Local clubs host reviews and community notices in gray neighborhood events
The Nineteenth Century club met Saturday with Mrs. Keeley and discussed a John Drinkwater play. Happy Hour club guests bid farewell to Asa Harter and Walter Brown with a progressive rook game and prizes for Helen Brown and Mrs. Geo Hopping. The Woman's Relief Corps reported strong attendance, presented five dollar gold pieces for a soldiers monument fund, and planned an all day sewing meeting. Upcoming events include church group meetings, weddings, and club gatherings across several local homes and halls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nineteenth Century Club
W. M. Keeley
Marsi Firlley
Robert E. Lee
John Drinkwater
R. J. Mayer
Happy Hour Club
Earl Birney
Gray
Asa Harter
Walter Brown
Helen Brown
Geo. Hopping
Maver
Birney
Fred Weekley
I. B. Hoxworth
Weekley
Woman's Relief Corps
Corps
Frank Gobble
J. W. Scott
Soldiers Monument Fund
Lea Elder McCall
Mary McAvoy
Presbyterian Sunday School
Scott
United States
Samantha Elder
McCall
Elder
France
Forgotten Chicago Ordinance on Hat Pins
An old Chicago ordinance restricting how far women's hat pins may extend beyond their hats remains on the books though long forgotten and likely never enforced.
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Chicago
The Washington Improvement League Meeting Announcement
The Washington Improvement League urges all members and interested residents to attend the annual meeting at one o clock on Thursday at the Commercial Club. Election of officers and dues are on the agenda along with plans for the coming year and civic projects in progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Improvement League
Commercial Club
Chal Ford
H. M. Eicher
A. Anderson
Improvement League
League
Washington
D. Read
Woman's Relief Corps
Interchurch Committee
Associated Charities
Eicher
Church Notices and Ladies Meeting Schedule
Various church groups announce Friday meetings at 2:30 or 2:20 with Mrs. Neiswanger Mrs. Wilson and Mrs. J M Wilson leading. Activities include missionary teas elections of officers sewing bake sales and a district president address. All ladies are invited to attend and participate.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Legion Rooms
John Wilson
Harold Tolander
Methodist ladies plan social and fruit drive
The Ladies Aid Society of the Methodist church will host a social Friday at 2 30 from the church. Mrs Gilbert will speak on Home Missionary work and a request for canned fruit for Des Moines hospital seeks contributions Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies Aid Society of the
Methodist Church
Anda Stryker
Eryone
Methodist Hospital
Des Moines
Ladies Aid Society
Moose Hall
Highland Four
Raral Women's Club
Will Marie
Woman's Home Missionary Society of the Methodist Church
J. M. Wilson
Eastwood
Christian Endeavor
Woman's Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church
Fred Neiswanger
Ladies of the Baptist Church
J. A. Hawthorne
Gilbert
Ladies Aid Society of
The
Methodist
Naval Aviators End Longest U S Flight Reach San Domingo
Two navy planes landed at the local field completing a 10,953 mile journey with Lieut Ford O. Rogers and Lieut Horace D. Palmer at the controls. Sergeants Belcher Tol asciak aided as mechanics from Sept 19. The mission aimed for the St Louis international air meet via Havana and San Francisco.
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San Domingo
W. 1
Ford O. Rogers
Horace D. Palmer
Marine Corps
Benjamin F. Belcher
Peter P. Tolasciak
San Francisco
St. Louis
Havana
Aviators Demonstrate Mobility on West Indian Mission
At 6 15 a m the aviators left and called on the American ambassador to Cuba at 3 o clock the same day. Washington was reached about 90 hours after departure with stops in St Louis El Paso San Diego and San Francisco on outbound leg and Salt Lake City Omaha and Washington on return. The long flight carried flyers over ocean lakes deserts plains and mountain passes. speed was not a consideration. The mission aimed to show the mobility of the aviation squadron stationed on the West Indian island.
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Cuba
Washington
St. Louis
el Paso
San Diego
San Francisco
Salt Lake City
Omaha
West Indian Island
Length of Cubit Across Ancient Civilizations
The cubit is the elbow to middle finger length with several historic standards. Hebrew 17.58 inches, Egyptian 20.61 inches, Romans 17.4 inches, Greek 18.25 inches. Differences reflect variation among ancient peoples.
Must Be Trained for the Great Occasion
A reflective note on preparation and opportunity. It argues that without self training a chance will expose inadequacy, while true readiness lets a person seize a defining moment. Emphasis on prior discipline shaping outcomes.
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H. F. Darbyshire
West Main Street
Gifford
Davenport
George Morrison
Fleming
Baldrige
A. E. Baldrige
Lillie Leffier
Henry Shillig
Wellman
Dillion
Frank Leffler
Cleta Leffler
Harry Boyd
Leffler
Bishop Farm
Shillig
H. H. McCleery
Auber—Fra Diavolo
Bizet
Carmen
Frank Carter
Mary Hunter
Edna Mercer
Faust
Preston N. Etter
Kermesse
and “Prison
Harmeier
Saluta’ Pesth-Kowalski
Elsie Bratton
Intermediate League of the Methodist Church
Florence Brookhart
K. of C
Pythian Sisters
West Chester
K. of C.'s
Frank Appleby
Lillie Leffler
Lions Club
Rotary Club
Claude Tucker
KB. O. W
Lou Arthur
Riverview Club
Iva Bales
Fleur de-Lis
Ed Gallagher
Walnut Women's Club
George Duke
Catholic Daughters of America Sewing Circle
John Bailey
W. Co T. A
New Zealand
Ford
Southland
New Jersey
Fleur de Lis Club
Moose Lodge
T. S. E. Club
Women's Auxiliary
Leon Beatty Post
American Legion
J. J. Miller
C. D
A. Sewing Circle
John Batley
Mome Missionary Society of the Methodist Church
Clara Huber
Rebekah
Peterson's
South Side Square
Woman's Home Missionary Society of the
Florida
Canada
Spring Millinery
Cooper
Aad
Klein Klothing Kompany
Wantington - Owe
Clark & Enslin
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