Societal Gatherings Highlight May Events
Elizabeth Irwin and Edna Mercer hosted dinner with Emma Klienel of Britt visiting Alice Klippel and Mabel Morton. Jestin Morrison entertained guests at her West Washington home with Ciladys Guthrie and others from Grinnell College for bridge. The Women's Relief Corps of West Chester initiated three new members and set Decoration Day plans. Willis Beatty family dinner marked Mother's Day with Mrs. Charles Beatty as guest. George Masson hosted an impromptu recital for mothers of pupils. The Ladies Aid of St. Paul Evangelical Church met for quilting and a noon meal, followed by a Scripture reading. West Chester High School held a Junior-Senior banquet on May sixth with ornate decorations and a formal menu. Red Brick neighborhood hosted a closing school-year gathering at the Ames school with a picnic lunch. W. F. Gobble hosted a diverse dinner party with guests from Batavia and local families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Irwin
Edna Mercer
Mrs. Cherry
Emma Klienel
Britt
Iowa
Alice Klippel
Mabel Morton
Yellowstone Park
Utah
Colorado
St. Paul Evangelical Church
Carl Klein
Klein
Red Brick
Mies Marie Wenger
Keokuk looks to revive Mississippi freight by barges
May 11 report from Keokuk notes manufacturers and shippers support reviving upper Mississippi freight with barge lines. Secretary Fulton of the Chamber of Commerce warns a year round channel is essential and more barges and modern terminals are needed. Local firms cite sugar grain and raw materials for plants as potential barge cargo and stress loading facilities to restore traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keokuk
Upper Mississippi
James M. Fulton
Chamber of Commerce
Gertrude Ederle Aims At English Channel Swim This Summer
The 18 year old Gertrude Ederle of the Women’s Swimming Association plans to swim the English Channel this summer. She has long distance record credentials and a history of training despite tough conditions. She will start outdoor training to accustom herself to rough seas and chilly water around 62 degrees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Gertrude Eberle
Women's Swimming Association of
Edette
Miss Ederle
Ederle
New York Bay
Heer
Atlantic Highlands
New Jersey
Community Announcements and Club Meetings Itemized
Local notices list multiple church and fraternal group events in West Chester and nearby areas. Invitations invite Methodist church groups, Woman's Home Missionary Society, Knights of Pythias, Fortnightly sections, and veterans groups to May meetings and Decoration Day preparations.
Ainsworth W RC Sets Friday 2 P M Meeting
Regular business meeting of the Ainsworth W RC scheduled Friday at 2 pm, with Grace Walker the press correspondent. Nearby notices list Wednesday gatherings by Reading Circle Mrs J H Hull and Ladies Bible class at the Presbyterian church with needles and thimbles for all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ainsworth W. RC
Grace Walker
Reading Circle
J. H. Hull
Ladies Bible Class
The
Presbyterian Church
Coming Classic Plans Cross Channel Voyage
She intends to keep her routine until June 17 when she will sail on the Berengaria for England. She plans to attempt the English Channel crossing in late July or early August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Cherokee May 11 Corrections and Crime Notes
Iowa coroner Archie Brink was arrested by the sheriff on a charge of violating the old blue law by operating a motion picture show on Sunday. In Des Moines reports two more incidents, including a Linville case where Rolla McKay faces a knife attack on Dr E Farr, with the doctor in critical condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Archie Brink
Sanewin
Brink
Des Moines
Iowa Falls
Boone
Fort Lodge
Waterloo
Atlantic
Carroll
Charles City
Cedar Rapiis
Sioux City
Linville
Iowa
Des Moines Negister Today
Rolla McKay
Iten Qualifies for Hole-in-One Club at Clinton Club
