Indian life showcased at Centennial first grade party
Paul and Grace Friesen hosted a classroom Indian party for Cen tennial School first graders with Miss Anita Tellin and Miss Helen Levis as guests. Visitors wore Indian outfits, customs were demonstrated, and rice with curry followed by cupcakes was served, all outdoors to reflect Indian culture.
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Paul
Grace Friesen
India
Centennial School
Anita Tellin
Helen Levis
Washington
Grace
Calendar notices schedule May events and club meetings
Public installation by Rainbow Girls at the Masonic temple Monday evening after the regular meeting at 7 30. Past Noble Grand Circle meets with Mrs Tom Dowis at 806 Monday evening. Baptist church Young Women's Missionary Society meets 630 at church with pot luck. Fortnightly club May banquet at Y M C A community room 630 Monday May 16 tickets 25 cents from leaders or Bridges Nicola and Harrion’s store. Parson's college Little Theater program includes plays and musical numbers. Fortnightly club business meeting after May dinner. membership nominations accepted. Fortnightly club art department guest night Tuesday May 17 at 720 at Mrs Anderson home. Elda White by Monday evening if you can come. E O W club meets Tuesday May 17 at Mrs Don Carbaugh. Westminster Guild picnic Tuesday at library 6 o'clock rain site church. Pythian Sisters of Washington Temple meet 8 Tuesday at K P hall. Masons and family social at Masonic Temple hosted by Washington Chapter No WX Eastern Star Tuesday May 17 at 5 PM visiting Masons and Eastern Stars welcome.
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Bridges
Nicola and Harrinon
Ivan Rehmel
Parsons College
Ab Anderson
Elda White
Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Washington
Order of the Eastern Star
Washington district Sunday schools meeting notice
The Washing ton district Sunday schools will meet on Sunday May 22 at 2 20 p m at the Baptist church. The program will be announced next week. 77th Weiner feast for Junior choir.
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Washington
The
Baptist Church
Afternoon gathering hosted by executive committee
An executive committee invites attendees to an afternoon gathering with refreshments served. The event emphasizes camaraderie and a chance to socialize in a relaxed setting.
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Ing
Lexington Ladies Aid hosts May meeting with multiple chairs
Thursday Mrs Chas Stewart Mr Mort Emde and Mrs Wade Gardner will be hostess to the Lexington Ladies Aid society Thursday afternoon May 19th entertaining committee Mrs Howard Gardner and Mrs Orr Maple business meeting will begin promptly at 2 oclock Chapter 1 P E D will meet Thursday at 2 50 with Mr Frank L Wilson Please notice change of meeting Mrs R B E Johnson will entertain the Pythian Past Chief Circle Thursday evening please notify hostess if unable to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas, Stewart
Mort Emde
Wade Gardner
Lexington Ladies Aid Society
Howard Gardner
Orr Maple
Olock
Frank L. Wilson
R. BE. Johnson
Pythian
Light Frost Possible in Iowa Tonight After Heat Wave
Des Moines reports a light frost could occur statewide tonight after a period of heavy May heat. Temperatures expected in the high thirties across most of Iowa with continued fair weather and a warming trend beginning tomorrow following yesterday’s general rainfall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Cap'n Hornepayne Wins Heart of Schoolma'am
In a Newfoundland style encounter, Cap'n Hornepayne asks Clarissy Martin to marry after a tense courtship aided by a lucky silver horseshoe. The schoolma’am accepts, and the couple share a kiss before noting the horseshoe is now hung above the cottage door as a charm.
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Chern Hornepayne
Clarissy Martin
Cap'n Hornepayne
Cap'n Hompayne
Cap'n Horrepayne
Miss Martin
Cap'n
Hornepayne
Ma’am
Chrissy
Gal
McClure Newspaper
WNU
Rainfall Totals in Iowa Towns Reach Peak Amounts
Charles City recorded the heaviest rainfall at 1.38 inches followed by Ames with 1.36 inches. Iowa Falls logged 1.20 inches and Water had lighter totals.
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Charles City
Ames
Iowa Falls
Six Fatalities In Airplane Wrecks
Davenport Iowa reports list six deaths from a series of plane crashes. Lieut Richard Crabbs 25 was killed during stunt flying near Davenport. The Clarkdale Arizona crash killed William A Clark III 36 and Jack Lynch 43 while piloting Clark’s luxury “flying office.” In Geneva Illinois Gordon Brown 23 and Barbara Bowes 27 died when their brother’s plane struck a railroad embankment after a gust of wind. Alhambra California mechanic Richard Spencer 28 died in a crash involving Pilot Ray Behrens 24 and his brother also injured.
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Davenport
Iowa
Richard Crabbs
Here
Orlando
Fla
Selfridge Field
Mich
Milionaire
Clarkdale
Ariz
Black Hills
United States
William A. Clark
Montana
William A. Clark, III
Jack Lynch
Los Angeles
Col
Charlies A. Lindbergh
Clark
Cottonwood
Clemenceau
Lynch
Geneva
Gordon Brown
Barbara Bowes
Brown
University of Rochester
N. Y
Charles A. Brown
Alhambra
Cal
INS
Richard Spencer
Ray Behrens
Behrens
Ray
Adoption of ape proves human-like development in test
Bloomington scientist Dr. Kellogg and his wife adopted a chimpanzee as a companion for their infant to test whether an ape can be made human with the same environment as a child. After nine months the ape learned faster, remembered longer, and understood more words, though the Kelloggs doubt speech will be learned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomington
Ind
INS
W. N. Kelloge
Indiana University
Kellogg
Mid- Western Psychological Association
Kelloggs
Keloggs
Orange Park
Florida
Association
Kelloge
Lindberghs cited in wartime debt plea
Roger Beverily in Hills California laments that 120 million people lost a baby and questions whether America’s debt to the Lindberghs is justified. He questions if the country honors its obligation to law and order and ponders the cost of sacrifice and pride for the nation.
