Chautauqua Opens This Evening With Noted Acts
The nineteenth Chautauqua assembly at Washington opens at eight tonight led by Dr. W W Bowers. Manlove the impersonator will start the program with a bang. Grounds and tents are in fine shape and ticket sales rise with a goal of at least 1200 season passes. The first week features Thomas R Marshall Rev Billy Stidger Gibsonian Orchestra Judge Marcus Kavenagh Sunsh ine Dietrich and the Link Orchestra. Bible lectures by Dr G L Robinson and a full kids program led by Harold Ross and Miss Wanda Netswanger.
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Washington
W. W. Bowers
Association
Manlove
Chautauqua Park
Frank Stewart
Madison Street
Stewart
Chautauqua
Thomas R. Marshall
Europe
Link Orchestra
Billy” Stidger
Detroit
Thuredon
Gibsonian
Marcus Kavenagh
Chicago
Smith-Spring- Tolmes
Sunshine
Dietrich
Man of Many
W. L
The
Gibsonian Orchestra
Marcus Kavanagh
Council Accepts Completed Paving Project
At a special meeting the council accepted the first contract for thirty seven blocks of concrete pavement awarded to P. C. Flutter of Des Moines. The work is mostly complete and satisfactory. The city engineer prepares plat and assessment schedule, which will take about two weeks. Public protest period follows publication, ending twenty days after.
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P. C. Flutter
Des Moines
Chautauqua Schedule Highlights Morning Activities
The program lists daily sessions for boys and girls clubs and kindergarten led by Harold Ross Mrs Duke and Wan da Neiswanger with a Bible hour led by Dr G L Robinson. Evenings feature Manlove in Man of Many Faces and a series of concerts lectures and entertainments through August 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Duke
Missa Wanda Netswanger
Chautauqua
Mr. Ross
Troop D mobilizes for Camp Dodge encampment
Local report from Camp Dodge details Troop D origin at Camp Dodge after mobilization last Saturday. Troop E from Sigourney joins, K P mess serves at Oskaloosa, and Troop D occupies familiar barracks. Kracaw, previously of Washington, is injured but not critically ill.
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Camp Dodge
Dean's Cafe
Sigourney
Oskaloosa K. P
Nebraska
Sargeant Burris
Kracaw
Washington
Clarke Graham Party Visit Ends in Ripon Wisconsin
Prof. and Mrs. Clarke Graham and their three children plus Miss Marjorie Hall traveled from Colfax and Montezuma to visit with Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Young. They left yesterday for the Graham home in Rippon Wisconsin where Prof. Graham teaches at the college. Mrs. Graham was Miss Dorothy Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarke Graham
Marjorie Hall
Colfax
Montezuma
Harvey Young
Graham
Rippon
Wis
Dorothy Hall
Saur Family Expresses Thanks for Kindness and Tributes
The Saur Family thanks those who offered support during their bereavement and for the beautiful floral tributes sent in memory of their loved one.
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Saur
Apology Requested for Omission in Valley Sunday Service
Carl Frederick Klein demands correction after reporting omitted baptism details. Hazel Maxine Mayer, twelve weeks old, was baptized as his cousin and daughter of Mr and Mrs Walter Mayer of Twenty six township.
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Valley
Carl Frederick Kiein
Hazel Maxine Mayer
Carl Frederick
Hazel Maxine
Walter Mayer
Twenty: Six
Warn Boys Against Using Sling Shots
City Marshal Harry Edwards warns boys against sling shots after a projectile shattered a car windshield in Sunset Park. City Clerk J Kellogg notes Iowa Code Section 4775 prohibits concealed weapons and sets penalties up to 500 dollars or two years imprisonment. youths under fourteen are barred from using dangerous weapons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Edwards
Sunset Park
J. Kellogge
Fast Mail Report From New York City Mystery
Two letters received in Washington on the Firefly at five o'clock yesterday were postmarked in New York Sunday afternoon. They announced the birth of a son to Mr. and Mrs. Jack Shields, formerly of Washington, born Sunday at nine o'clock in the morning. J. D. Glasgow suspects the letters traveled by air from New York to Chicago, though a fast train is possible though unlikely given the twenty seven hour New York to Washington transit.
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Washington
New York
Jack Shields
J. D. Glasgow
Chicago
Still Warm Today At One O'clock Temperature Report
At one o clock this afternoon the official thermometer read eighty nine degrees. Yesterday was less hot though the day remained oppressive after last week s unseasonably cool spell.
