Society Notes Invite Readers To Suggest Publishable Parties
The column invites readers to call and name gracious hosts for possible publication handled with permission. It mentions a party with Weiner and marshmallow roast, Mrs. Coakley serving hot coffee, and guests Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Montgomery. It reports the Columbus Junction marriage of Lyman Hendrickson to Helen Johnson in Council Bluffs on Sept 11, with Hendrickson, a Washington high school alumnus, now living at 3200 West Broadway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Society
Marion McLaughlin
Columbus Junction
Lyman Hendrickson
C. W. Hendrickson
Helen Johnson
Council Bluff
Council Bluffs
Hendrickson
Washington High School
West Broadway
September Prairie Flower Mission circle meeting report
Twelve members and one guest attended the September Prairie Flower Mission circle meeting with Mrs. Harrett Myers leading devotion. Five members contributed dollars during the business session. others included Mrs. Mouser Nelle Scott W A Phillips Wiley Jennie Rittenhouse and more. Snowball Social club met with Mrs John Shebeck hosting a basket weaving lesson by Mrs Walter Kyle and a luncheon with yellow and white decor. Walnut 4-H and Walnut Women's clubs held meetings at Kathryn Eberle and Myrtle Coakley homes with guests Martha Richardson and others. activities included games contests and stunts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prairie Flower Mission Circle
Harrett Myers
Mouser
Nelle Scott
W. A. Phillips
Wiley
Jennie Rittenhouse
Myers
Wey
Lewis
Emery
Smith
Hamilton
Griggs
M. E. Booth
Kurtz
Leeper
John Shebeck
Mary Scott
Farm Bureau
Walter Kyle
Walnut 4-H Club
Kathryn Eberle
May Janecek
Martha Richardson
Walnut 4H
Walnut Women’s Club
Myrtle Coakley
Annual Harvest Home at Lexington
Announcement notes a Harvest Home event in Lexington on Thursday September 26. A chicken dinner starts at 11530 with 18413. reservations unavailable for the banquet on Tuesday September 24 at 6 30. Calls to Mrs Glasccock. Bible department meets Monday 2 30 with Mrs F I Wilson. Walnut 4 H club meets at Ruth Mary Dunbar's home in September. Roll call asks for poster suggestions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
Bible Department
F. I. Wilson
Walnut 4H
Ruth Mary Dunbar
Booster club meets at Mrs Eekes home
The Booster club will meet at the home of Mrs. Merle Eekes on Tuesday September 24 for an all day meeting and pot luck dinner Mrs. Swift will finish the dessert and attendees should bring scissors tape measure awl and tumbler for the farm bureau lesson basket Also the Juvenile of the Royal Neighbors will meet in M W A hall Saturday September 21 at 5 pm promptly
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merle Eekes
M. W. A. Hall
Daughters of Union Veterans Meet and Basket Lesson
The Daughters of Union Veterans plan a 7 PM meeting at the hall with a basket weaving lesson open to all. A basket kit with mall basket is available for 20 cents. Also the Wesleyan Home Missionary Society meets at 7:20 PM at the church with Miss Ida Cavender in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Kepharts
Reed
Wesleyan Home Missionary Society
Ida Cavender
Delphian Society to Meet Monday Evening at 7 30
The Delphian Society will meet at the Library Monday evening at 7 30. Mrs. L Kleinschmidt of Koota was in Washington yesterday en route to Brighton to care for her father.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Delphian Society
L. Kleinschmidt
Koota
Washington
Brighton
Many Gather in Washington for Fall Festival
Local residents travel from Richland Brighton Brackenridge Ottumwa Des Moines and nearby towns to Washington for the annual fall festival. Visitors include Beasty Bof St Louis cashier with Trac tion Co and numerous families spending the day with friends and relatives. A baby boy was born yesterday at the county hospital weighing 8 pounds 14 ounces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beasty Bof
St. Louis
Beasty
Washington
St. Louis Traction Co
Wade Gardner
Lexington
Washington County Hospital
Peas in England and Shakespeare History
A brief note traces green peas from Holland to England circa 1550. It mentions Elizabeth I leaving the Tower in May 1554, performing prayers at All Hallows church and dining at a nearby inn where boiled peas were served. It also notes references to peas and peascod time in Shakespeare's plays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holland
Elizabeth
Allhaliows
Henry the Fourth
Hickways Built to Last
Roman highways endure due to deep foundations of four to five feet built with locally sourced stone, chiefly limestone and lava, suited to each area.
