Thanksgiving Dinner Notices In Lexington
Correspondents report on Thanksgiving gatherings in Lexington with local families hosting and visiting relatives. Mr and Mrs Warren Mathess hosted at the Shalla Mise Mary Timmons's home while Mary Timmons studies in Des Moines. Additional visits include Mrs Addie Hardesty of Thief River Falls Minnesota and Ott Pattersons children ill with measles.
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Lexington
Warren Mathess
Mela Shalla Mise
Mary Timmons
Des Moines
Addie Hardesty
Thief River Walla
Thanksgiving gatherings reach across town and state
New Haven residents share holiday meals and visits on Thanksgiving Day. Mr and Mrs John Niesly of Washington and Mr and Mrs Marion Smith joined the John Pratt home for dinner. Neighbors Mira Bertha and Zack Pratt visited Davenport while Mrs Della Neal stayed with her aunt Mrs Frank Smith.
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New Haven
John Niesly
Washington
Marion Smith
John Pratt
Mira
Bertha
Zack Pratt
Davenport
Della Neal
Frank Smith
Merle Statler
J. W. Combs
Local notes from Crawfordsville and Washington visits
Dee Wooley returned home from the county hospital in Washington after five weeks. Grace and Nellie Fletcher visited in Washington yesterday. The Hesseltine two year old son improved after illness. Care Away circle met at Mrs. Minnie Sprague with discussion on state institutions including State Teachers College, State University, and other facilities. Miss Laura Barnett returned to New York City after a lengthy visit. her singing pleased the community.
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Crawfordsville
Dee
A Wooley
Washington
Miss Grace
Nellie Fletcher
A. H. Hesseltine
Minnie Sprague
Rose Moorehead
State Teachers’ College
State University
School For the Blind
Vinton
State Agricultural College
Perkins Children’s Hospital
Iowa City
Mitchellville
Elders
Soldiers
Marshalstewd
Busby
Wallen
Lewis
Davidson
Laura Barnett
New York City
Miss Barnett
Local Social Notes From Wayland Area Thanksgiving Events
Joe Mast and wife hosted Sunday dinner with Henry Mast and wife and Giad Mast family of Wayland. Miss Stella Rinner visited Austin Minnesota for three weeks with sister Mary Shhool and family. Edith Wenger held a Thanksgiving party for church youth at her parents home with games and snacks. Church ladies knitted two comforts to send to missionaries Mr. and Mrs. Schuca on furlough. Miss Mary Graber hosted Sunday school group with fruit and nut cake. Genevieve Henenstin of Burlington spent Thanksgiving with her aunt Mrs. Lawrence Stortz.
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Frey
Joe Mast
Henry Mast
Giad Mast
Wayland
Arthur Mitchell
Stella Rinner
Austin
Minn
Mary Shhool
Edith Wenger
Genevieve Henenstin
Burlington
Lawrence Stortz
Thanksgiving Day greetings from Brighton area families
Mrs. Sade Savage and family spent Thanksgiving at the E A Brinton home. Mr. and Mrs. Austin D Thomas visited Lord Woodford. The Thomases head back to California from England. Roy White moved to a farm near Richland. Mr. and Mrs. G P Judson of Fairfield visited the Lloyd Jones home. Mrs. Ralph Ray of Greene stayed a few days at the R H Newell home.
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Brighton
Sade Savage
E. A. Brinton
Austin D. Thomas
Lord Woodford’s
Thomas
California
Engand
Roy White
Richland
G. P. Judson
Fairfield
Lioyd Jones
Ralph Ray
Greene
R. H. Newell
Prison escape attempt ends with sheriff restraint
The plan involved taking the turnkey in a car to help with work then freeing other prisoners. Edwards sat in the rear, Douglas in front, but Edwards reportedly wavered and did not complete his part. Edwards and Anderson tried to flee, Douglas alerted Sheriff Wagner, and the pair were subdued after attacking William Bloom, the turnkey.
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Edwards
Douglas
Anderson
Wagner
William Bloom
No Fruit Show This Year At Horticultural Society Meet
Des Moines December 2 The Iowa State Horticultural Society will hold its fifty fifth annual convention December 7 and 8 in the state capitol senate chamber. A fruit show will not be featured this year as the midwest show at Council Bluffs November 15 to 20 replaced the convention exhibit. The group includes the Iowa Fruit Growers Association and other allied societies. Sessions are set for Tuesday and Wednesday with a Thursday morning business meeting to elect officers and board members. The society seeks a larger annual appropriation for the Midwest show, noting the Council Bluffs event was a success but costly. The proposed total request rises from eight thousand to twenty five thousand dollars.
