Crawfordsville Club Members Attend Evening Outing
About fifteen members of the Braden club at Crawfordsville visited a picture show yesterday afternoon then shopped at the Chocolate Shop where refreshments were served. They returned home in the evening. The Alma Hearne Holland Society held an August picnic and meeting at Sunset Park with a pot luck supper and discussion. A missionary letter from Alma Huppert of Shanghai was read. Mrs. Will Jones presided. The First United Presbyterian Sabbath School families enjoyed a Sunset Park picnic with ample food. Mrs. D. J. Patterson headed the committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Braden Club
Crawfordsville
Alma Hearne Holland
First United Presbyterian Sabbath School
Sunset Park
D. J. Patterson
Local Club Meetings and Picnic Announced
Announcements list several social gatherings including Walnut Woman's club meeting with Mrs. Sutherland and Rural Woman's Club with Mrs. Carlson on Thursday. Sunset Circle meets August 11 at Cherryholmes home with dues due and officer elections. Also TTCU and other groups plan last-year meetings, picnic at Sunset Park, and a dinner honoring the new state president with participants urged to bring dishes and silver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Rural Woman's Club
Ernest Carlson
Sunset Circle
Cherryholmes
W. KR
G. A. R. Hall
Sadie B. Hollinger
New Face Powder MELLO GLO Debuts By Sherman Bros
MELLO GLO powder introduces a shade youthful color that resists perspiration and leaves skin comfortable. The French Process Face Powder promises lasting wear, smooth application, and non clogging pores, with Sherman Bros Druggists promoting its beautifying qualities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherman Bros
Prairie Flower Mission Circle Meeting At Church
The Prairie Flower Mission Circle will meet Thursday at two o clock in the church. Hostesses are Mrs. W A Phillips Mrs T C Reeves and Mrs Mary Scott. An entertainment committee includes Mrs Harley Myers Mrs John Kurtz and Mrs Sam McKee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prairie Flower Mission Circle
W. A. Phillips
T. C. Reeves
Mary Scott
Harley Myers
John Kurtz
Sam McKee
Great Roman Ruler in Advance of Age
Appius Claudius Caecus, noted by a German historian as Rome’s boldest innovator, served five years as censor and pushed through a law admitting plebeians and free men of means to the senate. His lasting impact included the Appian Way and Rome’s grand aqueduct, symbols of public works that shaped the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Appius Claudius Caecus
Appius Claudius
Senate
Rome
Capua
Campagna
Kansas City Star
Painted Rocks Record Where Indians Played
Painted Rocks in the Rio Grande national forest recalls ancient Indian games linked to hunts. The region’s history spans Spaniards, Freemont expeditions, and relic fortifications at Wagon Wheel Gap, with adventurers and prospectors shaping early travel tales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rio Grande National Forest
Colorado
Fremont
Wagon Wheel Gap
Ships and Tonnage History and Indian Snakebite Toll
The article explains that tonnage measures carrying capacity for ships, tracing its origin to Henry VII and Bordeaux wine acts, and notes a separate displacement tonnage for warships. It also states that in India 18,000 people died from snake bites last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry VII
England
India
W. C. T. U. Convention Held at Crawfordsville
The Washington County W. C. T. U convention met August 9 at the United Presbyterian church in Crawfordsville. Mrs. E. D. Miller presided, with devotionals by Mrs. Hawthorne and reports from officers and directors on anti narcotic work, public schools, cooperation, flower mission, temperance and health. A notable session featured Mrs. Lora La Mance of Florida on prohibition enforcement and a World Peace talk by Friends representatives. The afternoon included a Christmas ribbon gift sketch, a Loyal Temperance Legion presentation, an Open Forum on Christian Citizenship, and concluding prayers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawfordsville
