Harmony club entertains at Mrs Lewis Beard home
Society notes recount a Harmony club gathering at Mrs Lewis Beard's home with a vocal solo by Mrs Leigh Foster and discussion on women on the state board of control. Mrs Howard McCreedy leads the discussion and refreshments follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harmony Club
Lewis Beard
Leigh Foster
Howard McCreedy
Ralph Lytle
State Board of Control
John Davidson
Malcolm Montgomery
Mourer to Rubio Spend Day in Town
A. E. Mourer spent a day in town with Rubio, visiting local shops and greeting residents. The light schedule included informal meetings and casual discussions around community concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. E. Mourer
Community club notices and church society meetings
Notices list W I C club meeting with Mrs Zeno Times and several other groups. Dates include Thursday and Friday afternoons, with meetings at homes or church venues. A bake sale and a ten cent social are scheduled, with invitations extended to members and attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Hill Ladies Aid Society
Sadies
H. A. Engle
W. I. C. Club
Baptist Choir Rehearsal Friday Evening at 7:15
Notice from the committee announces Baptist choir rehearsal Friday evening at 7 15 led by R L Grimes and Methodist choir rehearsal at 7 30 Thursday. Members urged to attend 100 percent. Odd Fellows decorate day services Sunday at 2 pm at the hall with flowers from the public invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Damascus Shrine
Rose Croix Shrine
Muscatine
Presbyterian Choir
Odd Fellows
Committee
Methodist Choir
J. J. Miller
Ote
Pageant Practice Begins. Participants Sought
J. J. Miller urges recipients to respond about taking part in upcoming pageant practice. The notice stresses the importance of replies for planning and participation.
Prince Henry Accepts Royal Post in Lynn
Prince Henry third son of King George accepts appointment as Lord High Steward of Lynn with a salary of 50 dollars a year. The town council notes the prince will represent the borough in the House of Lords when raised to peerage in the future. Lynn boasts a long charter history dating to King John.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kings Lynn
England
Prince Henry
George
Hose of Lords
Lynn
John
Silk production planned using ironwood from Maine site
The plan proposes artificial silk manufacture in Tennessee using ironwood from Maine on a site that housed a World War I powder plant, indicating reuse of a historic heavy industrial site.
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Tennessee
Maine
Midwest Delegates Endorse Vice Presidential Candidate
Delegates at the convention backed a vice presidential candidate after debates over La Follette proposals and tariff provisions. The credentials report faced a delay for final touches before being read, and a minority-seat motion briefly surfaced before approval. The hall lit in patriotic colors as McKinley presented the committee findings and seating decisions were finalized.
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Marion Leary Horton
Michigan
McKinley
Burton
Oklahoma
Credentials Committee
E. Mont Reilly
R. H. Todd
National Committee
Porto Rico
Todd
Reilly
Convention Opens as Mondell Installed at Cleveland
The Republican convention opened in Cleveland with Frank W. Mondell of Wyoming installed as permanent chairman. Delegates filled galleries as the platform committee debated differences and leaders fanned out for discussions on the vice presidential nomination amid Coolidge rallying cries.
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Cleveland
Frank W. Mondell
Wyoming
Mondell
Coolidge
Burton
Congress
Senate
House
Hoover
Harbord
Curtis Booms
Jawden
Lowden
Oregon
Vice Presidential Nomination Cloud Hangs Over Republicans
June 11 reports from Cleveland show delegates divided over the VP pick at the Republican National Convention. Fr the first time a woman chaired a major committee, Elizabeth H Rice Martin of Philadelphia led the permanentorganization panel as Frank Mondell was named permanent chairman amid ongoing conference and shifting support among leaders and delegates.
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Cleveland
Frank C. Lowden
Illinois
William M. Butler
Coolidge
Mr. Butler
Frank W. Stearns
Weeks
Mellon
Belleau Wood
France
Army
Radio Corporation of America
Merita
Hoover
Curtis
Kansas
William 8. Kenyon
Charles G. Dawes
Burtom
University
Lowden
Borah
Idaho
Elizabeth Hrice Martin
Philadelphia
Frank Mondell
Wyorming
Burton
Senator Wadsworth
New York
Effie Eastman
California
Archie Love
Mr. Mondell
Convention Program for June 11 Sessions
The program notes the convention to convene June 11 at 10 20 a m with temporary chair Horton. Bishop E Schrembs will invoke for the Cleveland Catholic diocese. The band plays the Star Spangled Banner and credential committee reports and adopts its permanent roll. Mondell is named permanent chairman and escorted to the platform.
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Horton
E. Schrembs
Cleveland
Burton App
Frank W. Mondell
Mondell
Republicans Celebrate Rhetoric At Convention For Auto Victory
Delegates cheered as a speaker forecast Republican triumph in November and praised Lincoln McKinley Roosevelt and Harding. They lauded Calvin Coolidge and urged a Republican Congress as Wisconsin La Follette delegates sat, urging equal female representation on the national committee. Wisconsin joined in as Paul Howland outlined the rules and the plan to unseat committeemen who oppose party nominees.
