Leap Year Socials and Society Notes From West Chester
The Independent club hosted a February 29 party at Mr. and Mrs. Nelson’s country home with about fifty guests and a sheep themed evening of games and luncheon. Other society events included a Leap Year gathering by the American Maids and Women’s Missionary meetings, plus a D.A.R. luncheon and a surprise nineteenth wedding anniversary party for Mr. and Mrs. Gardner with music and refreshments.
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Nelson
Dorothy
Juanita Rees
Oscar Hughes
Mre
Thompson
Woman's Home Missionary Society of the
West Chester
American Maids Club
Mesdames Davis and Ferguson
Boyer
J. D. Dayton
Manhattan
Florence Brookhart
Helen Carson
Fox Theatre
Brookhart
Carn
Katheryn Hall
Gertrude Hammer
Frances Thomas
Lola Ross
Florence Wilson
Madeline Starr
Henrietta Wilson
Leta Donaldson
Hstella Davidson
Edith Carr
Clara Telford
Blanche Beatty
Lucille Mohland
Havre
Daughters of the American Revolution
George Morrison
West Washington Street
Walter Gardner
Marie Wenger
Margery Green
Juanita Ellis
Venice
West Chester Notes Include Death of Local Resident Billy Dusenbery
A tribute from West Chester recalls W A Dusenbery known as Billy. The piece reflects on school days and local life, then shifts to rural concerns about train travel to Washington and farming futures. It laments wartime hardships and forecasts volatile crop prices and land value, ending mid thought on land becoming like money.
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West Chester
Mar
W. A. Dusenbery
Billy
William
Mr. Dusenbery
Cedar Rapids Man Ends Life In Despair At 58
C E D A R Rapids March 3. CO L Reynolds formerly of Mount Vernon died by taking poison at his sister's home. Ill health and despondency over unemployment were named as the cause. He was 58 years old. A little Want-ad will do it.
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Cedar Rapids
Mar
L. Reynolds
Mount Vernon
Iowa Convention Eyes Coolidge Endorsement In Des Moines
The Republican Party of Iowa meets in Des Moines to name delegates to the national convention in Cleveland. The event plans to endorse President Coolidge and instruct delegates for him, with Charles E. Rawson favored for national committeeman. Women gain broad representation as delegates and officials, and district caucuses set to select two delegates and two alternates per district.
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Associated Press
DES Moine SS
Iowa
Republican Party
Cleveland
Coolidge
Addison Parker
John T. Adams
Charles E. Rawson
Des Moines
Rawson
Adams
Dubuque
Benton County
Louise Dodson
Thomas P. Hollowell
L. J. Dickinson
Moran and Hahn Granted Marriage License in Columbus Junction
Oscar William Moran and Marie Alzado Hahn both of Columbus Junction were issued a license to wed this morning at the county clerk's office. Remps Hampsher received word of his brother Don Hampsher's illness in Kansas City and traveled there before bringing him home to Oskaloosa where Don is slightly improved after a nervous breakdown. Don has been unwell all fall yet has continued work as a traveling salesman.
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Oscar William Moran
Marie Alzado Hahn
Columbus Junction
Remps Hampsher
Don Hampsher
Kansas City
Mr. Hampsher
Don
Oakaloosa
Grace Conner Wins Typing Prize At Minneapolis College
Miss Grace Conner former deputy county superintendent has earned honors at a Minneapolis business college. She won the school prize for typing speed using an Underwood, the first time in four years the prize was awarded. She was offered a month's tuition free and last week accepted a position with Metropolitan Bank in Minneapolis.
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Grace Conner
Business College
Minneapolis
Miss Conner
Metropolitan Bank
Resolutions Committee Picks Preparations for Delegates
The selections for the resolutions committee are likely to be made for the upcoming convention as no credentials dispute has emerged. Adoption of resolutions may shape Republican policy for agriculture and guide instructions to Iowa's national convention delegation. Nearly 1800 delegates will attend with 1109 national delegates. only 17 states have larger delegations, California tied.
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Resolutions Committee
Towa
Iowa
California
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Oxcar Hughes
Independent Club
Ralph Rees
Walter Graves
Wyman Community Club
Floyd Swift
Missouri River
India
Miss Green
Bo-Peep
J. FE. Coffey
Walter Boyer
Mission
Texas
Mr. Adams
Washington
Busines
Columbus
Dren
Coff’s Barber Shop
Court House
Fred
Holsteen
Burlington
Alfred Mueller
Davenport
Lars BE
Bladine
Cedar Falls
L. P. Barth
Cresco
Louis Gardner
Anamosa
Charles K. Needham
Grinnell
Savery
H. L. Curtis
Knoxville
F. M. Abbott
Osceola
Willis L. Stern
Logan
Burt Burnquist
Fort Dodge
Florentine
A. L. Whitney
Storm Lake
Cauc
Wilson
Illinois
Lyon
Lyon's
Dandy
Sally Ann
Lyon Baking Company
Physicians and Surgeons
A. John Droz
West Main St
S. H. Bateman
M. D. Blair
Frank Boller
City
Mutual
W. Washington St
T. J. Pease
Farmers and Merchants Bank
Blue Mutual
Westchester
Washington County
Austin Sutherland
Washington, Iowa
R. R
T. A. Michels
Morrison & Morrison
Brookhart Bros
Law—Abstracts
Opera House
C. J. Wilson
Cc. C. Wilson
Wilson & Wilson
Journal
J. W. Butterfield
Washington Loan and Trust Company
Livingston & Eicher
Law Abstract Department
Nat'l Bank
C. V. Brown
South of Water Works
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