Marriages and society events in Ainsworth community
Yesterday at the Baptist parsonage Miss Martha Lorena Salladay wed Glenn A. Green in a 5:80 ceremony. They plan a two week Burlington honeymoon after the ceremony. The Fortnightly club held its first modern literature meeting of the year with papers on The Bible as Literature and the Making of the Bible. A large Shriners picnic and two more weddings were noted, including Miss Bertha Mae Hedger and Joe J. Pedaris at the Methodist parsonage. Families from Ainsworth and nearby towns attended the events and dinners following ceremonies.
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Baptist Parsonage
Martha Lorena Salladay
Glenn A. Green
M. R. Regan
Burlington
F. J. Salladay
Ainsworth
Gladwin
Myrta Jeffrey
Charles McLaughlin
Anna Dawson
Cook
F. L. Wilson
May Winter
Ella Woodford
Sunget
Damascusine
White Shrine
Bertha Mae Hedger
Joe J. Pedaris
J. A. Glendinning
Lena Lyon
P. H. Hedger
Toulon
Illinois
Lyons
Billy Sunday Visits Iowa Soldiers Orphans Home
The evangelist Billy Sunday returned to Davenport Iowa to visit the Iowa Soldiers Orphans Home where he lived as a boy until age 14 after his father died on southern battlefields. He recalled his mother’s tearful departure and noted his adoption by a wealthy family. His brother Ed was also brought to the home. Sunday has not been here for twenty years. Ma Sunday accompanied him on the visit. His first sermon was in Rock Island Illinois at the tabernacle Sunday morning.
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Sussey
Davenport
Iia
Billy Sunday
Tri-Cities
Iowa Soldiers Orphans Home
Supt
Frank L. Mahannah
Sunday
Evangelist
Big Rockleland
Tabernaucle
Warning to Inexperienced Girls in A Moral Leper
A satirical critique discusses warning young women about deceitful suitors. The piece cites a villainous figure described as over thirty five, unmarried, wearing evening dress, and thinning hair, referencing Harry Leon Wilson’s comment in the Saturday Evening Post.
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Harry Leon Wilson
Saturday Evening Post
Rumor Confirms Harry Rich Death Rumor
A report claims Harry Rich was killed in Tipton and other towns after a stunt atop the F and M bank building during last Thursday’s home coming. Washington county residents questioned say no confirmation from Iowa papers and the tale carries signs of a streets rumor.
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Harry Rich
Tipton
Vinton
Clinton
Davenport
Sigourney
Burlington
Journal
Washington
F. & M. Bank
Washington County
Iowa
Walrus killed by whalers near Point Barrow
A large walrus near Point Barrow was killed by whalers. The animal weighed over a ton with a head of 89 pounds, skin and flippers included, and a girth of 14 feet.
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Point Barrow
Walnut Log Case Heads To Jury In Walnut Log
The jury received the walnut timber sale dispute between William J. Moylan and William J. Boyd, involving $175, after testimony and jury instructions. Other items note a pending architecture versus utility case, a rail notice motion, a guilty plea for lewdness with 30 days in jail, and several divorce or alimony actions with orders and settlements recorded in the court calendars.
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William J. Moylan
William J. Boyd
E. C. Eicher
W. H. Butterfield
S. W. Livingston
Hamilton
Boyd
Moylan
Temple & Burrows, Architects of
Davenport
Iowa Gas and Electric Company
L. A. Guy
The
Rock Island Railway Company
Oscar Anderson
Jennie H. Marek
Frank E. Shebeck
W. A. Whiting
Simon, Day & Co
Ln He de Ve. C
RK. 2
Twenty Filipinos Enroll at University of Iowa
Twenty Filipino students will enroll at the University of Iowa for the next academic year, the largest cohort in the university’s history. Florencio Mendosa, a Manila high school graduate, is among the latest arrivals, aided by Herbert O Field.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Pacific
Florencio Mendosa
Manila High School
Herbert O. Field
Iowa
Manila
Burmese Marriage Customs by Weekday Birthdays
Burmese belief ties spouse choice to weekday of birth. Each girl bears a birth-day letter in her name and all children receive names starting with that letter. The system links marriage prospects and offspring naming to the day of birth.
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Peven
Stock Pitch Turns Sour in League of Nations Scam
In Birmingham a Chicago resident known as Miss Sarena Benson sold two shares at 4.50 each to Mrs. Blank under a scheme urging support for the league. Mrs. Blank reported the incident to police after realizing the ruse and noting the con artist spoke of reservations and biblical verse.
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League of Nations
Birmingham
Ala
Sarena Benson
Chicago
Wilson
Effort to Break Food Combine in Des Moines Markets
In Des Moines on September 17 authorities plan price breaks on market produce to curb a suspected food price combine. Potatoes offered at 50 cents per week, grapes sold Saturday at 5 cents per pound, watermelons at 1 cent per pound, with onions squashes ruta bagas and cantaloupe also set for sale this week.
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Des Moines
Optimistic Thought and Timidity Contrast
A short aphorism notes that timidity in a young man is preferable to bold imprudence, framing prudent restraint as superior to reckless confidence.
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Ino
Rich
Ferred—Architects VS. Electric CO
Walker J. Hines
Jennie M. Duncan
Mary France
H. F. Griffin
C. V. Prebyl
Bertina Beecher
D. S. Netser
Jessie M. Miller
Rollie B. Miller
Agnes Anderson
Gust Anderson
Washington National Bank
University
League
Scarter
PI Lee
Maiestle
Wasestic
Childre
Athena
Ord
Gadarwers
H. J. Ward & Co
Majestic
Geo. W. Stewart
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