Hoyay Camp Fire Girls tenth anniversary celebration
A meeting at Josephine Saverys home marked the Camp Fire Girls tenth anniversary with Mothers as guests. Miss Carol Forgery noted the milestone and praised the girls for meals prepared. The event featured an elaborate two course luncheon, toasts, songs, readings, and a program honoring the group.
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Hoyay
Josephine Savery
Carol Forgery
The
Guardian
Kather Minick
Ei- Teh Morricon
Elizabeth Sherman Etinite Hammer
Evelyn Gibson
Sevilla Boice
Lillian Brown
Elizabeth Sherman
Paunice Ammerer
Robots
Josephine Bailey
Carolyn McCleers
Mary Roberts
Irene DeLong
Mary Kerr
Jemne DeLong
Worthea Thompson
Local clubs plan meetings and events this week
Announcement notices list gatherings at homes and churches. The Wellston Social Club meets at Mrs. Ferne Davis home. Independent Club at Mrs. Lloyd Swift. Cath He Daughters of America Sewing Circle hosts with Mrs. Dramshousen. Partners' Union at Young America schoolhouse Friday night. Rebekah regular meeting Friday 8 pm with initiation. Baptist ladies host missionary tea Friday at 2:20 pm. Presbyterian Women meet at 2:50 pm. Walnut Women’s Club Thursday. Hats Bethlehem Commandery plans an April 21 conclave. New Minister rehearsal and dinner Thursday. West Chester United Presbyterian Ladies Auxiliary social Thursday. ALML BR church to host Grand Jubilee Concert April 26, admission 35 cents.
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Women's Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church
Alml BR
School troupe plans and farewell for Miss Wilson
Girls form a troupe at a home talent evening with programs on The First Rehearsal Major Characters Minor Characters Costumes and The Troupe at Its Best. Elsie McBride will head the basketball team next year. Miss Wilson departs to Cyprus to teach, leaving clear admiration and sadness among students and staff.
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Lola Davis
Mary Louis
Minick
Edith Otto
Esther Hay
Irma Waymack
Elsie McBride
Mrs. Harding
Miss Patton
Mildred Genkinger
Edna Caldwell
Evelyn Caldwell
Helene Bal
Vivian Caldwell
Maude Randall
Katherine Kracaw
Vern Palmer
Lois Griffith
Edna Morrow
Lucile Young
Mary Louise Minick
Miss Wilson
Cyprus
Mediterranean Sea
Iowa Rail Pension Benefits Highlight Cedar Rapids Division
Cedar Rapids Iowa reports show one half of Rock Island railroad pensioners nationwide reside in Iowa with sixty eight on the Cedar Rapids division. The rail line has the most mileage here and has paid out 1 040 865 dollars in pensions since January 1 1910.
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Cedar Rapids
Rock Island
Iowa
Minnesota
Blaze
Thorne Plans Iowa Senate Campaign From Washington
Clifford Thorne, based in Washington, will open his senatorial bid for Iowa, with Iowa and Des Moines stints planned. He has endorsement letters from Farm Bureau figures, including Senator Arthur Capper praising Thorne’s agricultural leadership and urging support for his candidacy.
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Clifford Thorne
Washington, D. C
Iowa
Des Moines
Farm Horeau Federation
Thorne
Mr. Thorne
United States
Senate
Kenyon
Prom
Arthur Capper
Towa
Washington
Sunday school parade to feature 10000 in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids April 19 A grand Sunday school parade expected to include 10000 participants from Cedar Rapids and nearby cities will highlight the state Sunday school convention May 2 3 and 4. One church plans 1000 marchers and flags banners and placards will mark denominations and Sunday school slogans. RK J Holmes chamber of commerce secretary oversees parade plans.
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Cedar Rapids
Sunday School Association
RK. J. Holmes
The
Chamber of Commerce
The Bridge Builder Poem by an American Youth
An old man on a lonely road crosses a chasm as evening falls and builds a bridge behind him. A passerby asks why he works so late, and he explains he builds for youth who will come after him, to help them avoid the pitfalls of twilight.
Wireless Waves and Wave Properties
Wireless waves travel at about 500 million meters per second and share properties with heat and X rays. Radio waves originate from transmitting stations with uniform, symmetric emission. Waves spread outward from a quiet point like ripples on water, with wavelength as the distance between successive crests.
Radio talking pictures tested in Chicago studio
The article details early experiments linking synchronized film projection with radiophone speech to create talking pictures. Star Frank Bacon demonstrates live lines broadcast to audiences as cameras project, with Powers and Rothacker studios guiding the process and addressing synchronization and future challenges.
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Radio Telephone
Chicago
Edison
Radiophone
Villian
Rothacker
Bacon
Rathacker Laboratory
Atle Broadcasting Station
Buzs-2
Frank Bacon
Wrigley
Powers
Engineering Cost of Road Work Not High
The Iowa highway commission reports engineering costs for Primary and Federal Aid Roads remain low. From 1917 to 1921 plans covered 2 225.565 miles with engineering cost 472 858.79 and an estimated construction cost of 26 855 185.97 yielding 1.77 percent. Total engineering costs including surveys and tests total 8 9b percent of construction cost and recent reports show a drop in costs across excavation drainage graveling paving projects with an average of about 2.5 percent.
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IoWa
Weather signs from birds foretell rain and storms
Birds serve as weather prophets in parts of the country. The green woodpecker, nicknamed the rain bird for its laughing cry before rain, and the stern cock, known for its pre storm song, are cited as omens of coming weather.
Household Hints for Room Layout and Staging
Tips on arranging furniture and space use avoiding angled placements. Notes suggest aligning stools parallel to walls and distributing pieces to create a single unobstructed corner gap for smoother flow and access.
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Mires Ada Wilson
Della Patton
Gila
W. C. Harding
Willa Gibson
Mabel Morton
Eunice Green
Margaret Godfrey
Elizabeth Irwin
Vera Palmer
Hester
Everly
Iowa Gas
Wellston Social Club
Ferne Davis
Independent Club
Lloyd Swift
Cath He Daughters of America Sewing Circle
John Dramshousen
Partners’ Union
Young America
Rebekah
Rebekahe
Walnut Women's Club
Lewis Duke
Clarence Gresseup
Bethlehem Commandery
K. T
Order of Business
Order of the Temple
G.S. Kerr
B.C
West Chester
J. Rh. Howard
Star of
Commission
Foley
Browner
Cleveland
Ohio
Levter
Bird Weather Prophets
ST. Joseph
North Fh
ST. Joseph, MO
H. Il. Ward
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