Chautauqua Opens Tuesday With Noted Lecturers
Four days remain to buy season tickets for the Washington chautauqua opening Tuesday evening August 12. Tickets are sold at the Commercial Savings bank Washington National bank and Washington Loan and Trust office. Hugh MecCleery leads publicity as booklets are distributed. President Dr W W Bowers speaks and Laurant the magician performs in the opening program amid high interest and expected large attendance.
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Washington Chautauqua Assembly
Commerceial Savings Bank
Washington National Bank
Washington Loan and Trust Company
Hugh MecCleery
Chautauqua
Nya Tolstoy
W. N. Ferris
W. W. Bowers
Laurant
Magician
Samson Car Damaged In Downtown Collision
Samson's Ford was damaged in a collision at the southeast corner of the square in front of Klein Clothing Company's store this afternoon. He was proceeding from the event when another car from the east struck the left side, breaking a light and the steering gear. The other vehicle fled the scene. its license could not be traced as it lacked an Iowa plate. The Samson car is undergoing repairs at the garage.
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Samson
Klein Klothing Kompany
Iowa
Expression of Thanks from Mr and Mrs Ollie Blake
The Blake family thanks friends and neighbors for the floral offerings and words of sympathy and comfort extended during their time of extreme sorrow.
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Journal
Ollie Blake
Spunky Girl Around the Corner Disposes on Her Own
A fragmented line suggests a man proposes a plan while a resourceful nearby woman completes the action on her own. The wording hints at a crime or payoff scenario with a female actor taking control independently.
Kalona Woman Visits Washington Today
Mrs Ivo Grady of Kalona drove to Washington for a visit presenting a personal trip report and planned meetings with officials during the day.
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Mra
Ivo Grady of
Kalona
Washington
Work Purchases Taylor's Insurance Agency in Washington
J A Work has purchased the J M Taylor Insurance agency and will move all operations to his office in Farmers and Merchants Bank building. The combined Work agency merges Ashby & Work and J A Morton and J M Taylor agencies, creating a large exclusive insurer in the region. Taylor has run the fire insurance business in Washington for years but is retiring from active work due to health.
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J. A. Work
J. M. Taylor Insurance Agency
Farmers and Merchants Bank
Ashby & Work
J. A. Morton
J. M. Taylor
Taylor
Washington
Dangerous Say It With Sowers and Standish
A brief literary muse contrasts the phrase sowers with a caution against proxy payments, invoking Miles Standish and John Alden as enduring historical echoes of steadfast principle.
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Miles Standish
John Alden
Marriage of Miss Carolyn Colthurst and Mr Raymond Pratt
At 12 o clock noon August 6 1924 in Chicago Illinois the marriage joined Miss Carolyn Mae Colthurst of Ainsworth and Mr Raymond Gerald Pratt of Waterloo. The ceremony was performed by Dr Gibson at Woodlawn Presbyterian Church. The bride wore navy blue imported Georgette trimmed in silver. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs J L Colthurst and formerly taught Latin at West High Waterloo after graduating from Monmouth College and earning a masters from the University of Chicago. The groom a Waterloo businessman owns an interest in Waterloo Auto and Supply Company and studied mechanical engineering in Chicago. They left Chicago for Niagara Falls and will tour the New England states and travel to New York Philadelphia Baltimore and Washington DC with relatives afterward.
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Chicago
Carolyn Mae Colthart
Ainsworth
Raymond Gerald Pratt
Waterton
Gibson
Woodlawn
Presbyterian Church of
Minas Colthhurst
Monmouth College
University of Chicago
West High
Waterloo
Waterloo Auto and Supple Company
Meningitis Takes Lad of 17 Years
Private burial services were held for Stanley Coon 17 who died in Cedar Rapids from spinal meningitis. The Cedar Rapids funeral was private with a later private interment in Ainsworth under public health rules. He was the eldest child of Mr. and Mrs. Lindley Coon and is survived by two sisters Wilma and Ruth.
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Ainsworth
Stanley Coon
Lindley Coon
Cedar Rapids
Sidney Coon
Haskins
8. C. Pearson
Washington County
Stanley
Wilma
Ruth Coon
Textile Shipments From Germany Rebound to Prewar Level
Cologne reports German textile exports to the United States nearly back to prewar volume. Fabrics and dress materials lead shipments, with orders often placed by mail or telegraph. Delays stem from wartime factory stoppages and earlier occupation effects, as U.S. demand sustains higher prices and allows imports to bear greater costs.
