High School Orchestra and Glee Club Put On Evening of Music
The High School orchestra and girls Glee Club presented a two hundred strong program directed by Jessica Strawbridge. Soloists Mildred Stewart Hoy McElhinney Elmo Friend and Hazel Stewart received encores. Mrs Fuller spoke on music in schools and the value of a Victrola for reproductions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessica Strawbridge
Mildred Stewart
Hoy McElhinney
Elmo Friend
Hazel Stewart
Lucile Miller
Supt
A. C. Fuller
Fuller
Mendelssohn H
H. S. Orchestra
Doris
Nevin
The Assessor by Walt Mason
A humorous complaint about the cheerful city assessor as a distressing figure. The speaker laments his polite smile, jokey demeanor, and intrusive questions, claiming the assessor provokes grief, sarcasm, and a desire to resist paying dues. The piece blends satire with vivid, exaggerated imagery.
Garden books and praise for library displays noted
January gardening advice cited as time to plant. Library added gardening titles by Bailey Rudd Earle Ely Henderson Hunn King Hott Fraser Wythes Thaxter Van Renseller Warner. Readers complimented the room’s general arrangement color scheme clock and hat tree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. H. Bailey
J. A. Rudd
Alice M. Earle
H. A. Ely
Peter Henderson
C. BE. Hunn
F. H. King
Charles Hott
S. Fraser
G. Wythes
Celia Thaxter
Medical Society Meets Wednesday in Washington County
The annual Washington County Medical Society meeting is set for next Wednesday at 1 30 PM in city hall. A program of papers and discussions will fill most of the session followed by the annual election of officers. Doctors in automobiles will visit the county hospital to view its progress. Dr J H Hull is president and Dr G W Hay secretary with papers on Follicular tonsillitis typhoid fever and a case report by J G Henderson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County Medical Society
J. H. Hull
G. W. Hay
HH. C. Hull
Washington
L. R. Hammer
Kalona
J. G. Henderson
West Chester
County Hospital
M. W. Bailey
Board of Trustees
Fresh Air Summer Plan For Des Moines Children
Des Moines juvenile court initiates a country summer program placing many city children in rural homes for the entire vacation. Volunteers expect to supply pure air and wholesome food while the children work for board, aiming to curb street idleness and improve future prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Florence McFarland
Gone Lake Bridge Repair Nears Completion
Repairs on the Cone Lake bridge near Milwaukee were near completion with traffic expected by 8 a m tomorrow for the morning weet bound passenger train. Fireman John Moriarty remains in critical condition after the engine fell thirty feet. his left leg was amputated below the knee but his condition is not worse today, with hope of recovery. Engineer John G Adams was killed in the Thursday accident and his funeral is set for Monday at 2 30 p m in Ottumwa's Presbyterian church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Cone Lake
John Moriarty
City Hospital
John G. Adams
Presbyterian Church
Ottumwa
Marriage License Issued to Charles W Taylor and Gail Hamilton
A marriage license was issued yesterday to Charles W. Taylor and Gail Hamilton, both of Wellman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W. Taylor
Gail Hamilton
Wellman
Financial ledger of cemetery sales and city funds 1911 balance
The record lists receipts from cemetery lot sales and fence sales, city clerk credits, and transfers to the Water Works Fund for 1911. It shows balances, warrants paid, and year-end totals, with entries for salaries, fuel, and funding bonds including 1905 and 1908 issues totaling several thousand dollars.
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promised as Cure All Stages
A national advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as the sole positive cure for catarrh a constitutional disease. It claims internal action on blood and mucous surfaces and offers $100 for any unsolved case, with testimonials available and sales through druggists at 75 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Ohio
Want Ad Promises Sure Results in Journal
A small classified notice hints that classified advertising in the Journal reliably reaches readers and yields responses. It emphasizes practical value for buyers and sellers seeking quick results.
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Splendid Entertainment
Ney
Elmo
Faller
Hawley
J. S. Girls’ Glee Club
Vienne
Ser Ee Ea Wee Schubert
Son
Des- Mit
Han Ee
Wilson H. S. Girls’ Glee Club
Bellini
Mattei
Glee Club
Phoebe Maxwell
Margaret Row
Susanna Scranton
Esther Brindley
Romola Latchem
Lucile Montgomery
Marguerite Wallace
Gladys Wells
Dorothea Wickham
Ena Auten
Marion Bandy
Zella Thoma
Lelia Noel
Mae Rittler
Gladys Dewitt
Mabel Kleese
Jessica E. Strawbridge
Harold Blair
Malcomb Dowell
Donald McLaughlin
Harold Ross
Gladys Friend
Barbara Goodman
Bruce Good
Nate Fields
Frank Chilcote
Howard Hays
Jessica KE
Strawbridge
Walt Mason
Jim Assessor
Ananias
Library Notes
Frey
N. W. Cor, Sa
Washington, Iowa
Medical Society
Gone Lake
Iowa
Iowa Gas & Electric Co
Tres Sks
Acc’t
Wee Renee Er Eee
Light Fund
Co. Treas
Licht Fond
Water Works Fund
J. J. McKeone
Water Works Bond Fund
Ree'r
Frank Stewart
Lbalance
Toa
Seat En Eene
Pep Acure
S Teen Ween
Library Fund
Pere Eer Eee
Tee
Ae Ee
Am’t
Fred H, Stack
Ewe Teed
Aneane
Sewer Eee
Perfection Shirt Waist CO
Perfection
N. W. Cor. Sq
J. B. Crail
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