Adjutant Baxter to Assume Red Cross Relief Duties
Howard Baxter adjutant of Leon Beatty post of the American Legion will take charge of relief work for veterans previously handled by the local Red Cross. He will access Red Cross records from the Baxter fuel and grain office and work mainly in the evenings at Legion headquarters. Lydia Bicher has managed hundreds of veteran aid cases and will remain until next week to help transition duties.
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Leon Beatty
American Legion
Red Cross
Lydia Bicher
Althe
Baxter Fuel and Grain
Legion
Baxter
Death of Mrs Odessa Null in Denver
Mrs Kathryn Berdo Null records telegram announcing the sudden death of her mother in law Mrs Odessa Null of Denver Cole. Mrs Null and her mother Mrs T J Berdo left by morning train for Denver to attend the funeral.
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Null
Denver
Kathryn Berdo Null
Odessa Null
Denver Cole
Kathryn Null
T. J. Berdo
Denver T
Notice for 1921 season special care at Woodlawn Lots
Residents desiring special care for their Woodlawn lots in the 1921 season must notify Mrs J B Craft. The charge is 2.90 for the screen. Work is overseen by a committee of the Washington Improvement League including Mrs J B Crail Mrs Henry Eicher and Mrs Manton Hebner.
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Woodlawn
J. B. Craft
Washington Improvement League
J. B. Crail
Henry Eicher
Manton Hebner
Truth and Love Forever Young Insight
A reflective aphorism ties truth and love to perpetual youth, noting their essence and the natural constraint that they cannot always appear so, attributed to George William Curtis.
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George William Curtis
Ainsworth Case Settled Today
A dispute over garbage disposal in Ainsworth was settled out of court this morning. W C White was dismissed and street commissioner D Ross pled guilty to a minor technical violation, paying a nominal fine and costs. The case centered on dumping grounds east of town and tainted water carried by Long Creek to nearby farms.
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W. C. White
D. Ross
Ross
T. A. Michels
White
Long Creek
Hoth Defendents
American Legion to Raise Charity Money
The American Legion plans to raise funds for disabled soldiers and sailors at Knoxville and Oakdate by presenting the film The Rookie's Re corn. The moving picture is advertised as a profitable venture for the relief effort and appears in today’s Journal.
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American Legion
Knoxville
Oakdate
Legion
Sleeping furniture through ancient to early modern times
The text traces sleeping accommodations from ekins and rush beds to feathered mattresses. It notes Romans introduced feathers, and credits Heliogabalus in 218 B C with using cushions. beds became widespread in the sixteenth century.
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Heliogabalus
B.C
Dont Park Your Machines At Curb
The city plans a curbside parking crackdown to reduce long parked cars along sidewalks in Washington. Cars block traffic hinder store customers and raise accident risk especially on residential streets and narrow avenues. Fire department veteran R H McCarty notes curb cars could delay fire apparatus and cause collisions if headlights blind operators.
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Washington
R. H. McCarty
Fire Department
Mre
South Town Avenue
Mason and Commandery Schedule For Week
Washington Lodge No 26 prepares for the Second degree for three candidates Eric Grayson W M Bethlehem Commandery No 45 confers the Order of the Temple on Sir Knight G B Kerr E C Friday includes Masters degree for one candidate with refreshments. Elliott Grayson and Miss Cora Masson are noted in town events.
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Eritt Grayson
W. M. Bethlehem Commandery No
Order of the Temple
Elliot Grayson
W. M
Booze Salesman Flees as Deputy Pursues Bootlegger
Deputy Sheriff Sweet nabbed a bootlegging suspect at the Congress Hotel early this morning. The man escaped into the Rock Island depot area then vanished on Grayson lawn near east Ord street, with confiscated liquor and offers of bribes observed.
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Sweet
Congress Hotel
Rock Island
Grayson Lawn
East Ord Street
Baxter
Wapello
Story hour delights Chilcote Library children
Thirty one children attended the afternoon story hour at the Chilcote Library. Mrs. Keeley read Bear Story and a health tale, while Mise Beulah Kerr presented two nature stories How the Robin Got Its Red Breast and The Little Brown Thrush to eager listeners.
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Chilcote
No Change in Markets for Monday
Sunny Slope reports markets unchanged for Monday with reader poems praised as pleasing to many.
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Sunny Slope
Community band concerts face funding doubt in Central Park
A local note questions whether a Central Park band concert opening next week will occur this year. Finances are uncertain as business leaders hesitate to fund as in past years. A proposed band committee with members from major clubs would finance and collect funds to support Washington’s strong musical group.
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Central Park
Commercial Club
Rotary Club
Advertising Club
Washington Improvement League
City Council
Washington
Community Announcements From Local Clubs And Societies
Ainsworth high school orchestra plans a Bethel church concert northeast of Washington on May 6 at 8 p.m. Pleasant Plain Missionary Society meets with Mrs Ezra Smith on May 4 for an all day session. Sunshine Mission holds 4:15 p.m. prayer and praise at Mrs Ed Jackson’s East Washington Street home tomorrow. D A R meets with Mrs W R Mount May 1 at 2:30 p.m. Officer election and report of the national continental congress due. full attendance requested. Fortnightly club music dept meets at Mrs Ab Anderson’s Monday evening for final business and social hour. Sunshine Mission holds prayer service at Mrs C W Busby’s 608 East Washington Street Saturday evening. all welcome. Pythian Sisters P D G C Mrs Pooler to inspect Washington Temple Tuesday evening May 3. those not yet received should attend if possible. social hour and refreshments to follow. M of R and CC note 63514.
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Ed Jackson
E. Washington St
W. R. Mount
National Continental Congress
Ab Anderson
C. W. Busby
E. Washington Street
Pooler
Washington Temple
M. of
Ill Patton Not Improving at Ft Lyons Naval Hospital
Word reports Donald Patton remains ill and not improving while hospitalized at the naval facility in Ft Lyons Colorado.
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Donald Patton
Naval
Ft. Lyons
Colorado
Montana board member vows to refuse poll tax over spinsters
William Atzinger, a 35 year old Montana state fair board director, tells Chouteau county assessor he will refuse paying the $3 bachelor poll tax. He blames spinsters for his singleness and says he will not marry to avoid jail, calling the tax class legislation.
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Great Falls
Mont
William ‘Atzinger
Montana State Fair
Chouteau County
Lord Mayor Urged to Deliver Numerous Public Speeches
The lord mayor of London is urged to deliver about a thousand public speeches in a year, highlighting the expectation of frequent ceremonial or civic addresses and the burden of public speaking duties on city leadership.
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London
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