Walnut Women and Local Clubs Brighten Week In Community
Society notes recall Walnut Women’s Club meeting at Mrs Lemou’s home with election talk and form making. Gladys LeFantoly surprised in Shiloh neighborhood party for about thirty youths at her Clinton summer home. Mrs Breitenbach and Mrs HELL entertained at pink and white June Closehome with nine bridge tables and lunch. Guests included Mrs Feddersen of Oskaloosa and Miss Norene Wells of Albia. A surprise party for Mr. and Mrs. Ray Walton with rock music and fruit salad was held in the rain. The Buddy Lee children enjoyed a Sunset Park picnic hosted by Carol Jones. Independent Club hosted a Thursday afternoon with refreshments and a two-week meeting at Mrs Ramge’s home. Rosemary Club met at Walter Smith’s with new member Mrs Glenn Beal and Edison evening of games. West Chester Pythian Sisters held a decorated initiation with fifty attendees and music to end the evening."}
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Gladys “LeFantoly
Clinton
Shiloh
George Breitenbach
Donald Hel
H. Feddersen
Oskaloosa
Mies Norene Wells
Albia, Rong
Ray Walton
Fin
James Swift
Opal Ramge
Ralph Stephens
Keota
Ramge
Planar Et
Rosemary Club
Walter Smith
Washington
Glenn Beal
Edison
Marjorie
Beal
West Chester Pythian Sisters
Ethel Ferguson
West Chester
Uch
Mrs. Crane
Stuart City
Mary
Maisie
Julia
Dickens
Mr. Crane
Cyleks
Great Variety of Bananas Revealed in Local Notes
The article notes over six varieties of bananas with diverse flavors and uses. Mawali is said to have around forty distinct forms, many introduced by whites. Some are delicious raw, others cooked. banana plants are common in city and rural homes, with clumps and suckers visible as plants spread.
Send to Coventry and the town's old soldier ban
The piece explains the origin of the phrase Send to Coventry, describing Coventry England’s historic aversion to soldiers and the town’s severed ties with garrisons. It notes a woman speaking to a soldier once led to disregard and water-borne isolation.
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Coventry
England
National Flower Night at Grinnell Opens Series of Events
A Grinnell program features The National Flower with Alma Huppert leading performances by a large Metho dist group. Guests include Judge Brookhart and many named performers. Also listed are Shirokons War Veterans encampment plans with a full three day schedule and a banquet at Grinnell College.
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M. EK
TBS Entertainment
Fioewer
Alma Huppert
Baden Volt
Smaeer Fane
Treelth
Department of Iowa
Council of Administration
American Legion National Essay Contest Opens for Students
The American Legion sponsors a national essay contest for ages 12 to 18 with prizes totaling 1000 in scholarships. Entries due by August 1, with county and state judging leading to three national prizes of 750, 500, and 250 dollars.
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Indianapolis
Ind
American Legion
Service
Legion
Embargoed Opportunity Rumor Sparks Jury Anxiety
A London report notes that word of tampering with juries known as embrocery aroused anxiety among many youths eager to be empaneled amid local coverage of legal proceedings and courtroom procedure.
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London
Polar Winds Raise Faint Roar on Snowy Dusk
Snow falls as wind drives light fakes like feathers. In the dim dawn, they drift from windswept ewan figures toward the Polar seas amid growing density. Sound fades to stillness then a soft rustle and whir echoes as a barter bid appears.
Hohenlinden Battle Noted In Bavarian History
In Hohenlinden Upper Bavaria near Munich the French army led by Moreau defeated the Austrian force commanded by Archduke John on December 3 1800. Austrian losses reached about eight thousand killed and wounded. twelve thousand prisoners were captured. Poet Campbell later wrote a lyric about the battle.
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Hohenlinden
Upper Bavaria
Munich
Moreau
John
Mh Campbell
Death and Birth Reflections On Mortality By Montaigne
A fragmentary reflection argues that birth and death frame all existence and that fearing death is folly. It equates our life with the birth of all things, and death with the end of all things, suggesting death begins another phase. The tone is philosophical and didactic.
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Montaigne
The Paying Guests Revealed as Broadway Rehearsal Plot
An aging farmer narrates a tense night at a Cranes farm where a staged show turns real. He uncovers suspected infidelity and blackmail via anonymous letters, leading to a police confrontation that ends with the Cranes revealing they were rehearsing a new Broadway piece.
Echoes from Sunday Services in Washington Churches
Sermon by W H Hampton D D at Christian Church urges tithing as God's plan for church finance. He argues God owns all, emphasizes generosity over selfishness, and ties obedience to stewardship with happiness and usefulness. The talk cites Malachi and 1 Corinthians, urging readers to place possessions under God's law and seek the good of others.
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Christian Church
W. H. Hampton
D. D
Caesar
God
Kingdom of Heaven
The Lord Owns All: Sermon Reflections on Possessions
In a sermon Rev. M. R. Regan cites Psalms 24 1 that the earth and all within belong to the Lord. The pastor contrasts man’s pride in owning business farms and homes with biblical humility before divine ownership.
Adversity and Prosperity in Scripture Reflections
A Presbyterian church sermon cites Genesis 40 23 about the butler forgetting Joseph to contrast adversity building manhood with prosperity blunting sympathy. It argues God is not a God of shadows but of true light and notes Jesus as a man of sorrows yet present at merry occasions.
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A. R. Oates
Joseph
Jesus
Prayerful Living Opens Real Joy Beyond Worldly Fun
The author argues that true happiness comes from living in prayer and gratitude rather than ignoring God. He compares genuine faith to a continual nearness to the divine and warns that worldly pleasures often distract from spiritual prosperity. He cites the story of the chief butler and Joseph as a reminder that neglect follows prosperity.
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God
Joseph
Engraved Editions Try To Save Sioux City Papers
Union printers strike leaves no type set for the day as two papers merge news and engraving. The combined operation uses typewritten and photographed content with engraved plates forming the newspaper forms. Stereotypers and pressmen stay at posts. ads follow same process. An wage adjustment is hoped by Monday.
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Sioux City
Distinguishing Truth in Oratory Highlighted
Kenest F. Tittle of Evanston Illinois extols the value of truth over flair in public speaking urging honesty as a core virtue.
Parents of Columbus Colomho and Susannah Fontanuressa
The text identifies Columbus Colomho a wool comber and weaver and his wife Susannah Fontanuressa. It notes their Catholic faith and suggests Colomho’s father came from Quinto near Genoa and his mother from Fontan fresca. Burial places are not on record. Colomho died before 1408 and his mother Columba died in 1404.
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Domencio Colomho
Susannah Fontanuressa
Quinto
Genoa
Fontanfresca
Columba
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