Finke Vaughn Marriage at Second Presbyterian Parsonage
William Ervin Finke married Mary Louisa Vaughn in a Saturday ceremony at eleven oclock officiated by Rev. Leslie Mountford. Attended by the groom’s brother and sister the couple exchanged ring vows as the bride wore blue silk and the groom a dark business suit. Finke, a farmer near Crawfordsville, recently discharged from service in France, and Vaughn lately resided with her father in Monmouth. Both look to a bright future. Mrs. Martha Guest hosted a small family dinner for her son Ray Guest recently returned from France, with twelve guests and a four course chicken dinner at the Guest bungalow. Fred Giesler and daughter Winifred of Muscatine attended.
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William Ervin Finke
Mary Louisa Vaughn
Leslie Mountford
Second
United Presbyterian Parsonage
Finke
Crawfordsville
France
Monmoth
Martha Stewart Guest
Ray Guest
Fred Giesler
Winifred Giesler
Muscatine
Mrs Speidell Hosts Kolah Club Meeting
Mrs John Speidell entertained the Kolah Club Thursday afternoon with Victrola music as a highlight. Children were special guests and Miss Gladys Knupp attended as a guest of the club. Refreshments were served at the close marking her first time hosting since joining the group.
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John Speidell
Kolah Club
Musie
Gladys Knupp
Community gatherings honor departing resident and porter's reunion
Mise Minnie Wolfe hosted guests for Mrs. O H Williamson who leaves for Des Moines this week. Ce ar Community club met at Miss Ella Booths with papers on planning meals and eight new members added. Women Home Missionary Society elected officers for the coming year and held a mite box tally. A reunion of six Porter siblings occurred at Hotel Jefferson in Iowa City with members from Washington Fulton Central City Marianna Portland and Ainsworth. Mrs Farrar departs for Portland with Miss Martha Porter on an extended visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mise
Minnie Wolfe
O. H. Williamson
Des Moines
Ce@ar
Ella Booth
Merle Eckles
John Green
Chas. Cherry
Lew Morrow
David Benson
W. D. Booth
Banks Mouser
Frank Bishop
Mela Shalla
Joe Shalla
Merie Shalla
Women's Home Missionary Society of the Methodist Church
Julia Cavender
Chunce
McCulley
M. E. Brown
Shaver
J. B. Kunath
HK. E. Brown
A. L. Griffith
Anna Anderson
Frank Kurtz
Fred Mauthe
George Brinton
H. H. McCulley
Minnie Wright
J. H. Warren
A. C White
Kate Wilson
Hotel Jefferson
Iowa City
Florence R. Porter
Washington
EB. B. Porter
Fulton
Ilinois
Frank H. Porter
Central City
Iowa
Chas. R. Porter
Marianna
Florida
Ela M. Farrar
Portland
Oregon
Martha E. Porter
Ainsworth
Samuel E. Porter
Optimistic Thought on Courage and Safety
A reflective line asserts that cowardice destroys glory and safety, urging resilience. It contrasts valor with fear, implying true honor requires overcoming dread.
Ice Cream Festival Draws Crowd Despite Cool Weather
The Washington Improvement League raised about 50 dollars at its fifth annual ice cream festival in Central Park on Saturday afternoon and evening. Attendees filled the park as tables adorned with flowers bunting and flags created a festive atmosphere despite unseasonably cool skies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Improvement League
Central Park
Spud boys return home from north with fish stories
The group arrives Saturday morning and resumes work while joking about fishy tales. Thompomes is said to be doubly happy to be rid of rheumatism, and the crowd includes Marion OLoughlin, Harry Bell, John McCall, Sam White, and Thomas Brookhart as they recount tall fishing yarns.
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Thompomes
Marion
L. H.oloughlin
Harry Bell
John McCall
Sam White
Thomas Brookhart
Minnesota
Ten Years for Fraudulent Banking in Bedford
June 28. W A Conway, former cashier of the Conway Savings Bank in Bedford, was sentenced to ten years in the penitentiary after pleading guilty to fraudulent banking. He took deposits knowing the bank was insolvent. the bank had closed last year, Judge Winter presiding.
