Society Hosts and Meetings Across Town
The Give and Take club met at Richard Stephens east of Ainsworth for a clever card night with host instructions and prize packages for top tables. Multiple women’s groups including Baptist Woman’s Missionary Society and United Presbyterian Ladies Aid held meetings with lessons on tray making and home mission work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Stephens
Ainsworth
A. Fis Coleman
Clarence Payne
J. H. Coleman
Gene
Robert Stephens
Community announcements from West Chester and area groups
The West Chester Parent Teachers Association schedules a 7 30 p m meeting at the schoolhouse on Tuesday evening October 15 featuring an eighth grade play. Members of Orient Lodge No 365 A F and A M attend the late brother J W Parrow funeral in Ainsworth Oct 8 1929 at 2 p m W M H H Stewart. The Pythian Sisters meet October 15 at 7 30 p m with convention report and committee bills due. Pamascus Shrine No 10 meets October 15 at 8 p m Edith Pulver Ws Hazel Haven W F. The Snow Ball social club gathers at Mrs Henry Berdo Wednesday afternoon with basket and tray making lessons. Kolah club meets Wednesday afternoon at Mrs John Speidel guest day. Ramsay McDonald spoke coast to coast on radio last evening. Lake Michigan high waters driven by east wind Thursday shook apartments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Conrad
Jolly Farm Bureau Club
William Henss
Carl Hesseltine
Tom Riley
Parent-Teachers Association of
West Chester
Orient Lodge No
A. F
A. M
Ainsworth
Town
J. W. Parrow
H. H. Stewart
W. M
Pythian Sisters
M. Bec
Pamascus Shrine No
Edith Pulver
Hazel Haven
St Louis Opens National Stock Show Exhibition
The St Louis national horse show dairy show and poultry stock fair opened a two week joint exposition in the new arena building. Fifteen hundred head of cattle entered mark the largest national dairy association event with finals in national stock and judging contests and other agriculture class competitions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Doctor Strangles On His False Teeth
Denver physician Dr. Daniel Weingarden died after his false teeth lodged in his throat during a heart attack. His secretary Miss Dorothy Beede heard him strangling but could not remove the teeth before his death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Colo
Daniel Weingarden
Dorothy Beede
Weingarden
Senate Votes to Lift Ban on Books That Are Printed Abroad
The Senate approved removing the tariff ban on immoral and indecent literature while preserving censorship on indecent images and anti law resistance papers. Senator Bronson Cutting led the amendment and faces possible Senate conference action with moral welfare groups pressing for reconsideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Washington
Bronson Cutting
New Mexico
Harvard
Treasury Department
Cutting
Pickett
House
United States
Londonderry Gang Outrages 22 Girls In Masked Robbery
In Londonderry on Oct 12 masked men halted a dance party bound for a British Army fort. The band stripped 22 Irish girls of their clothing and burned the items, then threatened to shoot the chauffeur and party. Two victims escaped as the incident unfolded.
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Londonderry
Ireland
Lough Swilly
Front Seat Advice on Car Maintenance
The passage warns that automatic pressure gauges in filing stations are unreliable and urges using a dependable personal gauge. It advises adding water to car batteries before trips, running the car afterward, and not letting gas run too low to avoid sediment in the feed line. It notes that starting motor failure may stem from poor battery terminal connections.
Thirteen New Car Registrations Reported
The county treasurer’s office lists thirteen new vehicle registrations for the past week. Names include A W McCall Kalona L P Dawson Kalona Merle Gallagher Washington and others with Ford tudors Ford roadsters and trucks among the entries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie Jones
A. W. McCall
Washington
Graham Paige
Jake G. Marner
Kalona
Ford Tudor
L. P. Dawson
D. O. Davidson
Coppock
Merle Gallagher
Ford
Ford Ferder
Will Jackson
Ainsworth
Mildred Emde
Professor Neill Honored by Sigma Xi
Professor Theodore Neill elected into Sigma Xi, national honor society for scientific research. Membership honors scientific ability and is tied to industrial and biochemical research work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Theodore Neill
Sigma Xi
Neill
Masked men flee as civic guards aid young dancers
Masked assailants summon the civic guards. guards arrive to Londonderry with blankets for rescued girls. The incident is linked to men jealous of a dance hosted by Britishers.
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Londonderry
Weather outlook for Oct 14 to 19 in central regions
Forecast covers upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys and northern and central Great Plains. Temperatures are expected mostly normal or above average with little precipitation likely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi
Missouri
Great Plains
Private attorney seeks divorce for Ramson Blackwell couple
Falls City Nebraska Justice of the Peace Bayard Clark performed the marriage of Schuyler Ramson and Mrs. Angelica Blackwell on July 3. He now acts as Mrs. Ramson’s private attorney aiming to obtain their legal separation in divorce court.
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Falls City
Neb
Bayard Clark
Schuyler Ramson
Angelica Blackwell
In Memoriam Pauline White Remembered by Family
In loving remembrance of Pauline Ornettia White who died October 12 1927 two years ago. Her family Misses her presence at home and the sunshine of her care. Signed by Mr and Mrs Joseph Lukasky and siblings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pauline Ornettia White
Joseph Lukasky
19th Century Club Meeting Postponed to October 19
The meeting scheduled for Saturday October 12 with Helen Wilson has been postponed to Saturday October 19 in 20412.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Wilson
Speed King Dick Marmon To Endurance Run In Ford Tudor
Dick Marmon world famous speed king launches a Ford Tudor endurance run October 15 to 19 under Ford dealers in Mt. Pleasant Fairfield Washington Fort Madison Keokuk and Burlington. Marmon will travel through Washington twice daily and stop at Washington Motor Co. He is a member of the AAA testing board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Marmon
Ford
Mt. Pleasant
Fairfield
Washington
Ft. Maddison
Keokuk
Burlington
Marmon
Washington Motor Co
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Society
Marion McLaughlin
HW. C. C
Charles Schiebel
S. R. Miller
Otto Schiebel
Isaac Kleese
Farm Bureau
Kleese
J. R. Kendrick
Baptist Woman's Missionary Society
J.W. Bishop
Catlett
Bowman
Bert Yard
Jones
Vinz
Ladies Aid
United Presbyterian Church
Neil Trotman
Boller
H. J. Club
George Sojka
Joe Knotek
John Bopp
Miss Ella
John Shalla
Ladies Bible Class
The
Presbyterian Church
F. W. Eastwood
J. H. Humston
Lee Scranton
Oretha
Kansas
Snow Ball Social Club
Henry Berdo
Kolah Club
John Speidel
Ramsay McDonald
Lake Michigan
Doctor
Lona
D. S
O. E. Foss
R. H. Peterseim
Bush Feed Store
R. C. Riske
Professor Neill
Sinclair Gasoline and Motor Oil
Iowa Avenue
Memoriam
J. M. Kyle
Post Office
Mangold’s
Tucker & Eicher
Washington, Iowa
J. A. Marsh
Pearson & Banks
Iowa
Washington Motor Company
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