High School Track Meet Set For Saturday at Ballpark
The annual class track meet will be held this Saturday at the ballpark starting at 1 30 in the afternoon with a 15 cent admission for students and 26 cents for others. The junior class led by Rice and Daniels is favored to win but seniors headed by Putnam and Radda will challenge. Coach Dickinson will use results to select entries for the Tri state meet at Parsons College next Saturday. Dr O Feller and family spent Easter day at Wayland.
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Ballpark
Altho
Rice
Daniels
Dusenbery
Ross
Bolee
Molesworth
Schowalter
Putnam
Radda
McCreedy
Dickinson
Parsons College
Easter Rain Dampens Altar and Streets in Town
Funeral rites for Amos Keller, 76, held at home on North Avenue B with Rev. T. F. Barker presiding. Keller, born 1846 in Lancaster County, moved through Illinois and Iowa before settling in Washington in 1891, left five children and a sister, Kate Snyder preceded him in death. The day’s Easter observances featured cantatas, sermons, and sunrise services across local churches despite late showers.
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Washington
Christian Endeavor Societies
First United Presbyterian Church
North Avenue B
Amos Keyler
T. F. Barker
Elm Grove Cemetery
Althe
Mr. Keller
Lancaster County
Illinois
Ainsworth
Kate Snyder
Ralph
Max Keller
Jesse Phillips
F. G. Sands
Elmer Findley
Clarinda
Louis Hampsher
Service Page Offers Interesting Reading
The Journal introduces a new weekly service page appearing in today's paper. It features firms that specialize in definite service forms and informs readers about them. The page will change weekly and aim to stay lively and engaging. It highlights that advertisements are real news features and will run for eight weeks.
Butter Delivery Service Seeks Regular Customers
Hutter customers are urged to enjoy good butter during summer. The store refrigerates cream for better keeping quality and aims to recruit weekly delivery customers. Contact Earle Libe at RPG-14 or 5313.
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Earle Libe
Leander Lovelett Dies in Cedar Rapids
Relatives report Leander Lovelett aged about 55 died early today at his Cedar Rapids home after years of ill health. He leaves a widow and children. Body to be brought to Washington for burial with funeral likely Wednesday. He was one of fifteen siblings and brother to Charlies and Albert Lovelett. Frank Lovelett and Mrs Agnes Phillips are also siblings. He left Washington over twenty years ago, lived in Waterloo before moving to Cedar Rapids.
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Leander Lovelett
Cedar Rapids
Washington
Mr. Lovelett
Charlies
Albert Lovelett
Frank Lovelett
Agnes Phillips
Waterloo
Easter Program Shines at A M E Church Event
The Mite Missionary society hosted a pleasing program at the A M E Church led by president Mrs. Johnson. Highlights included a tableaux A Roman Night with Mrs. N L Black Flora Crayton Lucille Lewis and young children, plus a solo by Mrs. Walter Williams and choir anthems.
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Mite Missionary Society
Johnson
N. L. Black
Flora Crayton
Lucille Lewis
Walter Williams
Emma Black
Anna Barkley
Eliza Redd
A. G. Clark
Oskaloosa
Wilbur A. Johnson
Sloat Family Returns From Fort Madison Visit
Mr and Mrs Charles Sloat and their son Charles Jr returned home this morning from Fort Madison where they visited relatives They traveled by car to Fort Madison but left the car at Winfield overnight and came back by train
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Charles Sloat
Charles, Jr
Fort Madison
Ft. Madison
Winfild
We Won That Lot with Har Old Hays
A terse local line recalls securing a plot with Har Old Hays, noting that he was not allowed further involvement. The fragment hints at a dispute or limitation around Hays’ role in the transaction.
Ralph Case Accepts College Department Head Post
Rev Ralph Case son of Prof and Mrs H E Case of Washington has accepted the head of the department of Biblical literature and religious education at Wabash College Crawfordsville Indiana He is a graduate of Washington High School Parsons College and McCormick Theological Seminary and presently serves as pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Emmett Idaho where his work is going well He specialized in the courses he will teach at Wabash while in college and seminary.
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Ralph Case
H. E. Case
Washington
Wabash College
Crawfordsville
Ind
Case
Washington High School
Parsons College
McCormick Theological Seminary
Presbyterian Church
Emmett
Idaho
Wabash
Brookhart Campaign Rally Planned at Graham Opera House
A large mass meeting is set for tomorrow evening at the Graham Opera House hosted by Brookhart for Senate. Col Brookhart will launch his campaign with an address on campaign issues and asks all men and women in Washington to attend this first rally.
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Tomorow
Graham Opera House
Brookhart
Senate’ Club
Col. Brookhart
Washington
Local News Briefs From Centennial High and Visitors
Local notes report a plural cantata The Bronies Whispers at Centennial High on Tuesday evening with admission 25 cents. Mrs J M Clegg of Ainsworth and others visit and shop in town while Mr and Mrs Roy Schreckengast of Keota travel from Washington. Easter visits span Columbus Junction and Wellman guests attend I Rothschild home. D M Bridges and family from Muscatine visit their daughters Laura Edna and Ruth with Mrs Bridges staying several days.
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Tuesda
Centennial School
Mrs
Roy Schreckengast
Keota
Joe Kabaker
Wellman
I. Rothschild
D. M. Bridges
Muscatine
Laura
Edna
Ruth Bridges
Clifford Thorne Statement on Campaign and Policy Stances
Clif ford Thorne in Cleveland Ohio to Washington DC over three days outlines his positions on railroad regulation, agriculture credit, labor rights, and war veterans compensation. He argues for balanced policies between labor and business, government cost reductions, and preserving institutions while pushing constructive legislation for farmers and workers. Looked like a Christmas rush in the stores Saturday night.
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Clifford Thorne
Thorne
Cleveland
Oho
Washington D. C
Iowa
Des Moines
Republican Party
Abraham Lincoln
America
Tam
West
Farmers of
Halls of Congress
Senate
Heirloom Plate Featured By Jeweler And Local Visitors
Local society notes mark visits from Stephen the Jeweler and Miss Cora Porter among Fairfield arrivals. Mrs. Frank Edworthy and relatives visited in Wayland, while Dean and Glover Ferrell spent time in Wyman and John Belville's home. Other residents journeyed to Washington and Crawfordsville. Elsie Bratten returned from Easter home study at Parson College and Miss Tressa Jane Phillips enjoyed home vacation. Hazel D. Lodge spoke on relief efforts in Des Moines and Crawfordsville. Jessie and Tressa Phillips headed toward Ainsworth to visit Lloyd Phillips.
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Elsie Bratten
Fairfield
Parsone College
Tressa Jane Phillips
Jessie Phillips
Ainsworth
Lloyd Phillips
Device would track bee movements at hive entrance
A government entomology official reports a new device to record each bee’s entry and exit at hive entrances. The gate uses a telephone register system, operates by alternating current, and aims to log about 300,000 foraging bees per day with minimal energy per pass.
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Washington
Bureau of Entomology
Bureau of Standards
Crocheted Ladies Hand Bags Window Sign Confusion
Fragmentary OCR shows a shop window sign reading Crocheted Ladies' Hand Bags. Crow-shade ladies Oh Yes lrunettess Boston Transerim. Readers interpret unclear branding and misread text as period advertising confusion.
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Boston
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