Washington Chautauqua enters final lap strong tickets pledged
The Washington Chautauqua enters its last lap with record ticket pledges for 1924. About 1 400 full fare season tickets and 270 half fare tickets are sold as crowds grow daily and programs attract top speakers and musical acts. Tomorrow features Alfred L. Flude the world traveler.
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Washington Chautauqua
Chautauqqua
Chautauqua Assembly
Crawford Adams Company
Geizzly Smith
Adams Company
Clinton Howard
Alfred L. Flude
Washinzion
Flude
Davies Opera Company
Pasha
Lewis A. Convie
Russia
David Duggin
Louis Wil- Name
Bachman
Dee M. Keck
Washington
Value of Chautauqua shown by Iowa City turnout
A crowded Iowa City chautauqua demonstrates unprecedented local interest in the platform. Officials note the event surpasses prior appearances and highlights the chautauqua’s clear role in city life for communities of this size.
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Lowa City
Ttizen
Towa
Chautauqua Program This Evening Concert and Lecture
This evening at 7 30 Crawford Adams performs a concert followed by an 8 16 lecture by Clinton Howard on the Chautauqua program. Adams and Howard present in the same venue.
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Crawford Adams
Clinton Howard
SUNDAY UNION SERVICE FILLED WITH MUSIC AND DISCUSSION
A Sunday union service at First United Presbyterian featured Dr. Hanson delivering an exposition on Job with a focus on suffering as a means to moral perfection. The Minnesota Preachers Quartet performed and Rev Roy Smith spoke, while Miss Carolyn Hamilton led the First church choir with solo and duet numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reade MeMrory
Willard Wyllie
John Simpson
McMillan
W. W. Bowers
Chautauqua Association
Columbus Junction
Junction Chautauqua
R. L. Grimes
Sara Grimes
Jesse Miller
Miller
Union Young People's
Young People's Society
Second United Presbyterian Church
Elizabeth Sherman
First United Presbyterian
Bowers
McCrory
Wylie
First Church
Carolyn Hamilton
Doris Chalmers
Job
Minnesota
Preachers
Roy Smith
John. Wesley Holland
Mr. Smith
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Mc Smith
Hanson
Brookhart Delivers Busy Speaking Tour Across Iowa
Senator Brookhart returns from Radcliffe Mason City Vinton and Muscatine to a packed two week schedule with speeches planned in Keosauqua Des Moines Jewell Webster City and Fort Dodge. He attends the Des Moines state fair and a Legion meeting in Manley before heading to Camp Perry Ohio for rifle matches starting September 1. A reporter also notes his study of Methodist periodicals endorsing his stance on Russia.
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W. Brookhart
Radcliffe
Mason City
Vinton
Muscatine
Keosauqua
Colonel Brookhart
Des Moines
Lions Club
American
Camp Perry
Ohio
Journal
Senator Brookhart
Richmond Farm ers Union Picnic Planned for August 23
Richmond schedules an old fashioned Farmers Union picnic with a 9 30 parade an 11 o clock address by Senator Brookhart and BE Wilson. A noon dinner with free coffee follows, plus afternoon speeches by leaders, singing by the male quartet and ladies glee club, tug of war foot races and more. The Richmond band plays all day and prize floats are offered. Moving pictures and a dance cap the evening.
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Richmond
Farmers Union
Brookhart
BE. Wilson
State Farmers’ Union
Muriel Stransky
Richmond Union
Large Hay Barn Near Ainsworth Burns With Contents
At about three this morning a large hay barn on the old William Gardner farm north of Ainsworth burned to the ground along with seventy six tons of baled hay and arrow. The farm is now owned by Wilbur Gardner and located on the Red Ball route. Insurance on the property was $1 500. The cause of the fire is not known.
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Ainsworth
William Gardner
Wilbur Gardner
Gardner
Legion Delegates Return From State Convention
A dozen Washington members of Leon Beatty post American Legion return from Mason City Iowa where the state convention drew thousands of veterans. The delegates report one of the best gatherings and plan to attend next year’s meeting in Ottumwa.
