Free lecture on city planning for school grounds
The Parent-Teacher Association invites the public to a free illustrated lecture at the new high school auditorium Thursday evening. Speaker F. A. Cushing Smith of Chicago will discuss City Planning and Planting of Home Grounds, with slide shows by Prof. Case.
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F. A. Cushing Smith
Chicago
Case
Parent Teacher Association
Department of
Iowa
Smith
Girth
Notice of Articles of Incorporation Amended
Washington County Iowa The Farmers Mutual Insurance Association of Washington County Iowa amends Article 1X by striking it and adopting new text requiring members with losses to notify within sixty days and to report accidents to directors. Signed April 16 1920 by President QO Patterson and Secretary Sidney Coon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
Farners Mutual Insurance Association
Iowa
Yaembeya of Ald Association
Washington
Directo
Farmers Mutual Insurance Association
Patterson
Sidney Coon
White Shrine Set for Spring Ceremonial and Banquet
White Shrine plans a Spring Ceremonial for a class of fifty with over fifty Eastern Star members from Ainsworth and nearby towns attending at 8 p.m. A banquet precedes at 3:90 p.m. in the Baptist church basement at 6130. Members are urged to wear white and several invitations go to Muscatine, Winfield, and Ottumwa ceremonies in early spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Damascus Shrine No. 10
White Shrine of
Jerusalem
Eesat
Eastern Star
Ainsworth
Brighton
Kalona
Keota
Richland
Wellman
Washington
Musical Celebrity Champions Real Music Value of Jazz
Mérle Alcock, a Des Moines musical celebrity, argues jazz is real music and a logical outgrowth of primitive rhythms. She notes ancient cultures had jazz-like tempos and urges composers and writers to study its origin, rhythm, and rubato for artistic research. She suggests a jazz suite be orchestrated for the National Symphony Orchestra under Arthur Bodansky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Mérle Alcock
America
Altcock
Aleo
Jax
Merle ‘Tillotgon Alecock
National Symphony Orchestra
Arthur Bodansky
Amendment to tobacco tax aimed at loose leaf market
The House approved an amendment to the 1918 revenue law to create a market for natural loose leaf tobacco. It sets a tax of 7 cents per pound on retail tobacco and requires loose leaf leaf sold by growers to be packed in 6 9 12 15 and 8 ounce lots.
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Washington
House
Senate
Postmasters Seek Aerial Mail Field at Fort Des Moines
Town postmasters press for use of the Fort Des Moines field for aerial mail purposes after formally appealing to the War Department. If war department withholds hangars, Moines residents may need to provide facilities themselves.
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Averas
War Department
Ft. Des Moines
Moines
New Unified Phonetic Script Aims to Reform Chinese Writing
Mission workers push a 39 character phonetic system to replace the traditional brush and hieroglyphs in China. English developed script by Wangs Hao gains use on American typewriters. Pekin endorses steps to align written and spoken language to foster national unity and civilization.
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Wu Anghal
Ajit
China
England
Wangs Hao
Tewksbury
Shanghai
China Sunday School Union
Phonetic Emotion Committee
Pekin
Ministry of Education
High School Boys Form Overall Club to Cut Clothing Costs
More than fifty students joined an overall club begun yesterday led by Smith Brookhart. Boys wore plain overalls in several styles, while the movement reportedly draws interest from junior high students and even prompts girls to consider gingham dresses, with local stores rushing overall sales.
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Smith Brookhart
8. W. Brookhart
Jim Chilcote
Iowa towns vie for units as national guard expands
The War Department assigns Iowa two infantry regiments one cavalry regiment one artillery battalion one engineers battalion one field hospital and one ambulance company. Twenty towns seek infantry, seventeen seek cavalry, and Osceola’s troop is reorganized. Muscatine aims for cavalry or artillery, Red Oak will have infantry, Shenandoah and other towns begin infantry, Corning plans a company, Harlan gains federal infantry, Des Moines loses Company B of the 4th Infantry, leaving the capital with one supply unit in the Fourth Infantry.
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Hwa
Ntional Guard
War’ Department
Iowa
Muscatine Ia
Red Oak
Shenandoah
Hamberg
Leon
Clarinda
Villisca
Claude M. Stanley
Corning
Harlan
4Th Infantry
Des Moines
Christian Church Convention Opens Tonight
The district missionary convention of the Christian church begins this evening at 7 30 and continues tomorrow and Thursday. Fairfield church members perform a short missionary play and Rev. H. Neel of Davenport will give an address. Poor roads may reduce attendance.
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District Missionary Convention of the Christian Church
Fairfield Church
Ih. Neel
Davenport
Washouts Delay Rock Island and Burlington Trains
Heavy rains caused washouts on the Tilinéis division delaying Rock Island and Burlington trains. No. 29 from the east reached at 3:30 pm after a four hour+ delay. A bridge and fill near Crawfordsville washed away, threatening evening service. The Burlington freight and passenger were halted. Milwaukee line saw no delay. River levels high but not at flood stage. rainfall totals 2.25 inches since Saturday. weather warmer with southwest wind.
