Local News Briefs From Des Moines Area
Mrs David J McCartney of Des Moines cares for her niece Jean Sterling age 1 with pneumonia. Big sale starts at the Fair store tomorrow at nine. Mrs L A Stewart and granddaughter Edith Marie Dunbar returned from Keota visiting Isaac Marr. Stephen Jeweler advertises black onyx rings at ten dollars. Mrs Ed Flander visits relatives in Keota. Graves sale Wednesday Feb 1 on South Iowa Ave. Miss E Laughead heads to Washington University St Louis Mo. Deans offers best lunch in the city. City bus and taxi line No 1 Sanderson. K H W Walker travels to Brighton on business. Mrs J G O Neff visits her mother in Ainsworth. Parisian Sage hair product advertised by Lemmon’s Pharmacy. Miss Gertrude Thoma returns from George Thoma home to Ainsworth. Home made pie cake and doughnuts at Deans. Clyde Brown departs for Chicago on business.
Local notes and ads from Washington Iowa 1922
Washington Iowa society page items and advertisements recount visits shopping trips and travel notes. People mentioned include Walter Kleese Titus Mrs Isaac Kleese and Mrs L F Morrison. Local promotions advertise fair store bargains Mi O Na and Dodge Brothers cars with February first price changes. Event notices include funerals and church services.
Smith Sale Promises Demonstration of Polands Experience
A notice notes thirty years in producing prolific Polands at Smith Sale on February 6. It mentions general remarks about discrimination and that the U S Army standardized on Dodge Brothers cars for passenger service. New prices take effect February 1, 1922. Jones Atto Co. lists phone 225 9612.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dodge Brothers
Jones Auto Co
Redrod
Smith Sale
U. S Army
Jones Atto Co
Buckwheat Flour Promotion and Local News Tidbits
Buckwheat season noted with Knickerbocker Buckwheat flour from Farmers Union. Visits include Miss Martha Laird from Rock Island and Mrs Ed Zook. Wardrobe price call 500. Caldwell reports Coppeck Sunday school thriving. no regular services. Mrs Mary Young travels to Havre. David and Mrs Kleese welcome a newborn boy last night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. A. Caldwell
Coppeck Sunday
Masons Gather for Southeastern Iowa School of Instruction
Members of the Masonic lodge from across southeastern Iowa attend a special school of instruction. The event runs today through Thursday with high attendance expected. Degree work will occur each evening with first degree tonight, second degree tomorrow, and third degree Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Keota Auctioneer Addresses Rotarians on Community Duty
Keota auctioneer A. C. McNurlen urged Rotarians to live up to obligations and serve the community. He blamed Iowa real estate price spikes for current stringency, promoted the Golden Rule in business, and called for school and church support and organizational teamwork.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. C. McNurlen
Keota
Rotary Club
Mr. McNurlen
Iowa
McNarlen
Rotarians
Marsh Bailey
Sam White
Tromer Darbyshire
Bill” Harding
Chas Cunningham
Bill Harding
Community Club Announcements and Meetings
Local groups list upcoming events including Harmony circle meeting with Mrs A Young, Red Brick local at the schoolhouse, Embroidery club all day with Mrs Sam Marsh, Priscila club meeting changes, candy social at Grant school, Ladies Legion shadow social at Moose Hall, Younger Set dance moved to Feb 1, January tea by West Chester Baptist Mission Circle, Kolah club gathering, Hoyay Campfire Girls business meeting with Valentine, W O W regular meeting, Fortnightly club child study session with Miss Hoyman, Rebekah quilting day, Havre Social club, BE O W pencil drive, W S Club February 2, Independent club February 2, Missionary society activities, Young Women's Missionary Society event, Courty Declamatory contest, Afternoon Bridge club, Bethel Community social, County declamatory contest, West Chester town representation note, Regular Rebekah meeting with Edna Fouchek shower, Port eightly club reading Enoch Arden by Eleanor Walker with Mrs Shields and Strauss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Eightly Club
Eleanor Walker
Henry Shields
Tennyson
Enoch Arden
Strauss
Second United Presbyerica Church
Minstrel show seats near capacity as sale ends
By noon today nearly all seats were sold for the Friday night minstrel show in Graham. A large rehearsal occurred with most participants present. The program promises catchy songs, blackface humor, fine orchestra, and new features with the band opening. Reserve remaining seats promptly.
