Women's Missionary Society Holds Yule Meeting at Stewart Home
The Presbyterian Church Women end December gathering at Mrs C W Stewart marked by Yuletide decor and Chinese curiosity display. Mrs J W Fitzwilliam led devotionals and papers on Moslem work and Persia. Margaret Moninger received honorary secretaryship for missionary education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church
C. W. Stewart
JW. Mo Fitzwilliam
A. M. Cowsden
Nora Dewey
Pran
Persia
Community Club Hosts Holiday Dance at Moore Residence
A youth party at Raymond Moore's home on North Iowa avenue featured dancing to the Banjo Boys Ray Simpson and Owen Boileau. Refreshments were served by Mrs. Hugh Piper. P. E. O. Chapter 1 met at Mrs T L Brookhart's home with a Christmas themed program led by Mrs F L Wilson discussing Christmas in other lands and a desert Christmas tale by Mrs Joa Stewart. Next meeting set for Jan 15.
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John Miller
Altho
Jay
Charles Kerr
Miller
Edith
Merritt Booth
Will Phillips
Department of Home Economics
J. D. McLaughlin
PD. J. Patterson
Clara Darbyshire
H. W. Russell
Council Blafts
Raymond Moore
Iowa Avenue
Banjo
Ray Simpson
Owen Boileau
Hugh Piper
T. L.brookhart
F. L. Wilson
England
Norway
Spein
Saa
Hawaii
Joa’ Stewart
Christmas events fill Haskins church calendar
A series of Christmas charity events and meetings are listed for December 20 across Haskins area churches. An evening play and oyster supper at Haskins church starts 7:2 with free admission, and members are urged to bring candy or cookies for a children's hospital drive. Various groups including Egypt and Salem districts, Valley Ladies Aid, Prairie Flower Missionary Society, P. H. club, and Past Noble Grand Circle announce meetings or fundraisers with specified times and required materials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haskins Church
C. C
M. E. Church of West Chester
Children’s Hospital
Coiges
Roher
Lindenmeyer
Prairie Flower Missionary Society
Christmas gatherings and meetings announced for community groups
The independent club and families plan a Christmas exchange at Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Palmer home on Dec 21. The Rebekah supper is set for Dec 21 with serving starting at 5 36 PM and a program after supper. Dionaea Shrine No 10 W S of J meets Dec 20 at 8 PM in the Masonic temple with bulleting and full attendance urged. Fortnightly club art department meets at the city library Tuesday at 2 30 PM.
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Ladies Social Union of
New Haven Church
Lillie Mangold
Bible Department
F. L. Wilson
P. H. Club
Leslie Gates
Independent Club
F. E. Palmer
Rebekah
W. S. of J
Masonic Temple Tuestle
Floods maroon hundreds in Birmingham after heavy rainfall
Heavy rains flood the south central region leaving 200 ne groes marooned in Birmingham. Lindbergh, on his second day in Mexico, visits Calls and accepts a route through Central America to Cuba before returning home. Britain pays 92,575,960 dollars on wartime debt to the U.S. treasury.
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Birmingham
Mexico
Lindbergh
Calls
Central America
Cuba
Bake sale and bazaar held by Jacksonite 4-H club
Edith Jarrard presides as club members sell articles they made at a bake sale and bazaar at Washington Cleaners. Local shoppers flock to Biklen’s for Christmas candy while updates note staffing and hours. Herman Willison, injured near town, is reported not as seriously hurt as first thought and is expected to recover.
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Jacksonite
Edith Jarrard
Washington Cleaners
Herman Willison
Pilier
Wis
Rock Island
Homestead Farm notes and river of local life in December issue
Community letter from Homestead Farm writer Alvin Hasty recalls scripture selections in the Evening Journal, praises readers' humor and wit, and shares local incidents. It recounts a автомобиль accident involving Joe Chez and Frank Chez substitutes, rescue teamwork, and a glimpse at Wassonville cemetery and Lime Creek headstones dating to 1847 and earlier.
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Homestead Pfarm
Fuéning
Evening Journal
Washington
Tennessee
Bro
Macon
Joe Chez
Frank Chez
Automobile Erie
Brades
John
Washington County
Wassonville
Morrow Coffey
Hull
Wasson
McFarland
Lime Creek
Weilman
Dan McFarland
Rattlesnake bite ends promising life in 1847
Report recalls the death of Lian McFarland after a Diamond Rattlesnake he handled in a timber tract near Wassonville fatally bit his right hand. Despite skilled care he died from the venom. Other notes mention Mrs. Hazel Mathess and Raymond Hasty in a subscription contest, a Guernsey milker, scarlet fever in two girls, and a Sunday sermon on divorce by Rev. Brown citing world flesh and the Devil.
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McFarland
Wassonville
Young McFarlandt
Lian McFarland
Warren Mathess
Raymond
Rose Hasty
Hazel
Raymond W. Hasty
Mr. Busby
Washington
Jersey
William
Godfrey Sommers
Guernsey
Soe
Walker
Joe Vodiska
S. S.e
Brown
The
Baptist
West Chester J. 1, Dayton Correspon West Chester Iowa snow night car trouble
Four young men from Oskaloosa traveling to Iowa City for a basketball game were stranded in West Chester due to bad roads. They stayed overnight, heard the game on the radio, and faced cars stuck in mud and ditch conditions as the thaw melted. Charlie Houck is mentioned among local references.
