Friday Bridge Club Hostess Delights Society Circle
Mrs Charles Northrop hosted a one oclock luncheon for twelve at her home followed by contract bridge with Mrs Henry M Carpenter taking high score. A Wiener roast picnic at Eby s mill honored the Presbyterian Sunday school class and eighteen enjoyed supper. Pro gress ive pinochle at Mrs Olin Howie s yielded high scores. Mrs Frank Stimson hosted a 530 bridge tea for twenty with fall floral tables and progressive contract to follow. Mrs Hodson and Mrs Iverson led scores. Birthday and anniversary dinners and a host of family gatherings filled the week with social and club activity across Monticello area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Northrop
Henry M. Carpenter
Donald Sutherland
Presbyterian Sunday School
Eby’s Mill
Olin Howie
Henry Che
Marcus Maire
Frank Stimson
Carl Hodson
Leonard Iverson
Recene Ashton
Cedar Rapids
Monticello
Clara Palmer
Lyle McMullen
Ann Miller
A. B. Grimes
Boyd Shannon
Amney Wood
Ina Cruise
Martha Meyer
Alvina Kirchner
Birthday party honors Marjorie Thomas with cake and gifts
Guests at Marjorie Thomas birthday party included Louise York Naomi Bancroft Tommy Grimes Barbara Walker Helen Gerdes Katherine Bender Helen Gutensohn Susan Stuhler Jane Stuhler Sylvia Gutensohn David Hamilton Stuart Sutherland and the guest of honor. A large birthday cake with white candles in green holders topped the table and each guest received a favor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aupper
Louise York
Naomi Bancroft
Tommy Grimes
Barbara Walker
Helen Gerdes
Katherine Bender
Helen Gutensohn
Susan Stuhler
Jane Stuhler
Sylvia Gutensohn
David Hamilton
Stuart Sutherland
Marjorie Thomas
Monti Country Club Hosts Second Annual Contract Tournament
Seventy eight ladies participated in the Monti cello Country Club contract tournament held last week in the club house. Mrs. John Fraser and Mrs. J E Heiserman led early scoring, while Mrs. Fred Stuhler and Mrs. Fred McLaughlin won Friday night finals for the overall honors. A committee led by Mrs Riess Stahler oversaw the event. Refreshments followed both Thursday and Saturday games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello Country Club
John Fraser
J. E. Heiserman
Fred Stuhler
Fred McLaughlin
Riess Stahler
Halstead Carpenter
Ben Cotton
J. J. Locher
Lyle McMullen
Ben Roberts
Harry Stuhler
Milton Thoeni
John Shover
Play by Dr. Claude Smith at assembly noted
University of Nebraska speech department's Dr. Claude Smith performed David Crockett in six roles during the September 16 assembly. School activities included a glee club officers election, pep band directions, a mass snake dance, scavenger hunt, Wiener roast, and English class play Elmer with a large cast. P.T.A. drives report progress and student club postings while star gazing and fruit notes end the column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grimes
Claude Smith
University of Nebraska
David Crockett
Dr. Smith
Charles Field
Harold Yeoman
Wilbur Coxsee
Dean Tedrow
Maynard Kuhns
Maquoketa
McMullen
Victor Richardson
Moore
Brindley
Fuller
Main Street
Loretta Gerdes
M” Club
Thomas's Cabin
Shannon
Elmer
Fannie Bell
Estella Smith
Janie
Ruth Ann Hoag
Jeanie
Gertrude Ortgies
Susie
Eloine Timmins
Miss Pinney
Geraldine
Donald Harms
Donald Shelley
Marileigh Clark
Stanley Morning
Jerry Rynerson
Marjorie Luett
Marjorie Hoffman
Beverly Beeks
Eugene Banken
Marilyn Landis
Dolores Fitzsimmons
Roberta Wilcox
Keith Ritter
Miss Cruise
Norma Hanken
Harry Hanken
Jean Rathbun
Jimmie Seehusen
Wilma Wright
Duayne Hines
Junior Bader
Miss Kurtz
Job
The Modern Soap Making Process From Fat to Toiletry Bars
The article explains how large factories use gallons of oils and fats and caustic soda daily to make toilet soap. It traces home methods with saved animal fats and wood ashes to the modern industrial process using coconut, olive, and cottonseed oils with soda lye.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Star
Slush Fund Origin and Change in Navy Practice
A writer in the Indianapolis News traces the term slush fund to British naval practice where proceeds from selling slush and refuse supported enlisted men. It evolved from fat and grease to funds from deserters’ effects, later adopted by Army camps. US Navy says such funds are largely done away with.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis News
United States Navy Department
Great Lakes Naval Agreement of 1817
The 1817 Great Lakes naval agreement was effected by two letters between Richard Rush and Charles Bagot. Each country kept one vessel under 100 tons armed with an 18 pounder on Lake Ontario and two or three ships on the upper lakes, with same size and armament across all. The pact could be ended by six months notice, with orders issued by both governments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Lakes
Richard Rush
Charles Bagot
Washington
Lake Ontario
Upper Lakes
Lake Champlain
United States
Water cress plant overview and culinary use
Water cress is a mustard family plant native to Europe that grows submerged in water or ponds. It has spreading stems with alternate leaves of five to thirteen rounded leaflets and white flowers with four petals. The leaves taste like radish and are used in salads.
