Former 76 Center Schoolmates Picnic Draws Big Turnout
Lee Ward and wife of Omaha Nebraska returned home after a 10 day visit with L B Ward and sister Mrs Ray McConnell in Davenport. They hosted a long schoolmates picnic at East 2nd Street with teachers Cora Bell Packwood and Alice Wilson. Attendees included Earl Bell Toledo Mrs Walter Romine Keota Warren Mathess and wife Wellman Ray Bickford Wellman Earl Simpson Washington Cloyce Stoutner and Antoinette Gray West Chester Harley Harden and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Ward
Omaha
Nebraska
Dave
L. B. Ward
Ray McConnell
Davenport
Lee
East 2Nd
74 Center
Washington County
Betty McConnell
Cora Bell
Packwood
Alice Wilson
Center
Earl Bell
Toledo
Walter Romine
Keota
Warren Mathess
Wellman
Ray Bickford
Earl Simpson
Washington
Cloyce Stoutner
Antoinette Gray
West Chester
Harley Harden
Priscilla Club Entertained at McCreedy Home
Mrs H L McCreedy and Mrs J M Godfrey hosted the Priscilla club at luncheon yesterday. Twenty five women attended the meeting. Summer flowers decorated the rooms and the afternoon was spent on the porch with fans cooling the guests.
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H.L. McCreedy
J. M. Godfrey
Pristilla Club
McCreedy
Memorial Service for WRC Members Held at Court House
The memorial service for deceased members of the Woman's Relief Corps was held yesterday afternoon at 2 30 at the court house. Mrs Edith Miller chaplain and memorial committee chair presided. After the service graves at Woodlawn and Elm Grove cemeteries were decorated.
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Woman's Relief Corps
Court House
Edith Miller
Woodlawn
Elm Grove
Country club women host morning golf breakfast contests
The Country club women golfers held two morning events with a golf breakfast. Mrs. Robert Templeman won the driving contest, and Miss Dorothea Thompson won the approaching and putting contest and had the morning low score. Play started at seven o'clock. Breakfast followed on the clubhouse porch served by Mrs. J S Mcklhinney, Mrs. A W Clow, Mrs. F M Ritchey, and Mrs. F M Jennings.
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Country Club
Robert Templeman
Dorothea Thompson
Dorothea
J. S. Mcklhinney
A. W. Clow
F. M. Ritchey
F. M. Jennings
Rosemary Club Hosts Evening Bridge Session
The Rosemary club met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Larson with six bridge tables. Mrs. Glen Thompson won high score as guests from Hliopolis Illinois Mr. and Mrs. B G Whisler stayed with Mr. and Mrs. P F Whisler. Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Foster and son Stanley attended. A two course luncheon was served by the hostess and her daughter Marian.
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Rosemary Club
Adolph Larson
Glen Thompson
B. G. Whisler
Hliopolis
Ill
P. F. Whisler
Boyd Foster
Stanley
Marian
Ladies Social of the Presbyterian Church Meeting
The Ladies Social of the Pres byterian Church will meet Friday p. m. at 2:30 at the home of Mrs. Marsh Bailey. 11713
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The
Presbyterian Church
Marsh Bailey
Embalming Fluid Drinks Cause Convict Illnesses
In Huntsville Texas convicts drank cocktails made from embalming fluid during a party behind the prison blacksmith shop. Ernet Hamilton died from convulsions, Aubrey Charles, William Duncan, and Robert Stewart fell ill or blinded, while Ward confirms stolen embalming fluid fueled the spree at the penitentiary.
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Huntsville
Tex
State
Ernet “Shorty
Hamilton
Mingus
Aubrey Charles
Nocona
William Duncan
McKinney
Robert Stewart
Monroe
Duncan
Charles
W. W. Ward
Local Social Roundup in Wellman and Surrounding Areas
Mr and Mrs Ferris and son Kenneth Walton visit Wellman family friends with a Will iamsburg musical trio at the Methodist church. Rev Mervyn Jones spoke on The Bible after the performances and social hour refreshments followed. A well attended Wet luck dinner for thirty six at Norman Shrock home featured local families and neighbors. Funeral reviews for Bruce Gardner conducted in Lexington. Verda Gingerich birthday picnic hosted by Miss Verda Gingerich's sister with about fifteen guests. Rosalind Wilson celebrated fifteenth birthday with cards games and treats at West Side Cafe. A new house is under construction on the Forrest Jones farm north of town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellman
Norman Shrock
Ed Martin
Roy Rensberger
Arthur
Gimronich Fivelwn
Cecil
Melis Fash
Noah Brenneman
Guy Dutton
Keota
Clifford Monroe
Rosalind Wilson
West Side
Rosalind
Marcelle Crossett
Paulne Hicks
Marjorie Bash
Marcia Were
Mays Jene Whetnstine
Delores Butterbaugh
Forrest Jones
Mrs. Lester Wyse Visits Wayland Relative
Mrs. Lester Wyse of Tacoma Washington spent an over Sunday visit with A B Madedefrans in Wayland before leaving Monday to visit her mother in Pennsylvania.
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Wayland
Lester Wyse
Tacoma, Wash
A. B. Magdefrans
Pennsylvan
Community groups mark July activities and socials
Local clubs announce July gatherings with dates and hosts. A ten cent social at the Christian church Thursday at 2 30 p m invites all women to bring a guest. Various clubs plan meetings July 2 with hosts Mrs Stransky Sojka Fink Finch and others. Transportation arranged by Mrs Masson. Regular Rebekah meeting Friday night at 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Church
Warm June Ends With Heat Wave Across Iowa
The June heat ranks among the warmest in Iowa records with many towns reporting 100 degree highs. Oats suffer losses as forecasts call for a cool down within days, while farmers brace for a likely dry spell and a shift toward normal rainfall.