Wandering Calf Buyer Held After 40 Years
A man aged 58, L. E. Hooker, appeared at his brother’s Brighton home after forty years of wandering. He is unable to state his age or birthplace and was sent to the state hospital for the insane for treatment. The case was reviewed by county commissioners who deemed him a fit subject for care. In a separate note, Jim Randall, who shipped calves via a forged check, is in custody in Medicine Hat, Alberta.
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County Commissioners of Insanity
L. E. Hooker
Ee F Hooker
Brighton
Iowa
Floyd County
Hooker
State Hospital For
M. C. Mackin
Mt. Pleasant Institution
Jim
W. Ft
Randall
Wwington
Omaha
Canada
Bowles Commission Company
Burlington Stock Yards
Nevada
W. R. Randall
Bowles Commission Company of
Medicine Hat
Alberta
Burns Detective Agency
Fernald Savings Bank
Burns
Ohio
Valley National Bik
Des Moines
Strained Rock Island Engine Disrupts Early Morning Yard Moves
Residents near the Rock Island and Burlington stations woke around four o clock to a freight train drawn by a torpid Rock Island engine. The engine, shrouded in steam, was moved about the yards after being turned around on the Burlington Y. Locals urge attention from striking shopmen to repair this troublesome engine.
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Rock Island
Burlington
Burlington “Y
Denison ball park workmen prepare field for September game
Louie Jones and a crew of undertakers and workmen labored at Denison's ball park yesterday evening to repair the diamond for the Sigourney Keota baseball game on September 12. They worked until dark and will continue to clear grass and weeds to make the field first class for the national pastime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louie Jones
Denison’s
Sigourney-Keota
Light and Dark of Moon Phases
The text explains the dark of the moon as the lunar period when the moon is not visible, spanning about four days around the new moon. It contrasts the light of the moon as the visible portion of the month and notes these terms are popular but not precisely defined.
Pizzied Her Patient. Odd Child Questions About God
A reader describes a Mitthe girl asking what God does with old moons and whether God makes Jesus help light up the theaters. The bizarre inquiries reflect a child's curious view of divine acts and light.
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Jesus
Hobbie One atride meade ty to meter mind
An odd essay extols amateur hobbits and hobbyists as harmless, beneficial to life and health. The piece praises amateurs in botany and other pursuits for fostering kindness toward nature, arguing hobbyists often serve as positive influences and even life savers.
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Jewa
Heppy
Tas
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the Bible
G. L. Robinson
McCormick Theological Seminary
Charles R. Brown
Yale Divinity School
Gordon
Charles F. Wishart
Second Presbyterian Church of Chicago
Wooster College
J. Knox Montgomery
Muskingum College
I. B. Schrekingast
Nebraska Wesleyan University
Robinson
Harold Ross
Ross
Klein Clothing Company
Carter Chocolates
McElhinney Drug Company
Silas Ross
Heuteuqua Association
Res
C. G. Lane
H. KR. Jacobs
YO. M. Swisher
John Davidson
S. la. Ave
Lon Moothart
N. 7Th Ave
A. E. Batterson
L. Logen
RFD
Robert Blick
Kroc Ymond Morgan
Vincent F. Eppel
Gee
W. Thoma
Glen
Lorene Jones
7Th Ave
Truman Greenfield
Ft. Dodge
Barger
Willard
Ottumwa
Clint DuBois
West 3Rd St
Davenport
E. J. Raffles
Grinnell
John Lewash
W. G. Decker
Rubio
A. Rand
Gladwin
J. W. Shaffer
J. M. Scaffe
Wellman
W. Mahoney
Richland
Geo
Reigtard
Pleasant Plains
Arthur Dayton
West Chester
Morris Crayne
RFC
Claude Mansmith
Hartley
Co. H. Karns
Fayette, Mo
Eee
Credit Assurance Company of the
U. S. Voluntary Association
N. la Salle Street
Mlinois
Harold
EA Aren
Nels
Wanger
Ward
Smith-Spring-Homes
Smith-Spring-Holmes
Paul “Sunshine Dietrich
Ministerial Association
du Moulin
J. Smith Damron
the Potter Craftsman
Bohumir Kryl
Kryl
Hadley
Pany
Goforth
Strickland W. Gillilan
DODGE
Tion
Reister & Sons
Migs
Eversharp
Conklin
Phillips Drug Store
Kodak Store
New York City
Evening Journal
Charles Shalla
West Chester Mutual
J. W. Allen
Coneville Wate
Roy Hameton
Mell Crandall
North Avenue D
Glen Duncan
Ainsworth
W. F. Fleming
C. G. Anderson
Batz
H. I. Baker
Eli Jackson
White Rock Baby Chicks
Mr. Cious
Caldwell
Chas. Marsh
Riverside
Journal
G. L. Fetters
Pearl
Hobbie
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