Social events and engagements around town this week
The Rebekahs hosted a social for Mr. and Mrs. Tom Dowis of Dayton Ohio before their Thursday departure. The World Wide Guild gathered at Mrs John Kern s home rolling bandages for a Japan hospital and enjoying music and late refreshments. A Covered Dish club dinner near Washington featured six couples and their children with bridge and porch dining. A surprise spring gathering for Mr and Mrs M F Larson returned with music and a one course luncheon. Mr and Mrs F E B Bean celebrated their forty seventh anniversary with eighteen relatives present despite weather. Invitations issued for a Stephens college tea honoring President Wood at Miss Marion Mc Laughlin s home July 2. Helen Martin of Wayland to wed Jens Grothe of Charles City Iowa tomorrow at two. Over 120 couples danced last night at the armory with Munson s orchestra.
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Tom Dowis
Dayton
Ohio
Dowis
Charles Baker
Charles Knowles
World Wide Guild of the Baptist Church
John Kern
Nellie Wiley
Cora Alice Hays
Japan
Ruth Lemley
Florence Carr
Homer Stephens
Washington
Iowa River
California
M. F. Larson
F. EB. Bean
Monmouth
Illinois
Stephens College
Marion McLaughlin
West Main Street
Wood
Helen Martin
Wayland
Jens Grothe
Charles City
Iowa
Mildred Mauthe
Martin
Grothe
Floyd County
Woman's Page Tomorrow Special Recipes And Social Calendar
Tomorrow's Woman's Page will feature special recipes the social calendar and other standard columns. Readers can expect added homemaking tips and seasonal ideas alongside community notices.
Miss Francis to Rule on Disputed Stanton School Tuition
Miss May E. Francis, Iowa public instruction chief, will decide soon on a case in Des Moines about whether the Independent school district of Stanton must provide free public schooling for orphaned children of the Lutheran Children's home. The district argues tuition should be paid if the children attend Stanton schools, while the home asserts free attendance under compulsory education law for citizens of low?
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Des Moines
May E. Francis
Stanton
Iowa
Democratic Party Opens Its National Convention Today
The piece reports the Democratic Party commencing its national convention with a prayerful appeal for unity and guidance. It notes dignitaries from various states gathered to select a candidate for national leadership, underscoring patriotism and shared purpose in the American political tradition.
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Democratic Party
Jud Tunkins on giving boys a college education
The speaker reflects that sometimes a college education is needed to show a boy he does not know everything naturally. The remark emphasizes humility, learning, and the value of formal schooling in shaping understanding.
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Jud Tunkins
Democratic Convention Tickets Rumors Spark Debate
News from New York reports sensational rumors about ticket favoritism for the Democratic National Convention. J Bruce Kremer of Montana, vice chairman, denies any bias in admission cards as delegates and spectators crowd Madison Square Garden for the convention opening. The scene centers on the first session led by temporary chairman Senator Pat Harrison with routine preliminaries underway.
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New York
J. Bruce Kremer
Montana
Committee On
Madison Square Garden
Pat Harrison
Mississippi
Harrison urges a Paul Revere president in critique of administrations
Senator Harrison argues against the current and past administrations, accusing them of float and surrender. He labels the Cleveland convention as controlled by bosses and cites Mellon tax proposals as privilege seeking. He contrasts Wilson and Harding Coolidge policies and pledges Democratic resolve to enforce law, protect farmers, and curb corruption.
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Harrison
Cleveland
Potomac
Dought
General Butler
Sergeant Stearns
Mellon
America
Simmons
Senate
Gardner
House
Wilson
Harding- Coolidge
Harding
Coolidge
British Debt Pile Could Reach 4835 Miles High
If stacked as one pound treasury notes the British national debt would tower about 4835 miles, illustrating the massive scale of public borrowing in a single measure.
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Treasury
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Cc. J. Wilson
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Opposite Journal
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