Local social notes cover Christmas gatherings and a wedding
Miss Edith Montgomery wed Raymond Stacy at her East Pleasant Plain home with family and friends attending. The piece lists numerous Christmas dinners and visits at the homes of Dempsey, Braunshausen, Underwood, Rouse, Thomassen, Phillips, Boyd, Schulty, Shalla, Guthers, and other families, noting decorations, meals, and guest movements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith Montgomery
B. J Montgomery
East Pleasant Plain
Raymond Stacy
Brighton
Lou Stacy
Harvey Moon
The
Friends Church
Pleasant Plain
Lillian Berry
Washington
Marion Genkins
Lizzie Beale
Victor Westphal
Miss Derry
Rita Ballinger
Chicago
Stacy
Brighton High School
East Pleasant Plain High School
Brown's Business University
Davenport
Social calendar notices for club meetings
EF O W club meets with Mrs Sam Miller Thursday evening with date and place change noted. W H M S of ME Church meets with Mrs Griffith at 2 30 Friday afternoon with Mrs R H Hampsher in charge and a missionary tea. Rosemary club meets with Mr and Mrs Chas Wiles Friday evening December 29 with date change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Wiley
Mable
Virginia
Sam Munson
Eunice Kyle
EF. O. W. Club
Sam Miller
ME. Shurch
Griffith
R. H. Hampsher
Rosemary Club
Mrs. Chas
Wiles
Christmas Socials and Visits Across Ainsworth Area
The column lists numerous holiday gatherings and travel among residents of Ainsworth and nearby towns. It notes Christmas dinners at multiple homes in Ainsworth, Waterloo, Wellman, Washington, Keota, and Des Moines, with family groups and visitors such as Stoger Colthurst and children, the Reaney family, the Wood and Marr households, the Pearsons, and the Roberts family. It also mentions illness stories like Billy Stewart with whooping cough and Everette Stewart with inflammatory rheumatism, plus students and teachers on Christmas break and travel plans for Wilma Pearson and Irene Gerdes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. White
D. W. Griffiths
Ainsworth
R. E Graham
Patsy
Waterloo
W. D. Roberts
Carl
Frank Leeper
Wellman
Orville Allers
Des Moines
Jolly Home
Wilma Pearson
Yarmouth
Harry Pearson
Will Palmer
Glen Davis
Keota
Billy Stewart
Slater Patty
Everette Stewart
Clarence Work
Dorothy
Charley Palmer
Washington
Wilma Palmer
Ray Pratt
J. L. Colthurst
Philip Gerdes
Irene
Raymond
Harold
John Gerdes
L. G
W. Dp. Roberts
L. L. Colthurst
Jim Crawford
Wanda Jones
Gladwin
Irene Gerdes
Iowa Success School
Ottumwa
Will Richards
Christmas Visits Across Ainsworth Area
Welcomes Blizzard and family spent Christmas day with Mrs Richards mother Mrs Fr M Smith. Several attended Christmas programs at both churches in Ainsworth. Mr and Mrs Will Dean family spent Christmas at parental M Hollinger home in West Chester. Mr and Mrs W E Frame had as their guests Christmas Mrs Hattie Coulter and John Mr and Mrs Ralph Kleese and Bob. Daryl Wood spent Saturday night with Duane White. Mr and Mrs J E Adams enjoyed a goose dinner at Will McConnell home Christmas day. Mr and Mrs Frame were in Iowa City Tuesday taking with them Mrs Robert Paul and Mrs Glen Porter. Mr and Mrs Will Den and family spent Tuesday evening with Mrs Amy Koehler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Rouse
FE. J. White
Paul Lytle
Frank Libe
Karl Libe
Madison Jones
Bernadine
Washington
Floyd Banks
Paul
Roger
Loyal
West Chester
Don F. Beatty
Marjorie
Jimmie Lee
Iowa City
Thomassen
Paul Thomassen
G. G. Thomassen
Pella
Mae Thomassen
Harry
Donald
W. A. Phillips
Clarence Phillips
Billy
Norman Lee
Sinn
L E. Nagley
Charles Kerr
Wilma
Dale
Donna
Glenn
HOUSES AT ODDS ON LIQUOR BILLS DES MOINES
