Ainsworth Sabbath School Contest Ends In Victory
Ainsworth United Presbyterian Sabbath School held a summer contest from June to Rally Day in October. Men win the final tally and host a banquet for women as attendance rises about forty percent. Poems by Star and Sunbeam classes were judged with Farle Davis leading as top poet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ainsworth
United Presbyterian Church
M. Davis
Ainsworth United Presbyterian
K. Beal
Farle Davis
Margaret Beal
Isabelle Wolf
Sunbeam” Clase
Earle Davis
Community Notes From CLAY CLAY Area
Mrs. Cora Brinton visited at Mrs. Belle Waterhouse’s home last week. Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Moran and baby Lane spent Sunday at J. W. Owen’s in Brighton. Irma Grinnell arrived safely in Los Angeles to join her parents Rev. and Mrs. Grinnell. Mrs. Lucy Morgan returned from Ames after attending the Iowa State W. C. T. A. convention with record attendance and praise for Ames. A daughter, Jeanette Ethel Laban Johnson, was born to Mr. and Mrs. Don Gowey at Rubio on October 24. Laban Johnson accompanied a hog shipment to Keithsburg Tuesday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clay Clay
Cora Brinton
Belle Waterhouse
W. C. Moran
Baby Lane
J. W. Owen
Brighton
Ames
Don Gowey
Rubio
Jeanette Ethel Laban Johnson
Keithsburg
Sugar making at top speed at Northern Sugar
Sugar beets are ground into sugar at 1300 tons per day at the Northern Sugar Corporation factory. Officials, led by William H. Baird, forecast a record daily output and an average season rate of 1250 tons, up from 1150 tons last year. Harvesters fell behind due to good weather and beet delivery delays. all sidings cars were filled as labor paused briefly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason City
Northern Sugar Corporation
William H. Baird
Rose and rent woes tint a man’s mood in verse
A brief literary line notes colors for roses and violets while sensing a man’s mood swings when rent is due, reflecting a funeral of ownership and habit in domestic finance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Transcript
Des Moines Street Cars Return Draw Crowds and Curiosity
Des Moines resumes street car service on Sixth Avenue with a crowd of riders from Ingersoll to Grand. Passengers greet motormen, note 8 cent fares and transfers, and compare old buses with the revived line. Officers report many former workers among the crew from Camp Dodge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Robert Fulton
Hudson
Sixth Avenue
Ingersoll and
Grand Avenue
Twenty-fourth Street
Union Station
Camp Dodge
Uncertain fragment hints at an awaited game victory
A fragmented line notes relief among supporters who feel the game finally belongs to them, signaling a hoped for win and a moment of collective satisfaction.
Jazz critic laments jazz’s grip on America in Iowa City
Harold H. Bauer, renowned pianist, told a 2,000 strong audience in Iowa City that America would be a hopeless desert without jazz. He derided its tie to dance and slang, warned of losing refined expression, and urged a return to more dignified modes of art and writing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
America
Harold H. Bauer
Bauer
Mr. Bauer
Autumn Leaves Poem Short Reader Note
A reader laments autumn leaves falling in red gold and brown. The verse notes the season’s beauty, sadness at departure, and the leaves’ yearly fading under snow.
Dr Edwards Olive Tablets Promote Clear Skin
An old health notice touts Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a vegetable remedy replacing calomel. It claims the tablets cleanse the liver and bowels, improve complexion and energy, and contain no dangerous after effects. Available in 15c and 30c boxes.
Evansville Girl Praises Pinkham Vegetable Compound
Stella Linxwiler of Evansville Indiana testifies that after months of irregular periods backaches cold symptoms and drowsiness Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound alleviated her symptoms and she urges others to try it, sharing her positive experience and endorsement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evansville
Ind
Lydia E. Pinkham
Stella Linx- Wiler
Second St
Indiana
Widow or not Paul Fackler alive sparks bitter mixup
Mrs. Paul Fackler of Atlantic battles a War Department error claiming her husband died in France on Oct 2 1918. Paul Fackler is alive and has written to the department. She refuses an Armistice Day burial invitation for an unknown soldier and persists she is not a widow amid ongoing notices and corrections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic
Get
Abe
War Department
Paul Fackler
Department
France
Paul Fackier
Crowded Conditions Prompt Action at Anamosa Reformatory
Des Moines Oct 24 board of parole members return from three weeks inspection. They report the old cell house condemned and abandoned twelve years due to unfitness and urge steps to remedy crowding at the Anamosa institution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Reddick
John Woodmanpee
L. A. Jensen
Reddick
Ft. Madison
Des Moines
Anamosa
Board of Parole
Postmaster Keeps Peaceful Veil Over Town Social Checks
Jud Tunkins notes the local postmaster spends much time playing checkers to stay sociable without discussing politics. The pastime keeps town chatter light and friendly amid daily chatter.
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Jud Tunkins
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TOP Church
Christ
God
Wert” Organization
ProLiquor
Itowa Anti-Saloon League
American People’s League
Anti- Blue Law League of America, Incorporated
Anti-Dry League
Association Against the Prohibition Amendment
Order of Camels
Liberty Defense League
Light Wine and Leer League of America
National Liberty Party
National Order of Camels
National Order of Sphinx
New York Anti-Prohibition League
One Hundred Per Cent
American Spirit League
Self-Determination League of Liberty
Association of Moderate Legislation Clubs
Good Fellows of America
Constitutional Liberty League
National Personal Liberty League
Personal Liberty League
the 1776 Society
Veterans of Liberty
Vigilance League
Puppets League
Sley
Free People’s League
League of Rights, Inc
Sanity League
People's Liberty League
National Liberal Alliance
Tax Adjustment League
Anti-Prohibition Society of America
Mecwnlhinney Drug CO
Traveler
Shin Sst
Frank BR
Lesath
Iowa
State Reformatory
Dud Tunkins
PRANK
Wilson & CO
C. M. & F. Clothing CO
Royal Baking Powder Company
William Street, New York
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