Sunlit School Picnics Spur War Aid and Recital
Teachers hold an outdoor picnic at Sunset Park with hot coffee bacon and eye sandwiches amid games. A senior class party at the Brookhart home features a student film and a cast including Louise Livingston Rex Benz and Beatrice Wallace. A May Bethel Methodist Ladies Aid social raises funds for the Red Cross. Nellie Link delivers a graduation recital at St James School with a varied program. A quiet wedding unites Bea White and Raymond Duncan as military drafts loom. A civic club notes a planned Sunset Park picnic for families as Washington county men head to the National Army.
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Altho
Sunset Park
Prin. Whitmer
Lewis
Lillian Minick
Atchison
Vifquain
8. W. Brookhart
Leland Carris
Maurice Paul
Louise Livingston
Rex Benz
Beatrice Wallace
Valeska Surrat
David Warre
John B. Ware
Martha Chalmers
Dec” McGinnis
Katherine Arnold
Wanda Neiswanger
Brockhart
Bethel Methodist Ladies’ Aid
Geo. Hotle
America
Vella Hotle
Velma Hotle
Will B. Brinning
Ald
Red Cross
Alt
Lena Luers
Dora McClelland
Cora’ Brinning
Chris Brinning
Methodist
J. A. Glendinning
Bea White
Raymond Duncan
Wm. Manassier
Columbus Junction
J. Carter Duncan
New National Army
Harry White
Crawfordsville
Washington Telephone Company
Will Mayhew, Jr
Rocial Club
Washington County
National Army
Guest Day for Civic Department of Fortnightly Club
The Civic department's guest day at Mrs. F L Wilson's home featured a social afternoon with an engaging program. Mrs Speidell reviewed the Woman Citizens Library volumes two and three and Mrs Wilcon presented a paper, while Mrs Donaldson discussed The Holy Alliance and Monroe Doctrine. refreshments followed.
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Civic Department
F.L. Wilson
Speidell
Woman Citizens’ Library
F. L. Wilcon
Donaldson
Major in Confederate Army Stars Matt B Snyder in The Crisis
Matt B. Snyder plays Col Carvel in The Crisis at the Graham Theatre May 30 31 and June 1 with special orchestra. The film presented by Sherman Plijett Film Corporation features Snyder as Churchill’s lovable old Southerner and echoes his own life story including an Annapolis Naval Academy background.
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Col. Carvel
Graham
Matt B. Snyder
Sherman - Plijett Film Corporation
Graham Theatre
Nitiate
Mr. Snyder
Churchill
Annapolis Naval Academy
Southerner Turns to Stage After Civil War
After loyally supporting the flag, a Southern man chose the South in the Civil War. Penniless afterward he turned to acting as a profession. Seats for The Crisis will be sold at McKihinney’s Drug Store one week before opening. Secure seats early for this big spectacle.
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McKihinney’s
Remembering Joy Jeffreys Peanut Vendor at the Fair
A recalling piece traces Joy Jeffreys who sold peanuts cream candy and lemonade at fairs from 1880s to 1890s. It notes his crowd drawing sales pitch and roles as peanut conductor on the branch with Daddy Warren aboard the Firefly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iss
Joy Jeffreys
Warren
Des Moines
Newsie
Michigan
Lake Michigan
Poker Expert Husband Rescues Home From Burglar
A judge recounts a tale of a husband known as a poker expert who fended off a burglar with a poke at home after his club practice. The incident prompted a vow to curb scolding over club time.
Musical Howler From A History Exam In Music
A Los Angeles Music Student presents a humorous exam excerpt describing music history. The piece claims Beethoven “discovered the sonata in four moves” and jokes that piano sonatas for violin became string quartets, while a piano sonata for orchestra is a symphony and a Ninth plang sonata was for voices.
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Los Angeles
Beethoven
Soil and rock wash into ocean across United States
An average of five tons of soil and loose rock wash into the ocean each year per square mile of the United States. The estimate excludes the Great Basin. With the country spanning 8 088 500 square miles the scale of this contribution becomes clearer.
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United States
Great Basin
Strangers in the City and Streetcar Travel Quote
In the city, strangers find streetcars easy to ride as they run frequently. The conversation notes that not all outsiders visit town to rely on rapid transit, hinting at other reasons for urban visits.
Hare dangers under night trains and fast cars
A hare darts before a giant locomotive at night and runs sixty miles an hour in the glare of the headlight until exhausted. It will not jump to safety between rails and repeats the same tactics on highways with speeding autos.
Popular Washington Girl Engaged to Wed a Marine
Miss Ellie Eikins Davis, youngest granddaughter of the late Senator Henry Gasseway Davis, has announced her engagement to George A. Percy of the A. & M.C. The debutante, a leading beauty in Washington society, becomes the fiancée of the marine veteran.
