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Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1923
Page
6
The Daily Vacation Bible School, an outreach of the local church ministry, invites children up to seventh grade to a three week program daily from 9:00 to 12:00. No enrollment fee. program funded by four cooperating churches.
The regular meeting of Silver Urn lodge A F and A M will be held at the hall this Thursday evening. There will be work in the Third Degree followed by a feed. Every member is urged to be present.
C. E. S. Meeting Silver Urn Chapter C. E. 8. held a meeting at the Masonic hall on Tuesday evening. They initiated four candidates, Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Woodfil and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Dickersbach, into the mysteries of the order. The program included music and refreshments after the nocturnal hour. Silver Urn Chapter appears active and busy this year.
Edward Califf reports a very good sale of his horses at the Fair grounds last Saturday despite late season. He plans another car this week and will keep stock at the Fair grounds until next Wednesday before shipping the remainder to Galesburg. Califf has acquired a car of purebred cattle logs and horses to ship to Dakota for breeders and his own use.
Local listeners will hear the District Epworth League Rally via WPAF on Friday April 18 at 8 15 PM. The Peterson Radio Company of Council Bluffs will handle the broadcast from Broadway Church drawing Leaguers and hometown listeners alike to the program.
Malvern relatives and friends mourn the death of Mrs. George M. Salyers at her home in Council Bluffs after a brief illness. The Salyers family were longtime residents near Strahan. Survived by her husband three sons and one daughter. Further particulars will be given in a later issue.
A Shrine gathering in Omaha drew a considerable crowd with Grand Paramount addressing attendees. Locals from the area include Flanders, Wearin, Kunee, Nets, Wine, Neer, Berawith, and Mrs. Peewith among others. The group attended a theatre event after the auditorium program.
From the Columbia Missouri Evening Missourian we glean Phi Theta Kappa, national honorary junior college society, has elected to membership the following Stephens College girls. Then follows the 1st of twenty three girls of whom Miss Viola Mulholland of Malvern is on. There were but twenty three eligible out of several hundred. this is no small honor and Miss Mulholland's Malvern friends join us in extending congratulations. She was a leader in her school work in Malvern and in college.
The I. T. N. Club met Thursday afternoon April 5 with 25 members present. Mrs Ray Bonner hosted with assistance from Mrs Edtenton. Mesdames Slothower and Pyde directed an entertaining program featuring contests and a talk by Mrs Morgan on the Delphian work. Refreshments of chicken sandwiches and Perfection salad were served by the Nos casas.
Friends report J D Fickel went to the Methodist hospital in Omata last week for a serious eye operation performed by Dr Gifford. Initial fears about losing sight eased with later reports as recovery begins. Mrs. Austins Sunday School class holds a food sale at Pautlin’s meat market Saturday at 3 oclock.
Notice from W H Salyers and George Antrim forbidding any hunting or shooting on their premises due to the number of cattle and stock on the place.
A note of thanks expresses gratitude to the Malvern people for their kindness and hospitality shown to the delegates during the Rally Malvern B Y BU.
Charles W. Rodgers of Tedrick Missouri writes to the Chronicle about paper lineage in Mills County. He recalls the 1869 founding of the Mills County Chronicle at Malvern, its moves to Emerson, and successive editors, noting changes through the Leader and Republican Leader evolutions before the Malvern Leader name.
A jumbled OCR fragment mentions names such as Krapos, Frey Spencer, Croatchild, Dooner and Redgers along with incomplete phrases about years, nerves and timers. No clear event or context is discernible from the readable text.
Morning services feature Dr Wilson and Rev Whittler with Sunday School at 10 AM and a 12 PM sermon. A union youth service at the Baptist church 8 PM includes Dr Wilson. Epworth League 7 PM, and a Ladies Circle meeting Thursday. April 16 unified Union Service aims to draw a large youth attendance.
The Autolykus Players from Tabor College will present an entertainment at the Christian church next Tuesday evening April 17, under the auspices of the High School athletic association.
Miss Vera Clark returned to Lincoln Nebraska to resume college after a week's vacation. Fickel family and friends traveled to Omaha for a hospital visit and eye operation. Ladies Aid met at Ella Pierson's with games and peach pie. Several residents visited Malvern and Silver City events, while Mrs Pointer shared Africa lecture and pictures at Wesley Chapel.
A fragment from a Saturday morning anecdote centers on a farmer named George Farris and his sow. The tale shifts to weather, doubt, and an odd claim about pigeons, leaving readers unsure of the outcome.
The text shows garbled phrases about a tub, harvest, and a family with sons and rites in a place referred to as Silver City. Names and clear events are unreadable, leaving only scattered clues of a personal or ceremonial context and a possible lineage.
Notarized statement by W P Wortman as publisher editor and business manager of the Malvern Leader confirms ownership management and circulation details for the specified date. It lists publisher editor and business manager as Wortman, Malvern Iowa, states owners are Wortman, notes no bondholders or secured holders of 1 percent or more, and bears notary public endorsement dated April 3 1922.
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