Historic Relics Committees Engage With Radio Station Future
Mrs Lemmon chairs the Historic Relics Committee of the Iowa State D A R and Mrs Speer serves on the Historic Spots Committee. Both women are intensely interested in the work as distant radio broadcasting towers loom in the background with future possibilities uncertain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lemmon
Historic Relics Committee
Iowa State
Speer
Historic Spots Committee
C. A. Speer
Societal Notes On Church Groups and Social Gatherings
Sunday School groups visit the Will Stafford home bringing baskets of food. The Methodist Sunday School orchestra holds a picnic supper with about twenty members. Queen Esthers of West Chester M E Church met at Miss Ruth Bauer's home to study Mr Carver of Tuskegee and received supplies for the year. Frances Jean Sigafoose celebrated her third birthday with family and friends. Rebekah lodge staged a well attended program in their hall. Fortnightly club discussed Africa and Chicago temple dedications. The Livingston Kooking Club held a birthday party for Schuyler Livingston and a farewell for Mr and Mrs Ralph Smith. A “hard times” party at the Weeks home featured costumes, games, and a chocolate pie contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willtafford
Washington
The
Methodist Church
Queen Esthers
West Chester
M. E
Ruth Bauer
Carver
Tuskegee
Alabama
Frances Jean Sigafoose
Howard Sigafoose
Sam Sigafoose
Frances Jean
L. C. Coppock
Joan Godwin
John Pratt
Rebekah Lodge
Elgar
Reubsam
Eva Diller
C. O. Davis
H. C. Hull
Tina Shields
Africa
R. E. Brown
Rockies
A. Anderson
New Methodist
Chicago
Talley
Woolworth
New York
Loop
Schuyler Livingston
Livingston
Kooking Club
Ralph Smith
West
Dewey Weeks
Navajo Club
U Sb. Club
Pythian Circle
H. W. Russell
Wert
Jefferson St
Pieasant HI Ladies Ald
Belle Kephoert
Pred Palmer
Cnat of
Carl Roberts
East
Washington Street
Rural Womens Club
Charles Cherry
John Cherry
West Chester Baptist Church
Earl Birney
H. H. Club
Catholic Daughters of America Sewing Circle
Martin Swift
Woman's Missionary Society of the
Presbyterian Church
Yes
George Reed
Washington Baptist Church
Weert Chester
F. L. Wilson
Mire
Carl Hedees
Teverese
Key Home
East Maulleon St
Giant Airship ZR-3 Nearing Atlantic Coast For Disposition
The German airship ZR-3 approached the U S Atlantic coast with Lakehurst and Detroit scouters attempting to communicate. Wireless intercepts showed English and one German fragment Alles Wohl An Board Schiffe, with contact realities as the Berholz relay role connected Milwaukee and Lakehurst station to aid in coordination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bachelors Barracks
Leutenants
Maurice R. Pierce
Joseph M. Deem
Milwaukee
Detroit
Atlantic
T. G. W. Settle
New York City
Schiffe
Lakehurst
Social Calendar Highlights Local Club Gatherings
October social week lists Albert M Huff Auxiliary and Portnightly groups meeting in town venues including GAR rooms and West Main Street. Other events include Shalom Group, Standard Bearers, Knights of Columbus, Armory dance, Halloween party, Navajo Club, Loyal Sisterhood, and Pythian Circle activities across churches and homes through Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert M. Huff
GAR
JL. &S. Patterson
West Main St
B.D. Wilson
East Main St
C. ©. Wilson
East Washington St
Methodist Church
Mabel Morton
West
Jefferson St
Knights of Columbus
Armory
Shalom
M. BR
S. T. Dereman
Eother
Din
Iorg
Mate Tha Crone
North
Second Ave
Local News And Visits From Washington To Burlington
Revy and Mrs C EB Hillis traveled to Kahoka Missouri due to Mrs Hillis father Mr Bloom's illness after his second stroke. Several residents and visitors are noted including R Stearns of Ainsworth and F Morrison from Oskaloosa. Mrs Huston of Crawfordsville, Mrs A M McGraw of Keota, J W Fields to Des Moines, Mrs G C Ebner and Dale in Washington. The Baptist church surprised Rev John D Kern with a generous gift to cover convention expenses and return. Mrs Ralph Livingston and Mable returned from Monmouth Illinois and Ernestine Seawright came back from Burlington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. EB. Hillis
Kahoka
The
Baptist Church
John D. Kern
State Convention of
Iowa Baptists
Council Bluffs
Rev. Kern
Reading Circle to Meet with Mrs Hull Tomorrow
The Wednesday Reading Circle will meet with Mrs J H Hull tomorrow afternoon at 2 30 oclock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Hull
Local laborer returns lost purse of gold marks
