Thanksgiving gatherings and Shrine meeting fill town life
The Community savors Thanksgiving dinners at multiple homes with goose chicken and elaborate menus. A White Shrine of Jerusalem group meets at Moose Hall planning a December ceremony and a Kingston kennel hosts a Christmas exchange. Notable attendees include Mr. and Mrs. Rothschild Mrs. Limerman and Mrs. Lanback with guests from Washington Kansas City and Columbus City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Way Club
West Chester
Olive Munro
D. C. Stewart
Geo. Limerman
Washington
O. F. Lanback
Harriet
Damascus
Jerusalem
Moose Hall
Kensington
Fred Reid
Glenn Chambers
Mrs. Mountford
Amogel Charlotte Mousse
Lady Baltimore
R. W. Jamieson
McNary
Oskaloosa
Howard Miller
Mayville
Columbus City
Iowa
Forty fourth wedding anniversary dinner in Burlington
A modest but tasty three course luncheon marked the forty fourth wedding anniversary at J. D. Buckley home on Thanksgiving Day. Guests included Mrs Kecks daughter Mrs Donald Huber and baby Mary Helen from Lexington and Mrs C F Foster with Elizabeth and Julia from Burlington. Raymond returned home from Chicago and sent regards from those unable to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
al Cocklin
Will McCreedy
Milford
Sara
Mark Campbell
Bruce
Betty
Mark
Harry Campbell
John
John Campbell
Rothlisberger
Carl
Jean
Alice
M. G. Campbell
Jay
Lina Vaughan
Arthur Oates
J. R. Maxwell
Joe Falk
F. B Appleby
J. S. McElhinney
Ralph Bunce
A. R. Miller
Ernest Lemmon
Ralph Shannon
Crooked Creek
Walter Williams
Charles Donaldson
H. Worley
Will Powel
Albert Franzen
Fanzen
South Sixth Avenue
J. D. Buckley
Raymond
Chicago
Stricter Sabbath Observance Being Urged on the Nation
Washington based religious groups plan a nationwide Sunday observance push led by the United Lutheran church and the National Reform association. They seek laws to prohibit Sunday baseball, cinema shows, and other for profit amusements, plus uniform marriage and divorce laws. The Lord's Day alliance advances more radical aims to ban Sunday car use, golf, rail travel, and public amusements. Senate action by Senator Jones and Representative Temple is anticipated upon Congress reconvening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
D. C
Congress
Dry Mae
District of Columbia
Committee On
Committee On Moral and Social Welfare
United Lutheran Church
National Reform Association
Anti-Saloon League
Lord’s Day Alliance
Jones
Representative Temple
Pennsylvania
BE. C. Dinwidde
Insular
United States
Army
Iowa Voters Back Constitutional Convention
In Iowa the electorate approved a constitutional convention to revise the state constitution every ten years in line with the census. Farmers advocate changes for local bargaining, but officials expect few alterations to the current document, with amendments having already shaped the code. The next legislature will set delegate selection and timing for the convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Les Moines
Iowa
Fevision
State Farm Boreau Federation
Wall
Education council backs reform in Des Moines
The council advocated legislation to improve care for feeble minded children and proposed a $1200 minimum salary for normal school graduates with one year experience, a high school equivalency requirement for teachers, school tax cap at $100 per pupil, and school bond interest at least 6 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Educational Council
Des Moines
Tuberculosis Work Advances in Town State Amid Breeder Interest
Dr. G F Golden reports 2127 applications from pure breeders and dairymen to join the accredited herd list, with 1215 herds tested and 929 awaiting testing. July and August saw 11131 cattle tested. 1173 condemned as tubercular. State indemnity averaging 61.2 dollars per reactor head, with 60550 dollars expected for cattle condemned in those two months. Also, a Belgian medical delegation from Brussels led by Dr W Jules Bordet visits American medical centers, invited by the Rockefeller Foundation, to study U S medical education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. F. Golden
Des Moines
Bureau of Animal Husbandry
University of Brussels
University of Iowa
College of, Weine
United States
America
W. Jules Bordet
Rene Sand
Antoine Depage
Austin
J. Canby Robinson
Johns Hopkins University
Rockefeller Foundation
Iowa Delegation Split Shifts Cox Victory and Fund Shortfall
At a Democratic convention in San Francisco EW Meredith and Marsh clashed over Iowa's votes with Marsh backing Cox. After Cox's nomination Marsh allegedly urged McAdoo supporters to target an Iowa post office address in Waterloo triggering McAdoo fund withdrawal. Anna Case lost a $4000 diamond at Hotel Fort Des Moines. Carl Johnson, a colored staffer, found it and received a $100 reward attracting local attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilber Marsh
San Francisco
EB. T. Meredith
Iowa
McAdoo
Marsh
Cox
Waterloo
Anna Case
Fort Des Moines
Carl Johnson
Johnson
Nineteen Insane Soldiers Transferred to Knoxville Hospital
