Junction Group to Meet Friday at Trinity church
The Ladies Aid society of Trinity Evangelical and Reformed church will gather Friday at 2 o'clock in the afternoon with Mrs. E Jas Mann and Mrs. M L Brockway hosting. Nearby social notes list visitors and travels of area residents including Dr J W Pence and family, Blair Duncan, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
Ladies’ Aid Society of
Trinity Evangelical and Reformed Church
E. Jasmann
M. L. Brockway
J. W. Pence
Detroit
Mich
Jack Pence
Delta
William Kent
Kent
Michigan
Blair Duncan
Cotter
Iowa State University
Iowa City
Willis Howell
Donald
Davenport
A. L. Meeker
Emma Tabor
Ft. Madison
E. H. Wiegner
H. C. Meeker
Harry Toms
Rock Island
W. E. Toms
Cairo
Woodrow Shearer
Paul and
Dewey Smith
J. R. Smith
Dale Edmondson
Mt. Gilead
Ohio
Verba Baker
Hilda Marsden
Belle Plaine
Carol
Social Roundup of Riverside Visitors and Local Births
Sunday gatherings at Cleo Jarrard home near Riverside noted with Lone Tree Holdeman and Musser families visiting. Western guests include Bettendorf, Cotter, and Moberly families, while a Rock Island crew completed trestle work west of the Iowa river. A newborn Joy Jarrard was announced in Eagle Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lone Tree
V. L. Holdeman
Bobby K
Nannette
Fay Musser
Joan
Cleo Jarrard
Carol Jean
Riverside
Fred Kallous
Bettendorf
Harve McGuire
Cotter
Louis Moberly
Albert Nunnally
Rock Island
Iowa River
There
Wellman
Evan Carl
Frank Soukup
Wilton
Emmerita Harty
Mildred Posten
Kate Harty
Mattie Nelson
Muszatine
C. M. Cantrell
Muscatine
Ross Lund
Cedar Rapids
Belle Brown
Frank Telford
Tumble Inn Cottage
Walkers Beach
D. D. Lucas
Ann
Upper Montclair
N. J
Fern Carl
Ill
Holly Johnston
Kenneth
Dale
Betty
Washington
Alfred Smid
Billy
Iowa City
Lou Ann Stevens
Joseph Wieland Jr
Joe Luther
V. Smid
Elsie Smid
Dora Carl
M. B. Faires
John Stock
Jasper Soloman
Clarke Faires
Earl Rife
Mary Lou
Jean Musser
Betty de Forrest
Ed de Forest
West Liberty
Joy
Roy Jarrard
Eagle Grove
Young People Hold Picnic at Davenport Island
Pleasant Prairie Presbyterial young people class of the Sunday school visited Credit Island for a picnic. The outing gathered members from the Pleasant Prairie group to enjoy a day of activities and fellowship by the riverfront site.
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Davenport
Pleasant Prairie
Credit Island
Louisa Students at Iowa Wesleyan Are Awarded Diplomas
Diplomas were conferred at Iowa Wesleyan College Mt. Pleasant on Woodrow Shearer and Lawrence Cutkomp. Parents Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Shearer and Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Cutkomp plus relatives attended the graduation exercises along with Mrs. W. F. Edmon dson and several others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisa
Iowa Wesleyan
Columbus Junction
Woodrow Shearer
B. H. Shearer
Lawrence Cutkomp
F. M. Cutkomp
Iowa Wesleyan College
Mt. Pleasant
William
Fal
W. F. Edmondson
E. Hanft
Walter Lewis
Raymond
Potter to Lecture on The Land and the Book at Letts Church
Dr. John W. Potter of Mt. Pleasant will begin a series of talks at Letts Methodist church tonight on The Land and the Book. The lectures continue Thursday Friday and Sunday evenings and Sunday morning with the public invited to attend.