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Bedford
W .A. Conway
Conway Savings Bank
Winter
Eccentric Wall Lake Blacksmith Committed After Nuisance
Joseph Schrader a Wall Lake blacksmith kept chickens in his home and bedroom. Neighbors complained of the uncleanliness and he was committed to the state hospital at Cherokee. He is a 66 year old bachelor born in Germany and has lived in Wall Lake over twenty five years.
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Wall Lake
Ija
Joseph Schrader
Nefghbors
Cherokee
Schrader
Germany
Grateful enjoyment versus suffering in daily life
The text argues that suffering is not always a blessing in disguise and self denial is foolish. Courage and faith during trouble are not duties above enjoying blessings on good days, emphasizing balanced approach to life and gratitude without misery.
Prodigy at Iowa City Five-Year-Old Solves Fractions
Elizabeth Benson of Des Moines to the University of Iowa psychology lab shows intelligence of a 10 year old via Binet Simon tests. The five year old reads large books, solves fraction problems, and attends the summer conference with poise beyond her years. Her mother, Mrs. W. Benson, edits the People’s Popular Monthly.
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Iowa City
Elizabeth Benson
University of Iowa
W. Benson
Des Moines
Psychology
Binet- Simon
Elizabeth
The
People’s Popular Monthly
Football in June at Iowa University Training Coaches
Iowa City June 30 Football practice in June becomes novel at Iowa University. Coach Jones has twenty six men studying football coaching and twenty four in the basketball coaching class. Schroeder directs ten men in track and eleven in gymnastics with additional instruction for scoutsmasters. Armbruster leads twenty six in elementary swimming and six in advanced swimming as 129 students take recreational swimming. tennis also grows in popularity.
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Schroeder
David Armbruster
Towa
Bohemian Origin of Garnet Glass Coloring
The New York World notes that glass coloring, especially garnet tint, likely began in Bohemia. A tiny amount of gold fused with silica, soda, lime, iron oxide and alumina yields a colorless glass on first heating, then a rich garnet upon reheating.
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Bohemia
New York World
First Post Offices in Maine 1775
In 1775 the first post offices in Maine were established at Kennebunk Fal mouth and Bath. The mails were carried by carriers on foot or horseback and the average week's mail did not amount to five letters at each office. The rates were high 6 12 18 25 and 8714 cents according to distance, and double the rate when the letter was one more than one sheet of paper.
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Maine
Kennebunk
Falmouth
Bath
Bowling Green’s founding lease to 18th century figures
The Bowling Green in New York City is described as the oldest park. In 1782 the city council leased the site to John Chambers Peter Bayard and Peter Jay for a bowling green at an annual rent of one peppercorn. The initial lease lasted eleven years.
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Bowling Green
New York City
Gas Logic
John Chambers
Peter Bayard
Peter Jay
First National Workingmen Convention Nominates Grant
In 1872 on May 23 a labor political party convention in New York named Gen. U S Grant for president. Grant was the regular Republican candidate.
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New York
Gen
U. S. Grant
Grant
Closure Order Shocks Hartley Iowa Savings Bank
The state banking department ordered the bank closed in Hartley Iowa as investigators review tangled affairs. G E B Knaack was vice president whose body was found in a Minnesota lake weeks earlier with accidental death initially suspected now tied to his majority stock and risky investments. Former cashier Ben Sorenson resigned two months ago. Reub Isaacs now runs the bank amid uncertainty.
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Hartley
State Banking Department
Iowa Savings Bank
G. E B. Knaack
Minnesota
Ben Sorenson
Reub Isaacs
Boy Scouts Paint Over German Eagle Sign in Sioux City
Young patriots found a tear beer sign featuring a German eagle and reported it to Fred C. Woolworth. They obtained paint and a brush, enlisted the fire department ladder, and removed the offensive emblem from a building housing the W. W. headquarters.
