Pleasant Society Gatherings and European Insight
Mrs. 2Wonald Paul and Mrs. Clarence Phillips hosted Brighton friends last evening at Sunset Park with a basket supper and social hour. Dr. Howard Hamilton shared experiences from Europe, detailing hunger in Vienna and reflections on the Passion Play while visiting with guests at the Hamiltons farm. The Highland Swing Circle hosted seventy guests at Joe McCreedy’s, with plans for another moonlit gathering on July 13 hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Warren McIntyre and for officers to be elected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
2Wonald
Paul
Clarence’ Phillips
Brighton
Sunset Park
Phillips
Frank Beatty
White Shrine
Beatty
Frank
Mrs. Beatty
Grace Newton
James White
A. C. McNurlen
Clark Pulver
Ed Kirkpatrick
Ed Kleinechmidt
Keota
R. C. MecKiernan
Floyd Letts and Family
Ainsworth
Boyd Twinam
Crawfordsville
I. E. Coffey
Will Mangenhausen
Lon Fleming
George Struble
Joe Kabaker
Irene Oldfield
Wellman
Alva Knott
Will Embree
Everette Denison
J. D. Dayton
West Chester
John Babcock
Chicago
Kathryner
Trenton
Carolyn Hamilton
John McLaughlin
H. H. McCleery
Farmers Home
Howard Hamilton
Hamilton
Europe
Austria
Erst
Vienna
Berlin
Frederick the Great
Ober-Ammergran
England
London
Germany
Highland Swing Circle
Joe McCreedy
Warren McIntyre
Lombards and the rise of medieval bankers
Bankers originally Lombards were Italian merchants from Lombardy who settled in London and Paris. Lombard Street in London became a center of finance and the surname Lombard became a synonym for money lender in broader European cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lombardy
London
Paris
Lombard Street
Vontdon
Lotebard
Dream work in literature and famed authors
The text notes Robert Louis Stevenson used night visions to profit from dream work. It mentions Coleridge's poem Yhubla Khan as a famous example and references Pante and Voltaire working in their sleep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Louis Stevenson
Coleridge
Yhubla Khan
Pante
Voltaire
The Contented Life in the Atchisen Globe
A brief editorial fragment promotes living as a practical matter to achieve contentment. The note emphasizes acceptance and steady effort as keys to a settled, contented life.
Hachel Reflects on Jewels in Parting Thought
The Preveh actress Hachel quips over losing jewels, invoking the old saying that shrouds have no pockets. She muses fondly about jewels and laments parting with them in a humorous, reflective moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Yegret
Hachel
Women's Missionary Society Set Meeting in Crawfordsville
The thirty ninth annual Keokuk presbytery Women’s Missionary meeting will begin Tuesday June 20 at United Presbyterian Church Crawfordsville and run three sessions through Wednesday evening. Delegates from five missionary societies and speakers Mrs. W. M. McKelvey and Mrs. N. B. Lease will address the gathering with reports, devotions, and lessons from India Egypt and Tennessee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's Missionary Societies of
Keokuk
United Presbyterian Church
Iowa
Stanwood
LeClaire
Elvira
DeWitt
Andrew
Missionary Societies
Washington
First United Presbyterian Congregation
Women's Missionary Society
Young Women's Missionary Society
Kate Hill
Second United Presbyterian Congregation
Young Women's Organization
W. M. McKelvey
India
Crawfordsville
Lease
Tennessee
Hill Top
Ark
Rose Minner
Women's Societies of
Keokuk Presbytery
Co. FP. Pierce
Morning Sun
John D. McLaughlin
Jas. Matthews
Ainsworth
Ella Gordon
Thankoffering
Jennie Gardenier
Keota
Jennie Marshall
Winfield Young Women's
Guy Wylie
Wapello
Howard Crozier
Hoy McElhinney
Burlington
Monmouth
C. Haupt
Excursions in Nature Guide Kinder Garden Learning
The article extols Mother centered nature trips for children in the kindergarten program. It describes autumn and spring excursions to observe flora and fauna, press leaves, gather materials, watch caterpillars become butterflies, and study birds, flowers, and tadpoles. It cites Horace Mann on education and urges contacting the National Kindergarten Association in New York for information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Froebel
Horace Mann
National Kindergarten Association
West 40Th Street
New York City
Social Calendar Sees Numerous Club Activities June Weekend
June social calendar highlights D A R picnic at Sunset Park and multiple church group gatherings. The Shalom Group dinner and officer election at the Methodist Social Hall, plus various teas, thimble bees, and bridge luncheons across Lexington and West Chester. Also cooking tips on greens and celery.
Greater Man Sees Creativity Beyond Limits
In a reflection attributed to John Bat, the text asserts that the person who perceives creativity surpasses the one who merely notices constraints, elevating the act of vision as a measure of greatness. It casts imagination as a defining trait of noble character.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Bat
First Woman Nominated for Congress in Indiana
Esther Kathleen O Keefe of Plymouth Indiana becomes the state s first woman to secure a Democratic nomination in her district after winning six of seven counties with a 2779 vote plurality over her nearest rival She is a former teacher and writer and vows economy and broad representation saying government should be brought back to the people and that equality of suffrage means equality of opportunity for service
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esther Kathleen O'Keefe
Plymouth
Ind
Miss O'Keefe
Middle West
Misa O'Keefe
French women threaten boycott over academy stance
Women worldwide urge action after the academy resists admitting Countess Mathieu de Noailles as a woman writer. Isabel Raymond of Lansdowne wins the third Society of Arts and Letters award for Mohammed the Victor. Mildred Wrandt, elected police magistrate in Freeport, holds home court. Japan forms a new costume society to discard traditional garb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Academy
Countess Mathieu de Noailles
Isabel Raymond
Lansdowne, Pa
Society of Arts and Letters of
Philadelphia
Mohammed the Victor
Mildred Wrandt
Freeport
Japan
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Atchisen Globe
Women’s Missionary Society
New Castle
D. M. Davis
McKelvey
Emma BD
Dashiey
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Shalom Group
The
Methodist Church
Lexington Ladies’ Aid Society
Howard McCleery
Rebekah
C. F. Hall
Priday
Homer Stephen
Harry Veard
Will Hoerwood
Woman’s Relief Corps
Charles. Brown
Dell Walker
Rosemary Club
Arthur Romine
Everett Green
Ladies’ Aid Society
Rebekats
1. C. O. F. Hall
Mes. O
Patterson
Navajo Club
John Jackson
T. Ss. BB. Club
Sam DeLong
Walter Boyer
Carl Voorhees
John Snider
Harry Ward
Will Harwood
Wil
Hoyay Coupfire
Mabel Livingston
Grant Hounston
Walnut Women's Club
Grace Binde
Bess Stewart
Mes. Wate Gardner
Lexington Ladies Aid Society
Church Hall
Clement Griffith
Wellston
Opal Ramge
Ralph Stephen
Independent Club
Congress
Indiana
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