Liquor committees in the Iowa legislature split on local option while agreeing on a state monopoly for wholesale and retail sales. Senate backs a consumer permit with community consent. House prefers a state control board. Fees projected to fund a $1,000,000 revolving fund, with permits expiring mid year or calendar year depending on chamber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Town House of Representatives
Senate
Frailey
Lee
House
Fabritz
Dem
Wapello
Liquor Control Board
House Committee
State Control Board
Liquor Control Commission
Talleyrand social notes from Christmas day visits
Talleyrand residents exchange calls as Mr and Mrs Elmer Van Arkle host their daughter Francine and Miss Norah Tinnes. Guests include Mr and Mrs Ross Sheets with sons Wilmer and Burrel, Joseph Ott, Anton Buch, Richard and Rosemond Redlin, at the Sheetz and Kiefer households.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike Tinnes
Nora Tinnes
Robert G. Sheetz
Ross A Sheets
Stewa Bros
Keota
Naples Mole Lighthouse Extinguished After 600 Years
The famous lighthouse on the Mole of Naples in the Mediterranean was extinguished after burning every night for 60 years. The landmark, long a beacon for mariners, ends its service amid historical tribute and local reflection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mole
Naples
Mediterranean
Decline of English Public Tennis Circa 1700
Professional tennis in England faced a decline around 1700 due to rampant betting and swindling on public courts, tarnishing the sport’s reputation and delaying its popular play on public facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Persia Had Highways 500 B. C. Signs on Roads
Per Popular Mechanics Magazine, ancient Persia boasted a network of highways dating to about 500 B.C. with permanent signs and organized routes. The article highlights early road infrastructure and signaling practices in the ancient empire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Persia
B. C
B.C
Mechantes Magazine
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dempsey
Catherine
T. J. Dempsey
Lacey
Cecile
Alice
Dc. F. Baldwin
Bertha Dempsey
Cedar Rapids
Nelle Dempsey
Omaha
George Dempsey
Kathryn Dempsey
Sioux City
Robert McNamara
J . McNamara
Connie
Jean
Adrians
John Braunshausen
Bernice Adrian
G. Adrian
W. F. Adrian
Harlan Killian
Veronica Adrian
Helen Eliott
John Theobald
A. J. Gilpin
S. J. Boyd
Lorne Schulty
Salem
Leslie Dunlap
Marjorie Schulty
Vic Schulty
Ccc
John Shalla
South
Iowa Avenue
Jo« Te Bockhorst
Leo Te Bockhorst
Charles Marek
Charles Shalla
Dwane
Dolores
FE. A. Conner
Ivan Lemley
Marek
Robert Lee
Colleen
Waukesha
Wis
Shalle
Kate Shalla
Emma Bopp
C. H. Guther
Carla
Clarence Fulton
Rothschild
Yankton, South Dakota
Rothschild’s
Fifth Avenue Fashions
SY Ellen Worth
Prosperty
United Feature Syndicate
Jac
Evening Journal
K. C. Hall
Op. A. R
Lincoln Park Zoo
Westchester
Journal Force
Journal Folk
Grand Rapids
Mich
Floyd Schachner
Pekin
Til
Stanley Hill
Little Sons
Detroit
Lindenmeyer
Clair Walters
Kalamazoo
Oral Walters
Catherine Jean
Oral
Moline
Esther
Baby
Will
Claire
Pred Morinash
Raymondville
James Griggs
Owen Kinstead
Dora Grinstead
Harold Griggs
Betty
Bruce Gardner
Lou Bauer
Mrs. Brumback
Clair G. Walters
Tandy
Geo. Statler
Smith
Earl Grizz
Mrs. Fleming
Mildred Times
Mrs
Elmer van Arkle
New Sharon
Wisconsin
Longhorn
Lbe
Ewell
Florida
Kellogg's
Washington Fruit Market
Hunk’ Anderson
Notre Dame
Elmer Layden
American Football Coaches’ Association
Elmer
Johnson's Grocery & Market
Veal
Loin & Porterhouse
Iham
Salt Lake
Éaundry
Eas Oe
Popc "Orn
Johnson
Grocery & Market
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