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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 03, 1911

Page

7

Society Notes Show Warm Recitals and Spring Socials

About a dozen couples danced last night at the Sylphasist in the Commercial club with music by James Cunningham Henry Steckflyt and Pood rail traps. Mrs Lewis hosted a birthday dinner for her 72nd and her granddaughter Beatrice Davr’s sixth birthday. The What-I-Can girls were hosted by Mrs Frank Sage with devotional sewing and readings by Miss Fowler. Rev and Mrs Fisher’s May basket social drew about 75 guests with baskets of flowers and candy and games. Marsh Bailey hosted a spring gathering for about 40 ladies with jonquils and a yellow white color scheme, five hundred games won by Mrs Rothschild and Mrs Lemmon, and a two-course luncheon. Out-of-town guests included Mrs Kling of Kansas City and Mrs Ayres of Chicago.

James Cunningham Plane Henry Steckflyt Ros P. Lewis North Marton Avenue Frank Sage Miss Fowler Rev Coon Mrs. Sage Vera Cole W. ©. Fisher First United Presbyterian Church Kmaeh Allo Revo Marsh Bailey West Main Street Mrs. Bailey Ida Bailey Miss Bailey J. Rothschild Aeris Lemmon Bailey Eleanore Bailey City John Kling Kansas City W. 8. Ayres Chicago

Hall of Fame details and a tribute event misread

Fragmentary text recalls a hall of fame ceremony or tribute with scattered names and dates. The garbled lines mention Pat or Patil and a September time, plus references to people, a place, and a rivalry, but the exact event and outcomes are unclear.

Poinsettia Club Event and Local Society Gatherings

Willie Crown and Mrs Messie Fritz will entertain the Poinsettia club tomorrow afternoon. The Eagles host a regular invitation dance on Thursday evening May 4. The Woman's Mission Circle at the Baptist church meets for study with Mrs J W Lemley Friday at 2 30.

Poinsettia Mra Messie Fritz Poinsettia Club Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Church Miles Bradford Eagles Woman's Mission Circle of the Baptist Church J. W. Lemley

Washington Masonic Committee Regular Meetings Noted

Washington Lodee reports monthly meetings for Cyrus Chapter and Bethlehem Commanders. W. Morton J. W. Morton and James Glasgow are listed as officers with regular gathering nights each month.

Washington Lodee W. M J. W. Mortar Cyrus James Glaskow J. W. Morton Lex Bethlehem Neo Iy Hk T J. We. Morton Washington So. Os

Fragmented OCR: scattered notes on Maine town and school

The readable OCR notes reference a ten mile Maine area with a single column schoolhouse on a large farm estate. It mentions population around sixty residents, a public school, and minimal local laws, with references to a central entrance scene and Sherman.

Maine Colin Schoolek Coo Ourion Ketehum

Muncie Votes Wet Again In Saloon Question

Muncie in Delaware county voted to allow saloons again by a 315 vote margin. About two thousand children wore badges urging support. The result reflects a shift toward wet sentiment after nearby cities moved dry.

Indianapolis Muncie Delaware County

Labor Groups Stand for Law Enforcement Over Dynamite Attacks

Indianapolis meetings of the commercial and merchants' association and the board of trade adopt resolutions refusing a labor leaders demand for a civic organization's stance. They pledge to push for investigations of dynamiting outrages and avoid denouncing organized labor while criticizing labor leaders for rushing to label opposition as anti union.

Indianapolis Commercial and Merchants’ Association Board of Trade

Elected Bard Quips on Rent After Move

The conversation features a famed figure Mr Rimer and a bard who jokes about being elected for non payment of rent. The exchange hints at embittered mood and public status following a move from his former home.

Rimer

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