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Graham
Fountains of Wit
Fred Mannhardt
Washington
Baptist meeting and church supper notices
The notice asks All Baptists to meet at the church Wednesday at 6 15 PM with sandwiches and an extra dish required. Coffee will be provided. Also Chapter 1 PL BR O meets Thursday February 2 at 2 30 PM with Mrs Harriet Wilson. Farmers Union Local 267 to meet at the school house Friday night with poke supper. announcements tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Partners Union
BR. O
Harriet Wilson
gStz
Farmers Union
Strange gratitude vows in Tandi Hinde healing ritual
The text describes a ritualized gratitude practice where the recovering Tandi Hinde vows self-sacrifice. It outlines forms like rolling on metal, flogging, or wearing a hair shirt and notes walking over live coals as the most common test, often with additional self-torture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tandi Hinde
Rometines
Piano and Organ Keyboard Care Note
Readers learn to keep piano and organ keyboards clean and dry. Advice warns against excess moisture and sun exposure, suggesting milk cloths for cleaning and avoiding damp baths to protect keys.
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Monty Banks
William Russell
Kentucky Mountains
Tom Mix
Sky High
Grand Canyon
Arizona
Pal
Westphal
West Side Jeweler
Jtallmark
W. W. Morrison
Harwood's South Side
Sforad the
Universal Car
FORD
Washington Motor Co. G., BE. Mach
Arch
Oxfords
Wilson's
David J. McCartney
Des Moines
Jean Sterling
L. A. Stewart
Edith Marie Dunbar
Isaac Marr
Stephen
Ed Flander
Graves
South
Ave
Miss E Laughead
St. Louis, Mo
Washington University
Deans
Sanderson
K. HW. Walker
Brighton
Lemmon's Pharmacy
Advt
Gertrude Thoma
George Thoma
Ainsworth
Clyde Brown
Chicago
Walter Kleese
Titus
Isaac Kleese
Lemmon’s
L. F. Morrison
Oskaloosa
Jean Boslem
Williamsburg
Flossie Pollock
Hebner'’s
Matt Gent
South English
John Bidwell
Columbus Junction
Swift
Nellie Hoyle
Donald
Anna Burick
Leroy Lopshire
J. G. Hutchinson
Burlington
Farnest Marshall
Centerville
Idaho
Sihvetic
Heinz Dill
A. KE. Atchinson
Grippe
Frances Ward
Winfield
James Ward
Smith
Washington Cleaners
Walter Keiper
Fred Anwyl
Ernest Clark
Crawfordsville
David Hamil
Lyon's
Doris Hulick
Jennie Paul
D. F. Macon
A. M. Malcolm
Albia
David Benson
Mildred Benson
Faye Reeves
Murray, Iowa
W. Y H. Benson
W. C. Starr
Verdi
Arthur Glider
J. A. Montgomery
Fairfield
Perry Hutton
J. A. Hawthorne
Margaret Hawthorne
Eod
John Orrin
Crawfordsire
Excelsior Springs
Martha Laird
Rock Island
Ed Zook
Mary Young
Havre
J. W. Meyer
David Kleese
Haskins
Terry Mathers
Dewey Godlove
Bob Neff
Rodney Rabenold
Maud Stone
Edna McConnell
Dr. le Gear
McElhinney Drug Co
McEthiones
Masons
The
Masonic Lodge
Harmony Cill
A. Young
Embroidery Club
Sam Marsh
Priscila Club
Frank FE
Stewart
Iowa Ave
Grant School
White Way
Katherine Orr
Ladies Legion
West Chester
J. P. Dayton
Paul Gass
Kolah Club
Arthur Weade
Hoyay
Lillian Brown
Boyd Humble
C. M. Motutf
Harry Montgomery
Miss Hoyman
Rebekah Club
Will Stafford
BE. O. W. Club
J. C. Fields
W. S. Club
Carl Brinning
Independent Club
W. C. Mayhew, Jr
the Missionary Society of the Christian Church
Charles Tucker
Diller
Young Women's Missionary Society of the
Second United Presbyterian Church
Julius Conger
Mrs. Earl Corbin
Bethel
Ir.n Lambert
Richard Johnson
Edna Fouchek
Elhinney’s Store
C. D. Dayton & Son
Wife
Oscar M. Cuddy
Cuddy
Fred Yard
Cohn
Washington, Lowa
Dancy
Local and Country Service
H. Worley
EXIDE
H. D. Ae
Simmons
W. C. Graves
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