Serious blaze destroys Griffin hardware and Snyder store
Fire at Letts last night gutted the Griffin hardware and Snyder general store, with flames threatening the town’s business district. The blaze started in the Griffin basement around 5 pm from an engine backfire igniting oil soaked floors, then spread to Snyder & Ross. Fire crews saved 360 sacks of flour and moved valuables including books, a typewriter and adding machine. Estimated Griffin loss and insurance details are noted. Ross is linked to Snyder and local families named in the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Letts
Towa
Griffin Hardware and Implement
Snyder & Company General Merchandise
Griffin
City Electric Light
Snyder & Ross
Muscatine Fire Department
Snyder Company
Ross
Snyder
Ainsworth
Stephen Ross
W. T. Trotter
Report On Iowa Banks Shows Good Condition
Des Moines April 26. Total deposits in state banks and trust companies under the state banking commission were 705,487,819 at the close of business April 2. Loans and discounts totaled 648,850,601 with an average reserve of 16.7 percent. The statement notes the banking system remains good despite heavy money demands in the past two months, with deposits, bills payable and rediscounts and loans all rising since December 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
State Banking Commission
Low Minister Salaries Reveal Sharp Pay Gaps
Chicago April 26 The Interchurch World Movement survey shows American ministers average 937 dollars a year and over half earn less than the minimum wage. Chicago director R D P D Jen kins announces the findings. Less than one percent of clergy earn over 3000 dollars annually according to the survey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Interchurch World Movement
R Dpd
Jenkins
United States
Coliseh um Prepares for Methodist Meet in Des Moines
Coliseum work for the Methodist Episcopal general conference next month includes installing toilets and restrooms for bishops delegates and officers. Ben Segner and crew unpack special arm chairs and plan a light blue fabric ceiling and inverted bowl lights. A hallway will encircle the first floor to segregate booths used as offices during the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Ben Segner
Hong Kong Coal Price Slippage Noted at 32 Gold per Ton
A brief market note reports cheap soft coal selling around 32 gold per ton at Hong Kong markets. Trade observers cite limited supply and demand pressures amid regional energy concerns.
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Hong Kong
Union Service Boots Interchurch World Movement Drive
Last night a packed Methodist church hosted a union service for Washington congregations supporting the Interchurch World Movement fundraising drive. County Chairman Col D J Palmer led speakers from five churches as Dr W W Lowers and Rev A R Oates offered prayers and benediction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Church
Washington
Interchurch World Movement
D. J. Palmer
Harry Thomas
W. W. Lowers
Jeannette Lemley
Baptist Church
H. EB. Case
Presbyterian Church
A. R. Miller
C. W. McLaughlin
First United Presbyterian Church
D. D. Sherman
Second United Presbyterian Church
Inter Church Movement
Palmer
A. R. Oates
Customer Walks Through Show Window Accident
A furniture store report says a customer walked through a large plate glass window last Saturday evening. Owner J. McElhinney notes the bottom of the window is flush with the floor and his unusually clean display may have contributed to the mishap.
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J. §. McElhinney
Deserted father finds baby alone after wife abandons Iowa home
Albert Lightner returned to his locked house in Deserts Man and found his 17 month old child alone. A note from his wife said she was going to Indiana and took a trunk of clothes and a $42 wage check. He hopes she will return for the baby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Albert Lightner
Indiana
Lightner
Mrs John Wolfe Dies at County Hospital
Elizabeth D Wolfe widow of John Wolfe died Sunday at the county hospital after a series of strokes beginning last October. Funeral services will be private at Woodford chapel with Rev M R Regan. interment in Fin Grove cemetery. Surviving children include Joseph Wolfe Mra W G Nicola Thomas Wolfe and Charles Wolfe.
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Elizabeth D. Wolfe
John Wolfe
Woodford Chapel
M. R. Regan
The
Baptist Church
Fim Grove Cemetery
Elizabeth Dr. Marshall
Elias and
Rebecca (Buchanan) Marshall
Joplin
Washington
Mr. Wolfe
Joseph Wolfe
Brighton Township
Mra. W. G. Nicola
Worland
Wyo
Thomas Wolfe
Charles Wolfe
Oregon Township
Mra. Wolfe
Gould to Scan Charge in Paris Divorce Action
Edith Keily Gould filed a divorce suit in New York against Frank Jay Gould and Charles Gerson Loeb said the action was absurd and baseless. Papers granting the decree were reportedly served by the French sheriff with two detectives. The decree dated April 16 last year was affirmed after Mrs. Gould's appeal on December 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Edith Keily Gould
New York
Frank Jay Gould
Charles Gerson Loeb
Gould
Democrats Decide On County Ticket in Washington County
A county party leaders conference in Washington County outlined a likely slate for county offices. Emil J. Hesselechwerdt seeks county clerk, William Sutherland for representative, Walter Brown for supervisor, R. L. McCarty for sheriff, Roy Mapel for auditor, Dr. James B. Edgington for coroner, and W. P. Wells for hospital board. Recorder and treasurer selected later. nominations may shift before the May 7 filing deadline.
