Masonic Banquet to Honor Iowa Grand Master Alberson
About 200 delegates are expected at the Masonic banquet next Tuesday honoring Mayor A N Alberson grand master of Iowa Masons. Attendees include Louis Block Frank Moses N R Parvin Charles Shrader and R L Bunce with addresses by W W Bowers Alex Miller and others. Elliott Grayson will preside and dress is requested for speakers while guests may attend informally.
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A.N. Alberson
Masons
Iowa
Louis Block
Davenport
Frank Moses
Cedar Rapids
N. R. Parvin
Charles Shrader
Iowa City
Royal Arch Masons
W. W. Bowers
Alex Miller
CC. A. Dewey
Alberson
R. L. Bunce
Elliot Grayson
Washington
Block
Fasto Star
G. S. Kerr
Blue Lodge
Holland Begins Work at Commercial Bank
Lee Holland leaves Wyman Savings Bank to join Commercial Savings Bank and start his new duties. He previously worked at Iowa State Savings in Burlington and is well qualified to fill the vacancy created after Ralph Bunce became state bank examiner.
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Lee Holland
Wyman Savings Bank
Commercial Savings Bank
Wyman Bank
Roy Drake
Washington
Oral Larkin
Washington National
Holland
Iowa State Savings Bank
Burlington
Ralph Bunce
Tri-County Reunion Postponed to October 13
W P Moothart in charge of arrangements announces the Tri County veterans reunion for Muscatine Louisa and Washington counties has been moved to October 13 due to circumstances.
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Tri-County Reunion
W. P. Moothart
Tri-County
Muscatine
Louisa
Washingon
Sale of Household Goods As I Am Leaving the State
Household sale at 400 South 9th St as I depart the state. Items include dresser, iron bed with springs, sanitary cot, tables, glass door cupboard, kitchen cabinet, extension table, dining chairs, rockers, dishes, utensils, rug, bureau, mirror, lamps, stove, heater, range, canned goods, sewing tools, saddle, leather sewing machine, washing machine, baby buggy, push cart, cement items, fur coat, plush coat, and more. Auctioneer Dp. F. Macon. Sale by John Harper.
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South 9Th St
Sadie
Benton to Perform for Washington Flying Circus
A Leon Beatty post American Legion committee raises funds to bring aviator Russell Benton and Miss Phoebe Fairgrave to Washington for a Wednesday flying circus. The event features Troop D cavalry stunts, a 2:30 to 5:00 flight program with multiple machines, a Jackson pasture field north of town, and an armory dance at nine.
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Leon Beatty
Port American Legion
Russell Benton
Washington
Benton
Maca Faste
J. L. Benton
Hoe
Messer Company
Des Moines
Marion Avenue
First
Iowa Cavalry
Phoebe Fairgrave
Messer
Mr. Messer
Miss Fairgrave
Resolution for Adam Mayer by Hall of Covenant Lodge
Resolution notes the passing of Lodge member Adam Mayer and extends heartfelt sympathy to Mrs. Adam Mayer from the lodge officers W. F. Murdock John Bellville and Russell Goodin.
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Hall of Covenant Lodge
Adam Mayer
W. F. Murdock
John Bellville
Russell Goodin
Why are you always out of butter
A dairy firm explains high butter prices and quality as reasons for shortages. They note large trade, use only top cream, and strive to maintain quality despite costs. Poor roads have slowed service, but they will still collect poultry for sale.
Two Naturalized by District Court in Washington County
Naturalization hearings in Washington County District Court granted American citizenship to Frank Swayna of Washington and John F. Hertmanek of Riverside. Swayna, 40, a German native with three children, and Hertmanek, 27, born in the former Czecho Slovakia, were asked to improve knowledge of American institutions. The rest of the session covered grand jury results, bootlegging cases, and a lecture on world conditions by Sallie Dickey urging missions and church distribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. A. Dewey
Washington County
Frank Swayna
Washington
Germany
John F. Hertmanek
Riverside
Czecho-Slovak Republic
McKinstry
Harry van Nieuwenhautze
Eugene McDonald
Dewey
Grand Jury
Justice Court
First United Presbyterian Church
America
Pittsburgh
Chris
India
J. M. Wishart
Lesisle Mountford
Pythian Sisters to Meet and Report at Temple
The Pythian Sisters plan a Tuesday meeting on Sept 20 at 8 00 p m with a Grand Temple report and important business. All members urged to attend. The W C T U holds an open air service on the street tonight after the band concert with Rev Bowers speaking on What Will You Do With Jesus Everybody invited.
