Maytime bridge and club notices from small town socials
W S Bitch hosts a Monday bridge party with a pink May decor and roses. A kitchen shower for Mrs Boice Kurtz follows at the Ainsworth home with music games and gifts. Mrs Crail hosts a Maytime bridge luncheon for guests including Miss Smiley and Mrs Cambridge. The Pythian Sisters meet at Castle Hall with 100 attendees and a district invitation for May 20. D A R session features papers on Paderewski and talks on Washington congress reports with new officers elected and a dainty lunch at the close.
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Dirs
W. S. Bitch En
Elton
J. B. Simpson
Lee Norris
Boice Kurtz
Ainsworth
Mra Kurtz
J. B. Crail
Crail
Frank Wells
Joe McElhinney
Little Cherry McElhinney
Smiley
Winfield
Cambridge
Minneapolis
Australian lawyer's will clause bans beneficiaries from contesting
A lawyer included a no-contest provision in his will to favor a charity by directing any share claimed by contesting beneficiaries to go to that charity. The provision also forbids lawyers from taking any money from the will.
How Many Colors for a Section
A New York Central Magazine anecdote describes a Grand Central train split into two sections. The seed section received a green signal and ran first, while approaching a tower the dispatcher verified with the signalman that the engineman had already set and blown green signals.
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Grand Central
New York Central Magazine
Traffic Laws Violated by Camp Returners
A London Punch spoof notes the trio wandered into a herd of wild animals after dark and jokes that animals above rabbit size should have two headlights and a rear light, reflecting satirical travel humor from the explorer memoirs.
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London
Religious and civic group notices in local paper
Announcements list church choirs meetings and social events across multiple organizations. Included are Independent club gathering with Mrs Lloyd Swift, Presbyterian choir practice, Daughters of Isabella meeting, Methodist senior choir rehearsal, Ainsworth Chapter meeting, WMS of Second United Presbyterian, Ladies Aid at St Pauls Evangelical, Junior Worth While Girls program, WFM Society with Mrs Busby, Presbyterians host Mrs Carl Roberts with Sophie Potgeter speaking, Senior Philathea party, Washington Improvement League postponed meeting, and Pythian Sisters inspection with social hour.
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Carl Roberts
Methodist Church
Lloyd Neiswanger
Don Wylie
Smith Brookhart
Stringtown Local Roundup notices and deliveries
J W Hesseltine delivered hogs to Magdrafrau Bros at Wayland on Wednesday morning with helpers L H Rinner E J Freyenberger and Peter Graber. Stringtown school closed April 29 with a picnic and short program. Cattle delivered by Fd Widmer to Magdrafrau Bros at Wayland on Saturday. Communion observed at Bicher church with a large crowd. Mr and Mrs Paul Mast and daughter Pauline spent Sunday evening with Ethan Brooks.
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Stringtown Stringtown
J W. Hesseltine
Magdrafrau Bros
Wayland
Hesseltine
L. H. Rinner
E. J. Freyenberger
Peter Graber
Stringtown
Fd Widmer
Bicher
Paul Mast
Pauline
Ethan Brooks
If a Turtle Holds a Boy's Toe Till Sundown
A humorous exchange notes a saying that a turtle would not let go of a boy's toe until sunset, remarking that boys know as many untrue things as adults.
Iowa a Wonderful and Great State Poem by W. A. 8
A lyrical portrait of Iowa describing its history from statehood in 1846 and Black Hawk’s era to its landscape, people, and progress. It extols farming, population mostly American natives, and infrastructure like fences telephones and even planes. The piece blends regional pride with a call to help guide others.
Card of Thanks for Kindness After Loss
We express sincere gratitude to friends and neighbors for their acts of kindness and sympathy during the illness and death of our wife and daughter Mrs C M Crossett Jrs Walton and family received presents and flowers for which we are grateful.
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C. M. Crossett Jrs. Walton
Mystery pension fraud shocks Perry Iowa community
Isaac B Lurber of Madison County long dead was revealed to be impersonated by his brother John who had collected $6 000 to $7 000 in pension dividends over fifteen years. Perry officials traced the pension voucher and confirmed the impersonation, raising concerns as memorial day approaches about veteran benefits and state war memorials.
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Des Motnes
Isaac B. Lurber
Madison County
Iowa
Dallas Center
Dallas County
Perry
A. R. Jewell
Nash
Department of the Interior
John
Pension Department
Isaac Lurber
J. Z Benson
France
State House
Clinton
Yellowstone National Park
Waterfowl Breeders of America
Mason City
Gerald Duncan
Columbus Junction
State Agricultural Board
Colfax
Iowa City
Davenport
Rock Island Railway
War Department
Desi
Colue
Skunk River
Squaw Creek
John Dixon
Colfax Mineral Water Fame and a Bank Overdraft Case
In Colfax an artesian water flow led to medicinal fame with a hotel and many wells. A bank in Cedar Rapids saw a double withdrawal by a man named J M Brown, who vanished after the second $6,000 take. The bank sues the insurer after burglary coverage denied the claim.
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Colfax
Dixon
Chemical Laboratory
Town City
4& Stranger
J. M. Brown
Ceder Rapids
Brown
Norway leads world in per capita water power development
The article asserts Norway has the greatest per capita water power development, with Canada coming second, highlighting Norway as a global leader in hydroelectric resources and energy infrastructure.
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Norway
Canada
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Pythian Sisters
Castle Hall
Pooler
Purlington
Washington Temple
Burlington
Daughters of the American Revolution
W. R. Mount
Paderewski
Wade Gardner
Charles Speer
J. A. Harwood
St. Petersburg
Fla
Continental Congress
Washington, D. C
Gertrude Bowman
Nellie Cunningham
Myrtle Speer
Emeline Morrison
Alice W. Shaver
Treas
Lorie Cook
Clara Conger Wilson
Julia Cavendar
Lorena Boice
the Independent Club
Lloyd Swift
Presbyterian
Daughters of Isabella
K. of C. Hall
Desirud
C. E
W. M.S
Second United Presbyterian Church
D. D. Davis
Ladies Aid of
St. Paul's Evangelical Church
Frank Sage
Womans Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Church
C. W. Busby
East Washington St
Amos Weaver
Washington Improvement League
D. Morrison
Neiswanger Monument
Neiswanger Monument Co
Iowa Ave
Towa
Black Hawk
Alo
Ares
W. A
F. A. Welsh
Des Moines
Old Military Trail Association
Fort Crawford
Wisconsin
Mississippi River
Prairie du Chien
Fort Atkinson
Wittneshiek County
Wisconsin Territory
Clayton
Allamakee
Wineshiek
Postville
Castalia
Ossian
Calmar
Jackson Junction
Spillville
Festina
Lawler
A. Holmes
T. A. Schmitz
Fred Jewell
Iowa Brigade
Oskaloosa
Shriners of North America
Shrine
Jewell
Barnum and Bailey Circus
Summers
Flynn
Rothschild’s
Georgette
Washington
Smith
Millinery
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