Social life and societies fill Washington week
The Moose lodge social drew many members and friends with Highland orchestra music. Bethel Presbyterian Women met with fourteen attendees led by Mrs. Lloyd Walker. Wayne and Mrs. Limerman hosted the Younger Set Bridge group for a late luncheon. M Y Wallace turns ninety one with a family dinner planned, joined by relatives from Toronto. Elizabeth Harras wed Clemmens Streigel at St Peter and Paul, with Griener relatives in attendance. Fortnightly Literature Club held a program on Wells Outline of History. Damas cus Shrine installed new officers with a large turnout and celebratory speeches and gifts, including a Shrine Bible and a commemorative pin. birthday cake for Edna McKimmey. Out-of-town guests included Vanderham, Dennison, Wagner, and Twin am.
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Elizabeth Harras
Clemmens Streigel
St. Peter and Paul
Clear Creek
Washington
Streigel
John Greiner
Alvina Greiner
Dave McLaughlin
West Main Street
T. A. Michels
Wells
Dowell
Geo. Rudiger
Milan Shields
John Woods
Damascus Shrine
Jerusalem
Commercial Club
Lulu McKinnon
Cedar Rapids
McKinnon
Louise Harwood
Cecil Glascock
Worthy Herald
Nan Barclay
Worthy Guardian
Sarah Walker
Worthy Guard
Fred Reid
Ralph Thompson
L B. Lupton
Herman Twinam
Edna McKimmy
Lavina Manassier
Bertha Guther
King
Eli Stuteman
Queen
Alice Meek
Carrie Park
Josephine Elder
Mame Gibson
Myrtle Speer
Alice Klippel
Grace Twinam
Jeannette McElhinney
Ida Herde
Katheryn Westphal
King’s Guards
Elliot Grayson
the Shepherds
Susie Edgington
Grace Stephen
L. B. Lupton
Ida McDaniels
Alice Lemmon
Rose Reid
Maude Sehmoeller
Johanna Team
Eva L. Young
Edna McKimmey
Max Marble
Max Vanderham
Wilda Augustine
Everett Dennison
West Chester
Nettle Wagner
Miss Green
Horning
Richland
Crawfordsville
Backers of Henry Ford Plan Meetings
The American Economic League will hold its national convention in Omaha from May 29 to June 2 with about 2000 attendees. The group promotes a debt paying finance system to replace the Federal Reserve and will discuss unemployment war prevention agriculture and soldier bonuses. Invitations go to rail unions farmers groups and manufacturers. Ford and Edison may attend. senators Heflin Ladd Brookhart and Daniels are named as potential speakers.
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Associated Prear
Omaha
The
American Economic League
Henry Ford
Roy M. Harrop
League
Harrop
United States
Federal Reserve Bank
Farmers’ Unions
National Manufacturers Association
Ford
Thomas Edison
Thomas Heflin
Alabama
E. L. Ladd
North Dakota
Seigniorage Revenue Cited From Metal Valuation
The article explains seigniorage as the profit from the difference between intrinsic metal value and face value of a coin. It notes last year this profit totaled 21 million dollars.
Phrenology claim on head shape and character
A phrenology note explains how the brain areas relate to traits. It claims the back brain reflects affection and links a rounded rear head to kindness, while a jutting back is said to indicate greater warmth.
Community church and club notices and meetings
Local notices list various meetings and events. The Friendship club and Missionary Society announce May gatherings, bake sales, and story hours at community buildings. Rehearsals, reorganizations, and Sabbath school plans are scheduled with dates and hosts named.
Finding of Mormon plates was a joke
Rochester, April 27. Closer examination of Friday's plates on Mormon Hill Palmyra near here shows the inscriptions were scratched with a shoemaker's awl and read reflect ye and ye must be born again. The plates, found under soil and rocks, show no dirt and appear new as marks from a plumber's shears indicate fresh metal.