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Europe
Reindeer Speed and Other Fast Runners Compared
A Washington Post summary notes reindeer reach about 50 mph while faster on land are the cheetah and Saluki. The horse tops around 40 mph, and the two legged ostrich claims 60 mph though it is easy to catch as it runs in a circle.
Three Scottish Canals Highlight Mountainous Scotland
The Crinan canal runs nine miles from Loch Gilp to Loch Crinan saving seventy miles around Mull of Kintyre. The Caledonian canal spans sixty miles with twenty five miles man made, linking Inverness to Fort William via the Great Glen and its lakes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotland
Crinan
Loch Gilp
Firth of Clyde
Loch Crinan
Argyll
Mull
Kintyre
Europe
Loch Ness
Loch Oich
Loch Lochy
Great Glen
Inverness
North Sea
Fort William
Loch Linnhe
Atlantic Ocean
North America Rich in the Massive Oak Trees
A Los Angeles Times writer notes oaks girdle the earth in the northern hemisphere and are abundant in North America including Mexico. Over 370 species exist across continents. some reach 200 feet tall, making oaks among the earths most valuable hardwoods for lumber or fuel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North America
Mexico
Los Angeles Times
America
Africa
Asia
Europe
China
Japan
Australia
Pug Dogs From Orient Favored in Nineteenth Century
A Philadelphia Inquirer writer notes pugs likely originated in the Orient and were imported to Holland via East India company vessels. The breed is compact with a short coat in apricot fawn or silver fawn, a large round head, upturned nose, and a friendly, watchful disposition despite a stocky chest and 14 to 18 pound frame.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orient
Philadelphia Inquirer
Holland
East Indian Company
Swiss Hospice Dogs Save Lives Through Centuries
The Swiss Hospice and Monastery of St. Bernard, founded about 950, used rescue dogs to save travelers in snow and fog. Barry the dog, born in 1800, saved 40 people in 14 years, including carrying a dying child to safety. Estimates suggest thousands of lives have been saved by hospice dogs over two centuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Bernard
Bernard de Menton
Washington Star
Barry
Darry
Fryren Tees
Water Cultivated Plants Flaunt Luxuriant Leaves
A Chicago Tribune writer notes plants grown in water show vibrant colors and lush leaves not achievable in soil. Chinese evergreen and philodendron thrive when roots rest in water held by a pebble bed, providing firm footing and a fresh, green appearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Tribune
New York Past Punishments and Peculiar News
1663 records show Jasper Abrahamsen sentenced to flogging and banishment after a street rampage with Hendrick Jansen. Reports note high speed Russian locomotives at 98 mph and a blue darter hawk nesting atop a 13 floor Laredo hotel tower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Jasper Abrahamson
Abrahamsen
Hendrick Jansen
Jansen
New York Sun
Laredo
Texas
Franklin Annual Picnic Scheduled at City Park
The Franklin factory will hold its annual picnic Saturday noon at the city park. Employees and their families are invited for a day of leisure. The event is one of the ways management thanks workers.
