Sunshine Club Socials and Local Group Gatherings
The Sunshine Community Club hosted Mrs. Joe Kloppenstein and others for an afternoon with song, crafts, and a pink and white party theme at No 7 schoolhouse. Other society notes record Mrs. Harvey hosting a Kid party with a playful dress code, and various church and club meetings planning socials, zinnia gardening, and mission study with multiple officers elected.
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Weinestavy
Sunshine Community Club
Joe Klopfenstein
John Krause
Carl Schneider
No. 7 School House
Krause
Schneider
Libe
Frank Mayhew
Marty Viking
Priest Dies Attempting to Rescue Dog near Garber
The Rev. Father Minogue, about 55, was killed near Garber, Indiana, when he tried to save his dog that wandered onto the tracks. He was struck by the locomotive cylinder head and hurled from a bridge pier while fishing. He had served the Garber parish 25 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Union
Father Minogue
Garber
Minocue
Ile
An Overtime Job
A humorous remark notes that many men can profess love easily but must work overtime to keep a woman convinced, implying ongoing effort in maintaining romance.
Resting Animals Before Slaughter A Practice
Transported animals are generally slaughtered after a rest period to improve meat quality and keeping quality. The rule aims to ensure meat integrity by allowing animals time to recover before processing.
Coolidge Seeks Delayed Start for Asiatic Exclusion
President Coolidge favors postponing the effective date of Asiatic exclusion and supports provisions barring aliens ineligible to citizenship. Senate and House conferees debated the exclusion clause for five hours aiming to report early next week while considering a July 1 start versus immediate effect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Coolidge
Japan
Senate
House
White House
Expensive Python and Heard Shoes Gain Fashion Attention
Shoes made from Python and Heard skins appeal to wealthy fashion circles but cost much. Crafting a pair with straps needs vast rubber and often requires inspecting forty to fifty skins to find two matching pieces.
Alaska Demographic Claim and NYC Office Worker Comparison
The statement notes Alaska’s land area is about a third larger than the Atlantic states combined and asserts Alaska has no more white residents than the number of office workers in a New York City skyscraper building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alaska
Atlantic States
New York City
Largest Drum Used in London Film to Simulate Cannons
A drum with an eight and a half foot diameter, touted as among the largest of its kind, was recently employed in a London picture theater to imitate the firing of cannons in a scene. The oversized instrument drew attention for its scale and cinematic use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Life's Purrie Through Ignorance of Good and Bad
A reflective excerpt discusses human life as perplexing when guided by ignorance of virtue and vice, noting moral ambiguity and the search for true guidance amid uncertain choices.
May meetings and notices from local groups
Notices announce the White Way club meeting at Mrs. James O Loughlin's home on Tuesday May 6. Mrs. Brenneman of University Park Iowa will speak at the West Chester Methodist church Sunday May 4 at eight o clock for the Susan Coffey Missionary Auxiliary collection. Democrats caucus May 6 at Franklin Center school. Pythian Sisters meet May 6 at 8 pm and Kolah club gathers Wednesday afternoon with Mrs Helen Jackson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's Missionary Society of the
First United Presbyterian Church
C. W. McLaughlin
White Way Club
James O'Loughlin
A. P. Brenneman
University Park
Towa
Methodist Church
West Chester
Susan Coffey
Brenneman
Franklin Township
Franklin Center School House
Kolah Club
Helen Jackson
Community notices brief regional meeting reminders
Notioe Albert M. Haff Auxiliary to meet in G A R hall Tuesday at 7 30 PM. Leon Beatty Post regular meeting Monday evening May 5. delegates to convention will be elected. D A RR to meet with Mrs J B Gardner Tuesday May 6 at 7 36 PM. Baptist Young Woman's Missionary Society to meet at church Monday night at 7 30 PM. bring own work.
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Notioe
Albert M. Haff
G. A. R. Hall
Gats
Leon Beatty Post
D. A. RR
J. B. Gardner
The
Baptist Young Woman's Missionary Society
Testimonial Claims Medicine Helps Woman Thrash Husband
A grateful tone notes the patient praising a medicine for improving her ability to manage family life. The letter quotes a woman saying she could not discipline the baby a month ago and now can thrash her husband, with a blessing to the provider.
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lDoston
British Bunker Hill War Map Auctioned in London Signature of Clinton
A military map used by the British at the Battle of Bunker Hill sold at a London auction for 0. The eight inch square document bears the signature of Major General Sir Henry Clinton.
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Bunker Hill
Battle of
London
Sir Henry Clinton
Iowa to Launch Statewide Soloist Contests for Seniors
The University of Iowa will organize statewide spring soloist contests for Iowa high school seniors starting spring 1925 and annually thereafter. Prizes medals and plaques will be awarded to winners. Rules will be mailed to Iowa high schools by the extension division after the fall term starts.
