Chautauqua Opens Second Week With Kryl Concerts Ahead
Washington chautauqua enters its second week with fine prospects after rain. Buhumir Kryl and band are billed for two concerts, while Damron presents a potter’s wheel demonstration. Dr. G L Robinson preaches sermons on Bible study and Moses and visitors report damp tents but high spirits.
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Chautauqua
Kryl
Buhumir Kryl
Washington
J. Smith Damron
Smith-Spring-Holmes
Chautauqua Program Highlights Evening Concerts
Chautauqua offers a packed schedule with concerts by The DuMoulin Party J Smith Damron Bohumir Kryl and Go forths Orchestra. Lectures include Dr M H Lichliter and Strickland W Gillilan with children's activities and Bible hour throughout the afternoons and evenings.
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DuMoulin
Rain Totals and Warm Sunday Hit Local Weather
Rainfall measured at .82 inches when the early precipitation moved through. Sunday saw a very warm high of 91 degrees as conditions remained hot and dry afterward.
Washington Band Seeks Funds For Season Outlook
The Washington band is about half funded with just over $1000 received of the needed $2200 for this season. Concerts are in demand, new uniforms praised, and organizers urge timely remittance as coach Arthur Dickinson prepares football fields and training for the coming school year. The schedule opens September 30 with a yet unnamed opponent and includes a home game October 7 against Ottumwa. Eight lettermen and returning Huskies promise a strong season. Dubois plans to catch up academic work and may play early.
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Miss Spring
Paul “Sunshine
Deitrich
Dietrich
Washington
Washington Pand
Reistery
Arthur Dickinson
South Sixth Avenue
W. C. Harding
Dickinson
Harding
Ottumwa
Dubois
Altho
Farmers Union Meet Draws a Large Crowd
The Farmers Union gathered at Woodman Hall on a hot Saturday afternoon with over two hundred attendees. Members urged greater cooperation and strengthening of the organization, noting the value of occasional meetings across county sections.
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Farmers’ Union Meet
Farmers’ Union
Woodman Hall
Ance
Funeral services for Mrs Eliza beth Reed held at church
Funeral services for Mrs Eliza beth Reed were held Saturday afternoon at four o clock in the Second United Presbyterian church. Rev W G Robertson of Ains worth conducted the service with both honorary pallbearers and active pallbearers named. Interment followed in Elm Grove cemetery.
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Elizabeth Reed
Second United Presbyterian Church
W. G. Robertson
Ainsworth
Allen Stewart
R. S. Cook
Will Cook
J. A. Conger
W. H. Latta
Col
D. J. Palmer
Godfrey Juzeler
Earl Hoffman
John Stewart
Fred Shaw
N. CC. Pearson
Roswell Galloway
Elm Grove Cemetery
Notices and club meetings announced for August events
The Social Hour club meets with Mrs Tom Dowls Wednesday at 2 30 pm. Yeomen hold regular meeting Tuesday evening Aug 22. West Chester Philathea class serves ice cream cake and coffee near the post office stand Thursday evening Aug 24. Ferrymetal described as a new alloy of lead calcium barium with minimal oxidation.
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Tom Dowls
Yeomen
West Chester Philathea
Rotary Club Talk Highlights Bible Themes and Humor
Rev Ralph Case and Dr G L Robinson spoke at the Rotary Club on Bible literature at Wabash College. Case outlined four life divisions from selfishness to diamond as a goal while Robinson critiqued chautauqua talks and shared stories. Members sewed buttons for the American Pearl Button Company as a practical demonstration. Dr W W Bowers won for nearest work, a fact noted despite his wish to keep it from his wife.
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Ralph Case
Wabash College
Rotary Club
G. L. Robinson
Marshall
Chautauqua
American Pearl Button Company
Button Company
W. W. Bowers
Death of Arnold Shively in Wayland Hospital Service
Arnold Shively of the Wayland community died Sunday at noon at the county hospital after an operation in a final attempt to save his life. Funeral services will be held at Wayland.
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Arnold Shively
Wayland
Citizenship to be Taught to All Iowa Teachers
Iowa teachers will receive citizenship instruction at county institutes before school opens. State superintendent P E B McClenahan says all teachers must attend. Circulars outline courses consistent with law requiring citizenship and the Constitution be taught. 219,000 pupils were taught citizenship last term, including 23,768 in seventh grade and 6,566 in twelfth.
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Des Moines
Iowa
P. EB. McClenahan
State Board of Public Instruction
Thirty-eighth General Assembly
Spending $50 000 on Office Supplies at State Capitol
Des Moines report notes the state house supply department spends about 50 000 yearly on ink paste stationery typewriter accessories twine pencils soap and related items for 42 offices in state buildings. Ink usage totals 144 quarts annually and 216 gross pencils are bought each year. Typewriter ribbons carbon paper and soap quantities are listed. The figure excludes legislative session periods when spending rises.
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Des Moines
State Capitol
State House Supply Department
State House
Col Brookhart Visits Farmington Before Campaign Schedule
Col S. W. Brookhart spent last evening with his family and spoke to the Farmington audience on moral and economic reactions to the war. He outlined a full October tour with stops in Martinsdale War county Adair Guthrie Center Corydon Forest City Storm Lake and Buena Vista county drawing large crowds.
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S. W. Brookhart
Farmington
Can Qua Association
War County
Adair
Guthrie Center
Davison
Guthrie County
Corydon
Wayne County
Forest City
Winebago Coma
Storm Lake
Buenna Vista
Iowa Ranker Missing Man Found Alive in New York
Cedar Rapids Aug 21 C P Doud a leading Iowa man who had been missing from Eldora since early July was located in New York. Dispatches state Doud left Eldora for Waterlo to conduct business. His abandoned car appeared there and initial fears of suicide gave way to a nationwide search with no further clues.
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Cedar Rapids
C P. Doud
Iowa
Eldora
New York
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