Sunshine Club Annual Dinner Reveals Sixteen Year Anniversary
The Sunshine Community club met at Mr. and Mrs. Rifebsam’s home for a Tuesday dinner with a surprise wedding bell display marking the hosts’ sixteenth anniversary dated January 18 1911. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Krause. illness kept several families away. guests enjoyed a chicken dinner, music, games, and social time amid pink and white decorations.
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Sunshine Community Club
C. A. Rifebsam
Arthur Krause
Minstrel Revue Draws Crowds at Local Y M C A
Local notice promotes the Minstrel Revue with expert repair and upholstery by Scott and Hardin. Some good seats remain at the Y M C A for the show featuring local talent. Also a wanted ad seeks a young lady for private home work via Crawfordsville 17-21. 2915
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Scott & Hardin
Crawfordsville
Chicago Opera on Radio Tonight with Faust Act
The Chicago Civic Opera broadcasts the third act of Faust tonight at 9 across multiple stations led by Edith Mason Irene Pavloska and Charles Hackett. A gala performance broadcast is planned January 28 with time uncertain due to cast finalization.
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Chicago Civic Opera Company
WEAF
WJZ
WEEI
WBZ
WCSH
WCAF
KDKA
WJAR
WGN
KYW
KSD
WOC
Weco
WSAI
WLIT
WFI
WRC
WDAF
WWY
WGR
WTAG
WTAM
Faust
Edith Mason
Irene Pavloska
Maria “Laessens
Charles Hackett
Richard Bonelli
Yanni Marcoux
Chicago Civic Opera
Shetland Knitters Rival World Experts
The women of the Shetland islands are regarded as the finest knitters in the world. Tradition holds that Spanish sailors stranded after the Armada disaster taught the craft, influencing the islanders' distinctive knitting.
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Shetland Islands
Islands
West Chester announcements and society meetings
The Woman's Relief Corps hosts a Saturday regular meeting with officer installation. The Young Women's Missionary Society meets Monday with Mrs. Lutile Doapuls guiding the lesson. West Chever Pythian Sisters hold a Tuesday evening meeting with refreshments and a social hour. members should bring sandwiches.
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Woman's Relief Corps of
West Chester
Young Women's Missionary Society of the Methodist Church
Lutile Doapuls
Eberlins
West Chever Pythian Sisters
Gus Ross Gun Sign Becomes Washington Local Legend
A giant fourteen foot white pine gun sign in Washington Iowa, built by Gus Ross after the Civil War, drew crowds and became a famed landmark in the 70s. The weapon, later known as Old Timers, advertised the gun shop and toured local parades, even during the Spanish American War, when Ross painted WAR IS DECLARED on it. The gun, once in private hands, was loaned to relic hunters and will be turned to relatives or a historical society.
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Gus Ross
United States
Washington
Iowa
Mississippi River
Middle West
Bob Armstrong
John L. Sullivan
Smith Brookhart
Veteran's Store
The Rural Child in Education and Local School Systems
The piece analyzes American elementary education managed by local districts, contrasts independent districts with township systems, and discusses rural consolidation, funding, and teacher quality as keys to improving outcomes. It argues that well supported rural schools raise citizens prepared for life and national progress.
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Iowa
Picture framing by Scott and Hardin attracts buyers
Journal want ads report a successful picture framing service by Scott and Hardin drawing customer interest and inquiries.
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Journal
Y. Scott & Hardin
Minstrel Revue Set For Monday Afternoon Show
Let the king view the Min strel Revue Monday afternoon at 4 15. The note invites attendance for a royal display of entertainment.
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New Memorial Library
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Mary Allen Stafford
Lving
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Tom Brookhart
Hattie Briggs
Merle Lytle
Alice Bird
Maude Hott
Alice Coffin
Marian Stewart
Elia Stewart
Homer Stephen
Mary Allen
Henry Hull
Frane Rhodes
Luella Pearson
Mary Hunter
Eva Denny
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Central Park
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Myrtle Speer
Marshall
Sara Walker
Edith Hemmings
Alice Meek
Lavern Lupton
Mildred Kennedy
Della McBride
Edna Flynn
Pearl Kennedy
Ethel Knight
Teora Dodder
Carrie Thornton
Adah
Gertrude Beatty
Ruth
Grace Miller
Esther
Ruth Lemley
Martha
Alice Klippel
Electa
Cecil Slascock
Nellie Dodder
Howard McBride
Parent-Teachers Association of Lincoln School
Roy Schiebel
Peter Perdock
Howard Crozier
Crow
F. W. Eastwood
Marie Jackson
Frank Haney
Davenport
Charlotte Foster
Jeanette Karen
Supt
J. H. Peet
Masson
Bishop
Hays
J. W. Bishop
North Town Avenue
Ted Brown
South
Iowa Avenue
Tommy Harvey
Harmony Club
Ai Mirsu
Harvey
Mra
Lee Foster
James Swift
Howard McCreedy
Alma Wilcox
Chicago Opera
Radio Tonight
Shetland Knitters
Sporting Goods Dealer of
St. Louis
Homer H. Seerley
Rural School
Cedar Falls
Horace Mann
Smail
Trust Company
Trust Department
Waship Faust Loan
Om Pany Y
Washington, Iowa
Klein Klothing KO
Wilson
W. W. Wilson
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