Society notes reveal lively community gatherings and club roles
The piece details a United Presbyterian church class party near a Henderson home with forty guests, mentions lectures by Mr and Miss Railsback, and notes Legion auxiliary meetings in Cedar Rapids planning flags and Memorial Day work. It covers the Afternoon Bridge Club at Leith Wallace’s home, prize gifts, and a contrast in table conduct. Other items include the Y M C A building matter, July Fourth celebration stand, and a Presbyterian choir spread.
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Lo Raitebock
Ant Siater
Helen Weer
United Presbyterian Church Core Wesbee
Nk Menderson
Rattshbace
Mies “Fiefen
Clase
Howe
Railsback
Ainsworth
Hojlinger
F. B. Appleby
Donald McLaughlin
Oscar Lane
Ralph Minick
Fred Downing
Ich
Hollinger
J. W. Guy
Legion Rooms
Leith H. Wallace
Virgnnie
Bridge Club
Vastevenue
North Second Avenue
Daily Nee Consugoption Tie
Consugoption uses an average of 3000 theedles daily, reflecting high daily consumption and steady demand.
Postal Improvement Weeks Observed and Call to Proper Addressing
Public plea outlines May 1 as Postal Improvement Week with a nationwide campaign to support postal service. It urges business users, newspapers, advertisers, and 26,000 postal workers to boost mail efficiency. Citizens asked to address letters clearly with full state names and return addresses and report service complaints to their postmasters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postal Service
Postal Improvement Week Opens May 16 1922
The Post Office Department urges postmasters and employees to use Courtesy in dealings with the public marking the start of Postal Improvement Week on May 16 1922.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post Office Department
Postal Addressing Practice From Ben Franklin to Today
A brief note on mail delivery emphasizes the need for a street number in addresses. It recalls early failures when writers used vague labels like Atlantic Coast and compares them to modern city and state formats. The article urges readers to include street numbers to prevent delayed mail.
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Ben Franklin
Miekiel Smithers
Atlantic Coast
Ben
Zeke
Garret
John Smith
New York
N. Y
Chicago
Uncle Sam
Postoffice Department
Addressing Postal Clerks with State Names Spelled Out
The guidance insists on writing full state names in addresses to prevent mail misrouting between similarly named towns such as Trinidad California and Trinidad Colorado. Clear, explicit postal formatting reduces delivery errors and improves routing accuracy.
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Trinidad
California
Colorado
Postmasters Framed as Managers of World’s Largest Enterprise
In President Harding’s first message to Congress the idea that postmasters are managers of local branches of the world’s biggest business is highlighted, stressing administrative duties and oversight in postal management.
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Harding
Congress
Postal Improvement Week Prompts Rural Cleanup Drives
Start May 1 46 the call to tidy up rural mail boxes and improve post office appearances. Mr Postmaster and Mr Farmer urged to straighten boxes and boost curb appeal hoping Mr Stranger will notice and return with benefit.
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Farmer
Stranger
Francis Urges Decent Campaign Methods in Republican Senate Race
Des Moines April 27 Special Senator Leslie Francis candidate for the Republican nomination appeals to abandon personal attacks and return to broad issues. He says mudslinging endangers the party and that voters want clear positions on national welfare and prosperity. Francis promises to avoid personalities and focus on statesmanship and policy.
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Des Moines
United States
Leslie
Francis
Washington
Notice to Contractors for Sunset Park paving 1922
The Board of Park Commissioners of Washington Iowa invites sealed bids for about 2000 square yards of Concerto Paving in Sunset Park. Proposals due by 6 pm May 4 1922 on printed blanks. Plans at Frank Stewart's office. commissioners reserve right to reject any or all bids.
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Board of Park Commissioners
Washington
Iowa
Sunset Park
Frank Stewart
Park Commissioners
Washington Park
Commission
Tourists enjoy Camty Ground camping at Chautauqua park
Tourists Mr and Mrs George Schoel ling and son from Newport Iowa registered and praised the camping grounds at Chautauqua park this year. They passed through last fall to California but disliked it and now plan to return to God’s country. They left California April 7 and found mud in Iowa after a fine drive.
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Chautauqua’ Park
George Schoeling and Son
Ewport
Iowa
California
God's Country
Lowa O
Worry a Factor in Disease Says Times Reporter
The London Times correspondent argues worry over disease cripples more people than the illness itself. He advises readers to avoid fear and anxiety to improve chances of avoiding and recovering from ailments.
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London Times
Humanizing the Postal Service Says Every Employee Counts
A 1920s statement by Postmaster General Hubert Work expresses that no part of the postal service is unimportant. It emphasizes daily duties as accommodations for neighbors and friends, not merely a hired service for an absentee employer.
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Hubert Work
Republican Iowa appeal on senate nomination questions
A speaker urges restoring dignity and well being of the Republican party in Iowa by returning to sound reason in questions regarding the nomination of men for the United States Senate.
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Iowa
United States Senate
Principal Rodney Rabenold Leads New Adair HS
Rodney Rabenold, in his first year as high school principal, guides Adair s consolidated school, now at Macomb track meet where students win two golds and two silvers with a relay runner up. The district plans beautification funds of 800 for shrubs and trees as a new building nears completion.
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Rodney Rabenold
Macomb
Adair
Rabenold
Secret of Terror Craft Reveals Hidden Fear
A physician recounts how mystery fuels terror in fiction. A renowned novelist recalls asking a heart specialist about a child’s unseen fear, revealing his craft lies in withholding the vision to keep readers uneasy.
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New York Times
Love's Redemption Promises Scenic Realism in Norma Talmadge Film
Norma Talmadge's Love's Redemption arrives from Associated First National Pictures. The tropical Jamaica tale follows Planters Club gambling, native life, sugar cane wealth, and intruiging characters. Filming both Kingston and Standish plantation scenes on location, with first time extras learning the camera.
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Norma Talmadge
Associated First National Pictures, Inc
Jamaica
Planters’ Club
Parker
Sunday abstinence urged to curb world weariness
Starvation on Sunday. The wedlen correspondent of a prominent London paper attributes much of the finess of the world to the custom of hearty easing on Sunday, the day on which most of us take the least exercise. He advocates Sunday as a day of abstinence and says we would all be better for it.
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London
Beauty in Everything and Falcon Feather Reflections
A reflective meditation on finding beauty daily, noting how a falcon feather can reveal intricate filaments. The author, Richard Jeffries, emphasizes that beauty resides in all things and remains pervasive in ordinary moments.
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Bern
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Berdo
George Morrison
Howard McCleery
Virginia Wallace
Theu
C. A. Dewey
Presbyterian
Clayde Knapp
Rolleall
Frank Heinzman
FE. O. W
Charles Sloat
Mart Anderson
Corbin Fields
Fred Sweet
Hart Schaffner & Marx
Aps
The
Presbyterian Church
Henay
Airts
Ruth Eegers
Chepter J. P. Bso
Marsh W. Batley
Music Department
Port
A. 3B. Schmoeller
Brotherhood of American Yeomen
Woodmen Hall
American Legion Auxiliary
M. Hollinger
Appleby
Etna Dawson
Commercial Bank
W. A. Cook
Prancis
Senal
Camty
Jersey Lakes
Benteco
Crescent
Troy
Benteco Kash Store
Lewis
Richard Jefferies
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