Rocking Chair Brigade Meeting Recalls Spelling, Cartoons
The Stewart PTA meeting featured a spelling contest, guest remarks by Rev Kerr and Billy Cox from California on animation, plus socializing with coffee, doughnuts, and Bingo. Louise Henely discussed her South America trip at Fortnightly Club events afterward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Patterson
John Putnam
Helen Thompson
Jean
Missy
Johnnie
Mary
Louise Heneley
Grinnell
South America
Eastwood
England
Arkansas
Iowa
Dawson Girls
Roosevelt Jr. starts law clerk job in New York firm
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr the president’s son began a 40 dollar a week law clerk post in a Wall Street firm. Firm members said the Virginia law school graduate sought the job without any special letters of introduction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
New York
Wall Street
Young Roosevelt
University of Virginia Law School
Friends Charivari Bride and Groom in Home at Shiloh
Congratulatory notes greet Mr and Mrs Melvin Donaldson after their recent marriage. About twenty neighbors held a charivari Monday evening at Shiloh with a social gathering and treats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shiloh
H. J. Schoonover
Melvin Donaldson
Homer Coppock
Teddy
Kathleen
Charleston
Illinois
Howard Sigafoose
James Marsh
Lester Neff
Wayland
Sam Marsh
Dale Atkinson
Herman Marion
Helen Coats
David
Rock Island
Fred Showalters
Moline
Roland Armstrong
Judith Arlene
William Caldwell
Mr. Donaldson
L. B. Donaldson
Byron Swift
Orville Caldwell
Billy
Catherine Caldwell
Ellen
Mary
Marilyn
Joan Schoonover
Pauline Schantz
Dave Schantz
Harold Beendlossom and
Mack Beenblossom
Washington
Ross van Nostrand
Myra
United Presbyterian Church
Eat Jar Too
A natural fruit shell from oranges or grapefruit filled with orange honey jelly and citrus marmalade allows consumption of both the jar and its contents.
Sparrow Dies in Car Crash Near Wapello
Orville Sparrow 50 of Columbus Junction dies when his car leaves highway 61 near Wapello and overturns several times. A companion is badly bruised with a broken nose. Sparrow owned a service station and tomato canning factory. Burial planned in Lomax Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Butler
Columbus Junction
Orville Sparrow
Wapello
Sparrow
Illinois
J. C. Richie
Mortician
Lomax
Main Street
Columbus
Ilinois
Kenneth McCoy
Witch balls as superstition in glassmaking era
About 125 years ago witch balls were popular for divination. Glass makers found curved ball shapes reflected distant objects grotesquely, akin to a crystal ball, earning them the name witch balls for their alleged supernatural power.
Roosevelt Names Sherman Minton Administrative Assistant
President Roosevelt names Sherman Minton, 50, of Indiana as an administrative assistant with a $10,000 annual salary. Minton previously served as a Democratic whip in the Senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Sherman Minton
Indiana
Roosevelt
Minton
Scouts Mourn Founder of the Boy Scout Movement
Lord Baden-Powell 83 a genius of British arms and founder of the Boy Scout movement died at Nyeri his home in Kenya Colony South Africa He was 83 years old and world renowned for organizing scouting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Putnam
Harry Ramseyer
Stewart P. T. A
Boy Scout Movement
Lord Baden-Powell
Nyeri
Kenya
South Africa
Wellman Lodges Install Officers In Wellman
