Great crowd to hear Y of Belgium Saturday
A bustling Chautauqua week features a Belgian war interest program on Saturday with a performer lineup including a Swiss impersonator and an eastern Iowa group. Dr. Alexander leads Bible lectures on current crises and the faith war, urging belief against modern ideologies. Sugar saving talks attract over 125 women as Miss Anna Olsen presents substitutes.
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Anna Olsen
Atlantic Ocean
Liberty
Sugar
Miss Olsen
Shields
W. McLaughlin
Mirror
New York
Brass
Fair
Reserves
E Evelyn Gibson
Sugar Saving Recipes From Chautauqua Food Tent
Readable sugar saving recipes demonstrated by Miss Olsen include Cocoanut Apples Date Pudding and Shaves of canned peaches. The instructions list measurements and steps for preparing each dish with details on ingredients, proportions, and cooking methods.
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Miss Olsen
Locomotive Engineer Praises Foley Kidney Pills
Locomotive engineer Geo McClain of Turtle Lake North Dakota reports back pain and irregular bladder action improved after taking Foley Kidney pills. Lemley’s Pharmacy advertisement endorses the remedy.
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Geo, McClain
Turtle Lake
N. D
Foley
Lemley
Advt
Optimistic Thought A Man S Good Name Monument
A brief aphorism asserts that a person’s reputation stands as the finest memorial. The saying emphasizes virtue over material tribute.
Graham Reopens Saturday Afternoon After Short Closure
The Graham theater in Washington reopens on Saturday August 17 offering Paramount Aircraft Program with Enrico Caruso George M. Cohan Cecille DeMille Douglas Fairbanks and many others. The venue introduces Mazda Shheck Universal Adapters for brighter, safer projection and adds a new orchestra led by a Fidel Boston Ladies Orchestra director. Matinees start Saturdays at 5 and 1c with tax noted on all ten cent admissions.
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Geing
Chautauqua
Graham Theater Management
Graham
Paramount
Enrico Caruso
Geo. M. Cohan
Cecille B. DeMille
Douglas Fairbanks
Elsie Ferguson
Wm. S. Hart
D. W. Griffith
Mary Pickford
Fred Stone
John Barrymore
Enid Bennett
Billie Burke
Lina Cavalieri
The
Bickford
Fidel Boston Ladiqs
Graham Orchestra
Jacobs
Mannhardt
Shields
Graham Tea Gardens
Ernest Dean
McGovern
Government Collector of War Revenue
Washington
Advt
Largest Bible Ever Printed Stuns With Giant Size
The largest Bible ever printed measures five feet two inches tall three feet six inches wide and ten inches thick. Its binding is crafted from twelve goatskins showcasing extraordinary scale.
Foley Catholic Tab Provides Prompt Digestive Relief
The product claims to safely relieve indigestion and biliousness by cleansing the bowels and sweetening the stomach. It asserts thorough but gentle action benefiting the liver, offered by Lemmon's Pharmacy and described for issues like bad breath and gas.
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Foley Catholic
Lemmon's Pharmacy
Miss Mildred Griffith Weds Rodney Kephart in Washington
A quiet Park Avenue Methodist ceremony unites Mildred Griffith and Rodney Kephart on August 14 at 3:30. The couple, bride graduate Mildred 1918, plan to live with the bride’s parents southwest of the city and host a three course dinner for relatives.
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Washington
Park Avenue Methodist Church
Mulcatine
Mildred Griffith
Edwin Griffith
Rodney D. Kephart
John Kephart
East Second Street
C. D. Loose
Our City
Esther Gilbert
Orie Kephart
Cecile Hopping
Fred Kephart
Muscatine
Griffith
Mary
Thwin, Jr
Margaret
Rainbow Club Adds New Member at Meeting
One new member, Mrs. Bentley Craig, joined the Rainbow club at yesterday afternoon’s gathering at Mrs. Frank Libe’s home. Visitor Mrs. White of Washington attended. The group worked on French relief garments and quilts, with fifteen ladies enjoying the social time. The next meeting is set for two weeks at Mrs. John Libe’s home. Mrs. John Campbell hosted.