In Kempten Bavaria on September 24 a laborer found a purse containing 180000 gold marks. He learned it belonged to an American tourist and returned it. The tourist rewarded him with one tenth of the amount, about 4500 dollars, for his honesty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kempten
Bavaria
Pilgrimage Through Historic Iowa County Ground
A group travels from Iowa City past the old State House to Springdale visiting the Gray farm and Maxon homestead linked to John Brown. They note a Civil War site with slave quarters, a granite boulder marker, and Daughters of the American Revolution plaques. Lunch on the grounds and a transcontinental plane sighting finish the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Speer
J. K. Lemmon
Mary Juiiet
Iowa City
John Brown
Gray
Towa State Daughters of the American Revolution
William
Maxon
Underground
Ossawatomie
Harper's Ferry
Gallowestair
Whittler
The
Jews Society, Daughters of the American Revolution
Wassonville
Wesley Bolding
J. F. Kartz
Itis Home Ia
Washington
Avation Field
H. H. Club Candy Recipes Collected by Members Nearby
A recent H. H. Club gathering produced plusieurs candy recipes shared by members living a few miles south of town. Recipes include sugar with cream of tartar lemon juice and boiling water, cooled and pulled, and variations with brown sugar cream nuts chocolate and butter.
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H. H. Club
Cod Liver Oil Tablets For Rickets Advised
Advert says cod liver oil strengthens teeth and bones in children with rickets but its taste and smell upset stomachs. McCoy's Cod Liver Oil Tablets are sugar coated and easier to take, with a boy gaining 11 percent weight in seven weeks. Sixty tablets cost 60 cents at J. E. Lemmon's and druggists nationwide.
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McCoy
J. E. Lemmon's
North America
MceCoy
Peterson's Ointment Promises Sore Foot Relief
Peterson's Ointment markets itself to millions as a remedy for sore burning feet and related skin complaints. The ad promotes a large box priced at 36 cents and claims effectiveness for piles eczema itching pimply skin chafing windburn sunburn mosquito bites cuts burns and bruises.
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Peterson
Delayed Recipe Fragments Suggest Sweet Cream Caramel#
Fragmentary kitchen note shows browning brown sugar with sweet cream and boiling to hard stage. It instructs to add vanilla and beat, then pour over nut meats on buttered platter. Source includes broken measurements and unclear timing.
Vintage Egg White Candy Recipe Drill
Instructional kitchen directions describe making a candy by beating egg whites and sugar with corn syrup then folding hot syrup into beaten whites. The recipe continues with another sugar syrup and nut meats, then cooling and shaping on buttered plates for brittle candy.
Air flivver predicted after glider study in Gersfeld
Germany at Gersfeld experts predict a new air fliever after reviewing national air glider contests. Sailplanes with auxiliary motorcycle engines of eight to twelve horsepower outperformed motorless gliders in all respects.
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Gersfeld
Germany
Radio reproduction claim for large orchestras in Frankfort
The Frankfort manager asserts true undistorted radio transmission of large orchestra music has been achieved by using two small ribbon microphones before the orchestra and a third atop the conductor’s desk, enabling faultless reproduction of complex compositions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfort
Germany
Budget proposal seeks $330 million navy budget next year
Washington reports that Secretary Wilbur presented to Director Lord a plan to set the Navy appropriation at $330 million for the next fiscal year. He also sought $4 million more for naval aviation, aiming at about $19 million as recommended by the general board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Budget Bureau
Navy Department
Navy
Lord
Wilbur
Naval Aviation
General Board
Also Mentioned on This Page
Joe Knotek
Clem Edgar
R. Stearns of
Ainsworth
F. Morrison
Oskaloosa
J. C. Huston
Crawfordsville
A. M. McGraw
Keota
J. W. Fields
Des Moines
G. C. Ebner
Dale of Haskins
Dave Fishburn
Ralph Livingston
Mable
Monmouth
Ill
Helen Livingston
Ernestine Seawright
Burlington
Mrs. Finch
Birney
Pater Milk Ilk
Mrs. Hopping
Hexworth
McArlin
Rolf
W. W. Wilson
Atwater
Kent
Radio
Atwater Kent
Radio Excellence
R. R. Shaffer
Iowa
T. Richter
Rothschild’s
Dodge Brothers
Maxwell Touring Car
Ford Roadster
Dodge Brothers Business
D. EF. Zimmerman
Doctors of Medicine
David N. Schaffer
Nicola & Harmon's
Washington, Iowa
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