Local society notes feature birthdays and gatherings around town
Mrs James Palmer hosts a family party this afternoon. Margaret Livingston held a woods picnic yesterday for her thirteenth birthday with about fourteen attendees. The Young Women's Missionary Society met at First United Presbyterian with a small turnout. Miss Nelle Tripp and Mrs Donald J Ross reported, and Mrs R L Coulter led the business. The Girls Missionary Society picnicked at Sunset Park with four dish to pass among attendees. Irene DeLong presided at the closing business. Tommy Gray marked his fifth birthday with a party for eighteen friends, lunch under a yard tree, and a five candle cake. Verle Gallagher hosted ten Monmouth couples with a late luncheon after dancing. guests included Hugh Arthurs and Rod ney and Hilton Rabenold. Cora Masson invited fifteen to eighteen friends to view her home and best, followed by piano music by Mrs George Masson and light refreshments. Sunset Park picnic honors Mrs Rippey of Muscatine hosted by her daughter Mrs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Women's Missionary Society of the
First United Presbyterian Church
Nelle Tripp
Donald J. Ross
R. L. Coulter
Girls’ Missionary Society of the
Suneet Park
Irene DeLong
Tommy Gray
Stella Donaldson
Lucille Rees
Tommy
Verle Gallagher
Monmouth
Velma Gallagher
Hugh Arthurs
Ilinois
Rodney and
Hilton Rabenold
Haskins
Cora Masson
George Masson
Socials and birthdays shade a summer evening in 1924
Charles King describes a gathering of twelve intimate friends of Mrs. Rippey with shared dishes and later ice cream and cake. Lola Wells Hughes entertains at her mother’s home, as Baraca and Philathea meet August 25 at the West Chester Baptist church with bake sale plans and new members. Donald Nicholson’s sixth birthday party on August 24 features games and cake, with many relatives and friends in attendance and gifts noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles King
Mrs. Rippey
Lola Wells Hughes
Elmer Wells
West Chester
McFarlands
Philathes
Donald Nicholson
Donald
M. E. Latta
Gladys
Mildred Myrtle
Goldie
Elva Albaugh
Lee
Leonnard Francis
J. M. Nicholson
Jake Hendrickson
Wanda
Janet
Charlotte Irwin
Ferne Cook
Paul Hartsock
Lee Nicholson
Arnold
The Arrested Sacrifice as Companion to Sinai Tablets
A quote from the Boston Evening Transcript compares The Arrested Sacrifice, a Moses on Mount Moriah with the angel stopping the action, to the famous Abraham carving the tablets on Mount Sinai. The suggestion is they would make a strong paired display.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moses
Mount Moriah
Isaac
Abraham
Mount Sinai
Boston Evening Transcript
Strength and Self-Reliance Sayings by Mazzini
The quote asserts that aid from foreign governments will not come unless you demonstrate strength to prevail on your own. Mazzini emphasizes self-reliance and resolve as the path to support.
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Mazzini
Preservation steps for green tomato relish by Mrs Sampson
Mrs. H. F. Sampson slices green tomatoes and onions and salts them. She lets mixture stand overnight, drains, then adds vinegar and sugar. The mixture rests on the back of the stove with cinnamon cloves and allspice. Do not boil. Let it seal.
League to combat malaria in Europe tour
A League of Nations commission led by Italian Doctor Latrario surveys malaria hotspots in Jugoslavia and travels through Poland to Russia. The team includes physicians from Germany France Spain Britain Holland Romania and Slovakia. They will study malaria cases and central health services in Moscow and report on international methods to fight malaria.
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Geneva
Russia
League of Nations
Europe
Latrario
Germany
France
Spain
Great Britain
Holland
Rumania
Jugo-Slavia
Poland
Ukraine
Moscow
Central Health Organization
Russian Health Service
Council of the League
Britain Becomes World Leader in Honey Imports
Britain remains the top importer of honey produced in American hives as English households favor it for breakfast and tea. The article notes strong demand across the country and positions Great Britain as the largest honey importer worldwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
Great Britain
Jeremiah Curtin Aided by Saint Petersburg Service
Diplomat and translator Jeremiah Curtin helped popularize Sienkiewicz through his work and served as secretary to the United States legation in St. Petersburg from the 1860s into 1870.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeremiah Curtin
Sienkiewicz
United States
St. Petersburg
Russia
Betting Machine and Pari-swatuer Totalizer System
A betting machine named Pari-swatuer or totalizer uses multiple receptacles where backers put stakes on their favored horse. After a race the winning horse’s supporters divide the pooled money, with a 10 percent cut going to the machine owner.
