Society Notes From The Methodist Girls Club Meeting
The Standard Bearers gathered on the church lawn with about twelve girls. Talks on Japan by Dorothy Evans Genevieve Harrison and Henrietta Pyans followed. Pearl Wallace presided and the group planned committees and refreshments. The gathering closed with music and a lunch served by Evans and Harrison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Church
Genevieve Harrison
Japan
Dorothy Evans
Henrietta Pyans
Pearl Wallace
Iowa woman who taught 60 years stays in classroom
Centerville Iowa July 16 a 76 year old teacher Mrs Mary Wright plans to teach another term in a mining camp school at Streepyville She began teaching at 16 in a log cabin and is believed to be Iowa’s pioneer educator now declaring she will continue until age 77 and beyond with a cheerful memory of her early days and spankings.
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Centerville
Iowa
Streepyville
Mary Wright
Ancie Wright
Des Moines
Amy Wright
Wright
Towa
Mystic
Community notices brief social and meeting reminders
The Writer de Lis will meet Thursday afternoon with Mrs. Ralph Wargoner. The Rosemary Club meeting is postponed to next week. Moose Lodge members and guests are invited to a social Thursday evening with Highland Four. Ladies aid holds a lawn party at Mrs. Guy Evans home. Epworth League hosts Sunset Park party Friday July 18 at 7 30 rain date church. W R B C meets Saturday at 2 30 in courthouse rooms. New Haven Church Ladies Social Union meets July 22 with Mrs. Zeno Tinnes. Christian church choir rehearsal tonight at eight. West Chester Methodist Foreign Missionary Society bake sale planned.
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M. BE. Ladies Aid
Guy Evans
East 2Nd
Epworth League of the Methodist Church
Sunset Park
Ladies Social Union of
New Haven Church
Zeno Tinnes
Rise of Player Now Impersonating Babbitt on Screen
Willard Louis rises to stardom after starring as Mr Rabbitt in Sinclair Lewis Babbitt. Warner Brothers adapts the novel for the Fox Theatre engagement today and Thursday with a strong supporting cast and Harry BeauMont directing.
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Babbitt
Los Angeles
Willard Louis
Prince of Wales
John Barrymore
Louis
Mr. Rabbitt
Sinclair Lewis
Warner Brothers
Fox Theatre
Mr. Babbitt
Mr. Louis
Mary Alden
Carmel Myers
Raymond McKee
Maxine Elliott Hicks
Robert Randell
Cissy Fitzgerald
Virginia Loomis
Gertrude Olmstead
Lucian Littlefield
Dale Fuller
Kathleen Myers
Chum Frink
Charles McHugh
Fiona Hale
Harry Beaumont
State Republican Convention July 22 Officials Named
Dubuque report lists Des Moines July 22 convention roles with temporary chair H E Spatgler Cedar Rapids secretary Mrs Nathan E Kendall Albia and multiple secretaries, shorthand reporter H E Beach, reading secretaries many Des Moines aides, chief doorkeeper G A Brunson Algona, sergeant at arms Col James E Thomas Red Oak, chief usher R G Clark Webster City, invocation by Rev W A Longnecker Knoxville, operative store opening July 19 at 10 o'clock.