Washington County
United Presbyterian Church
E. D. Miller
Wellman
Hawthorne
Washington
C. M. Strain
Kalona Organization
Des Moines
Brown
Kalona
Baby Society
Hough
West Chester
Rex
Wellman Bible
Brumbach
Morgan
Clay
Busby
Wells
Flower Mission
Earlors
Griffith
Brighton
Strain
Sartor
Soldiers and Sailors
Rex of
Prudence Johns
Louise Barnes
Genevieve Davis
Eve Martin
Marjorie Hanna
Violet Twinam
Alice Sweet
Margaret Davidson
Doris Fletcher
Helen Huston
Margaret Gault
Hope Huston
Elizabeth Davis
Elsie Evans
Marian Davidson
Miss Davis
Ida Hough
le Mance
Florida
Florence Holmes
McFarland
New York City
Dr. White Bible School
New York
FE. T. Coffey
Federated Clubs
Yoder
Lora la Mance
Lake Wales
U.S
W. Bruce Hadley
Richland
Mamoru Tustsui
Japan
Religious Society of Friends
Clegg Bros. Purchase Quarterbank Herd Sire
Clegg Bros of Ainsworth Iowa have bought Quarterbank from WA Dryden of Brooklin Ontario. Quarterbank, born October 1926, is by Major Cluny from Imp Drys the Queen of Rothes, a Queen Rothes line with British acclaim. A full brother to Quarterbank serves in Ontario and sires calves. Clegg Bros express satisfaction with the purchase and pledge to develop him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clegg Bros
Ainsworth
Quarterbank
Clegg Ros
Iowa
Dryden
Brooklin
Ontario
Major Cluny
Queen Rothes
Britain
Imp. Drys
Harviestoun Gallant
Sanquhar Grand Gallant
Harmony area social notes and threshing updates
Walter Longer reports a busy week of visits and calls in Harmony. Families like Evans Schiebel Lange and Mc Caleb hosted guests while threshing winds down with improving weather. Local residents including George Evans shipped hogs from Titus and several others were Washington callers or helpers with farm work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn Miller
Georgevans
Pastor Doig
Richard Schiebel
Caleb
W. Lange
Evans
W. W. Gideon
Ruth and
Mae
W. Longer
George Evans
Titus
John Griffith
Washington
Chas. Schiebel
Werd McCutcheon
Edward Kleineberg
Zoe Wilcox
Walter Langer
Great Lakes yield large share of food fish by lake
The Great Lakes fishery shows Lake Michigan accounting for 91 percent of total food fish, followed by Lake Erie with 84 percent, Lake Huron 18 percent, Lake Superior 9 percent, and Lake Ontario 2 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Michigan
Great Lakes
Lake Erie
Lake Huron
Lake Superior
Lake Ontario
Bardelys the Magnificent at Fox Theatre
Gil bert and Noy D Arcy duel on screen with Gilbert slicing through D Arcy s goatee in a flash. Eleanor Boardman leads a strong cast including George K Arthur Arthur Lubin Karl Dane and others in King Vidor s Metro Goldwyn Mayer production now on view at the Fox.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noy D'Arcy
John Gilbert
Gilbert
d’Arcy
Bardelys the Magnificent
King Vidor
Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer
Fox Theatre
D'Arcy
Eleanor Boardman
George K. Arthur
Arthur Lubin
Karl Dane
Also Mentioned on This Page
Walnut Woman's Club
Austin Sutherland
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
James Hawthorne
Cherry
Ladies Aid of the
St. Paul Erangelical
Masonic Hall
Rebekah Club
Westphal
East Side
Woman’ Foreign Missionary Society of Methodist Church
Washington Cleaners
Nellie Crone
Fern Leaf Club
Painted Rocks
District Court
Emily R. Atkinson
Mary V. Post
Ralph M. Rudd
Rudd
Merbert F. Rudd
Guy V Rudd
Mary F. Rudd
Stella P. Rudd
Gerald V. Rudd
Samuel J. Rudd
Nelson Co
Washington Loan & Trust Company, A Corporation
Washington, Iowa
Annis M. Dana
Gof
Towa
Fast Wasington
City
J. H. Wilson
Washington-Sigourney Road
Washington and Sigourney Road
Mary VY
Ralph, M. Rudd
Fortert F. Rudd
Mac V. Ruld
Csongainds
Baasi Owcaemche Pias P.dindd
Nelson C. Rudd
City of
Livingston & Eicher Attorneys
Wagner
Washington Street
W. M. Bailey
Washington Oil Company
Eli Jackson
Kent
Journal
Tiny
Ainsworth Purchase
Harmony Walter Longer
Harmony
Bob McCaleb
Richard Schietel
Mildred
Petty Kolesick
Mrs. W. Longer
Peet’s
Jersey
Shel
Rothschild
Casey’s Cafe
Chocolate Shop
Candy Kitchen
Lagomarcino-Grupe Co
Burlington, Iowa
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