Century Club program and local society notes
Weather did not dampen a well attended Century Club meeting headlined by Mrs Mary Tootle James. Mrs BEBA Thompson introduced her, with Misses Jaeger Scott Forsythes Read providing music, and the audience praised the talk on Welfare of the Child. Social updates note Miss Mildred Duseuschen’s Paris visit and Des Moines election results with Democrats carrying Des Moines Council Bluffs and Sioux City.
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Mary ‘Tootle James
James
Century Club
Beba Thompson
Monroe
Jaeger
Scott
Forsythes
Read
Mrs Sparks Dies After Long Local Life At 63
Mrs Paulina Sparks relict of Samuel Sparks aged 63 died at her home one mile north of the city on March 26 1908 after funeral services at the Methodist Church her remains were interred beside her husband She left a son Bates and a brother William P Young Also items note surprise visit at high school by Dr Read and Miss Mariam a coal mine disaster at Union Pacific Banya Wyoming killing 18 with a second explosion hours later a visit by Hugh B Mudd and son Earl to Shelburne and Mrs Harriet Dickerson's return from Bowen Illinois We hear of plans to organize a Sunday School at Stone school house four miles north meeting next Sunday April 5 D M Proctor to attend.
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Paulina
Samuel Sparks
City
Stone School House
D. M. Proctor
Stone school term to close under Prof Maurice Vaughn
One of the most successful terms taught at the Stone school will end tomorrow with the usual exercises. Prof Maurice Vaughn has impressed as tutor and educator. Other local notes include visits and greetings from residents such as J D Brandmeyer, Mrs Elizabeth Eversall, Hiram Greenwell, Edward Moss, Miss Bess Baynum, Miss Mabel Withee, Anna Lonergan, and Mrs O B Ridgeley.
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Stone School
Maurice Vaughn
Vaughan
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Idaho
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S&s Wuggles
Deere
Mrs. James
Ladies of the Century Club
Baptist
Maj
John L. Owen
UV. D. O
Dr. McNutt
Huntsville Herald
Tilia
Mildred Duseuschen
Paris
Frank Abbutt
Jami
Lie. N L Grant
Chicago
M A. Moss
Lula
Hattie Moore
Bethel
Minnie and
Lillie Redman
Iowa
Des Moines
Council Bluffs
Sioux City
Benjamin Umstattd
Aurora, Il
Lizzie Umetattd
I. W. Read
Mariam
Union Pacific
Banya
Wyo
Hugh B. Mudd and Son Earl
Shelbina
Harriet Dickerson
Bowen, Lil
J. D Brandmeyer
McClintic
Elizabeth Eversall
Bevier
Hiram Greenwell
Lakepan
Edward Moss
Woodland
Mrs D A. Bly
Bess Baynum
Mrs. Obas. Bush
Wesley Gilkinson
Hannibal
C. A. Noland
Strean’s
Mabel Withee
Anna Lonergan
Jacksonville, Il
W. J. Rouse
O. BH. Ridgeley
Sue Anderson
Hobart
Okla
Risler
L. H. Redman
J. B. Gray
Clarence
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