Two Women Delegates at Frisco Trace Ancestry to Indians
San Francisco June 28 1924 Mrs William K England of Oklahoma a Vassar graduate and mother of six is one of the many delegates to the Democratic national convention opening here today Her Oklahoma peers include two women tracing Cherokee or Delawares lineage Also noted are Laura Clay Elizabeth Marbury and Mary E Foy among other prominent delegates and the committee appointments led by Mrs Josephus Daniels wife of the secretary of the navy Seventeen women sit on the executive committee headed by Homer S Cummings with Mrs George Bass and Mrs Mary Holland Kinkaid among the readers.
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San_Francisco
Cal
William K. England
Oklaoma Vassar
Oklaoma
Oklahoma
Hey
Richard L. Fite
Eorgia
Elizabeth Marbury
New York
United States
France
Belgium
Italy
Chicago
Wilson
Farm Bureau Picnic at Allison Counts Big Success
The Butler county Farm Bureau picnic at the county courtyard Saturday drew a large crowd despite threatening weather. The Allison band entertained before and after dinner, with speeches by Mayor Missman and others. The county board approved bids for tiling, grading, and graveling 13 miles, naming contractors and paving plans to be completed by October. Births and local travel updates noted. several teachers and residents were highlighted in community milestones.
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Allison
Farm Bureau
Butler
Ikind
Missman
Moore
Mead
Cunningham
I B. Hodges
Greene
Board of Supervisors
Butler County
R. HB. Waugh
Clarksville
P. BE. Shegart
Nevada
Yeege
Morgan & Johnson
Boone
Frank Sieper
Red Cross
Brown
Dumont
Chicago
New Dartford
Shell Rock
Associated Churches
Camp Comfort
Ounty
C. F. Shirar
Burene Owen
Waverly
A. T. Martin
Mr. Martin
E J. Crabtree
J. H. Compton
W. A. Timbliin
C. PL Shirer
Alison
Bristow Band
W. B. Rogers
G. W. Richards
Bristow
Hazel Black
Elmer
Emma Pringle
Brady
Ida Painter
Logan
Sophia Ressier
Paul and
Catherine Pagel
Fred
Nora Schwartzwalder
William and
Paulina Thrasher
Frank and
Peat] Wilhelms
Pete and
Dena_ Werthers
George and
Flornce Wildehoer
D. T
Pauline Watts
Jessie
Mabel Young
Erma Schuler
Bennedette Township
Butler “County
Eighth graders face tough state exam questions at Cedar Falls
The writer notes teachers wrote the same state examination at Cedar Falls and recalls a 10 year ago June event with 150 to 200 teachers. He reports ninety Butler county students passed the eighth grade exams for the county farm bureau picnic and laments the many who failed. He questions the exam content asking whether eighth graders could answer items about public opinion and the responsibilities of shaping it. He argues for more practical questions.
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Rads
Buter
State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Butler County
Butler County Farm Bureau
State Board of Education
Toothsome Cherries Abundant This Year
This year’s crop is very large and most of the home grown harvest will go to market. Prices are expected to be lower in the next week. Housewives expect to fill fruit cupboards with locally grown cherries. Cherries can be canned without sugar and sweetened later if sugar becomes cheaper. Many women carried home market baskets of cherries as Waterloo residents picked fruit from the trees.
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Waterloo
Delegates name Walsh and Glass in Palmer resolutions
The Associated Press reports Maryland and District of Columbia delegates backed Palmer for president with Senator Walsh and Senator Carter Glass on the resolutions committee. Wisconsin and other states planned early ballots while Doherty’s withdrawal altered vote dynamics. Real estate transfers noted in Black Hawk County listings follow the political items.
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Colby
District OF Columbia
Palmer
Associated Press
San Francisco
Cal
Edward W. Quinn
Cambridge
Daniel F. Doherty
Springfield
Walsh
Gleas
Bainbridge Colby
Colbyrg
Virginia
RH. D. Flood
Carter Glass
Glass
Wisconsin
Drownings and influenza outbreak noted in Des Moines items
Roy Swarm s 17 drowned Sunday after cramps while swimming near Euclid Avenue. Mrs Anns Houran celebrated her eighty fourth birthday by walking two miles for a birthday treat as 36 relatives attended a toast. Bt Kilda island with 80 residents reports an influenza outbreak.
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Roy
Des Moines
Euclid Avenue
Timmond
Twelfth Street
Anns Houran
Bonnington
I.t
Kilda
Ten Thousand Pounds Worth of Stocks and Bonds Missing
A morning search found a box containing papers and a Wan Juak Way stack, with about ten thousand pounds in stocks and bonds and a few Walchea notes. Authorities label the incident a defined allegation and continue to investigate the missing items.
Bellhop confesses to $10,000 diamond brooch theft
Des Moines June 28 Paul Judson a 22 year old bell boy at the Franklin hotel admitted stealing a $10,000 diamond brooch owned by Mrs J M Henderson of Martins Ferry Ohio from her room during a biennial visit He said he entered the room pawned the jewel for 47 50 and the hotel reported the theft to police.
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Des Moines
Paul Jud
J. M. Kenderson
Martin’s Ferry
jFrankin
Pederson
Hudson
Pollee
Nojana
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Chirasle Heights
Burris
Riverside
Dames Tundier
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