W C T U Convention Report From Brighton County
The seventh annual Women's Christian Temperance Union convention in Washington county was held July 15 at Brighton Presbyterian church. Officers were re-elected, a noon luncheon served, and sessions featured music, sermons, and speeches urging temperance and broader social reform led by Mrs. Lucy Morgan and other county leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brighton
Lucy Morgan
Clay
W. A. Cook
Brighton Presbyterian Church
Brighton Union
Cc. C. Gardner
Wellman Union
HM. W. Helmick
Lucile Statler
Etta Brinton
Washington
Fannie Jones
Susie M. Brown
J. A. Hawthorne
Washington Union
Eliza Stanard
Ainsworth Union
Gardner
H. W. Helmick
Union
Miss Galbry
Mattie Hadley
Richland
Christine Collison
Mary Badger
Helmick
Laura Chilcott
Fairfield
Hutchkins
Keokuk
Washington County W C U Convention remembered
A recollection of a county convention hosted by the local Union with delegates from surrounding towns and farms. The event featured state officials and visitors, described as a day of feasting and learning that strengthened resolve to combat alcoholism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
W. C
T. U
State Union
Women voters in Iowa face a new political era
Visiting members thank Brighton for planning and discuss past work and future goals. They urge stronger sanitary laws, housing, economic improvement, prohibition, education, and child welfare. The ballot for women and Woman in Industry is highlighted after the suffrage victory. Women must exercise caution and seek platforms supporting women and children and the home welfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances KE. Willard
Department of Justice
Iowa
Brighton
Olive Schreiner
Resolutions at County WCTU Convention Brighton Iowa
Resolutions adopted at the Washington county W C T U convention held in Brighton Iowa on July fifteenth nineteen twenty outline aims and commitments by the women of the organization. The document records formal statements urging temperance reform and social improvement through the county franchise and civic engagement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chrystina Callison
Mattie Dudley
Richland
Brighton
Iowa
Washington County
Billie Burke Delights in The Misleading Widow at Fox Theatre
Billie Burke stars as Betty Taradine in The Misleading Widow a Paramount Artcraft romance showing Thursday and Friday at the Fox Theatre. Complications arise when her supposedly dead husband reappears while creditors press. Supporting players include James L. Crane Frank Mills Madeline Clare and Dorothy Waters Fatty Arbuckle also appears in The Hayseed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fox Theatre
Paramount-Artcraft
Billie Burke
Miss Burke
Betty Taradine
New England
Colonel Preedy
Taradine
Betty
South Africa
Frank Mills
Madeline Clare
Fred Hearn
Frederick Esmelton
Dorothy Waters
Fatty Arbuckle
the Hayseed
The Luck of the Irish on Graham Theatre Screen
A review frames luck as a mix of pluck and opportunity. Harold MacGrath's novel influences Grogan’s bold ventures with Irish grit and resourcefulness. Allan Dwan’s The Luck of the Irish plays at Graham theatre Friday and Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sons of
Erin
Harold MacGrath
Grogan
Miss Opportunity
Allan Dwan
Graham Theatre
The Origin of the Word Budget
The term budget stems from a leather socket for carbine butts used by cavalry. It later meant a small wallet and then the chancellor's annual financial statement. Though objected to, the term stuck and became common.
Butter Queen of Fats for Children’s Growth
Butter is presented as superior to many fats for young children. It offers no higher energy value than other fats but provides essential substances needed for growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goodyear
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W. C. T. U. Convention
Frances Willard
Jesus
David
Deborah
Israel
Gideon
Midian
Paul
Kingdom of God
William Carey
India
Paton
New Hebrides Islands
Brainerd
Frances E. Willard
Paramount
Artcraft
Lauch
Postum Cereal Co,Inc
Battle Creek
Mich
Lemley, Root & Littlefield
Farmers & Merchants State Bank Building
North Marion Ave
Washington, IA
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