Washington High to Hear M Crory Deliver Class Sermon
The 1922 Washington High School class selects Rev. J R McCrory to give the baccalaureate sermon at the Methodist church on May 21. The class play Niobe will be staged May 18 and 19 in the high school auditorium with Miss Eleanor Walker coaching. Commencement activities include a junk banquet May 23 and graduation May 25 with John E Foster delivering the address. The valedictorian is Mather Hay and salutatorian Nellie Ryan. the top ten and overall averages listed, with about 75 to 80 graduates expected.
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J. R McCrory
First United Presbyterian Church
Washington High School
Niobe
High Schol
Eleanor Walker
John EK
Foster
State Department of Education
Mather Hay
Nellie Ryan
Ruth Busby
James Work
Gas Man Promotes Smoke Free Homes and Health
A city pamphlet extols gas as a cleaner alternative to coal, noting government figures show smoke harms property and health. It argues gas use reduces soot and fumes in homes, factories, and streets, saving fabrics and furnishings and improving living conditions.
Mission Fields Spotlight At Keokuk Presbytery Meeting
Fred McMillan of Des Moines spoke on his world tour with Rev. Mills Taylor at the First United Presbyterian church, highlighting mission work from Egypt and Syria to India and China. The gathering included remarks by Rev. E B. Kimmelshue on the New World Movement and a large emphasis on mission support and youth outreach.
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Fred McMillan
Des Moines
Mills Taylor
Keokuk
Egypt
United Presbyterianism
Nile River
Mission Board
Nile
Sudan
Abyssinia
McMillan
Taylor
Jesus
Palestine
Syria
India
United Presbyterian Church
Wll
Agency of Missions
MeCrory
J. R. McCrory
S. F. Sharpe
Winfield Church
Mr. Hawk
Stanwood
Carolyn Hamilton
H. H. McCleery
Bless the Lord
Roma
EB. F. Kimmelshue
Synodical Superintendent of Missions
United Presbyterian
Ho. McElhinney
D. M. Davis
Mr. McElhinney
H. H. McCreery
Washington
Vault Room Shelves Added for County Records
More shelves are being placed today in a small basement room at the southwest corner of the courthouse to store old time records from various county offices. The record books have outgrown the county building vaults, especially those of the treasurer's office.
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Court House
Dunbar Follies Delights Washington With Opera Follies
Muddy roads kept crowds from the Graham theatre as Ralph Dunbar’s Opera Follies offered vaudeville and grand opera numbers led by Lorna Doone Jackson. Howard and Williams drew laughs, Reynold’s baritone impressed, and Newton Twins with Grace Fennimore Cooper wowed audiences. The Dunbar White Hussar band opened and the two act program included a town band uniform fund segment, but many seats remained empty.
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Graham Theatre
Ralph Dunbar
Washington
Dunbar
Howard
Williams
Newton Twins
Grace Fennimore Cooper
Zeigfeld
Dunbar White Hussar
Hinja
Clyde Pratt
The
Graham
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United States
Gas & Electric
Phillips Drug Store
Kodak Store
Bytery
Nile Valle
Iowa Gas & Electric CO
Dunbar Follies
Miss Jackson
Evening Journal
Hay
American Pearl Button Co
Effie Knowels
East Third St
Green
Hawk-Eye
Southeastern Iowa
Burlington
Iowa
Schmoelser
Bros
W. T. Stevenason
Boyd Berdo
Senator Dunlap
S. H
H. W. Paul
First Ave
Muscatine
Namu R Bakery
Iowa City
Clinton St
Rhode Island
Kilmer Mason
Oscar George
Thompson
Mra. H. A. Engel
RS Midttreedy
Haskins Mutual
Effie Porter
D. HH. Wentworth
Brighton
Spitz
South 2Nd Ave
Cyrus Birka
Inquire Chocolate Shop
Inquire Journal
McDonald
South
Birmingham
Ala
Green C. O. Davis
Eli Jackson
W. R. Riceey
Button Factory
DCI
Ohio
Arthur T. Fowler
Washington Baptist Church
Brooklyn, N. Y
Hanson Place Baptist Church
Brooklyn
Fowler
Washington Pople
South America
W. SS. Reister & Sons Cash Buyers of
Migs
kKlei
Kloshing Kompany
Oma
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