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Letts
John W. Potter
Mt. Pleasant
Letts Methodist Church
Birthday guests and visits across several Iowa towns
Relatives and guests gathered at the Kaufmann home for Mrs. Kaufmann's birthday as friends from Chicago Moline Wet Liberty Moscow Cedar Rapids Atalissa Muscatine Clinton and Bennett shared visits. Others travelled to Milo Mt. Pleasant and Centerville for graduations and church events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilton
Elmer Stoltenberg
Chicago
Charles B. Kaufmann
Marie
Moline
Fred Bloom
Wet Liberty
Forest Fryroyer
Moscow
C. C. Kaufmann
Ladies’ Aid Society
The
Grace Reformed Church
Della Martin
H. P. Schmidt
Cedar Rapids
Raber
West Liberty
Schmidt
P. A. Schmidt
Leland McClure
Baby
Muscatine
Minnie Stoelks
Lyle Gruemmier
Robert Roberts
Albert Brugman
Francis
Katherine Rininslind
Clinton
J. C. Johnson
Charles C. Kaufmann
Charles Kaufmann
Milo
Portia Kaufmann
Stella Wilkerson
Lois Gruemmer
Arthur Heinkel
Bennett
J. W. Gruber
Iowa Wesleyan College
Mt. Pleasant
Hilbert Stucker
Jimmie
Centerville
George Hegerty
Clarence
Will Herr
Van Delinder Home Hosts Surprise Picnic
A group of relatives and friends gathered at Mr. and Mrs. Harry Van Delinder to surprise them with a picnic lunch. They had recently moved from the Earl Wilson farm to the Jane McNamer farm, with many families attending from nearby farms and communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Wilson
Earlene
Darrell
Russell Wilson
Robert
Delores
Walter Thompson
Hazel
Harry Furnas
Harry Jr
Max Lowe
Nora Armentrout
Clara Wilson
Olive Henderson
Theo Schneider
W. E. Zimmerman
Allerton
Picnic Attendees List Includes Jenkins Family Names
A Saturday picnic gathered Myrtle Jenkins Alice Jenkins Dorothy Thoeming Frances Jenkins Pear Ehlert Betty Jenkins and Virginia Broders as attendees. The social event centered on extended family and friends with no reported incidents or outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtle Jenkins
Alice Jenkins
Dorothy Thoeming
Frances Jenkins
Pear Ehlert
Betty Jenkins
Virginia Broders
Retention Shields demonstrator to visit Davenport
H. L. Hoffmann, expert and former associate of C. F. Bedlich, offers a free demonstration of his "Perfect Retention Shields" in Davenport at the Davenport Hotel on Wednesday, June 10, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The device claims to hold ruptures under all activity, is sanitary and waterproof, and warns against unsafe trusses. Hoffmann urges early attendance and notes his home office is in Minneapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. L. Hoffmann
C. F. Bedlich
Minneapolis
Minn
Davenport
Lincoln Blds
Minneapolis, Minn
Simple to Sew Summer Ensemble Pattern Description
Asst. Professor of Household Arts at Teachers College Columbia describes a sheer cotton summer ensemble. The design features a jabot collar, caped sleeves, and a front gored skirt to slim hips. Size range 36 to 48 inches bust with medium yardage. order instructions include 15 cent pattern and 25 cent book plus pattern bundle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teachers College
Columbia University
New York
Buffalo Prairie Children Day Exercises Planned at Presbyterian Church
Buffalo Prairie outlines a Sunday morning program at the Presbyterian church with committee chairs Mrs. Ivan Kistler Mrs. Laurence Reason Mrs. Bert Denning and Mrs. Merle Lewis in charge. Ladies Aid and Missionary Society set to meet Thursday at the Eliot Boney home with Mrs. Ben Burrows and Mrs. Perry Whitney assisting. Philipines and West Indies topics to be discussed by Mrs. Fred Castle and Mrs. Clair Monson. Charles and Clarence Thomas visited Albia relatives. Vernon Norton and family attended Ft. Madison memorial services and visited his sister Mrs. Clyde Tweed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo Prairie
Presbyterian Church
Ivan Kistler
Laurence Reason
Bert Denning
Merle Lewis
Prairie Lodge No
A. F
A. M
John Wray
Mayville
Baptist Church
Ladies Aid and Missionary Society
Elliot Boney
Ben Burrows
Perry Whitney
Philippines
West Indies
Fred Castle
Clair Monson
Albia
Charles
Clarence Thomas
Vernon Norton
Ft. Madison
Clyde Tweed
Willing Workers of Wilton Church Name June Leaders
Willing Workers of the Grace Reformed church at Wilton held their monthly meeting at the home of Mrs. Anna Fliss and Mrs. Edna Ringgenberg. Committees announced: Devotions Lottie Barnhart. Membership Anna Fliss Susie Chamberlain. Social J M Newgard John Mohr. Readings were given by Leverta Barnhart A J Kleinjan Edna Ringgenberg Lamont Ringgenerg Junior Luethye. Hostesses served refreshments.
Nichols Women View Flower Exposition In Muscatine
Mrs Foley and Mrs Gabel attended a flower show at the Congregational church in Muscatine on Tuesday afternoon. Local shoppers Mr and Mrs Elder Mr and Mrs Quimby Nina Mr and Mrs Oosten dorp Bernard and Madelyn were seen about town. Mrs Evert Ward and son Jimmie traveled to Davenport to visit relatives. Delta Alpha class met at Nettie Schmitt home with members present. Walter Morris visited Davenport to see ill brother Harry Morris. Edwin Nash returned from Cedar Falls to spend summer with his mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schmitt
Helen Rice
T. B. Nichols
Anna Rosenfield
Anna Reynolds
Hargis
Marie Borgstadt
Neva Borgstadt
Nettie Schmitt
Walter Morris
Davenport
Harry Morris
Edwin Nash
Cedar Falls
Bertha Nash
Norris Rites to Be Conducted Sunday From Nichols Home
Funeral rites for Mrs. Ella Norris will be held Sunday at the Ray Norris home in Nichols. Burial will be at Nichols. She was born October 1858, daughter of Hugh and Nancy Lee Brown, and was raised nearby. Surviving are daughter Mrs. Laura Briggs, son Ray Norris, six grandchildren, plus sisters Mrs. Laura Griffin and Mrs. Cordelia Hawkins and brother G. N. Brown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Letts
Ella Norris
Laura Briggs
Klickitat
Wash
Ray Norris
Nichols
Thomas E. Norris
Mrs. Briggs
10 076 Books Circulated At P M Musser Library
The P M Musser library reports May circulation reached 10 076 with 25 open days and average daily circulation of 324 books. The heaviest day hit 600 and the lightest 201. Sixty percent of circulations were adult fiction, compared with 11 641 total in April.
