Pettit Chosen Club President For Fortnightly
Fred S. Pettit was elected president at the Fortnightly club annual meeting in Grace M. B. church with John Rath as vice president and Miss Almira Bassett secretary treasurer. The executive committee includes Pettit, Bassett, W. R. Law, Blanche Edwards, and Austin Burt. Seventeen readings and discussions on science literature politics government and art are set for next year with 12 meetings including eight home sessions and alternating forum venues between east and west high schools. Professor Benjamin Shambaugh and H. W. Grout among speakers. Hon. Burton E. Sweet and W. W. Marsh to lead. Harvey Ingham and J. S. Tuthill to present modern journalism. Rev. H. W. Lanham to discuss dollar profits. Rev. H. L. Haywood closes with scientific results of psychical research.
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Fred S. Pettit
Grace M. B. Church
John Rath
Almira Bassett
Pettit
Miss Bassett
W. R. Law
Blanche Edwards
Austin Burt
Chuirches
Benjamin Shambaugh
University of Iowa
Iowa
H. W. Grout
Burton E. Sweet
W. W. Marsh
Harvey Ingham
Des Moines Register
Tuthill
H.W. Lanham
Cedar Falls
John Bunyan Smith
H. L. Haywood
Crossett Family Gifts Big Funds to Davenport Lend-A-Hand
Davenport May 25 The Crossett family gave 315000 to the new lend A Hand club home for working girls. The lumber magnates have long been noted givers with 56000 previously for a Y M C A building and 10000 from Mr and Mrs B H Crossett. J C Crossett is the sole son of the late ruler of lumber wealth. Yesterday's hospital subscriptions reached 22751 and 400 plus people help run the drive to finish the fund. Afterward the campaign will raise 10000 for Battery B s artillery plant. 340000 was raised last week for that effort with Col George W French and Judge Nathaniel French each contributing 6000 and the Vrenen family giving over 12000 toward the armory.
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Davenport
Crossett
Crossetts
KE. C. Crossett
BH. C. Crossett
J. C. Crossett
Lumber King
George W. French
Nathaniel French
Vrenen
Water loo Soprano Pleases Albert Lea
Miss Nelle Bryant dramatic soprano formerly of the Waterloo conservatories gave a concert in Albert Lea Minnesota under Beethoven club auspices. Albert Lea Tribune notes a large appreciative audience at the Presbyterian church Tuesday evening with several encores. Bryant is described as a finished artist with years of experience and technique.
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Nelle Bryant
Waterloo Conservators
Albert Lea
Miaun
Beethoven Chub
Albert Lea Tribune
Presbyterian Church
Miss Bryant
Rossetta Olson-Wallan
Beethoven Club
Plymouth Congregational Church
Waterloo
Making Baby Pretty The Baby's Mouth
Thumb sucking harms a baby's mouth, potentially causing crooked lips and future beauty issues. Discontinue thumb sucking early as the mouth is highly moldable in the first six months. Use a soft toothbrush twice daily once solid foods begin, and rely on water for cleaning teeth.
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Baby
Release of Etchison Ordered by Attorney
Charles D. Etchison, accomplice in the murder of Mary Fridley Price in 1914, was released from Hennepin county jail after a hearing. Special assistant county attorney George W. Armstrong urged clemency, noting Etchison testified against the planner and helped secure justice. He was released to remain as a witness pending any potential new trial.
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Mary Fridley Price
Hennepin County
Price
Slite Supreme Court
George W. Armstrong
Meat Diet Faults Back Pain and Kidney Strain
An old advice item warns heavy meat diets harm kidneys and cause backache headaches and dizziness. It urges workers to cut meat when heavy meals cause aches and lists risks like gravel dropsy and Brights disease. Dean's Kidney Pills praised by Thomas Pryor of 329 E Oak Ave as a remedy after kidney pain.
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Bright
Dean
Thomas Pryor
Oak Ave
Pacifists Rally for League of Nations Action in Washington
Delegates at the opening session of the National League convention in Washington hear calls for a League of Nations, with Herbert Houston of the Associated Advertising Club of the World asserting the plan is a vital business project. Speakers include Secretary of War Newton Baker and General Leonard Wood as more than two thousand delegates arrive from across the United States and allied groups.
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Washington, D.C
National League
Kinforce Pereo
Willan Rawara Dutt
Herbert 5. Houston
Associated Advertising Club of the World
League
Newton DL Baker
Leonard Wood
United States
Chisthe
League of Nu
Velins Sisters Now Said to Be Living
Otpa Halts Nelins Dennik and Milas Bertyles Nelms, daughters of the late Sheriff John W. Nelms, reportedly disappeared from Atlanta en route to Texas. Messages from Snohomish, Wash., indicate the sisters are alive, potentially affecting a broader legal case tied to Victor Innes.
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Velins
Atlanta
Otpa
Nelins Dennik
Milas Bertyles Nelms
John W. Nelms
Texas
Diyson City
Alaska
Toew Hwa
Snohomish
Wash
Victor Innes
Murder charges and fraud case in Atlanta involving missing women
Attorneys claim to possess conclusive evidence that two women are alive and will be produced at trial. They state the suspect faces murder charges and a separate fraud case accusing him of extorting ten thousand dollars from Mrs. Dennis.
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Atlanta
Dennis
TL Yikes
Attaney
Ha Inenesus
Dha Hey
Dones
Todays Beauty Talk Delights With Quick Sham Aim
A vintage beauty note explains making a delightful sham do with Canthrox from a druggist. Dissolve in hot water for shampoo, rub to create thick white lather that dissolves oil and dirt, rinse, and enjoy hair that dries full and lustrous.
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Nual Meeting
Golmor
West 4Th Street
Etchison
Minneapolis, Minn
Charles D. , Etchison
Frederick T. Price
Waterino Proof
Wangler Bros.” Drug Co
FieryBature
Doans
Phil Price
Foster Milburn Co
Buffalo
B. Schultz
Commercial Street
Frank Birch
Black Hawk County
Ray Drugeiatr
Kay Bee
Willard Mack
George Fawcett
Thomas H. Ince
Fatty and
Mabel
Fatty) Arbuckle
Mabel Normand
William Collier
Collier
Rforeanth
Saatch
Douglas Fairbanks
Thorson
Dustin Farnum
David Garrick
Stuart Holmes
Dorothy Bernard
Courier and Reporter
Chicago Sunday Tribune
Gloria
Rupert Hughes
Everglades
Florida
Palm Beach
Riverside Drive
New York
Chicago Snday Tribune
Chicago Tribune
F. Ziegfeld
Henry Kolker
Mrs
George Kleine
Billie Burke
Heiner
Chicago ‘Tribane Phone
Binek
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