Local Wedding News From Washington Area In Colorado Recap
Announcements note the wedding of Miss Lester Edith Baird and Mr. Edward C. Herr of Washington. The ceremony at a Colorado parsonage featured a lavender yellow color scheme with hand painted invitations and a four course dinner. The bride, a recognized artist, and groom, an automobile mechanic, return to Palisade for a stay before possibly settling there.
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Lester Edith Baird
Edward C. Herr
Devenge
Colorado
The
Palisade Tribune
Herr
Wellman
Washington
Louis Baird
Town
J. T. Coulter
F. H. Weidlein
F. H. Weidlein Attended the Couple. Miss Baird
Saale
Mount of the Holy Cross
Ardent
Shanes Ata
Art Institute
Chicago
Washington County
Welcheln
Luke
F. C. Luke
Eugene Cutter
Edith Wilson
Vernon Carnahan
FE. J. Woods
Joye Boehme
Alva Niffenegger
Iowa City
Wesley Boehme
Louck & Boehme
Kalona
Superstition and occult tales in Africa's interior
The article notes that belief in ghosts and black magic is taken seriously in the African interior. It describes the dank jungle's influence as making anything seem possible and observes white men learning to respect local superstitions and juju. It mentions English colonial officials developing a taste for occult stories told to travelers without skepticism.
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Africa
Jungle
Government to sell Camp Dodge immediate
Des Moines Dec 1 report says the War Department will offer Camp Dodge for sale as a unit with all buildings and equipment. Bids will be advertised immediately and sale expected within weeks. The 1900 buildings housed 43000 troops and cost about 9 million dollars, but local dealers expect the property to fetch under 750000.
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Des Moines
Camp Dodge
Congress
War Department
Washington
Plan to tighten Iowa divorce laws
Des Moines reports a push by clergymen and jurists to tighten divorce laws at the coming general assembly. Polk county saw only one denial in 6060 applications over six months, while petitions rose from 598 in 1915 to 1,426 in 1919, highlighting rising divorce actions in the county.
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Des Moines
Iowa
General Assembly
Polk County
Hubert Utterback
Mrs Harding Has Relatives in Iowa
Albia December 1 The wife of the President elect has kin in Albia the widow of a King relative Mrs Harding is daughter of Amos King of Marion King was uncle of the late Dr S M King of our city Mrs King the doctor's widow is the only surviving member of the King family in Albia Mrs A E Barger formerly of Washington now of Ottumwa is a daughter of Mrs King of Albia
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Albia
Dee
Harding
Amos King
Marion
S. M. King
Our City
L. M. King
King
A. E. Barger
Washington
Ottumwa
Holiday silk and underwear sale at Rothschild's
Kayser silk or Phillipino underwear offered as suitable holiday gifts at one fourth off. Rothschild's promotes the sale with discount pricing and seasonal emphasis.
Cake fragment superstition at weddings reported in UK
The article notes an old England and Scotland ritual where a portion of the wedding cake is broken over the bride’s head and guests rush to seize pieces, an inauspicious custom with unclear origin but persistent in some regions.
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England
Scotland
Reverend Hackley in Des Moines on business visit
Reverend J. H. Hackley, presiding elder of the Des Moines district of the A M B Church, is in town on a business visit.
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J. H. Hackley
Des Moines
A. M. B. Church
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Methodist Church
Hattie Williams
Lloyd F. Myers
Columbus Junction
Methodist
W. W. Bowers
Emmeline Williams
Ralph Bunce
Washington Telephone Company
James Varner
Eee
Pep Dge
Mrs. Harding
Haskins Garage
Rada Lukavasky
Chambers
North East Cor. Sa
Washington, Ilowa
Ford
Ford Motor Company
Ford Headquarters
Falk Motor Company
Ford Sales & Service
Washington, IA
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