Advertising Club birthday celebration to mark fourth year
The Advertising Club will celebrate its fourth anniversary next Tuesday evening with guest delegates from Fairfield Mastine and other cities. Wives of members will attend and a dinner will be served by Baptist ladies followed by a speaking program with music and other numbers. An expected seventy five attendees will join in the festivities. A British lord has a lion named Laury.
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Advertising Club
Ad Club
Fairfield
Masestine
Baptist Church
Harry Baird Returns to Lead Auto Painting at Brown
The item notes the welcome return of Harry Baird to Washington to head the painting department at C. V. Brown Auto Body and Top Works after a busy summer. It recalls Baird’s early training in Burlington Iowa and mentions his prior work with Brown. It also references The Social Service Council of Canada and its aim to coordinate provincial movie censors nationwide to condemn objectionable pictures.
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Washington
Harry Baird
Baird
C. V. Brown
Bennett & Frantz
Burlington
Iowa
Brown
Social Service Council of Canada
Dominion
Five Year Old Boy Killed by Car on South Iowa Avenue
A coroner's inquest finds Billy Peterson died after being struck by a Ford driven by Herbert Foss on South Iowa Avenue. Witnesses testified Foss was going 10 to 15 mph, stopped 12 to 18 feet away, and was not criminally responsible. Funeral services set for Sunday at the Methodist church.
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South IA
Billy Peterson
Herbert Foss
Iowa Avenue
G. W. Hay
Ahay Foss
Albert L. Taylor
H. F. Masson
Frances Burch
W. C. Graves
J. C. Ford
W. €. Graves
Marguerite Burch
Viol. Burch
T. A. Michels
Charles Denison
A. N. Alberson
Foss
Albert Taylor
Paddy Burns
Ried
Masson
Graves
Buy
Little Billy
Walter Peterson
Billy
Peterson
Andy Peterson
Will Taylor
Methodist
W. W. Bowers
Elm Grove Cemetery
Christian Church Builds Auction Totaling Funds
The Christian church and parsonage sold at auction yesterday afternoon bringing 6 055 dollars for repairs and purchase. The former Methodist church and manse were bought by Christians for 16 060 dollars. W W McFarland bought the church and lot for 3 000 dollars and Richard Johnson took the parsonage for 3 055 dollars. A new fireproof shingle roof is being installed on the old Methodist building with most work by Christian volunteers.
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Christian Church
W. W. McFarland
Richard Johnson
Notice for Special Lot Care by Woodlawn Owners
Woodlawn Owners desiring special care for their lots during the 1921 season should notify Mrs. J. B. Crail. The charge for the season is $2.00. Work supervised by a committee of the Washington Improvement League including Mrs. J. B. Crail Mrs. Henry Eicher and Mrs. Manton Hebner.
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J. B. Crail
Washington Improvement League
Henry Eicher
Manton Hebner
Washington Butter Ad Offers Limited Stock Tomorrow
Harold Hays urges action on a Washington Butter sale claiming it hurts to miss the bargain. The ad promises butter at thirty five cents a pound with eight hundred pounds available at the station and local grocery stores.
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Harold Hays
Washington
Ford Overturns Injuring Clyde Lamb Near Roy Daw Son Farm
Two workers on the Roy Daw son farm near the Brighton road were in a Thursday afternoon crash. Clyde Lamb suffered head and abdomen injuries and lost consciousness for hours. Charles Kearby escaped harm. A quick steering turn caused the overturn. The car was not severely damaged. A separate West Main collision between Frank McClellan’s Ford and a Studebaker from Oskaloosa near the courthouse caused minor injuries to George Ross and McClellan's passenger.
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Clyde Lamb
Charles Kearby
Roy Dawson
Town
Roy Schiebel
Brighton Road
Kearby
Lamb
Dawson Home
West Main
Frank McClellan
Ford
Studebaker
Oskaloosa
West Main Street
Court House
George Ross
McClellan
Washington High to Contest Parsons College Meet
Coach Dickinson will lead about twenty Washington high school athletes to Fairfield for the annual Parsons college invitation track meet. Preliminaries run before noon with the afternoon program starting at 1 30. Some twenty to thirty schools are expected to compete, including southeastern Iowa leaders, and Washington hopes to win medals.
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Dickinson
Fairfield
Washington High School
Parsons College
Iowa
Washington
Story Hour at Chilcote Library Teaches Tales
The Chilcote Library hosts a story hour tomorrow from one to two o'clock for children. Mrs. W. M. Keeley and Miss Beulah Kerr will tell stories and plan to relate interesting tales.
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Chilcote Library
W. M. Keeley
Beulah Kerr
Crawfordsville News Notes and Church Events
Mrs M B Graham returns from Dallas City and Carthage visits. A son born to Mr and Mrs C C Sommer Wednesday night. No church service Sunday at United Presbyterian due to Rev G W Hanna's absence. canvass planned 2 to 4 pm. Young People's program filled the night with solos, readings, and a debate on immigration.
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Crawfordsville
M. B. Graham
Dallas City
Carthage
C. C. Sommer
United Presbyterian Church
G. W. Hanna
Young People’s Society
Doris Maxwell
Margaret Davidson
Violet Twinam
Marjorie Hanna
Florence Holmes
Talma Clark
Gerald Rhea
Frank Hamlito
Lee Hanna
Davidson
Henry Frederickson
Margaret Wal
How Man Spends His Time Reveals Averages
A French statistician analyzes time use by age 30 and estimates averages: about 6000 days slept, 6 000 days worked, 6 000 days walked, 4 000 days amused, 1 500 days eating, and remaining days for other activities.
French Claim to Mont Blanc Sparks Department Rename
A French campaign aims to rename Haute Savoie to Department du Mont Blanc to reflect Mont Blanc’s French majority location. The note recalls Chamonix as the common base for ascents and highlights local annoyance at Swiss misattribution.
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Mont Blanc
France
Chamonix
Haute-Savoie
Switzerland
Department de la Haute- Savoie
Department du Mout Blane
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Laury
Baltimore Sun
Ened Ward's
H. I. Ward & Co
Farmers & Merchants
State Bank
Elisabeth Finlay
Beatrice Case
Ida Harmon
Doctor
Owa Gas & Electric Co
Woodlawn
Reister & Sons
Little & Pratt Transfer Co
Sherm Welch
Karl Little
Len
United States
Karl Ferguson
Frank Gault
Aretha Holmes
Bruce McCleary
Alice Hesseltine
Glen Duncan
Grahams
Evening Journal
The
Journal
W. W. McFarlane
Frank Godfrey
James Turner
J. M. Goodwin
South Second St
Bine
J. Leonard
Civil Service Examiner
Equitable Bidg
Washington, D. C
Second St
Graham Theatre
Care Journal
Colenso Hotel
Batt
Ralph Hesseltine
Bruns Seed Store
I For Sale
Jackson
Washington Beauty Tomato
W. H. Butterfield
C. C. Rothlisberger
A. B. Carr
Wes Engel
Studebaker Garake
J. O. Matthews
J. H. Baird
Poorman
Car Gardner
Shepard
S. C
Lincoln School
Porter's Pasture
N. W. Washington
Journal Office
John Nickerson
Europe
Great Britain
Belgium
Italy
Scotland
L. D. Henderson
Harry White
Solomon White
Mr. White
J. M. Rees
J. A. Moorhead
Henry McCoy
Ottumwa
Mra
J. B. McCoy
White Way
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