Debating and Society Dinner Highlights School Year
Last evening at the high school students in declamatory and debating contests held an annual dinner with twenty six attendees. The event featured a six thirty seating, a catered repast, a program including awards to Arthur Birney and others, and a postdinner ping pong session. The Young Women's Home Missionary Society met at Mrs. Ralph Shannon’s home for a lesson on The American Indian.
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Coutter
Benz
Catharine Coulter
Jeanette Karel
Arthur Birney
John Matthews
Merrill Robb
Case
Montgomer
Oxford
Ming Josephine Batley
Bernadine Neville
Young Women's Home Missionary Society
The
Methodist Church
Ralph Shannon
East Main Street
P. G. Widmer
Oleta Stewart
Jesse Miller
Harold Tollander
Harrison Dodder
Missionary Society of the Bethel Presbyterian Church
I. B. Lambert
Laude Tucker
South Third Avenue
Rosemary Club
Doe Knotek
J. A. Harwood
West Washington Street
Carl Jungbluth
East Second Street
Paul Harvey
Wellston
Rebekah Club
United Presbyterian Church
West Chester
Grace Hill Church
Carl Miller
J. N. Phillips
Presbyterian Church
Fr. W. Eastwood
Queen Esther Girls
Iowa Wesleyan College
Rebekah Lodge
Susan Coffey
Ezra Gardner
North Second Street
Grand Eisteddfod Program At Columbus Junction High
Official program for the third Grand Eisteddfod at Columbus Junction High School auditorium on Oct 2. Conductor Rev M G Jones. adjudicators Prof I W Prosser and Rev W H Gyson. accompanists Miss Mae Wehr and Miss Norma Giffey. Includes classes for piano vocal and recitation with prize amounts and gifts from local sponsors. Evening session lists additional solos, essays, duets, choruses and prizes. Also notes flower display efforts for Chautauqua with local clubs invited to participate.
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Columbus Junction
M. G. Jones
I. W. Prosser
Chicago
W. H. Gyson
M. A. Lima
Ohio
Mae Wehr
Washington
Norma Giffey
Bliss
Kodak
E. P. Shellabarger
Immigration Act Drives Monthly Influx of 24000 Aliens
A government survey on eight months of operation shows 189603 aliens arrived in the United States, about 24000 monthly. New York state welcomed 43488. California 14810. Illinois 12880. Massachusetts 20450. Michigan 18112. others listed by race. Alaska and Nevada had notably small numbers. diverse regions favored Germans English and Scandinavians. Des Moines: Rev Walter A Morgan denounced the Ku Klux Klan in a Sunday sermon.
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Washington
lIn
New York State
California
Illinois
Massachusetts
Michigan
New Jersey
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Texas
Washington State
Immigration Bureau
Alabama
Arkansas
Colorado
Georgia
Ilinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Maryland
Mississippi
Missouri
Nebraska
Oklahoma
South Dakota
Utah
Wisconsin
Clifornia
Florida
Idaho
North Carolina
Oregon
South Carolina
Tennessee
West Virginia
Alaska
Minnesota
Montana
North Dakota
Wyoming
Arizona
Louisiana
Nevada
New Mexico
Connecticut
Maine
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Vermont
Delaware
New York
Philippine Islands
Virgin Islands
Continental
United States
Des Moines
Walter A. Morgan
Trinity Methodist Church
Ku Klux Klan
Des Moines Veteran Ellis Dies Following Fault Injury
Des Moines resident Marshall J. Ellis aged 80, a Civil War veteran, died from injuries sustained in a fall. He served in the veteran community and is mourned by family and local veterans groups. Funeral arrangements are pending.
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Des Moines
Marshall J. Ellis
Electrocution at Big Cedar bridge near Rome
Floyd Palmer age 24 a workman on the new Skunk river bridge at Rome was electrocuted while picnicking at Big Cedar bridge eight miles southwest. He climbed the bridge superstructure and is believed to have touched a live wire. His body fell into Big Cedar creek and has not been recovered.
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Mount Pleasant
Lra
Floyd Palmer
Rome
Big Cedar Bridge
Palmer
Big Cedar Creek
Odd Fellows to Celebrate Founding Anniversary Meeting
Notice lists various community announcements from OU and surrounding groups including Odd Fellows initiation on April 28 at 8 PM, women missionary society, club meetings, extension study at J. N. Phillips farm, and Knights of Pythias funeral procession details for Henry R. Brinning.
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The
Methodist Church
OU. O. F
Order of Odd Fellows
America
Odd Fellows
N. G
Knights of Pythias
Henry R. Brinning
L. A. Jones
C. C
Curtains Bring New Touch to The Woman's Room at Y M C A Building
The Woman's Room at the Y M C A Building gains new curtains matching the room, installed by a committee led by Mrs. Harry Ward and including J C W McLaughlin, Mrs. Milan Shields, Mrs. Ruth Thorne, Mrs. Join McCall, and Mrs. George McCain. The kitchen in the women’s department is partially equipped and additional items will be added. rules for use will be announced later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Ward
J C. W. McLaughlin
Milan Shields
Ruth Thorne
Join McCall
George McCain
June Bride Program On WOI Radio From Iowa State College
Mrs. M N Phillips heads county extension work at Iowa State College through the County Farm Bureau. A detailed radio program will air next week on Station WOI at 270 meters. Each morning at 9 30 a weather report and livestock markets precede home economics lectures. The week centers on the June bride with topics on wedding breakfast wedding cakes wedding trousseau household linens for the bride and furnishing the new home. Speakers include Miss Viola Bell Miss Belle Lowe Miss Lulu May Brandt Miss Mary Gabrielson and Miss Ruth Spencer.
