Epworth League officers elected at Hastings church
The Epworth League held a Sunday evening devotional meeting on June 4 naming Orville Turner president Avis Miter 1st vice president Helen Anderson 2nd vice president Mrs F A Smith 3rd vice president Charles Hall 4th vice president Leafy Turner secretary and treasurer Arthel Clark pianist. They plan to meet in the same hour as the regular church service and send eight to ten delegates to the District convention at Lewis June 13 15. A Fathers and Sons Banquet is planned for June 11 with a three course dinner. tickets available at Purcell’s Priest’s or Martin’s. The moving picture The Stream of Life will be shown June 15 at the K of P opera house.
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Epworth League
Conti
Orville Turner
Avis Miter
Helen Andlerson
F. A. Smith
Charles Hall
Leafy Turner
Arthel' Clark
League
Lewis
Fathers and Sons
Council Bluffs
A. F. Smith
Purcell’s
Priest’s
Martin's
K. of P. Opera House
Children’s Day Observed Across Glenwood Churches
Sunday June 11 marked Children’s Day with church programs in Glenwood. Congregational Church held a morning program. Methodist Baptist and Christian Churches presented evening recitals of recitations songs and promotive exercises by Sunday school children.
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Glenwood
Congregational
Cake Walk Delights Glenwood Armory Crowd
More than two hundred attended a Thursday night entertainment in the Armory arranged by George Lytel of Glenwood Shine parlor. A glassy company of Omaha colored artists performed with Buck and Wing dancing, clean comedy, and superior vocal and instrumental music, including a memorable Cake Walk.
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Armory
Glenwood
George Lytel
Shine Parlor
Omaha
Brown
Johnson
Hohn
Patten
Roberson Ag
Romantic dance contest crowns West Cass couple at park event
In Plattsmouth four judges watched Sampson Brown and Lucile Roberson win a prize for their artistry as two couples danced in motion. The article notes a June 14 log rolling picnic at Garfield Park with music by the Wiks band, races, tug of war, boxing preliminaries, a wrestling match between Frank Schmarder and Fred Moormeier, and free moving pictures after the athletic program. A big dance at the MWA hall is also announced.
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Sampson Brown
Lucile Roberson
Garfield Park
Plattsmouth
Cass County
Wiks
Frank Schmarder
Fred Moormeier
M. W. A. Hall
Bull Pout Tale From Dilzabethtown Captures Imagined Fish Story
A humorous local legend from Elizabeth town recounts Carl H E Norton and cousins catching bull pout in a dishpan, flooding Colonial Cottage after a late night mishap. The tale, dubbed the Sacramento cat, centers on a kitchen sink overflow turning the home into a pond with bull pout swimming by morning.
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Jonah
George L. Brown
New York Sun
Dilzabethtown
Adirondacks
Sacramento
California
Elizabethtown
Lincoln Pond
Carl
Daniel
Arthur H. Norton
Jacok
Tin Coln Pont
Elizabethtown Mardwich Company, Inc
Elevator Fairy Prince Encounter in New York World Excerpt
In a vivid New York World scene, a woman rides an elevator toward a hoped reunion with a tall suave man on lower floors. The moment fills her with curiosity and a burning sensation, as a hulking stranger presses close behind. She plans a precise exit and a bold, staged meeting.
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Melde
Elizahbeil Houghton
New York
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News Notes of Iowa and Iowans feature
Dr Fuller the Mur ray Clark county veterinarian who joined Sheriff West in pursuing bandits plundering Columbia and Africa will receive 25 dollars weekly for life from the National Travelers Benefit Association. Bandits died or were captured after a Western chase. Eddie Adams leader killed in Wichita. others sentenced at Osceola to Fort Madison. High water floods streams, game wardens crack down on illegal catches. Iowa reports gold from gravel in Graettinger and Palo Alto. a mad dog bit a child and her father. Mexican government buys Shorthorns from Iowa breeder. Bible conference planned at Cedar Falls August 6 to 13 with Dr Parley Zartmann and many notable speakers. Federal women prisoners lack provisions. Tai wife of Tom Wah sentenced for narcotics. Des Moines strawberry shipments from Missouri/Southwest. Kangas City railways note 360 cars daily. Grand Army of the Republic encampment events in Des Moines feature Mrs Harding and national officers. many dignitaries attend. Des Moines dam projects planned on Des Moines and Cedar rivers. Osceola dam near Harvey. Cedar Rapids dam near Cedar River. three dams to form large lakes. County schooling improves with more trained teachers. 65 high school graduates in year. Vermont alumnus Rev George Baby Rice aged nearly 103 living in Council Bluffs.
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Murray
Clark County
Sheriff West
Columbia
Africa
Marion County
National Travelers’ Benefit Association
Des Moines
Filter
Jones
Fuller
Eddie Adams
Kansas
Wichita
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Fort Madison
Iowa
Oskalocca
Des Moines River
Harvey
Cedar County
Iowa Railway and Light Co
Cedar Rapids
Cedar River
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Fred Priest
John Simpson
Red Oak
Ladies’ Aid
Fred Lockebill
Madge Marsh
F. J. Martin
Lawrence
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C. L. Brill
Robert Kilpatrick
Fred H. Priest
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W. D. Clark
Joa
Joe Flynn
Rupert Frey
Marie
Wayside Lake
William Jones
Cllenwood
Stunday
Grayson
Asbury
Inez Burchette
Gerald Young
Clement
Airs
Giarles Young
Ant
Grandma Young
W. H. Burdick
Hutchings Farm
Pa Bays
Silver City
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Botna Bays
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Samuel Scott
D. Henderson
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Alfred Peterson
Night Watch
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Cedar Falls
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Milwaukee
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Charles Purcell
Alta Cary
Will Purcell
Mark
Shenandoah
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Roymance
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Graettinger
Palo Alto
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J. J. Kelly
Betty ‘Westbrook
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Elma
Neward
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Mexico City
Mexico
Mr. Nabb
Parley E. Zartmann
Missouri
Winds
Wisconsin
Minnesota
South Dakota
G. Campbell Morgan
London
BE. Biederwelf
Homer C. Stuntz
W. M. Holderby
C. Sellers
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Dr. Kimmel
Homer Rode
Heaver
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Tom Wah
King
Chinatown
Rockwell City
Sioux City
Kangag City
Arkansas
Grand Army of the Republic of
Land
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Mass
Louise B. Benson
Daughters of Veterans
Oakland
Margaret Stevens
Auxiliary of the Sons of Veterans
Washington, D.C
Anna M. Michiner
Ladies of the
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Alf OQ
Vaala
Chickasaw
University of Vermont
America
George Baby Rice
Vermont
Rice
Enosburg Falls
C. W. Otis
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