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Franklin
List of district superintendents and affiliations
Readable OCR lists numerous district superintendents and affiliations with towns including Epworth Edgewood Fayette Greeley Hawkeye Hazleton Independence Lamont Oelwein Randalia Sumner Waukon Fort Atkinson Sherrill Manchester Mount Vernon and Davenport districts. Names include Palmer Feller Snyder Warton Porter Melcher Pease and many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. H. Palmer
Earlville
W. L. Feller
Edgewood
J. J Snyder
Elgin-Illyria-Clermont
J C. Warton
Epworth
R. V. Porter
Farley
Mount Vernon
Davenport
H.ee Travis
Oclwein Dubuque Disrict
Methodist Conference Names Appointments for Iowa Districts
The list details reassignments and new appointments for Methodist churches across multiple districts including Albion Bea man Belle Plaine Blairstown Cedar Rapids Trinity Cedar Rapids Chelsea Haven Conrad Dike Geneseo Gladbrook Grundy Center LaPorte City Parkersburg Owasa Reinbeck Shellsburg Tama Toledo circuit Traer Vinton Whitten Gifford Norway Palo Parkersburg and Dubuque districts with clergy transfers to several parishes and circuits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. K. Hudson
Albion
C. W. Cleveland
Beaman
E. I. Selden
Belle Plaine
H. J. Ward
Blairstown
W. C. Grant
John Huss
Cedar Rapids
F. M. Beck
Kenwood Park
R. S. Phillips
St. James
A. A. Brooks
St. Paul's
Owasa
O. R. Jones
Reinbeck
I. F. Hayenga
Shellsburg
H. A. Crum
Tama
Adelbert A. Calkins
Toledo
C. E. Luce
Traer
E. A. Sabin
Vinton
E. G. Steinman
Whitten-Gifford
Norway
Palo
Parkersburg
Dubuque
Seal Sale Workers To Meet At Maquoketa
Christmas seal workers of this county are invited by the Towa Tuberculosis association to join workers from ten neighboring counties at a regional institute in Maquoketa on Tuesday, September 28. Delegates will plan the 1937 sale of Christmas seals and anti tuberculosis work for this fall and next year with funds from the annual sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towa Tuberculosis Association
Maquoketa
Institute to host Dr. McCarthy on tuberculosis service
Dr. Charles K. McCarthy director of a new tuberculosis service funded by the state health department, Iowa Tuberculosis Association, and county Christmas Seal groups will describe the program. Speakers include C. W. Kammelier and Miss Marguerite Pfeffer. Christmas Seal workers from Tama to Scott counties are invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles K. McCarthy
State Department of Health
Iowa Tuberculosis Association
McCarthy
C. W. Kammelier
The
Marguerite Pfeffer
Tama
Benton
Linn
Jones
Jackson
Poweshiek
Iowa
Johnson
Cedar
Clinton
Scott Counties
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Mrs. Olin Howie
Louis M. Lange
Donna Lee
John Hanken
Wilma
Henry Miller
Otto Lange
Lois
Alice
Scotch Grove
Carl Dehner
Shirley Ann
Eleanor
Cascade
Albert Hutton
Elmer Hubbard
Mrs
Maurice Cook
Mrs. Cook
Cook
A. G. Rodman
Mr. Rodman
Mrs. Redmond
Thomas M. Redmond
Ralph Redmond
Sterling
James Redmond
Youngstown
Ohio
Maxine Redmond
Geneva
Catherine Redmond
Grace Castle
Iil
Redmond
Mary Redmond
W. H. Redmond
Betty Patterson
Elwyn Patterson
Monte Theater
Shaffer
Eloie Timmins
Betty Lou Podhaski
Mary Lou Luett
Vernona Vernon
Virginia Hanken
Wilma Doris Yount
Ann Marie Husman
Janana Schweitzer
Jean Echternacht
Helen Louise McLaughlin
Venita Shover
Betty
Clarence Hearn
Ray Hearn
Wilma Clark
Wilma Harford
Jennie Strasburg
Mary Louise Yount
Rex Hodson
Lucile Yount
Orvin Yeoman
Richard Hearn
Mable Harper
C. G. Thomas
Margaret Welter
Victoria Falls
Niagara
Canada
Russia
Methodist Church
H. H. Fletcher Chester
T. M. Nielsen
Cresco
West Union
E. J. Starr
Arlington-Volga
A. ©. Prust
Burr Oak-Calmar-Ossian
E. E. Clements
Colesburg
A. H. Meyer
Colesburg- Zion
EOE SA Fi Es Theatre
Aue
Seal Sale
van Camp
T.N.T. Soap
Ross Baty
Frank Capra
OUR Weekly Herald
Alli
Omar Wonder
Vanity Fair
NOLA
Kraft American Cheese
Monarch
Stuhler’s
Stuhlers
Grocery Department
Jones County Treasurer’s Office
T. E. McNamara
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