Local notes on visits and moving in town
Arch Best Oxfords Wilsons visit Parsons College Fairfield. Mrs Leigh Wallace and daughter Virginia return from California. Mrs M R Orrid of Ainsworth attends Shiloh dinner. Miss Martha Smock Keota shopping mishap. Miss Mildred Kafka visits Pleasant Plain. Davis family moves from 226 West Fifth to South Marion. Mabel and Margaret Livingston visit aunt Mrs Kilgore in Brighton. New baby boy at Ward Miller home Mayville North Dakota. Mrs Minnie formerly Grace Hamilton. Mr and Mrs Robertson West Chester visit for birthday pictures. Graves Studio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Davis
West Fifth Street
South Marion Avenue
Charles Critz
Iward Miller
Mayeville
North Dakota
Minny
Grace Hameton
Thin
Miller
Ward family travels and local notices snapshot
The article records the Ward family returning from Milwaukee with plans for Dorothy Ward to enter Milwaukee Downs next fall. It notes Charlotte Ward’s enjoyment of the trip and train experience, plus a string of local society updates including visits, travelers arriving from Cedar Rapids Ottumwa Eldon and Winfield, and upcoming auctions and services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Ward
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Dorothy Ward
Milaukee Downs
Charlotte Ward
Local teachers and residents noted in Oskaloosa convention and travels
Miss Mildred Boal of Morning Sun and Miss Flora Fleming of Washington attended the teachers convention in Oskaloosa this week and returned home last evening. Numerous residents and students are reported visiting relatives and continuing on spring vacations, with several illnesses mentioned and several trips to nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred Boal
Morning Sun
Flora Fleming
Washington
New London
Oskaloosa
Miss Boal
Miss Fleming
Social clubs share gatherings and charity work across town
The Independent Club hosts a Thursday gathering with progressive rock games and refreshments while Rebekahs hold an initiation at I. C. C. F. hall. Worth While Girls pause plans after a funeral. What-I-Can founder Mrs. Myrtle Sage Graves speaks. The Just Us club marks five years with music and a luncheon as the Walnut Women’s club discusses hatching chicks. Ladies Aid sews for a bazaar and two new members join St. Paul’s group. Presbyterian Ladies Social plans May Breakfast with devotional and music program for thirty eight members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Hughes
Independent Club
Ralph Stephens
Keota
Worth While Girls of the Baptist Church
Helen Long
Myrtle Sage Graves
What-I-Can Society
Guild
Just Us Club
John Chadwick
Ruth Lemley
Ivan Rehmel
Stektes
Dodd
Rarph Seer
Versa
Irene Chadwick
Austin Sutherland
Walnut Women's Club
Joe Wolfe
Frank Moran
Walter Bales
Clarence Grosscup
Fred Grosscup
Blanche Sutherland
Ladies Aid Society
St. Paul's Evangelical Church
Helen Knecht
Elizabeth Sheetz
Clara Ramge
McFarland
Little
Payton
Mrs. Knecht
Carl Zieglowsky
Ida Koehler
Charles
The
Presbyterian Church
Harry Shrader
L. 5. Patterson
H. E. Case
James McFadden
Mary Roberts
Josephine Bailey
R. H. Walker
Tom Berdo
George Clapper
BE. C. Carris
Ella Chilcote
Marry Kerr
Marguerite Morrett
Blair Law
Society
Visits and local notes from Muscatine and beyond