Clinton May 11 Frank J Iten became eligible for membership in the Hole in One Club after his tee shot on the 108 yard seventh hole at Clinton Country Club sliced into the elm. He used a mashie niblick and was playing with Dr F O Kershner and G E Lamb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton
Frank J. Iten
Clinton Country Club
Iten
Maskie Niblick
F. O. Kershner
G. EF. Lamb
Keokuk Music Supervisor Hayden Struck in Auto Crash
P C Hayden longtime music supervisor in Keokuk public schools and first president of the National Music Supervisors Association suffered a stroke of paralysis after an automobile collision five miles south of Keokuk. He was hospitalized in serious condition with paralysis on the left side following the crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keokuk
P. C. Hayden
Keokuki Public
National Music Supervisors Association
Hayden
Tragedy Claims Woman at Farm Shed Near Herest
Ill health drove Mrs Arthur Rothweiler to kill herself with a 16 gauge shotgun in a shed on her husband’s farm one and one half miles east of Herest at noon today relatives believe. The woman likely placed the gun to her throat before firing. Husband and three children survive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Falls
Arthur Rothweiler
Herest
Cold snap kills thousands of young plants at Poisal greenhouse
In Clarksville Indiana on May 11 thousands of young plants in cold frames at Poisal greenhouse died from a cold night despite a paper cover over the glass. No minimum temperatures were recorded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarksville
County Officials Seek Padlock Against Carter Establishment
County Attorney Frank Northrup and Sheriff Percy Lainson seek a padlock injunction against James Carter’s establishment in Council Bluffs after twenty five disturbances. If granted, the property would be padlocked for one year, officials said.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council Bluffs
Frank Northrup
Percy Lainson
James Carter
Carter
Life of Ross Carroll Saved by Harrow Escape
Sumner May 11 The life of Ross Carroll a farmer north of here was saved by a harrow escape Saturday when neighbors summoned by his wife shot a maddened bull that had attacked him Carroll was severely bruised but his condition is not alarming physicians report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sumner
Ross Carroll
Here
Carroll
Law Students to Take Bar Examinations in June
Des Moines report says University of Kansas law students will be examined for admission to the bar on June 14 15 and 16. Drake University and other students will sit for exams about the first week in June per the attorney general's office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Butler County
W. E. Albert
Allison
Des Moines
University of Kowa
Attorney General’s Office
Drake University
Hen raises piglets after sow eats nest in Kent
A hen in Kent, England, hatched a plan after a sow ate the hen’s eggs. The hen took charge of the piglet litter of seven and now raises them as her own and tends them like chicks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kent
Bengla
Condition of Naval Aviators Tested by Use of Psychology
San Pedro California May 4 Flight psychoanalysis used to prevent aerial accidents rather than mend injuries has boosted U S naval aviator efficiency. Medical officers aboard the U S S Aroostook note that 90 percent of aerial accidents in World War I were due to psychological defects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Pedro
Cal
United States
U. 8 S. S. Aroostook
Aroostook Flight Surgeons Ground Airmen for Safety
Navy flight surgeons on the Aroostook conduct rigorous medical and psychological exams for 150 pilots and observers. They test vision balance and depth, subject candidates to a low pressure chamber, and assess mental readiness before wings are awarded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aroostook
Robbert G. Davis
Davis
Navy
Mien
Bright yellow masked plover spans Molucca islands to Austral
A Nature Magazine note describes a long bright yellow faced bird with a spur on the bend of each wing. The masked plover is found in the Molucca islands New Guinea and the northern part of Australia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nature Magazine