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Bentley Craig
Rainbow Club
Frank Libe
White
Washington
John Libe
Le Foch Society backs Red Cross gown project
Wednesday afternoon the Le Foch Society held a working meeting making hospital garments for the Red Cross. Irene Whittaker provided pleasant piano selections as members worked. The next meeting will be at Mrs. Robert Minteer's home.
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Tess
le Foch Societie
Red Cross
Irene Whittaker
Robert Minteer
Library closures and church announcements mark summer notices
The Jane A Chilcote Library closes this week for chautauqua except Saturday when it opens after the afternoon lecture until 6 PM and again 7 to 8 PM. Rev Hughes will fill the Bethel pulpit next Sunday at the usual hour. Havre Red Cross auxiliary plans a Wednesday meeting at the Witting shop and asks for dark fabric scraps for quilts.
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Jane A. Chilcote
Chautauqua
R. D. Hughes
Bethel Church
Hughes
Bethel
Havre
Red Cros Muxillary
Witting
Kerrigan Returns to Screen in One Dollar Bid at Fox Theatre
Washington audiences who saw J Warren Kerrigan in A Man's a Man and The Turn of a Card will welcome his recovery and new Paraltan feature One Dollar Bid at the Fox Theatre this Saturday. The film adapts Codio Harris novel Toby and is billed as Kerrigan at his best with dash and red blooded romance set in a Kentucky region long used for popular song and story.
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Washington
J. Warren Kerrigan
Paralta
Fox Theatre
Paraltan
Codio Harris
Toby
Kerrigan
Kentucky
Chautauqua concert and Taft address headline
Lorado Taft will give a short half hour address this evening at Chautauqua on community building following an artistic program this afternoon. Mrs Geo S Dempsey returns to Davenport with her niece Etheldreda Swift after a visit with F Marie. Mr and Mrs George Nesbitt and two sons from Ardmore OK arrive in their auto and stay with Lem Cherry on North Marion Avenue. Mrs Nesbitt formerly Carrie Scranton daughter of Eli Scranton Oklahoma City.
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Geo. S. Dempsey
Davenport
F. Marie
Etheldreda Swift
Lorado Taft
Chautauqua
George Nesbitt
Ardmore
Okla
Lem Cherry
North
Marion Avenue
Nesbitt
Carrie Scranton
Eli Scranton
Oklahoma City
Scrantons
Washington
Thanking Friends for Kindness After Sickness and Death
Mr and Mrs Wrank McKune and family express gratitude to friends and neighbors for their kindness during illness and at the death of their son and brother Carlton and for the floral offerings.
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Carlton
Taft to Speak at Chautauqua About Community Building
Lorado Taft will deliver a half hour address this evening at the Chautauqua grounds during the concert program. He will discuss community building as part of the event.
City Briefs Dedicate Service Flag Near Seventy Six Center
Chairman J D Glasgow of the county Red Cross home service department is asked to speak at a dedication of a service flag honoring soldiers from Seventy Six township. The event Sunday at 3 30 PM in the Seventy Six Center School yard includes a music program and short talks. the flag was prepared by township home service workers.
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J. D. Glasgow
Home Ser Ice Department
R Cross
Seventy-six
Yar Grove
Center School
Home Service
Man Claims Mistaken Identity in Mt Case
A man asserts he was wrongly identified in a Mount case, detailing his account and disputing police findings. The review focuses on the credibility of his statements and any corroborating evidence presented.
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Roth
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Warren Cash Grocery
Michigan Navy
A & H Soda
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Drunner
Styrle Caner
John Campbell
Washington and Vicinity
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H. H. Beitel
North 2Nd Ave
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Frank Flaherty
North Marton Avenue
Avery Tractor
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PON Theatre
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