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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 23, 1923

Page

5

Forbes Explains the Philippines Situation at Williams Town

W Cameron Forbes former governor general of the Philippine Islands under Taft defended General Wood at a Williams town institute talk. He blamed Governor General Harrison’s policy for weakening executive authority and cited laws shifting power to the legislature. Forbes praised Wood for avoiding private business ventures and urged Filipinos to see Wood’s course as wise and protective of their interests.

Des Moines Institute of Politics Williamstown Mass W. Cameron Forbes Philipine Islands Taft Wood Forbes Harrison Forges Harding Senate House Philipine Philipine Ship of State

Baby Health Clinic Offered in Crawfordsville

A free preschool child health examination clinic will be held in Crawfordsville at the schoolhouse on August 3 under the Division of Maternity and Infant Welfare. Two state doctors will supervise. one pediatrician and one woman physician will advise mothers.

Division of Maternity and Infant Welfare The State University Crawfordsville W. W. Twinan Crawfordaville

Ainsworth Social and Youth Health Clinic and Local News

Aug 23 items from Ainsworth report visitors including I N Parks and family from Avery Idaho. A baby health clinic at the high school August 80th offers free examinations. Stock shipments to Chicago shown. Dr E W Spessard and son-in-law Bobe Kurtz depart for Grand Forks. Local births, travel plans, and a new Hudson sedan purchased by Grace Wallace noted among community updates.

Ainsworth I. N. Parks Carl Avery Idaho Bryan Miller Des Moines W. G. Robertson Chicago E. W. Spessard Bobe Kurtz Grand Forks N. D William Harding F. D. Harding Burlington James Edmondson Cedar Falls James Fitzgerald Jimmie Wilma Wm. Acheson Lee Arthaud Richards Missouri J. A. Lord Hebron Ind J. M. Lord H. G. Crawford Helen Alcorn Mercy Hospital Iowa City Ivah Armstrong Fairfield Milburn Spessard A. E. Sands Norman Bean Grace Wallace Eden Bros

Wayne Wayne Aug 23 Opal and Donald Johnson visit kin

Opal and Donald Johnson of Packwood visited their grandparents Mr and Mrs C R Miller in Wayne last week. Wallace and Gladys Carson spent Monday at the E W Alsip home in Columbus Junction. Robert Neff and family moved from Wayne to the Lesle Morrison farm Saturday. John Krantz and family were Mr Pleasant visitors Saturday. Mrs Ernest Ziskafoose and baby Aletha visited Mrs Clarence Moorhead Monday evening.

Wayne Wayne Ira Opal Donald Johnson Packwood C. R. Miller Wayne Threshing Run Wallace Gladys Carson E. W. Alsip Columbus Junction Robert Neff Wayne Lesle Morrison John Krantz Ernest Ziskafoose Baby Aletha Clarence Moorhead

Bloomington visitors and local attendance at fair

Mrs FB W McCullough and her son Junior of Bloomington Indiana visit her brother Wallace Carson. Mr and Mrs C R Miller visit their daughter Mrs Glen Houston and family. Many residents attended the Henry County fair at Mt Pleasant last week.

FB. W. McCullough Junior Bloomington Indiana Wallace Carson C. R. Miller Glen Huston Mt. Pleasant

Misunderstandings Threaten Spring Blossoms

A Dickens quote warns that small misunderstandings can harm spring's renewal, noting once blighted they cannot be renewed.

Dickens

Cat Breaks Piano Keys During Morning Lesson

A Chicago Journal item describes a cat wandering into a basement piano session. The owner, certain the daughter was at school, investigates and finds the cat atop the keys, making the scene humorous and chaotic. It reads as a light domestic anecdote from a newspaper page.

Chicago Journal

Civil Service Opens Path to Lucrative Posts

The article profiles Gladys a trained businesswoman who secured a Civil Service appointment in Los Angeles at the Department of Agriculture earning over 1500 dollars yearly. It promotes Civil Service careers with starting salaries from 1200 to 1500 and potential rises to 3000 4000 or 5000, urging readers to contact W. W. Toole in Ottumwa for training information as the Iowa Success School runs sessions through summer with a fall term starting September 3.

California Department of Agriculture Los Angeles W. W. Toole Iowa Success School Ottumwa

Centerville Girl Secures $1500 LA Job After Training

Gladys Kirkpatrick, a Centerville High School graduate, found clerical work unfulfilling until she enrolled at the Iowa Success School Ottumwa. A short program in shorthand, typewriting and bookkeeping led to a better position in Los Angeles earning substantially more than her 5 and 10 cent store starting wage. Her mother accompanied her as they sought a more rewarding career path.

Centerville Gladys Kirkpatrick Iowa Success School Ottumwa

Hastening the Day Starts Now in Early Action

A terse line urges quicker start. The prompt points toward accelerating plans and beginning sooner. It reflects a call to expedite steps and move ahead with decisive timing.

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