Ex service men urged to file compensation and training claims
Washington ex service men have a few days to file for compensation and vocational training. Red Cross bulletins warn that the August 9 deadline applies to claims by those discharged before August 9 1921 and to disability certificates. Other groups have deadlines extending to 1923 for compensation. Vocational training applications must be in by December 16.
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Washington
Red Cross
American Legion
United States Veterans’ Bureau
Sip
Sigourney Keota baseball game set for Sept 12 here
L A Jones of the Sixth District Funeral Directors Association arranged a September 12 game between Sigourney and Keota here as part of the district convention entertainments. Gate receipts go 60 percent to the winners and 40 percent to the losers with general admission. Sigourney leads the series 3 to 1 after a 7 to 1 win at Sigourney yesterday.
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L. A. Jones
Iowa
Keota
Sigourney
Keotans
September term jury drawn for district court
County officials selected a panel of fifty prospective jurors for the September term of district court. The list includes forty one men and nine women from multiple townships and wards, with Judge W Hamilton of Grinnell presiding.
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Washington Wards
Town
Lime Creek Township
Highland
Clay
Marion
Washington Township
Richmond
Jackson
West Chester
Crawford
Dutch Creek
Oregon
Brighton Township
Kalona
Seventysix
Cedar
Dr. W. Hamilton
Grinnell
Arthur
Lulu
Washington
Helka
Jos
Kalona Barnes
Henry
Rubio Prooks
Gertrude
Ales
Roscoe
Birka
Cyrus
Rover
Fred
Riverside Boyd
Ralph
Ainsworth Conrad
J. A
Way
Wellman Henn
B. C
Wellman Havel
John
Ainsworth Hoppengardner
George
Hagie
Eliza
Crawfordsville
Hughes
Oscar
Ingham
Eugene
Brighton
Jaynes
Matt
Wellman Keifer
Anton
Kalona Klein
Riverside
Kupka
Lynn
Clarence
Keota McCleary
Mina
Meeks
Mrs
Thompson Sells Shoe Store to Washington Shoe Company
Charles Thompson sells the Thompson Boot Shop on the east square to local investors. Verne Jackson will manage the Washington Shoe Company with plans to expand local trade. Thompson assists temporarily while he recovers from appendicitis and rests. Frank Clark stays, aiding the transition as Will Weidner had been his partner.
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Charles Thompson
Thompson
Verne Jackson
Jackson
Washington Shoe Company
Mr. Thompson
Frank Clark
East Side
Will Weidner
Notable Names Listed in Washington Weekly
A list features individuals such as Guy Stumpf Edgar Snavely C R Ainsworth Squire Washington Stearns F C Wellman Tipton Gertrude Wolfe Walter Riverside Chas Wood Washington Woods John Washington Fred Washington Woodburn L F Washington Vinton Edgar Washington and others.
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Stumpf
Guy
Washington
Stearns
C. R
Ainsworth
Squire
Edgar
Snavely
F. C
Wellman
Convention Called Off by Iowa Police Chiefs
Des Moines August 7 The railroad strike situation forces Iowa police chiefs to cancel their state convention set for August 8 9 and 10 Indefinite postponement announced by William Kelley president of the Association of Chief of Police
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Des Moines
Iowa
William Kelley
Association of Chief of Police
Opportunity and the time trap in daily life
A meditation on how excuses like I haven’t got time block action. Opportunity seeks a willing person while busy indolence and fear of effort prevail. The piece argues the habit of saying no to duties reveals a deeper laziness and urges decisive action.
Langworthy Leaves Washington for Rose Hill Seed Firm
L D Langworthy resigns as secretary of Jows Clay Products after two years and moves to Rose Hill New York to become general manager of the Millis seed house. He and his family will relocate to Marcellus near Syracuse. Mills Seed Company expands under Mills and sons with annual catalogues totaling 500000.
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L. D. Langworthy
Jows Clay Products Company
Farmers and Merchante Bank
Rose Hill
N. Y
Millis
H H. Shellabarger
Langworthy
Clay Products Company
Mr. Langworthy
Washington
Mills Seed Company
Mills
Bruns Seed Company
New York
Millis Company
Florida
Mra. Longworthy
Frank
Marcellus
Syracuse
Blue Lodge
Presbyterian Church
Give Away More Than 700 Ice Cream Cones
Ed Hartman manager of Hartman Ice Cream factory reports 705 advertisements collected as of today from readers who clipped the paper offer to receive free cones. The activity followed a paving disruption on East South Avenue that isolated the plant from traffic and then restored access. D B Graber of Wyman visited on Saturday.
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Ed Hartman
Hartman Ice Cream Factory
Hartman
East Sth
Washington Loses to Kalona in 11 Innings
The Washington baseball team organized by Rodney Arnold fell 3 to 2 to Kalona in 11 innings at Kalona. Little held Kalona to one hit through seven, but two hits and an error produced two Kalona runs to force the extra frames. Kalona won on a pair of hits in the eleventh. Stebbins pitched for Kalona and Little pitched well for Washington.
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Rodney Arnold
Kalona
Kalonaites
Little
Katona
Stebbins
Muscatine
Washington
Boy Hurt in Railway Accident at Fairfield
Washington readers report a railway accident in Fairfield injuring several boys aboard a Rock Island gondola car loaded with heavy sheets. Two or three reportedly lost a finger or toe but later accounts say injuries were not as severe as feared. Early today Lieut. Char Messett was shot in the thigh at the Fairfield armory when a gun discharged accidentally while the Iowa National Guard preparations were being readied for Des Moines.
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Washington
Fairfield
Rock Island
Char Messett
13Rd Infantry
Fairff
Claude Kerr
Iowa National Guard
Des Moines
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Eddyville
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Mr. Maloy
Mr. Coats
Vate
Court House
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Buick
Flint
Michigan
Ash
Tucker & Eicher
Washington, Iowa
Chas. Thompson
Ager OF Business For New
Opportunity
W. OS. Reister
Graber
Wyman
Napshots
Phillips Drug Store
Kodak Store
Evening Journal
Effie Knowels
East Third St
Green
Inquire Journal
Columbus Junction Fair
A. Layton
Whitney Crabs
Mutual
Glen A. Punean
Broom and Bath
Inquire Journal Office
Wehr
Weat
Chester
Crandall
North Avenue
Lloyd W. Martis
Plymouth Rock
North Second Aven
Inquire Journal of
Columbus Junction
Finder
Journal Office
Aste
Farmers & Merchants State Bank the Bank
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