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Washington County
Democrats
Smade
Emil J. Hesselechwerdt
Kalona
William Sutherland
Walter Brown
Marion Township
R. L. McCarty
Roy. Mapel
James B. Edgington
W. P. Wells
Opening Band Concert Marks 1920 Season Start
The first band concert of the 1920 season will be heard next Saturday evening in Central Park. Regular weekly concerts resume and the band, larger and stronger, has rehearsed for weeks to please the audience in Washington and surrounding vicinity.
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Central Park
Bixeer
Washington
Former Riverside Citizen Dies at Washington Home
Shelton B. Hearing aged 72 died Sunday afternoon at his sister Mrs. R. D. Lemon’s home 733 East Washington after a stroke a week earlier. Born October 1 1847 in Perry county Ohio he moved to Riverside as a child and later lived in Washington with his mother three years. Survived by sisters Mrs. Lemon Miss Kate Hearing and Mrs. J H Billick of Severy Kansas. A Methodist member he attended services until hearing loss. Funeral Wednesday at 2 PM at the Lemon residence conducted by Dr. W W Bowers.
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Shelton B. Hearing
R. D. Lemon
East
Washington Street
Mr. Hearing
Perry County
Ohio
John
Matilda Hearing
Riverside
Washington
Lemon
Kate Hearing
J. H. Billick
Severy
Kansas
Methodist Church
Fraternal Aid Union
W. W. Bowers
Rockefeller denies ties to fashion line price changes
John D. Rockefeller Jr. asserts neither Rockefeller nor Sen ior affect fas eline pricing. The remark counters speculation about family influence on market fluctuations and keeps focus on independent supply and demand factors.
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Rockefeller
John D. Rockeffer, Jr
Government mail planes arrive in Iowa City for new service
Two government mail planes flown by pilot Smith and Dewahl landed in Iowa City carrying Supt. W. J. Chandless from Chicago to Omaha. They left for Omaha at 1:45 PM. Officials say planes are now available and regular daily service will begin in about ten days.
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Iowa City
Smith and
Dewahl
W. J. Chandless
Western Extension
Chicago
Omaha
War Work Admits Nurse as Citizen
Miss Gudrun Myrseth of East Claire Wisconsin, a trained nurse, was made a U S citizen at a district court session in St Paul Minnesota in recognition of war service. Though Norwegian, she enlisted as a nurse and spent a year in France tending wounded near the front.
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St. Paul
Minn
Gudrun Myrseth
East Claire
Wis
United States
District Court
Myrseth
France
Oregon Girl Wins County Spelling Contest
Isabelle Wolfe of Prairie Center school won first place after two hours of steady spelling among fifty contestants. Emma Heck, Paul Horack, Bernice Alea, Lester Thompson, and Anna Tellin followed in positions. Prizes ranged from one to four dollars with banners for top schools. The event featured new contest rules and an exhibit of rural school handiwork.
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Isabelle Wolfe
Wend
Charles Wolfe
Prairie Center School
Oregon Township
Emma Heck
Grand Prairie School
Jackson Township
Paul Horack
The
Center School
Bernice Brown
Alea
Jackson Center
Lester Thompson
No. 4
Washington Township
Anna Tellin
Firview
W. G. Robertson
Crawfordsville
Robertson
May Winter
Esther Woodburn
City’ Schools
Pleasant School
Franklin Township
Rubio School
Clay Township
Boys' Class Donates $60 to Armenian Orphans
The Second United Presbyterian Sabbath school class taught by Mrs. W A Cook completed a $60 pledge to support an Armenian orphan and paid the amount to Rev Arthur Oates who leads the county Armenian campaign. Nine boys aged 10 to 17, led by Lester Carson as president and Harold Jones as secretary, agreed last September to donate with plans to continue through next September.
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Second
United Presbyterian Sabbath School
W. A. Cook
Arthur Oates
Lester Carson
Harold Jones
Stop Profiteering In Cedar Rapids Arrest Over Sugar Rates
Cedar Rapids April 26 The federal government intervened in a profiteering case. James Palimania was arrested for selling sugar at 25 cents when rivals sold at 18 cents. Charged as alleged by United States District Attorney GO Counor.
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Cedar Rapids
James Palimania
Tie
United States
GO Counor
Congress of Action Urged by Labor Leader Gompers
Samuel Gompers derides the current Congress as a “Congress of Negation” and calls on about 4,000,000 AFL members to vote out lawmakers who support coercive measures. He demands an “action Congress” to lower living costs, repeal wartime laws, and enact constructive reforms for American citizenship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Organized Labor
Washington
Congress
United States
Samuel Goers
F Eration of Labor
Federationist
Gompers
Congress of
America
Pension Increases for Civil War Vets Pass Senate
The senate approved a house bill boosting civil war veterans pensions to 50 dollars monthly and widows’ pensions to 30 dollars. The measure was sent to conference to resolve differences with the house amid rising living costs.
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Washington
House
Frida
Senate
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Mrs. Roohant
Daily Mail Service
Goliath
Oregon
LINX
Muear Center
O'Connor
AR Ofl
Leads Fight
Samuel Gompers
Body
Congress of Action
Kansas Court of Industrial Relations
Ile
Bencan ES
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