Giant Stride Equipment Installed at McKee School
Two Giant Stride playground pieces were installed at McKee school grounds. An 18 foot steel pipe anchors the unit with eight rotating arms and chains for children to climb and swing. Made of hot galvanized steel with safety features, the apparatus was supplied by Everwear Apparatus of Springfield, Ohio using funds from last spring’s school program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKee
Everwear Apparatus Company
Springfield
Ohio
Halloween socials fill town with festive games and luncheons
Mrs Owen Hayes hosts Poinsettia club while Miss Jean Shuman entertains about twenty guests at a country Halloween party. Georgia Johnson, Bessie Bovee, Miss Elsie Minick, and others host Halloween gatherings with games, costumes, witch’s pot tales, bobbing for apples, and themed luncheons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Shuman
Georgia Johnson
Hallowe'en
Johnson
Bessie Bovee
Washington
Elsie Minick
Mildred Martin
Halloween Party Highlights and Local Weddings
Ghost costumes and Halloween games enlivened a Muscatine gathering with Miss Ethel Waters in a witch role and Miss Rose Springman performing a piano solo. A Covenanter church group hosted a ghostly party with unmasked games and a luncheon. In Columbus Junction, Miss Bina Sheridan wed Wendell Knauss in a simple ceremony attended by twenty-two relatives, with plans to live in Washington, Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. Parrott
Ethel Waters
Rose Springman
Bessie Arthaud
Columbus Junction
Abner Sheridan
West Walnut Street
Bina Wenona Sheridan
Wendell R. Knauss
Washington
A. W. McBlain
Methodist Church
Columbus Hotel
J. A. Knangs
Ed Bartel
Council Bluffs
George Norton
West Liberty
Church Circle and Society Meeting Announcements
A series of church and women’s society meeting notices are listed. Postponed Queen Esther Circle meets Thursday at Miss Maude Haines’s home 202 Chapter JP EO. Other groups plan Thursday or Friday sessions, with leaders and locations named, including Mrs Gertrude Smith and Mrs Ira Bowman.
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J.P. E
Gertrude Smith
Ladies’ Mission Circle of the Baptist Church
Ira Bowman
Jake Bishop
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the
M. EE. Church
J. A. Harwood
Star Theater to Move and Expand in Washington
In Washington the Star theatre will replace the American on South Iowa avenue after H. C. Smith’s lease ends. J. O. Canfield plans opening in a new Star location by Nov 11 with seating raised from 182 to 275, a new stage and orchestra pit, improved lighting, decor, and a larger, modern interior. The American may relocate or change plans, while rumors say three showhouses could operate this winter.
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Washington
H. C. Smith
South
Iowa Avenue
J. O. Canfield
Star Theatre
Canfield
Kidney Pills Relieve Mail Carrier’s Kidney Pain
Fred Dueh ren of Atchison Kansas reports severe back pain and kidney trouble worsened by heavy mail loads. After taking Foley's Kidney Pills he says his kidney trouble disappeared and he feels as sound as ever. For sale by all druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Duehren
Atchison, Kan
Foley
Hens Entered in Big Egg Contest at Storrs
One year long International Egg Laying Competition starts with 500 hens across 100 teams. Entries hail from the United States Canada Cuba Mexico Japan South America Europe and more. Judges anticipate results affecting future breeding and egg output across varieties.
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United States
Canada
Cuba
Mexico
Japan
South America
Europe
Borrowed Smiles and Sardine Sniffs Across the Page
A collage of light comic sketches and anecdotes from period humor columns. A novelist on a train endures praise and kissing, Private Jones boasts overfeeding a horse, a husband and wife prank, a waiter mispronounces grilled steak, and farcical exchanges in comic vignettes across sources.
Eggs Increase Push In U S Egg Basket
A projection shows the United States will gain about 400 million more eggs per year in its egg basket amid rising production and supply chain factors. The estimate reflects gains across farming sectors and regional output.
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United States
Iowa Federation of Women's Clubs Meets in Morning Sun
The Iowa Federation of Women's Clubs first district gathered yesterday in the Morning Sun Methodist church. Speakers included Eva Livingston and Josephine Babcock. delegates from Sioux City and local clubs attended. A reception for visiting delegates followed at Mrs. Fred Courts's home.
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Iowa Federation of Women's Clubs
Eva Livingston
Josephine Babcock
Sioux City
Ella Cherry
M. J. Maxwell
Fred Courts
Candy Social and Fish Pond At Hardscrabble School
A program and candy social will be given at Dutch Creek No 2 School known as Hardscrabble two miles north and one mile west of Dublin on Friday evening November 3. Ladies please bring boxes of candy. Come prepared to fish in the Fishing Pond. All are cordially invited. 2112 Ella Beitel teacher.
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Dutch Creek No. 2
Dublin
Auction Sale Of Pat terson Estate Household Goods
Public auction of the Patterson estate household goods at 2 30 p m Saturday November 4 at the residence two blocks east of the square on East Washington street 2113 dey w.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patterson
East
Washington Street
Foley's Honey and Tar Compound Advertisement
For coughing dryness and tickling in the throat hoarseness and all coughs and colds take Foley's Honey and Tar Compound Contains no opi ates For Sale by All Druggists.
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Foley
Foley's Honey and Tar Compound Cures Coughs and Colds
Mrs. Anna Pelzer of 2526 Jefferson St South Omaha Nebraska endorses Foley's Honey and Tar Compound as a sure cure for coughs and colds. She notes it helped her daughter and was used by her neighbor to help her family. For sale by all druggists.
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Foley
Anna Pelzer
Jefferson St
Omaha
Neb
Benson
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Owen Hayes
Poinsettia Club
Reading Circle
A. J. Dawson
East Jefferson Street
Mike Lewis
Hallowe’en
J. EK. Lemmon
East Washington Street
Bridge
J. M. Bratton
Lemmon
Mame Shearer
Anna Eagle
W. P. Wells
Margaret Peck
West Washington Street
Margaret
Beulah Roberts
Muscatine
Maude Shellabarger
Harve Shellabarger
Harry Darbyshire
A. Darbyshire
Christian Endeavor Society
The
Covenanter Church
S. BE. Greer
Woman's Missionary Society of the
First United Presbyterian Church
First Division
St. James
Christian Endeavor Society of the Presbyterian Church
Maude Kiburz
West Third Street
Star Theater
MR. Canfield
the Star
Mr. Smith
the American
Journal
J. A. Harwood & Son
QUO
Waitah
George
Courier-Journal
Rufus
Yassah
Jedge
Jes
W. Jefferson ST
Opp
Cole Photo Gallery
N.L. Black
Frank L. Wilson & CO
F. WE
WANT
Ella Beitel
Dey
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