May wedding in Cedar Rapids honors Miss Frances Conley
Miss Frances Willard Conley and John Finn Wilkins wed at the Immaculate Conception Church with Deane Toomey officiating. The couple, from Cedar Rapids and Chicago, will reside in Chicago at 723 Estes Avenue Rogers Park after a reception at Ho tel Montrose. The bride wore orange canton crepe and carried Reese's roses, the bridesmaid wore grey. guests included families of Conley and Wilkins and local society figures. The event followed by a wedding breakfast in pink and white, with a large gathering of relatives and friends.
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Washington
Mica Frances Willard Conley
M. DD. Conley
East Washington Street
Republican and Times
Cedar Rapids
Frances Willard Conley
John Lewis Conley
Elmhurst Drive
John Finn Wilkins
Chicago
Jesse Wilkins
New Hampton
Iowa
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Deane Toomey
Leo Peiffer
Charles
James Wilkins
Charles E. Hey
Valetta Hay
Thomas Holland
A. J. Barth
Ruth
William Barth
Barth
Kate Kiburz
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Wilkins
Strause and Company of
West
Continental Limited
Estes Avenue
Rogers Park
Dinner of Delight at First United Presbyterian Young Women's Missionary Society
A Saturday gathering at the First United Presbyterian Church featured a lavish dinner served by Mr and Mrs Ward Dor othy Wittie Charlotte and others. Pink and white ice cream and cake topped a memorable spread followed by music, stories, and a late farewell as the event was praised as a potential annual function.
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Mrs. Ward
Dorothy
Wittie Charlotte
First United Presbyterian Young Women's Missionary Society
Grain effects through printing imitate mahogany on wood
The American Forestry Magazine notes long practiced artificial graining of wool and prints from a master roll of real wood can impart a strong mahogany look to plain woods and to metals using modern methods.
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American Forestry Magazine
How Anna Won Out
A married marine recalls a past love triangle with Bihel and Anna and notes a turning moment when a cigar shop sign in Havana seems to resolve who he would marry. The anecdote hints at fate and humor in relationships.
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Bihel
Anna
Post Exchange
Havana
Ancient Fortifications In High Tibetan Valleys
Explorers at 15 000 feet found ancient fortifications in secluded Tibetan valleys. Walls reach 20 feet, extend over a mile, with round water towers guarding fertile heads of valleys. Fortifications likely built to shield fields from floods and deter raids by enemy tribes.
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Mount
Everest
Rivals and Water Rights in Early Settler Conflicts
A historical definition of rivals emerges from disputes over shared streams. Neighbors quarrelled over allowed periods of use and turning water to their fields, creating a generic label for any competitors who interfered with each other’s rights.
Big Attendance Marked Woman's Mission Meet
The Women's Foreign Missionary society of the Methodist church in Muscatine district held sessions in Ainsworth with high attendance. Mrs. Blaga presided, reports were given, Lydia Pool's Jubberpore work was highlighted, and Wanda Rex became a life member. Meals and home hospitality accompanied the event.
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Ainsworth
Women’s Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Church
Muscatine
Blaga
Minear
Mr. Barnett
Crawfordsville
Keota
Letts
Alma Hearne Holland Auxiliery
Washington
India
Wanda Rex
J. T. Rex
W. W. Bowers
Kate Osborn
Wuhu
Short-Sighted Policy Adison Quote
A terse reflection on friends aiding a government and the danger when they withhold help. It warns that letting a few desperate individuals exploit power harms those stronger in status and interest. The adage underscores consequences of aiding or failing to aid in governance.
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Addison
Dolly in the Faucet
Mildred, five, visits the country and is drawn to an open well. Her dolly slips from her hand and falls into the water, prompting a frantic plea to her mother as she cries that her doll fell in the faucet.
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Dolly
Mildred
Opening Baseball Season Promises Close Contest At Park
Tomorrow at 4 30 p m the first game of the season is set at the ball park with the bankers facing the high school. Holland and Tolander will handle the bankers battery as Arnold leads the barber team in promising battles. A Washington high school exhibit and a Friday declamatory contest follow at the same campus with public attendance urged.
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Ball Park
Bankers
Bankers’ Battery
Holland
Tolandér
Barbers’ Aggregation
Rodney Arnold
Berbers
Washington High School
Month When the Earth Stirs
A brief verse note captures James Lane Allen's image of March as a time of awakening. The narrator imagines the season as Marek turning toward nature, greeting the world waking from winter with sunlit renewals and stretched limbs drinking light.
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Marek
James Lane Allen
Draughtproof Door Draft Prevention by Rubber Strips
A simple fix for drafty doors uses inner tube rubber cut into thin strips and fastened along the door frame. When shaved to fit exactly, the strips are inconspicuous and do not impede closing, while blocking drafts and dampening noise from slamming.
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Bleyere
York Tost
Chats With Your Gas Man
Gas advice notes do not heat water above 77 degrees Fahrenheit on a gas range and to save gas by reducing flame once boiling begins. Plan meals to use leftovers, bake efficiently, and reuse potato scraps by roasting and turning them into creamed potatoes or baked potato shells.
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W. A. Gibson
Martha McCreedy
H. J. Ward
Ward
Linsworthe
METHO
ProAm
the Journal
Washington County
Cooper’s
Athletic Union
C. M. & F. Clothing Co
Iowa Gas
Clifford Thorne
Graham Opera House
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