Miss Eunice Acheson returns home from Muscatine for a brief visit with her mother Mrs. Jennie Acheson. Miss Marie Jacoby arrives from Wyman to visit cousin Mrs. Ella Proudfit. Mrs. H W Russell receives eleven double records for the Vietrola at Knox ville hospital for disabled war men and will ship them Monday. Miss Elnora Rowley of Keosauqua visits friend Miss Jessie Kerr before Grinnell College days. T H Lineman of the Orpheum Theater Fairfield meets Fox manager C A Pratt. F G Moore and L F Morrison attend Iowa Independent Telephone Association convention in Des Moines reporting a profitable meeting and strong program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Eunice Acheson
Muscatine
Jennie Acheson
H. W. Russell
Knnoxville Hospital
Elnora Rowley
Keosauqua
Jessie Kerr
Grinnell
Grinnell College
T. H. Lineman
Orpheum Theater
Fairfield
C. A. Pratt
The
Fox
F. G. Moore
L. F. Morrison
Independent Telephone Association of Iowa
Des Moines
Why Girls Leave Home Monday Bargain Day Mention
A humorous note from the Chicago Evening Post reflects on why a girl might leave home on Monday as a wash day joke. The Boston Transcript alludes to a similar line about a “dear girl” leaving for Bargain day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Evening Post
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Charles “Buck” Jones
Irving Bachellor
Fox Theatre
the Ladies
Awsillary of
Aus Trican Legion
Our Ticket
Advanes
Hog Oller
Water
G. Lane
City Feed Yard
Sora
Universal Car
United States
USCO
Washington Motor Co. i. &. Mack
Dailey’s Taxi
Local and Country Services
Parsons College
Glee Club
T Reader
Ebcthel Presbyterian Church
Exide
Thes
H. D. Smith
Marion
Owen McGovern
B. Lupton
Arch Best
Oxfords
Wilson's
Mise Flo Juzeler
Vielt
Leigh Wallace
Virginia
California
Martha Smock
Mildred Kafka
Pleasant Plain
Graves Studio
Mabel and
Margaret Livingston
Brighton
Mra. D. C. Kilgore
Walter Edwards
Robertson
West Chester
Goodrich
Louck & Co
W. W. Bowers
Patey Wilson
Alice Klippel
Althea Montgomery
Edith Shields
Maud McCreedy
Esther Urindley
Ireta Paulo
Clara Wallace
Edna Tobin
Cotter
Russell Knott
Cedar Rapids
Bob McGuein
George Dowell
Dorothy
Ottumwa
Eldon
KD. F. Macon
Washingt N
Iowa
Kopp
Stephen
Louck & Co's
Chicago Daily Journal
Isabel Ayres
Walter Ayres
Miss Ayres
Chicago
Bermuda
Washington Cleaners
Richard Cash Market
Washington Dairy
Howard L. Anderson
Fred N. Anderson
Tomorry
Oklahoma City
Mr. Anderson
Margaret Simmerman
West Chest
Gladys Shultz
A. B. Ditmars
Winfield
T. J. Patterson
J. B. Crail
Cherry McElhinney
K. B. Willcockson
Sigourney
Florida
Tampa
Lakeland
St. Augustine
Richard Cash
Stryker
Eliza Butler
J. C. Butler
Mary Louise
Jeannette
Burlington
Lloyd Humston
Naomi Myers
Flo Jugeler
J .S. Hendrickson
Columbus Junction
Joe Ludwig
Harper
Merle
Stella Warner
Ferne Freshwaters
Cedar Falls
Iowa State Teachers College
George Breitenbach
Faye Freshwaters
A. W. Clow
Donna
Betty
Doris
Corydon
Art Stoutner
Alf Anderson
Centerville
Omer
Miss Fish Bratten
Arsons College
Sanders & Skipton
Aurilla Mayhew
T. R. Neiswanger
W. J. Keifer
Iowa City
Marguerite Wallace
Traer
Sophie Rogajl
East Pleasant Plain
Ed Bambrick
Evelyn
Cambridge
Yales
Mannhardt Bros
Albia
Claude Crancall
Crandall
Virginia Griffith
Iowa State College
Mattie Shoemaker
S. A. Anderson
Movne
J. C. Meira
Beesle Arthaud
Winton
A. White
Ainsworth
Mrs. Marr
Mre
D. O. Davison
Lrighton
M. D. Conley
Lora Busby
Cedar Walls
I. C.C. F. Hall
Richard Johnson
John Williams
Roy Mallory
Rebekah Club
John Goodman
Oral Mayo
Charles Baker
Tom Dowls
Lillian Anderson
Wm. Wabnity
H. A. Otto
Rey Schieber
and Mra
Shelley Eberling
Alpha Wabnitz
McElhinney Drug Co
McElhinney
Mie
Marie Jacoby
Wyman
Ella Proudfit
Graham Theatre
Mer
Dunbar
White Hussar
Lorna Doone Jackson
Company of 30 Stars Special Symphony Orchestra
Eivery
Lemmon’s
John Shields & Sons
Acme Nursery
A. J. Waldschmidt, Prop
H. Worley
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