Local Recital and Club Activities Highlight Evening
Jessie Kerr hosted a French circle at North Mar n Avenue with songs in French and readings. Students and guests attended performances, with Miss Kerr's surprise number and Verdi Requiem aria closing the program amid refreshments and thanks to hosts Mr. and Mrs. G. S. Kerr.
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Jessie Kerr
Ara
le Cercle Francais
North Marn Avenue
la Campagne Tees
Mabie Nelson Winteriens
Pane Ames
Dimmeion
Mies
Lillian Minick
Harod Faris
Robert Shields
Club
Vergia Griffith
Richard Stephens
Hannah Jones
Doris Chalmers
Esther Welch
Thomas
Helen Snelson
Elizabeth McBiagin
Wilma Miller
Ainsworth
Henke
Clara Eagle
James A. Work, Jr
Fortniddly Club
C. \. Stewart
Wright
Farms East of Town Change Hands
Real estate deals include the Bert Booth farm east of town sold to C R Conner and the Ray Blankenhorn eighty acres two miles east sold to Bert Booth. Booth place reportedly brought 700 dollars per acre and Blankenhorn 500 dollars per acre. Booth previously owned by G W Dodder. Prmmet Louck bought the rest.
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Bert Booth
C. R. Conner
Ray Blankenhorn
Booth Place
Blankenhorn
Booth
G. W. Dodder
Prmmet! Louck
Decoration Day plans begin in Washington this year
Necerlivive plane have been com miere for the observance of Decoration day in Washington this year. S. W. Livingston, chairman of the Decoration day committee, began lining things up for the problem of the day, which comes on Sunday this year. Monday will probably be observed. The program will likely be completed in the course of a week or ten days.
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Washington
S. W. Livingston
Patrol Car Crash Kills Man In Omaha
Magnus Vaen Jr was killed and eight persons injured when a police patrol rushing to an accident struck a six rider automobile in Omaha yesterday.
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Omaha
Magnus Vaen, Jr
Major Glenn C. Haynes for State Auditor
Maj Glenn C Haynes, Republican candidate for state auditor, brings extensive government service experience including postmaster and post office inspector roles. A Civil War veteran, he served as a Spanish American War enlistee and captain of Company 168th Infantry Rainbow Division, saw action in March 1918 through Champagne and Argonne campaigns, and received the Croix de Guerre twice and the Distinguished Service Cross.
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Glenn C. Haynes
State Auditor
Haynes
Beck
Centerville
Lida
Com
Inf
Champagne
Chateau Thierry
St. Mihiel
Argonne
Germany
Army of Occupation
Japan Faces Sharp War-time Prosperity Collapse
Japan, once the site of most wartime millionaires, now sees a burst bubble of prosperity with price declines around 50 percent, rising money rates, banking distress, and cable outages hindering New York from gauging the severity of the crisis.
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Japan
New York
Keokuk Women Hear Charity Leader at Knights Hall
Mrs. J. M. Furlong of Keokuk, president of the Keokuk Ladies of Charity, spoke at a rain‑soaked open meeting. The group, now 400 members, supports nonsectarian welfare and dress projects for the needy, aided by a 34‑member youth auxiliary.
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Knights of Columbus
J. M. Furlong
Keokuk
Anita Stewart Leap Over Broken Bridge in In Old Kentucky
Ania Stewart performs a daring horseback leap over a 100 foot ravine as the bridge in the First National feature In Old Kentucky, showing at Graham Theatre Thursday and Friday. She must reach a man unconscious below where a villain has placed a dynamite bomb, creating a perilous scene.
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Anita Stewart
Old Kentucky
Graham Theatre
Miss Stewart
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Kewanee
Illinois
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Stewart
Star
Broken Bridge
Chasm
Ania Stewart
H. I. Ward & CO
Wakros_s
H. I. Ward & Company
Punkin Ridge
Jonathan Scruggins
Count Simrey
Miss Brown
Percy Lowshoes
The
Aeolian (Boys) Literary Society
High School
Phillips Drug Store
Chambers
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