Double wedding at Little Brown Church surprises local friends
Four young people tied the knot at four pm Friday Aug 26 1927 with Zelda Blake and Millicent Boylan wed to Floyd Hoffman and Burdette Hoffman. The service drew about fifty witnesses as the couples depart for two weeks touring Colorado lakes Sioux City and northern points.
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West Branch Times
Journal
Washington
Crawfordsville
Little Brown Church
Zelda Blake
Floyd Hoffman
Millicent Boylan
Burdette Hoffman
Colorado
Lakes
Sioux City
Blake
Dran
Hip
Silk hose sale sparks wonder in Phoenix crowd
A lighthearted note opens with selling silk stockings for 1.70 in Phoenix prompting a remark about morals and a painted lips sight. The teaser hints at changing values as readers ponder what the world is coming to.
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Richter
Epworth League Schedules Free Program and Box Social
The Epworth League of the West Chester M E church will host a free program on Friday Sept 9 with songs readings and grand opera followed by a box social in the church social rooms. Girls and friends are asked to bring boxes while gentlemen bring cash to pay one. A reception is planned Monday evening Sept 12 at the West Chester Methodist church honoring Pastor Rev P B Gray and family plus recently received members teachers and students going to college.
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Country Club
Manton Hebner
W. M. Keeley
Patricia
Joan
Lloyd Lytle
Charles
Bob
Carlton
Jack
Seayler Livingston
Margaret
L. B. Lupton
Epworth League
West Chester M. K
League
Methodist Church
West Chester
P. B. Gray
Frustrated shoppers complain of parking sparse downtown
Store notes Saturday nights reveal customers drive four to five blocks from the business district before finding a parking space. Local observers discuss the lack of available spots and the impact on shopping.
Notices of Local Club Meetings and Social Events
The community announces the first regular meeting of the Business and Professional Women's club on September 14. Choir rehearsal is Thursday at 7:00 p.m. Bethel Community social hosts Irvin Lambert Friday. Chapter PL BL OO meets Thursday at FIBO with Mrs Nora Dewey. Women’s Missionary Society plans an annual banquet Friday at 6 p.m. Grace Van Evera will speak. Ladies Aid meets Friday at 2 p.m. Mrs T L Brookhart presiding. Bring needle and knitting supplies. Friendship Club meets Friday at 2 p.m. at Mrs Ethel Gray’s home.
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White Way Club
Orvis Ferguson
Business and Professional Women's Club
Bethel
Irvin Lambert
Fibo
Nora Dewey
Woman's Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church
Westminster Guild
Margaret Cowden
Grace van Evera
Davenport
Young People's Work
M.ef. Durch
T. L. Brookhart
Priendship Club
Ethel Gray
Ladies Aid Society Meeting at First United Presbyterian
The Ladies Aid Society of the First United Presbyterian church will meet at the church Friday September 8 at 2:30 PM.
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Ladies Aid Society of
The
First United Presbyterian Church
Ladies Aid Society Meeting At West Chester
The Ladies Aid Society of the Methodist church in West Chester will meet on Wednesday September 14 for the regular social. Mrs Clarence Niffenegeer chairs the serving committee assisted by Mrs Harry Kleese Mrs Carl Vorhees Mrs Lafe Stout and Mrs P B Gray. All ladies of the community are invited.
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Sunset Park
Indian Creek
Karl Bowers
Charley Farrier
Johnnie Lieb
Illeah Farrier
Orval Farrier
Archie Farmer
Jesse
Ueramelia Stout
Dan Guy
Guy
Rader
Oscar Cuarlson
Gunnard Johnson
Donald Tucker
Fred Garrett
Jessie Rich
Henry Mineart
Ladies Aid Society of the Methodist Church
West Chester
Clarence Niffenegeer
Harry Kleese
Carl Vorhees
Lafe Stout
P. B. Gray
Chicken Dinner and Bazaar at St James Church
St James Church hosts a chicken dinner and bazaar on Wednesday the 14th. Dinner served at 5 30 PM with proceeds aiding church activities.
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St. James Church
Campfire Girls Visit Memphis Missouri Visitors From Washington Keosauqua
Reported by the Journal the Unatiyi Campfire group from Washington and Keosauqua Iowa toured Memphis Missouri led by Mayor FE Gilbert. They toured the Keota cottage at Anderson Park inspected the courthouse dome and visited Pheasant Aircraft Co. Miss Lucille Reister Audrey Humble Mildred Bramer Mildred Brown Hilda Brown and Nellie Wiley were named members of the group.
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Unatiyi
Keosauqua
Memphis
Missouri
FE. C. Gilbert
Keota
Iowa
Washington
Gilbert
Anderson Park
Keosanqua
Keota Group
Court House
Pheasant Aircraft Co
Misses Lucille Reister
Audrey Humble
Mildred Bramer
Mildred Brown
Hilda Brown
Nellie Wiley
Change to Fit the Times Autocatcher for cowcatcher debate
In the Atchison Globe readers debate whether the cowcatcher should be renamed autocatcher reasoning trains catch more cows than cars. The column questions nomenclature and sense in technology across transportation modes.
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Atchison Globe
Way of All Golf Man Faces Long Putts
A Kansas newspaper quips about a golf player nicknamed the Way of All Golf. It notes his habit of praising luck after long puts while implying his skill drives success. The jab reflects local sports wit and personality profiling.
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Eldorado
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C. L. Blake
D. A. Boylan
Calamus
Tipton
Floyd
Burdette
L. R. Hoffman
Clyde Pratt
Coulter
Edwin Griffith
Women's Missionary Society
Women's Missionary Magazine
Dave Kilgore
Boice
Steck
Achison
John Stewart
D. N. Anwyl
Ruth Stewart
Brown
Missionary Magazine
J. ©. Malichky
Mildred Ciz
Berwyn
Malichky
Muriel Collette
Aelred Omer
Firmin
Modesta Te Bockhorst
Ardell
Leonida Pieper
Hubert Redlinger
Clara
Tillie
Harold Te Bockhorst
Bernard
Leo Duwa
Winnie Chalupa
Vance Saforek
Victor
Herman
Viola
Faegle
Lloyd Stagner
Vernon
Bryan Nicholson
Margaret Louise
Zelma May
Henry ‘Te Bockhorst
Paul and Lyle
Mildred
Helen Diz
Hildur Swanson
Carl Dahlgren
Lil
Helen
Roy Wells
Geo. Ferguson
del Skinner
Joe Smith
W. C. Ralston
Pearl Kennedy
Neil Trotman
Ts. Jackson
Esther
Roy Catlett
Adie
Des Moines
Muscatine
Joe Falk
Sagnomor
Copper
Canaries
Phoenix
Rae
Lothsohild
Farmers’ Mutual Dead
Sidney Coon
Washington County Farmers Mutual Insuranvce Association
J. W. Pnslin
Lk. M. Bridges & Co
South Side Square
Rumford
Bers and Friends of the Church
Campfire Girls
Phillips & Hebner’s
Pelt
Felt
Velvet
Miss
West Side
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