Presbyterian ladies bake sale at Washington Cleaners
The Presbyterian ladies will hold a sale of baked goods at the Washington Cleaners on Saturday April 28. Mr and Mrs Ernest Herr and their small daughter of Keota were shopping in Washington today. Have your suit tailor made at Schmoeller Bros Tailors Cleaning and Pressing.
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Presbyterian
Washington Cleaners
Rnest Herr
Keota
Washington
Schmoeller Bros
Byltiv
Mrs Alta Groves Returns From Florida Winter Visit
Mrs Alta Groves of Keota arrived from St. Petersburg Florida where she stayed with her son Howard Groves and his family. She notes a tourist boom there last winter and reports extreme cold. She mentions winter rents up to 100 dollars and summer rents sometimes free in exchange for property care.
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Alta Groves
Keota
St. Petersburg
Florida
Howard Groves
Chamber of Commerce
May 1st Clean-Up Week Begins Citywide
The city will start collecting tin cans Tuesday May 1 in the north part then move south. Cans must be in a container or not collected and no iron or wire will be taken. Remove ashes from back yards and keep the town clean.
Delegates Attend Presbyterian Endeavor Convention
Ten years ago today Hannah Jones and Myrtle Morrow traveled to Marengo as delegates of the Presbyterian Christian Endeavor to attend a convention yesterday.
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Hannah Jones
Myrtle Morrow
Marengo
Presbyterian Christian Endeavor
Root Beer Refresh at the Fountain
Step up to our fountain any time and tell the boys what you want. They can fix it up for you if anyone can. Have you tried our Root Beer lately.
Dr Wests Toothpaste Ad and Weather Note
An old advertisement touts Dr Wests toothpaste as a best brush for clean teeth and for children. The item lists GEO L. McDANIEL Druggist as seller and mentions hog sales at 10.60 dollars. Weather forecast shows fair tonight and Thursday with cool frost expected.
Keota Residents Travel Plans and Local Notes
M A Kite of Keota left for San Francisco after selling property here last spring and planning to reside there again. Mrs Ethel Hofmester returned to Chicago after visiting her mother and the Russel home. Mrs John Ramge, wintering with her son in Ida Grove, shopped in Washington and will visit Keota before returning home.
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M. A. Kite
Keota
San Francisco
California
Mr. Kite
Ethel Hofmester
Chicago
Emma White
D. C. Russel
John Ramge
Arthur
Ida Grove
Washington
M. Mack
Joe Fal
Rotary convention attendees and local visits noted
Local residents attended the Rotary convention in Iowa City and numerous townspeople shopped or visited relatives in town. The Easter services brought new members to the Frankford Presbyterian church, and Miss Eva Denny attended a librarians convention in Mount Pleasant with a review of ten books.
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Rotary
Iowa City
C. M. Keck
C. H. Pauls
Win Smouse
T. R. Phillips
Lloyd Morrison
Ed Hammer
Frank Carter
Leslie Eicher
Ralph Thompson
Glen Mace
Carl Jungbluth
H. H. Crawford
Frankford
Philadelphia
Crawford
Eva Denny
Mount Pleasant
Miss Denny
Classified items and a burglary report excerpt
A late classified fragment lists a rental ad and a lost brown glove with a return note to Journal, plus sale items including a brooder and incubator, followed by a suburban theatre safe blow up incident where a thug warns about drinking on the job to a coworker.
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Brown
Chicago
Yeggs
High School Band Plans Thursday Performance at Junior High
The high school band directed by Milburn McKay will perform at the Junior High assembly Thursday afternoon. The program includes Western World Overture, After Sunset Intermezzo, New Hartford March, Gala Night Overture, Just One Again, National Emblem March, Under the Double Eagle, and Campus Memories. Intermission features a cantata selection while students win praise for a varied roster. The day also notes the funeral of Mrs. Frank J. Skubal at St Marys Church in Riverside with pallbearers named and interment at Mt Olivet Cemetery.
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Milburn McKay
Chenette Wagner
Pryor
New Hartford
Myers
Chenette
Paul Ash
Ey Brown
Winifred Allen
Seredy
Frank J. Skuball
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Riverside
B. Jacobswmeier
Frank Florang
Fred Skubal
John Morgan
Pat Boyd
John Quinn
Newton Whetstine
Mt. Olivet Cemetery
Teer Bomb Back at Police in Washington Incident
Police repulsed by shotgun fire threw tear gas bombs to dislodge James W. Kinsley from his home. He returned the unexploded bombs, others threw them into a sewer. Kinsley surrendered after running out of ammunition and was held for observation.
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Washington
James W. Kinsley
Kinsley
Card of Thanks for a Dear Wife and Mother
F. J. Skubal and family express heartfelt gratitude to friends and relatives for support during illness and death of their wife and mother.
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F. J. Skubal
Shoppers From Rubio Ainsworth Haskins Out of Town Today
W. L. Brinning of Rubio, Mrs. L. A. Hayden of Ainsworth, Ellen Boyd of Haskins and Mrs. W. Co. Warrick with daughter Isabelle are out of town shoppers today.
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W. L. Brinning
Rubio
L. A. Hayden
Ainsworth
Ellen Boyd
Haskins
W. Co. Warrick
Isabelle
High wages ruin coal business, says Ohio mines executive
H. L. Findlay of the Youghiogheny and Ohio coal company told the Senate coal investigating committee that high wages demanded by the United Mine Workers and discriminatory freight rates have wiped out Ohio cox mines. He said West Virginia Virginia and Kentucky mines with non union labor and lower freight rates have captured most markets formerly held by Ohio Pennsylvania and Illinois producers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United Mine Workers of America
Interstate Commerce Commission
Ohio Cox Mines
H. L. Findlay
Youghiogheny and Ohio Coal Company
Cleveland
Senate Coal Investigating Committee
West Virginia
Virginia
Kentucky
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Illinois
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FOX
Army of Occupation
Universal Picture
Schmoeller Bros. Gurl
Knox Jersey
Wells & Crail
South Side Square
Iowa
Hans
the Wardrobe Cleaners
New York
LaFayette
France
A. E. Atchison
Dr. Wests
GEO. L. McDaniel Druggist
West End
Anderson
Markley
Henry Curl
Kansas
Mr. Curl
C. E. Buckley
Anson Brinton
Brighton
J. C. Rhea
Crawfordsville
Mae Chambers
Frank Longwell
Wayland
Walter Wood
S. A. Dickerson
Elliot Grayson
Ida Cavender
Fast Madison Street
Omaha
Keswick
Ralph McCreedy
Skubal
Harber
Globe. Sy
Parber
Grahass Theatre
Douglas MacLean
Pathe
Greenly Island
Bremen
Oriez & Speer
Wisie Long
Prop
Mary Goodlander
W. F. Stoutner
Drakesville
Goodlander
Enna Jettick Health Shoes
R. E. Lowe
Owen McGovern
Arnold
Dr. Scholl
J. A. Harwood & Son
THE
Mattel
Our
Libby
Farmer’s Cooperative Exchange
BEN Share
Jefferson St
U.S. Pat
John Shields & Sons
Speller
Washington, D. C
Klein
Earl Dickinson
Brighton Township
Des Moines
Earl
Klein Klothing KO
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