Social notes from area clubs and gatherings
The Presbyterian church women met with Mrs. Patterson in a 22 member gathering with 2 guests. The Walnut Woman's Club hosted nine members and five guests for a brief meeting and contest. A Harvey family outing at Sunset Park honored visitors Leila Sheppard and Robert Palmer from St. Louis. Rebekah Lodge planned Ninety-second District convention activities. Additional society items include garden club trips to Washington, and a large, multi-family picnic at Ainsworth with many local and visiting participants from numerous towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church
JL. S. Patterson
H W. Forman
F. W. Eastwood
Plorence Laffer
Ft. Dodge
Iowa
Kenneth Carris
Elsie Bratton
J. B. Ream
Walnut Woman's Club
Laural Guy
Joe Wolfe
Sunset Park
F. Ds
PD. W
E. R. Harvey
D. J. Palmer
C. A. Sheppard
Leila
Robert
St. Louis
Yellowstone Park
Sheppard
Harvey Brothers
Rebekah
Ninety-second
Iowa City Press Citizen
Iowa City Woman's Club
Washington
Washington Club
Iowa City
Alma Wo Wolland Pereian Missionary Society Meeting Notice
The Alma Wo Wolland Pereian Missionary Society will meet Tuesday evening July 21 at the home of Misses Ella and Sylvia Warren on South 2nd Ave with supper at 6 15. Members bring sandwiches and one dish to pass. The Havre Social Club meets Thursday afternoon at Mrs F and Wi Miller homes for a kitchen shower for Miss Edith Thompson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alma Wo Wolland Pereian Missionary Society
Ella
Sylvia Warren
South 2Nd Ave
Havre
Baptist Choir Asked to Be in Place for Sunday Service
Baptists call on choir members to report to their places for the Sunday morning worship service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baptist Choir
Meeting at hall for Kalona work in second degree
O. BP. plans to meet at the hall at 7 o clock Tuesday evening to travel to Kalona and perform the work in second degree by order of the captain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. BP
Kalona
Mrs Thomas and Geneva Visit Relatives Then Return Home
Mrs Clara Thoma and her daughter Geneva, after visiting friends in the area, traveled to Ainsworth on Thursday to stay with relatives before returning to Davenport. Dr C W Stewart and Mrs Stewart with Miss Eva Denny have come back from Des Moines after a short stay there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Thoma
Geneva
Ainsworth
Davenport
C. W. Stewart
Eva Denny
Des Moines
Mrs. Minick Arrives in Moorestown and Local Guests
Local notes report Mrs. Ralph Minick has arrived in Moorestown. Aline leaves due to her mother Mrs. Watters illness formerly of Washington. Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Fldridge at 320 East Jefferson Street are visiting home. Several families from nearby towns are listed as guests and visitors, with Elizabeth Thorne undergoing a tonsil removal operation at the county hospital this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Minick
Moorestown
Aline
Watters
Mrs
Glenn Fldridge
East
Jefferson Street
Clarence Walker
Baby
Friendsville
Kentucky
George F. Wallace
Washington
Walker
Alma Wallace
Elizabeth Thorne
Clifford Thorne
Old Time Washington Doctors In Early Community
A reminiscence by G Go Vincent D D recounts physicians who served Washington and Washington Counts in the 1840s and 1850s. He notes Dr G Hy Stone a taciturn New Yorker, Dr W G Lee a shifty trader and builder, Dr Cleaves from Maine, and Dr William McClelland of Pennsylvania, plus a Kentucky born doctor Rousseau. The piece describes their characters, movements, and religious contrasts as the community grows and old ties linger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
