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O OFFICER, Julia E., 123 S. Seventh St., Council Bluffs, Ia. Real estate investments; born in Council Bluffs, Ia.; dau. Thomas and Elizabeth Mills (Pusey) Officer; of early Pa. families (Scotch Presbyterian and Quaker); grad. Rockford (Ill.) Coll., classical course, and diploma from musical dep't; also studied music in Boston and Chicago. Was concert pianist, pipe organist in churches and teacher of piano in Chicago, Omaha and Council Bluffs; was mem. Apollo Musical Club, Chicago; was manager of artists for the Dep't of Music of the Trans-Mississippi and Internat. Exposition and Musical Festival at Omaha, engaging the Thomas Orchestra and Chicago Apollo Club, with famous soloists, for the festival, which continued several weeks. Was pipe organist and choir director for three years of First Presbyterian Church of Council Bluffs, Ia. Particularly interested in athletics for boys and girls; has promoted public supervised playgrounds and employed celebrated speakers from a distance to give free stereopticon lectures on the subject in Council Bluffs at her own expense. Is actively identified with local philanthropies; has been active in the campaign for vigorous enforcement of the liquor laws and gambling laws of Iowa in Council Bluffs. Has made collections of historical pictures of Council Bluffs in pioneer days, and presented them to the Council Bluffs public library. One in a series of Lincoln pictures includes an early-day picture of the drive Abraham Lincoln took, in 1859, to a high point in Council Bluffs, which view determined the eastern terminus of the Union Pacific Railroad at Council Bluffs. Was charter member of first woman's literary club of Council Bluffs. Assisted in organizing and held office of president in the first woman's musical club of Omaha and Council Bluffs. Strongly in favor of votes for women (has voted in Seattle, Wash.). Presbyterian. Progressive Republican. Recreations: Music, walking. OWENS, Sara E. (Mrs. John Owens), West Union, Ia. Born Fayette, Ia., Feb. 10, 1865; dau. Edward and Mary (Melady) Cavanaugh; ed. Fayette public school and Upper Iowa Univ; Fayette (Zeta Alpha Soc.); m. Fayette, 1893, John Owens; children: Robert E. W., Genevieve Eleanor, Mildred Sara, Gertrude Cecelia. Interested in Catholic Ladies' Aid Soc., West Union Public Library, West Union Public School. Favors woman suffrage. Catholic. Mem. Royal Neighbors of America, Catholic Foresters of America. Mem. West Union Tourist Club (pres. since 1909). West Union Tuesday Art Club.
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