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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 14, 1928

Page

6

Social clubs hold busySeptember meetings at homes

The Happy Hour club met September 12 at Mrs Marr s home with Mrs Marr and Mrs Mack Gordon hosting. Eleven members and two visitors attended. The Just Us club met with Mrs Wilcox and shared cake recipes and sewing. Rebekah lodge plans, honors for the oldest member, and a future meeting at Mrs McFaden are noted. Fortnightly club organized district federation delegates and discussed a city leisure reading survey and hospital nursing home furnishing donations. Navajo club, Delta Alpha class, and other social gatherings are listed with meals, programs, and guests.

Ainworth W. T. Marr Marr Mack Gordon Manford Wilcox Claire Gordon Claire Ben Ames James Clegg Lee Sands Hosteses f@lege Just Us Club R. C. Wilcox Wilcox Maurine Rathmel Oliver Rice Job Williams Rebekah Lodge Belle Miller Lou Huskins Odd Fellows and Old Folks Mason City Tom Schulty Susie Smith A. Horsey Williams J. C. Scott Order of Robckabs Helen Burnside John Witterman James McFaden Mrs The District Federation Fairfield Anna Dawson Mesdames F. W. Eastwood Miss Dawson Miss i Dawson Bessie Hoyt Frances Richer Walter Brown Delta Alpha’s Methodist Sunday School N. M. Speidel A. D. Rathmel H. B. Knight H. N. Schuster Schuster Joe Clyde and Son W. E. Brown

Mello-Glo Powder Promises Long Wear and Gentle Shine

A vintage advertisement touts MELLO-GLO French process powder. It claims long wear, matte peachy skin, and pore minimization while promising purity and beautifying effects for well groomed women.

Harvest Home event and rummage sale notices

The Lexington Harvest Home is set for Thursday September 20 with a chicken dinner bazaar and display. The Alma Hearne Holland Missionary Society will hold a rummage sale on Saturday October 6. The W R C will meet Saturday September 15 at 2 30 with ballotting. all officers and color bearers urged to attend.

Lexington Alma Hearne Holland Missionary Society

Community notices and church meetings listed for Friday

The page lists a meeting at the home of Mr. Sandrum on East Washington Street Friday at 7 30. The M E Ladies Aid holds its regular meeting Friday at 2 30 with officer elections. The Queen Esther circle meets Monday evening with Ruby Anterson. Bethel Presbyterian Church hosts its second annual fall festival Friday and Saturday September 21 and 22.

Mr. Sandrum E. Washington Street M. E. Ladies Aid Queen Esther The Methodist Church Ruby Anterson Bethel Presbyterian Church

Rooster Club to Meet with Mrs Rickey September 18

The Rooster club will meet with Mrs. Chas Rickey on Tuesday afternoon September 18. The notice lists the date and participant names for the local meeting.

The Rooster Club Chas. Rickey

Governor Smith and Rascob Fight Whisper Campaign

Governor Smith and manager Raskob accuse a whisper campaign against them. They claim rumors circulate about the candidate including a drunken appearance at a public function traced to a New England woman, with efforts to obtain her statement and silence others.

Smith Rascob Albany N. Y Raskob Brown Sherself

Missouri ministers form alliance against whispering campaign

Fifty Missouri ministers organized to counter rumors aimed at Governor Alfred E. Smith. Twenty are in the field with thirty more volunteering to denounce untruths from pulpits and challenge authors to reveal themselves.

Kansas City Missouri Alfred E. Smith James P. Aylward Smith Aylward Washington Alfred EB. Smith Smoot Reublican Utah

Community Notes From White Oak District

White Oak school opened Monday September 3 with Miss Louise Bell as teacher and eleven scholars by Thursday after a teachers institute break. The teacher boards at Lloyd Luars home. Frank Smith visits in Fulton County Illinois. Allison Maas and family and Charley Scranton plus Doyle Smith are mentioned with hog vaccination and field work. Visits from Glenn Smith, the Maytag dealer from Washington, and the Brumback and Little families are noted along with a Sunset Park picnic honoring Claire Walters and a Kalama Michigan visitor wife.

White Oak Louise Bell Lloyd Luars Frank Smith Fulton County Illinois Allison Maas Wellman Lloyd Luers Charley Scranton Doyle Smith Dr. Horner Brighton Glenn Smith West Chester Will True Mr. Smith Washington D. E. Brumback Glen Little P. F. Smith Sunset Park Claire Walters Kalama- 200 Michigan PD. E. Brumback

His Successor The Grandson of The Gas Bow Man

Fragmentary OCR notes reference a descendant linked to a gas incident and an automobile related event. Core details are unreadable but imply a legacy figure connected to a local historical incident and a vehicle context.

Wayland Community Notes Add Moves and Education Plans

Wayland community updates list new residents moving into vacated homes and a busy school with teachers led by Supt Wayne Berry. Many students plan to attend Northwestern University Iowa Wesleyan Bluffton Cedar Falls and college at various locations while others prepare for weddings nursing programs and family events.

