Mary Ellan Lytle Delights B P Club With Ukulele
On a stormy night Mary Ellan Lytle sang and accompanied herself on the ukulele, entertaining the B P Club as Luther Bowers and William Sartor staged a clever stunt. The stunt committee decided to move the next meeting to next Wednesday for Christmas vacation and to hold a Christmas party.
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Mary Ellan Lytle
Merle Lytle
Mary Ellan
B. and P. Club
Luther Bowers
William Sartor
Community notices and upcoming lodge and church events
Announcements include Masons Ottumwa lodge inviting Washington lodge to a Dec 15 meeting where past masters will confer the third degree. Eureka church hosts a box and candy social on Dec 9. Lexington ladies and society hold a mother and daughters meeting Dec 29 with a bring-your-own food and sandwich potluck. D A R donations for Council Bluffs Orphans Home due by Saturday. Presbyterian Congregational social at the church Friday at 7:30. Baptist bazaar items to the organizer or church Friday after noon. Wellston school plans a program and candy social Friday Dec 9.
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Ottumwa
Washington Lodge
Fred H. Bey
Lexington Ladies and Society
Mother’s and Daughters
Chrismas Exchange
The
Valley St. Paul's Evangelical Ladies Aid Society
W R C Joins Charity Drive and Club Notices
The W R C plans to send a barrel of fruit and jelly to the Marshall town home with donations accepted at the corps room by Thursday December 8 or by calling Mrs Glenn Hayes president. The Friendship club meets at Alvin Shaw’s home Friday at 6 30 pm bringing silver dishes for a potluck. The Ladies Aid of the Methodist church holds a Friday meeting with needles and thimble requested and a short Christmas program before the business session.
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Susan Coffey
West Chester
M. F
Mamie Confer
Hattie Ross
Ethel Bauer
Mary Roses
Bessie Bauer
Conger
Ethel Sprague
Marshalltown
Glenn Hayes
Friendship Club
Alvin Shaw
Ladies Aid of the Methodist Church
Community church notices and events listing
The Ladies Aid Society of the U P church meets Friday December 9 at 2 30 for a Christmas program inviting all ladies. A youth play That’s One on Bill and a candy social are planned at Glendale school on Tuesday December 13 at o’clock, boxes invited. Community church bazaars and suppers announced with dates December 5 10 and 13 plus related club meetings and postponements.
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Glendale
Madelon Givans
Obituary for Rodger Norman Bean of Ainsworth
Rodger Norman Bean son of Mr and Mrs Norman F Bean of Ainsworth died Monday morning after a brief illness of bronchial pneumonia and heart trouble He was born June 12 1927 and is survived by his parents three sisters Mary Louise Geneva Mae and Phyllis Elaine and many relatives The family thanks neighbors and friends for assistance and floral offerings Card of Thanks signed Mr and Mrs Norman Bean and family
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Rodger Norman Bean
Norman F. Bean
Ainsworth
Mary Louise
Geneva Mae
Phyllis Elaine
Norman Bean
Canners Convene in Cedar Rapids for 1928 Convention
More than 100 members of the Iowa Nebraska canners association gather in Cedar Rapids for a two day convention. Delegates will discuss 1928 acreage costs future sales and memberships.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa-Nebraska Canners Association
Breakfast Recipes Promote Nourishing Start to Day
Dietetic guidance stresses breakfast as essential for energy and health. It offers menus for active workers and reads like a historic kitchen feature with recipes for Egg Muffins Cracked Wheat with Raisins Waffles and more including fruit emphasis and practical notes on serving prunes and citrus for vitamins.
Driver Held After Collision That Killed Woman
H W Voespel of Clinton faces three charges after a coroner's jury recommended indictments for criminal negligence drunken driving and driving at a high rate of speed in a crash that killed Mrs. Walter E Daniels of Seymour Wisconsin. Daniels was pinned under a burning car and died.
