Journal's Weekly News Review from Cedar Rapids Tribune
Ray Stewart publisher of the Cedar Rapids Tribune is seriously ill in Iowa City. Peter Wagaman 58 owner of Prairie City milling killed by a grinder accident. Ellen Rudebeck of Des Moines died after an automobile crash with drunken driver charged. Farmers Savings Bank of Corwith closed due to asset losses. Iowa primaries June 2 list 34 state 24 congressional 49 state senate and 249 general assembly candidates. Charlotte Moore 8 killed after stepping from bus into oncoming car. Dr H W Emney of Eldora released on $1000 bond on liquor charges. (Continued on Page 2) The page reviews Washington county Iowa and world happenings condensed from multiple sources for readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Stewart
The
Cedar Rapids Tribune
Iowa City
Iowa
Congress
Senate
General Assembly
Washington County
John Boereiter
Brighton
America
Germany
Washington
Ainsworth
Crawfordsville
Ernest Dean
Iowa Avenue
W. Stewart
D. W. Harvey
J. D. Palmer
Will Darbyshire
Des Moines
Southeastern Town District Missionary Convention
Christian Church
F. D. Kershner
Drake University
Golda Schulty
Williamsburgh
Women's Home Missionary Society
Queen Esther
First
Second United Presbyterian Churches
Interchurch World
County Board of Educators
Court House
Mass Death at Ohio Penitentiary Reported by Inquiry Board
A board of inquiry read charges that prison officials could have saved inmates after at least 317 men died late Monday in the Ohio penitentiary. The warden admitted no general precautions were taken at the facility as the investigation proceeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio Penitentiary
Board of Inquiry
Tiger Rose and Woman Racket Headline Fox Week
The Fox Theatre presents Tiger Rose starring Lupe Velez and Monte Blue on Monday and Tuesday. Woman Racket with Blanche Sweet and Tom Moore screens Wednesday. Thursday through Saturday features Happy Days with Charles Farrell and Janet Gaynor. Also shown are Seven Ways to Baldpate, Call of the West, and Applause in rotation.
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FOX Theatre
Tiger Rose
Lupe Water
Monte Blue
Hector Mace Collins
Hudson Bay Company
Loon River Post
Rose
Proce
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Tom Moore
Blanche Sweet
Will Hapnon
Trish
Bronx
Charles Farrell
Janet Gaynor
Mona
Frank Richardson
Sharon Lynn
Ann Pennington
Dixie Lee
Margeorie White
Richard Keene
Jack Smith
Rogers
Tiger Foxe
Lupe Velez
Grant Withers
H. B. Warner
Baldpate
George Cohan
Richard Dix
Dix
Beth Brown
America
Helen Morgan
Yang Jaan
Puller Willish
Villian
Henry Wadsworth
Jean Beers
Columbia
New York
Tueday
Mariam Seegar
Joan Peers
Fuller Millish, Jr
Dorothy Revier
Matt Moore
Washington 1920 News Briefs From April to April
A sweep of small items reports rail delays from washouts in Rock Island and Burlington lines, flooded fair grounds, and a county spelling contest with 25 to 30 schools represented. Other notes include school leadership changes, a gym exhibit, beautification efforts, tax totals, a plant exchange, and local deaths and events through April 26 1920.
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Rock Island
Burlington
Fair Grounds
Ferer
Kathryn Montgomery
R. G. Witmer
Washington High School
Corning
Iowa
Ada Wilson
FE. L. Whitford
Washington Improvement League
Ralph Bunce
George Breitenbach
Washington City
Second United Presbyterian Church
W. A. Cooke
Lester Carson
Harold Jones
Isabelle Wolfe
Charles Wolfe
Prairie Center School
Oregon Township
Emma Heck
Grand Prairie School
Paul Horack
Center School
Jackson Township
Bernice Brown
Jackson Center
Lester Thompson
Eve ning Journal buys Scofield property for new plant
The Eve ning Journal purchased the Scofield property just south of the Washington post office, including the Hamburger Inn and Jim Redd’s barber shop. The deal precedes construction of a modern publishing plant to increase space and efficiency, with plans starting immediately for summer completion.
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Scofield
Washington Post
The
Evening Journal
Hamburger Inn
Jim Redd
Journal Force
Dorothy Edmonds Word Spelling Dormer Game Card
A game instruction for Cihtddekem's Dormer 4. Players draw slips with words from a box and must spell as many related words as possible within a set time. The activity uses a captain’s cue GO to start and requires slips, paper, and pencils for each participant.
Unsigned Play Ends With Angest List Winner
The contest ends when the timer expires and the contestant who has made the angest list is declared winner. The provided words serve only as suggestions for use in the performance.
