Local Society Notes Highlight Fall Gatherings and Farewells
Society pages summarize various gatherings including a dinner in honor of the Webbs, a farewell for Mrs Helen Wood, and multiple club events at the Highland Sewing Club and Pythian Circle. Highlights include a birthday party for John Gardner at a Lexington country home, a Rothschild store dinner for Miss Marie Martin in Minneapolis, and a Pilateburg Ladies Aid box social with a carnival planned by Pilotsburg divisions.
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Wade Gardner
Lexington
W. A. Smith
Molton
Iowa
Pythian Circle
Julia Cavender
South
Iowa Ave
Frank Webb
D.br. Koons
Barbara Jean
A. W. McCall
Helen Stewart
M. E. Dicken
Besse Plumly
Ralph Junkin
Sunset Park
Webb
Marie Martin
Minneapolis
Marguerite MacGuegin
Rothschild
Miss MacGugin
Laurp
Community notices and meetings announced for local groups
Various church and club events are listed: Sunday school at Walnut School House. Pythian Sisters joint meeting in Castle Hall. Keota teal free concert in West Chester Friday at 7 30. regular business meeting with meat wing snacks. Bible classes with Mrs Case and Mrs Wilson. Ladies Aid bake sale September 23. Pythian Sisters initiation. Pluer de Lis dinner party September 22 at Mrs Babcock. Eureka church home coming on Sunday with 10 am Sunday school 11 am service and 12 pm dinner. program of songs readings and talks. all invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castle Hall
Ladies Aid Society
the Methodist Church
Pluer-de-Lis Club
T. E. Babcock
East
Jefferson Street
Eureka
Barker
Six Principal U S Crops Worth Billions in Harvest
Washington reports six main U S crops harvested by six million farmers total about 5.708 billion at current prices. Wheat 721 million corn 1.803 billion oats 404 million cotton 1.118 billion potatoes 502 million hay 1.165 billion. Corn price 62.7 cents a bushel down from 56.2 last year. cotton 21.1 cents per pound up from 12.6. oats 32.2 cents. hay value up to 7.76 a ton. beans up nearly 50 percent. total farm return near 1921 level despite larger harvest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Department of Agriculture
Cottom
Origin of bull and bear terms traced to early London exchange
A Detroit News note surveys the origin of bulls and bears in stock trading. It cites the proverb selling the bearskin before one has caught the bear and references 1719 and 1744 writings that label traders as bears or bulls, noting the terms' long-standing use in Exchange Alley and London markets.
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Ak Donartes Fis “Erie
British Stock Exchange
Iere
Detroit News
George Coleman
Iowa candidates warned on prohibition by league questionnaire
Des Moines Iowa candidates for Congress and the state legislature who dodged the prohibition issue in the primaries will face a probing Des Moines questionnaire from the Iowa Anti-Saloon League. The three questions press candidates to oppose any move to legalize beer and wine, to support stricter enforcement of prohibition laws, and to prevent any backsliding on prohibition. All nonresponding contenders have been mailed the form with a request for immediate reply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Cougrses
Iowa Anti- Saloon League
Congress
Anti-Saloon League
Mystic Findings and the Birdcage Theory of Knowledge
The passage reflects a belief that true findings emerge only after moving beyond Plato’s birdcage theory of knowledge and reaching a solid basis for spiritual values, enabling intelligent discussion of mystic Rufus M Jones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rufus M. Jones
New Australian Powder Kills Mice Without Eating
A powdered agent tested in Australia kills mice without them eating the grain. Sprinkled on wheat and placed in bins, hungry mice died after exposure, not by ingestion. The discovery promises a new method for pest control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
Exhibition shows two foot shelf of books for rural children
Columbia University hosts an exhibit presenting a model two foot shelf of 25 books for the American country school child. The collection aims to match the impact of a larger self by offering titles chosen by the American Library Association and the National Education Association from about 100 options. Leading titles include Little Women, Alice in Wonderland, Robinson Crusoe, Tom Sawyer, and Treasure Island, with other works by Kipling, Anderson, Aesop, and Stevenson among the list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia University
Louise M. Alcott
Charles W. Eliot
Harvard
American Library Association
National Education Association
Lewis Carroll
Defoe
Mark Twain
Robert Louis Stevenson
Nicolay
Boy
Abraham Lincoln
Kipling
Anderson
Aesop
Stevenson
Garden of Verse Pyle
Merry Adventures of
Robin Hood
Annotated Classic Children's Books and Tales List
A catalog of mid century children and youth books including Lamb Tales from Shakespeare Malory Boy s King Arthur Van Loon Story of Mankind Wiggin Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm Burton EK Stevensons Home Book of Verse for Young Folks Dieken Christmas Carol Irvine Rip Van Winkle Mother Goose Dodge Hans Prinker Hagedorn Boy s Life of Theodore Roosevelt Hawthorne Wonder Book Seton Wild Animals I Have Known Arabian Nights.
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Lamb
Malory
King Arthur
van Loon
Wiggin
Rebecca
Sunnybrook Farm
Burton EK. Stevenson
Dieken
Irvine
Rip van Winkle
Mother Goose
Dodge
Hans Prinker
Seton
When Two Words Mix in English Usage
The note discusses how singular woman is treated in phrases like The Woman’s Christian Temperance Union and contrasts with man as a generic term. It explains that women, when used as a generic noun, denote all women and mirrors how man is treated as a universal noun in other examples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian ‘Temperance Union
Must Be Partnership Ends with a Cautionary Note
The passage warns that a man failing in his life scheme could find success if a capable partner guides him, provided he is willing to accept help and collaborate for improvement.
Catarrhal Deafness and Catarrh Treatment Claim
Catarrhal deafness arises from inflammation of the mucous lining of the Eustachian tube. If inflammation remains, hearing may be destroyed. Hall’s Catarrh Medicine is advertised as treating catarrh and related conditions, claiming over forty years of successful use and sold by F. J. Cheney & Co. in Toledo, Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ft. A. Collins
Ok Beauty Parlor
Sherman 1 Drug Store
McFlhinney 2 Co
V. K. Phillip Drug Store
Luminons Pharmacy
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mrs. W. A. Wilson
Webbs
We. Baptist Church
Mis
Helen Wood
Clarence Lee
Mr. M. D. Lee
West Madison Street
The
Highland Sewing Club
Ira Coon
D. H. Finch
Just Uscin
William Sherman
Ainsworth
Doroty Miller
Mt. Pleasant
Ed Bambrick
Evelyn
Evelyn Bambrick
White Way Club
Rs. Werman Schultz
Eving
Miles
Long
Paul
PD. E. Koons
Angeles
W. G. Stuart
South Iown Avenue
M. H. Hebner
Miss Martin
Pilateburg Ladies Aid
Martha Thrasher
Thrasher
Roy J. Teets
John Rittenhouse
Merle Stransky
Henrietta Byers
Pilotsburg Society
Finley Rickey
Jessie Bishop
Lc.tab
Curtis Petterson
Walnut School House
West Chester
Weiner
D Presbyterian Church
H. B. Case
Frank Wilson
Ladies Aid Society of the Christian Church
Harris Manufacturing Co
Oskaloosa, Iowa
W. S. Hughes
Greenville
Del
Lydia E. Pinkham
Wm. S. Hughes
Delaware
E. M. Bridges & Co
Normandy
Mans
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