Society Notes From Washington Park Reunions
The Sheets annual reunion drew over 100 at Sunset park Washington with a noon dinner crafts horseshoe tourney and park amusements. Hesseltine family held its fourth annual reunion at Sunset park with 100 plus attendees and a noon cafeteria style dinner. A seventy fifth wedding anniversary for Mr. and Mrs. Swickard featured a sunset park chicken dinner and a silver centerpiece gift. The White Way Club companioned by Mrs. Ray Martin planned an August 30 picnic at Keota park and September 18 meeting. The Wellston Social Club met at Mrs. Leola Hotle for music games and a planned picnic at Washington August 23. Several social gatherings filled the week with dinners, entertaining guests, and farewells as neighbors prepared for upcoming moves.
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Sheets
Washington
Sunset Park
Walter Sheets
Otto Sheets
Will Sheets
Henderson Andrews
Alfred Sheets
Leonard Fritchen
Fred Fritchen
Legion Park
Sigourney
Springville
Pleasant Plain
Eaglegrove
Lancaster
Iowa City
Olie
Keota
Kansas
Dublin
Wayland
Hesseltine
Aftenoon
Dennis Hesseltine
L. A Guy
Verna Stacy
Eli Hesseltine
Gus Strum
H. F. Hesseltine
N. Larel Guy
Horace Heasseltine
J. W. Heasseltine
W. P
Clark Kinser
Lauretia Hesseltine
Des Moines
Guy Tracey
Centerville
Karl Hesseltine
Josiah Hesseltine
Moran
W. E. Zook
Cedar Rapids
A. H. Hesseltine
Lineville
Iowa
Henry Stout
la Comb
Canada
Frank Hesseltine
Crawfordsville
L.A. Guy
Harry Stacy
O. U Lawry
Merlin Hesseltine
Wm. Hesseltine
Dan Hesseltine
Williard Fawcier
Brighton
F.C. Swickard
Madison Street
Brs
Swickard
Mrs. Swickard
Test
Humean Schultz
White Way
Keota Park
Floyd Craynes
Arthur Stoutner
Wellston
Leola Hotle
Mary Hotle
Will Johnson
Van Ese Liquid Scalp Massage Promises Hair Growth
An advertisement claims Van Ese Liquid Scalp Massage stimulates hair growth with a patent rubber applicator that directly treats roots. It emphasizes easy, mess free use and claims improved blood flow to hair follicles, with a 90 day guarantee and money back if it fails.
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Ian
Waggoner and Gowey Reunion Set for August 25 at Sunset Park
Community notice announces the third Waggoner and Gowey reunion to be held Saturday at Sunset Park. Relatives are asked to bring a basket dinner and dishes for their own family. 912
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Sunset Park
St Pauls Evangelical Announces Resumed Services After Return
The pastor returns to Minnesota and resumes work. Next Sunday August 26 regular services are noted in Church and Home Monthly. Washington hosts evening service at 8:00 and Valley holds morning service at 11:00 with Sunday school at 10:00.
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Minnesota
Washington
Valley
Beets as Garnish and Pickled Beet Recipes
Cooking School Beets can garnish salads with cabbage beans or eggs. Beets are firm yet tender and versatile in shapes. The article provides hot sour sauce beets pickled beets and beet salad ideas with cabbage celery onion pepper and lettuce arrangements and a string bean and beet salad served with French dressing.
Journal Offers Custom Paneled Wedding Stock
The Journal announces new paneled wedding stock available printed or engraved on order. Customers may select panel designs, frames, and inscriptions for personalized wedding keepsakes.
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the Journal
Council Sets Friday Session To Decide Tax Levy
City council met in regular session and adjourned until Friday evening to consider the coming year’s tax levy. The park board proposed keeping park taxes at two mills, and the street committee opposed a round corner on North Town Avenue. The zoning commission request was continued for more time, intersection posts on the square were kept, and mushroom signals were not installed.
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Evenin
Park Board
North Town Avenue
Soam
Improvement Committee
Latta Leads Iowa Students in Colorado Summer School
Kathryn Latta of Washington helped set records at Colorado State Teachers College in Greeley as 58 Iowa students enrolled for the Summer Quarter. The institution reported a summer total of 2880 students and a four quarter year total of 471 graduates, with eight Iowa graduates July/August. Frances Potts, Edna Stolt, Edna Craven, Grace Eddy, Viola Hagglund, Jennie Arvidson, Nellie Felgeet, and Madeline Jacobson were among the Iowa graduates.
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Kathryn Latta
Washington
Colorado State Teachers College
Iowa
Greeley
Miss Latta
Frances Potts
Council Bluffs
Edna B. Stolt
Odebolt
Edna Mae Craven
Greenfield
Grace Eddy
Clear Lake
Viola Hagglund
Red Oak
Jennie Arvidson
Sh@nmandoah
Nelle Felgeet
Ft. Madison
Madeline Jacobson
Sioux Rapids
University of London
Colorado State
Famous Kisses Through Time
A compact column traces well known kisses from cinema and daily life. It notes early cinematic scenes and playful phrases like molasses kisses and a kiss in the dark, reflecting cultural shorthand for affection across eras.
Jealous Spaniards Hid Wives In Venice Blinds
A Venetian belief arose from Speco about jealousies with Spanish husbands who kept wives in isolation. Wives were barred from drawing blinds yet could peep through narrow slits in the blinds to glimpse the outside world.
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Venice
Speco
Fiji Island Devils and Ghosts Told by Natives
Native accounts from Fiji describe spirits or devils as seen in rock indentations resembling footprints. Some are deemed good and others bad. One native recalls a harmless old man with a white beard, who visits at night to retrieve plantains.
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Fiji
New York Tribune
Iowa Success School alumnus climbs to Penn Mutual cashier
Harold Smith, son of Mr and Mrs Smith of Blakesburg, increases his salary every year for nine years after training at the Iowa Success School in Ottumwa. He now serves as Cashier for the Iowa division of The Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company. The school offers stenography bookkeeping secretarial banking civil service auditing and more with fall term starting September 3.
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Iowa
Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company
Harold
Ottumwa
Iowa Success School
Building Work on Decrease in Iowa Labor Dept Says
Iowa job report notes slackening in building construction and a small skilled labor surplus. Farms roads and seasonal work remain strong with industrial sectors showing small declines in several product areas. Des Moines reports mid summer slowdown in second industries while rail shops stay normal and cement plant expansion promises many jobs this August.
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Iowa
Labor Dept
Associated Press
Des Moines
Federal Department of Labor
Motor Company
Legest Judivisua
Sioux City
tTat
Dubuque
Indusal
Davenport
Ste Ug
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Mable Anderson
Myrtle Morrow
Elsie Glassburne
Whe House
Victor Netswanger
Chicago
Netswanger
First Calumet Trust and Savings Bank
Nelawanger
Richard McCleery
West Second Street
Mises Minick
Victor Neiswanger
Wert Gilliland
Irene Pierce
Mary Minick
Louise Pratt
Sarah Grimes
Mable Andason
Elsie Glassburner
Messers Preston Etter
Charles Barett
Lionel Duffy
Delbert Jennings
Glen Wilson
ST. Paul's Evangelical
Cooking
Berts
Colorado College
Farmers Union Picnic
Richmond
Senator Brookhart
O. K E. Wilson
Farmers Union
T v Ladies Glee Club
Muriel Stransky
Greenhuo
Business College
Burlington
Mason City
Loop
Clark and
Madison Sts
J. M. Godfrey
E. Jefferson
Independent Oil Company
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