The Weather Man and the Umbrellas Tale
A village tale follows a Weather Man who tends two magic umbrellas marked Sunshine and Rain. When he quits to test life without weather the crowd realizes they need guidance, and children sing that contentment comes from whatever weather they receive.
Weather Man Promises Umbrellas To Children
The tired weather man swifts and gives umbrellas to children to carry back to the tower. He urges they tire the weather to suit beast and man, showing how to pass sunshine umbrellas through the roof and make the weather sunny, prompting relief and a vow not to complain again.
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Mary Lawrence Veyte
Washington county democrats field full slate
Anita Tellin of Fairview notes that Democrats in Washington county will present a practically complete ticket this year. A sufficient number of men have enlisted for the mustering in of troop D and Washingtons troop in the Iowa cavalry will be sworn into state service Thursday evening.
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Anita Tellin
Fairview
Washington County
Washington
Iowa Cavalry
Des Moines Hosts State Epidermists and Drake Relays Opening
Epidermists from all sections of the State gathered in Des Moines for a two day conven tion. The Drake Relays opened Friday with athletes from 173 American universities colleges and high schools. Weather was fair and favorable. John Lingo 81 a major Iowa landowner and wealthy citizen died at his home in Essex Thursday. He settled in Iowa in 1878.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence C. Payne
Ainsworth
Payne
Iowa- Illinois Telephone Company
Miles Payne
Wayland
Aiansworth
Finley Chapel
Jones Funeral Home
William Robert Watkins
Harry Watkins
Helen Tucker
Des Moines
John Lingo
Iowa
Essex Thursday
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the Journal
State News Review
Peter D. Wagaman
Prairie City Milling Company
Wien
Ellen Rudebeck
Deas Moines
Farmers Savings Bank
Corwith
Hragen
Charlotte Moore
Clinton
H. W. Emney
Eldora
Elizabeth
Duke and Duchess of York
George
Mary of England
Mandan
N. D
Hoover
Farmers and Merchants Bank
Rich and Center
Wis
Wisconsin
George Purnell
Guadalajara
Mex
Dave Harris
Gunnison Miss
Federal Grand Jury
Jack Dempsey
Africa
George F. Goetz
Chicago
Southern Pacific
Canby
Ore
L. M Woolson
Packard Motor Car Company
Detroit
Attica
N. Y
London
Stimson
Ohio Prison
Prise
India
St. Vincent
Ponta Delgada
Deixar
Anna Stillwell
Salem
Edna Mussolini
Benito Musolini
Premeir
Italy
Galezzo Ciano
Graham News
H. M. Davis
Trade Slogan Committee
A. J. Morean
Williams Creek
West Chester
Monmouth College
New World Movement
U. P
Pollock Wallace
Alberson
F. A. Heinzman
Los Angeles
Cal
What Cheer
Elizabeth Wolfe
W. C. Williamson
Monmouth
First United Presbyterian Church
Bethlehem
United Presbyterian Church
Methodists
United Presbyterians
Apri
Cloyce Bogle
Long Beach
Graham Hamilton
Maurine McLaughlin
John Applegate
Chalmers Fulton
M. N. Williamen
Lawrence McKune
Priscilla Morrison
Ogle Teets
Wendall Booth
Oneita Griggs
Alice McDaniel
Marguerita Williams
Carleton Lytle
Ralph Kleese
Lucile Ross
Stanley Baird
Frank Jackson
J. E. Lemmon
W. P. Wells
William McClelland
Elm Grove Cemetery
William Glen Green
Glen A. Green
Soutthwest
L. A Jones
Wapsie Y
Central City
John Hammill
Columbia University
Lydia C. Roberts
Barbara Miller
Eunice Mary Acheson
Teachers ‘College
George Dowell
Washington Junior College
Bloomfield Fellows
John
Victor Westphal
Carlton Lytle
Don Benz
Rotary Club
Washington High School Boys’ Glee Club
Blanche Gordon
Miss Gordon
Journal
Jones ‘Funeral Home
Jay Brown
Tiday
Washington Boys
Amos DeMolay
Howard Benn
Orval Korf
Donald Bens
William Shannon
Bob Stutsman
Geroge Jones
Harold Ahrens
Dave Fulton
Henry Caris
Lloyd Helwick
Robert Minick
Charles Grayson
Gale Fisher
Cloyd Garrett
John Westphal
Daryl Thomas
Clyde Fisher
Harold Montgomiery
J. Hartley Manners
Harvey Counter
Berne Enslin
Rolland Benson
George Jones
Ruth Stewart
Charlotte Campbell
Barbara Cuddy
Leona Parcell
Dorothy Masson
Mae Mangold
Arthur Taylor
Frank M. Hopping
Cora
Mabel
Clark
Lloyd
Edna Geret
Riverside
Eureka Church
A. W. Henke
Dorothy Edmonds
Wn Renrestkin
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