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Washington
Leon Beatty Post
American Legion
the Legion
Mason City
Iowa Legionnaires
Ottumwa
German mark sinks to new low at 12 cents per million
The German mark hits a historic nadir selling at 12 cents per million as of August 20, down from 17 cents two weeks earlier, reported by the Associated Press from New York.
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Associated Press
New York
Illinois Football Opens Season at Home vs Nebraska
The 1923 Illinois football schedule shows a home opener against Nebraska on October 6 and a December 24 clash with Ohio State. Illinois will host Iowa on October 20 during the season.
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Associated Press
Champaign
Ill
University of Ilinois
University of Nebraska
Ohio State University
University of Iowa
Williams Stuns Audiences With Spark Show at Hautauqua
Louis Williams entertained a Monmouth audience with rapid fire physics demonstrations. He explained electricity's discovery, then showcased gas and element experiments, wireless messaging, and high tension tests that thrilled the crowd. Williams performs at the Washington hautauqua Wednesday evening.
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Monmouth Review
Williams
Washington
Pauls First Corinthian Letter From Early Church History
The lesson surveys Pauls visit to Corinth the Star of Greece, its immoral mix of wealth and population, and how his simple gospel centered on the cross faced factions. It notes Paul wrote from Ephesus during his third journey and invites tomorrow study of chapter five.
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Corinth
Achaia
Greece
Paul
Ephesus
Cross
Christ
Oskaloosa Chautauqua Faces Reorganization and Funding
The Oskaloosa Chautauqua Association holds an annual stockholders meeting to decide on continuing the organization under a new term or extending the current charter. Directors will serve until legal expiration. creditors note a $1,000 deficit. Stockholders pledge about $250 each to keep sessions running and push for full settlement or reorganization.
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Oskaloosa Herald
Oskaloosa Chautauqua Association
Chautauqua
Association Corporation
E. H. Stranaman
C. Ver Ploeg
G. W. Shockley
Gulls Return to Helgoland as Kittiwakes Reoccupy Island
Reports from Helgoland note kittiwakes gathering offshore in flocks and moving to shoreward sites. Authors publish guidelines to encourage and protect the birds to reestablish nesting on the island, reviving a decades‑old seabird haven known for its three‑toed footed kittiwakes.
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Helgor
Kittwakes
Helgoland
Helogland
Market shows onions melons and cabbages lead truck crops
Iowa agricultural statistics show 110 car loads of minor crops sold the week of August 6 to 11, led by cabbages onions and melons. Cabbage shipments totaled 167 cars to August 11 with 42 cars the week of August 4 and 39 the following week.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Charles F. Sarie
Sarle
Iowa
Bureau of Agricultural Economies
Market News Service
Coal Burning Requires Vast Air to Consume a Pound
The article explains that carbon dominates coal and to burn one pound of pure carbon requires 11.6 pounds of pure air. It imagines a column of air one inch square extending 40 miles high to illustrate the air needed to burn a single pound of coal, noting a pound of coal would occupy a column one inch square and three feet high.
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Alfred Flude
Howland Hanson
A. L. Flude
David Duggins
Lewis A. Convis
Louis Williams
Harold Ross
Children’s Hour
Harold Duke
Mrs. Duke
Willa Gibson
Harold Rose
Jesse Miler
Illinois
Legion
H. J. Ward & Company
Evening Journal
City Feed Yard
Washington Steam Laundry
Cloyde Stewart
Care MC
the Journal
Elias Williams
Crawfordsville
Poland
Zeno Times
Keota
R. 3
Chester
C. G. Anderson
Buck Lamb
Oskaloosa
Arnold
B, & M, Bank
West
Madison
Red
Observatory
Tel
Woodstock
Underwood
James Ralston
Eod
Jeentieman
Journal Office
Art Dawson's
Brighton
Fittler Call
Botz
Harvey Meek
Washington Buttes
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