Community Announcements From West Chester Area Groups
Parsons College Glee Club plans a concert at Bethel Presbyterian Church on Monday evening April 10. West Chester Choral Society meets Monday evening April 10 at the schoolhouse. attendance urged. Fortnightly club department one meets Tuesday at 2 30 with Mrs. W J Brooks. department three meets April 11 with Mrs. Wilson and officers elected. Bring 10 cents for demonstration. Ladies Aid society holds monthly social at West Chester Methodist Church Wednesday April 12. officers named. Shalom Group M E church monthly social April 11 at 2 30 with Mrs Rathmel bring a new member. Fortnightly club evening home economics department meets April 11 with Miss Etna Dawson. topic Home Furnishings. bring examples for exhibit.
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Parsons College Glee Club
Bethel Presbyterian Church
W. J. Brooks
Wilson
Ladies Aid Society
The
West Chester Methodist Church
L. Pp. Jackson
R. C. Ferguson
Margaret Berend
James Daniels
Shalom Group
M. KE. Church
Etna Dawson
F. L. Wilson
Methodist church women plan tea program and dues
The Women's Foreign Missionary Society will meet Tuesday afternoon at the church with a special program tea and social hour. Dues for the year should be paid at this meeting. An invitation goes to every lady of the church and congregation.
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Women's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Church
Rosemary Club Meeting With Mrs Pears Set for Wednesday
The Rosemary club will meet with Mrs. Frank Pears on Wednesday afternoon at 2 00 o clock at 463.
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Rosemary Club
Frank Pears
City Churches Bible School and Services This Sunday
Our Bible school begins at 9 45 with all invited. Morning service at 11 with a sermon on If death came by sin how could Christ die. Co. BE. meeting at 6 30 p m. Evening service at 7 30 with A Test and a Failure. Lively singing and special music. W H Hampton Minister.
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Bible School
Christ
Co. BE
W. H. Hampton
Screen Masterpiece to Be Shown at the Fox Monday
The Fox Theatre hosts a film by T. Hayes Hunter based on Irving Racheller The Light in the Clearing. It is hailed as a graphic pictorial history of early America and a strong teaching tool for schools within five years. The same venue presents The Old Nest as a benefit for the American Legion Auxiliary to run Wednesday through Friday evenings.
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Fox
T. Hayes Hunter
Irving Racheller
Fox Theatre
America
American Legion Auxiliary
Frank Crane
Alice Duer Miller
How Air Waves Are Caught By Radiophone
A Chicago Herald and Examiner summary explains sending electrical waves via an aerial. It describes charging an aerial, breakdown of insulation, and rapid oscillating discharge to ground, likening it to a weight on a string and noting speeds in the thousands or millions of cycles per second with a condenser across the spark gap.
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Chicago Herald and Examiner
Polly Wallace Heads to Colorado for Wrestling Challenge
Ames Iowa April 8 Leigh Wallace known as Polly to Midwest sports fans travels Nebraska roads in a dilapidated Ford toward Fortification Colorado where the undefeated collegiate heavyweight grappler will test himself against Mother Nature. He carries three football and two wrestling letters under the seat before taking a coaching post at Iowa Falls high school. Wallace nears a bachelor degree in animal husbandry and will graduate in June. He was a popular Iowa State College athlete, twice leading middlewest football centers and in 1920 chosen by Walter Eckersall as All American at center. Even when weighing under 175 pounds he never lost in the heavyweight 175 class.
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Ames
Leigh Wallace
Middle West
Polly
Nebraska
Fortification
Col
Wallace
Downin
Iowa Falls High School
Iowa State College
Walter Eckersall
Altho
Noted Authors Laud Hughes On Screen Adaptation
Fannie Hurst praises Ruppert Hughes for transferring his work to the screen with perfect fidelity. She commends his personal investment, saying he dipped his pen into his heart when he wrote The Old Nest.
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Rupert Hughes
Fannie Hurst
Well Trained Interview on Child Behavior
A quip from Darls Sans Gene presents a teacher asking what a well bred child should do when a visitor calls on her mother. The child replies that she plays in the street, illustrating social expectations and wit.
What Cheer Bank Wins Suit Over Farm Deed Transfer
In Toledo April 8 the district court ruled for First National Bank of What Cheer in the case against J H Brown Ida Brown and Azalia Brown. The bank holds a $6840 judgment and seeks to subject the Poweshiek county farm deeded to Azalia to satisfy the judgment. Azalia testified she earned 6200 over ten years but spent nearly all on personal needs leaving little to contribute. The court found no consideration for the deed and ordered the land sold to satisfy the bank’s claim.
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Poweshick
Toledo
First National Bank of
What Cheer
J. H. Brown
Ida Brown
Azalia Brown
Cummings
Poweshiek County
Plaintiff Bank
Miss Brown
Coul
Sparrows Fill Younker Store in Des Moines Winter
A million English sparrows crowded the Younker Brothers department store in Des Moines during winter, nesting under cornices and fouling the facade. Officials consider cleaning costs while agriculture officials note the birds’ intrusion and a failed plan to poison them.
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Younker Bros
Des Moine
Stormers
Wright County
Sigourney
Lymouth County
Iowa
Younker Brothers Department Store
Department of Agriculture
Sheridan's Charm in Oratory and Civic Duty
Sheridan's speaking style stood out for its varied and civic oriented charm. The essay highlights his ability to blend broad interests with public service, showcasing enduring eloquence and community focus.
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Sheridan
Sivic
Smith
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