Social affairs round out with cohosted luncheons and Halloween parties
Henry Dayton hosted a Tuesday card gathering at eight tables with out of town guests including Mrs. Wellman and Mrs. Harris. Prizes ranged from card cases to vanity silver. Nearby notes mention Miss Goldie Thomas entertaining friends, Halloween events at the East End church, and dances, dances at the country club, and plans for a future ambulance fund drive by the W R C along with various local engagements and visits.
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Henry Dayton
Joey Wellman
Ralph Harris
Lenore Meyer
Josiah Shuriff
Loren Seymour
Frank Bolles
S. Frank Weems
Will Sinnyck
Charles Heitz
George Dashd
Walter Williamson
Jen Osborn
Ella Rogers
Goldie Thomas
T Homas
Mabel En- B
Myrtle Cronk
Caroline Athouser
Joan Yackle
Eva Igimman
Sarah Scott
Fashions for Americans Hostess Gowns of 1917 18
Fashion notes describe hostess gowns popular for the winter season 1917 18. The shown gown blends brocade with velvet or satin, featuring an underneath simple frock and a long trained brocade overdress with angel sleeves. A cord girdle, either metal or silk, cinches the waist and lace may adorn the overdress.
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Oime
War Whiskey Kills Six in New York
Six men died in New York and two more were critically ill after drinking wood alcohol dubbed war whiskey sold in a saloon. Police say the victims bought the illicit liquor, and the saloon proprietor was detained for questioning.
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New York
Church society elects officers and committee heads
The Men’s society of St John’s Cathedral elected officers for the term: President George Earle Vice President Frank M Bolles and Secretary C Lawrence Wells. Treasurer to be chosen at the Nov 16 meeting. The Baptist church association formed subcommittees led by Walter H Bennett James E McNutt C H Bagby Edward P Osgood and C H Brooks Herbert Hendricks and H O Channon. Halloween parties were held by the Young Ladies sodality and Young Woman’s club with prizes won by several members and fortunes told by Leona Johannes and Leona Sibbing. Refreshments included cider doughnuts and apples.
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Men’s Society
St. John’s Cathedral
George Earle
Frank M. Bolles
C. Lawrence Wells
New Baptist Church Building Association
Walter H. Bennett
James E. McNutt
C. H. Bagby
Edward P. Osgood
C. H. Brooks
Herbert Hendricks
H. O. Channon
Marie Weihle
Florence Maas
May Daniels
Thelma Bakers
Selma Drescher
Leona Johannes
Leona Sibbing
Anna Zengle
Halloween Socials At Local Churches
Games and prizes framed Halloween festivities at Good Shepherd church with Miss Dorothy Boswell and Miss Ruth Appleton as hostesses. St Peter Evangelical and St Francis Young Ladies sponsored large school hall events. Rev Theodore Walz visited Quincy. Mrs Sarah Barbour hosts Friendship class. Salem youths held a Halloween party with a ghost walk.
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Tarr
Dorothy Boswell
Ruth Appleton
Good Shepherd Church
St. Peter Evangelical Church
St. Francis Young Ladies
Salem Young People
Halloween Party At Jefferson School Downtown
School news describes a Jefferson school Halloween party featuring witches brew den of horrors museum fortune teller and picture shows. Pupils perform songs and drills while popcorn doughnuts ice cream and cider are on sale. Event begins at 7:30 PM. Emerson School PTA meets Friday afternoon with Mrs Edward Fawcett as afternoon speaker.
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Jefferson School
Parent-Teachers’ Association of the
Emerson School
Edward Fawcett
The Dishes Made Our Stolen Moments Sweet
A camping party tale contrasts happiness and duty as a wife obsessed with chores disrupts a shared moment. Men and women reveal social tensions, with the wife rushing to wash dishes and break conversation, highlighting expectations of domestic virtue and companionship.
Mothers Club and Parent-Teacher Meetings at Franklin and Irving
The Auxiliary club of the Franklin school mothers gathered Tuesday afternoon to sew for needy pupils. The Irving Parent-Teachers will meet Friday afternoon in the school. A Halloween party is planned for Washington school this evening and another Parent-Teachers meeting is set for Friday.
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Mabel Shell
Mexico
Atlantis
Chamber of Commerce
Ida Stewart
Utility Club
the Mothers of the Franklin Schools
Irving
Washington
Wash Day Made Easy
Chicago dispatch reports an enormous laundry, the largest in the navy, generating awe as it demonstrates a major step toward streamlined shipboard chores. The piece notes scale and implications for domestic efficiency aboard vessels.
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Chicago
Navy
Laundry plant to wash one million garments weekly
A new facility capable of washing 1,000,000 pieces of clothing a week will be activated at the Great Lakes training station this week. Currently the 20,000 men must wash their own clothes, and in summer each man would otherwise be responsible for a suit of white attire daily.
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Great Lakes
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Eagles’ Hall
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Blessing Hospital
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Keokuk
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Frank Altgilbers
Frank Stolze
Joseph Stolze
St. John Catholic
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Lucille Boyd
Virgil _ Stambaugh
Hannibal
Totsch
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Vocational Art Arid’ Industrial Federation
Harry A. Wheeler
Church News
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Congregational Church
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Sarah Barbour
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Copenhagen
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