Court Discussion on Prohibition and 1920s Politics in North Dakota
The article surveys Democratic tensions at the San Francisco convention with Wilbur Marsh noting a strong wet faction. It covers Bryan’s influence, opposition within the party, and a potential damp platform. It reports on US Supreme Court decisions affecting state bond programs and a Nonpartisan victory in North Dakota. It also features Clyde Sparks’s Memorial Day oration in Glasgow detailing civil war heritage and reflections on liberty and education transforming society.
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United States Supreme Court
North Dakota
Nonpartisan League
Supreme Court
Glasgow
Clyde G. Sparks
Fairfield
Sparks
Tribune Classifieds Drive Personal Deals
A short note extols the power of Tribune want ads to connect readers with personal and profitable opportunities. It highlights how readers rely on classified listings for effective, high-value results and promotes the theme that it pays to use the Tribune.
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The
Tribune
Commencement set for Jefferson county rural schools Saturday
Commencement exercises will be held Saturday afternoon June 12 at 2 o'clock in the high school auditorium. Pleasant Plain schools grades perform butterfly and rings of roses dances. Miss May Frances, state inspector of rural schools, will give the address. Diplomas for many students will be awarded, admitting a long list of names into the district high school.
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Jefferson County
Pleasant Plain
May Frances
Fi Fi of the Toy Shop to Play at Chautauqua Hall
The Ladies' Civic League presents Fi Fi of the Toy Shop at the Chautauqua auditorium June 24 and 25 under John B. Rogers Producing Co. Rehearsals start soon and the show features city talent as toys and dolls in a musical fantasy style.
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Civic League of
The
Toy Shop
Chautauqua Auditorium
John B. Rogers Producing Co
Chicago
East
Hoffman
Fairfield High School Graduation Adorns Evening Program
A large audience witnessed Fairfield High School’s Class of 1920 graduation last night in the school auditorium. Sixty eight boys and thirty eight girls delivered three orations and a full musical program before presentations by Supt. Garrett and President Raney, with diplomas awarded and a class song to close.
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Fairfield High School
Atlante
Vilema Gaumer
R. H. Polly
Fanning
Rosa Hilding
Harry Booker Smith
Averill Hammer
Helen Pauline McCabe
Chas .F. Garrett
J. L. Raney
Land sales in Washington County reveal $1.25 per acre past
A Washington Journal article recalls 1847 school land sales in Washington County starting Crawfordsville with 20 acre plots at $1.30 and others at $1.25 to $3.40 per acre. Buyers included Schwabi Speers Prather Maxwell and Guesman then living at 103. The record notes larger 200 acre purchases and later 1848 sales reaching $8.50 per acre.
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Washington
Washington County
Crawfordsville
Frederick Schwaibe
Mr. Schwabi
Geo. H. Speers
I. Prather
William Smith
Robert Johnson
Thomas Maxwell
Henry Nabb
S. A. Russell
Elmer Burnett
Maxwell
Washington Township
Joseph Keck
John Curry
Norman Everson
W. H. Rousseau
R. B. McMillan
Alexander Lee
A. H. Guesman
Robert Booyd
John Mather
Aaron Glen
Hiram Wallingford
Guesman
Clay Township
Brinton, Morgan
Ingham
Eightieth Birthday of Mrs Peter Rivey Celebrated
Mrs. Peter Rivey of Lockridge marked her eightieth birthday last Sunday. About twenty five guests, including children and grandchildren, gathered for a noon dinner with baskets. Ice cream and cake followed on the lawn as friends departed with best wishes. Attendees included Millspaugh Ruth and William Rome Lizzie Will Rivey Irene Downs Fairfield J E Johnson Hillsboro E E Denny New London Hy Danielson family Frank Rivey L J Graf Ottte Rivey and Jennie Rivey of Lockridge.
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Peter Rivey
Lockridge
Rivey
Irene Downs
Fairfield
J. E. Johnson
Hillsboro
E. E. Denny
New London
Hy Danielson
Frank Rivey
L. J. Graf
Ottte
Jennie Rivey
Civic League Tea Hosted by Mrs Bock in Fairfield
Mrs Bock serves as hostess for the Civic league tea on Friday at 3 PM. Committees report on inspection park band stand and movie show results at Victory theatre. Plans to finalize local work for the June production Fi F of the Toy Shop. Residents urged to attend and note no other notices will be published.
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Civic League
Former Fairfield Girl Appointed to British Store Post
Miss Helen Vannostrand, daughter of the late Charles Vannostrand, is named for an important position with a British department store. The New York report notes she and Kathryn Thomas will staff Manchester and Liverpool stores, marking the Prince School of Education’s first graduates to take British store posts. Vannostrand, Oberlin alumna with Halle Bros. Cleveland experience, joins Thomas, University of California and Columbia trained, as Rex Cohen of Lewis, Iowa arranged the placement.
