Society events fill quiet afternoon with clubs and guests
Ten members of the Just Us Club plus three guests enjoyed a friendly afternoon at Mrs. Chris Dittmer home with games and stunts and a luncheon. Wallace School PTA held a well attended meeting with demonstrations by first graders and nurse Edna Lewis showing milk gains. Harmony club hosted a home program at Mr. and Mrs. Davidson home with a large noon dinner and singing. Kolah Club met at Mrs Neil Trotman home for social hour与 rug making. light refreshments by Mrs. Louis Mast.
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Just Us Club
Chris Dittmer
Henry Dittmer
Telenaar
Perry Dewey
Tollenaar
Sigourney
Chandler
Mt. Pleasant
Wallace School Parent-Teachers Association
Carl Jungbluth
Helen Wylie
Harding
Edna Lewis
Clinton McGee
George Maxwell
A.B. Lchrmoeller
R. J. Davidson
Harmony Club
Washington
Davidson
Ralph Lytle
John Wheelan
James Brooks
Lewis Beard
M. W. Montgomery
Boyd Stephens
Grandma Stephens
Theresa Vastine
Chas. Benz
Kolah Club
Neil Trotman
Keota to Begin Five-Act Lecture Series in 1926
Keota plans a five‑number lecture course for the coming season after a deficit in 1924‑25. The school sponsor began the program in 1923‑4, with guarantors backing tickets. The new lineup features The Golden Gate Concert Company, Cape the Humorist, Miss Nelson Reader, The Glenn Wells Company, and the Highland Park Male Quartet.
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Keota
Hae
John B. Ratto
Golden Gate Concert Company
Cape
John B. Flatto
Miss Nelson
Glenn Wells Company
Highland Park
Marion Quartette
Babe Ruth Faces Hard Times and Debts Revealed
The Evening World reports Babe Ruth has little to show after years in baseball. Ruth says he owns a country home in Massachusetts and minimal wealth aside from windfalls. he admits owing $7,700 from July bets and conflicts over a racing debt with Edward J. Callahan, exposed by Harry Lichtenstein.
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Babe Ruth
New York
St. Petersburg
Huth
Yankees
Crescent Lake Park
Sandbury
Mass
Ruth
Dave
Yankee
Harry Lichtenstein
Edward J. Callahan
Callahan
Ruth’s Legacy Dims With Time As He Nears Final Years
The article notes a famed left handed pitcher and premier hitter once a game changer on New York tracks. It laments aging and diminished achievement for the colorful baseball figure in his twilight years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lieve
New York
Ruth
Probing Deaths of Osage Indians and Lawyer in 1922
Subpoenas issued for twelve persons to testify before a court of inquiry into the 1922 deaths of Osage Indians and a white lawyer. Officials expect multiple rancher arrests within 24 hours. J Berry King and Eustice Smith lead private sessions as the inquiry continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Pawhuska
Okla
J. Berry King
Eustice Smith
Department of Justce
Special Court of Inquiry
Kipling Philosophy on Self and Doing Good
A concise Kipling adage asserts that one cannot escape oneself in life or beyond. It suggests investing effort and expense to do good to the person one cannot evade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kipling
Obituary for Gaile Herr Held in Keota Home
Funeral services for Gaile Herr were held Saturday at 1 PM at the family home. Dr. W. W. Bowers of Washington conducted the services in front of an estimated crowd reaching about a thousand attendees.
Urge Haugen Appointment Urges Haugen Appointment
Senator Cummins of Iowa urged President Coolidge to appoint Lauritz Haugen son of Representative Lau Haugen referenced in a Washington dispatch March 12. The appeal signals ongoing debate over appointments and ties to political families.
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Haugen
Washington
Cummins
Iowa
Coolidge
Lauritz Haugen
Lau
Senator invites president to visit Des Moines in June
A senator says President Coolidge should schedule a Des Moines visit if he plans a Minneapolis trip in June. The note also references the assistant secretary of agriculture and former Iowa representative Hall as part of the discussion on vacancies and appointments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Een
Iowa
Agriculture
Representative Hall
Des Moines
Coolidge
Minneapolis
Obituary: Gaile Herr of Keota Dies at 25
Gaile Franklin Herr born April 28 1899 on a farm near Keota Iowa died March 5 1925 at his home four miles east of Keota in Washington county aged 25 years 10 months 5 days. He married Gladys Fisher October 8 1919 and they had daughter Rose Arlene. He is survived by wife daughter parents a sister a younger brother and grandparents. He was well regarded for his steady habits cheerful temperament and loving family life. Interment was in Elm Grove cemetery Washington.
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Gaile Franklin Herr
Keota
Keokuk County
Iowa
Washington County
Charles
Bertha Holmes Herr
Gladys Fisher
Dick Fisher
Mr. Fisher
Rose Ar
Lene
Gaile Herr
Arlene
Charles Herr
Cordelle Singleton
Keith
B. F. Holmes
Lenion Herr
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Louis Mast
Warrens
Wolf Floral Co
Delta Alpha Cliss
Young Womans Missionary Society
Washington Cleaners
Moose Lodge
Ladies Aid Society
First Whited Presbyterian Church
The
Friendship Club
Sue Foster
W. BR
West Chester
Royal Aveh Masons
C. J. Sloat
H. P
White Way Club
Anna Crayne
Pythian Sisters of
Doyle Smith
K. P. Hall
Mm KE. C
Presbyterian
Egular
Ream
Stetson
Emery
Klein Klothing Kompany
Hart-Schaffner
Marx Clothes
Wateroword
America
Coats
Childrens Hats
Childrens Coats
Eue
H. N. Ward & CO
Washington, Iowa
Elm Grove
Stephen’s Jewelry Store
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