From Fulton Missouri a group of nineteen used by the state hospital moved this week to the government hospital at Knoxville Iowa. A Pullman car carried nine staff members including Superintendent M C Biggs and board members W R Taylor R M White and Steward Charles Wilson. Eleven patients remain to be moved after formalities. Goose feathers fetch 1 25 to 1 30 per pound while chicken feathers bring twenty cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fulton
Missouri
Fulton State Hospital
Special Government
Knoxville
Iowa
M. C. Biggs
W. R. Taylor
R. M. White
Charles Wilson
State urges vaccination and health measures amid smallpox outbreak
The state board of health calls for strict quarantine and a vigorous vaccination drive as smallpox spreads in several communities. Schools require vaccination certificates, and diphtheria remains notable. The board sent 150 anti-toxin packages to various regions in one day. Farm organizations move to finance members through pooled notes and lend cash within groups amid bank funding challenges. Farmers seek cattle and hogs for feeding as corn and oats prices stay low, drawing thousands of stockmen to livestock centers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Health
Ci Ber
Panama Canal Zone reports record revenue a profit forecast
The Panama Canal reports a fiscal year excess of 2.49 million dollars over operating costs with Governor Prig Gen Chester Harding predicting eventual profit at cost. The report notes 1929 revenue three times higher potential and outlines tolls, auxiliary services, dredging costs, and future expansion to handle increasing traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Panama Canal
Prig-Gen
Chester Harding
Canal
West
South America
Orient
United States
Atlantic
Harding
Pacific
Icoas
Federal Treasury
Gaillard
Lawrence Genkinger Heads to Des Moines for CCC Entry
Lawrence Genkinger departed last evening for Des Moines to enroll in the Civilian Conservation Corps. He will join fellow enrollees and begin a term focused on public works and natural resource projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Genkinger
Des Moines
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Ad Claims Blood Mucous Action
An advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Medicine as an internal remedy that acts on the blood and mucous surfaces to prevent acute and chronic catarrh. It names J Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio as the sellers and promises relief for persistent catarrh attempts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
Iamnatai
Express Rates Boosted by 15 Percent in Iowa
Iowa express rates were advanced 15 percent by the state railroad commissioners applying interstate rates to Iowa traffic. The action raises total increases to 26 percent over three months, citing wage hikes for express workers. Tariffs may reflect a 134 percent increase pending further hearings with commodity classifications held in abeyance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa Express
State Board of Railroad Commissioners
American Railway Express Company
Towa
Labor Board
Board of Railroad Commissioners
Interstate Commerce Commission
Express Company
What Are You Cutting Out of the Paper
A humorous note from The American Legion Weekly discusses a man’s divorce caused by his wife rifling his pockets and the playful reply about placing him “in my pocket” as a joke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
American Legion Weekly
The Chronic Optimist Thanksgiving Wit From War Veteran
A band of veterans discuss Thanksgiving with a guest who lost both legs. He jokes he is grateful for cork legs and can put on socks with thumbtacks, delivering a wry note of resilience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
American Legion Weekly
Political gossip links Marsh and Hogan in farm loan talk
Wilber Marsh of Waterloo is the Iowa member and treasurer of the Democratic National Committee. Hon. P. D. Hogan, a Republican, formerly Cass County legislator and Massena banker, became an expert on Farm Loan Bank proposals and was invited to Washington for talks with supporters of the measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilber Marsh
Waterloo
Democratic National Committee
PD. P. Hogan
Cass County
Hogan
Massena
Washington
McAdoo
Secretary of the Treasury
Mr. Hogan
Omaha
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W. C. Mayhew
Harley Mayhew
Estella G. Davidson
Paul D. Peters
Wapello
W. W. Bowers
Bowers
Glenn A. Duncan
Lieyd _Hamston
McLaughlin
South Dakota
Joe Reiner
I. EB. Glick
Freda McDaniels
Owen Seay
Kansas City
Walter Peterson
Harrison Dodder
Everett Green
A. D. Rathmel
Charles Schaeffer
Helen Tucker
East
Madison
Helen
L. H. Richardson
John Beatty
Cecile Denison
Mabel Rice
Walter Hays
R. ©. Wilcox
Frank Woods
Ainsworth
RFR
Carl M. Keck
Kooking Klub
Panama Canal Zone
Jane
Tor
Washington Steam
Lapeer
Trust Co
Frank
Sage
Eslie E. Dunlap
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