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Pythian Sisters
Bowers
Jesus
Booster club meets Tuesday afternoon with Mrs Merle Eckles
Fortnightly club current events department meets Tuesday evening at Mrs Wilson home. Program to be published Monday.
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Merle Eckles
Picnic for O. O. F. and Rebekah Families in Sunset Park
Members of the O. O. F. and Rebekah lodges plus their families in Washington county will gather for a picnic in Sunset Park on Saturday September 24. Attendees are urged to bring well filled baskets and dishes with enough silverware for their own families.
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Rebekah
Sunset Park
Washington County
Presbyterian Church Schedule and Speakers
Sabbath school begins at 9 45 with morning worship at 11 00 Pastor Rev Herbert T Searles from Iowa City preaches Sermon. Evening service at 7 30 with Rev HH L Searles delivering the sermon Good music and preaching All welcome Arthur R Oates pastor Miss Herth Hay chorister Mrs C B Dougherty organist.
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Herbert T. Searles
Iowa City
Christian Endeavor
HH. L. Searles
Arthur R. Oates
Rally Day at Bible School Invites Congregation
Christian gathers for Rally Day with a 9 145 a m gathering and public service at 11. Mrs Lake Anderson and Mrs Max Marble sing My Homeland, followed by a 6 30 pm Senior Christian Endeavor and 7 30 pm evening service with Mrs Harold Godwin and Miss Helen Tucker performing Face to Face. All welcome without a church home to worship with W H Hampton Minister.
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Lake Anderson
Max Marble
Harold Godwin
Helen Tucker
W. H. Hampton
Committee Reports And Is Discharged From Further Service
The general committee on the community swimming pool met at the Commercial club. The investigating committee submitted its report and was discharged from further service. A YMCA pool in Sunset park could cost about 9000 dollars with reductions for donated labor and cost materials. The report noted filtering costs would be a major expense.
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Commercial Club
James H. Young
Sunset Park
New Zealand Frost-Fish Found Lying Dead on Shore
In the South Island of New Zealand the frost-fish, a deep sea species Lepidopus caudatus, is named for appearing on shores during severe cold. It is a long ribbon like fish noted for its delicious flavor and is eagerly sought for food.
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New Zealand
Rubbing It In Bitter Exchange Cited by Boston Transcript
In a terse Boston Transcript note, a bitter exchange centers on a claim a woman makes that her parents sold her to a man, while he retorts that his financial investment was ill advised. The fragment captures a tense confrontation with sharp accusations.
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Boston Transcript
Light Drizzle Briefly Dampens Day Then Clears
Rain fell as a light drizzle today, not meeting the recent wetness average. Forecasts call for a return to fair weather tomorrow.
International Literature and the Commonwealth of Nations
Quote by James Russell Lowell arguing that literature transcends national identity as it evolves into a vast commonwealth. The remark reflects a view of literature unbound by nationality and emphasizes universal literary value.
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Maes
James Lussell Lowell
Great Salt Lake and Lake of the Woods Noted as Largest US Lakes
The text identifies the Great Salt Lake as the largest lake in the United States outside the Great Lakes. It also notes Lake of the Woods as the next largest lake, spanning Minnesota and Canada.
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Great Salt Lake
United States
Great Lakes
Lake of the Woods
Minnesota
Canada
Patience the Chief Fruit of Study in Selden Quote
A quoted line from Selden on patience praising study as a path to self improvement. It notes the value of constant reading to entertain and comfort in all fortunes, presenting a medieval or early modern moral stance. The fragment emphasizes patience as key to intellectual growth.
