Washington county high school track meet set for Saturday
Announcement for the annual Washington county high school track and field meet to be held at the local athletic field on Saturday April 30. Invitations have been sent to Wellman Brigh ton West Chester Kalona Riverside Ainsworth and Crawfordsville with plans for seven county schools to compete in fifteen events. Preliminaries start at ten o clock with finals at 145 in the afternoon.
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Washington County
Wellman
Brighton
West Chester
Kalona
Riverside
Ainsworth
Crawfordsville
Washington
Washington Ore
Chester
Benny Ulin
Young Farmer Oscar Johnson Injured Near Pleasant Plain
Oscar Johnson an 8 year old farmer from near Pleasant Plain was brought to Washington county hospital at 3 15 this afternoon with severe injuries after slipping while pitching hay his abdomen struck a pitchfork handle and doctors planned an emergency operation to save his life.
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Oscar Johnson
Pleasant Plain
Washington County Hospital
Young Woman Born Here Weds in East
Violet V. Gannett 21, formerly of Washington Iowa now living in Allston Massachusetts, married John C. Dane 30 of Allston Massachusetts in a New York City chapel after obtaining a license. Deputy City Clerk J J McCormack performed the ceremony. Gannett is daughter of Joseph K and Dorothy Gannett. Dane is son of Harry L and Grace Dane.
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New York
Violet V. Gannett
Washington
Allston
Mass
John C. Dane
J. J. McCormack
Joseph K
Dorothy Gannett
Dane
Reading
Harry L
Grace Dane
Great War Ten Years Ago Today
American liner Mongolia sinks U boat with one shot. British admiralty reports 55 ships sunk by U boats in the week ending April 22 the greatest weekly toll since the unrestricted campaign began.
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Mongolia
British Admiralty
Bootlegging Faces Stronger Prosecution in Iowa Laws
Ida B. Wise Smith, president of the W C T U, said new Iowa laws end cross county bootlegging. Each arrest triggers fingerprinting and a state file of convictions, aiding grand juries. Second offenders now face higher fines and imprisonment.
Fruit crop weathered freeze. partial losses noted
Local authority H. E. Leeper reports after investigation that the freeze did not ruin the fruit crop. Apples and grapes largely spared, early varieties hit hardest. Strawberries, currents and later cherries show moderate losses, peaches severely damaged awaiting warmer weather.
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Leeper
Death of John P Nelson reported in Washington
John P. Nelson died at 12 35 Sunday afternoon at the county hospital after a week of illness. Born in Sweden November 25 1875 he came to the United States at age eight and lived in Stronghurst Illinois before moving to Washington in 1918. Survived by his widow Jennie G Swisher and son Herbert Rex, a mother and sister in Sweden. Funeral 2 30 Tuesday at L A Jones funeral home conducted by Dr W W Bowers. Burial Elm Grove cemetery.
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John P. Nelson
Mr. Nelson
Sweden
Stronghurst
Jennie G. Swisher
la Harpe
Ill
Baptist Church of Washington
L. A. Jones Funeral Home
W. W. Bowers
Elm Grove Cemetery
Nevada House Advances Broad Gambling Legalization Bill
Nevada House passes a measure to legalize wide open gambling and suggests creating a marriage license bureau in Reno as part of the proposal, per the Arkansas Gazette.
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Nevada
Reno
Arkansas Gazette
Coolidge Visits New York for United Press Dinner
President Coolidge and Mrs. Coolidge travel by special train to New York to speak at the Hotel Biltmore for the twentieth anniversary dinner of United Press. The event, attended by United Press executives, features Irving Cobb as a speaker and will be broadcast on WEAF WJZ and WGY.
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Washington
Dupont Circle
White House
Mrs. Coolidge
New York
President Coolidge
United Press
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Hotel Biltmore
Kark A. Bickel
United Press Associations
Coolidge Ws
Secretary of Commerce
Hoover
Mercy
Red Cross
Iowa delegation plans Chicago talks with Lowden
A group led by Governor Hammill will depart Thursday for Chicago to meet Frank Lowden about his presidential movement begun in Iowa. The trip hinges on Hammill’s schedule, with others including A. Gustafson Judge Rankin and Representative Saunders. They also aim to discuss farm relief legislation for the next Congress.
