Social club and church events mingle in local gatherings
Community groups hosted social evenings at homes on East Madison and West Main streets, with dinners, games, and birthday gifts for members. Activities included a treasure hunt for the Washi group, bridge at three tables, and several church ladies meetings with reports, musical numbers, and missionary notes. Out‑of‑town guest Mrs. Charles Bloat of Chicago attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ely
C. W.ewart
West Main Street
Mir
Robert Dawson
Sevclock
Enes
Dawson
Milt Denison
Sem Timmelneh
Charles Bloat
Chicago
Young Woman's Missionary Society of the United Presbyterian Church
Misc Olyn Hamilton
East Main Street
D. J. Ross
Shriver
Miss Hamilton
HL. Walker
Hug McCleery
Herbert
Phe
The
Presbyterian Church
Elsie Glassburner
West
Madison Street
Artis
Helen Brees
Friends of
Africa
Mig Margaret Monineer
Eldren
China
Community announcements for club events and church socials
A bulletin lists card party at Odd Fellows hall to raise funds for Endow, a four o'clock Junior I A. Tours gathering, and a Wednesday prayer service at the Methodist church with a social honoring new church members. Various church and club meetings follow, with events including a bee and golf party, bake sales, seed exchanges, and relief corps gatherings across April and May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odd Fellow Hall
Fb Bekahs
Odd Fellows and Friends
Methodist Church
Sunday Socials and Local Visits Noted in Palestine
Local families including Kron, Vondrasek, Selvice, Kopes, and Lukaysky were guests at multiple homes during the weekend. Visits extended to the Keon and Irons households with various relatives noted. A first prize of $8 was won in a Louisa county contest and Quarantine updates mention the J. W. Meisss family near Cairo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palestine
Roy Kron
Walter
Robert
Lorena Kron
Leona
Dorothy Vondrasek
Frank Kron
Charles Selvice
Jerome
Frank
Carl Kopes
Hubert Kron
Willron
Wm. Lukaysky
Roy Havel
Ed Meranek
For A. Soukay Hom
Charles Schnoe
Doroth Vondrasek
Martin
Verne
Gladys Melvin
Mildred
Bernard
Velma Kron
Vitors
Charles Kron
Sumday
Henry Kron
Wash Motley
Riverside
Lorena Kronday
Hy Wm. Irons
Chas. Vondr
Louisa
Louise Hinst
Corgan
Roy Phinney
Lea 'Aviaios
Presbyterian Church
Lise Mae Miler
Mascatine
United Trethern
Ith
Ita Hawley
Raph Marshall
Mi Rex Datsienn
LJ. Wilfong
He Bedipu
Des Moines
J. W
Cairo
Cotter
Farm Bureau Indies Meet in Stone School Community
The Xenia area Farm Bureau Indies gathered at Grace Stone's home in April with seven members. Leader Mrs Ed Linns presented the essay Slip Covers. A separate joint Farm Bureau meeting occurred April 22 at Ainsworth school with leaders Mrs KE Spessard and Mrs George Lord.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Xenia
Farm Bureau Indies
Stone School
Grace Stone
Ed Linns
Roy Krotz
Katherine Peterson
Des Moines
Doyle Frame
Stephens
John Elliot
Chicago
Elliot
Maxine Stephens
Ainsworth
KE. W. Spessard
George Lord
Columbus Junction Boy Wins Play Ground Contest
James Briggs eleven year old son of Mr and Mrs Weaver Briggs living south of Columbus City wins a contest at the Columbus Junction event held in April.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smbus Junction
James Briggs
Weaver Briggs
Columbus City
Medicine Ad Claims Konjola Cure for Neuritis
Cedar Rapids man D W Heminger reports years of neuritis and kidney trouble improved after taking Konjola. He says his nephritic symptoms cleared and his health fully returned. Druggists in Washington and across the country endorse the remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Konjola
D. W. Heminger
North Thirteenth Street
Cedar Rapids
Konia
Washington
Geo. J. Medaniel
Stimson's Parrot Shipped to America
In San Francisco on April 24 the parrot nicknamed The Old Soak sails from Manila aboard the President Wilson to reach Washington. The bird loyally linked to Secretary Stimson will receive careful care during the voyage, after being left behind when Stimson moved from Governor General of the Philippines to a position in President Hoover's administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Calif
Manila
Secretary of Stimson
Wilson
Washington
Honry J. Stimson
Philippines
Hoover
Dollar Steamshine
P. B. Anderson
Singapore
Colombia
Alexandria and Marseille Linguistic Muddle In Instructions
A fragmentary OCR note shows garbled lines about teaching and vocabulary. It mentions Alexandria and Marseille and warns not to teach new expressions. The text reads like an instruction slip with broken syntax and misplaced phrases.
Turner dies after fall from smokestack at Polk county farm
Arthur A. Turner, 21, was killed instantly when he fell about ninety feet from a smoke stack at the Polk county poor farm yesterday. He was being hoisted to the top when the accident occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Arthur A. Turner
Polk County
Turner
Install Pods PRE Fan SAS Here Before Ais Vee
A garbled OCR fragment mentions installing pods and a PRE FAN SAS instruction amid unclear terms. The readable items include a possible note on setup steps before a requirement, but no coherent event, names, places, or dates emerge for a full news item.
Siberian Express Wrecked With Six Dead
April 24 report from Moscow says a passenger train derailed near Missowaya Lake after an avalanche, killing six and injuring eleven. Rescue teams work to clear wreckage and determine cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Siberian Express
Moscow
Sis
Wisien
Missowaya
Raikat
Doctor Found What is Best for Thin Constipated People
In Monticello Minnesota Dr Caldwell treated many children with minor illnesses and found success with a laxative herbal formula with pepsin. He began selling Caldwell Syrup Pepsin in 1892 and it grew into a widely used remedy given by mothers to their children and purchased daily in drug stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
D Caldwell
Dmg
Dr. Caldwell
Local folk praise Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin
A letter from grateful readers says many families have no syrup at home while others report hundreds of Tot ters benefited. The notice notes that every drug store stocks Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin and urges purchase.
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Dr. Caldwell
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