Church society dinners and clubs host varied gatherings
The First United Presbyterian choir hosted a Friday dinner honoring Mr Howard McCall. Various clubs met at Sunset Park with music, games, and meals. Epworth League and other groups held friendly socials at church parlors and homes, featuring readings, luncheons, and guest welcomes. The Fortnightly Child Study group held a hot afternoon meeting focusing on home life with a Round Table. Pleasant Plains Missionary Society held an all day session with dinner and a brief business meeting.
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First United Presbyterian Choir
Howard McCall
Egen
Sigg
Helen
W. M. Keeley
Charles Thomas
Dan Bevinsa
Sam McCleery
H.C. Hull
Edgar Guest
Hull
Arthur Oates
Tucker
Home Sweet Home
Harley McCreedy
Pleasant Plains Missionary Society
George Simerman
Disputed Healing Claim In St. Louis Case
Mrs Mary Williams a Black woman charges Rev Monroe McLindon a Black preacher with deceptive methods to reclaim her husband. She says the laying on of hands and anointing forced her to disrobe and led to impropriety. Williams claims McLindon obtained $30 under false pretenses.
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ST. Louis
Mary Williams
Monroe McLindon
McLindon
McClosky Friend Search After Hayloft Fall Death
Elijah McClosky died at the county hospital after falling from a hay load at the Fred Palmer farm east of town. Authorities seek relatives or close contacts, noting he had no known immediate kin. He was 55, had recent work history on nearby farms, and lived in Oskaloosa with an reassessment slip found among his effects.
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Elijah McClosky
Fred Palmer
McClosky
Portland Ore
Oakland
Calif
Fred Kingdon
Monroe
Iowa
Oskaloosa
Closky
Palsmer
West Chester
Tragedy Near Ames Claims Multiple Lives In Auto Crash
In Ames a car crash killed Mr and Mrs Hammersmith and Mrs Gray. son Joe McCormick was seriously injured. Earlier, two year old Edwin Rappe drowned at Squaw Creek near the Bappe home.
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Ames
Edwin
E. R. Bappe
Squaw Creek
Bappe
Three Ottumwa Residents Die in Los Angeles Car Crash
Three former Ottumwa residents were killed in a Las Angeles auto crash last night. Mrs. Martha McCormick, her daughter Mrs. Joe Hammersmith, and others were named in Ottumwa as victims, with word reaching Mrs. John Gray in Ottumwa today.
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Los Angeles
Ottumwa
John Gray
Martha McCormick
Joe Hammersmith
Nevada to Build Upgraded Athletic Field at School
Nevada high school will gain a new athletic field after the school board bought a two block east tract. The site will be graded fenced and an amphitheatre built to accommodate baseball football and track events.
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Nevada
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Inet Ta Clab
C. A. Dewey
Mise Reed
Omaha
Mise
Dorothea Wickham
West Washington Treet
Percy Need
Ward
Hath Lemley
Lloyd Arnold
Epworth League of the Methodist Church
Charivaree
Vera Northolomew
Happy Crescent
Crescent Macaroni & Cracker Co
Davenport
Halligan
Puate
The
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Halligan Co
We. Centieran
Hallleuna
My Grocers
Halligans
Mall Butte
Ching
Wae
M’closky
Edwin Rappe
Barclay’s Cash Grocery
Grahans Apt Stores
Crepes
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