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Clinton, Ia
H. W. Voespel
Clinton
Walter E. Daniels
Seymour
Wis
Plan for reorganizing Iowa state college governing board proposed
President R M Hughes outlined a tentative plan to rotate and limit terms for board members including relief for Prof G B McDonald who chaired the group that raided the Sigma Chi house. Fraternity presidents would take on more discipline duties with faculty conferences for misconduct and faculty advisers to each fraternity under the proposal.
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Ames
Iowa State College
Sigma Chi Fraternity
R. M. Hughes
Hughes
G. B. McDonald
McDonald
Sigma Chi
Reorganization Plans for Iowa State Teachers Association
Des Moines December 8 The Iowa State Teachers association forms a committee led by B C Berg to study reorganization plans. Members include F J Farmer and C A Kittrell with F T Vasey as sponsor. A preliminary report will be shown at Spring district meetings and final recommendations at the state gathering in Des Moines on November 1 9 and 10.
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Des Moines
Iowa State Teachers Association
F. T. Vasey
Mason City
B. C. Berg
Fred J. Farmer
Storm Lake
Charles A. Kittrell
West Liberty
Interstate Board Seeks Expanded Rail Powers From Congress
The Interstate Commerce Commission urged Congress to broaden railroad regulation in its annual report. It called for penalties on offering bribes to railroad employees, mandatory use of steel underframes in passenger trains, and limits on consolidations without commission approval. It also sought authority to disapprove deals not serving the public interest and to require railroads to provide facilities for engineers.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Congress
Midwest Snow Storm Leaves States in Crisis
Heavy blizzard swept the middle west with sub zero cold across all counties. Des Moines reported record cold as Cedar Rapids lost about a thousand telephones and service outages mounted statewide. Rail and bus travel faced disruptions while a fire at the Western Silo plant caused $80,000 in damage. No fatalities were reported early today.
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Fort Dodge
Des Moines
Oelwein Sa
le Mars
Spirit Lake
Western Silo Company
Iowa
State Weather Bureau
Sioux City
State Bureau
Spencer
Cedar Rapids
Velma West pleads not guilty in husband killing
Velma West 21 pleads not guilty to first degree murder in Plainfield Ohio case. Judge Helter schedules preliminary hearing for Monday after confession and details of a fatal early morning beating in Edward West's bedroom emerge.
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Plainesville O
Velma West
Helter
Edward West
Velma
West
Cleveland
Prosperity Wave Receded Says Mellon in Annual Report
Secretary Mellon told Congress that America’s prosperity has receded to a normal level with sound fundamentals. He cited rising check payments by 3 percent over 1926, continued large construction, stronger purchasing power, and gains in utilities and motors while noting declines in iron and steel and overall activity from 1926. He urged a 225 million tax cut and broader tax administration reforms.
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Washington
America
Secretary of Treasury
Mellon
Congress
United States
Federal Reserve System
District of Columbia
United Sates
Prohibition Bureau
Coast Guard
Public Health Service
Customs Bureau
Coeds Ordered to Stop Smoking at Ames College
Ames college coeds were ordered by the faculty two years ago to quit smoking cigarettes. The move reflects campus health policy and student behavior standards reported in the record.
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Ames, Ta
Dec. S
Edict Blocks Men Offering Women Cigarettes on Campus
President M Hughes proclaims ads banning men from offering women cigarettes in Iowa State College. The campus newspaper notes a two year rule against co ed smoking but the faculty did not publish the order in the college rule book.
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M. Hughes
Iowa State
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Pythian Sisters
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Rose Matucha
E. S
Vina Manussie
E. J. Nancy Dewey
Gladys Crone
Emma Jones
Katherine Greenfield
Louise Pratt
Hannah Hayes
Goldie Mayo
Carl Keck
P. L. Etter
Vatican
Hazel Meek
Harold Brilev
South Seconda Avenue
Coralie Brilev
Business and Professional Woman's Club
Homer Stephen
Eureka
Council Bluffs
Eva Smeltzer
Wellston
Jane Lechner
Ladies Aid Society of
U. P. Church
Prairie Flower Church
Anna Dawson
New Haven ‘Social Union
Ames Board OF Governors
Interstate Board
Middle West
Wilson
W. W. Wilson
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