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P. M. Musser Library
Library Board
Cornelia Rhynsburger
Methodists to Join With Other Churches in June Services
The First Methodist church official board voted to hold Sunday evening services through June and then unite with other city churches for the summer schedule. A plan for the fourth quarterly conference on Sept 2 was set, and on June 28 a lay delegate will be elected for the annual conference Sept 16 in Des Moines. Bishop G Bromley Oxnam will preside, with D W Jackson judge and J A Chamberlin and E D Bradley as tellers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Methodist Church
M. E
Des Moines
G. Bromley Oxman
Omaha
D. W. Jackson
J. A. Chamberlin
E. D. Bradley
Light Month Noted By Fire Department
Muscatine firemen answered 27 alarms in May, down from 52 in April. The value at risk was $61,400 with losses totaling $1,013.38 and $43,000 insured. The biggest loss was $300 at the Everett Baumgardner place 510 Schiller street where a barn burned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
J. J. Brown
Everett Baumgardner Place
Schiller Street
Ed Maher
West Fourth Street
Equity Actions Are Set for Trial at June Court Term
Three equity cases were scheduled for trial as the June term of district court opened before Judge D W Jackson. They are William D Dallas and Hazel Denton Dallas in two actions and Edmund B Fulham as administrator of Jerome F Bartlett deceased versus Henry F Lange and others. All indications point to a light term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
D. W. Jackson
William D. Dallas
Hazel
Denton Dallas
Edmund B. Fulham
Jerome F. Bartlett
Henry F. Lange
McCollister Rites Set for Thursday
Jeff McCollister 73 died Monday evening at his Lone Tree home. Funeral services will be Thursday at 2 PM at Swank church conducted by Rev. W Ernest Stockley of Fort Dodge. Burial will be in Swank cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lone Tree
T. Jeff McCollister
Swank Church
W. Ernest Stockley
St. Mark’s Church
Fort Dodge
Swank Cemetery
Families Visit for Sunday Dinner in Local Homes
Two families hosted by the Leimkuehler and Slack households entertained guests at a Sunday dinner. Attendees included the Fitzsimmons Stammer Simms Slack children and relatives from Riverside Muscatine and Davenport. Neal updates note Miss Laura Silberhorn returned home from Davenport and Miss Smith from Chicago visits. Frank Leimkuehler and Mrs Slack returned to Mediapolis after a week here. Henry Reinke and children spent Sunday at John Moore’s near Durant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Fitzsimmons
H. Stammer
Richard
Bobby
William Simms
Riverside
Paul Slack
Bonnie Mae
Gwenlyn
Muscatine
Frank Leimkuehler
William Slack
Laura Silberhorn
Davenport
Miss Smith
Chicago
William Miller
Mediapolis
Henry Reinke
Wayne
John Moore
Durant
Son Will Occupy Father's Pulpit In Keota
Keota reports young James Rogers son of Rev. and Mrs. O B Rogers will occupy his father’s pulpit at the local Methodist church next Sunday morning. Rev Rogers leads revival meetings at Winfield with Rev R C Murdock assisting. Meetings began last Sunday and end June 14 with James Rogers singing a sacred cantata.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keota
James Rogers
Fletcher College
Oskaloosa
O. B Rogers
American Legion
West Broadway
Rock Island
Signalman at Clapham Junction Handles 2523 Trains Daily
The signalman at Clapham Junction in London managed 2523 trains daily during winter hours. During the racing season and holidays the workload rises significantly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clapham Junction
London
Also Mentioned on This Page
Trinity Evangelical Society
Cleo Jarrards
Dr. Potter
Letts Church
Kaufmann
van Delinder
Laura I. Baldt, A. M
Muscatine Journal Pattern Department
Fifth Avenue
N. Y
Wilton Church
Norris
Ralph Wittich
Ralph J. Wittich
Eeeed
Muscatine, Lowa
Keota News
Ted Lashweight
Standard
Standard Oil
Erickson’s Standard
Grandview and
Green Sts
Sycamore and Fourth Sts
W. B. Lease and
Russ Shoemaker
A. D. Romig
del Ostrander
Latham’s Standard
Sixth and Mulberry Sts
Lauren Goddard
Bob Griffin
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