alexander
Grundy Center
Wallace Doud
Bert Schultz
Antola Martin
Church of Christ
Elock
Clifford, Hough
Mre
Robert Yarwood
Ohn Polsena
Hanten Balvansi
Waddin
Pauline Catherine Hansen
Mra. Clas
Otto
Bal. Venz
Treskow
G. H. Guenther
Aret Hansen
Agnes Balvanz
Albert Roll
Fred Heannen
Fred Zielake
Eldara
Wet. T
Parker Davis
Marie Farrow
Union
Rey
Kinney
James Reece
Fort Dodge
Ida Moser
Mra. Keeneman
W. Co.t. U
Davzes
Frances Willard
Memorial Fund
Harweed
Clark
Carter
Ella Stewart
Ellas Stewart
P. E. O. Sisterhood
Iowa
Wealyan College
Mt. Pleasant
Elia Stewart
Focal
Jay S. Newcomer
L. J. Rice
Legend OF
Canyon
Pack-l.Tha-a.Wi
Ireland
Tasmania
Haas Company
New Spring Apparel
Spriig
Pictorial Review
Vogue
Down Stairs
Mount Vernon
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