Rain Cuts Attendance At Chautauqua In Uneven Day
Rain limited crowds at the Chautauqua with Alexander Karr delivering a strong speech despite downpour and Romany Girls drawing a smaller audience. The big tent held up, more people attended the evening program, and organizers expect two large crowds today for Ferris and the Russian sextet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander Karr
Chicago
Magnus Johnson
Mr. Karr
Ferris
Michigan
Karr
America
Washington
Chautauqua
Zinnins
Nelson Thompson
James Swift
Fred Palmer
Walter Brown
James Bridges
Mela Kallous
Robert 5. Cook
I. C. Grant
State Board of Health
Washington Chautauqua Gpera
C. W. Stewart
Chautauqua Park
Chautauqua Program Delights with Concerts and Lectures
A weeklong Chautauqua schedule lists daily events from August 17 to 21. Performances include Russian Sextet concerts and Murray Orchestra shows, with lectures by Dr. Russell H. Bready Count Ilya Tolstoy Gov. Brough of Arkansas and Gov. Tolstoy. additional entertainment features and children activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murray Family Orchestra
Ilya Tolstoy
Bridge Contract Awarded by Board for 12 Culverts
The Washington county board of supervisors awarded the $18,950 contract to Iowa Bridge Co of Des Moines for twelve culverts. Construction starts within a week with 865 cubic yards of concrete and 59 316 pounds of reinforcing steel. Culverts will be built in Highland Lime Creek Washington Marton Franklin English River and Brighton townships, led by a 12x12 box culvert in Washington township.
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County Board of Supervisors
Iowa Bridge Company of
Des Moines
Washington County Board
Washington
Auditor's
Highland Township
Lime Creek
Washington Township
Marton
Franklin
English River
Brighton
Pringle Covert
Graham's Store to Be Enlarged Soon
Graham's Store plans extensive improvements starting soon. The west room will extend north to the alley adding about twenty by fifty feet of floor space. A rear archway will connect all departments. Owner W. M. Bailey approved the final arrangements. The expansion aims to improve display and allow new merchandise lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graham's
W. M. Bailey
Graham
Advertising in The Journal Times Prompts Local Listings
A fragmented ad notes that advertising has long been part of local media practice and urges continued placement in The Journal Times. It hints at known readers and typical costs but offers few concrete details.
Visitor at Camp Dodge Reports Camp Life and Washington Troop
A Camp Dodge report describes the Washington troop’s cheerful routine despite rain. Mess meals, range days, and daily drills fill their schedule with feed, schools, swimming, and inspections. General Pershing’s visit looms, with hopes the D troop receives praise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp
Dodge
Garage Becomes Stock Pavilion for County Calf Pig Show
The former Ralph Schulty garage is being rebuilt into a show pavilion for Washington county calf and pig clubs. Twelve calves and 40 to 50 pigs will be on display Tuesday from nine am with judging at one pm led by Ray Woodford. County Agent H V Ellis notes healthy stock and the best animals will be sent to Des Moines for the state fair after prizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
Ralph Schulty
Ray Woodford
H. V. Ellis
Des Moines
H D Smith Relocates to East Second Street
H D Smith, formerly in the Smouse building at 210 N Marion Avenue, has rented the EK P Foss building on East Second Street near Kyle's garage and will move in soon. Mrs Dan Bailey and her baby from Winfield are visiting the W S Reister home here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. D. Smith
Smouse
N. Marion Avenue
EK. P. Foss
East Second Street
Kyle
Dan Bailey
Baby of
Winfield
W. S. Reister
List of teachers in rural Washington county schools
Miss Clara Wallace, county superintendent, announces the coming school year for Washington county rural districts opening September 1. The lengthy list names teachers in Lime Creek, Center, Fairview, Grandview, Hawkeye, English River, Map e Grove, Pleasant Hill and many townships, including Bunker Hill Zelma Herr and Opal Green, with numerous others across townships such as Lookout Phoebe Wells, Orchard Grove Minnie Kennard, Union Grace Butte, and Cedar Bethel Funice Phillips Center Blanche Zdarsky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
Clara Wallace
Lime Creek
Bunker Hill
Zelma Herr
Center
Vera Longwell
Daytonville
Ira Wells
Fairview
Nora Hubbell
Eagleville
Dorothy Morrison
Grandview
Opal Green
Hawkeye
George Weaver
Ind
Lucille Birkey
Nira
Lucille Hanley
Pilotsburg
Donald Ashby
Pleasant Mound
Edna Hendryx
Smith Creek
Blanche Norris
Surprise Valley
Dorothy Bell
Union
Grace Butte
Wassonville
Sylvia Schwartz
English River Township
Phoebe Wells
Middleburg
Aliie Maas
Mape Grove
Minnie Kennard
Palestine
Dorothy Thompson
Pleasant Hill
Ila Grady
Snake Hollow
Vernon Britton
Richmond
Lulu Sanur
Jackson Township
Celesta Hasty
Egypt
Faye Wilson
Lillian Crone
Grand Prairie
Ruth Anderson
Living Lake
Olive Peterson
Lincoln
Hazel Richards
Pleasant Plaines
Mildred Morris
Salem
Christina Breitenbach
South Prairie
Gweldolyn Givens
Washington Township
Red Brick
Marie Wenger
Haver
Dorothy Caldwell
Mildred Woodburn
Young America
Helen Dittmer
Roxie Lauderman
Mildred Genkinger
Glendale
Myrtle Schwab
Florence Owen
Mabel Wallace
Onita Palmer
Oregon Township
Haskins
Margaret Schmitt
Nellie Richards
Clay Township
Clay
Esther Perry
Rubio
Stella Ryals
Bonnie Cassady
Black Hawk
Lillian Halverson
White Hawk
Velva Carter
Green Vale
Lucille Burroughs
Pleasant Valley
Frances Meacham
Brighton
Indian Creek
Blanche Kurtz
Oakland
Eulalia Benson
Riverside
Lois Ingham
Walnut
Bertha Brady
Marion Township
Vera Koch
Eureka
Averi
Leffler
Stringtown
Doris Maxwell
Sommers
Verna Roth
Kicher
Verna Graber
Shiloh
Mabel Moore
Gray
Faye Jones
Pleasant Ridge
Edward Chalupa
Highland Township
Gualetta Decker
Union Dale
Blanche Grecian
East Prairie
Amelia Schmidt
Hazel Dell
Alice Hesseltine
Myrtle Work
Helen Jones
Eva Reece
Elma Boyd
Aliea Peterson
Dutch Creek Township
Effie van Sickle
Enterprise
Winnie Belter
Wellston
Jane Lechner
Mary Aller
New Haven
Bessie Smith
Elizabeth Aller
White Oak
Nina Johnson
Valley
Agnes Bucher
Tyrone
Fern Benn
Franklin Township
Cedar
Elizabeth Clark
Mildred Davidson
Grant
Dorothy Bruty
Larmony
Marjorie White
Pleasant
Grace Boshart
One Standard of Value Among the Eskimos
A snippet notes Eskimos measure worth by a unit of dogs and describe speaking of one another as worth a certain number of dogs reflecting a social system.