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Beverily Hills
Cal
Law and Order
America
Lindberghs
Rock oil origins in early American settlement lore
Europeans in America encountered rock oil used by Indigenous people as a remedy. Early settlers of New York Pennsylvania and Ohio described crude petroleum with the term rock oil, reflecting exploration era perceptions and language.
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America
New York
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Optometrists Set Meeting In Local Jewelers Shop
Optometrists of the southeast district of the Iowa State association of optometrists will meet at S. Lemmon Jewelry store in town on Tuesday evening May 17. A dinner at North Side cafe at 6:30 p m precedes the program with speakers C. L Hartman Muscatine A E Gray Kahoka Mo and C J Hinson Ottumwa. George F Failor and Mr Madison will chair.
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Iowa State Association of Optometrists
S. Lemmon
North Side
C. L.hartman
Muscatine
A. E. Gray
Kahoka
C. J. Hinson
Ottumwa
George F. Failor
Madison
Udga Tablets Promote Quick Stomach Relief Claim
A testimonial from a patient with 25 years of stomach trouble credits Udga Treatment for rapid relief after surgery failed. The ad touts Udga Tablets as a simple harmless remedy for gas pains ulcers excess acid belching bloating sour stomach constipation heartburn and dyspepsia and offers a dollar back guarantee through Geo L McDaniel Druggist with a full box.
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Geo. L. McDaniel
Adga
Waterspout Remark Records Highest Height in 1808
The United States Weather Bureau notes a waterspout reaching 5 104 feet, observed off New South Wales on May 16 1808, as the record highest reported.
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United States Weather Bureau
New South Wales
Sharp Iowa temperature swing after rain hits low towns
The report notes a sharp temperature drop across the state with Inwood and Alta reaching 36 degrees the lowest in Iowa while Inwood earlier hit 95 degrees. Expect 35 to 40 degree variations in most towns afterward.
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Inwood
Alta
Dayton Grove Social Roundup Highlights Local Visits and Death
Lyall Moore and family spent Sunday with his parents. Mrs. Dusenberry and Mrs. Knotts attended illnesses and church events. Cecil Amlong and Fred Desing visited from Wellman. Funeral attendance for Patsy Netser at Champion Hills church. Herring and daughter visited near Washington. Club meeting hosted by Mrs Dusenberry with entertainment by Mrs Leet. Walker family visits in Wellman and Crossett. Visitors to Washington include Mrs Lyall Moore and Mrs Anderson.
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Dayton Grove
Lyall Moore
Harry Dusenberry
Embree
A. E. Knotts
Wellman
Hen§y Schuity
Cecil Amlong
Fred Desing
Bruce Moore
Claredge Jollinson
Chas. Thrapp
Patsy Netser
Champion Hills Church
Carl Herring
Daugh
Ter
Washington
J. A. Walker
Ibie Leet
Nut of Pines Describes Pinon Nut Origins
The pinon nut is the large edible seed from several pine species. It comes from small trees with leaves in clusters and globose cones. They grow in hilly Southwest regions, with Pinus edulis and Pinus edulis being the two most important species.
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Commercial Club
Rose Carbaugh
Rose
Arlys Flynn
Elinor Douglas
Harriet Barrett
Flo Eyestone
Merle Eckels
Cloyd Knapp
Ethel Kerr
Steve Crawford
John Shebeck
Walter Kyle
Stanley Fishburn
Tom Swift
Orville Caldwell
Donaldson's
Fred Donaldson
Friendship Club
Myrtle Pearson
Meyer
M. E
Noble Grand Circle
Tom Dowis
Young Woman's Missionary Society of the Baptist Church
E. O. W. Club
Don Carbaugh
Westminster Guild of the Presbyterian Church
Pythian Sisters of Washington Temple
K. of P. Hall
Weiner
Choi
Just Us Club
John Dodd
American Legion Auxiliary
Leon Beatty
American Legion
City Hall
Crawfordsville
Iowa City
Belle Rice
BE. C. Carris
T. H. Berdo
Apt
New England
Kolah Club
Mra Speidel
Dutch Creek
Valley
Dutch Creek Township
H. L. Hendricks
Hilkea Jacobs
New Haven
Wellston
Ean
Nellie Wiley
Blanche Ginkens
Kathleen Mor Morgan
Almeta Greiner
Vera Harvey
Whazle Little
Eva Wagner
Harriett
Dixie Lang
C. W. Klein
H. J. Hendrick
Center School
George Washington
White Oak
Valley School
Enterprise
Colonies Valley School
Georges
Sky
Rockwbys
Humming Bird Township
Reading
New Hatchet
Hardscrabble
Center Bee
Tyrone
the Flag
White Oak Music
Center
J. W. Baker Relief Corps No. 300
West Chester
Methodist Church
Milwaukee
Cap
By James Paux
Irs
Roger
McNaught Syndicate
Kellogg’s
Barclay’s
Armcour
Clorox
P&g
Libby
Herries
H. & A. Baking Co
Ade
Bob White
Captain Kid
Optometrists
East Side
J. B. Moore
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