Benefit Kittenball Raises Funds for Emergency Kitchen
Emergency kitchen committee reports receipts of 60 from a kittenball game at Junkinfield, a Yankees Cardinals clash ending 88 to 24 in favor of McDaniel’s Yankees. Concert band helped the crowd, with more benefits planned before winter. Milk relief continues with 40 men donating monthly. Ford and Chevrolet garages provided rival pitching in the event.
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Junkinfield
Mace
Eicher
Automobil
Yankees
Washington
Injured youth's mother arrives in town for court term
Mrs. Irene Reed arrive in Washington from St. Louis to visit her son Robert Reed at the county hospital after a crash near Crawfordsville killed two. Reed suffers multiple fractures while Joseph Green of St. Louis was killed. The wreck involved a car on highway 161 en route to Iowa City to enroll at the State University of Iowa. Remaining details note funerals for Walter Karl Freeman of Galesburg and calls for grand jury action on Parlow, owner of the wrecked car. District court assigns non jury and jury trials for September 7 to 14 with listed cases.
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Robert Reed
Crawfordsville
Washington
St. Louis
Washington County
Betty Allen
Reed
St. Louie
Joseph Green
Towa City
State University of
Towa
Green
University Hospital
Lowally
L. A. Jones
Galesbore
Walter Karl Freeman
Mrs. Freeman
Nadine
Galesburg
Parlow
Datt
Arch Farlow
Foi
Grand Jury
J. G. Patterson
District Court
Mrs Clow Posts Low Score in Washington Country Club Tourney
Mrs A W Clow made the low score at the Washington County club women's golf tourney this morning. A flag tourney with about ten players saw Mrs T R Phillips finish second low and Mrs Ralph Thompson third low. Mrs Paul Gorham was high. Country club women golfers plan their regular breakfast at 7 30 next Wednesday. Mrs Frank E K Young and son Farrel from Crawfordsville shopped in Washington yesterday.
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A. W. Clow
Washington Country Club
T. R. Phillips
Ralph Thompson
Paul Gorham
Country Club
Attorney Visits Farle as Car Remains in Crawfordsville Garage
An attorney from Galesburg met with Farle this morning as authorities pursue the investigation. A new Ford involved in the case sits in a Crawfordsville garage awaiting disposition.
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Galesburg
Farle
Crawfordsville
Some Safe from Early Frost Reed Some Safe from Early Frost Reed
Iowa's corn crop nears end of growth period with about average production. some areas report bumper prospects, others near total failure. Drought and frost risk lessen as corn matures, but some fields remain in roasting ear stage. Silo filling progresses, fall plowing delayed by hard ground, soybeans cut for hay, and hog cholera again a concern with thousands of hogs affected or dead in Floyd and Mitchell counties.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Charles D. Reed
Reed
Floyd
Mitchell
St. Anse Aar
Mitchell County
Washington man held by police in confidence game case
James Kellogg, said to be from Washington Iowa, held by Chicago police on charges of confidence game. Gustav Knoackk of Sheboygan claimed Kellogg and Clement Barsen defrauded him of 24000 dollars during a Chicago visit last May. Knoackk reported the matter two months after the alleged incident and later located Kellogg in a Great Northern hotel lobby after weeks of searching.
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Chicago
James Kellogg
Washington
Iowa
Gustav Knackk
Sneboygan
Wis
Clement Barsen
Kelloge
Knoackk
Great Northern
Hunger pickets sit on courthouse steps in Waterloo
Two hunger pickets Mrs Jane Kruger and Ed Malloy began a 48 hour vigil on the Black Hawk county court house steps protesting relief administration by the board of supervisors. Mrs Fern Flatts joined them last night and remained all night despite bitter cold.
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Waterloo
Jane Kruger
Ed Malloy
Black Hawk County Court House
Board of Supervisors
Fern Flatts
Carl Crossett Clerks at George W Stewart Hardware Store
Carl Crossett serves as clerk at the George W Stewart hardware store, handling day to day sales and customer assistance. The note places Crossett in a retail setting associated with hardware supplies.
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Carl Crossett
George W. Stewart Hardware Store
Junior College Trains Teachers In Certification Plan
Washington Junior College expands teacher training for graduates to obtain first grade certificates after twelve weeks of normal training. The new state certification bill allows college graduates to replace experience with college training. Registration is set for tomorrow and Friday to prevent lost time next week.
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Washington
Sleeping sickness case reported in Ottumwa
August 30 Anton Swanson aged 40 lies in a coma at a local hospital with sleeping sickness. This is the first case reported in the section.
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Ottumwa
Will Rogers on professors and politicians in government
Will Rogers argues that ending college professors in government means politicians remain dominant. He mocks professors as bookbound and clumsy in practice, urging idealists back to the drawing room and activists to the soap box. He labels old congressmen and senators as Mussolinis of the country.
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Santa Monica
Cal
Moley
Hokum
Honey
S. G. Kiesling Dies in Brooklyn at 61
S G Kiesling died suddenly at his Brooklyn home from a heart ailment. A noted pianist and composer, Kiesling was well known in Washington and was 61. His wife was the daughter of the late Milton White of Washington and sister of Mrs P D C Russell.
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D. C. Russell
S. G. Kiesling
Brooklyn
N. Y
Mr. Kiesling
Washington
Milton White
PD. C. Russell
Kiesling
White and Russell Homens
Washington High Band Plans Busy Year Under New Director
The Washington high school band meets Friday at 8 20 in the Y M C A and will practice Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays. Thirteen players are missing from last year and only three rehearsals per week. director Milburn McKay aims to build a concert band and possibly a marching band with two or three special concerts planned starting in November.
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Washington High School
Milburn McKay
Washington High
McKay
Rall Family Visits Relatives. Haller Oven Visit Noted
Mr and Mrs Robert Rall and their daughter Marianna and son Bobby visited relatives today. Mr Rall from Haller Traveling Oven of Pittsburgh made a business call at the H and A bakery, where a Haller oven is used.
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Robert Rall
Marianna
Bobby
Mr. Rall
Haller Traveling Oven Company
Pittsburgh
H. & A. Bakery
Washington recital crowds hear him on visits
Surviving relatives include his widow and two sons Clifton 19 and Russell 17 as extended visits to Washington bring him before large local audiences.
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Tam
Clifton
Russell
Bandits Use Hot Poker in Iowa Farm Robbery
Miles Galvin told police that two bandits bound him and his wife at their Pleasantville farm home and used a hot stove poker on his feet to force a confession. They ransacked the house, tied the wife, and fled with about $60. Sheriff Grandman was notified two hours later.
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Pleasantville
Iowa
Miles Galvin
Here
Mrs. Galvin
Galvin
Davenport Citizen Slays Wife in Bed Jealousy Suspected
Bert Smith, 64, shot and killed his wife while she slept in their Davenport home. Police said Smith called from his house and asked to be arrested. Authorities report the fatal act followed alleged quarrels sparked by jealousy over alleged attentions to his wife by another man.
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Davenport
Bert Smith
Smith
State fair profit forecast for Des Moines budget
The Iowa state fair with a 145000 budget reports cash receipts of 114955, plus 7500 pending, leaving a 22545 shortfall to break even. Secre tary A K Corey warned that if receipts fall short, expenses would be prorated as the fair had gone red last year. A Henry County girl Crista Millepaugh, 16, was named healthiest 4H club girl in Iowa with Dorothy Taylor and Frances Bedwell also noted as top finishers.
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Des Moines
A. K. Corey
Corey
Henry Co
Henry County
Crista Millepaugh
Iowa
Dorothy Taylor
Woodbine
Frances Bedwell
Springville
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