Pro Wo lecture and art club events highlighted in society notes
Pro-Wo members will attend a Thursday lecture course and then visit Mrs. Hattie Van Cleave. The Practical Art Club meets next Tuesday at Mrs Herman Veenstra’s home with Mrs Fred Lautenbach and Mrs Gilbert Boat in charge. Numerous social events follow including a pre nuptial shower for Miss Leona Van Roekel and a wedding at the Van Donselaar home. Several club activities, birthdays, and meetings by youth groups fill the week in Pella community life.
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Hattie van Cleave
Practical
Herman Veenatra
Fred Lautenbach
Gilbert Boat
Savanah van Roekel
Gerrit van Roekel
Pella
Jacob C. de Bruin
Irene van Haaften
Clara de Bruin
P. A. van Donselaar
Grace Matilda
William ‘Van’t Sant
Reasnor
A. M. de Cook
Leona van Donselaar
R. J. Danhof
Will Verros
Harold Groeneweg
C. Verros
Telida
Marion
Wilma van Zante
Bert Verros
Maurice
Ameureka
F. E
C. A
Harriet Kuyper
Marie Smith
Simon de Haan
J. Huyser
Wayne Wilson
Will van Hemert
H. Wormhoudt
T. G. Hospers
Grandma
G. J. Wormhoudt
Isaac
Eddyville
John
Ottumwa
Dominicus
Newton
John Hospers
Dorothy Wormhoudt
Hattie Hospers
James Doedyns
San Juan
Texas
A Sweet Dream of the Morning Echoes of Youth
A reflective poem contemplating morning dreams of beloved faces and past loves. The speaker recalls awake to birds and flowers, sensing a message of devotion. It muses that wholesome living builds dreams that bridge days gone and hopeful mornings ahead.
The Christian home as a garden of the Lord
The speaker extols the home as a precious God ordained educator of mankind. It offers fertile soil for virtue, shelter, and careful culture to raise growing souls. Homes teach self control sacrifice and faith, surpassing any school or college in lifelong discipline.
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America
Chris
Tian Home University Promises Full Equipment and Endowment
The Baltimore Sun describes Tian Home as a fully equipped university with ample endowment, capable of providing the highest education available globally. The piece emphasizes resources and merit, presenting the institution as a premier learning center.
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Tian
Baltimore Sun
Edison Endorses Prohibition As Economic Benefit
Mr. Edison argues prohibition aids America's economy and improves family welfare. He recalls women lining up for their husbands' pay before prohibition and notes not a single woman appeared at West Orange a year after the amendment. He frames prohibition as a safeguard for mothers and children and challenges liquor interests to offer a trade.
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Mr. Edison
America
West Orange
No Answer Little Boy Calls Father at Office
A telephone exchange reveals a child asking for his father in a brief, humorous moment. The father, recognizing the voice, assumes a wrong number and greets the caller with a playful line. The exchange captures a lighthearted domestic vignette through a simple misdial.
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Little Boy
Father
Son
Household Hints From January Crowded With Tips
Simple cleaning for silver uses a bare aluminum pan, baking soda, table salt, boiling water, and a soft cloth. Winter window tips suggest kerosene to avoid freezing water. Rice benefits from butter or lemon juice. Coconut creams combine coconut, sugar, cream, and maple syrup. A luncheon dish pairs spaghetti with tomato and mushrooms and meatballs. Baking hints cover cinnamon rolls with sugar, salt, flour, soda, cream, and butter. Bread pudding layers bread and apples with custard for baking.
Penn College Starts Student Aid Farm in Oskaloosa
Penn College, a Quaker school, accepts farm products as tuition and plans to expand a student aid farm. Students contributed livestock this fall, forming a nucleus for the farm and enabling more students to get work on the farm. The program, announced by President H. G. Bedford, envisions employing students to produce food for dining tables and may include a laundry and a printing plant run by students.
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Oskaloosa
Iowa
Penn College
Quaker
H. G. Bedford
Bedford
Return address rule could end Dead Letter Office waste
The text cites figures: about 19,957,684 letters, 428,005 parcels, and 100,000 letters annually in blank envelopes end up misdirected. It notes $100,000 in cash, $4,000,000 in checks, drafts, and money orders, and $20,000 in postage found yearly. It claims Uncle Sam collects $85,000 yearly in postage on return mail while about $2,000,000 is spent locating addresses. It argues abolishing the Dead Letter Office if every mail piece had a return address and parcels were wrapped securely.
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Uncle Sam
New York Commission Urges County Government Revamp
The New York State Commission for Revision of the Tax Laws recommends reorganizing county government on a businesslike basis. Chaired by Senator Seabury C. Mastick, the group argues the archaic system is outdated, citing New York City with five counties and urging modernization ahead of its final report to the legislature.
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New York State Commission
Seabury C. Mastick
New York State
Roosevelt
Mastick
New York City
Ite
Chronicle launches new business directory section
Our readers welcome the weekly business and professional directory. It classifies every trade and institution under clear headings to help information seekers find items quickly. The department aims to inform the public and keep the business community visible at low cost.
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the Chronicle
How to Clean Enameled Bath Tubs Safely
Advice on cleaning enameled bathtubs. Use kerosene on cloth or ammonia as an alternative. Avoid scouring soap as repeated use can wear off the enamel.
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