Community Club Happenings And Private Parties Narrated
George Brown hosts club event on Friday July six with guests including Mrs Hesseltine and Mrs McAtlin. Jean Stirling birthday picnic and home visit followed by a social at Dorothy Booths. Rosemary club meets with twelve members and guests. Harmony club children's day draws fourteen attendees. Treasure hunt ends at East Main house hosted by Gertrude Hammer and Margaret Sexton for Frances Thomas nurse in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Brown
T .H. Club
H. D. Hesseltine
McAtlin
Berger
Lorena Wilcox
Helen
Jean Stirling
Jean
Dorothy Booth
George
Ella Sojka
Booth
Ed Horn
Arthur
Walter
Mary Sojka
Claude George
Harlotte Campbell
Paul Bell
Rosemary Club
Vincent Marek
Ray Lambert
Don Brown
Lloyd Foster
Maud Koehler
Howard McCready
Harmony Club
Nelson Thompson
Boyd Stephens
Mildred
George Alc Creedy
Ed Hammer
East Main Street
Gertrude Hammer
Margaret Sexton
Frances Thomas
Augustans Hospital
Chicago
Punch
BPW Dinner and Club Events Bring No Rainy Mood
Sixty members of the Business and Professional Women’s club attended a dinner at the Country Club with guests including Mrs Coulter and Mrs Williamson. The evening featured flowers, a one act play, and curtain calls, followed by a golf course tour. A second gathering honored multiple birthday celebrants with red white and blue decor. The B L W class from Bethel Sunday school hosted fourteen attendees for games and a pink and white luncheon despite mud and threatening weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Country Club
Coulter
Williamson
Nellie Tripp
County Federation of Womens Clubs
Fred Bey
Phil Weidin
Winnie Palmer
Mary Roberts
Sunset Park
Boyd Foster
Bernice Dawson
Ralph Brown
Stanley Foster
Lloyd Foster
Harold Wilson
Jean Maxine
Glenn Wilson
Harve Wilson
Lloyd Brown
Ralph
R. J. Dawson
Bernice
Bobbie
B. L
Local Club Announcements At Fortnightly Library Events
Various community notices list library year books distribution one per member and multiple social and church gatherings. Upcoming items include friendship club meeting with Mrs Ed Davis on Washington street Friday afternoon, Meth odist Ladies Aid at 2 30 Friday, Independent club with Mrs James Palmer Friday, Rebekah club annual picnic at sunset park, and a dedication of a memorial tree by Womans Relief Corp at county farm Sunday 3 o'clock. A cottage prayer meeting at 608 East Wash St Friday 7 30. Iowa Wesleyan entertains with Prof Mountain at West Chester M Church Saturday 7 oclock under Epworth League sponsorship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. OR. CG
Jeon Beatty Post
Womens Relief Corp
Iowa
Wesleyan
Moutain
West Chester
Epworth League
Swanson Nominated for Iowa Ninth District Congress
In Atlantic Iowa on July 12 Republicans chose Council Bluffs attorney Charles E. Swanson as their ninth district nominee after a 246 ballot deadlock. He will face Democrat William J. Burke of Missouri Valley in November. Swanson previously served as Pottawattamie county attorney from 1914 to 1922 and led on each ballot until Ratcliff and Pitt withdrew in Swanson's favor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic
Congress
Charles E. Swanson
Council Bluffs
William J. Burke
Missouri Valley
Swanson
W. C. Ratcliff
Red Oak
Milton B. Pitt
Harrison County
Karl W. Vincent
Guthrie Center
William R. Green
Pottawattamie County
State Association of
Ratelift
Pitt
Vincent
Centerville Sheriff Candidate Seeks Fourth Term
Centerville Iowa July 12 Earl Gaughenbaugh three times Appanoose county sheriff seeks the office for the fourth time. Defeated in the county convention by James Adamson he will run as an independent. He was once elected when he ran as an independent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Centerville
Earl Gaughenbaugh
Appanoose County
James Adamson
Gaughenbaugh
Origin of the unit rule reshapes early party conventions
The unit rule, used to bind state delegations to vote as a bloc, originated with the Whigs at Harrisburg in 1839 1844 and was later adopted by Democrats and Republicans. Thurlow Weed helped push the plan to thwart Henry Clay, leading to Harrison’s nomination and Tyler’s vice presidency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
House of Worship
Henry Clay
Thurlow Weed
New York
Clay
Weed
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
William Henry Harrison
Battle of
Tippecanoe
Harrison
John Tyler
Virginia
Tyler
White House
Clayton
Deer Weather Signs Foretell Heavy Rain
An English writer notes red deer foretell weather changes, with deer movement implying a coming storm. In Kintale mountains a keeper abandoned plans, later heavy rains flooded the river, and flattened shocks of corn left near the riverbank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kintale
Lapwings Cross Atlantic in Endurance Flight
A colony of lapwings flew from Britain to Newfoundland in about two hours aided by a gale. The birds, not sea birds, forage in fields and could not have fed from following steamers. They likely averaged 40 mph, possibly over 70 with winds, and a ringed bird was found to be from Cumberland in 1926.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic
