First Church Choir to Present Program
The First United Presbyterian women choir plans a Tuesday 4 p.m. program at the church with choruses vocal and piano solos readings and a silver offering for admission. The program lists multiple named solos and duets by Mrs. Hamilton McCleery Livingston Chalmers Macon and others with accompanists Maurine McLaughlin Doris Chalmers and Dorell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First United Presbyterian Choir
June
Risher
Wake Up Phillips
Evelyn Eldridge
Will of the Wisp
Carolyn Hamilton
Clarice Meek
Spress
H. H. McCleery
Romance
Sibelius
Maurine McLaughlin
R. L. Livingston
Lass O' Mine
Wal
Forster
Jets
Doris Chalmers
Marston
Lynes
Strickland
Bertha Hay
Ladies’ Chorus
Dorell
Lois Macon
Bloom
San Soneci
Fier
Plenty of Choice and Cussedness Count in World
A playful quip notes 1031 kinds of falis and about 4 876 types of sheer cussedness in the world, signaling a humorous catalog of differences and temperaments.
Prohibition Advocates Hear National Figures in Washington
Six well known prohibition supporters spoke in Washington on Sunday for the Anti-Saloon League World Work. Governor Malcolm Patterson of Tennessee led a five year pledge drive at multiple churches. Speakers urged global outreach and stronger enforcement as essential to advancing prohibition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Anti-Saloon League
Malcolm R. Patterson
Tennessee
Methodist Church
H. F. Carson
Nebraska Anti-saloon League
F. S. Mbride
Illinois Anti Saloon League
H. J. Brownson
Iowa Anti-saloon League
Weir
Iowa Wesleyan College
C. S. Cooper
Agency
Iowa
Patterson
Memphis
Tenn
Congress
Col. W. B. Bell
United States
China
Mexico
America
The Lion and the Mouse shines in Vitagraph show
Alice Joyce stars as Shirley Rossmore in The Lion and the Mouse adapted from a Broadway hit. Tom Terriss directs this photo drama with Conrad Nagel and others in a human tale of a clever mouse and a powerful lion. Now at the FOX Theatre Tuesday afternoon and night.
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Vitagraph
Albert E. Smith
Alice Joyce
Charlies Kiein
Broadway
Tom Terriss
Miss Joyce
Shirley Rossmore
Conrad Nagel
Anders Randolf
Henry Hallam
T. W. Carlton
Mona Kinsley
Jane Jennings
W. H. Burton
Tempier Saxe
Marty Carr
Lion and the Mouse
FOX Theatre
American Legion Meeting at Court House
The American Legion Leon Beatty Post No 29 will hold a regular meeting in the court room at the court house Tuesday evening July 1 at eight o'clock. Prof R L Masson will discuss the league of nations. All members and other soldiers who wish to join are urged to attend.
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American Legion
Leon Beatty Post
Court House
R. L. Masson
League of Nations
Taft Delayed To Speak At Four In Ames
Former president William Howard Taft faced delays as connections failed from Marshalltown to Ames. An Ad club courier and several escorts moved Taft by automobile toward Oskaloosa with a target arrival around four in the afternoon to speak on the league of nations at the Graham.
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William Howard Taft
Ames
Northwestern
Marshalltown
Brighton
Washington
Washington County
Taft
Ad Club
Oskaloosa
Mr. Taft
Louis Henderson
Col. C. J. Wilson
Alex Miller
C. 8
L. A. Jones
Iowa
Fairfield
Local notes on residents travel and returns in Winfield
Mrs. H. W. Reece spent Saturday at the A. B H. Allen home then traveled to Davenport. Miss Pearl Schrack visited Verdi for the day at Mrs. Frank Melinsky’s. Miss Josephine Babcock returned from the state Sunday school convention in Sioux City. Mrs. Gertrude Stewart Bowman plans a move to New York City after visiting here. Earl Eldridge, overseas with the signal corps, arrived on the ship Zeppel in, now at Camp Mills. George Walter Rudiger arrived for visits after active service in the army in Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. W. Reece
Winfield
A. B H. Allen
Davenport
Pearl Schrack
Verdi
Mrs
Frank Melinsky
Josephine Babcock
Sioux City
Gertrude Stewart Bowman
New York City
W. &. Eldridge
Earl Eldridge
Signal Corps
Army
Zeppelin
Camp Mills
George Walter Rudiger
Walter
Washington
New York
France
Pleasant Plain Missionary Society Meeting Notices
Announcements list society meetings for Pleasant Plain Missionary Society with Mrs Em ma Wright on July 24 afternoon, the Foreign Missionary Society of First M E Church on July 2 at 2 30 with Mrs Nebergell, devotional and lesson leaders named. Shuberts orchestra to perform at the armory next Monday night.
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The
Pleasant Plain Missionary Society
Emma Wright
Foreign Missionary Society of the First
M. E. Church
Nebergell
South
Iowa Avenue
William Simkins
A. Anderson
Shuberts Orchestra
Armory
Washington Lodge to Convene July Meeting for Candidate Work
Washington Lodge No. 26 A F and A M calls a Tuesday July 1 gathering at 7 45 PM for third degree work on two candidates. Brethren urged to attend in a well supplied Temple with electric fans for comfort, led by W M L D Langworthy.
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Washington Lodge
A. F
A. M
Brethers
L. D. Langworthy
W. M
Fortnightly meeting at old Methodist church on thrift education
The Fortnightly general meeting is set for Tuesday evening at 7 30 in the old Methodist church. A program on Thrift and Thrift Education will be presented and reports from the Biennial at Ames will be given. A business session may consider new membership. Members from all departments are urged to attend.