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Rock Island
Burlington
Crawfordsville
Winfield
cinderPark
Jrop
Milwaukee
Skunk
Brighton
Old Gentleman Enters University for Collegiate Course
A 70 year old man enrolls in a university collegiate program after deciding there is no future without a college education. He seeks renewed purpose and aims to gain knowledge to improve his prospects.
City Council Rejects Most Garbage Bids Pursues Cheaper Options
At the council meeting bids for street cleaning garbage collection and can collection were opened. Only the can collection bid by A L Hall at 67.5 cents per hour plus other bidders failed to meet expectations. Hall’s bid for garbage at 1050 dollars was accepted despite higher past costs. City may hire a city employee for cleaning and garbage work instead of contracting. An annual budget ordinance was approved. Councilman Maxwell, back from Florida, shared experiences.
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Charles Denison
R. R. Gordon
K. F. Scott
A. Hall
BE. P F. Scott
A. L. Hall
E. F
J. G. Maxwell
Jorida
Routh
Akron man held on possible Adena murder confession
Harry Miller of Akron Ohio was detained in Steubenville as police verify his claimed confession to killing Frances South eleven years old near Adena Ohio. He allegedly spoke during a Beach Bottom West Virginia revival, crying for mercy and admitting the crime to church members.
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Steubenville
Harry Miller
Akron
Ohio
Frances South
Adena
Miller
Beach Bottom
West Virginia
John Miller
Mercey
Stray Chelmsford Dog Saves Family From Fire
A stray dog in Chelmsford Massachusetts befriends a family and helps save them from a deadly house fire while they slept. The story also notes a historic banking feature aboard a liner named Lmuperator.
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Chelmsford
Mass
Bank of London
Presbyterians Plan General Meeting On New Era Budget
The Presbyterian church schedules a Wednesday 7 30 pm meeting to discuss the New Era Movement budget of 236 million dollars for the Interchurch Campaign. Rev A R Oates will explain allocation to mission boards and benevolent agencies. A joint session of deacons trustees and boards met last night to set committees and ready the campaign starting Sunday afternoon.
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New Era Movement
Interchurch
A. R. Oates
New World Movement campaign expands to India and Egypt
In Pittsburg on April 19, leaders of the United Presbyterian Church announce plans to extend the New World Movement to India and Egypt. Delegations may visit the Punjab and Sudan to organize intensive enlistment of workers and funds, mirroring the American drive.
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Pittsburgh
India
Egypt
New World Movement
United Presbyterian Church
Punjab
America
Howard S. Martin
Central Committee
Sudan
J. Mills Taylor
H. C. Campbell
J. M
White Lead Kills Cattle At Northwood Farm
Martin Severson lost nine head of two year old cattle after licking a barrel that had contained white lead. The barrel, once used for fish, sat outside his building and the cattle began to go mad and die. Severson estimates losses at about 450 dollars and cites a warning to other stock growers.
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Northwood
Martin Severson
Catte
Althoit
Fast train derailed by big washout near Marquette
A fast train derailed near Marquette Utah after a severe washout, injuring several passengers and prompting rescue teams to evacuate the site. Emergency crews set up a triage area as investigators examine track damage and weather conditions.
Strikers to Meet to Settle Strike Differences
Rock Island passenger train No 5 wrecked near Marquette after a cloud burst washed out track injuring several aboard. In Chicago the yard men's association called a meeting for tomorrow to attempt settlement of strike differences.
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Stvening Journal
Rock Island
Marquette
Evening Journal
Chicago
Men's Association
Gymnastic Exhibit at High School Tonight
Pupils from both boys and girls gym classes present a school gymnasium exhibit this evening at 7 o'clock. Admission is free and over 200 participants are listed. The program includes indoor baseball, club swinging, folk dances, dumbbell drills, and various athletic demonstrations across periods.
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Humston House
Indian Quinn estate valued at thirty million dollars
In India an estate left by Michael Quinn, valued around thirty million, traces to land given to Thomas Quinn by England for soldiering a century ago. Litigation has lasted fifty years in English courts. Expected heirs include Catherine Quinn and John Quinn of Ottumwa, plus A. E. Read with Quinn family ties.
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India
Michael Quinn
Thomas Quinn
England
Catherine Quinn
John Quinn
Ottumwa
A. E. Read
Montezuma
A Quinn
VLiis Want Column Fragment Found
A fragment from a newspaper column shows a request or note about a column titled VLiis Want Column with unclear context and missing details.
Prizes for Iowa youngsters in livestock contests
Winners in Iowa agricultural contests may earn a $45 trip to the National Live Stock Exposition in Chicago next December. Champions and near-champions in corn, sheep, poultry events will be judged by Town Star College staff, with prizes distributed by Mr Taft two weeks before the show.
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Chicago
Armour Ames
P. C. Taff
Iowa
G. L. Nobs
Armour
Farm Bureau
Poultry Esrow
Tax on Unmarried Paris Boosts Income Tax Rolls
The chief deputies voted a 25 percent surcharge on income tax for bachelors over years and for divorced persons with dependents. A 10 percent increase applies to those married two years but childless. War pensioners with 40 percent invalidity remain exempt.
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Paris
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State of
White Shrine
Phonetic Society
Ciathing PO School
Christian Church Convention
Harry Muller
Wes Ap
Presbyterians
Marquette, Ula., EN
Men's Association Tomorrow
Vliis
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