West Chester church groups hold annual mite box opening
The Susan Coffey Auxiliary and Kings Herald bands hosted the mite box opening on August twelfth at the West Chester Methodist church. Mothers, friends, and local officers witnessed devotional readings, songs, and recitations by the L. L. B. circle and boys K. H. band, with a procession of mite boxes and a life membership honor for Nettie Skipton.
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Susan Coffey
Boys Kings Herald
Little Light Bearer
Methodist Church
West Chester
Elizgabeth van Sickle
P. B. Gray
K. H
U. S
America
Nthel Bauer
Ethel Sprague
Margaret Rittenhhouse
Sadie Dusenbery
Edna Kleese
Bessie Bauer
Ruth Bauer
Christ
Florence Dayton
Iife
Nettie Skipton
Local 4 H Club Chatter and Picnic Notices
The 4 H Peppers plan a meeting with Miss Bertha and Miss Beatrice Kephart on August 18. The Hardscrabble event in August 23, 1927 promises a good program music and food. Sunset Circle hosts a family picnic at 6 pm Thursday at the tourist park Crawfordsville. West Chester M te Sunday School announces its annual pie sale.
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J. M. Palmer
West Chester
M.te
Women Set Huge Exposition at 1927 Iowa State Fair
The August 24 opening ten day event showcases Iowa women with twenty four county Farm Bureau exhibits and a Home Economics lecture program from Iowa State College. Daily demonstrations cover home furnishings hat making nutrition and child care while pageants dances plays and fashion shows run each day. The program includes health contests for 500 to 700 babies and a complete day nursery playgrounds and amenities for visitor comfort.
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Des Moines
Aimee Spaulding
Grinnell
Iowa
Farm Bureaus
Iowa State College
Carolyn Putnam Crawford
Dramatic Art
Owa State College
Mignon Quan Lott
Minneapolis
Iowa Parent Teachers’ Association
Mies Fannie Buchanan
Kinmell
Odessa’ Porter Liewellyn
Waukee
Community notices from West Chester church events
A collection of church and women’s auxiliary announcements for West Chester including bake sales potluck invitations and meetings. Events listed: church supper at Low Bauer pasture drive two miles east of West Chester with rain plan at church basement. Woman's Home Missionary Society meeting at Mrs. Water Bauer home. Summer Christmas party by Susan Coffey Auxiliary on Friday August 26. lead pencil crayon and fabric donations for the box. Shockley-Hotle reunion at Sunset Park Washington on August 25. Friendshin club prente supper at Sunset Park August 19. Rebekah regular meeting Friday evening. Ladies Aid serving committee for Wexington church meeting on Thursday with entertainment.
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Young Woman's Missionary Society of the Baptist Church
Bauer
West Chester
Woman's Home Missionary Society of
M. EB. Church
Susan Coffey
J. G. Seeton
Shockley-Hotle
Sunset Park
Washington
Friendshin Club
John Mapel
Wayne Norman
David Winegarten
Ladies Aid
Wexington Church
Etfe Huber
Mabel Patterson
Lizzie Young
West Chester Missionary Society
Woman's Home Missionary Society of the
M. E. Church
Walter Bauer
Rebekah
The Argentine Ants Threaten Infants and Homes
The Argentine ant, named after its country of discovery, is noted for attacking babies in cradles and causing fatal wounds in some cases. It is one of the worst insect pests and nearly impossible to eradicate once it invades a locality.
Diagnosing Love as a Name for Human Connection
A contemplative reflection notes love as an inscrutable presence linking the soul with humanity, suggesting love operates beyond simple definitions and functions as a universal tie among people.
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Simuus
Refrain From Spitting Says Band Concert Misread
A mother and daughter mishear a park band’s piece after a concert. The mother asks what is playing and suspects Wagner. The daughter suggests Mozart, but on returning to the bandstand they discover the sign reads Refrain From Spitting.
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Wother
Mary
Pythian Sisters and Friends Schedule Evening Meetings
Social calendar lists Pythian Sisters meetings at eight o clock West Chester picnics at Keota park and Sunset park P H club picnic at six Sunset circle Crawfordsville picnic Ladies Aid and Missionary Society events at West Chester church and Mrs Walter Bauer home Rebekah Lodge regular meeting Friday at eight showing a busy community schedule
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West Chester Pythian
Temple
Grand Temple
Keota Park
Pythian Sister
Pythian Sisters
West Chester
May Develop Iowa Natural Gas Well Near Solon
A Solon area natural gas well may be developed after Ernest Fiala was severely burned by gas fumes during drilling. Fiala lit a match to inspect a six foot opening, triggering an explosion that hurled him several feet and scorched his face and body before flames were controlled.
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Edar Rapids
Aung
Solon
Ernest Fiala
Fiala
Rotary Meeting Hears More Life Histories
Rude Warfel and Frank Miner shared personal life histories at the Rotary meeting, tracing Washington county roots and travels across the United States and Canada. George McDaniels led a fishing discussion with the Lansing Iowa trip participants, sparking lively but peaceful debate among the group.
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Rotary Meeting
Rude Warfel
Frank Miner
Rotary
Rude
Washington County
Frank
United States
Canada
Washington
George McDaniels
Elliot Grayson
Lansing
Iowa
George
Crawfordsville Visitors Report Weekend Trips
Miss Nellie Manners notes Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Moothart and family visited Seymour. The Mootharts stayed for a longer visit while Harold returned home. R. R. McKee visited Washington yesterday. Dewey Conrad of Washington visited with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Lee Lease and Margaret Schmitt visited in Washington Sabbath at the M. Db. Work home.
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Crawfordsville
Augusia
Lloyd Moothart
Seymour, Sr
Scent broadcasting eyed by scientist for gardens
A scientist argues that smell is a matter of wavelength and may be broadcast like a signal. The onion is suggested as a loud smeller in future scent displays.
Driven by Necessity A Shiftless Husband Inspires Women Financiers
A Chicago News item notes a shiftless husband spurring many women to pursue finance and independence, portraying them as practical beneficiaries of necessity. The piece frames this as a broader social trend driven by economic pressures and personal resolve.
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The
Chicago News
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