Walnut club and society notices in local gatherings
The Walnut Women's club hosted by Mrs George Duke with thirteen members and six visitors. Events included a Home Furnishing playlet, bridge meetings, Mother Goose program, and a children's missionary society event at S. W. Brookhart home. Also reported are readings by the Wednesday Reading circle, Washington country club party, and Grace Hill Ladies Aid plans. A marriage notice for Vera G Oldham and Dr Harold H Moore appears, along with general notices of social gatherings and a lumber use study in Washington.
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Walnut Women's Club
George Duke
Ab Anderson
Rough Llown
Dorothy Canfield
Washington Country Club
Vera G. Oldham
Ottumwa
Harold H. Moore
Washington
Moore
Farmer's and Merchant’s Bank
Twins Receive Certificates at Jasper County Eighth Grade
Newton reports an unusual feature at the Jasper County eighth grade commencement with five pairs of twins earning certificates. The pairs are Harold and Gerald Iattles Edna and Ellen Root Bernice and Beryl Braley Lois and Lucille Deal and Nina and Nita HAMBier. Mrs. Guy Tomlinson and daughter Martha of Sioux City visit Mrs. Tomlinson's father N. L. Long.
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Newton
Jasper County Eighth Rade
Harold
Gerald Lattles
Edna
Ellen Root
Bernice
Beryl Braley
Lois
Lucille Deal
Nina
Nita Hambier
Guy Tomlinson
Daugher
Martha
Sioux, City
Mre
Community announcements from West Chester churches and societies
Methodist and related groups in West Chester announce monthly meetings social events and pot luck suppers. Includes Womans Home Missionary Society M E Church West Chester meet Friday with Mrs Wallace election of officers and magazine items. Womans Relief Corps meet Saturday afternoon. Epworth League social Friday night June 26 at church basement bring a guest. Chapter 1 Ph D meets Thursday at 7 90 at Mrs BR Livingston home initiation 110. An old fashioned chicken dinner served by Ladies Aid at church Friday June 26 11 1. Moose Lodge social Thursday invited families. Ice cream supper Newhaven Thursday June 20 all invited. Presbyterian Choir rehearsal Thursday prompt 9 00 am. M W Home Missionary society last meeting year Friday with Mrs George Brinton 703 W Monroe mite boxes dues pennies per year of age family picnic after. Pot luck supper Monday 6 80 at Mrs G Widmer 1102 North Town Ave Dora Minick leader Veda Stryker talk bring dish to pass.
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Children’s Missionary Society of the Methodist Church
S. W. Brookhart
George Lowell
Womans Home Missionary Society of
West Chester
M. E. Church
Ladies Aid Society
The
Methodist Church
Belva Carris
Woman's Home Missionary Society of the
George Brinton
W. Monroe
Woman's Home Missionary Society of the Methodist Church
Hh. G. Widmer
Northtown Ave
Dora Minick
Veda Stryker
Grangers Meet at Grinnell Picnic Draws State Officials
More than 2,000 people from 20 Jasper county granges gathered in Grinnell for the annual picnic. Gov. John Kamimill spoke as principal speaker. juvenile grangers led the afternoon program and a Westen program followed the 6 pm supper. Ralph Smith, master of the state grange, was slated to speak in the evening.
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Newton
Jasper County Granges
John Kamimill
Grange
Ralph Smith
State Grange
Real estate boards discuss concrete and steel in homes
Detroit June 25 real estate leaders at the National Association of Real Estate Boards convention hear Henry R Brighe of Boston urge considering concrete and steel for small homes. He says old designs block new materials and shoddy construction harms buyer trust and builder reputation, warning of long term costs.
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Detroit
Mod
Henry R. Brighe
Boston
National Association of Real |Rate Boards
Woleos
Urigiharn
Funeral Service for Elizabeth Murphy Held at Home
Mrs. Elizabeth Murphy's funeral was conducted at her residence at 2:20 PM by Rev. W. Co. Porter with assisting clergy from United Presbyterian and local churches. Pallbearers included Robert Wells and John Wagner among others, with attendees from nearby towns and families. Margaret Jill and granddaughter Margaret Robertson visited Mason City while others recover from illness.