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Cologne
United States
Crefeld
Elberfeld-Barmen
Germany
America
Shipping Iced Fish Cover 800 Mile Journey
Fish packed in ice were shipped for 800 miles and showed no signs of deterioration.
Ainsworth Couple Welcome Wedding Plans and Chicago Visit
Through Senator Brookhart, the couple will tour sights in the city and make a brief Chicago visit before returning to Ainsworth. Mr and Mrs Pratt will be at home after September 1 at 210 Campbell Ave Waterloo Iowa where Mr Pratt has a beautiful home ready for his bride. The Ainsworth community extends hearty good wishes.
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Brookhart
Chicago
Ainsworth
Mrs. Pratt
Campbell Ave
Waterloo
Iowa
Methodists seek return of Dr Bowers as Washington pastor
The Washington Methodist church endorsed by unanimous vote at the fourth quarterly conference requests the return of Dr W W Bowers for another year. The conference noted good finances and Active committees, while The Gates Flying Circus arrived from Mt Pleasant with air exhibitions planned today and tomorrow at the east Washington field drawing large crowds.
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W. W. Bowers
Washington
Bowers
Iown
Fairfield
George W. Minear
Mt. Pleasant
Harvey Young
M . Tucker
Efe. Ie Duars
Frank I. Brown
Wiliam
Ww. Harwood
Lowie Klein
T W Hanter
A. W. Clow
A. L. Griffith
Homer Birney
F. W. Bandy
W. M. Sutherland
J M. Wilson
Carl
W. M Sutherland
Perry Beenblossom
Joase Busby
Epworth League
Mildred Woodburn
Ladies Aid Society
T. W. Harwood
5. W. Brookhart
Miles Stella Pasident
Mis
Gates Flying Circus
Non
Singmaster
East Washington Street
George Alden Bruce
La Follette Wheeler Independent Campaign Planned in Iowa
Louis Cook will head the La Follette and Wheeler independent ticket headquarters in Des Moines after the nomination of 13 presidential electors. He says 775 signatures are enough to secure ballot access and predicts they can easily surpass that requirement.
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Associated Prene
Des Moines
la Follette and
Wheeler
Louis Cook
J. H. Anderson
LaFollette- Wheeler
Buffalo Man Wipes Out Whole Family
Henry H. Lyon a 45 year old electrical engineer in Buffalo New York killed his wife and their two young sons then fatally wounded himself in a domestic tragedy reported early today authorities said Lyon died after the shooting leaving a widow and three bereaved children referenced in a brief city note
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Bufwalo
N. Y
Henry H. Lyon
Church Committees and Officers List From Journal Notice
A transit of names shows church roles and officers across committees. Members include Mrs F F Barker Mrs Lillian Kunath Mrs Emma Anderson and Geo F Pauls among others, with roles in education hospitals temperance and finance and a closing quip about ad awareness.
County Attorney May Act in Case of Bank at Dyersville
Dubuque Aug 7 The county attorney may act after state bank examiner J A Heng testified that Farmers State Bank of Dyersville converted about 49060 in liberty bonds and 24000 in cash to cover overdrafts in the Schemmel mortgage case The bank holds a 10000 mortgage on the Carr farm and Schemmel owes the bank over 60000 including overdrafts and note payments The receiver seeks a court appointment over the Carr farm and Heng described the bank conversion and payments tied to the loan and overdrafts
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Dyersville
The
Associated Press
Dubuque
Farmers’ State Bank of
J. A. Heng
State Bank Examiner
Prebusit Cowhiy
Kane
Farmers State Bank
B. J. Schemmel
Carr
Schemmel
Heng
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Work
Insurances
E. M. Bridges & Co
South Side Square
Methodists
DR. Bowers
GATES
POI RT
Dr. Minear
C M Keck
Comitttees
Naenved
Cook
SEN. LA Follette
Buffalo Man
Finance
F. L Wilson
Geo F. Pauls
Chas. Davis
EE. Stutsman
Trier of Appeals
C. A. Dewey
Oxford
Evening Journal
Denison's
Moderra House
H. RR. Knight
Timothy Seed
Watren's Seed Store
Boyd Berdo
Warren's Seed Store
C. A
Warren's
W. FL
North
Marion Ave
A. E. Putnam & Sons
B. Brown
Harry D. Smith
Win Smouse
Harvey & Tucker
Inquire Journal
Arnold
Supe
Longfellow
Hal Barnyard Kipling
Bea
Migs
Buttes
New York
Federal Reserve Bank of New York Today
Washington Battery Station
Ior
Gas Alley
2Nd St
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