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West Chester
Oskaloosa
Iowa City
Th. J
Dave Mlanehlin
West Ches
Washington
Fiddler on the Freight and Town Talk in Keota
A jumbled diary-like narrative recalls Hotel Keota, a freight train ride, and a colorful encounter with a fiddle playing Negro in a stock car. Debates on cattle prices, insurance, and the meaning of money mix with rural reflections and local characters.
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Hotel Keota
Keota
Glascock
Judge Dewey
George Rudiger
New York
Rudiger
Wes’ Ches
Tudiver
Chicago
Henry Ford
Why Rogers Still Has the Guest Room
Mexico City dispatch notes humorist Will Bowers recounting an embassy stay during Col. Charles Lindbergh's visit. Ambassador Morrow refused to move Lindbergh, saying the guest room was not enough. Rogers explains he remains in the guest room.
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Mexico City
Will Bowers
Col
Charles Lindbergh
Eest
Lindbergh
Ambassador Morrow
Rogers
Commandery Elects New Year's Officers
Bethlehem commandery Knights Templar elected new officers for the year. Elected were W. Co Rell eminent commander P. J. Wallace generalissimo W. T. Carson captain general D. L. Carbaugh senior warden Dr Ray H. Dean junior warden Charles Dean junior warden Charles Freding prelate George L. McDaniel treasurer Arthur Goodin recorder and others recommended to the temple building committee with one chosen for committee membership.
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Bethlehem
Knights Templar
W. Co Rell
P. J. Wallace
W. T. Carson
D. L. Carbaugh
Ray H. Dean
Charles Dean
Charles Freding
George L. McDaniel
Arthur Goodin
George W. Brown
J. L. Kennedy
G. S. Kerr
Temple Building Committee
Continued Cold Ahead for Iowa Across Weekend
Des Moines dispatch reports another frigid period with sub zero readings in Charles City, Sioux City and Dubuque. Des Moines records 2 below with Davenport and Keokuk near zero as light snow falls in the northeast counties amid forecasts of no warming.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Weather Bureau
Charles City
Sioux City
Dubuque
Davenport
Keokuk
Seventh impeachment charge against Oklahoma governor
Oklahoma City December 17 a seventh impeachment bill charging moral turpitude was considered by the insurgent house after testimony against Governor Henry Johnson and his confidential secretary Hammonds. The house committee asked the senate to probe the supreme court proceedings deeming the legislature illegal. William Franklin former supreme court clerk testified Johnson was under Hammonds influence and described his dependence on her.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Oklahoma
House of Representatives
Henry §. Johnson
O. Hammonds
House
Senate
State Supreme Court
William H. Franklin
Supreme Court
Johnson
Hammonds
Darling
One Vote Decides Roland Lighting Election
Roland Iowa voters approved a plan to buy electricity from Iowa Railway and Light Co of Cedar Rapids by a margin of 184 to 183 at a special election. Roland previously owned its distribution and had tied to Story City municipal power. voters rejected renewing that contract and had blocked Cedar Rapids contract in prior ballots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roland
Dees
Iowa Railway and Light Company
Cedar Rapids
Story City
Coal Floods Track Delays Northwestern Railroad Freight
In Lowden Iowa a coal chute failed to close at the Chicago and Northwestern coal bin, causing hundreds of tons to spill onto the tracks and delaying trains five hours while workers cleared the coal. A freight engine and several cars were surrounded by coal during the disruption.
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Lowden
Northwestern Railroad
Funeral arrangements for Frank Butsler announced
The Futsler Emeral Tt was announced in connection with Frank Butsler’s funeral. Casket viewing will be at the Goodin funeral parlors this evening and Sunday until the service. Services are set for 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Goodin parlors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Futsler Emeral Tt
Frank Butsler
Goodin
House Votes Deep Tax Reduction Amid Contested Proposals
The House approved a 28.77 million tax cut by 866 to 24, surpassing the administration’s limit by 65 million. Mellon’s proposals on small corporations, surtax scaling, estate tax repeal, and other taxes were rejected. Navy critic Magruder spoke before the House committee, threatening coast defense reductions. Republicans and insurgents advance party unity in the Senate. Treasury says U S war debt wiped out by one billion in a year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Representatives
Mellon
Treasury
United States
Used telephone poles for sale in sets of five
For sale used telephone poles in sets of five at 50e each. Also available used cross arms from Washington Telephone Co. 2H21% delivered as noted.
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Washington Telephone Co
Complete evidence in the Remus case in Cincinnati
In Cincinnati Ohio on December 17 the Remus murder trial closed its evidence stage at 12 07 pm The last witness Dr Charles Ke Kiely testified that Remus was sane on October 6 when he shot and killed his wife Imogene The defense and prosecution presented expert testimony from physicians and alienists ранее
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Cincinnati
George Remus
Charles KE. Kiely
Remus
Imogene
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