Social Events Highlight Community Life
Mrs Edgar Fletcher and companions picnic on Skunk river enjoying games and dinner. Josephine Bailey hosted A B C E club with roquet and hall games and light refreshments. Mozart's Melody Boys Orchestra entertained Hoyle family guests at six oclock dinner. Norma Pauline Riggs and Raymond Strohm wed at Redeemer church in Elgin with reception. West Che club hosted a woodside wooinie roast with Dame Nature and a noon lunch. F A Sherbeck attended.
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Edgar Fletcher
Rosa Brewer
Miranda Blick
Francis Pletcher
Skunk River
Josephine Bailey
A. Bi. C. E Club
Hoyle
Washington
Mozart
Melody Boys
O. A. Strohm
J. C. Carris
Norma Pauline Riggs
Raymond Strohm
Heth
Elgin
Church of the Redeemer
Brigin Daily News
William Rigen
Wisconsin
H. A. Strohm
A Nd Maids Club
West Che
Crooked Creek
Mesdames CH. Davis
J. D. Dayton
J. P. Dayton
F. A. Sherbeck
Fragmentary Humor Snippets From Various Papers
A collage of quirky lines from Detroit Motor News New York Standard London Blighty and London Mail with jests on borrowed smiles hired girl maid and problem solving. The items read like light captions or jokes about daily life transportation and social roles captured in condensed newspaper chatter.
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Detroit Motor We
Monster rattlesnake shot by timber worker
A logger in North River timber work claimed to kill a four and a half foot monster rattlesnake found in his pocket a day’s ride to town. The tale notes many road snakes along the county and invites study of local snake habits by a careful naturalist.
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Frank Randy
Frank, Jr
al McCain
Edith Ferris
Harold
Mise
Esther Welsh
Carmichael Timber
Bandy
Winterset News
North River
Jokes and snippets from a busy newsmakers page
A collage of humorous lines from sources like Pittsburgh Press Time Keeper and Evening Sun feature witty exchanges. The items include a bridegroom bragging about four fiances, a clerk misunderstanding stairs, a woman’s club remark, and a car driver teased by a wagon couple, all as light quips from Tit-Bits.
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Buny
Echoes from Sunday Sermon on Christ in All Things
A Washington pastor sermonizes on seeing Christ in fullness beyond church membership. Indifference and worldly-mindedness hinder recognizing the Father’s personality, power, and love, urging believers to live a resurrection life daily and let faithful conduct preach.
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Philip
Philips
Christ
Father
God
Jesus
Washington County
Washington
Jack
Making Americans Not Enemies The Christian Nation Call
A sermon by Rev. A. R. Oates urges view of immigrants as friends and stresses an Americanist education. He advocates replacing pro foreign books with American histories and literature that emphasize liberty, equality, and service. He argues schools must form Americans while churches must make Christians.
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America
Passing Show Reflects on Telephone Operators as Civil Servants
A contemporary remark highlights that even telephone operators are civil servants, underscoring public service status within daily communications and municipal operations.
Notice to Contractors for Washington Iowa Road Work 1922
Sealed bids due June 29 1922 at 1 pm to Washington Iowa County Auditor for grading drainage and incidental work on primary roads northwest and east of Washington. Bid bond 5 percent. plans available at county offices Ames State Highway Commission. The county may waive technicalities and reject bids. contracts await State Highway Commission approval.
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Washington
Iowa
State Highway Commission
Ames
Market nerves and thrashed wheat joke in old reports
A compressed clipping notes a market joke about wheat being nervous as it expects to be thrashed. The piece also includes short humorous verses about Mary’s pipe and a classroom take on cremation versus burial, reflecting light fiction and social humor of the era.
Cigaret Revenue Hits 600000 From Iowa Tax Office
Des Moines reports a first annual cigaret revenue total of 600000 dollars since July 1 1921. About 2600 dollars per day in sales taxes plus 250000 from permits across towns and counties. Permits vary 100 75 or 50 dollars by city class and store type.
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Des Moines
C. McCoy
Cigaret Revenue Department
Do Handsome Husbands Pay? Sunday Paper Question
A Sunday paper questions if handsome husbands pay equally in society and shows a satirical note on expense and manners. The Passing Show from London is cited as commentary on such social expectations.
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London
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Soviet
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Detroit Motor News
Mexico
New York
Walter Smith
Pulaski Street
New York Tribune
London Mail
Ph —Wort
Washington Lodge No
A. F
A. M.—Worth
H. T. Carris
W. M
A. M
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion Rooms
Helle Rice
Georgia Cummings
Ladies Missionary Society of the
Bethel Presbyterian Church
Ellen Wallace
Jefferson St
Just
Sunset Park
T. SS. W. Club
T. C. Davis
Washington Street
South of Town
Embroidery Club
J. T. Wenger
Rural Womens Club
Lloyd Humston
Ppworth League
Methodist Church
Cliffead
Mary Hunter
Navajo Club
J. A. Porter
Poulglas Thio
United Presbyterian Church of
Ainsworth
Snakes
Clara
Jane
Margaret
Sue
Geraldine
Pittsburgh Press
Assoctate Presbytetian
A. M. Malcolm
Christian Chiunon
Rev. Wood
Hampton Dod
The
Perstor
Presbyterian Church
Rev
A. R. Oates
Bone Yard
Timken
Mary
New York Times
Trine
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