Noahs Ark Day Celebrated In England In Middle Ages
The seventeenth of Alardh marked Noahs Ark Day, a time for mystery plays in which Noahs wife is a comic shrew and the ark voyage leads to farcical clashes. The scene ends with her being dragged aboard amid noisy merriment in England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Noal
Merry England
Manchester Guardian
Birthplace of Mankind Debated by Yale Scientist
Dr G G Mc Curdy of Yale argues man in current form emerged about 1,000,000 years ago in Mesopotamia based on Baedad excavations. Earlier man existed 1,250,000 years ago during mild climates, surviving three ice ages before cave living. Swedish geologist Ernest Anters cites a 12,000 year shift to modern form and Scandinavian glacier retreat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garden of Eden
G. G. McCurdy
Yale
Mesopotamia
Baedad
Ernest Anters
Scandinavian
Cashed His Education in a Pickle Factory
In a witty London Tit-Bits snippet a university graduate is urged to choose a worthy profession. The graduate quips that he has a fine job at a pickle factory, highlighting a humorous contrast between prestigious education and ordinary work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Gas Waste Prompts Bureau Action on Useful Conversions
The bureau of mines faces large quantities of waste natural gas due to transport limits and local conditions. It seeks methods to convert gas into marketable products like methanol ammonia formaldehyde for economical shipment and sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Mines
Bureau
Heavy losses plague sweet potato growers from diseases
The Washington Star notes that sweet potato growers suffer about 40 percent crop loss yearly due to numerous plant diseases. Losses occur in the field during harvest and transportation or at the market as wounded tubers invite infection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Star
Bread's Role in Diet and Skin Health
The article asserts bread choice stems from subconscious needs and notes yeast in bread is rich in antineuritic vitamins. It claims rising yeast produces these vitamins in large quantities, potentially improving skin condition.
Sargon praised by Cedar Rapids woman for health revival
Mrs. Alta Talley of Cedar Rapids reports dramatic improvements after using Sargon Soft Mass Pills. She attributes weight gain, restored appetite, better sleep, and relief from constipation to the medicine, noting a three week ten pound gain and renewed vitality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alta Talley
12Th Ave
Cedar Rapids
Washington
Sherman Bros. Drug Store
Riverside social notes report neighborhood visits and picnic
Riverside residents share a string of visits and dinners with neighbors including the Loracks Heck Havel and Barta families. The South Side Country Club held its annual picnic at Iowa City Park with many community members attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside
Alvah Heck
Raymond Lorack
Gladwin
Chas Lorack
Boss McCall
Stanley Heck
Henry Vonard
Cedar Rapids
Melvin Havel
Rudolph Stolley
South Side
Wesley Prehodu
Dorothy
Joe Hotka
Clair Flynn
A. R. Cummins
Clair Craig
Henry Kline
John Hee
James Dvorak Jr
Alvah Hecs
Chas. Lorack
Emily
Arthur Lorack
Arlene
Fern Hec
Raymord Lorack
Edw. Barta
Mgr
Jerry Barta
Solon
Peter Gerot
Linwood Heck
Iowa City Park
Ed Hotz
Towa City
Red Brick Social Notes From September 17
Mrs. Sam Sigafoose consults a doctor over an infected threat. Mrs. Homer Kephart aided Mrs. Gamble with silo filler meals Saturday. Dorothy Babb becomes clerk at Clark and Enslins. Centerville visitors Mr. and Mrs. Joe Andrews and Mr. and Mrs. Van Ness visit John Caldwell. Mr. Wagner Mr. Wenger and Mr. Berger return from Omaha with a flock of sheep. Catherine Wilson visits We.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Brick
Sam Sigafoose
Homer Kephart
Gamble
Dorothy Babb
Clark and Enslins
Joe Andrews
van Ness
Centerville
John Caldwell
Mr. Wagner
Mr. Wenger
Mr. Bergers
Omaha
Catherine W'lson
Spenser Girls Visit Aunt and Uncle’s Home Sunday
Little Betty Maxine and Evelyn Humston spent Sunday with their aunt and uncle Mr. and Mrs. Carl Hering. A B Neiswanger was a Sunday visitor at the Hering home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spenser
Little Betty
Maxine
Evelyn Humston
Mrs
Carl Hering
A. B. Neiswanger
Closing out sale draws crowd near Kalona
A large crowd attended the closing out sale at a summer home near Kalona. Local residents and several families joined in weekend visits, with multiple names and households listed among attendees and guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palestine
Kalona
Martin Kron
Albert Novy
Earl Marshall
Lester Webber
Washington
Harold Marshal
Carl Kos
Henry Kiefer
Alvin Stransky
John Knotek
Black Hills
Nebraska
Robert Kron
Snetek
Roy Havel
Chas. Vondrasex
Charles Vondrasek
Leona
Irene
Frank
Kron
Vern
Gladys
Julus Bearnad
Davenowart
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Jaby
C. H. Guther
Northwest Corner
Daughters of Union Veterans
C. S. Lemmon
Alvin Allen
Richland
Henry Hinkle
Mack Morgan
Hattie H’bner
Brackenridge
Bert Markley
Rock Island
L. C. Hornung
Frank Puch
Lois Wade
Byron Snyder
Francis Skipton
Keola
Marvin Matthess
Wellman
Ed Lender
Herman Berg
Fairfield
James Parizek
Iowa City
Ives McKay
Roseman White
Crawfordsville
Walter Boyer
T. J. Coffey
Carl Verhig
West Chester
Charles Lorack
Denis
Near Riverside
EB. Co. Allen
Wayland
Riley Provance
Ottumwa
Marshall Gannon
Des Moines
Harvey Waggoner
J. W. Welliver
A. Ainsyaria
Daughher
Harold Young
Gene Breitenbach
E. L. Breitenbach
California
Boston
Ellsworth Palmer of
Wehman
Winnie Palmer
Science
C. Rapids
Marguerite Hering Corre
Leona Vondrasek
Journal
Shankless
Lae
Rees
Cudahy
Orier & Speer
Eneze
Nellie Wolfe
L. B. Lupton
Commercial Savings Bank
Iowa
FORD
Washington Motor Company
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