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Sioux City
Fred C. Woolworth
W. W. Headquarters
Dry forces rely on justice department to enforce July first act
Washington reports Dr. Edwin C. Dinwiddie, legislative head of the Anti Saloon League, says enforcement of the war prohibition act rests with the Department of Justice and that prohibitionists will act if cities threaten to ignore it, including beer and light wines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anti-Saloon League
Department of Justice
Washington
Edwin C. Dinwiddie
Doctor Dinwiddie
Treaty deposited in Paris after Versailles ceremony
Paris reports the peace treaty was moved from Versailles to Paris and deposited at the protocol office. Marshal Joffre, back from London, could not attend the Versailles ceremony. Separately in Brockville Ontario James K Hackett the actor suffered a compound fracture of the left leg above the ankle from a wet bathroom floor.
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Paris
Versailles
Protocol Office
Marshal Joffre
London
Brockville
Ont
James K. Hackett
Treaty Hall
Travelers Club
Hall of Mirrors
William H Anderson Prohibition Leader Profile
William H. Anderson a prohibition general who battled liquor in a long national campaign. He leads the Anti Saloon League of New York and has spent decades in temperance work since becoming a lawyer. Born in Cartinville TL in 1974, his career spans trials and notable efforts in the movement.
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William H. Anderson
United States
Anti-Saloon League of
New York
Mr. Anderson
Cartinville
De Valera Seeks Ireland Peace Treaty Delay
Exiled Irish leader Eamon de Valera in the United States declares Ireland will gain independence but a peace treaty is slowed by coalition commissioners.
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Extionn de Valera
Ivieh Republic
United States
Ireland
Cogioh Commiastoners
Indian traders and pueblos featured at the celebration
W Palm of Ortonville Minnesota shown with relics as Indian exhibitions are set to play a large role in the celebration. Pueblos will mold pottery before crowds while Navajos weave rugs and St Regis baskets are made in native homes, preserving traditional crafts.
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W. Palm
Ortonville
Minnesota
No Seats Reserved for Wayfarer Pageant at Centenary
At the Columbus Ohio Methodist Centenary Celebration the Centenary Exposition staff including Director General Earl Taylor and Dr Fred B Fisher decided no seats are reserved in the Coliseum for The Wayfarer pageant shows. Spectators may enter when doors open each evening with first come first served seating. Seaton tickets grant access to exposition grounds and the Coliseum. Single gate admission costs an extra fifty cents for the Coliseum evening feature.
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Earl Taylor
Fred B. Fisher
H. B. Dickson
Columbus
Coliseum
Dickson
Seaton
Exposition Grounds
Dageart
Columbus Ready for Centenary Methodist Celebration
Mayor George J. Karb assures Columbus can handle the Centenary gathering with crowds potentially reaching three hundred thousand, while James T. Daniels and H. B. Dickson project strong attendance and announce the city’s open doors and ample capacity for visitors from across the United States.
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Columbus
George J. Karb
United States
James T. Daniels
Chamber of Commerce
H. B. Dickson
Pulling Together for Coldwater Advancement
In a Western Star editorial from Coldwater Kansas the call goes out for united effort to improve the town and county. It argues that a single, shared purpose and cooperative spirit are essential to progress, warning against naysayers and urging citizens to work together for public welfare.
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Coldwater
Western Star
Kansas
Jasper Farmer Reclaims Farm After Rent-Like Payment
Newton news recounts C Battes of Clear Creek township paying over 6 200 to learn his Cedar Creek farm's value. He describes the sum as rent for one week on his 254 acre property, illustrating a quirky method to recover his own land.
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Newton
Fr. C. Battes
Clear Creek Township
Cedar Creek
Terrifying discomforts from skin disease
If your skin is ablaze with burning and itching, relief comes from below the surface. The ad touts S S S as a long standing blood remedy claiming lasting relief for skin disorders. For expert advice contact Specific Co. Dept. 44 Atlanta Ga.
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S. S
Swi Specific Co
Atlanta, Ga
Farmer Battles Sells Then Reacquires Farm at Higher Price
Battles sold his township farm to G L Rumbaugh for 300 dollars per acre. He told Rumbaugh he would buy a good farm. He scouted near Mitchellville and Colfax, found land quoted at 400 to 500 dollars per acre, then repurchased his old farm a week later for 325 dollars per acre.
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G. L. Rumbaugh
Mr. Rumbaugh
Battles
Mitchellville
Colfax
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