Milwaukee Trains to Change Time Sunday
Agent John Park announces changes in departure times for No 25 and 26 of the Southwest Limited trains. The trains will meet at Washington and both arrive Milwaukee at 1 07 a m under the new schedule which goes into effect Sunday at noon.
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John Park
Washington
Rainbow Veterans Meet at Ottumwa
The Iowa Chapter of the Rainbow Division Veterans will hold their annual reunion in Ottumwa Iowa on August 25 the first day of the State American Legion Convention. Members able to attend should plan to come Ottumwa plans for a large attendance and a good time is promised by local buddies connected with Company G 168th Infantry.
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Iowa
Rainbow Division
Ottumwa
American Legion
168Th Infantry
Penney Store Opens to the Public Today
Washington welcomes a new J C Penney store as it opens on the west side of the square after a month of preparation. Local manager Dickerson and his wife, recently moved from Montrose Colorado, have begun establishing ties in the community.
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Washington
J. C
New York
Peaney Company
Dickerson
Montrose
Colo
Beethoven Relics Draw Pilgrims to Bonn Museum
Pilgrims visiting Bonn, Germany, can view Beethoven relics chronicling the composer’s early life. The tenor horn used by Beethoven as a boy and the Kurfürst orchestra set were donated through generations, including a 1792 instrument given to Franz Ries and a 1802 string set from Furst Lichnowsky. The Beethoven Quartet played in the same museum hall, near the relics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beethoven
Bonn
Germany
Kurfurst
Whem Beethoven
Franz Ries
Beethoven Museum
Furst Lichnowsky
Riverside Burglary Arrests Link Two Riverside youths
Harold Fitsimmons and Glen Rummelhart of Riverside are jailed for the Wilkinson drug store burglary in Riverside on Friday night. Jewelry valued about 200 dollars was stolen, part of which surfaced in Rummelhart's Waterloo room. The pair traveled to Ottumwa and split up through several towns. Bogus check charges are reported in multiple places.
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Harold Fitsimmons
Glen Rummelthart
Riverside
Wilkinson
Charles M. Denison
Fitsimmons
Albia
Fred Sweet
Waterloo
Rummelhart
Ottumwa
Leather tanning affects foot comfort via moisture changes
J A Wilson reported to the New York section of the American Chemical Society that leather responds to moisture with area changes. Chrome tan leather absorbed more water than vegetable-tanned calf and showed greater dimensional change and pinching potential.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Wilson
New York
American Chemical Society
Local visitors return from Dysart Lawn to home
Mr and Mrs John Belaille and Mrs Will Black have returned home after visiting the Glover Ferret home at Dysart Lawn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Belaille
Will Black
Dysart Lawn
Glover Ferret Home
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I. B. Schreckengast
Schreckengast
Lmke
Jerusalem
Jesus
God
Katra Heavy
Jacks
I. B. Schreckenfast
Glenn Wells Company
Russell H. Bready
Entertainment
Williams Jubilee Singers
Gov. Brough
Arkansas
Jubilee Singers
Murray Orchestra
Murray
Dan Matthews
Iowa Bridge Company
Graham’s
Inelline
Camp Dodge
Towa
Mess Hall Troop
Sargeant
Pershing
General Pershing
Iowa Avenue
Iowa Township
Myrtle Buntenbach
Greenfield
Miss Veggy
Emma Shradel
Oak Grove
Josephine Bulger
Sadie Peterson
Yatton
Opal Geret
Cedar Township
Bethel
Funice Phillips Center
Blanche Zdarsky
Lexington
Martha Thrasher
Summit
Beth Miller
Prairie Flower
Eva Ballard
Henrietta Byers
Evening Journal
Green
Kenneth Hackley
Earl Park
Indiana
Rawleigh
W. T. Rawleigh Co
Dept
Freeport
Rial Dey
George C. Conrad
Keota
Royal Sewing Machine
Blanche McFarlane
West Chester Mutual
North Marion Ave
A. EB. Putnam & Sons
Ainsworth Washington Phone
A. R. Smith
Milwaukee
Rainbow Veterans
Penney
Edison Phonograph
Crawfordaville
Harry D. Smith
Win Smouse
Harvey & Tucker
Inquire Journal
Arnold
Rersbell
Col. Brookhart
Reister
Migs
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