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Horticultural Society
Des Moines
Iowa State Horticultural Society
Senate Chamber
State House
Council Bluffs
The
Iowa Fruit Growers Association
Iowa Vegetable Growers
Society of Iowa Florists
Iowa Bee Keepers
Iowa Nurserymen
Iowa Society of Landscape Architects
Iowa Conservation Association
8. A. Beach
Ames
F. O. Harrington
Williamsburg
R. S. Herrick
C. N. Kinney
Ralph J. McKissick
Albin
S. W. Snyder
Center Point
Robert M. Clark
Mitchellville
C. H. True
Edgewood
Blaine C. Wilcox
Council] Bluffs
E. M. Sherman
Charles City
Prayer Meetings and Sabbath Services at West Chester church
At United Presbyterian church West Chester prayer meetings are listed for Friday evening at three homes with Miss Le wash Miss Munro and the Pastor leading. Sabbath services include Sabbath school at 10:00 a.m. and sermons at 11:60 a.m. and evening on themes Twice Sealed and The Open Books. Rev. A J McConnell is pastor.
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United Presbyterian Church of
Giving Her Away Reflects Old Custom in Marriage
The text describes the giving away of the bride by her father as a relic of when women were chattels without rights. It notes the practice allowed a husband to acquire a wife in exchange for a substantial present, denying the bride any real choice in marriage.
Why Do We Dream
The article explores why dreams occur highlighting daytime thoughts as a factor yet notes dreams can involve topics not recently considered. It discusses possible brain processing during sleep and the complexity of dream content, suggesting dreams arise from multiple cognitive processes beyond conscious worry or focus.
PLOTTED TO KILL OFFICERS IN JAILBREACH
Waterloo report of 1930s jail escape plot details how David M. Anderson and William Edwards sought to break out. Anderson said prisoners intended to kill Sheriff Wagner or the turnkey if needed to aid escape. George Douglas named as leadership figure in the scheme.
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Waterloo
David M. Anderson
Fort Madison
E. J. Wenner
Anderson
William Edwards
H. T. Wagner
George Douglas
Educating Spiders and Labor Education Debated
A Wheaton expert on spiders details handling the black and brown speckled garden spider Agelena naevia with a live feeding trial and observation. Separate remarks by Mr Stillman emphasize labor education’s growth and the need for adult courses in English history civics economics and related subjects through unions and public schools.
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Wheaton, Ill
Elizabeth Marriott Moffatt
Wheaton
Agelena Naevia
Labor to Have Schools Expands Union Education Network
Organized labor moves toward a central labor university with trade union colleges in cities like Boston Washington Philadelphia and Seattle. In New York the garment workers union secured classrooms teachers and lecturers with broader union backing. Chicago joins a collaboration among the Chicago Federation of Labor Womens Trade Union League and the city board of education offering weekly classes at the Womens Trade Union League offices with University of Chicago staff teaching public speaking parliamentary law English and short stories.
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Chicago
Organized Labor
American Federation of Labor
Central Labor University
Charles B. Stillman
American Federation of Teachers
Boston
Washington
Philadelphia
Seattle
Stillman
New York City
Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union
Board of Education
Chicago Federation of Labor
Educational Committee
Womens Trade Union League
Women's Trade Union League
University of Chicago
Special Meetings At New Haven Church Begin December 5 1920
Special church meetings start Sunday morning December 5 1920 at New Haven Church and continue for two weeks with nightly preaching by Rev C B Riddington. All are invited to attend.
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New Haven Church
C. BE. Riddington
Greedy Pig Bank Story Delights Ruth and Aunt
Ruth kept a savings bank shaped like a pig filled with nickels and dimes. Aunt Mattie borrowed change and shook out the dimes, hoping to replace them later. Ruth discovered the loss and peered through the slit to find the lightness of the bank and cried that the little pig had eaten all her dimes.
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Ruth
Mattie
Cow Meat Sparks Childs Cry of Offense at Dinner
In a domestic note from the kitchen table a dinner scene records a beefsteak described as tough and unappealing. A young girl named Bessie voices the misgiving aloud, insisting the meat is 'riff.
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Bessie
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