Wellman reports a joint installation of Odd Fellows and Rebekah officers attended by about 175 people. Washington staff led by District Deputy President Mrs. Ralph Zeck and Deputy Grand Master John McGill installed both lodges officers for the next six months. A banquet followed with refreshments and a dance by Charles Fritz and his orchestra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellman Oda
Irvin Goodwin
Orlo Green
Noble Grand
Delbert Maxwell
William Waggaman
Arthur Rugg
Verlin Nickell
Merle Enfield
E. A. Wetrich
Ralph Bringman
Bud Nickell
T. W. Zillmer
Ward Wetrich
Rebekah
Olivia Schlabaugh
Hazel Enfield
Edith Wade
Mae Wetrich
Ina Jones
Mary Griffith
Livvia Schlabaugh
Stella Beil
Flowers
Lillie Walton
Lillian Glanz
Anna Herr
Nellie Eckhardt
Eunice Birkey
Elizabeth
Ollie Schachner
Gertrude Griffith
Drape
Tressa Yoder
Viola Bash
Edna Miller
Arline Patterson
Mabel Wagamon
Lelia Goodwin
Ruth Bull
Marshall
Ida Nickell
Phoebe Hoefert
Jessie White
Vera Kos
Noble
Ray Box
Washington
Ralph Bull
Jay White
Arthur Wright
Omer Green
Charles Fritz
Coppoch and neighbors note steady summer routines
Nichols of Burlington visited his father over the weekend. Ben Ricks and Ralph Kauffman did their summer butchering Tuesday. Henry Taylor of Washington stayed several days with Mr and Mrs D G Simpson. News remains scarce on activities around Coppoch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coppock
Paul Nichols
Burlington
BE. BE. Nichols
Ben Ricks
Ralph Kauffman
Henry Taylor
Washington
D. G Simpson
Presidents Heads of Early States and Texas
Presidents were the title of the chief executives in Delaware New Hampshire South Carolina and Texas under early constitutions South Carolina changed to governor in 1778 Delaware and New Hampshire did so in 1792 Texas kept the title president until statehood in 1845.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delaware
New Hampshire
South Carolina
Texas
Potato Rings and Their Use in 18th Century Tables
Potato rings or dish rings were ornamental stands for circular wooden bowls to protect polished mahogany tables from heat. Invented by Irish silversmiths in the late 1700s, they were typically placed at the table center during meals to hold various fishes.
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Detective Pee
Ellery Queen
Margaret Lindsay
Charley Grapewin
James Burke
Michael Whalen
FOX
Charles Starrett the Pioneers Kid
Rocking Chair
Rev
Kerr
Brigade
Mickey Mouse
Mickey
Minnie Mouse
Billy Cox
Golden West
Hazel” McBurney
Carl Kelly
K. C
Shoheart
Hugh Boya
Kelly
H. B. Case
Tennessee
Mrs. McBurney
Hazel
California
Bill
Phil Weldin
Leslie Gates
Bob
Kimball Gates
Carlton Wilson
Pickens
Thermas
Will Palmer
William Sartor
Cherie McElhinney
Here
F. D. Roosevelt, Jr
U.S. Military Academy
Wellman Lodges
Rebekahs
Grand
Eva Wagamon
Margariet Moothart
Hortense Wilson
Lillian Glauz
Nevada Rampelberg
Helen Ihrig
Ruth Bringman
Elizabeth Wright
Cora Longwell
Nina Johnson
Bernice Brown
Ida Nichel
Allie Green
Hagel Enfield
Marie Maxwell
Bernice Nickell
Ronald Dold
Marsh
Fred
G. F. Dold
Eugene Mann
Mt Pleasant
Charles Davison
Geral Sieff
Larry
Gleede Dold
Howard Zihlman
Ill
A. L. Zihlman
Harry Miller
Lester Nicola
Merrimac
Earl Nicola
Harold Miller
Mt. Pleasant
Carl Scarff
Shirley
Ben Neff
Eugente Mann
John Vansant
Fairfield
Evelyn Dold
London
United States
Paternoster Row
Old Bailey
St. Paul's Cathedral
Dayton Tax Service
Loan & Trust
Presidents
Lemley & Yard Insurance Agency
North Iowa Ave
Lewis Jeter
Jeter
Harold Berg
United Mattress Company
Washington Lumber and
Pioneer Yard
Jim White
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