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Iowa City
Iowa
Univeristy of Iowa
University Extension Division
Sudanese Diet and Growth Amid Desert Settlements
An English party report notes about one million Sudanese subsist on roots berries insects and lizards while the population has doubled in twenty years and big game fades as settlements advance. The region also grows some of the world’s finest cotton.
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Sudan
Highest Bridge in U S claims record on Snake River span
Report notes a suspension bridge over the Snake River near Twin Falls Idaho touted as the highest in the nation and possibly the world with a deck 845 feet above the stream. The span length is listed as GSS feet. despite long material runs the Dundge was finished in four months.
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Snake River
Twin Falls
Idaho
Quote by William Ellery Channing on true greatness
The passage asserts real greatness lies in the moral force of the soul. It emphasizes character, thought, principle, and love over outward power or wealth, shaping lasting influence beyond public achievements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Les
William Ellery Channing
Minister Performs Elopement Wedding in Council Bluffs
Rev. W W Goodrow a New Underwood South Dakota preacher and businessman pursued his 17 year old daughter Hester to Council Bluffs today and officiated at her marriage to Ray E Eddie formerly principal of the Underwood consolidated school Eddie listed Emerson Iowa as his home.
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Associated Press
Cou Ncil
Bluffs
W.W. Goodrow
New Underwood
Hester
Council Bluffs
Ray BE
Eddie
Underwood
Emerson
Iowa
Ancient Egypt and Assyria Use Early Tools for Sight
An ancient account notes Egypts penny in io slot device and Nineveh ruins revealing a magnifying glass. It claims Egyptians and Assyrians observed stars with a primitive telescope nearly four thousand years ago.
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Ancient
Egypt
Nineveh
For Sale Meat Prices at The Butcher Window
A humorous exchange frames meat prices as 50 cents a pound for customers and 25 cents for the butcher. The puppet-like tone suggests price debate over value and affordability in a street-side stall.
Spiffy Sportswear Keeps Smartness With Clean Lines
The striped blouse and plain skirt trade excess material for practicality. They ban extra fullness without losing comfort or style. The coordinated outfit remains sharp and wearable for daily use.
Framingham Shows Tuberculosis Deaths Fall 68 Percent
Framingham Massachusetts cut the tuberculosis death rate from 121 to 38 per 100 000 between 1917 and 1923 in seven years. The program cost about 200 000 funded by Metropolitan Life Insurance and pursued by local health, medical, school, and industrial groups. The effort also reduced infant deaths by 40 percent and boosted overall community health. Other cities are adopting Framingham’s health demonstration approach as a model for disease prevention and control.
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United States
Framingham
Massachusetts
America
National Tuberculosis Association
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Board of Health
London Liberals vent anger over PR bill rejection
London Liberals expressed anger after the proportional representation electoral bill was rejected in the House of Commons. In Germany, nationalists intensify a socialist campaign ahead of the general election tomorrow. Antwerp reports the opening of the first Jewish students' world congress with a stormy session.
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Associated Press
London
House of Commons
Herlin
Antwerp
Reformers Target Domineering Men in Public Life
A clipped quotation suggests reformers aim at men with domineering natures. The remark notes such leaders often trigger efforts to reform others instead of themselves.
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Wellston Social Club
Paul Harvey
Davis
Ross Whitacre
Mixx
Geneva Libe
Taylor
Harvey
Preston Hoover
Sunset Park
Miss Montgomery
Rural Women's Club
Charles Rhodebeck
Claude Rhodebeck
Women's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Church
J. H. Warren
Sartor
Rickle
Ethel Atkinson
Presbyterian Church
JL. S. Patterson
Milan Shields
S. Anderson
Chai Ford
J. A. Jones
Fiste Bratton
Lois Sartor
Luther Bower
Ruth Sartor
Ruth Marie Morrison
Betty Hollingsworth
Missionary Society of the Second United Presbyterian Church
J. B. Randle
McCleary
Brook
Will Cook
George Fulton
Germany
Congress
MonaMobile
Monarch Mfg. CO
Council Bluffs, Ta, Toledo, Ohio
San Francisco, Calif
W. F. Jacobs & Son Authorized Dealers
Interchurch Committee
Pythian Sisters
Industrial Clinic
Cable Briefs
Ren
Physicians and Surgeons
A. John Droz
Frank Boller
City
Mutual
W. Washington St
T. J
Pease
Farmers and Merchants Bank
Blue Mutual
J. D. Dayton
Westchester
Ae County
Austin Sutherland
Brighton
T A. Michels
Washington, Iowa
Morrison & Morrison
Brookhart Bros. Law
Opera House
Mutual Phone
Cc. J. Wilson
CO. C. Wilson
Wilson & Wilson
Opposite Journal
Livingston & Eicher Law
Abstract Department
Nat'l Bank
Green
C. V. Brown
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