Washington Musicians Reach State Finals in Iowa City
Three Washington high school groups the Boys Glee Club the Girls Trio and the 43 piece Band advanced from sub district and district contests to compete for state honors in Iowa City The Girls Trio performs Thursday at 1 30 with Homing To Sing the Songs of Araby and Within a Dreaming Harbor The Boys Glee Club sings preliminaries Friday at 9 30 with finals at 4 00 and the Band appears Saturday morning WSUI will broadcast the finals More than 25 000 students from 70 schools entered this year
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Washington
Iowa City
Girs
Ruth Mohr
Roberta Ross
Wilma Walker
Dorothy Masson
Miss Cartano
Teresa del Riego
Clay
Cook
WSUI
Sharp
Bantock
Geiel
Milburn A.mckay
Natural Science Wizard Solves Ancient Riddle in Waterbury
Waterbury's Lester Green, famed for nature finds, uses a mysterious curling fluid to bend wires into springs and to give his wife a lasting permanent wave. Discovered while butchered pig tails showed the liquid curls, he pivots to practical uses. His prior feats include guiding a stiff-necked woodchuck to bore a straight pipeline and placing chickens on stilts to keep them from getting lost.
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Waterbury, Conn
Lester Green
Waterbury Republican
Green
Keen
Rivals In 1925 Series II Lead
Washington and Pittsburgh faced off as the 1925 World Series rivals. Pirates surged to NL lead behind Paul Waner and Adam Comorosky while Washington rode a long win streak to dominance. Johnson steered the Senators as they erased a big deficit and climbed atop the league standings.
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New York
Washington
Pittsburgh
Pirates
New York Giants
Boston Red Sox
Senators
West
New York Yankees
Cubs
Buccaneers
Ferguson Announces Candidacy for County Board Seat
R C Ferguson declares intention to run for member of the Board of Supervisors for term starting January 1, 1931. The nomination hinges on Republican voters at the June primary. Public notice dates listed as April 15 to May 23 in a series of notices.
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Board of Supervisors
R. C. Ferguson
Sheriff Candidate Seeks Republican Voters in June Primaries
A Dayton West Chester candidate announces his bid for County Sheriff subject to Republican primary votes. Also note a West Chester Baptist church event for the senior class and an indication that the Washington band reached the finals, with only top groups advancing.
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West Chester
Ruth Vna Rush
Baptist Church
Senators Spirit Echoes of 1924 and 1925 Pennants
A compact note recalls the Washington Senators glory year frame from 1924 and 1925 pennant triumphs, highlighting enduring team pride, key players, and the era’s baseball mood without detailing game-by-game results.
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Senators
Major Leagues Today Matchups Planned Across Cities
Major League games feature Chicago visiting Detroit Cleveland at St Louis New York at Washington and Philadelphia traveling to Boston with several top teams on the schedule.
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Chicago
Detroit
Cleveland
St. Louis
New York
Washington
Philadelphia
Boston
Cleveland St. Louis
W. IL
Pete
Pittsburgh
Brooklyn
Neinnati
Cincinnati
Defenders' Society Formed At University Of Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania undergraduates plan a Defenders' society to promote Prohibition enforcement and cooperate with authorities to rid the campus of bootleggers, opposing the Cruse'ers, a wet group that appeared months earlier.
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Philadelphia
U.P
The
Defenders’ Society
University of Pennsylvania
Defenders
Cruse
Ers
Chapter 1 PLFE meeting scheduled with Mrs Chas Pauls
Chapter 1 PLFE plans a meeting with Mrs. Chas. Pauls on Thursday at 2 30 p m. in the hotel period details are brief and indicate an upcoming engagement between the two parties in a local setting.
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PLFE
Chas. Pauls
Hote
Tea shop deaths in Colombo linked to boiled cobra
Three customers at a Colombo tea shop died after drinking tea contaminated by a cobra boiled in the teapot. The snake reportedly entered the urn seeking water and could not escape before being boiled. A second brief item notes an aviation feature from England.
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Colombo
Air freighter lands at Croydon with incubator eggs
An air freighter arrived at Croydon Airdrome from the Continent carrying a consignment of incubator eggs. During the flight several chicks hatched, adding a small rural breakthrough to the delivery.
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Croydon Airdrome
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MAJOR
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Washington, Iowa
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Fnegland
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Marcy Lee
Manu
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