Social events host Ada Robbins' wedding circle
Social notes recount Leila Sullivan entertaining for Ada Robbins with guests including Margaret Lauter Frieda Wiebmer Margaret Worth Bernice Wheeler Emma Breits tadt Mabel Reed Ruth Jackson and others A two course luncheon featured yellow and white decor and hand painted yellow heart place cards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iss Leila Sullivan
Ada Robbins
Margaret Lauter
Frieda Wiebmer
Margaret Worth
Bernice Wheeler
Emma Breitstadt
Mabel Reed
Ruth Jackson
Miss Robbins
Herbert Stevenis
Aberdeen
Social Calendar Highlights Local Ladies Events
A series of society gatherings fills the week from Monday to Friday. Dancing for Miss Winifred Merrill and a luncheon for Mrs. Robert Wray precede a Met State swimming party and Junior Red Cross at the YWCA. Card parties, launches, teas, sewing circles, and canning demonstrations occupy South Park and local churches with noted hosts and guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. V. Barker
Robert Wray
California
A. A. Richardson
Met Stae Club
Highland Park
Pauline Harnest
Carthage
Reading Club
South Park
Dorothy Dayton
Winifred Merrill
Red Cross
Cathedral Red Cross
Qasper Johnson
Sarah 5Sunine
Junior Red Cross
Luther Memorial Church
Ladies’ Social Union
Vermont Street Methodist Church
Reeder. Canning
Gurwell Jesse Tie Knot in Mexico Court House
John A. Gurwell 21 and Miss Sarah E. Jesse 18 both of Mexico Missouri were married by Judge Lyman McCarl on Saturday morning after obtaining a license at the clerk’s office. The couple went to the courthouse upstairs for the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joel Benton
John Stillwell
Griggsville
Stillwell
Red Cross Hospital Supply Committee
John A. Gurwell
Sarah E. Jesse
Mexico, Mo
Lyman McCarl
Court House News Told In Brief
Henry Baker a blind colored boy received a year probation after a vagrancy charge in Judge McCarl's court. An old claim against the estate of Andrew Doerr was disallowed by agreement in Judge McCarl's court. John Wheelock was appointed appraiser for Anna Sprigg's estate to assess inheritance tax value. F M Simmons estate final report shows $1,848 handled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Baker
McCarl
Andrew Doerr
Andrew J. Crossmeyer
James Flannagan
Thomas Hillman
Anna S. G. Sprigg
John Wheelock
John T Simmons
F. M. Simmons
Blessing Hospital Welcomes 10 Pound Steiner Son
Mr and Mrs John Steiner welcomed a ten pound son Friday morning at Blessing hospital. Mrs Steiner is doing well. Mr Steiner serves as county superintendent of schools. In other news a method for preserving butter uses milk curd to coat unsalted butter, forming a protective layer that keeps it fresh for years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Steiner
Blessing Hospital
Turnips Urged For War Gardens In Wartime
The article urges home gardeners to keep turnip seeds and plant whenever possible as a quick yielding, easy to store crop suitable for war time gardens. It notes turnips grow in most soils and are a favored vegetable for families.
Mrs. Frank Lowden Leads Illinois Red Cross Drive
Mrs. Frank O. Lowden campaigns in Illinois for Red Cross membership, sewing a large flag as a trophy for the county with the highest member rate. She urges every Illinoisan to join and support the humanitarian work as the state races toward one million members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Lowden
RED Cross
Frank O. Lowden
Illinois
France
Illinois counties vie for Red Cross trophy
Enthusiasm runs high as county Red Cross chapters compete for the trophy. Each county must reach a 15 percent membership quota with campaigns already underway and many counties surpassing their allotment as Illinois mobilizes support for its soldiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Illinois
Sailors Sign Red Cross Pledge Amid Crowd of a Million
A vast public tribute highlights Red Cross backing with sailors among the crowd, reaching at least a million members pledged to support relief efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Marriage Licenses for John A Gurwell and Others
John A Gurwell of Mexico Missouri marries Sarah Ellen Jesse also of Mexico Missouri. Charlie Morris of Quincy wed Leota McElwee of Quincy. Ages listed as 21 and 18 for the first couple and 20 for Leota with the others showing in the record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Gurwell
Mexico
Sarah Ellen Jesse
Charlie Morris
Quincy
Egees Leota McElwee
Sesseses
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T. H. Moshage
J. H. Bross
Moshage
Des Moines
William Haddenorst
Margaret Behrensmeyer
Margaret Huenefeld
Cincinnati
Ruth Michelman
Alice
Virginia Fry
Dorothy Werner
Dorothy Hokamp
Enid Ireland
Ruth Brown
Eleanor Nauman
Margaret Kushman
Anna Gurdes
Beulah Prante
Elizabeth Turner
Wanda Tapp
Galesburg
Michelman
Sue Richardson
James Bottorff of
Clayton
John Taylor
North Eighth Street
James Crewin
North Fifth Street
James R. Gray
E. G. Bredeweg
Lucille
Gilbert Crane
St. Louis
Mabel Scholl
Crane
Monroe Drug Company
E. F. Turner
North Twentyfourth Street
I. X. Club
William Harvey
H. L. Turner
E F. Turner, Jr
Harold Leffingwell
Machine Gun Company
Chicago
St. Rita
St. John Catholic Church
Earl Osgood
Minneapolis, Minn
E. P. Osgood
Spring Street
George Judd
Royce Judd
John Smith
Springfield
Frank A. Dowd
Vine Street
Arthur Bryant
Bryant
George L. Vasen
Carolyn Dautrey
Miss Dautrey
Clara Greeman
Eleanor Bennett
Mary Stoll
Waltham, Mass
Emily Luthin
Stoll
Fred Dietz
Luthin
G. H. Wilson
Jacksonville
The
Methodist Church Missionary Societies
O. B. Gordon, Jr
Lake Minnetonka
Minn
J. Holbrook
Minneapolis
Ceylon Lewis
Kansas City
Ella Lewis
Florence Brown
Millikin Conservatory of Music
Dorothy Quincy
Curry
Moberly
Eliza McNeill
Sarah Sundine
Mabel Johnson
Dorothy Allard
Margaret Wisherd
Marian Wall
Mendon
Clauson Snyder
Louis Lusk
William Becker
Hammer Thuman
Alma Swope
Warren Pearce
New York
Pearce
Waukegan
Catere
W. H. Perkins
William Duncan
Frank Wheat
Mooseheart Sewing Circle
Miese
Fourteenth
Ohio Streets
Gurwell
Jesse
Court House
Edison
AN. Art CO
Hawoc
Maine Street
Knollenders Milling Company
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