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M N. Phillips
Iowa State College
County Farm Bureau
Mortday
Viola Bell
Belle Lowe
Lulu May Brandt
Trousseau
Mary Gabrielson
Ruth Spencer
Unspotted from the World sermon at Methodist Church
Dr Bowers preaches on a life unspotted from the world using James 1 27 as text The sermon laments widespread moral change stresses that few lives remain spotless cites David and Paul as examples questions whether one can be both politician or businessman and Christian calls for practical purity and constructive action
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Bowers
David
Paul
Christ
Ein
Washington
James
Jesus
Plan to guard public buildings against radicals
Extra police guards will be placed on public buildings churches and residences of prominent men as a precaution against possible activities of radical groups on May Day and during special operations. Authorities have been watching radicals influenced by recent outrages in Bulgaria.
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New York
Ab Ba
Bulgaria
London Whippet Races Gain Popularity
Whippet racing, a northern favorite, has reached London with weekly meets at various grounds. Dogs chase toward their owners, are treated like racehorses, and betting adds excitement as crowds follow the sport and its ready appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
England
The Man with an Indirect Aim Sermon Reflections
The evening sermon titled The Man with an Indirect Aim drew from 2 Chronicles 18 23 noting a bowman felled a king by chance aim. Speakers urged concentrated aims in service, citing science discoveries and figures like David Livingstone and Helen Gould. The choir’s new voices pleased and signaled young people directing talents to service.
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Israel
Ahab
Phillips Brooks
David Livingston
Helen Gould
Religious Friction Sparks Dubuque School Board Row
In Dubuque Iowa last night a board meeting drew nearly 200 residents as religious tensions resurfaced over new rules for the superintendent and committees. The Catholic majority supporters claim the changes curb the superintendent’s power while the minority opposes them. The 1925 vote followed a heated campaign ending with Catholics winning five of seven director seats.
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Associated Press
Dubuque
Board of Education
Accident Aboard Ambulance Near Clinton Involved Stedemans
An ambulance carrying Mr and Mrs W C Stedeman and their baby along with driver and Merrill Shadduck and son overturned after brakes failed near a detour around a bridge under construction northwest of Clinton. The Stedemans and child were moved from hospital to Goose Lake Iowa with minor injuries. The bridge over Mill Creek was washed out last August in floods.
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Clinton
W. C. Stedeman
Babe
W. J. Shadduck
Merrill
Unruly horse kills Iowa man on farm
Henry Landt age 36 of near Andover Iowa was instantly killed at his farm when a horse knocked him down breaking his neck. Landt and a hired man were moving horses from pasture to the barn. his wife witnessed the accident.
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Clinton
Henry Landt
Andover
Iowa
Landt
Tabor College Denies Grinnell Takeover Report
Howard Ay g o long says as long as the present board governs Tabor it will remain a four year college. The statement refutes Shenandoah sent reports that Grinnell College would assume control.
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Associated Press
Tabor
C. FE. Howard
Tabor College
Shenandoah
Grinnell College
Howard
Poor merchan Ilse advertised as successful
A fragmented note claims the merchant Ilse is advertised as successful. The text presents a promotional tone with uncertain details and lacks clear dates or locations.
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Women's Relief Corps
Court House
Daughters of the American Revolution
Dawson
Mare Shearer
Anthony Evans
Beethoven
Rose of
McDowell
A. E. Atchison
Muscatine Journal
Bartlett
J. G. Keck
Wapello
Smart
Westphal
the Jeweler
Thorn
Stephen Adam
Klein Klothing Ko
M. C. Barton
Winfield
Shelly
Cadman
Craig Yoesoedd
Wells
Clo and Enslin
Columbus Juncti Gazette
H. BB. Shearer
Geibel
Iiland Smart
Stephens Furture Store
Chautauqua
Washington Improvefae League
T County
T. A. Michels
Workman
J. E. Wolf
Noticoe——Woman's Missionary Society of the
Bethel Presbyterian Church
I. F. Lambert
T. S. Bo Club
Claude Tucker
Wellston Social Club
Joe Knotek
United Presbyterian Church At
Moose Lodge
Noticoe
Reading Circle
Rebekah
West Chester Methodist Church
Will Wallace
Womang Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Church
W. M. Keeley
Muscatine
First Presbyterian Church
F. W. Eastwood
Dubuque, Iowa
Brown’s Tire Shop
Grinnell
Washington Steam Laundry
Kaynee
Klein Kiothing Kompany
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