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Associated Pree
Dubuque
P. R. Baldridge
Republican State Central Committee
Des Moines
H. E. Spatgler
Cedar Rapids
Nathan E. Kendall
Guy 8Ner
Lou G. McHenry
Charles K. Needham
Grinnell
H. E. Beach
Reading
Thomas Watters, Jr
BE. F. McMahon
Bruce Flick
Paul J. Hewitt
Neill Garret
Ora Williams
A. H. Hoffman
O. J. Hager
Waukon
G. A. Brunson
Algona
Col
James E. Thomas
Red Oak
R. G. Clark
Webster City
W. A. Longnecker
Knoxville
Women Missionary Society Picnic Announcement
The Womens Missionary Society of the Presbyterian church will meet at the church at 2 30 Friday P M for a meeting and picnic at Mrs Frank Heinzman home Bring your own dishes and silver some sandwiches and anything else you wish Conveyances will be provided Husbands and others may join the picnic meeting at the east side of the square at 6 00
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Womens Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church
Frank Heinzman
Advertising Raises Standard of Living Experts Are Told
James D. Mooney of General Motors told the Associated Advertising Clubs of the World that rebuilding industry needs leaders who finance workers tools and materials and enable exchange of labor. He urged ongoing use of advertising to boost distribution, growth, and living standards amid postwar reconstruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
James D. Mooney
General Motors Corporation
Associated Advertising Clubs
Mooney
Reduction in Price of Texas Oils
Wichita Falls Texas July 16 a Texas company announced a 25 cent per barrel cut on north and central Texas crude of 36 degrees gravity and above bringing the price to 2.00 dollars. A Journal Want ad brings results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita Falls
Texas
Texas Company
Cabinet Departures and Diplomatic Trips Narrow Democratic Faction
The piece notes cabinet members Evans Hughes and Andrew Mellon planning overseas trips as Democrats wrangle over nomination. Hughes will travel incognito to attend the American Bar Association meeting in London, while Mellon plans a vacation era in Europe after announcing a historic treasury surplus. Ambassador Hanihara returns to Japan to discuss the Japanese exclusion act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A S Evans Hughes
Prince of Wales Jn
America
Hughes
American Bar Aesociation
London
Andy Mellon
Treasury
Andy
U. B
Amsador Hanihara
Japan
Receiver named for Keswick Savings Bank
Judge Charles A. Dewey named Robert L. Leach state banking superintendent as receiver for Keswick Savings Bank Keswick Iowa after a three month closure caused by frozen loans. The bank, in Keokuk county, held $20,000 capital and $212,000 in deposits per the last report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles A. Dewey
Robert L. Leach
Keswick Savings Bank
Keswick
Iowa
Leach
Keokuk County
Il Saw Your Ad in the Journal
A person instructs a merchant to claim they saw an advertisement in the Journal. The note emphasizes recognizing the source and prompting acknowledgment of the ad. The brief records an informal interaction reflecting ad awareness among readers.
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Ellen
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Andy Henry
Clarence
Beatrice
Catherine
Joan Neng
Samuel
Ayne
Kenneth
Bessie
Irwin Henry
D Eughter
Irene
J. E. Harvey
Alma Hearne Holland Missionary Society
Myrta
Jessie Jeffrey
Jackie Park
James
John Park
Clarice Wentzel
Jackie
C. D. of A
K. C. Hall
Wiiatbeth Henke
Mary Donovan
Catharine Bailey
May Brewer
Elizabeth Henke
Littl Helen Lucille Mangold
May
Helen Lucille
May Mangold
Clark and Enslin Store
Mont Charming
de Lis
Ralph Wargoner
Rosemary Club
Moose Lodge
Highland Four
W. RB. C
Christian Church Choir
The
West Chester Methodist Foreign Missionary Society
Operative
Lemmon’s Jewelry Store
Atlanta
Hunt
Harry B. Hunt
G. O P
Washington
League of Nations
Therm
American Bar Association
H. I. Ward & Co
Physicians and Surgeons
A. John Droz
West Main St
Frank Boller
City
W. Washington
T. J. Peash
Farmers and Merchants Bank
Blue Mutual
J. D. Dayton
Westchester
Washington County
Austin Sutherland
Brighton
R. R
T A. Michels
Washington, Iowa
Morrison & Morrison
Morrison Bidg
North Side
Brookhart
Loas
Opera House
Mutual Phone
Cc. J. Wilson
CO. C. Wilson
Wilson & Wilson
Opposite Journal
Livingston & Eicher
Nat'l Bank
C. V. Brown
Phoune
South of Water Works
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