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Old Methodist Church
Ames
Crawfordsville News Roundup Of Local Visits and Events
Rev and Mrs P H Hayley and son Jack returned from Thornburg Iowa after Mrs Hayley attended the state Sunday school convention in Sioux City. Dr S W Huston left for Chicago for weeks of medical work. A band concert drew a large crowd Saturday. Cloyce Huston returns from Lake Geneva after finishing at Iowa City. Florence Glancey visits Hedrick before returning home. Bert Orris and daughter Myrtle visit from Olds. Orris improving after recent operation. Rev Cooper of Agency Iowa spoke on temperance at a Union Presbyterian service.
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Crawfordsville
P. H. Hayley
Jack
Thornburg
Hayley
Sioux City
S. W. Huston
Chicago
Cloyce Huston
Lake Geneva
Iowa City
Florence Glancey
Hedrick
Hazel Anwyl
Bert Orris
Myrtle
Olds
Orris
Rev. Cooper
Agency
Iowa
United Presbyterian Church
Music Publication Praises Miss Stewart
Fairfield Journal reports a note from Music News praising Miss Mildred Stewart of Washington Iowa for her performance with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra during the American Conservatory of Music commencement. The review commends her pedal alacrity temperament and technic. Stewart studied with Prof James P Moorhead three years before conservatory and will return to Chicago in the fall for further Chau t onqua work.
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Fairfield Journal
Music News
Middle West
Mildred Stewart
Washington
Iowa
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
American Consecratory of Music
Misa Mildred Stewart
Stewart
New York Epidemics Across Two Centuries
The record notes recurring epidemics in New York with yellow fever outbreaks in 1708 1750s 1822 and in cholera during 1832 1849 1855 and later years. The text highlights the city’s repeated health crises across the 18th and 19th centuries.
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New Yorks
Secral
First Regular Aero Mail Service In 1918
The United States started the first regular aero mail service on May 15, 1918, between New York and Washington. The flight took three hours and twenty minutes with a six minute relay stop in Philadelphia. Rail service between the cities then was five hours, and airship times later reduced to two hours and thirty minutes.
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United States
New York
Washington
Philadelphia
Record Trip Through Niagara Whirlpool Rapids
Captain Klaus Larsen piloted the motor boat Perro from the cataract to the Whirlpool rapids of Niagara Falls on September 19, 1910. Despite battering by rapids the craft surfaced safely, leaping 20 feet at Great Wave. Only the Maid of the Mist has earlier passed the rapids besides Larsen’s vessel.
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Klaus Larsen
Thle
Perro
Niagara Falls
Larsen
Cadet Appointments From Districts and Territories
The West Point cadet system provides two cadets for each senatorial district and territory including Porto Rico Alaska and Hawaii, four cadets for the District of Columbia and 80 at large appointments. The president may appoint cadets from the regular army or National Guard with a total not exceeding 180 at any one time.
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West Point
Porto Rico
Alaska
Hawaii
West Point Military Academy
District of Columbia
Regular Army
National Guard
Road to Wealth in Lokridge Independent
A fragment notes the desire to sell one’s experience for its cost and evokes a theme of prudence and value from the Lokridge independent perspective.
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Lokridge
Three Capital Crimes and a Morning Sleep Tale
A Stockton Herald reader quotes Mr Patch on three capital crimes from the past, noting murder blasphemy and lying in bed as offenses while praising the stubborn habit of waking early. The Kansas City Times shares the anecdote about a grandfather rising at four, building a fire, then dozing by the stove.
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Mr. Patch
Stockton Herald
Kansas City Times
Must Bein Ourselves
Sle died to harness, poor chap. Yes, and, by the way, did you ever notice how much like a harness life is. There are traces of care, lines of trouble, bits of good fortune and breaches of faith. Also tongues to be bridled, passions curbed and everybody has to tug to pull through.
Maj Gen Charles H Muir Assigned to Fort Leavenworth Charge
A new photograph accompanies a note that Maj Gen Charles H Muir has been assigned to temporary duty with the chief of staff in Washington before taking command of the General Service Schools at Port Leavenworth Kansas. Muir previously commanded the 28th Division in France.
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Charlies H. Muir
Washington
Port Leavenworth
Kaw
General Service Schools
Muir
France
Ways of Young Sparrows in Winter Flocks
Frank W. Chapman writes that after leaving their host the sparrows gather in flocks and return nightly to the Bane roost. They perch in aged trees or ivy and chatter as darkness falls, their chorus fading as night approaches.
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Frank W. Chapman
Cleaning enamel ware with methylated spirit guidance
Instructions advise rubbing enamel with Gam el moistened by methylated spirit, then washing with warm soapy water. Dry and finish with a sprinkled whiting dusting and a dry duster. The text ends with a fragment about panes and a position from its right side.
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Frank L. Wilson & Co
Iowa Ave
First Church
Methodist
C. A. King
Claire Brook
Hugh McCleery
King
Leslie Mountford
M. R. Regan
W. G. Rabb
A. Rd. Yates
Roberta
Wales Comnationen
Ington
Clair Booth
the Goode Hotel
H. J. Myers
R. R
Wm. Jones
Collin Pup
Blue
Good Washington Co
Green
Northwest
Missouri
Bluegrass
Kentucky
Gill & Ryan
Chillicothe
Kalona
Charles Kron
M. J. DeLacey
Washington Loan & Trust Co
Opera House
Lost
Ainsworth
Alex DeBord
C. Lodge
Journal
Lemmon
Robert Reaney
Masonic Pilaternty
Music Publication
Mannhardt
Fleet Aero Mail Service
W. A. Phillips
Mutual
Charles H. Muir
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