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Rochester
N. Y
Mormon Hill
Palmyra
Charles BE. Driver
Health legislation praised after Iowa assembly adjourns
The fortieth Iowa General Assembly is praised by health workers for passing 19 health bills while only one farming tuberculosis measure failed. Most health laws require no new funding, though extending Rockefeller medical school funds is seen as economy. A teachers physical education bill gains broad support and school health instruction will be expanded with new manuals and courses.
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Des Moines
Fortieth General Assembly
Iowa Tuberculosis Association
Iowa State Medical Society
Medical Profession and Friends
University of Iowa
T. J. E. Edmonds
The
Tuberculosis Association
F. E. Sampson
Creston
State Medical Society
Edmonds
Sampson
American Legion
Miss May Francis
Medical Society
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Collegiants Become Better Informed Says Cornell Study
Mount Vernon April 27 Col lege men show improved awareness of world events from a Cornell college survey. Juniors top seniors, seniors over first years, women lag men by 15 percent. The quiz touched on ten key figures and fundamentalism with humorous misidentifications noted.
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Vresad Mount Vernon
Colege
Cornell College
Herbert Hoover
France
Mischa Elman
Ruhr
Egypt
King Tut
Doing Her Best and Peggy’s Slapstick Misspeaking Incident
Peggy tried to tell of an incident yesterday but spoke in a muddled dialect saying she cannot explain it after. The speaker pressed for plain talk and Peggy replied with the humorous malaprop.
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Peggy
Stumped the Philosophers Hume and Metaphysical Questions
David Hume, an 18th century English thinker, shaped metaphysics with questions in his Treatise of Human Nature. His inquiries prompted Kant and others to pursue action questions that remain debated by philosophers.
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David Hume
Ruth the Faithful Daughter in Modern Life Lesson
A discussion links the biblical Ruth and Naomi to today’s concerns about girls' social life and parental guidance. It highlights mothers’ influence, Ruth’s independence in Bethlehem, and how faith shapes choices, weaving Ruth 1 1 22 into Bible school lessons on April 29.
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Ruth
Naomi
Chicago
Court of Domestic Relations
Moab
Orpah
Bethlehem
David
Christ
Danger in Some intimacies
A reader quote notes that those unacquainted with the world seek closeness with great men while wiser individuals fear the consequences, attributed to Horace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace
Indian women push for prohibition as U S citizenship stance sparks anger
In a letter from Miss Mary J Campbell of Lucknow India and organizer for the Women's Christian Temperance Union natives of India express anger over the U S Congress refusing citizenship to Indians. Campbell notes improvements in political life and reports vast proscription push by women including Assam eight thousand petitioning for prohibition and Bhopal ruler declaring prohibition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Des Moines
India
United States Congress
Mary J. Campbell
Waterloo
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Lucknow
Bombay
Congress
Miss Campbell
Assam
Gujrat
Bengum
Bhopal
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Moose Lodge
Highland Orchestra
Women's Foreign Missionary Society of the
Bethel Presbyterian Church
Lloyd Walker
Emma Waggoner
Blanche Foster
Wayne Limerman
Earl Limerman
M. Y. Wallace
J. R. George
W. A. Mitchell
Toronto
Canada
ROUP
Sseigniorage
Friendship Club
Irve Lambert
Esther
Methodist Bueec
Wilson Bldg
Bible Department of the
Frank Wilson
the Missionary Society of the Prairie Flower Ehurch
Bar- Clay's Cash Grocery
Notsom
Union Chorus
Pleasant Plain Missionary Society
George Foster
Ralph Dougherty
Young Women's Home Missionary Society
Methodist Church
Eureka Sunday School
Eureka
Collegians
Ents
Washington County
KL Pills
A. W. Chase
H Stone
Bailey, Ga
Dr. Chase
A. W. Chase M
A.W Chase
Buftelo, MY
Commercial Savings Bank
Iowa
Najomi
Minneapolis
Man
Frank Springstead
26Th Ave
Western Crocer Company
Eee
Ton Regret
U. S. AC
Hoover
Geo. D. Hoover
Sherman Bros
Geo. D. Hoover Manufacturing Pharmacist, Inc
Locust St
Dhow Metnes
Lowa
Fairfield
Fairfield Tribune
Ington
Ger
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