Festive Social Roundup Highlights Christmas Cheer
Christmas season brings numerous gatherings with Mrs. Fred Neiswanger and Miss Wandaline hosting a luncheon on South Iowa Avenue. The Loyal Friends class, Rooster club, FE. QO. W. club, and local families enjoy decorated homes, exchanges, music, and meals. Miss Hazel Fletcher weds Fred Klopfenstein in a Methodist parsonage ceremony. Ample youth parties and a new Ames dormitory project cap a season of community celebrations and news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Neiswanger
Wandaline
South
Iowa Avenue
Ed Grayson
FE. QO. W
Wee
Mary Dawson
Charles Grayssi
Grayson Home
Hazel Fletcher
Columbus Junction
Fred Klopfenstein
Methodist Church
W. W. Bowers
Grace Arthur
William Robertson
Great Water Power Tunnel Under Ben Nevis Planned
A grand water power tunnel in Scotland aims to cost about 9000,000 pounds and will be driven under Ben Nevis to carry water from Lewis Treig and Laggan to new power houses.
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Ben Nevis
Scotland
Lewis Trelg
Laggan
Loense
West Chester clubs schedule Christmas events and meetings
The Woman's Relief Corps and the Business and Professional Women's club announce regular meetings this week at the Masonic lodge and YMCA with supper at 6 15. The New Year program and Christmas exchanges are noted along with church choir notices and a Christmas sociable for the United Presbyterian church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Relief Corps of
West Chester
Business and Professional Women's Club
Wheat Prices Jump on Chicago Market Trading
Wheat prices rose sharply on the Chicago market today after government crop reports suggested U S shipments abroad. Opening bids climbed beyond yesterday's close with December delivery near 1.76 a bushel as buyers anticipated domestic needs.
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Chicago
United States
Dallas County Leads Iowa Junior Short Course Delegation
ADEL Iowa December 23 Dallas county will send the largest delegation to the Iowa State College Junior Short Course starting December 28 in Ames Local club leaders estimate about 100 from the county will participate with three buses chartered to transport the delegates.
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Adel
Iowa
Dallas County
Iowa State College
Ames
Vacation absence eclipsed by despair in civic tragedy
A brief note from the Philadelphia Inquirer contrasts ordinary missed vacations with a deeper tragedy in modern life. It argues that while people may miss leisure time, real loss lies in events that disrupt societal harmony and human welfare.
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American Mercury
Philadelphia Inquirer
Lady Sybil Middleton Faces Folkestone Chalet Turmoil
London dispatch reports Lady Sybil Middleton refuses to abandon her improvised chalet at Folkestone Cliff as locals push to push it into the sea. Her varied life includes Klondike experience, Red Cross service in Russia, and mining ventures with early paydirt returns.
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London
Sybil Middleton
Folkestone Cliff
Charlie Chaplin
Folkestone
Sybil
Canada
Dawson
South Africa
Russia
Red Cross
Irish Hockey Tour Members Panel American Demeanor
Members of the Irish Ladies Hockey Union after a U S tour report Americans are soft and luxury loving. Miss Winifred Drury says American homes use high heaters and cars, hindering athletic vigor. Miss Levingstone notes Americans wait for elevators while Irish walk. Miss Steen finds British and Irish men better turned out than in the United States.
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Irish Ladies’ Hockey Union
United States
Winifred Drury
Miss Levingstone
Steen
England
Ireland
Esoteric and Cryptic Terms Explained
The text defines cryptic as hidden or unclear and esoteric as relating to doctrines for the few, with special rites and theories intended for select disciples only. It contrasts secrecy with specialized knowledge and hints at restricted understanding.
War on the Mosquito Costs Run High for Rail Line
A major American railroad has spent about 700000 in recent years fighting malaria bearing mosquitoes aboard its routes and stations. The effort aims to curb disease spread and protect workers and passengers across key corridors.
Queen Mary Diverts From Custom For Grandson Gifts
Queen Mary buys a drum and a drum for her grandson Henry George Herbert aged nearly three, eldest son of Princess Mary Viscountess Lascelles. The gifts will be given on Christmas morning with a rule to leave noisy toys at home when visiting Buckingham Palace and the King.
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Mary
Henry George Herbert
Princess Mary
Viscountess
Lascelles
Buckingham Palace
England Considers Luxury Tax on Dining Checks
English diners resist a proposed luxury tax on cafe and restaurant bills over a set amount. Restaurateurs, led by Winston Churchill, warn such a tax would ruin their business and harm the wine trade. Patrons worry wine drinkers would suffer most.
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England
Winston Churchill
Fashioned Shades for 1926 Men’s Wear in London Orders
Buyers in London are placing orders for English and Irish woolens with import duty and local taxes adding to cost. Blacks, blues, and purples dominate the palette with browns from pale to dark for winter 1926 27. Many customers prefer samples but some request exclusive designs and full made to order goods shipped to America.
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London
America
United States
French President Doumergue Receives Marital Proposal
A Bordeaux woman writes to President Doumergue claiming wealth and loneliness, proposing marriage to the French leader at the Elysee Palace. She states she possesses about 6,000,000 francs and awaits his reply, noting his solitary grandeur.
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Paris
France
Bordeaux
Doumergue
Elysee Palace
Clemenceau Survives 1919 Bullet Wound Talks of Health
The elderly Georges Clemenceau, age 84, revealed his lungs are diminished after a 1919 assassination attempt. He said doctors warned him to cancel a January seaside trip and plans to visit La Vendee in the spring instead.
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Cottin
Cougn
Georges Clemenceau
Bratant di
Clemenceau
M. Clemenceau
Saint Vincent du Jard
la Vendee
Paris
Rue
Franklin
Prize Cup For Plymout h County Cow Test Winner
In Le Mars Iowa on December 23 Archie W Jones tester offers a silver loving cup to the farmer whose Ply mouth County Cow Test Association cow produces the greatest butterfat in the year The award follows a rule that the cow must not be milked more than twice daily.
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LE Mars
Iowa
Plymouth County Cow Test Association
Archie W. Jones
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Rather Conger
South Town Avenue
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Arthur Owensing
Jake Caldwell
Edna . Caldwell
Marjorie Green
Walter
Odel Harter
Washington
Klopfenstein
Roy Fletcher
Wyman
Joe Klopfenstein
Helen Littl
Helen
Eldine Santel
Arlys Flynn
Geraldine Springman
Zora Rhodes
Opal Hesseltine
Tommy Gray
Henry Little
Mrs. Knecht
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Jim Thompson
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Will Stafford
Howard Witting
John Reeves
Thompson
Anna Mae Conrad
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Francis McCoy
Josephine Hull
Twyla Reed
Ruth Cunningham
Ira Dunshee
Mary Pauls
Hazel Blakely
Irma Tucker
Abebie Evans
Bessie Glasgow
Ames Construction
Clinton
Eugene Moore
Malcolm Harbour
Waterloo
Dyer
Great Water
A. E. Atchison
Nation West Chester Methodist Sunday School
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Chester United Presbyteriane
Sociaky
Miriam A. Ferguson
Texas
Jim
Germany
Dayton, Tenn
Post Office
Pot Office
Mondon
Lord Ashfield
London Transportation
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Gordon Selfridge
Sr. W. Peter Rylands
Sid Edward Stockton
Hotes
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