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Des Moines
Lpp
Rankin
Lee County
Saunders
Palo Alto
Ramsey McDonald Reported Improving After Hospital Stay
Ramsey McDonald leader of the British Labour Party and former prime minister spent a comfortable night and was said to be much better at Jefferson Hospital where he is confined with a sore throat and cold.
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Philadelphia
Ramsey McDonald
Labor Party
England
Jefferson Hospital
Burglars Loot Sorority House in Iowa City
Thieves ransacked a University of Iowa Kappa Kappa Delta sorority house while members attended a city party. They stole fifty dollars in cash a pearl necklace four fountain pens and jewelry according to chapter president Miss Amber Brush and guests Miss Bertha Roberts Miss Hazel Warren Miss Edith Burkett and Miss Dorothy Peterson.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Kappa Kappa Delta
Amber Brush
Chelsea
Bertha Roberts
Cedar Rapids
Hazel Warren
Indianola
Edith Burkett
West Liberty
Dorothy Peterson
Davenport
May 14 court scheduled by Judge Dewey in district matters
Last Saturday Judge Charles A. Dewey held civil and probate orders and set May 14 for hearings. Kalona Savings Bank v Kalona Clay Co et al asks for receiver appointment at 10 am. Grace Adell Wallace Stewart v Fred Stewart grants divorce. Other actions include trustee appointment for Estate of W H Cress, sale application for Estate of Charles A Johnson, and administration of Estate of James Clendenning with Mary Beggs named administratrix.
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Charles A. Dewey
H. F. Wagner
Sigourney
Dewey
Kalona Savings Bank
Kalona Clay Company
Protest Veto Of Bill By Hammill
County auditors and supervisors from about a dozen counties pressed Governor Hammill to reverse his veto of the McIntosh emergency levy bill. They say it would let troubled counties exceed the 6 mill general fund cap to meet bills. The governor defended the veto noting the measure would extend law and raise taxes. 35 counties are said to be interested. Representatives at the hearing included Madison, Dallas, Boone, Mitchell, Wapello, Appanoose, Monroe, Lucas, Franklin, Lee, Louisa, and Muscatine.
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Des Moines
McIntosh
Hadison
Dallas Boone
Mitchell
Wapello
Appan Oone
Monroe
Lucas
Franklin, Lee
Louisa
Muscatine
Moderate Sunday Weather Shifts in Iowa
Following a cold and wet week, Iowa Sunday enjoyed moderate temperatures with readings around 40s to 50s. Skies overcast threatened more rain while other parts of the state reported similarly warm conditions. Golfers and motorists enjoyed a brief respite as the spell eased.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Mercury
Red Cross Relief Director Opens Headquarters in Memphis
Memphis reports outline a vast flood relief effort as Harry M. Baker launches Red Cross headquarters to coordinate aid across eight states. Secretary Hoover joins to survey needs, with 110000 refugees, 70 known dead, and millions in area damage amid vaccination drives and railroad support.
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Red Cross Relief
Harry M. Baker
National Disaster
American Red Cross
Memphis
Baker
Herbert Hoover
Secretary of Commerce
Washington
Mississippi
Red Cross
America
Hoover
Edgar Jadwin
Army Engineers
Fieser
The
Tenn
Mississippi Valley
Henry M. Baker
Vicksburg
Miss
Arkansas
Washington Red Cross Sends First $100 for Flood Sufferers
President J Reade McCrory of the Washington county chapter forwarded 100 to St Louis for flood relief. Sixty five dollars came last week and the rest from the chapter treasury. Urgent telegrams urged rapid dispatch as 100000 refugees crowd camps and the crest not yet reached on the lower river.
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Greenville
Miss
Red Cross
Baker
J. Reade McCrory
Washington County
American Red Cross
St. Louis
Red Cross Treasury
McCrory
Coolidge
Washington
Horse evolution note from Ohio State Journal
The Ohio State Journal remarks that forty four million years ago the horse was tiny about cat size and much smaller than Nicodemus suggesting a possible return to smaller form as evolution proceeds.
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Nicodemus
Ohio State Journal
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Ida B. Wise Smith
42Nd
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Lowden
Bil
Hammill
Tan Levy
Memphis, Tenn
Louisiana
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Dave
Commerce Secretary
Commerce Department
New Orleans
Jadwin
Leland
Pauline Marshall
Lilton Goldstein
Goldstein
American Legion
Little Rock
Ark
Kelso
White River
George Ballew
John Tompkin
Augusta
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