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Lincoln
McKinley
Roosevelt
Harding
Calvin Coolidge
Burton
la Follette
Wisconsin
Ihs
National Committee
Howland
Hoover Not Candidate for Vice Presidency Sparks Uncertainty
Washington dispatch notes President Hoover denying candidacy for vice president while uncertainty grows over second place on the ticket. Party leaders consider Coolidge's wishes and whether Hoover will break from the hands off policy as James G. Harbord gains or loses momentum among delegates.
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Hoover
Washington
Coolidge
James G. Harbord
Army
Probable Planks in Platform Published Amid Debate
The sub committee approved the draft platform with orderly planks on government and taxes. Debate arose over the klan and farm relief sections with Norbeck insisting on strong agricultural language. The platform praises Harding and Coolidge and calls for tax reform, tariff protection, waterways, and a postwar fiscal record.
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Warren
Norbeck
South Dakota
Republican Party
Bulgarian Town Conscripts Citizens to Clean Up Park
In Plovdiv a Bulgarian labor conscription class of 200 men was called for ten days to tidy a city park. Recruits from varied backgrounds joined, including a music teacher and a banker, as paths were graded and flower beds refreshed within the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plovdiv
Bulgaria
Massey Warns of Wheat Shortage in New Zealand
Prime Minister Massey forecasts a wheat scarcity in New Zealand, noting the country is 3,000,000 bushels behind in production and that imports will be necessary. He speaks during a review of the trade outlook in Wellington on May 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellington
N. Z
Massey
Convention Leaderseye Vice Presidency Prospects for Kenyon
The article notes Judge Wm. H. Kenyon and Senator Curtis among other leaders as the convention shifts focus to the vice presidency. Mellon and Reed left to confer with Weeks while western delegates plan further sentiment checks and an afternoon meeting. Delegates see strong potential in Kenyon.
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Ing
Kenyon
Curtis
Kansas
Work
Albert J. Beveridge
Charles G Dawes
Mellon
Reed
Pennsylvania
Weeks
Veins of Wealth Quote Cited by Ruskin Legend
A line attributed to Ruskin contrasts wealth with the vitality of youth, claiming that true riches lie in the "veins of rich, red blood" in young people rather than earthbound gold and silver. The remark frames wealth as a measure of youthful vigor and potential.
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Ruskin
Cultivating Thorough Problem Thinking For Success
The passage argues success requires thinking fully around a problem not just part way. It warns that thinking two thirds or three quarters risks others gaining efficiency, prestige, and leadership. It urges taking time to think the problem through properly.
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Ed Myall
Monroe Stret
Scott
Mason City
Bentley Craig
Carl Keck
C. L. Stafford
Stafford
Allene Cunningham
Minnie Connor
Marsh W. Bailey
T. W. Bardydt
Terre Haute
Ind
Dorothy Schultheis
Quincy
Josephine Bailey
Mary Roberts
Shalom
Methodist Church
George Dowell
T. F. Barker
Dowell
M. C. McDonald
Ethel Atkinson
Charles Welch
Roger Jones
George W. Stewart Io
West
Monroe Street
de Molay
de Molays
Masons
Dean
Priendship Club
Mary Applegate
Gots
Pleur de Tis Club
Murray Smylie
Prairie Flower Mission Circle
al Reeves
W. R. C. 2Nd Ward
Joe Reiner
Ladies Quilting Club of the Baptist Church
W. R
Ainsworth
Legion Hall
Epworth League of
West Chester
Moose Lodge
Highland Four
Nation
Lexington Womans
Selen Missionary Society
May Smith
Ald Society
The
First United Presbyterian Church
George Brinton
W. Monroe St
T. J. McElhinney
Floyd Murdock
Ladies Aid
Will Myers
E. 7Th St
Midwest
Cooper
Northwest
Vot
Ers
Livers
Committee On Rules and Order of Business
Glee Club
Chicago
Marion
Mr. Coolidge
Uncle Doe
Joe
Federal Tax Commission
Great Lakes
Gulf
Colorado River
New Zealand
Physicians and Surgeons
John Droz
West Main St
Frank Boller
Phobes
City
Mutual
W. Washington &T
Dk. T. J
Farmers and Merchants
Hank
Blue Mutual
J. D. Dayton
Westchester, Owa
Washington County
Iowa
Austin Sutherland
Brighton
R. R
T A. Michels
Washington, Iowa
Morrison & Morrison
Morrison Bidg
North Bide Bq
Brookhart Bros. Law—Abstracts
Opera House
Mutual Phone
Cc. J. Wilson
C. Wison
Wilson & Wilson
Journal Offich
Livingston & Eicher
Nat'l Bank
Green
South of Water Works
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