Rural Women's Club Hosts Birthday Party and Luncheon
Society notes describe a joint event at the home of Mrs. McGugin with hostesses Hether McGugin and others. Guests enjoyed a luncheon, cake cutting, garden decorations, and music. Visiting guests included Miss Dade BH Shearer, Miss Porter, and Miss Sylvia Warren. Late evening refreshments featured ice cream and cake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mice Mar- McGugin
Geste
Dade BH. Shearer
Green Castle
Pennsylvania
Misa Porter
Fairfield
Sylvia Warren
Brooklyn
New York
Rural Women's Club
Sam McKee
Willian Marie
Edgar Porter
RB. G. Vincent
Vera Wolfe
Grace Shilling
Ainsworth Scouts Host First Carnival in Town
The Ainsworth Boy Scouts held their inaugural carnival in the city park near the Baptist church. Crawfordsville band played and led a ten o'clock parade. Supt. Robinson welcomed guests. Rev. Hal E. Norton spoke on Scout work. a picnic dinner followed. Afternoon sports included a ball game and races. evening featured home talent vaudeville. Lee Norris led the Scouts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ainsworth
Boy Scouts
Scouts
Crawfordsville
Supt. Robinson
Hal E. Norton
Des Moines
Ainsworth Boy Scouts
Lee Norris
College Without Coal Grinnell Heat Talk
Grinnell College faces a heating dilemma as August heat tests campus comfort while officials consider alternatives to coal. The report notes the college would need a practical energy solution beyond charitable aid to keep buildings warm.
Farmer's profits spark bumper car dream plan
A playful verse imagines a farmer ending the harvest by buying a fancy new car after tallying crop proceeds. The piece hints at rural prosperity and a satirical take on farmers and society, noting a collective effect if farmers ever strike.
Odd Focusing Of Sounds In Domed Galleries
Reports on sound focusing in domed spaces like St Pauls and the Capitol. Experiments by Rayleigh and others show sound waves concentrate along concave surfaces, with rays tangentially directed increasing audibility. Observers note flame sensitivity to sound fluctuations and intensity changes as position shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul's Cathedral
Capitol
Washington
Lont Rayleigh
Detroit News
Royal Society
G. A. Roman
G. A. Southerland
St. Paul's
Carlyle’s harsh portrait of Mirabeau and Napoleon
In a collection of autograph letters Carlyle advises a young woman against studying Mirabeau and Napoleon closely. He labels Mirabeau as a mutinous, dissolute figure on a high pedestal and portrays Napoleon as a flamboyant actor turned pirate whose reckless bets ultimately failed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlyle
Mirabeau
Napoleon
Blackguard
Dick Terpin
Thor
Grinnell College Faces Coal Shortage Before Fall Term
Grinnell College cannot replenish coal bins in coming weeks as farmers rush fuel for threshing. With 35 to 40 tons left, the college loaned its supply to a local dealer who now has none and cannot repay promptly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grinnell
Frome
American press praised by National Retail Dry Goods leader
Des Moines Capital reports President Straus of the National Retail Dry Goods Association praised American newspapers at the national merchandise fair in New York City. He argued the U S press is less controlled and more honest than in other countries and noted Republican papers oppose tariff rates while stressing editors separate business from editorial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
New York City
Straus
National Retail Dry Goods Association
Senator McCumber
United States
Notice of Will Proof Hearing in Lan County
In the District Court in Vacation 1922 T F Gray deceased last will and testament filed read and fixed for proof hearing. Hearing set after August 16 1922 before Clerk J D Glasgow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Ln
Washington County
T. F. Gray
J. D. Glasgow
Beggar Beggars Reap Harvest in New York City
Roy P. Gates of the Charity Organization Society reports professional panhandling greatly risen in Times Square and across large cities. He cites earn rates up to five and eight dollars an hour, tests with his own panhandling yield, and notes cornucopia of methods including a country home and military attire. The piece attributes unemployment and selective sight differences among beggars and mentions a World War veteran trend and a record set by Thomas Campbell in Times Square.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy P. Gates
Joint Application Bureau
Charity Organization Society
Jor
New York
Panhancher
Times Square
Federation of Jewish Charities
Roy DP. Gates
Gates
Herald Square
CG Gates
Boston
Mr. Gates
South Ferry
Mendicants
East
Thomas Campbell
Youngster Gang Robbed Slot Machines in City
In New York City a juvenile crew led by Herman Seholnick and including recruit Benjamin Klosky operated a profitable slot machine theft ring. Seholnick was found with 2,290 pennies and Klosky with a crude device and loot, as authorities charged them with the gang action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Herman Seholnick
Benjamin Klosky
Herman
Benjamin
Mud Volcanoes Near Southern California Explained
An El Centro bulletin from the National Geographic Society describes mud volcanoes as small boiling mud mounds not true volcanoes. It outlines how mud eruptions form, compares them with geysers, and lists global locations from Iceland to the Crimea, noting a Mississippi River delta area near the Imperial Valley and Salton Sea in California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
California
el Centro
Woellington
National Geographic Society
Bulletin
Yellowstone National Park
Iceland
Malay Archipelago
North Island
New Zealand
Europe
Sicily
Italy
Russian
Crimea
Asia
Baku
Bay of Bengal
Colombia
Yellowstone Park
Colorado River
Salton Sea
Imperial Valley
Molly Finds Luck Reborn in a Rocker on Porch
Molly and John relocate to a new bungalow and struggle with an old cracked rocker. Mrs Starling restores the mahogany chair, revealing fine wood beneath grime. The rocker becomes a wedding gift memory and John and Molly celebrate their luck and future together.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Molly Pelton
Molly
John
Y-howe
Mrs. Starling
Chestnut Street
Moeily
Lang Joby
Jobin
Mollie
Farm Bureau to Aid Hail Victims in Jones County
Jones county farm bureau plans relief, possibly a relief board to distribute grain collected from farmers who suffered crop destruction. Linn county committees meet Jones county directors, Cedar Rapids merchants offer aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Jones County Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau
Linn County Farm Bureau
Jones County
Cedar Raptas
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Ainsworth Scouts
Grinnell College
Suaneoe
London
The
New York Times
Snstantial
Beggars Reap Harvest Inn
UD Volgahpes
National Geosgraphic Society
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Belding
Crepe
H. J. Ward & Co
Studebaker
Bevins Motor Co
Hupmobile
Chandler and
Cadillac
Melbourne
Chicago
Racine Avenue
Wilson Avenue
North Shore
Broadway
Sheridan Road
Clarendon
Wilson
Harry Winder
Avery G
Warren
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