Wayland Wayne Allen Richard Boshart Merle Green Manuel Slutzman Gladys Jessup Allens Wayland School Wayne PD. Berry Jacob Roth Ruth Taylor Glen Showalter Wayne Allien Selma Summers Eva Ballard Ruth Ausburger Myrtle Elder Dorothy Schlatter Ermina Troutman Grace Heber Mildred Magefran Florence Bergh Northwestern University Chicago Laura Fitch Rome Almeda Schoemaker Arthur Roth Prospect East Noble Carl Johnson Henry County Hospital Miss Johnson Verna Miller Ruth Ballard Chas. Ballard Washington Will Schlatter William Allen Jessup Place North Wayland Vivian Allen Iowa City Mabel Mqimire May Richenberger Leora Rhum Opal McGuire Iowa Wesleyan Lavern Basinger Gwendolyn Bluffton Ohio Elizabeth Goldsmith Cedar Falls Leola Magdefray Elizabeth Rittler Joyce Basinger Paul Roth St. Louis Avitaion School McKirahan Bobby Billy Anna Roth Trenton

Crawford Social Notes Reflect Farm Visits and Local Events

Marie G. Johnson Crawford correspondent. Mr Sam Lewis of Kan ga visits farm and old neighbors. Crawford school opened with Mrs Leona Carper as teacher. The Lantzs and Schlatter family made Wayland and Wellman trips. Ed Springer returns from Nebraska. Milo Kempf drives a new Dur al sedan. Several families visited John Alvine, Ed Olson and Ben Miller homes. Joe Wittmer injured at school but no bones broken.

Crawford Sam Lewis Kanga John Alvine Crawford School Leona Carper Thos Lantz Wayland Dave Schlatter Milo Kempf Wellman Lyman Velma Alfie Wittmer Joe Schlatter Ed. Springer Nebraska Homer Weaver Effie Wittmer Lyman Johnson Marie Carl Sandburg Elmer. Erickson Ed Olson Joe Wittmer Swedesburg Ed Miller Ben Miller

Local Notes from Wellston Happenings and Farm News

Elmer Kolesick shipped hogs to Ottumwa. Ed Mayer sold a 120 acre farm west of Wellston to Co. H. Brinning. Families attended the Gracehill social and the Oskaloosa fair. Several residents bought a Dodge coupe, others did cement work and seed corn was being picked.

Wellston Elmer Kolesick Ottumwa Ed Mayer Co. H. Brinning Wilbur. McClelland Frank McClelland Chas Harvey Myra Francis Irene R. E. Brinning Wilma Josephine Will Augustine Ira Miksch Clarence Jensens Jas Bittner Ralph Brinning Robert Miksch Carl IC. A. Trulock Zimmerman Elna Ohio Ralph Lrinning

Highland Center Community News Notes Sept 11

A Cedar Rapids and Richmond area gathering at Mrs Parbara Horak’s River side home brought together relatives and friends from the Cedar Rapids and Richmond regions. News includes land sale by Charley Soukup at 100 per acre, a baby boy for Mr and Mrs Wess Sojka, potato digging reports, and local visits and activities across the community.

Highland John Lasek Lorene Milt Wollrab Wilbur Chalupa Charles Parbara Horak Riverside Cedar Rapids Richmond Frank Florane Frank Haggen Mary Weber Milt Birka Donald Yansky Jim Swailes Dvorak Frank Florang John Rotenburger Charley Soukup Wallace Joe Krotz Darlene Annie Krot Myra Meeks Wess Sojka’s Will Krotz Prerental

Havre News Briefs Highlight Local Happenings

Havre Mrs. Walter Gardner reports a coal car unloaded in town. The community praises drainage work north of Havre. Bryan Swift’s children suffer summer flu. Mrs. Bruce Stewart helps with S C Wittmer household tasks. Walter Gardner family from Havre visits Muscatine and KTNT program. Mrs. Wm. McBride improves from illness. Frank Mayhew aids Welter Gardner with hog installation.

Havre S. C. Wittmer Pete Wittrig J. G. Wittrig Vernon Wittrig Milier Ilinois Mike Flynn Donahey Bryan Swift Bruce Stewart Walter Gardner Elwyn Forrest Donaldson Muscatine

Havre Pupils Enroll Seventeen At Havre School

Twenty nine pupils are enrolled at Havre school this year and all like the teacher Mrs Faye Jones. Howard Wolfe left Havre on Wednesday for Monmouth to commence his school work.

Havre Faye Jones Fine Howard Wolfe Monmouth

Teacher Salaries Make Up Major School Costs

The report shows elementary and secondary schools spend about 75 percent of current expenditures on teachers salaries. In colleges and universities salaries account for around 60 percent of operating and maintenance costs.

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