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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 11, 1926

Page

6

Local Society Notes Highlight Evening Gatherings and Weddings

Social items recount informal dances on Ale Wayland road hosted by Pete Widnig and guests attended by twenty with chaperones Mr. and Mrs Thur Conrad. Booster club events hosted for Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Klauses wedding celebration with fifty guests at John Green home.

Pete Widnig Meek Ale Wayland Road Thur Conrad Thut Conrad Booster Club John Green Arthur Klause Merle Eckles E. D. Hammer East Main Street Hammer Home

Social calendar items for Havre week club events

Numerous clubs schedule meetings and gatherings this week. The Albert MotHalf auxiliary, Penn Leaf club, Wednesday Reading Circle, Rosemary club, Business and Professional Women, Fleur de Lis duty, Philathea class, Independent club, Navajo club, Havre Social club, W. F. M S&S of Lexington, Woman's Relief Corp, Rebekah club, W C T U, Eastern Star, and 19th Century and Fortnightly clubs announce their venues and times across Tuesday to Saturday with meals, needlework, patterns, and election of officers on slate.

Mee Marsh W. Bailey Penn Leaf Club Ed. Miller J. \. Harwood Rosemary Club J. E B. Gallagher Methodist Sunday School Verna Drake Fr. R. Mauthe Independent Club J. €. Bridges Dd. Bb. Kunath Havre John Reeves W. F.M, S&s of Lexington Nancy Romine Carrie Diil Woman's Relief Corp of Ainsworth

Fortnightly Club Luncheon Planned at Y Club

The Fortnightly club invites members to a one o clock luncheon Saturday in the Community room of eegas. A varied program with all departments represented will follow. The event aims to become an annual feature, priced at 25 cents with no tickets required. Members should call their department leader by Thursday to confirm attendance.

Walter H. Horn Chicago Lillian Harden Fairfield Presbyterian Manse Eastwood East Harrison Street Alice Klippel Elizabeth Dawson Edna Mercer Alpha Delphians J. H. Peet Caryl Williams Greece W. L. Alcorn Ruth Annis Sparta Philip Crail Athens O. F. Boller Eva Denny J. A. McKinstry Ralph Thompson Rebekah Club Lewis Baker W. M. Gallagher West Main Street Robert Cherry Fastern Mes Wis. Bas Eegas

Saturnia sets shipbuilding record with 2280 passenger capacity

The motor vessel Saturnia completed in 140 working days establishes a shipbuilding record with room for 2,280 passengers excluding crew and 26,500 tons of cargo. An earlier note mentions the human brain in a 700 B.C. Egyptian medical document.

Saturnia

Police Detect Plate Changes in Stolen Car Ring

A Philadelphia police method traces alterations to license plates on stolen vehicles. The process helps identify suspect vehicles by capturing plate modification patterns and linking them to crime records.

Philadelphia

News of Women in Foreign Lands

Berlin reports four royal heiresses of the Hohenzollern line, cousins to ex Emperor William II, heirs to Albrecht estates in Prussia and Berlin, with substantial fortunes from 60,000 acre Camenz property. Buenos Aires notes first night club charging ten dollar initation and five dollar monthly dues. London features Gladys Cooper urging women to avoid tea and heavy starches for beauty, Dame Millicent Cape defending modern young women and praising their comradeship.

Berlin Pruavia William II Albrecht House of Hohenzollern Marie Therese Louise Henrica Marianne Elizabeth Hohenz Jers Frederick William William I Brunswick Frederick Henry Joachim Albrecht Camenz Silesia Buenos Aires London Dame Millicent Awe Cett

Mrs Brumback Outlines Chester W C T U Work

Mrs Brumback announces West Chester W C T U will study “Studies in Government” starting with the June meeting. She invites all women to join, noting citizenship and suffrage principles after the Nineteenth Amendment.

West Chester Union United States

Women urged to study government and citizenship records

Mrs. D. E. Brumback leads a call from the National Woman's Christian Union urging Christian women to study laws and governance to improve society. The West Chester union adopts a course on government beginning with The Constitution and covering national to international relations.

Rathan National Woman's Christian Union West Chester Union United States D. E. Brumback

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Boyd Foster Pleasant Plains Missionary Society Ed Gallagher Margaret Doolittle Washington High School Bertha Hay Edith Loileau Tridge Albert MotHalf G. AL KR Egypt Mayo’s Home Bakery Rumford Mither Frederick Henry Gladys Cooper A.E. Atchison North Side Palm Beach Klein Klothing KO Westinghouse Iowa Southern Utilities Co
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