Society Notes From The Commercial Club Party And Honors
A lively dancing party at the Commercial Club hosted by the Younger Set drew about thirty couples with music by Jacobe of Muscatine. Albert Franzen and family celebrated the thirtieth wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Waldschmidt on August second with a two course dinner and an angel food cake marked 1892 1922. Mrs. Sam McCleery hosted an all day Pleasant Plains Missionary society gathering on West Main Street with decorated rooms, a cafeteria style noon meal, and social activity. Out of town guests included Miss Joy Harmon of Bozeman Montana and Miss Cora Bartlett of Washington Pennsylvania. Third Ward W A Cs members met at courthouse rooms for a program featuring Miss Helen Harvey, Kavelyn Bambrick songs, Hareb Kraewe readings, and Velma Stafford readings, followed by social time and refreshments led by Mrs. Eliza Stafford.
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Jacobe
Cheaters of
Albert Franzen
A. W. Waldschmidt
Cloyce Horsey
Sam McCleery
Pleasant Plains Missionary Society
West Main Street
Dodds
Howard McCleery
Sam
Nick
Alice Herseltine
Joy Harmon
Bozeman
Montana
Cora Bartlett
Washington
Pennsylvania
Third Ward
W. A. Cs
Helen Harvey
Edith Boileau
Kavelyn Bambrick
Ireland
England
Japan
China
Hareb Krae
Velma Stafford
Eliza Stafford
Pettit to Preach Both Services at Pleasant Hill Church
After a four sermon hiatus Rev. B W Pettit will occupy the Pleasant Hill Christian church pulpit Sunday August 6 delivering at 11 am Christianity that is Above Secularism. The evening topic will be A Reasonable Demand with a short prelude on Strike and their Remedy. Cordial invitation extended to all. B W Pettit minister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. W. Pettit
Pleasant Hill
Minteter
Troop D Heads to Camp Dodee for National Guard Camp
Captain W BarI Limerman and Troop D of the 119th cavalry plan departure for Camp Dodee on August 14 for the annual Town National Guard camp in Des Moines. All members must attend with no excused absences unless a physician authorizes otherwise. About seventy men will travel on special trains from all sections of the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wbarl Limerman
119Th
Cavalry
Camp Dodee
Annnual Town National Guard
Adjutant General
Des Moines
Limerman
Iowa Cavalry Regiment
Simerman
Iowa
Nebraska
Dodge
Columbus Junction to Host Record Fair
Aug 3 report from H L Duncan of the Columbus Junction Fair association highlights strong fair prospects. More cattle, hogs, and horses entered, extra stalls and pens prepared, fruit crops good, vegetable and poultry displays promising, new amphitheater finished, and nightly programs by Bend Grandsio with a 14 member company. Purses total $5,000. event runs Aug 8 9 10 11 with enhanced attractions and entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. L Duncan
Columbus Junction Fair Association
Columbus Junction
Watie
Dee Moines
Jenny
Veders Hires Two Guides In Vermont Rumboeute
Veders hies two rumboeute in Vermont purchases tires for one and attire for the other. The Boston Transcript reports on the curious travel misadventure and its odd shopping choices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vermont
Boeston Transcript
Great Composer Married Cousin
The wife of John Sebastian Bach, a Geneva composer, was intelligent in music and read and wrote despite modest schooling. They shared a long musical lineage, and Bach’s wife died while he was on tour with the couch orchestra. Her death provoked a deep, restrained reaction from Bach, who soon remarried.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Sebastian Bach
Geneva
Aletteres
Yd Glere
Bach
Couch
Enormous Drop in Value of U. S. Food Stuffs Exported
U S commerce reports show foodstuffs exports for 1922 valued at 790 million dollars, down from 1.335 billion in 1921. Declines center on wheat and cotton, while corn exports rise to 176 million bushels and relief demand boosts use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Washington
Commerce Department
Department
United States
Tahiti Sirens and Lost Crew in Cruising Memoir
In Asia Magazine August, Howard Salisbury recounts Tahiti's Coconut Girls who lure sailors away from ships. He lands at Papeete with a full crew but sails six weeks later with two mates and others missing amid film work and temptations.
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Coral
Howard A. Salisbury
Asia Magazine
Tahiti
Papeete
San Francisco
United States
America
Salisbury
Wolf Larsen
Dissipation for a Peon in Costa Rica Village Gala Day
A Costa Rican family visits the village for a gala day with morning mass and afternoon visits. Women and children roam while the man lingers at the store or post office, hoping to buy evaporated milk as a luxury, likened to champagne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Costa Rica
Vilage
Hobbies as a Health Preserver and Moral Good
The piece argues that hobbies, often pursued with a quasi scientific bent, benefit the maker and society. It notes amateurs from botany to various crafts gain kindly contact with life, with hobbies generally seen as harmless and often life saving.
Light and Dark Phases of the Moon
The dark of the moon is the period when the Moon is not visible, spanning about four days: two days before and two days after the new moon. The remaining part of the lunar month is termed the light of the moon, though these expressions lack precise definitions.
Leading Causes of Blindness in United States Revealed
The Department of Commerce reports 1920 census based blindness causes from 40,913 returned schedules of 52,567 blind. Cataract led at 13.7 percent, glaucoma 5.4 percent, the optic nerve trophy 4.9 percent, babies sore eyes 3.3 percent, accidents 16.5 percent, general diseases 15.7 percent. Trachoma and sore eyes fell to 3.6 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Department of Commerce
Euweh
Insects Use Tools Inspire Human Illusions
Naturalists report a wasp tamping earth with a pebble to close a ground hollow, suggesting tool use. At Grays Harbor Washington wild bees invade tame hives and steal domestic honey, taking over a third of regional harvest. Insect civilization appears modern in tone.
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Grays Harbor
Wash
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Sirens of
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Kleining
Wion
Studebaker
la Seine
Deo
the Studebaker Corporation OF America
South Bend
Indiana
I. W. Shenefelt
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