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Vannostrand
Helen Vannostrand
Charles Vannostrand
New York
The
Prince School of Education
Rex Cohen
Lewis, Ladi
Manchester
Liverpool
England
Prince School
Kathryn Thomas
Oberlin College
Halle Bros
Cleveland
Miss Thomas
University of California
Columbia
Department of Economics
University
Cohen
Advertising Club Is Formed In Fairfield
Fairfield forms the Fairfield Advertising Club with fifteen members to promote the county wide advantages. G R Lowe of Terre Haute originator of The Neosho Plan attends a dinner as the group joins Advertising Clubs of the World based in Indianapolis. Officers elected include President Roy Louden Vice President Chas Heer and Secretary Treasurer Community Club Secretary Jones.
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Fairfield
Yeoman Hall
G. R. Lowe
Terre Haute
Ind
Neosho
Lowe
Fairfield Advertising Club
Jefferson County
Advertising Clubs of the World
Indianapolis
Roy Louden
Chas. Heer
Jones
Birmingham Hase Wireless Station Communicates Worldwide
The wireless station at Douds communicates with the wireless plant here led by Clarence Curts. He reports hearing different places talking to Germany and claims near direct communication with the world, though replies from Germany are not clearly heard.
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Birmingham
Hase
Douds
Clarance Curts
Clarence
Germany
Wles
Washington Nine Year Old Girl Killed in Drag Accident
A nine year old girl, daughter of Amos Stout, was killed near Washington when a drag made of heavy railroad ties pulled by a team ran over her as she was alone in the road. Screams drew her mother and siblings to the scene where she lay in the roadway with the drag across her neck.
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Rome
Europe
Atlantic
Gutenberg
Rhenish Forests
Constantinople
Spain
Israel
Boston
Wendell Phillips
Farnell Hall
Old South Church
Washington
Amos Stout
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Wilbur Marsh
Bryan
San Francisco
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Mr. Bryan
Ohio
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Jordan
Promised Land
Moses
Joshua
Earth
I. V.A
Florence Armstrong
Howard Armstrong
Hermina Achenbach
Gertrude Baker Merle Baker
Verle Baker
Walter Baker
Raymond Baker
Watte Barron ‘Verna ‘Baiiey
Robert Bishop
Ruth Billingsley James’ Bruener Eunice Burnett
John C. Bower
R. R. Berg
Frank Bower
Roy Campbell
Mildred Carr ‘Mildred Charlton
Meda Carter
Vdarle Clark Clifford Copeland
Esther Craft
Loa Despain
Helen Davis
Hubert Duttweiler
Lottie Dickinson
Minnie F Rieberg
Clarence Frame
Emmett Fellows
Phil Gall Alvona Gentile
James Glotfelty
Raymond Goodman
Frances Hadley Taylor Hartman
Mildred Hiatt
Clara Hudgel
Vera Hickenberg
Mildred M. Heisel
Nellie Holland
Leroy Heisel
Hazel Sheets
Harold Lindblom
Harry Howard
Esther Hoefer
Hounsten Sasseen
Ede Jacobs Donald James Ernest Kelly Cleota Kiger
Florence Kessel
Florence Kirk
Helen Kurtz Effie Liggett
Margery Liggett
Aaron Lenhart
Irene Lyon Villa Latta Ernest Messer
Wayne McCreery
Waldo McCreery
Grace Murphy
Ray Mowery
Hazel Miksch
Ermerson Maasden
Ray Martin
Mildred Marrow
Carl Nelson
Mildred Pierson
Anna Peterson
Clarence Peterson ‘Raymond Peterson
Arthur Parsons
Verda Parks
Mary Pech Kasylda Peck
Cecil Roach
Wilma Rabel Reta Roland
Mabel Smith
Harold Six Teresa Shrack
George Silvers
Bertha Smith
Carrie Jay Stewart
Florence Schooley
Melvin Vorhies
Lila Woolums
Lester Webb
Mary Witkosky
John Watts
Maurice Watts
Gladys Zihlman
Ladies’ Civic League
Alliston
Margaret Irene Leen
Elsie Fordyce
Lester G. Myers
Hubert C. Bates Lorelle Baker
Clarence Raymond Barley Carl Gregg Bishop Raymond E. Culp
Albert Minear Fulton Bernard Glotfelty
William Monroe McKenzie
Robert B. Mitchell Lester G. Myers
Edmund Casady Norvell
Jonathan B. Parks Thomas Davies Rider
Elmer Linn Rodgers
Edward Samuelson
Frank Ball Stever
Leonard Sullivan
Albert J. Thornberry
Harold W. Watkins
Otto Westphal
J. Marcey Wilson
Joseph O
Emily Claire Monfort Elizabeth Hannah Murphy Julia Marguerite O’neill
Frances Elizabeth Pearson Martha Bernice Ruggles Ruth Mildred Seeds
Dora Edith Snyder Helen Kathryn Stuckey
Vera R. Vaught Margaret Lucille Wheatley
Mary Helen Whitney Lucretia L. Martin Marvelle C. Ryman
Hington County
Advertising Club
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