Society notes show club events and meetings across town
Josephine Bailey hosted a six o clock dinner for the L L C club, then a Fox theatre party. The Young Women’s Missionary society met at First United Presbyterian church for regular work and a program. A Sunday school class and their guests enjoyed dinner at six thirty. Mrs Ralph Livingston hosted the Priscilla club with twenty attendees. The afternoon included social time and word games. The Fortnightly and Art Department groups held meetings with lectures on art history and interior decoration. Officers were elected for the coming year and an executive board chosen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josephine Bailey
L. L. C. Club
the Fox
Young Women’s Missionary Society of the
First United Presbyterian Church
Eva Livingston
Ralph Livingston
Priscilla Club
Washington
Nell Lampoon
Ss. W. Livingteon
Mabel Livingston
F. L. Wilson
Claire Dewey
Pantheon
F. B. Appleby
George Dowell
Appleby
Pr. B. Appleby
Henry Ficher
Carl Roberts
Mike Lewis
W. A. Cook
Milan Shields
Women’s Missionary Society
United Presbyterian Dharch
Ainsworth
W. G. Robertson
Sach
Ww. G. Robertson
George Wallace
W. L. McConnell
Jas Clegs
Disabled Soldiers Taught How to Farm at State College
Fifty-five crippled World War veterans from Iowa State College are sent to 32 counties for a one year rural training under the Veterans Bureau plan. They will farm 2.5 to 160 acre plots, mainly poultry, with dairy, fruit, bees and small crops as side lines. Veterans’ education and supervision come from state agricultural experts as they reenter civilian work. Notables include Floyd F. Shew near Anamosa and Earl Howe near Muscatine, among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Ames
Iowa State College
Veterans’ Bureau
France
Floyd 5. Shew
Anamosa
Earl M. Howe
Nenada
W. O. Matthews
Muscatine
A. A. Bell
Murray
Ancient combs used in ritual and ornament
The ancients used combs to arrange hair with Greek and Roman boxwood pieces and Egyptian ivory examples. They were part of early church ritual and later served as ornaments.
Sanitarium Visit at Excelsior Springs Described
A traveler recounts a trip from Washington via Milwaukee to Excelsior Springs Missouri. He notes lakes cattle and wells along the route and describes a sanitarium visit with austere meals and multiple baths and electrical treatments for patients, with 25 at the facility and more arriving daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Excelsior Springs
Harry Whittaker
Alex Miller
Washington
Milwaukee Railway
Willis Cupp
Ottumwa
J. H. Maxwell
J. H
Crooks
Maxwell
Canada
Missouri
Williams
Mystic
Kalona
Methodist
China
U. S
Arnolds
Allens
Sniders
Milwaukee
Salome Springs
District School musical at Crawfordsville Opera House
In Crawfordsville on April 25 the Ladies Aid of the Methodist church presented The District School. A crowded house heard Ezekiel Simpkins as a teacher and a parade of characters including Patience Puddifoot, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Brigham Young, Christopher Columbus, Jesse James, and many others. The school committee included Deacon Tidd and Mrs Quackenbush. The Methodist orchestra performed popular selections with positive reception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawfordsville
Ladies Aid of the Methodist Church
Ezekiel Simpkins
Harold Graham
John Jacob Astor
Lee Huston
Patience Puddifoot
Maryal Graham
Ben Butler
Guy Mitchell
Ellen Jane Doolittle
Eliza Hagie
Betsy Ross
Eva Spangler
Tooty Frooty
Myrtle Stiles
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Rev. Hayes
Peru
Graduation plans announced for Ainsworth School
Ainsworth April entries outline graduation events. The Junior-Senior banquet is set for Friday May 18. Baccalaureate will be Sunday evening May 20 at M. E. Church with a sermon by Rev. D. M. Davis. The senior class play And Home Came Ted runs May 22 and 23. Commencement address will be delivered by Dr. T. C. Ensign of Iowa City on Thursday evening May 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Club
Bentley
Ainsworth
M. E. Church
D. M. Davis
Ted
T. C. Ensign
Iowa City
Women of India Report Progress In Fight For Vote
In Colombo and South India the Saree reports progress in women’s suffrage. Dorothy Jinarajadasa notes 1918 pushes by Indian National Congress, Southborough Committee, and deputations to England. Women gain voting rights on par with men in south India and Bombay presidency, with municipal votes expanding in Bengal and Behar. A Buddhist woman soon to sit on a Burmese council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women of India
Associates Press
Colombo
Ceylon
Mar
South India
Dorothy Jinarajadasa
Saree
Jinarajadasa
Indian National Congress
Southborough Committee
India
Lord Southborough
England
Bombay
House of Commons
Legislative Council
Ogether
Bombay Presidency
Travancore
Mysore
Bengal
Behar
Madras
Burma
Bernice Shiller Attends Wellston School Picnic
Miss Bernice Shiller traveled to Wellston this morning to join a local school picnic held there today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernice Shiller
Wellston
Mileage book sale postponed to 1924
The Interstate Commerce Commission orders requiring railroads to begin selling inter mile books at a twenty percent reduction on regular passenger rates on May 15 were refused. Sale of the mileage books is postponed until January 1, 1924. The commission acted after a Boston injunction and an appeal for postponement by western carriers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Interstate Commerce Commission
Boston
Western
The Plighted Word
A compact prose reflection on honor and promises. The author argues a pledged word binds more than physical bars, comparing stone walls and iron restraints unfavorably to a vow kept by a person of honor.
Drake University relay meet stars and hopefuls at Des Moines
The 14th annual Drake University relay meet at Des Moines on April 27 features Grinnell sprinter D Haas aiming for victory after a previous Drake win, Kansas high jumper Poor among top contenders, Red Irwin of Kansas Ajax ready to contend, Missouri hurdler Doug Waddell supported by coach Bob Simpson, Town sprinter Eric Wilson of Hawk eye, and crowding rail and auto routes noted for April 27 and 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drake
Doug’ Waddell
Missouri
Tigers
Bob Simpson
Eric Wilson
Brespehan
Hawkeye
Wilson
Illinois
Drake Relay
Des Moines
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Benjamin West
John Singleton Copley
Charles Wilson Peale
Gilbert Stuart
John Trumbull
Della Patton
Alexander Wyant
George Innes
Childe Hassam
Dwight W. Tyron
Etna Dawson
Carlton Wilson
The
State College
Havre
Ben Miller
Will Miller
Ella Mecchant
J. W. Meyer
Glenn Pratt
Earl Frey
Arron Stafford
E. L. Meyer
Chalupa
Richmond
Joe McGinnis
Art Department
Etha Dawson
P. B. Appleby
Lillian Minick
Hotel Planters
Clark
Mashion
Chicago
HOTEL
Planters
E.L. Wenzel
Sanitarium
Ainsworth School
Wiest
FOR
Matt Bier
Postum Cereal Company Inc
Battle Creek, Mich
Kansas
Mass
Grinnell
Lyon
the Highland Orchestra
Eric Wason
Owa
Waddell
Oleke
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