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Selden
Rebekah Club Hosts Pleasant Thursday Evening
Members gathered at Mrs. Tom Dewis home for a cheerful evening with diversions and a served luncheon. The Conger family reunion at Col. and Mrs. D. J. Palmer’s drew A A Conger of Dunsmu ir California and James G Conger of Lone Beach California as guests of honor along with out of town relatives and a noon cafeteria style dinner for twenty three. West Chester High seniors and juniors hosted classmates and teachers at the school building with two committees arranging entertainment and refreshments led by Elizabeth Laubach Daniel Laubach Dorothy Ralston Morris Bauer Grace Du Vall and Hazel Du Vall, with Mary Martin as advisor. Mr. and Mrs Harold Burdeau of Boston are visiting part
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Rebekah Club
Tom Dewis
Conger
D. J. Palmer
A. A. Conger
Dunsmuir
California
James G. Conger
Lone Beach
Frank Grosseup
Brighton
Will Conger
West Chester
West Chester High School
Elizabeth
Daniel Laubach
Dorothy Ralston
Morris
Walter Bauer
Grace
Hazel DuVall
Mary Martin
For Sale White Pekin ducks and Leghorn cockerels
For sale list offers White Pekin ducks and drakes at $1 each and purebred Brown Leghorn cockerels at $1 each. Phone 2312. Available at home on weekdays. Ste
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Ste
Charivari at Humston Home Delights Honeymoon Guests
The honeymoon party visiting Mr. and Mrs. Humston northeast of town enjoyed a lively charivari last evening. Surprise and merriment followed as the visitors led by Edgar Porter and Claude Rhodebeck surprised Mrs. Humston, then joined by many friends for music on violin harp and piano. Recitals and cigars accompanied refreshments of ice cream cake and mints.
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Lloyd Humston
Humston
Mrs. Humston
Edgar Porter
Claude Rhodebeck
Frank Pringle
Donald McLaughlin
Ben Briley
Pringle
Phrase Origins Nail the Head Reference in Carpenter Craft
A note on idiom origins states that to hit the nail on the head now points to skilled carpentry but originally referred to the nail or pin marking the center of a build’s eye as discussed by Ernest Weekley in Cornhill Magazine.
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Ernest Weekley
Cornhill Magazine
London
Farther Than That Says Kiss Is Chaste For Ten Feet
A writer on censorship argues in Pennsylvania that a kiss is chaste for ten feet. J. M. notes in the Boston Transcript that he has often sprinted much farther for one.
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Pennsylvania
J. M
Boston Transcript
Cannibalistic Trout Reported By Amaglegn Forestry Magazine
The Amaglegn Forestry Magazine reports trout cannibalism, noting scenarios where fish feed on their own species due to scarcity and environmental pressure across multiple instances.
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Amaglegn Forestry Magazine
Composition of Adamant in Mineralogy
The term composition of Adamant refers to a historically cited stone of extreme hardness with no current technical significance in modern mineralogy. It is used as a reference to substances of extraordinary hardness rather than a defined mineral.
Language Diversity Limits Baseball Reporting in Europe
A St. Joseph News-Press item notes Europe has 50 languages and few baseball writers, limiting coverage and creating fewer distinct sports reports across the region. The piece contrasts language variety with sparse professional baseball journalism abroad.
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Europe
St. Joseph News-Press
Jud Tunkins on the label good loser
Jud Tunkins argues that the so called good loser is often a man who understands keeping his mouth shut.
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Jud Tunkins
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Amos N. Alberson
Commercial Bank
John Harper
F. Macon
Napshots
Garden City Barn
Heath & Milligan
Phillips Drug Store
Kodak
Ded
Legion Seu
The
Legion
Armory
Reister & Sons
S. A
Newitizens
Miss Dickey
Gresses
Charles A. Dewey
Grbess
State University
R. L. Grimes
Jean Hay
Dorothea Wickham
Bather Gibson
Col. Co. J. Wilson
Thompson Hrockhart
Eleanor Bailey
Hay
Bailey
Walker
Rice
Marion McLaughlin
Forrest C. Ensign
Department of Education
Grassfield
Ensign
Iowa University
Dr. Calvin
Dean Currier
Marbride
Memorial Union
Marsh W. Bailey
Della Patton
Althea Montgomery
G. W. Hay
Christian
Harold Burdeau
Boston
Evening Journal
Inquire Journal
International Mills
Norristown
Falk Motor Co
2Nd Ave
Public Square
New High School
City of
J. F. H. Taylor
C. C. Watson
Jacob George
T. O
Oscar George
Duroc Jersey
Pathfinders
Likeness, Jr
Kid‘’n Sansation
W. D. Booth
Jersey
J. H. Baird
Green
G. L. Fetters
John Deere
Snow College
Call
M. C. McDonald
Iowa Ave
Dend
Acme Trunk & Bag Factory
Spring Valley
Tzlisat
B. H. Messer
Mrs. Burdeau
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