G Go. Vincent
D. D
G. Vincent
Frank Brindy
U. HL
McLaughlin
Wohington
G. Hy Stone
W. G Lee
Piqua
Oho
Stone
Hiineis
Lee
New Purchase
Wade
Ofirloosa
Rocky Mountains
Staney
Tie
Columbus City
Cleaves
William McClelland
Pennsylvania
W MeCdelland
Esculopus
Kentucky
Rousseau
Doctor Lee
Doctor Stone
Thomas Guthrie
Social notes and travel visits from local families
Mrs J T Palmer and daughter Stella returned home from Stuart Town after visiting Mrs Ethel Butterbaugh. Mrs Mary Cotter came back to Letts following a stay with Mr and Mrs John J Bailey. Miss Anna Wolf of Iowa City visited family near Lexington and plans to depart for St Louis for professional business after a stay in Denver. Basesball mention lists Washington versus Columbus dow on a Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Iowa City
Plora Browning
Mount Vernon
Osgood Patchelor
Zearing
Batcheler
Cornell College
University of Iowa
Batchelor
Iowa State Teachers College
Washington Horn
Beatty
Marsh Valley
Bailey Gardens
Ainsworth
McConnell
Nicholson
Fronk Ainsworth
J. J. McConnell
Mary
Wright McConnell
Kenneth
W. L. McConnell
Floyd Hamil
Betty
Lafe
Lester
J. S. Nicholson
Ray
Goldfield
Everette Nelson
Charlene
Holmes
Frank Terrell
Leland
Lois
Fairfield
Malcolbm Dowell
Douglas
Tacoma
Harry McConnell
Stanley
Arthur Yard
Eliva Allbaugh
Leo
Leota
Francis
Will Hamil
Allerton
Clarence Walker
Friendsville
Tenn
Sarah Nicholson
Evelyn Robertson
Las Animas Colo
Earl Marshall
Clinda Marshall
Weldon
Harold
Maynard
Wilma
Dorothy
Bernard
Riverside
Hearman Twinam
Crawfordsville
Irene Shannon
Kansas City, Mo
Belle Clegg
Osage
J. TR. Palmer
Miss Stella
Stuart
Town
Ethel Butterbaugh
Mary Cotter
Letts
John J. Bailey
Anna Wolfe
St. Louis
Miss . Wolfe
Denver
Oxford Pumps Lighten Up with Practical Style
Advert shows white buckskin Oxford pumps with brown bands and buckles. Nearby notes include sales for an acre property on South Fourth Avenue and a carful of local social visits ranging from Beth Klein and Gertrude Kendall to trips in Mt Pleasant and New York state.
Weather as a Conversational Asset in Abe Martin Style
The piece extols weather talk as a social opener on trains, streets, and gatherings, noting how a polite weather remark greases introductions and avoids rudeness. It recounts anecdotes from Owen County and a Miami visit, plus a misstep that ends a budding romance sparked by weather chatter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abe Martin
Cpa
Miami
Florida
Neddler
Seymour
Maywood
Jimes
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CC. A. Dewey
North Second Avenue
Walter Q. Ayres
Alma Brindley
Alex Lytle
Chicago
Roy Tripp
Sioux City
Glenn Laffer
Fort Dodge
Charles Kirkpatrick
Vass
Im MacGregor
Ruby Opra
Pia
PG. Ahrens
South Iown Avenue
Mra. D. Mridges
Maveatine
Jown
Arthur Bridges
Ruston, Texas
Misses Bridges
East Washington Street
J. M. Stewart
G.incent
Washington Gazette
Lancet and Pill
eSans Misa
Dorothy Patten
Chattanooga
Spain
Madrid
Adolph Ochs
New York
Ochs
Queen Victoria Bysenia
Columbus Dow
Daly Poh
Tecemiles S. W
Anna Wolf
Jesse Campbell
Lexington
New Oxfords
Alberta Wolfe
Nellie Wolfe
South Fourth Avenue
Dempsey & Bredtenpach
North Side
Beth Klein
Gertrude Kendall
Mt. Plessant
Mary Festus Bell
Edna Klein
James McCreedy
Miss Maude
New York State
Rochester
J. C. Huston
Miss Hope
Rathway
Owen County
Art
Art Jn
Victoria
Bool
Spitabergen
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