Social events highlight busy society afternoon in town
The Just Us club hosted thirteen members and three visitors with readings and songs by Mrs F E Jub rake of Chicago. A thimble bee at the Lemmon home drew over 100 guests with a luncheon and floral decor. Girl Scouts reviewed knots and flag study as Florence Cunningham led the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Just Us Club
Henry Dittmar
Mable Anderson
Irene Chadwick
Alice Brock
FE. R. Jubrake
Chicago
D. L
Carbaugh
Helen Dittmar
C. S. Lemmon
Isabelle Lemmon
East
Madison Street
Marjorie Cunningham
Marguerite Wallace
Lena Stewart
Hannah Jones
Myrtle Morrow
J. B. Lemmon
Corn and Wheat Crop Prospects Improve in July Report
The July crop report shows corn prospects up 61 million bushels to 2.406 billion and total wheat forecast at 814 million. Winter and spring wheat combined reach 814 million. oat, barley, rye, potato, tobacco and other crops also listed with conditions by August 1.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Dinner table wishbone brings childish cheer and doubt
A young girl lights up at finding a chicken wishbone at dinner while her brother doubts the charm and cites their father lacking a motor car. The moment captures simple family hopes and teasing remarks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sve
Daddy
Gutenberg Bible Earliest Book Known
The Gutenberg Bible was printed from metal types using the Latin type issued by Gutenberg at Mainz between 1492 and 1496. It is also called the Mazarin Bible after a copy discovered among Cardinal Mazarin's books in 1700.
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Gutenberg
Mainz
Moose Lange Announces Social for Members and Guests
Notice invites Lange members, families, and invited guests to a social Thursday evening with music by Highland Four.
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Moose Lange
Highland Four
Rural Woman's Club Meeting Canceled This Week
Notice states the Rural Woman's club meeting will not be held this week due to threshing. the regular meeting will be held next week. Other notices list the U and T club meeting at Mrs Chas Sloat Friday afternoon and the Three C's club meeting with Mrs Tom West Friday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U and T Club
Chas, Sloat
Three C's Club
Tom West
Mount Pleasant Woman and St Louis Ladies Named
Katheryn Kracaw of Mount Pleasant and Mesdames Miller and Bitzer of St Louis are referenced in a local column, highlighting social or community connections among these named individuals.
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Katheryn Kracaw
Mount Pleasant
Mesdames Miller and Bitzer
St. Louis
Experts to Tell About New Drugs in Buffalo Meeting
Aug 7 report outlines third annual National Conference on Pharmaceutical Research in Buffalo New York. Prof H V Ar Iny of Columbia presides as APhA president. Delegates from all states will attend two sessions on botanic drug sources, identification and new research reports on chemistry biology manufacturing and standardization.
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New York
National
Conference On
Pharmaceutical Research
Buffalo
N. Y
H. V. Ar- Iny
Columbia University
American Pharmaceutical Association
South America
May Take Kidnaping Case Into Courts
Cedar Rapids Aug 7 The alleged kidnaping of Eli anore Hathorne Hudnall by her mother Mrs Maude Hathorne of Flint Mich may be taken to the courts Mrs W Hudnall mother of the bridegroom plans to file a warrant for the arrest of William and Betty Hamilton cousins of the bride for perjury unless the mother consents to the bride s return The bride is 17 the groom not quite 26 Mrs Hudnall alleges the couple aided the elopers and that Hathorne boarded a train to Mount Vernon then Flint She offered to spend a thousand dollars to provide a home for the youths.
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Associated Press
Cedar Rapids
Elianore Hathorne Hudnall
Maude Hathorne
Flint
Mich
Time Ago He Yes Old-Fashioned Parents Quote
An odd fragment appears to reflect a humorous line about ancestry and marriage. The source text features a character noting he comes from old-fashioned parents and that his mother had only one husband. The material reads as a clipped, informal aside from a Wisconsin reference and an unusual title fragment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Stray Bit of Wisdom from Laboulage
A fragment quotes Laboulage on truth like a pearl found by one who dives into life and wounds hands on time’s rocks. It reflects a philosophical musing rather than a news event.
