New Year Celebrations and Notices Across Town
Social events fill the holiday pages with dinners and dances. Mrs Leslie McFarland hosts for Miss Ating Reiner with 16 guests while Miss Ophelia Miller honors Alice Gibson. Mrs Oscar Sheetz hosts a surprise party for her husband as the New Year begins. Committees, clubs, and a large New Year ball at the Commercial Club showcase town life with dinners, dances, and community gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie McFarland
Ating Reiner
Moline
Illinois
Ophelia Miller
Cora Teeter
Miss Miller
Alice Gibson
Ty Barbara Miller
Oscar Sheetz
Commercial Club
Ray Bell
B. O. Mouser
Emmette Hamm
Allan Fickling
Ernest Fisher
Emma Maple
Social Calendar January 8 to 10
Community clubs and church groups schedule events from January 8 to 10. Daughters of the American Revolution meet at Mrs George Morrison’s home. Officer installations lined up at Masonic Hall and Castle Hall. Booster club hosts, and meetings of Royal Neighbors, Kolah club, Harmony club, and Pleasant Plains missionary society planned. Moose Hall social, Hoyow Campfire girls, and various mission societies listed. Use want ads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daughters of the American Revolution
George Morrison
Order of the Eastern Star
Masonic Hall
Pythian Sisters
Castle Hall
Oddfellows
Rebekah
L. B. Larson
Walter Statler
Kolah Club
Louis Beard
Harmony Club
Pleasant Plains Missionary Society
Lucy _ Berdo
Finch
Just Us Club
Gust Bramer
FE. O. W. Club
P. BE. O
M. Keck
Homer Darbyshire
Irene DeLong
Moose Hall
Moosehart
Roy Bauer
West Chester
J. H. Baird
Young Women's Missionary Society
Second United Presbyterian Church
O. L. Dayton
Independent Club
Hampton
Women's Missionary Society of the Christian Church
Oscar Jugenheimer
Rebekah Club
S. M. McCleery
Women's Missionary Society
First United Presbyterian Women's Missionary Society
The
Presbyterian Church
W. M. Keeley
Women Leaders and Roles Across Society
A survey highlights prominent women: Miss Be Pearl Cartmill is Illinois examiner of small loan agencies, Miss Alta Norton travels ten miles daily to school, Miss Nannie Beatrice Roach handles twenty million dollars yearly as a state land department cashier, Mrs Oriko Komatsu lauded as a beauty in Japan, Mrs Charlotte Cameron notes African discovery of coiffure, Miss Edna B Rowe's textbooks used worldwide, and Alexa Stirling transitions from golf champion to bond saleswoman while balancing business commitments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. 8. Elton
State Music Federation
Music Department
Music Federation
Rolleal
Edward MacDowell
Nellie L. Tripp
Valse de Barret
Poldini
Carolyn McCleery
Bird of June
Forster Marion McLaughlin
J. J. Minick
Olive Margaret
Edwin William Nelson
Morriosa
St. Garloth's
Mary Minick
George Edie
Edgewater Beach
Chicago
Washington
Washington High School
Presbyterian Hospital
Menominee
Michigan
Chicago College of Dental Surgery
Delta-Sigma Delta Fraternity
Nelson
Alliance
Ohio
Walnut Avenue
BE. Pearl Cartmill
State of
Illinois
United States
Oklahoma
Nannie Beatrice Roach
State Land Department
Alexa Stirling
Ss. W. Strauss &Co
New York City
Promises and Promises in Child Training
A column on early education flags the habit of keeping promises in children, citing examples of broken assurances from adults and kids. It urges vigilance and links reliable everyday choices to future responsibility, noting a National Kindergarten Association push for more kindergartens nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark City
Sally Brown
Mamma
Sally
Sarah
National Committee For Chamber of Commerce Co-operation
Public
Chambers of Commerce
National Kindergarten Association
8S West
40Th Street
New York City
I Dot at Fox Theatre Shifts Laughter to Walls
Harold Lloyd stars in I Do a distinct comedy with Mildred Davis and two children as newlyweds night care for two quiet kids. The Fox Theatre show includes a burglar scare and eerie sounds, promising broad humor amid a tense domestic setup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Lloyd
Associated
Fox Theatre
Mildred Davis
Dr Edwards Olive Tablets Promise Clear Complexion
Dr F M Edwards longtime Ohio physician used a vegetable olive oil tablet to aid liver and bowel function. The product named Dr Edwards Olive Tablets claimed to purify the system and improve skin tone with nightly use. It was sold in 15 or 30 cent sizes as a cosmetic health aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F.M. Edwards
Dr. Edwards
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Endorsed in Portland Letter
A Portland Indiana woman shares a testimonial praising Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for her daughter's irregularity and pains. The letter urges mothers to guard daughters' health and cautions against overwork and cold feet while recommending the product for similar symptoms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Indiana
Lydia Binkham
Stella Newton
R. R
Lydia E. Pinkham
Perfume Spending and Prussian Coronation Jewels
Arabian women spend 500 to 1000 dollars annually on perfumes. Sophia Charlotte wore jewels valued above a million thalers at her 1701 coronation as Queen of Prussia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sophia Charlotte
Prussia
Also Mentioned on This Page
Washington County
TEL
Mrs. Marsh William Hailey
Orville Elder
Otto Dede
Baltimore
Maryland
Buckley
Barbara Miller
Clarice Wenzell
Eleanor Bailey
Robert L. Brown
Des Moines Register
Women's Home Missionary Society of the Methodist Church
A. M. Weaver
W. Main St
J. C. Wright
Barker
Veda Stryker
Women's Home Missionary Society
Providence
Rhode Island
Julia Cavender
Alice Shaver
Dickerson
Will White
Avis
Hazel Baker
Shubert Orchestra
George Bickford
Donald Watson
Henrietta Beyer
Pilotseburg
Mrs. Fisher
Miss Hetty
Hetty
Lois Brown
Hanna Welch
Helen Woods
Lillian Brown
Dale Ebner
Heatrice Baird
E. J. Harmeier
Carolyn Hamilton
Sara Grimes
Marion McLaughlin
Miss Harvey
MacbDowell
MacDowell
Helen Harvey
Bible Department
Fortnighdly Club
Belgian Congo
Ohio Federation of Women's Clubs
Oriko Komatsu
Washington Arms
Japan
Charlotte Cameron
Bessie Bruggeman
St. Louis
U. S
Employers’ Compensation Commission
Edna B Rowe
Toledo
World
Pliny
Rome
Joseph Raphael de Lamar
Alice Antionette de Lamar
New York
Matilda Scott
Lucrezia Borgia
Alfonzo d’Este
Jack
Mother
Kel
Kelloggs
Kellogg’s
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