Community dinner and New Year gatherings spread across Grace Hill
Grace Hill members hosted a New Year dinner at the Community building with about 45 guests. The event featured elections for church officers, a $1 treasury balance, a $14.90 birthday box donation to an orphanage, and plans for a mince-pie social to benefit Carl Miller.
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Grace Hill
Ed Libe
Ralph Birney
Chiquiquin
Carl Miller
Mrs. Miller
Mr. Miller
Ladies Aid
Review of Iowa events in 1925 highlights politics and growth
The year 1925 in Iowa saw visits by presidential cabinet members, a booming state fair, major road building plans, and shifts in governance. Highlights include Hammill’s inauguration, major legislative activity, economic growth, athletics, and notable cultural events across Des Moines Ames and Cedar Rapids.
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Iowa
Associated Press
Presidente
W. C. Edson
Storm Lake
House
Ed H. Campbell
Battle Creek
Senate
41St General Assembly
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Merritt Greene
State Board of Education
Hammill
N. E. Kendall
Des Moines
General Assembly
State Veterans Association
Frank O. Lowdén
Chicago
Mercer
Des Moines Western League Baseball Club
Srate Central Republican Committee
Brookhart
Srate
Drake
James B. Weaver
Rodney P. Fagan
College and Highway Commission
Ames
Helen Keller
Freda R. White
The
Highway Commission
International Association of House Painters
Minnesota
Albert Lea
Minn
Hubert Utterback
Red Cross
Osceola
Washington High
Cedar Rapids
University of Iowa
Thornburg
Jack” M.hoarding
Lowell Thomas
State Dental Society
Mississippi Valley Baseball League
John WL. Griffith
Public Speaking According to Abe Martin
Abe Martin argues the public speaking scene has grown dangerous and dull audiences yearn for speakers with real messages. He mocks long lectures and notes many speakers aim for money over value, urging spontaneity and genuine content.
Giant Maine maple tree at Pryceburg Harbor gains fame
The state’s largest maple stands at the Hurd homestead in Doverland Pryceburg Harbor. Visitors stop to admire it and measure its trunk with a girth of 28 feet near ground level and 22 feet at its narrowest point.
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Maine
Doverland
Hurd
Pryceburg Harbor
Speed of Sound in Air Described in Ancient Terms
A garbled fragment discusses sound travel speed in air and references ordinary conditions. It mentions a unit of feet per second and hints at measurements or comparisons without clear figures or context. The text is incomplete and lacks concrete facts or a coherent report.
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Borhead
Church Uses Ostrich Feather Fans in Papal Processions
Description of Flabelli large ostrich feather fans carried beside the pope during certain ceremonies. Eye-like peacock feather parts are embedded in the fans to symbolize the eyes of the church.
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T W. Davidson
Washington
J. L. Mayer
South
Iowa Avenue
Frank R. Mayer
Betty
Jean
Richland
Charles J. Mayer
Dublin
Victor
G. A. Mayer
Chapin
J. H. Mayer
Madrid
Mich
Lena Mayer
Edd Mayer
Adam Mayer
Marie
Victor Wenger
Edith Carr
Shumala
Guardian
George Dowell
Esther Conger
Hilda Brown
Edna Mae Hartetan
Lucile Ross
Keda
Dorothy Dowell
Utah
Awdrey Humble
Jane Stewart
Mildred Bramer
Muth Prati
Shunala
Eva Burham
Misa Virginia Macon
South Second Ave
Catherine McConaughy
Eloise Kisor
Country Club
Joe McEkshinney
Will Fleming
BE. R. Palmer
Fleming
Sexton
Ed Beate
Tee
Ainner
Sen
Rebekahs
Mrs. Carmichael
Sandy Hook
Floyd Bowers
F. W. Eastwood
Presbyterian Church Senior Endeavor Society
Sunset Park
Seneca Dewey
Harry Jones
Helen
Perry
Elmer Jones
Madison Jones
Bernadine
Will Jones
Edna
George
Frank Scranton
Walter
Mary
Marguerite
Virginia
Wade
Robert
Howard Caldwell
Betty Ruth
Maude Jones
Ira
Ralph Jones
Steven Jones
Date
Lucille
Wayne Scranton
St. James Club
Joe Kelley
Barney O'Brien
Henrietta Whittaker
Faville
Josephine Creelman
Iowa City
Conference of Baptist Ministers
Ray KE
Johnson
Luther A. Brewer
Iowa State
William E
Pussyfoot) Johnson
American Legion
George B. Duncan
Eddie Rickenbacker
Iowa University
John D. Aue
Burlington
Iowa Daily Pregs Association
Alles
Mason City Globe Gazette
Lowa
Sigma Delta Chi
Mareh
Jey Gate
Ethel Barrymore
Tanquery
President Coolidge
Meredith
William M. Jardine
Garners
Centerville
Dante M. Pierce
Homestead
Blaine
Wisconsin
Dudley Crafin Watson
Flowa
Ottumwa
Iowa Retail Shoe Dealers Association
State Board of Ecentral
le H. Pammel
Iona
Hanford MacNider
Margaret McCauley
Harry Snodgrass
King of the Ivories
R. J. Laird
Algone
the Legion
Towa
D. A. KR
Lowa Egg and Buttermen
Illinois
Cumming
West
Waterloo
Lawton
Paul Whiteman
A. A
A. HB. Bank
Blahan-Katz
John P. White
International Mine Workers Union
Dean Marston
State Highway Commission
Cascande Township
Dubuque County
R. J. Howard
Des Moines Register
Iowa Tuberculosis Association
United States
Canada
Mexico
Iowa Farm Bureau
Jardine
L State College
Oklahoma
Sherwood Eddy
Grinnell
Kansas
Dea
Maines University
Coe
James A. Drain
Legion
Damet Bartoh
James West
Boy Scouts of America
Iowa Supreme Court
State Railroad Commission
Iowa College Press Association
41St
James Cavender
Edinburgh
Scotland
Dean C. F. Curtiss
Iowa State College
Kansas City
Frank Miles
Iowa Legionaire
F. W. Fitch
Rockefeller Foundation
Leo Novak
Cedar Rapida
Parkersboro
West Virginia
Senator Cumming
Borah
Madama Ernestine Schoman-Heink
Boy Scouts
Dickinson
Cummins
Herrick
State Horticultural Society
Towa State College
Towa State Teachers College
Sampson
Herbert Quick
Mid West Farm
Rock Island and
Great Western Railroads
State Executive Council
B. Cowles
Iowa Department of the
Priscilla Dean
Des Moines University
Iowa Federation of Womens
Siemund Spaeth
New York
Martin J. Wade
Estate Central Republican Committee
University
State College
Dunhuque
Dows-Smith-Reed Interesta
Prince of
Cosson
Associated Packing Plant
Fayette County
Europe
Iowa Wesleyan
Mississippi
L. Voss
Denison
George F. Kay
State Bankers Association
Dubuque
State Federation of Labor
Henry A. Wallace
W. Wellington
Ma. Suns
Herbert Hoover
Penn College
Willam F. Knox
American Bankers Association
Maquoketa
James A. Reed
Missouri
League of Nations
World Court
Abe Martin
Carlin
Emen
Atta
Church Syme
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