Obelisks Misnamed Cleopatra's Needles Misidentified
Article notes the famous obelisks improperly called Cleopatra's Needles. It explains two obelisks erected by Thothmes III around 1900 B C in On and moved by Augustus to Alexandria. One granite monolith now stands on London's Victoria Embankment and the other in New York's Central Park.
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Cleopatra
Thothmes
Heliopolis
B.C
Alexandria
Augustus
B. C
Victoria Embankment
London
Central Park
New York
Local society notices schedule meetings this week
Notices list church and club gatherings in West Chester and nearby areas. Events include the Havre Social club with Mrs Reeves on Thursday, a meeting with Mr Will Horning on Iowa Avenue, Moose Lodge social on Thursday with Highland Four, Womans Home Missionary Society meeting Friday, and T S EK club and Lemley family reunion notices. Also Baptist Ladies social, sewing circle postponed, Methodist Choir rehearsal, Philathea bake sale, Church of Christ choir practice, Presbyterian plenic at Sunset Park, and senior high school registration updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Womans Home Missionary Society of the
West Chester
Junior High Registration Notice Stresses Tomorrow
All junior high pupils must register at the junior high tomorrow. The notice instructs guardians to ensure students are signed up for the new term.
Registration Includes Banquet Ticket At Club Convention
Registration for the Al Club convention includes one banquet ticket for tonight. Extras may be secured for 1.50 dollars each.
Woman Defends Loyalty in English Police Court
A woman declares in an English police court that while some men swap wives like sticks, she will remain a sticker. The remark highlights tensions in marital expectations and gender roles during the proceedings.
Temptations Spark Youth Twirlers in Duluth
A Duluth Herald blurb notes the city will keep developing excellent twirlers as long as there are small boys snowballs and silk hats, hinting at a playful local tradition.
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Duluth Herald
Custom of distributing gifts in Tartars and Kurds observed
A described practice shows that when a man loses cattle or property he wraps late brown sugar in colored cloth, ties it, and gives a parcel to friends. In return he receives gifts such as a cow, sheep, or a sum of money depending on circumstances.
Eleventh Hour melodrama at Fox theater features Jones and Mason
Charles Jones and Shirley Mason star in Lincoln J Carter's melodrama The Eleventh Hour at the Fox theater today and Thursday. The plot follows a US Soviet Service worker entangled with a foreigner seeking a world conquering formula for an explosive. Jones, as McDonald, rescues Mason through perilous feats including submarine, airplane, cliff leap, and aerial rescue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Jones
Shirley Mason
William Fax Stara
Fox Theatre
Lincoln J. Carter
Miss Mason
Mrs. Jonees
Jones
McDonald
Mystery
Ministers Warn Public About Bible Students League Books
The Washington Ministerial Association announces that the International Bible Students League does not represent Christian denominations. It states the group sells books under the name Pastor Russell and Millennial Dawnism, and urges public awareness. Signed by Willard Wylie, Secretary, Washington Ministerial Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ministerial Association
International Bible Students League
Washington
Pastor Russells
Williard Wylie
Washington Ministerial Association
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James Palmer
Margaret Livingston
Oceas
Sunset Park
Rippey of
Muscatine
Yanks Land
Darkey
TOOL
Ben Pascal
Atlanta
New York Yankees
Pascal
Righ
Dixie
League
Havre
John Reeves
W. H.M
M. EE. Church
Will Horning
Iowa Avenue
Moose Lasige
Highland Four
T. S. EK. Club
Lemley
Braunhausen
Methodist Choir
J. J. Miller
Church of Christ Choir
Young Women's Missionary Society of
The
Second United Presbyterian Church
W. W. Wylie
Temptations
Maxwell
Chrysler
Detroit
Ask
Rothschild’s
Beauty
H. J. Whiting
Iowa
Avenue
Joseph Gerrald
Physicians and Surgeons
A. John Droz
West Main St
Frank Boller
City
Mutual
W. Washington
T. J. Pease
Farmers and Merchansts Bank
Blue Mutual
J. D. Dayton
Westchester
Washington County
Austin Sutherland
Brighton
R. R
T. A. Michels
Washington, Iowa
Morrison & Morrison
Morrison Bidg
North Side
Brookhart Bros. Law
Opera House
Mutual Phone
CG. J. Wilson
Cc. C. Wibon
Wilson & Wilson
Journal
Livingston & Eicher
Nat'l Bank
V. Brown
Phurne
South of Water Works
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