Sophomore Class Registration Underway at Local High School
The high school holds sophomore registrations with Miss Della Patton guiding schedules. A playful dog attended the session as students prepared for the new year. Juniors numbered seventy with twenty to thirty more expected, while seniors total about eighty. Sophomores will outnumber the juniors, and freshmen registering tomorrow will be the largest class yet.
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Washington
Della Patton
Patton
Banks Close for Labor Day
City banks will be closed all day September 5 for Labor Day observances. Patrons are asked to note the holiday timing and plan banking accordingly.
West Chester appoints Edward and Epling to inspect auto lenses
Edward and Epling of West Chester have been officially appointed to examine auto lenses. Napoleon died on the island of St Helena of cancer.
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Edward & Epling
West Chester
Napoleon
Island of
St Helena
Rural Carriers Picnic Set for Monday in Sunset Park
Rural carriers postmasters and patrons from Jefferson and Washington counties plan a Labor Day picnic at Sunset Park with a 12 PM basket dinner and an afternoon program. Ed McManus of Keokuk will deliver the principal address. the Keota band will provide music. events include races and a tug of war.
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Jefferson
Washington Counties
Brinton's Bridge
Ed McManus
Keokuk
Iowa
Sunset Park
Keota
Central Park
K. C
Washington
Attendance at State Fair Falls in Heatwave
Des Moines reports 42 146 visitors on Monday at the State Fair down from 61 927 last year as temperatures neared 95 to 100 degrees. The day’s heat kept many away while the Jenolan caves of Australia are illuminated by electricity.
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Des Moines
Dear Reisters and the Ladies' Prize Controversy
A reader critiques a town notice about a lodge contest between lads and ladies, praising a thinly veiled girl who won a prize and warning editors to beware repeating such published images. The poem blames Reister for printing items seen elsewhere and notes personal scrutiny of local life content.
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Reisters
New County Superintendent Takes Office Tomorrow
Kathryn Montgomery retires as county superintendent after three years of service. Clara Wallace, elected by the county school convention last spring, will assume the duties tomorrow morning. Grace Conner remains as deputy, supporting the transition as the county schools reopen.
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Kathryn Montgomery
Clara Wallace
Montgomery
Achooa
Miss Wallace
Ainsworth High School
Grace Conner
Hunting Season Opens Tomorrow in Washington County
Deputy game warden Breitenbach warns hunters to secure licenses from the county auditor and avoid illegal shots. Ducks quail and prairie chickens remain protected with Sept. 16 opening not permitted. Do not let dogs chase young deer. protection may grow a larger herd in coming years.
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KB. Ll. Breitenbach
Washington County
Breitenbach
Conard plans reopening after store fire damage
Glenn Conard, owner, reports steady progress cleaning up the Fair store stock after a fire. Interior ruin and smoky odor linger while workers sort salvageable items to offer at bargain prices when the shop reopens. Insurance settlement of the full policy amount was paid this week.
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Althe
Glenn Conard
Coward
Father of Ernest Atchison Dies Near Richmond
Albert R. Atchison father of A. E. Atchison of the north side shoe store died at eight this morning near Richmond Kansas from congestion of the bowels. He was nearly seventy, born in Ohio, and had lived near Richmond for many years.
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Albert R. Atchison
A. E. Atchison
North Side Shoe Store
Richmond
Kansas
Mary Elizabeth
Mr. Atchison
Atchison
A. J. Dawson
A. R. Atchison
Washington
Ohio
Sentence Imposed On Poker Players by Local Mayor
Fines of fifteen dollars and costs were assessed by Mayor A N Alber son against the participants in the poker party raided by local officers last Saturday night. The sentences were light for the circumstances but the mayor lectured on the evil of their ways and the bad example to the community.
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A. N. Alberson
Blind musician entertains at Presbyterian church benefit
Rev. D W Reed of Chicago, a blind colored man, performed vocal solos and piano numbers at a Presbyterian church benefit for the local A M E congregation. Attendance was small but the musician demonstrated notable skill.
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D. W. Reed
Chicago
Presbyterian Church
Reed
Pleasant Plains Missionary Society Hosts All Day Picnic
The Pleasant Plains Missionary society will entertain their husbands and families with an all day picnic at Sunset Park on Saturday. Each family should bring baskets of food their own dishes and personal items for the event.
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Pleasant Plains Missionary Society
Sunset Park
More Time Granted to Regulate Lenses in Washington County
Washington county automobile owners receive extended grace to adjust headlight lenses to meet state law. About 500 certificates were filed. ten times that amount is now required. Additional certificates are on order and should arrive in days. Owners are urged to contact official adjusters Hender or Lovelett promptly. Mrs. Hannah Wicher Steifel returned from Marshalltown after a several day visit.
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Washington County
Hender
Lovelett
Eighty to Attend College This Year
The Washington community lists eighty youths bound for higher education next year. The State University of Iowa is the top destination with twenty five students. Other schools include Grinnell Ames Monmouth State Teachers College and many more across the Midwest and beyond.
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Journal
Washington
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State University of Iowa
Grinnell
Ames
Monmouth
State Teachers’ College
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Cedar Rapids
Doris Chalmers
Hannah Jones
Lester Carson
Gerald Bailey
Iona Wesleyan
Mount Pleasant
Norine Kracaw
University of Illinois
Champaign
Wanda Neiswanger
Martha Maxwell
University of Chicago
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Oneita Palmer
Ruth Pierce
Murry McCreedy
Richard McCleery
Dave Livingston
Iowa State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
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Capitola Brindley
Lora Busby
Virgie Griffith
Mildred Mauthe
Fern
Palmer Wilkson
Gerald Anderson
Parsons College
Fairfield
Avalon Law
Flo Juzeler
Elsie Bratten
Paul Brown
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
Willard Hunter
University of Nebraska
Raymond Bowers
Mrs Nora Bryson visits Oskaloosa for Soldiers Day talk
Mrs Nora Bryson of Washington Iowa state president of the Woman's Relief Corps visited Oskaloosa on Monday en route to Des Moines. She spoke informally with local workers and officers at Mrs Florands home and discussed the Corps work and relief plans. At the National encampment sixty thousand dollars was voted for relief of sick and disabled World War veterans with funds now available for Knoxville hospital and other needs.
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Nora Bryson
Washington
Iowa
Woman's Relief Corps
Des Moines
Florand
North Second Street
Knoxville
See the 8 16 International Tractor Show Sept 1 at Smouse Field
Geo W Stewart invites readers to attend the tractor event on September 1 from 1:00 p m to 5:00 p m at Smouse Field one half mile north of Rock Island stockyards. The note adds that the cotton boll weevil destroys about 400 000 bales annually in the United States.
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Smouse Field
Rock Island Stock Yards
Geo
W. Stewart
United States
Local residents plan after reunion and travel notes
Arnett Wylie returns from Des Moines after attending the eighty-eighth division reunion. Miss Mabel Morton leaves for Clear Lake with Miss Nerine Schmoeller to continue teaching in the primary department. Miss Morton will pass Britt on the way home and bring back Miss Alice Klippel from Washington high school.
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Des Moines
Mabel Morton
Clear Lake
Iowa
Nerine Schmoeller
Cedar Rapids
C. A. Speer
William Brage
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