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Tuesday, November 4, 2025

The Woman's Club - Toulon, Illinois

 This is a booklet with the scheduled programs and presenters from 1904-1905



The Woman’s Club
1904-1905
Toulon, Illinois

“Wisdom with our stature grant us, Wisdom for each growing year.
 Organized 1878
Club Colors: Purple and Gold
Club Flower: Pansy

October 1
Miss Annie G. Lowman, Hostess

October 8
Leif Erickson and Value of His Discoveries.....Mrs. Flora Lyon
American Aborigines.....Mrs. Susie Johnston
Parliamentary Drill.....Mrs. Ruth A. Turner

October 15
Quotations – Columbus
Character Sketch of Columbus…..Miss Sarah Berfield
The Voyages of Columbus…..Miss Diantha Dewey
Items of Interest….. Mrs. Anna M. Kinney

October 22
De Soto and Other Spanish Explorers….. Mrs. Emily L. Hall
Discoveries by the French….. Mrs. Stella W. Smith
Sir Henry Hudson and Dutch Settlements….. Mrs. Mary Wright

October 29
English Explorers in America…. Miss Catherine Dewey
Sir Walter Raleigh….. Mrs. Harriet M. Blair
London and Plymouth Companies….. Miss Martha Berfield

November 5
Twenty-sixth Anniversary

November 12
Settlement of Virginia and Jamestown Under Charter I…Mrs. Kate Sharp
The Virginian (review)….. Mrs. Mary Hart
Characteristics of Early Colonists…..Mrs. Ruth Price

November 19
ettlement of Virginia Under Charter II…..Mrs. Ida Nowlan
Radium.  What is it?.....Miss Sarah Eastman
Virginia to the Time of the Royal Governor…..Mrs. Eliza Lowman

November 26
Captain John Smith…..Miss Annie Lowman
Administration of Berkeley…..Mrs. Hattie L. Ward
William and Mary College…..Mrs. Effie L. McKeighan

December 10
Forefather’s Day
Landing of the Pilgrims…..Mrs. Nettie Sickles
Miles Standish…..Club Study
Mrs. Stella W. Smith, Hostess

December 17
Settlement of Massachusetts to 1630…..Mrs. Lora Walker
Governor John Winthrop…..Mrs. Sarah Fuller
Persecution of Roger Williams and Settlement of Providence…..Mrs. Jennie Rhodes

January 7
Settlement of New Netherland…..Mrs. Artie Packer
Early Annals of Connecticut and Pequot War…..Mrs. Nellie Reeve
Religion of the Colonies…..Miss Lucretia Flint

January 14
Union of the Colonies…..Mrs. Dora Long
King Philip’s War…..Mrs. Flora Lyon
Founding of College and Early Education in the Colonies…..Mrs. Susie Johnston

January 21
Salem Witchcraft and Cotton Mather…..Mrs. Ruth A. Turner
War in New England and New France…..Miss Sarah Berfield
Sir Edmund Andros, Tyrant of New England…..Miss Diantha Dewey

January 28
Stuyvesant, Governor of New England…..Mrs. Anna Kinney
Pennsylvania and Sir William Penn…..Mrs. Emily Hall
The Minor Colonies…..Mrs. Stella W. Smith

February 4
Causes and Results of French and Indian War…..Mrs. Mary Wright
Pontiac’s Conspiracy…..Miss Catherine Dewey
Parliamentary Drill

February 11
Ruin of Acadia…..Mrs. Harriet M. Blair
Evangeline…..Club Reading

February 18
Condition of Colonies After War…..Miss Martha Berfield
Causes of Revolution…..Mrs. Kate Sharp
First Battles of War – Ride of Paul Revere…..Mrs. Mary Hart

February 25
Quotations from Benjamin Franklin
Notable Events in ’76 and ’77…..Mrs. Ruth Price
Our first Diplomat…..Mrs. Ida Nowlan
Naval Victories During the War……Miss Sarah Eastman

March 4
Beginnings of American Diplomacy….. Mrs. Eliza Lowman
Colonial Women…..Miss Annie Lowman
Revolutionary Emblems and Stars and Stripes…..Mrs. Hattie L. Ward

March 11
Quotations, Club
Heroes of the Revolution – American and Foreign….. Mrs. Effie McKeighan
Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice (Club Study) led by….. Mrs. Nettie Sickles

March 18
Famous Battles of the War…..Mrs. Lora Walker
The Work of the Continental Congress During the War…..Mrs. Sarah Fuller
Close of War and Treaty of Peace…..Mrs. Jennie Rhodes

March 25
Ordinance of 1787 and History of the Constitution…..Mrs. Artie Packer
Early Literature of the Colonial Period…..Miss Lucretia Flint
Art of the Time…..Mrs. Nellie Reeve

April 1
Quotations from Washington
The Difficulties of the First Administration…..Mrs. Dora Long
Important Events of Washington’s Terms of Office…..Mrs. Flora Lyon
Personal Side of Washington…..Mrs. Susie Johnston

