Senior reception and society events at local high school
A busy Friday night featured Prof and Mrs Frush hosting seniors and faculty for games and stunts with refreshments served. Various clubs followed with gatherings at homes. Elizabeth A. Graham spoke at the Young Women's League meeting and a pre nuptial shower honored Bertha Hoksbergen at the Al Hoksbergen home. The week included birthdays celebrated, piano recitals, guild suppers, and club meetings across town. Community notices list church activities, class meetings, and planning for plays and swine production lessons.
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F. M. Frush
Young Women's League
James Klein
Young Women’s League
D. L. Wynna
Elizabeth A. Graham
W C T U Denounces Liquor Traffic Undermining Democracy
The W C T U argues liquor traffic degrades voters and undermines personal integrity and independence. It warns if allowed in a respectable form it will corrupt both men and women voters and provide a tool for political agents and party centers to sway outcomes.
Liquor Powers and Political Control In Early 20th Century
Elizabeth A. Graham notes how liquor interests shaped political outcomes through intimidation, media control, and election manipulation. She cites 1886 94 New York alderman and assembly seats, 1913 Texas poll tax and local option interference, and aims to expose the sustained national force behind dry and wet campaigns.
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National Association For
Blaine
Cleveland
McKinley
40Th Street
New York
State Assembly
Texas
Elizabeth A, Graham
Rotogravure Musings and Gold Standard Reflections
A column mixs political satire and economic primer. It questions the Des Moines Sunday Register rotogravure image of reforestation tents, mocks hoarding, and critiques the Gold Standard while speculating on the fate of a local business club and a funeral home venture.
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Des Moines Sunday Register
Storing Eggs in Water Glass Methods
A 19th or early 20th century style guide explains preserving eggs in water glass sodium silicate. Use clean infertile eggs from day of gathering, stored in earthenware in a cool cellar, nearly to the top. Do not wash or crack eggs. April and May eggs can last until November or December with pinhole venting.
Cleaning Advice From Fragments
A fragment suggests washing brass chandeliers with hot water and salt, then polishing with a cloth. It appears as a stray housekeeping tip without a clear source or full context.
Aschenbrenner speaks on legislature at PTA meeting
At the high school auditorium the PTA heard Senator Carl Aschenbrenner discuss state legislative actions. The program included Y M C A camp film, Myrick harmonica, and Lull exhibits. A rural-school membership drive was approved.
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Parent-Teacher Association
Carl Aschenbrenner
Boone
Lull
Welfare League
Aschenbrenner
General Assembly
Des Moines
Mother and quotes praise and prose mix reel
A fragmentary text blends Kipling verse lines about Mother O' Mine with brief quotes praising mothers from John Quincy Adams Theodore Roosevelt and George Herbert followed by a personal reflection on the author’s debt to mothers.
Quote on a seamstress turned cultivated lady by Andrew Carnegie
A reflective remark credits a woman as a seamstress cook wash woman who remained unassisted for most of life yet was a cultivated person. She kept up with the literature of the day as Carnegie notes.
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Andrew Carnegie
Activities of City Churches Service Schedule
The City Churches offer a Sunday program starting with 9:30 a.m. Sunday school and 10:45 a.m. sermon A Mother's Throne. Afternoon activities include 2:00 p.m. Gods Wer ver in het Hart and 2:00 p.m. Dr H J Pietenpol on Christus Wederkomst om Zijn Volk. 7:30 p.m. The A Capella choir of Central College performs sacred music followed by Theological Student William G Wolbrink at 2:30 p.m.
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Het Hart
William G. Wolbrink
H. J. Pietenpol
Christus Wederkomst Om Zijn Volk
A Capella Choir
Central College
Church of the Open Bible Schedule Prayer Meetings
Church of the Open Bible announces services and meetings: Wednesday 7 30 p m prayer meeting Thursday 2 p m Thursday 7 30 p m Sunday 10 30 a m communion Sunday 6 45 p m Young People's meeting Sunday 7 30 p m topic Mother
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Church OF the Open Bible
Sermon Topics For Sunday Services At Second Reformed
The church schedules 9 30 a m Sunday school 10 45 a m morning service with the sermon A Faithful Mother and 7 30 p m evening service with the sermon A Prodigal Mother. The details reflect regular weekly worship and two motherhood themed sermons.
Prof George Menninga to conduct morning and evening services
Prof George Menninga will conduct the services morning and evening. The schedule indicates continuous leadership across the day with two distinct service blocks.
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Prof
George Menninga
Baptist 9 80 Sunday School And Sermons
A church notice outlines Sunday schedule for Baptists with 9 80 Sunday school, 10 45 morning worship and sermon A Mothers Opportunity, 6 30 B Y P A service, and 7 30 evening worship with a sermon A Grain of Wheat. A classroom anecdote about a miswritten sentence and humorous exchanges are noted.
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B. Y. PA
Horace Greeley On News Plurality Witty Exchange
An old quip recalls Horace Greeley asserting news is plural and his reply by wire claimed there was not a new. The exchange highlights a playful take on language and journalism heritage.
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Horace Greeley
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Elmwood Inn
T. W. Cox
Franklin Street
Allie Gregory
Ray N. Hoksbergen
Nellie
Janet van Heukelem
Bertha Hoksbergen
al Hoksbergen
Bertha
Alva Mae van Gorp
Lillian de Jong
Sendra de Jong
Raymond de Kock
Adriaa Sjaardema
Freda Numninkhoven
Gordon Nesbit
Ruth Ver Meer
Gysbert Ver Meer
Helen Boertje
Ladies Aid
Ed. van Zante
P. Baer
Will Baer
John Braashart
Philathea
Harry Dixson
Steaing
Gilbert Boot
L. Kaldenberg
Helen Kuyper
Simon de Haan
Lois Rietveld
North Broadway
The
Baptist Church
M. T. Klein
Murrey Steinkamp
Raritan
Ill
E. V. Goad
Leland Croll
Knoxville
Martha Firth
R. R. Beard
Loyal Temperance Legion
Martha Inveld
Unferce
Pella W. C
Lake Era Township
William and
Nicholas van Gorp
Ernest Blom
Iowa
United States
Paul van Gorp
Sammy
O. K
Paloney
Pella
P. T
Senate
Farmers Holiday Association
Aschanbrenner
Harry Emerson Fosdick
Legisature
of Central College
Sunnyside
Beauty
Broadway
Jessie Sadler
Love—Kipling
John Quincy Adams
Theodore Roosevelt
George Herbert
Bennie Sheridan
Mrs. Jackson
Mrs. Johnson
Central Park Cafe
South Side Square
Mealpolder Bros
Penney’s
Ob. C. Penney Tee
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