Thanksgiving celebrations and local society news
The L F E McFarland home hosted about thirty five relatives from Ainsworth Davenport and Aften Iowa for their twenty fifth wedding anniversary on Thanksgiving day. Friends and relatives from West Chester and Pilotsburg gathered for meals and social hours with gifts of silver. Various club meetings, music events, and Thanksgiving dinners at multiple households filled the social calendar amid snow.
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L. FE
J. A. Walker
West Chester
Carl E. Hering
Marguerite
Cashus Crosset
Florence
Herald
Merton
J. E. Walker
Clifford
Donna Belle
Eloise
C. Thrapp
Gale
Charles and
Junior
Josiah Dayton
Miss Mollie Tierney
C. C. Watson
Pilotsburg
Fanny Baker
Washington
Wesley Baker
Emmett Hamm
Near Washington
Roy Schulty
Harold
Near Wellman
Cornelieus
Knoxville
Margaret Watson
Oskaloosa
R. S. Warfel
Bridge Club
South
Iowa Avenue
Why Go to Californa The Daviss Grow Garden Veggies at Home
The C. H. Davis family of Weat Chester reported their dinner table featured radishes lettuce and onions grown in their own garden with no covering according to a telephone message received by the Journal.
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C. H. Davis
Weat Chester
Weat
Social Calendar for Dec 4 to Dec 10
Calendar notes many club meetings and hostesses across Fortnightly Fortnightly chapters. Women and church groups meet for tea and study in homes, at churches, and at clubs while several dinners and box suppers are planned around Dec 4 through Dec 10.
Scars of Jealousy Depicts Bootlegger Hunt in Alabama
Thomas H Inces film shows a moonshine crackdown in Northern Alabama mountains. A former US marshal aided filming to portray the Coddy Jakes case and revenue officer killings with authenticity. The picture has been viewed by several Department of Justice personnel and is now showing at the Pax theatre.
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Alabama
Ince
United States Revenue
Thomas H. Ince
Uncle Sam
Department of Justice
United States
Coddy Jakes
Mr. Ince
Pax Theatre
Decline in Kansas winter wheat acreage reported
TOPEKA Kansas December 4 A state board of agriculture report shows a drop in winter wheat acreage by 1 826 410 acres. The release stresses timely mail handling guidance for postal customers and cautions against mailing practices.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
State Board of Agriculture
Local clubs schedule meetings and sales this week
The Women's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist church meets with Mrs A W Bailey for an oyster supper at the County Home. The D A regular business session is announced. The C club east of West Chester hosts a kid party at C G Seaberry home. Baptist Ladies plan a hake sale bazaar at Peterson Flower Shop. Nineteenth Century Club gathers with Mrs W W Bowers. Alina Hearne Holland Missionary Society to hold their annual bake sale at Barclay grocery.
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Marshalltown
Perkins Hospital
Chris Swartz
Lewis Poward Wiley
Racheal Zelma Starr
Baptist Parsonage
Kern
Presbyterian Church
Ad Club
Rotarians
Lion's Club
Commercial Club
T. S
Pleasant Plains Missionary Society
EE. QO. W
Nellie Crone
W. C. Harding
Delta Alpha
Methodist Church
Ainsworth Methodist Church
Rural Women's Club
Sam McKee
Women's Missionary Society of the Second United Presbyterian Church
W. A. Carson
Women's Missionary Society of the Christian Church
BE. P. Poss
Catholic Daughters of America Sewing Circle
Thomas Wheelan
West Chester Baptist Sunday School
St. Paul's Evangelical Church of Washington
Martin Weston
Fred Reid
South
Iowa Avenue
Lauder Kennedy
The
G. W. Wallace
Women's Missionary Society
First United Presbyterian Church
D. N. Anwyl
Valley School
Women's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Shoreh
A. W. Bailey
D. of A's
Peterson
Nineteenth Century Club
W. W. Bowers
Alina Hearne Holland
Local church supper and lecture events announced
The Methdist church hosts a Thursday supper and a lecture course at the Opera House with Columbia Concert Co on Friday December 7. Seasonal tickets cost 1.75 for three numbers. single admission is 75 cents. Mrs Harry Margolin and daughter Joellen visit Hawarden grandparents in Iowa City as a granddaughter interacts with business.
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Columbia Concert Co
Opera House
Harry Margolin
Joellen
Hawarden
Will Celebrate 19th Year in Business
The Rebhechld store marks its nineteenth anniversary in Washington with an anniversary sale. A towering cake on display will be served to visitors and free gifts are offered. The firm notes nineteen years in the city since purchasing the Mercer and Chilcote store and later moving to the current south side location.
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Rebhechld
Washington
Mercer & Chilcote
Johnson's Grocery
Rothschild
Iowa High School Essay Contest Promises $1000 in Prizes
The Iowa Federation of Women's Clubs announces a statewide essay contest for high school pupils to stir local history interest. Prizes total $1000 funded by the State Historical Society of Iowa with judging by district and state committees.
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Iowa
Iowa Federation of Women's Clubs
State Historical Society of Iowa
Iowa History and Landmarks Committee
State of
Lowa History and Landmarks Committee
Mra
H. C. Houghton, Jr
Red Oak
Iowa Federation of Women’s Clubs
H. C. Taylor
Bloomfield
State Historical Society of
Iowa City
Prize essay contest prompts true community history tale
First prize is 150 dollars, second prize 100 dollars, third prize 50 dollars. Essays must exceed 2000 words and cover a story from the writer’s community history. The story should be inspired by Herbert Quick’s Vandemark's Folly or The Hawkeye.
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Herbert Quick
Essay Contest Awards Highlight Iowa Theme
The group announces three third prize essays at 850 words each with a limit of 1500 words. An additional $100 prize may go to the best of the three first prize essays if judged worthy by the panel.
University hosts former presidents on campus visit
On the Iowa City campus the State University of Iowa welcomes two former presidents and the current president Dr. Thomas H. Macbride and Walter A. Jessup. The event highlights the university's leadership lineage and ongoing academic programs.
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Iowa City
Dee. B
McLean
State University of Iowa
Thomas H. Macbride
Walter A. Jessup
New Jersey Once Known as Nova Caesarea
A historical note records that New Jersey was once called Nova Caesarea, reflecting an early name used in colonial times and its Latin meaning of New Castle. The entry highlights a period when European scholars and mapmakers referenced the region with this scholarly designation.
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Jersey
Nova Caesarea
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