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Weather Bureau
Iowa
Reed
Chicago
Pacific Coast
Rocky Mountains
Middle West
Country club Fourth of July picnic for families
Families at the country club will picnic on July Fourth with activities for all ages. Golf, tennis, croquet and bridge, plus swings slides and sandbox for children, will be offered. A seven o clock picnic dinner will feature fried chicken and potluck dishes, with lemonade provided.
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Country Club
Jews Deserting Salonika Amid Riots Fire Destroys Quarters
Jews fled Salonika as communal rioting spiked with martial law considered. Troops warned to fire after three calls, police dispersed a pro Jewish demonstration, ten deaths and fifty injuries reported, the Jewish quarter burned and over two hundred homes razed.
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Salonica
Conspiracy Charges Involving Eagle Moose Lodge Initiated
Indictments in federal court accuse the Eagle's Home association and Moose Lodge along with multiple defendants of conspiring to violate prohibition laws. Grand jurors reported to Judge Gerrer. Also notes social visits and a local auto accident near a church with minor injuries, plus a family update on Agnes Miller and Mrs. Wash Neff.
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Madison, Wis
Superior Eagle
Ax Acoveration
Superior Moose Lodge
Grand
Heat Waves and Heat Records Across Cities
A tornadic shower in Bunker Hill destroyed a home of Mrs. Georges Lee as rain fell on one side of a lens while the other stayed dry. In Evansville Napoleon Dyer was caught stealing 150 points as thermometers hit 100. In Springfield officials doubted a 102.5 reading until a test thermometer showed a 120 spike. Willis McDonald recalled heat waves on his 2020 birthday as hotter weather was noted. Chicago logged a new water record with 259,270,000 gallons as hydrants cooled streets. Wisconsin firms gave holidays to ease the heat.
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United Pressey
Bunker Hill
Georges Lee
Evansville
Ind
Daly
Napoleon Dyer
Chicago
Cicago
Federal drive targets fake stock schemes and rackets
The Attorney General Williams said federal agents are expanding a campaign against rackets led by Al Capone and other gangsters. Chicago and New York operatives face sentencing for income tax evasion while fake stock sellers using mail fraud are to be stopped. Mitchell calls fraudulent securities a crime against savers.
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Washington
Williams Wiell
United Pii
Alphonse Capone
Chicago
New York
Mitchell
Golf Pairings Announced For Nine Hole Tournament
The club lists pairings for a nine hole golf tournament with Victor Westphal and Forrest Jennings among participants. Prizes include golf balls and a prize for any hole in one, with score cards to be kept at Westphal jewelry store.
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Cludes
Guy Carleton
Vic Westphal
Forrest Jennings
Victor Westphal
Westphal
Iowa Regiment May Join Rainbow Division Again
Iowa’s World War I era infantry could rejoin the Rainbow division by placing the 168th Iowa infantry into the 42nd division. The move would realign Iowa National Guard units into the restored Rainbow division under Col. Glenn C. Haynes, affecting units in Des Moines and several other Iowa towns.
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Des Moines
Jay
Iowa
168Th Iowa Infantry
Adj
W. H. Bailey
War Department
167Th Infantry
Alabama
Town
Glenn C. Haynes
Council Bluffs
Jefferson
Clarinda
Marshalltown
Audubon
Indict Wheelock in Texas manslaughter case
Polk county grand jury indicts Lewis F. Wheelock a prominent investment broker for manslaughter and driving while intoxicated in an auto crash that involved W J Telfer of Prairie City Telfer’s wife and two children Erma aged 7 and Mervyn aged 4 were in the other car A heavy windstorm with hail and rain hit Pampa Texas damaging the wheat crop causing several thousand dollars in losses Wheelock free on $21000 bond will be arraigned later today
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Des Moines
wuPp
Polk County Grand Jury
Lewis F. Wheelock
Wheelock
W. J. Telfer
Prairie City
Telfer
Erma
Mervyn
Pampa
Tex
West Texas
Red Cross Survey of drought regions in Dakota
Red Cross officials surveyed drought stricken western North Dakota and eastern Montana to plan relief for crop failures and water shortages. Governor Shafer awaited Hyde’s reply and prepared to travel to Washington for relief measures. Wheat crops were at about half average, livestock shipping continued as pastures dwindled, with cattle moved east awaiting rain.
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Williston
N. D
Red Cross
North Dakota
Montana
George F. Shafer
Arthur M. Hyde
Washington
Denied Citizenship for Draft Refusal in Fort Worth
Elihu R. Ryden dean of Southwestern Junior College at Keene Texas was denied U S citizenship after informing Judge Ames that he would not serve as a combatant in wartime because killing conflicts with Christianity. He came to America from Sweden thirty years ago.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Elihu R. Ryden
Southwestern Junior College
Keene
Texas
Ames
United States
America
Sweden
Ryden
Bronx jury finds not guilty in Gordon murder case
A Bronx jury returned a verdict of not guilty for Harry Kein and Samuel Greenberg who were accused of killing red haired Vivian Gordon during a New York trial held in July 1-41P.
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Hound
New York
Bronx
Harry
Kein
Samuel Greenberg
Vivian Gordon
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