Britain
Newfoundland
Cumberland
Stenographer Works Fast Using Waler-Cowled Typewriter
A humorous item notes a stenographer so quick she operates a Waler-cowled typewriter with asbestos ribbon ensuring rapid drafting of documents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boggs
Wiggs
Local visitors and community notes from Palestine
Irene Vondrasek reports a busy week of visits and social calls across the community. Residents mention greetings at Chas Vondrasek, Henry Kron, Wes Ramsey, Carl Kos, and Kalona area homes, with many families hosting or visiting relatives in Iowa City and Riverside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palestine
Roy Havel
Milt Sojka
Lievd
Chas. Vondrasek’s
Viola Kron
Iowa City
Henry Kron
Wash Motley
Billy
Riley Gresian
Mae Sojka
Wess Sojka
Hubert Kron
Washington
Albert Petse
Joe A
Wes Ramsey
Chas
Vondrasek
Carl Kos
Paul Kern
Chas. Schoebelen
Chas. Vondrasek
Kalona
Rudy Knottnerous
Riverside
Robert Kron
Class Kron
Chas. Plecker
Kew Havel
Anthony Malichky
Harry Malichky
Frank Navy
Buddy
Kaiona
Rain Hurts Farm Work Delays Hay and corn in Pilotsburg
July 9 report from Pilotsburg notes heavy rain Sunday afternoon hampering farm tasks. Corn fields remain weedy and haying is stalled. Albert Stransey recovered from illness. Roads improved recently, thanks to George Greaser and Kalona’s Mr. Gerot. Mrs. Carl Oldfield slowly recovers from quinsy, with her mother Mrs. Jones and niece Miss Elma Jones visiting from Wellman and Cedar Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pilotsburg
Albert Stransey
George Greaser
Gerot
Kalona
Carl Oldfield
Jones
Wellman
Nirce
Elma Jones
Cedar Rapids
Mrs Orbin Rites Mark Summer Visit and Death
Mrs W I Orbin died Saturday afternoon July 7 while visiting her son in Ottumwa. Funeral held Tuesday at Covenanter church with Rev Robb officiating, burial at Bauchamp cemetery. Wy man relatives note nearby visits from Albin Carrick Isabel and Mrs James Henderson attends. Community club meets today at Mrs Carl Atkinson home. many residents joined Fourth of July at Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyman—"Jr
W. Carrick
Isabel
Albin
Ben Harrison
Oklahoma
James Henderson
W. I. Orbin
Covenanter Church
Robb
eBauchamp
Orbin
Ottumwa
Wyman and
E. Humphreys
Iowa City
Q. LB. Ferrell
Farrell
S. U. ST
Local families gather for Sunday dinner amid cough cases
In Washington R3 Bernice Maas reports several new whooping cough cases in the neighborhood. A large group including Herman Weimer Steele Graham Holmes Kurtz Benson Maas and many others spent Sunday with relatives for meals. Harley Myers shows improvement after plowing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, R
Herman Weimer
Clifford Steele
Miaslena Graham
Gibson
Town
B. A. Holmes
Maas
John Kurtz
Mildren
Lucille
Nate Benson
Charles Bear
Rollin Benson
Tom Reeves
Adoph Larson
Ameal Chanbal
Five Best Radio Features for Friday
A breath of 1928 radio listings notes WJZ WOR and WEAF schedules and programs. Community notices mention visits by Mrs. Koening and families. church events, a farm bureau slide show, and local gatherings at Maas and Greenway homes with refreshments and a lawn party. The next meeting is set for August 13 at the J. K. Greenway home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Koening
Joe Reiner
Farm Bureau
Prairie Flower Church
Ameal Chaubel
John Kurtz
Maas
Omer Green
Ameal Chaudel
Jacob Figgins
Guy Feldman
Feldman
Adams
Nex
J. Kk. Greenway
Rose Marie filmed scenes across parks and rivers in California
The film's exterior scenes were shot in Yosemite National Park and along the Merced and Feather rivers, with water scenes in the Santa Monica mountains near Las Turas lake. Emmett Pap Lynn headlines a two week engagement at the New Graham Theatre. He promotes Buck "Private C. . Pin" as tonight's act, a WWII era show about Rookie in France. The Big Shop opens tomorrow, with Pap promising a stronger show than the current production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmett Pap Lynn
Graham Theatre
Buck
Pin
Pap
A. EL BF
France
C. C. Pill
Also Mentioned on This Page
A. W. Bell
Carl Snider
Wichita, Kansas
Bess Hahn
Cedar Raunids
Victor Hahn
Bell
Circus
Ed Frances
J. W. .Meyer
Elma Rice
Bernice Anderson
Lloyd Augustine
Robbins Bros. Circus
Kenneth Waite
America
Southern Utilities Company
Utility Servce
Friendship Club
Ed Davis
Washington Street
Methodist Ladies Aid
the Independent Club
James Palmer
Rebekah Club
W. Bush
East Wash
Jessetce
Western Newspaper Union
Irene Vondrasek
Albert Petsel
Mary Vlasak
Joseph Soukup
Victor
Ening
Rene Oldfield
Carson Wilson
Oscar Lowry
Don Ford
Joe Horak
James Preby
Excelsior Springs
Will Brown
Ralph Hamilton
Banks Mouser
Auto
California
California Today To Be Fone
James Chalupa
Jake Figgins
Frank Stransky
Bernice Maas
United Press
WJZ
Chamubey Music
Ruseng
WOR
True Story Hour
Wrigley Review
WEAF
Cities Service Orchestra
Kodak Hour
Rothschild ’S
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