Community Notes From Keota And Nearby
On Saturday September 14 the 4H peppers held a meeting with Myra Van Nosersn with eight members and two visitors. After the business meeting the club practiced their yells. Later games were enjoyed and candy was served by the hostess. On September 15 fourteen relatives were entertained at the home of Mr and Mrs Mike Helsinger near Keota for the Hollingers silver anniversary and Mrs Hollinger’s birthday. An 18 piece chest of silver was presented. Out of town guests included Mrs Irene R Fordyce of Emmetsburg and a niece Mrs via Underwood of Burnside Illinois. The H KEOs enjoyed Friday afternoon with Mrs Frank Lib and a time making corn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myra van Nosersn
Mike Helsinger
Keota
Hollingers
Mrs Hollinger
Wid Dea
Oscar Lane
Next meeting set with Mrs Tom Sterling
A hostess served a delicious hunch at the event. The next meeting will be with Mrs. Tom Sterling on Wednesday October 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Sterling
Community notices of club meetings and social events
Local readers are advised of upcoming gatherings. The Snowhall social club, Pansy Hill club, Just Us club, and ladies Bible class plan meetings in late September, with hosts including Mrs. Arthur Wylie, Mrs. Rodney Davis, Mrs. Ross Gant, Mrs. H Howard Kerr, and Mrs. John Cherry. Items specify dates, places, and needed materials.
Suggestion Theat Skins of Birds Replace Furs
Good furs are scarce and expensive so Point Barrow residents consider feather skins as alternates. Birds such as geese ducks gulls and cormorants would supply pelts dried in wind treated with seal blubber and fish oil to produce pliable feather furs and durable finished items.
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Point Barrow
Alaska
Platinum’s Wide Range of Uses beyond Jewelry
The National Geographic Society Bulletin notes platinum fuels radio tubes and car ignition points, aids photography X rays medicine dentistry and rayon production. Special platinum crucibles resist high heat and most acids. It acts as a catalyst in chemistry, driven by electric current, remaining powerful and unchanged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Geographic Society Bulletin
Evangelist Joab Yowell Draws Crowds with Street Calls
Detroit News notes that Joab Yowell, a roaming evangelist of the early 19th century, publicized his own sermons by riding through towns calling out a preaching hour. Crowds filled meeting places as notorious sinners repented under his influence and the effect resembled backwoods Billy Sunday.
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Joab Yowell
Billy
Detroit News
Journal Wants Adz Pay A Trial Will Convince
A local journal argues advertising payment should proceed as a trial to prove value. Readers weigh whether upfront costs yield measurable returns for ads. Officials caution about shifting funding without clear performance indicators.
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Journal
Adz
Grace Luttrell At The University Students Club Dance
Grace Luttrell yearns for a night out as Jim Young, a football hero and top student, arranges a date to the campus Students Club dance. Amid music and social pressure, Grace enjoys attention while Jim declares lifelong devotion, then questions arise about true feelings and social status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace
Hether
Tie Jim Young
University
Jim
McAllister
Unusual Washington Window Display At Rothschilds Store
Washington merchants pride windows that rival city displays as Rothschilds presents a detailed winter scene. Tufted birds and animals from Arthur Reubsam add life with two herons a chicken hawk a horned owl and other wildlife posed amid glistening snow under large lights. Other shops feature updated fall merchandise and remodels from summer.
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Washington
Rothschilds
Arthur Reubsam
The Show Ship at Graham theatre opens tonight
Carr Brothers present The Show Ship for two days at the Graham theatre. The revue features 29 performers with dancing, comedy and music including Myrna Band Hawaiian dance and Teresa Casmera toe work. Biff Carr hosts with Boots Coughlin and Louise Perry in solos. Rates are affordable and critics praise its lively entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carr Brothers
Graham Theatre
War Department
Washington
George White
Myrna
Teresa Casmera
Irene
Biff Carr
Smith
Jerome
Boots Coughlin
Louise Perry
Our Modern Maidens dazzles in 1929 screen epic at Fox Theatre
A glossily staged synchronized sound drama starring Joan Crawford in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer’s first big vehicle. The film, set in glittering palaces and modern locales, portrays jazz age youth under immutable life laws with a strong supporting cast including Rod La Rocque, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Anita Page, and Cedric Gibbons art direction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Joan Crawford
Fox Theatre
Vfe
Josephine Lovett
Mise Crawford
Jack
Conway
Cedric Cgibbons
Casket Weaving Lesson Set At Mrs Darbyshire Home
The ladies of the Shirol school district will meet at Mrs Will Darbyshire's home on Friday the 27th for the first lesson in casket weaving. Bring scissors tape measure awl and glass for spans basket. Reed will be finished in a small fire. Anyone interested may attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rodney Davis
Linger Sonses Club
Glendale and
Spread Eagle
John Cherry
Shirol Cohoal
Will Darbyshire
Poultry Meeting Set For Thursday At City Hall
County Agent H H J Montgomery and State Inspector F D Payne announce a statewide poultry meeting at Washington city hall on Thursday Sept 26 at 2 pm. Officials will discuss poultry laws disease prevention sanitation and marketing, with demonstrations on post mortem exams and poultry storage.
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Washington City Hall
HH. J. Montgomery
F. D. Payne
Washington County Agriculture
Extension Service
Iowa State College
Montgomery
State Department of Agriculture
Carl Kennedy
State Department
New York
Chicago
Hern
Rood
Extension Services
Iowa
Cochrane
Agricultuma Extension Service
Towa State College
Payn
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Society Poiiter
Marion McLaughlin
Mat Wallace
Ainsworth
Merry Ten Club
Roger Colthurst
Chiildren
Betty
George
Lonie Schroeder
Einir
Mrs
Glenn Anderson
Frank
Castoria
Enna
Hanna Jettick Stealth
Fay
Eagle
Eesti Jefferson Street
A .B
Macon
A. FT. Brown
Chas. Lemley
Hampshire
Shoats
D. F. Macon
W. W. Cherry
TN. Club
Frank Casey
Noticce
W. R.C
Ana
Gde
Snowhall Social Club
Arthur Wylie
The
Presbyterian Church
Pansy Hill Club
Ross Ganlt
Just Us Club
H Howard Kerr
Jim Mekes
Jessie Douglas
Grace Luttrell
Craham
SES
SION
Parm Bureau
Wallace P. T. A. WT
Walines School
Auviliany
United Presbyterian Church
West Chester
Ody
Dad
Perrins
Rothschild's
J. P. Crail
East Main Street
Bayine Washington
Dempsey & Breitenbach
Michael Jordan
Wellman
Keota-Wellman
Kheota
N. G. McNarlen
Michael Riordan
McNurlen
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