St Mathias Alumnae Holiday Party Plans At Muscatine
Preliminary plans list a December 29 holiday party at Hotel Muscatine hosted by St Mathias alumnae. Jacob's orchestra will play in the gold room with bridge and five hundred games set up. A mezzanine area will accommodate extra card players and tickets are sold by listed committee members.
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St. Mathias
Hotel Muscatine
Jacob's Orchestra
Mary Ryan
Mildred Fogarty
J. L. Elgin
C. M. Fifer
Agnes Fuller
Gertrude Fuller
Mary Thauren
Dorothy Hayes
Claire Byrne
Cyril Meyers
James Duggan
Banner Lodge and Industrial Society Meeting Notices
Banner lodge and Degree of Honor plan a kettle drum supper at 6 pm Tuesday at Maccabee hall. Members bring sandwiches and one covered dish before the regular meeting with officer elections and annual reports. Industrial society to meet Wednesday at Miss Helen Burns home 1009 East Third street.
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Banner Lodge and
Industrial Society
Banner Lodge
Maccabee Hall
Helen Burns
East Third Street
Miss Sylvia Bartlett Hosts Miss Semler Birthday Party
Miss Sylvia Bartlett of 310 Gilbert Street entertained at a surprise party Friday evening in honor of Miss Ethel Semler. The home was decorated in blue and white with a large birthday cake at luncheon. Miss Cora Houghtaling of Kimball Nebraska was an out of town guest.
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Sylvia Bartlett
Miss Semler
Sylvia Bartlet
Gilbert Street
Ethel Semler
Cora Houghtaling
Kimball
Neb
Geneva Country Club Updates Social Plan
Geneva Golf and Country Club changes Wednesday party plans due to floor refinishing. A card party will be held Wednesday evening upstairs at 8 o'clock with a tray luncheon to follow. Reservations must be made by Wednesday noon.
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Geneva Country Club
Geneva Golf and Country Club
W C T U Sends Funds To Caney Creek Center
The Women's Christian Temperance Union of Muscatine sent a $10 gift to the Caney Creek Community center in Knott county Kentucky for Christmas work. The local union regularly aids mountain residents and reports by Mrs. Mary Scoe maker president. Also listed are upcoming meetings for Ladies Aid groups and social events at local churches and homes.
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Women’s Christian Temperance Union of
Christmas vacation dates set by Muscatine schools
The Muscatine public schools will begin Christmas vacation Friday afternoon December 23 at the close of classes and continue until Tuesday morning January 3. Superintendent E A Sparling announced that the board of education approved the dates. Special Christmas exercises will be held in most schools on Friday.
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Muscatine Public Schools
E. A. Sparling
Board of Education
Wenstrands Denied Supreme Court Review in Bank Misuse Case
Washington December 12 news says C A and D A Wenstrand convicted of misapplication of banking funds at Shenandoah Iowa in 1925 were refused a review of their case today by the supreme court. The two men were officials of the Farmers National Bank of Shenandoah.
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Washington
C. A
D. A. Wenstrand
Shenandoah
Supreme Court
Farmers’ National Bank of
Baby Beef Club Leaders Speak to Rotary Club
Five Muscatine county Farm Bureau representatives spoke on baby beeves at noon, detailing club experiences. Margaret Estle led the top five performers, with Clifford Harbaugh, Dale Foster, William Anderson, and Raymond Carter following. Joseph J. Wilson noted profits totaling 2897.30 and 216 active 4-H members in 172 farm homes.
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Muscatine
Margaret Estle
Four Oys
Wilson
Muscatine County
Muscatine Seal Sale Totals 663.30 for Health Fund
Receipts from Christmas seal sales in Muscatine reached 663.30 by noon. Officials ask for late respondents to send in stamps and urge early response. The drive is sponsored by the Public Health bureau of the Muscatine Welfare association with the Iowa Tuberculosis association to fund local health work.
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Muscatine
Public Health Bureau
Muscatine Welfare Association
Iowa Tuberculosis Association
New Era Halts Festival Plans Again
The Philidosia club festival at Ziegler Memorial Lutheran church in New Era is postponed for a second time. Rev. E A Lack, pastor, announced the rescheduled date will be set later this month.
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Philidosia Club
Ziegler Memorial Lutheran Church
New Era
E. A. Lack
Christmas Pageant Draws 300 At Y W C A
The annual Y W C A Christmas pageant titled The Adoration of Kings and Shepherds drew 300 attendees in the association auditorium. The program featured Rev. E A Bentzinger as reader and a mixed quartet. The week includes a Wednesday evening Christmas party for employed and business girls with a 6:30 supper and 8:00 entertainment, plus a full schedule of Bible classes swimming and club activities.
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Young Women’ Association
E. A. Bentzinger
Y. W
Association For the Week
Jackson-Washington
L’allegro Club
McColm and Roach & Muser
Business Girls
Plunge
Hawkeye-Itown
U. S. Gunboats Rush to Canton Amid Disorder
Two American gunboats Sacramento and Pampanga moved to Canton after a Cantonese factional clash sparked unrest. Asheville sailed from Hongkong as 30 to 40 Americans remained in the district. Hongkong reports suggested the disorder may have been instigated by Russians.
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Shanghai
Sacramento
Canton
Asheville
Hongkong
Canton Hit by Looting and Fires Amid Civil Unrest
Canton faced looting and sporadic arson as unrest spread. Lu Chun-Tak, once commissioner of public safety, was suspected as the Communist leader behind the disturbances.
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Canton
Lu Chun-Tak
Father and Son Die on Same Day Across Wires
Telegrams crossed from east to west as Andrew Lefevre died in Keokuk Iowa and his son L K Lefevre expired in Spokane Washington on the same day, linking the family tragedy by fate and telegraph wires.
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Spokane
Wash
Lefevre
Keokuk
Andrew Lefevre
Iowa
L. K. Lefevre
Denton Named to U S Shipping Board by Coolidge
Washington December 12 AP Albert H Denton of Kansas nominated by President Coolidge to serve on the United States Shipping Board replacing W S Hill of South Dakota.
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Washington
aAlbert H. Denton
Kansas
Coolidge
United States Shipping Board
W. S. Hill
South Dakota
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