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Crawfordsville
Margaret Jill
Margaret Robertson
Mason City
Milton White
Ead
Margaret Strain
Elizabeth Murphy
W. Co. Porter
United Presbyterian Church
Myron Hayes
Love Methodist Church
Pritchard
Methodist Church
Waviland
Schrae
Eicher Church
Robert Wells
John Wagner
Joe Rosh
Frank Taylor
Karl Ferguson
Lawrence Cherryholmer
The Topeka Journal Reports Housing Bias Against Women
The Topeka Journal notes a Topeka woman faced repeated questions about children when seeking housing. Seven inquiries asked if she had children, four landlords refused to consider her, while three recalled the house had been rented an hour earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka Journal
Topeka Woon
Bee the Ketch Celebrates 8600th Solent Crossing
The Bee, a 124 year old ketch operating between Southampton and Newport on the Isle of Wight, completed its 8600th Solent crossing. Built in 1801, it witnessed Nelson era naval victories and was once commanded by the same captain for 48 years. It has carried over 500000 tons of cargo across about 500000 miles. Three sister ships have sailed the route for around 50 years.
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Southampton
Newport
Isle of Wight
Solent
Nelson
Ladle of Wight
Oxford University Grrs Rare Set of Astrolabes
Oxford University possesses a rare set of astrolabes. Dr. Lewis Evans donated 63 strolabes, complementing existing collections to form the most complete series. The astrolabe, invented by Hipparchus in the second century BC, aided sun and star altitude measurements and navigation, preserving Greek scientific heritage.
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Oxford
Eng
Lewis Evans
Arthur Evans
Christ
Hipparchus
America
Germany
Wittshire Addresses Grocers convention closing sessions
In Dubuque on June 25 Hon. A. E. Wittshire of Edinburgh Scotland spoke on a trained efficient retail food distributing agency and the program for today at closing sessions of the National Association of Retail Grocers.
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Dubuque
A. E. Wittshire
Edinburgh
Scotland
National Association of Retail Grocers
Norse Whaling Season Yields High Antarctic Hauls
Norwegian whalers report 166000 barrels from South Georgia and 166880 from South Shetland, with 54000 from South Orkney and 22000 off Mexico. Total Norwegian output this year reaches 410000 barrels, vs 257000 by other nations, as a modern fleet sails globally with 400 sailors aboard.
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Antarctic
South Shetland
South Georgia
Asar
South Orkney
Mexican
Plabe
Hammill Couple To Attend Governors’ Convention In Bangor
Governor Hammill and his wife depart Des Moines for Bangor Maine tonight to attend the governors convention beginning next week. They plan to return after July 4.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
John Hammill
Bangor
Maine
Jazz Promoter of International Understanding
Rome reports Italians praise jazz music and American dance as tools of cultural diplomacy. Visitors say jazz and chaperoned dancing expose European youths to American ideas, shaping cross border understanding beyond formal diplomacy.
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Rome
America
Old World
United States
Europe
Rim of the World amphitheatre opens in San Bernardino
A vast natural outdoor theatre high in the San Bernardino mountains near Rim of the World opens with a novel musical program. It seats 450000 or more using pine needle benches and rock platforms as stages. A violinist and a string quartet perform from treetop and cavern alcoves as colored lights illuminate the scene.
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San Bernardino
Cal
San Bernardino Mountains
Nature
Taximeters traced to early Athens and beyond
Modern research reveals that ancient Athens chariots used taximeters called bematists to measure distance. The device, praised by John Evelyn as a pretty and useful waywiser, persisted through wars and invasions and reappears in a display at the Oxford museum of scientific instruments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford
Eng
Acropolis
Pericles
Spain
John Evelyn
Oxford Museum of Scientific Instruments
Suicides Rise in Tokyo Public Crisis Reports
Tokyo police records show 1,263 personal crisis reports in the year to March, up 300 from the prior year. Jealousy and love disappointment led most suicides while poisoning was the most common method with 221 men and 271 women. The pistol was used by two men and two women.
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Tokyo
Metropolitan Police Bureau
Justice Court Fines man for Disturbing Local Dance
Lloyd Rickard was fined $10 and costs by Justice D C Kyle after a hearing in In Justice Court Lloyd Rickard was accused of disturbing a dance in the Vardi community.
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Lloyd Rickard
D.C. Kyle
Vardi
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