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Washington
Ellie Eikins Davis
Henry Gasseway Davis
George A. Percy
Divis
Tornadoes Hit Iowa Towns Killing and Wrecking
A tornado swept Boone Iowa killing three and injuring up to a hundred with damage estimated up to one million dollars. Fire and medical crews were summoned from Ames and Des Moines while lines of communication were cut to Marshalltown. Newton and Denison also reported deaths and injuries as other communities faced twisters. Nearby Hays Kansas saw ten deaths as Cadhill village was wiped out and larger buildings were demolished.
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Boone
Ames
Des Moines
Boone County
Iowa Division
Chicago & Northwestern Railroad
Marshalltown
Newton
Denison
Crawford County
Lena
Story City
Kellog
Churdan
Hays
Kansas
Ellis
Rocks
Cadhill
Do the duty which lies nearest to thee
A quotation from Carlyle urging immediate action and the clear duty of conscience. It emphasizes taking the nearest, known obligation as a guiding rule. The message advocates steadfast effort in darkness or uncertainty, valuing practical duty over speculation.
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Carlyle
Memorial Sermon By Rev G I Eaton Next Sunday
The annual memorial sermon for old soldiers will be at the Christian church next Sunday afternoon at two. Rev G I Eaton will deliver the sermon by invitation of J G Whitepost and the G A R. The service coincides with Decoration Day and WWI era prayer for national crisis resolution.
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Christian Church
G. I. Eaton
J. G. Whitepost
Wilson
Ether
J. W. Morton
EL. L. Clapp
John R. Guthrie
Finn Grove Cemetery
Woodlawn
Red Cross Notes From Richmond Ladies Boost War Effort
The Richmond area Red Cross group reports a record weekly turnout of 32 members at last Thursday’s meeting. Women completed garments and began knitting sweaters helmets socks and wristlets. Members listed include Mesdames Tony Flin Will Chapek Joe Pieper Mary Saer Wm Kern Mike Stumpf Frank Lints Jim Knebel Harry Strahala J Sehmitt V Critz Jennie Marek Mable Longer John Shatla Edward Bopp Mary Sharp Edward Shalla J Kallous Bert Shillig Wes Reiner Frances Kron Zitta Kron Emma Critz Clara Shalla Kathryn Kallous Mmie Malichky Mary Swick Kate Shalla Hazel Pieper.
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Richmond
Vicinity
Red Cross
Tony Flin
Will Chapek
Joe Pieper
Mary Saer
Wm. Kern
Mike Stumpf
Frank Lints
Jim Knebel
Harry Strahala
J. Sehmitt
V. Critz
Jennie Marek
Millie Kos
Geo, Kos
Jim Shalla
Mabelle Longer
John Shatla
Edward Bopp
Mary Sharp
Edward Shalla
J. Kallous
Bert Shillig
Wes Reiner
Frances
Sinn Fein Leader Arrests Markiewlesz in Pro German Plot Ireland
Countess Markiewlesz, a prominent Sinn Fein figure, is among those arrested over alleged complicity in a pro German plot in Ireland. Authorities pursue others tied to the conspiracy.
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Markiewlesz
Sinn Penn
Come Puelty
Ireland
Watch Your Blood Supply Dont Let Impurities Creep In
An old drugmarket notice touts 8.0. and 8.8.8 as reliable blood purifiers. It claims long use by druggists, promises free medical advice from Swift Specific Co. Medical Director at Swift Laboratory in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Swift Specific Co
Swift Laboratory
Atlanta
Muddled Thinking on Ethics and Religion
A quote attributed to Bernard Bell in Athantic challenges equating being good with being religious. It argues that dynamo and light, green apples and indigestion, an architect’s plans and a completed building, and sex attraction and the family are distinct concepts, warning against muddled thinking in moral terms.
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Bernard
Bell
Athantic
Good Disinfectant Use for Permanganate Potash
Instructions praise permanganate of potash as an excellent cheap disinfectant. Dissolve one ounce in a quart of warm water and pour a little down every drain every two weeks to keep the house sweet.
Virtue Compared to Fragrant Oil in Bacon Quotation
A Bacon epigram likens virtue to costly oils that release their fragrance when crushed or burned, noting virtue’s potency grows under trial. The line emphasizes moral worth revealed through pressure and struggle.
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Francis Bacon
Columbus voyage story told by a pupil
On the first day of school a large pupil describes Columbus sailing around a dot. The teacher questions the claim and reads a book page saying About this period Columbus sailed, revealing misinterpretation of a phrasing rather than a factual error.
Just a Laugh from a Cleveland Morning
A young Cleveland wife endures a severe headache as her husband leaves for work. In the afternoon he plans to dine downtown, but she insists he stay to help her get hers, joking about his past as a selfish bachelor after marriage.
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Cleveland
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Madeline ‘Micheone
Weeee
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Here
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Eaton
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Mortgrave
Washington Loan & Trust Company
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Prank BR. Sage
Weingarten Bros., Inc
New York
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