Molucca Islands
New Guinea
Austral
Baccalaureate and Commencement Notes From Ainsworth
In Ainsworth events during the week the M E church hosted the Dr Alcorn family while Mrs Nichols plans a visit with her daughter in Mounti video Minnesota. The Baccalaureate sermon was given by Rev McCrory with music from the high school glee club and a senior class play set for May 12 and 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. T. Trotter
Wm. Ross
Letis
Frank Trottier
Fimilly
Weet Liberty
Dr. Atcorn
M. E. Church
W. B. McCrory
Moore
Hi. G. Leist
Leah Forner
Terry Marsh
Taahel Wolfe
Howard Wolfe
Harold Pearson
Bruce Campbell
Charles Hazlett
Myron McKiernan
Gerade
Barnet War Department Burnt After Long-Abandoned Fire
A fire destroyed the old War Department building on the south side of Pennsylvanian Road between Twenty first and Twenty second streets. The ruin, long darkened and unused, came to be known locally as the Burnt War Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
Pennsylvanian Oredue
Cotter and Wyman seniors attend baccalaureate sermons and picnic
The Seniors Juniors Sophomores and Freshmen plus several teachers visited Burlington for a picnic at Crapo Park. Rev A T James preached at Cotter Sabbath morning and the Cotter Senior class baccalaureate sermon. Rev Myron Hayes preached the Wyman High School Senior class sermon Sabbath evening. Mr and Mrs Marshall Gannon visited Washington and were joined by Miss Ernestine Seawright who spent Sabbath there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawfordsville
Burlington
Crapo Park
A. T. James
Presbyterian Church
Cotter
Currey
Oakville
Iowa
Myron Hayes
Wyman High School
Wyman
Marshall Gannon
Washington
Ernestine Seawright
S. W. Huston
Mr. Pleasant
Columbus Paid 7200 Dollars to Discover America
Genoa records reveal Columbus funded the fleet cost at 14000 lira about 2800 dollars. Expenditures on the voyage added 22000 lira to reach roughly 7200 dollars total. Columbus earned 1606 lira yearly about 320 dollars with captains paid half and seamen earning 2.50 dollars daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Genoa
Italy
America
Then She Gave Him Up
A woman explains why she ended the engagement. He criticized her dress and fries, demanded control, and soon married another girl, leading her to choose to have nothing more to do with him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack
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Woman's Relief Corps of
West Chester
Willis Beatty
Mr. Beatty
Charles Beatty
George Masson
Masson
Low Esther Masson
Peerington
Farrington
George Masson, Jr
Presser
Donald Welsh
Maxim Tommy McElhinney
Cala Bettie
Matthews Edna Mae Hartman
Magson
Edna Mae Hartman
Endesnae Chalfant
Dorothy
Mildred
Smallwood
Cricket and
Bumblebee
Chadwick
Pixies
Goodnight Song
Brown Mildred Masson
Gypsy Heller Nicholls
Dorothy Masson
Krogmann
Junior Botee
West Chester High School
Methodist Church
Wilber Eyestone
Glen Watson
Roy Sprague
Milton Ross
Clifford Bauer
Glen Smith
Walter Scranton
Cecil West
Scholastic
Bease Fergieon
Florence Shultz
W. F. Gobble
North Fourth Avenue
Harold W. Gobble
Helen
Francesa
George
Batavia
George Jaeger
Claude Tucker
Gene
Eleanor Jane
Everetta West
del Stewart
Clarence Johnson
Ralph Bauer
Ladies Aid Society
Friends of the
Woman's Home Missionary Society of
West Clester
Gobble
Fairfield
Gilbert
Keota
Knights of Pythias
F. L. Wilson
East Main Street
Howe Economics
Y. W
J. C. Boice
RoveMary Club
EB. M. McGinnis
Washington Lodge
A. M
J. EB. Wall
Sunshine Community Club
John Koch
Auariliony
Albert M. Huff
Mias Zoe Wilcox
Iowa Avenue
American Legion
Klein Klothing Kompany
C. Ho Guther
Pleur de Lis Club
Bertha Meek Thursdey
T. S. KB Club
L. C. Willits
HH. H. Club
George Limerman
Mothers and Daughters
West Chester Baptist Church
Child Study Department
E. B. Stutsman
Parkersburg
Rebecca Anna McKinley
Attle Want-ad
Silver Black Fox
H. J. Waddell
Pittsburg
Ainsworth
Barnet War Department
Columbus
Tampico
San Uis Potosi
Mex
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