Local Socials Highlight Elegant Luncheons and Weddings
Mrs 3.8 McKtinny hosts a red and white Delock luncheon for Miss Mollie Cherry of Oklahoma City and Mrs Clarence Hollingsworth of Chicago with a sixteen seat table and four course meal. Washington friends join a luncheon at the Country Club in Iowa City hosted by Mrs Jay Sproatt and Mrs Ben Wallace. In Davenport at four thirty, Ola Walters and P F Brumback wed after two year association, planning a California winter trip. Chautauqua Park hosts a Queen Esther Circle farewell picnic for Mrs Junta Smith from Los Angeles with a fried chicken supper.
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Mcktninney
Mollie Cherry
Oklahoma City
Clarence Hollings- Worth
Chicago
Washington
Iowa City
Jay Sproatt
Ben Wallace
Wallace
Homer Darbyshire
Jen Wilson
Earl Corbin
West Ches“i
Rock
Ola Walters
P. Ef.rumback
Davenport
H.C
First Baptist
Walters
West Chester
Junta Smith
Los Angeles
California
Chautauqua Park
Queen Esther Circle
The
Methodist Church
Nute
Vera Shoenanker
Washington to Play Muscatine Tomorrow
Washington meets Muscatine Independente at the Joe Ways field a half mile east of the button factory. Washington has played fine ball recently while Muscatine is regarded as one of the best teams in the state. The season’s best game is expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Ways
Button Factory
Washington
Muscatine Independente
Museatine
Auction Notice At Davenport Library Table Sale
On Thursday August 26 at 2 00 PM at 621 North 2nd Ave Davenport a library table rockers dining table six chairs hall tree Round Oak heater range two burner stove china closet sanitary cot kitchen table baby bed and numerous other articles will be sold by auctioneer D F Macon Mrs Jerome Williams at 16014.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North 2Nd Ave
Davenport
D. F. Macon
Jerome Williams
Masson Party Spends Day with Friends in Iowa City
Rev ana Mrs DD J Masson Dr H F Masson Miss Cora Masson and Mrs J W Patton motored to Iowa City yesterday and spent the day with friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ana
DD. J. Masson
H. F. Masson
Cora Masson
J. W. Patton
Iowa City
Washington High School Registration Week Plans
Superintendent W C Harding released the registration schedule for Washington High School. Sophomores register August 21 juniors September 1 seniors September 2 and freshmen September 2 with the main opening September 6.
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Washington High School
W. C. Harding
Harding
Most Important County Fair Meeting Next Monday Night
A county fair organizers meeting is set for next Monday at 8 PM in the Commercial club to elect officers and decide the fair's name and whether it will be county or district. Stock subscriptions reportedly total 50 900, with broader plans to resume stock sales after harvest.
Annual meeting of the Community Y M C A announced
The community Y M C A will hold its annual meeting tomorrow afternoon at 3 in the Presbyterian church. The meeting will decide whether the work will be continued. The board of directors asks all interested to attend and express their opinion, not only contributors.
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Presbyterian Church
Bargains in Real Estate Offers Near Washington
Real estate ads describe an improved 40 acre farm near a city 20 miles from Washington with favorable trade options. It lists a 240 acre stock and grain farm near a shipping station, 3.5 miles from a town, with strong pasture and corn growth. Prices: 240 per acre, 10000 cash March 1, long balance at 5 percent. Some city homes also advertised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
Built for Fighting Eagles versus vultures described
The passage compares raptors noting the eagle has a sharper beak and more curved claws for catching prey. It describes the eagle’s beak as nearly straight at the base then turning into a sharp downward hook.
DeBord Specials 160 Acre Farm on the Great White Way
160 acre farm on the Great White Way four miles of Washington with rolling terrain. Gently farmed, well fenced, well watered, two deep wells and buildings in fair shape. Owner will make good terms to the right party. Price 360 dollars per acre. Also more than 100 city properties for sale. See us before you buy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
Davenport
Henry County
Mt. Pleasant
Washington
Eluer delis club picnic at Sunset Park announced
The Eluer delis club schedules a picnic at Sunset Park on Tuesday August 24 at eleven o'clock. Former members are invited. Bring own dishes. All attendees should be ready by 11:00 to finish before the chautauqua.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eluer Delis Club
Sunset Park
Aspiration as a Joy Forever Quote
Robert Louis Stevenson defines aspiration as a perpetual joy and solid possession, a fortune never exhausted that yields ongoing pleasurable activity for a lifetime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Louis Stevenson
Butter profiteers and the cries of profiteering
A poem by W. 8S. Reister & Sons condemns profit gouging across goods from food and rent to clothing and accessories. It laments profiteers in churches and charities as well as labor and capital, noting they evade court actions while the butter profiteer remains uncaptured.
Many Local People Visiting in Colorado
A letter from Eva Eckerman of Loveland Colorado notes a busy summer for tourists through Colorado. She lists visitors including Sam Wallace family from Stafford Kansas and Rev A L Graham of Monmouth College among others, with campers packing a park near Estes Park. The letter reflects friendly reunions as travelers pass through under the Colorado Rockies.
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Journal
Eva Eckerman
Loveland
Colorado
Colo
Evening Journal
Sam Wallace
Stafford
Kan
Estes Park
Faye Taylor
Rae McElhinney Wylie
Sterling
A. L. Graham
Monmouth College
Edwin Porter
Ainsworth
West
Rockies
Dr. Bailey
Myrtle Shields
Where should the scholar live in solitude or society
The excerpt asks whether a scholar should dwell in the quiet country to hear Nature or in a gray town to sense human wants. It contrasts solitude with urban life, suggesting a choice between nature’s heartbeat and society’s pressure.
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Brumback
Muscatine
U. S
Harding AN
Kelly
Springfield
West Second Street
Dempsey Land CO
North Side Square
DeBord
Great White Way
Miles of
Alex DeBord
Rothschild’s
Care of Evening Journal
American Pearl Button Co
A. B
Care Journal
Rothschild's
International Mills
Norristown
W. A. Chilcote
Franklin
Bevin Motor Co
Begins Motor Co
Tracy Dairy
Brighton
Iowa
Duroc Jersey
Plymouth Rock Cockerels
W. 6Th St
Plymouth Rock
FORD
RAM Lambs
Roy J
Chas. Tucker
Will Darbyshire
BUICK
Clair Brook
Overland
Bevins Motor Co
Motor Inn Garage
Square
East Main Street
Sneath
Cedar Township Community Club
Walter Kyle
Reister & Sons
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