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Laboulage
Travelogue of an East Coast Tour by Dorothy Dowell
Dorothy Dowell recounts a journey from Philadelphia's Independence Hall to New York City and Albany. The party visits Plymouth Vermont and Bridgewater to see Woolen mills, the Ottauquechee river, and scenic mountains, then plans a Buffalo stop before returning home.
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Philadelphia
Independence Hall
Washington
Francia Scott Key
John Carral
U. S. Mint
New York City
Coney
Albany
Governor Smith
Rutland
Vermont
Wes Bridewater
Green Mountains
Ottaquechee
Plymouth
Black Pond
Black River
Coolidge
U. S
Bridgewater
Woolen Mills
Ottauquechee
Furman
West Bridgewater
Buffalo New York
Dorothy Dowell
Davis Attends Democratic Picnic Campaign Kickoff
John W Davis travels from Locust Valley to Hyde Park for the Dutchess County Democrats basket picnic the first campaign stop of the 1924 race He is expected to give a brief talk before Alfred E Smith addresses the crowd Smith may reveal his decision not to seek another term as governor.
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Locust Valley
N. Y
Hyde Park
Dutchess County
John W. Davis
Alfred E. Smith
New York
Labor Leaders Reveal Davis Proposal to Delay Third-Party Endorsement
The AFL executive council discussed a published correspondence showing John W. Davis sought a meeting with Samuel Gompers and asked for questions labor valued before endorsing La Follette. Wilson’s letter defending Davis’s candidacy was released by the Democratic National Committee.
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Davis
Labor
Associated Press
Atlantic City
N. J
American Federation of Labor
John W. Davis
Samuel Gompers
Wheeler
Gompers
Amretéan Federation of Labor
Win
Eh. Wilson
Democratic National Committee
Washington
Wilson
Executive Council
LaFollette
Davis Advocates Miner Defense and Labor Support
Davis, a young lawyer from Clarksburg, helped defend union miners and, later in Congress, drafted sections of the Clayton Antitrust Act with labor backing. Wilson says his record shows a clear attitude toward wage workers and farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davis
Clarksburg
Congress
Wilson
Young Girl Dies in Fort Dodge Auto Wreck
Harrel Hungerford twelve daughter of Mr and Mrs Claude Hungerford Fort Dodge was instantly killed when the car she drove with her fourteen year old sister and a friend slid into a ditch six miles west of the city. The father is a conductor on the M and St L. The other two girls were injured but not seriously.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Dodge
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Betty
Elmer Wright
Earl Wright
Arkansas City
Kansas
Cora Wright Bartlett
Pennsylvania
Dodd
Girl Scoute of
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Florence Cunningham
Florence Brookhart
United States
Chautauqua
Carolyn McCleery
First United Presbyterian Church
T. T. Keeley
Herbert Quick
Misa Isabelle Lemmon
Mies Avalon Law
Mies Mildred Mauthe
H. R. Brinning
Sunset Park
J. J. Miller
Jesse Bar
Miller
Jane Elizabeth
Brinning
EF. W. Bambrick
Jesse Miller
Oleta Stewart
Gutenberg Bible
Ohur
Washington Steam Laundry
Hallig
Iowa
Alligan
Palm Beach
Athletic
Hart Schaffner & Marx and
Clothcraft Makes
Klein Klothing Kompany
Waahtnwona
Wwe
Physicians and Surgeons
A. John Droz
Weet Main St
Frank Boller
City
Mutual
W. Washington
T. J. Pease
Farmers and Merchants Bank
Blue Mutual
J. D. Dayton
Westchester
Gale
Washington County
R. R
Austin Sutherland
Brighton
T. A. Michels
Wasrington
Morrison & Morrison
Morrison
North Bide Be
Washington, Iowa
Brookhart Bros. Law—Abstracts
Opera House
GC. J. Wilson
Wilson & Wilson
Opposite Journal
Livingston & Eicher
Abstract Department
Real
Nat'l Bank
C. V. Brown
South of Water Works
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