April 8
Adams and His Administration…..Mrs. Ruth A. Turner
Foreign Relations of America…..Miss Sarah Berfield
The Pathology of Metals…..Miss Diantha Dewey

April 15
Jefferson – Statesman…..Mrs. Anna Kinney
Jefferson -- Administration…..Mrs. Emily Hall
Jefferson – Alexander Hamilton…..Mrs. Stella W. Smith

April 22
Purchase of Louisiana…..Mrs. Mary Wright
Fulton and His Inventions…..Miss Catherine Dewey
The Scarlet Letter (review)…..Mrs. Harriet M. Blair

April 29
Madison – Sketch of Life and Services…..Miss Martha Berfield
War of 1812 – Important Battles…..Mrs. Kate Sharp
War of 1812 – Naval Conflicts and Victories…..Mrs. Mary Hart

May 6
Campaign of 1814 – Close of War…..Mrs. Ruth Price
Internal Improvements and Indian Troubles…..Mrs. Ida Nowland
Missouri Compromise and Monroe Doctrine – Miss Sarah Eastman

May 13
Quotations from Authors – Club
An Evening with Early Authors
Cooper…..Mrs. Eliza Lowman
Irving…..Miss Annie Lowman
Bryant…..Mrs. Hattie Ward

May 20
Quotations from American Poets
From 1825 through Jackson’s Administration…..Mrs. Effie McKeighan
Political Orators of the Time…..Mrs. Nettie Sickles
Historians of the Time…..Mrs. Lora Walker

May 27
Important Events between 1837 and 1845…..Mrs. Sarah Fuller
Troubles in Texas…..Mrs. Jennie Rhodes
When Wilderness Was King (review)…..Mrs. Artie Packer

June 3
Polk’s Administration…..Miss Lucretia Flint
Edgar Allan Poe…..Mrs. Nellie Reeve
Eminent Divines…..Mrs. Dora Long

June 10
Quotations from Holmes
Mexican War…..Mrs. Flora Lyon
The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table (character sketch)…..Mrs. Susie Johnston
Parliamentary Drill…..Mrs. Ruth A. Turner

June 17
Oregon Boundary…..Miss Sarah Berfield
The Quaker Poet…..Miss Diantha Dewey
Householding in Old New England…..Mrs. Anna M. Kinney

June 24
Closing Night
Mrs. Hattie L. Ward, Hostess

COMMITTEES OF CLUB
Program: Mrs. Stella W. Smith, Miss Annie Lowman, Mrs. Hattie L. Ward
Resolution: Mrs. Eliza Lowman, Mrs. Ruth Price, Miss Diantha Dewey
Press: Mrs. Ida M. Nowland, Mrs. Artie Packer
Custodian: Mrs. Ruth A. Turner

Charter Members: Mrs. Ruth A. Turner, Mrs. Harriet M. Blair, Mrs. Stella W. Smith, Mrs. Emily Hall, Miss Sarah Berfield

Honorary Members: Miss Belle Pierce…. Toulon, Illinois

CORRESPONDING MEMBERS
Mrs. Carrie F. Rhodes…..Lamar, Missouri
Mrs. Pauline Ragan…..Hastings, Nebraska
Mrs. May Reynolds…..Peoria, Illinois
Mrs. Emma Turner…..Cabridge, Illinois
Mrs. Ella Bocock…..Burlington, Iowa
Mrs. Mary P. Nowlan…..Hastings, Nebraska
Mrs. Belle Van Osdel…..Aurora, Illinois
Mrs. Maude Grist…..Knox, Indiana
Mrs. Pauline McKeighan…..Lee’s Summit, Missouri
Mrs. Alvina Lawrence…..Bowie, Texas
Mrs. Ruby Taylor…Geneseo, Illinois
Mrs. Charlotte Wiley…..Chicago, Illinois
Mrs. Matilda Higgins…..Toulon, Illinois
Mr. Martha Young…..Galesburg, Illinois

WORKING MEMBERS
Mrs. Ruth A. Turner                Mrs. Eliza Lowman
Miss Sarah Berfield                 Miss Anna G. Lowman
Miss Diantha Dewey               Mrs. Hattie L. Ward
Mrs. Anna M. Kinney              Mrs. Effie L. McKeighan
Mrs. Emily L. Hall                    Mrs. Nettie Sickles
Mrs. Stella W. Smith                Mrs. Lora Walker
Mrs. Mary Wright                   Mrs. Sarah Fuller
Miss Catherine Dewey            Mrs. Jennie Rhodes
Miss Martha Berfield              Miss Lucretia Flint
Mrs. Kate Sharp                       Mrs. Nellie Reeve
Mrs. Mary E. Hart                   Mrs. Dora Long
Mrs. Ruth A. Price                   Mrs. Flora Lyon
Mrs. Ida M. Nowlan                Mrs. Susie Johnston
Miss Sarah Eastman



 

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