Washington High School Opens Basketball Season With Yarmouth
Washington high school prepares to open the season with a home game against Yarmouth high school at the Washington gym. A girls game will be booked early next week, with Yarmouth supplying a strong practice opponent.
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Washington High School
Yarmouth High School
Yarmouth
Washington Quintet
McKinstry
Washington
Mt. Pleasant
Muscatine
Ottumwa
Fairfield
Chinese Postal Report Praises Couriers’ Fidelity
Washington dispatch notes American postal officials studying the Chinese post office report for 1923, commending courier fidelity and noting that some couriers have been killed in service. The article signals concern over risk to postal workers and the broader implications for cross border operations.
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Washington
Kalona Man Amos Mellinger Dies After Taxi Crash
Amos Mellinger Sr. of Kalona dies from internal injuries after a taxi cab collision near Sharon Center on Monday. He was about 72, longtime Kalona lumber businessman, survived by wife, daughter Mrs. Samuel Myers, Chicago, and sons Amos Jr. and H. A. Mellinger. Funeral plans set for Monday in Kalona with Sharon cemetery interment likely.
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Kalona
Amos Mellinger
Katona
Iowa City
Sharon Center
Sharon
Mellinger
Amos, Jr
H. A. Mellinger
Samuel Myers
Chicago
Post Office Service Honors Loyal Staff Amid Hardships
A year end report salutes post office workers for fidelity and patience while noting kidnappings and a missing postmaster in Tsaovang Hupeh for six months. It praises rail pay arrangements and gratitude to foreign gunboat commanders for aiding mail transmission on the Upper Yangtze.
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Tsaovang
Hupeh
Yangtze
Woodmen Elect Officers for New Year
Modern Woodmen of America members elected officers for the new year. Consul Earl Glick adviser D L Carbaugh clerk J G Morarity banker J A Work escort C J Sloat manager H A Otto watch man Nick Lee sentry W E Sloat assistant clerk E V Simons.
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Woodmen of America
Earl Glick
D. L. Carbaugh
J. G. Morarity
J. A. Work
C. J. Sloat
H. A. Otto
Nick Lee
W. E. Sloat
E. V. Simons
November term adjourns today in Grinnell district court
Judge D. W. Hamilton adjourned the November district court session after seventeen days. Two jury trials occurred, one criminal and one civil, with numerous pretrial probate matters handled. The January term will be led by Judge Henry F. Wagner. the bank receivership reports, including deposits owed to Washington County and Washington city, are on file. A default entry is sought against about fifteen unpaid stockholders.
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D. W. Hamilton
Grinnell
District Court
Hamilton
Henry F. Wagner
Sigourney
Farmers and Merchants State Bank
Iowa
County of Washington
City of
Washington
Brazil Halts Japanese Visas but Lakers Passports Aid Emigrants
The Brazilian consul in Tokyo notified a suspension of Japanese visas to Brazil, but passports will be granted to emigrants at Kobe ready to embark. Japan’s foreign office seeks a rapid report on potential exclusion implications, amid prior talks of sending tens of thousands to Brazil and renewed colonization efforts in South America.
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Tokio
Brazil
Kobe
Japan
Akamatsu
Foreign Office
Masons Elect New Officers at Washington Lodge No 26
Washington lodge No 26 A F and A M elected D W Dayton as master Wilder Bell senior warden E Stutsman junior warden L W Wallace treasurer Arthur Goodin secretary for the coming year Installations set for the first Friday evening of January Among officers recommended as representatives to the Temple building company are L B Lupton J B Ream and J W Dayton
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Washington Lodge
A. F
A.M
D. W. Dayton
Wilder ¢. Bell
Pr. KB. E. Stutsman
L. WH. Wallace
Arthur Goodin
L. B. Lupton
J. B. Ream
J. W. Dayton
Lodge
Temple Building Company
Local notes and marriage licenses from the county
Miss Betty Hollingsworth has recovered from pendicitis and went home last evening. Licenses to wed were issued to J. Lloyd Arbogast and Lois Spohn of Brighton and William Volger and Marie Spohn of Brighton. Various local residents traveled, visited Washington, or returned home for weekends. A death in Union City Tennessee was reported, and discussions note Japan’s possible movement of surplus population to South America after exclusion acts.
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Betty Hollingsworth
J. Lloyd Arbogast
Coppock
Lois Spohn
Brighton
William Volger
Mies
Marie Spohn
Washington
T. W. Ferrell
Union City
Tennessee
Japan
Railway plans tie Holy Land to world markets
In Jerusalem dispatches the English administration backs railway growth in Palestine. A standard gauge line runs from Egypt through Gaza and Lod to Haifa linking key economic hubs. Negotiations reportedly advance for a Haifa to Beirut coastal line via Acca Tyre and Sidon, with existing service to Acca and about 100 miles left to connect Beirut with regional ports.
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Jerusalem
Holy Land
Egypt
Gaza
Lod
Haifa
Mount Carmel
Beirut
Acca
Tyre
Sidon
Near East
Caro
Alexandria
Port Said
Jubilant Junior High Cantata Glows With Christmas Spirit
One hundred thirty junior high pupils presented a three part program led by Miss Bertha Hay. The cantata Three Springs by Paul Bliss featured a 30 voice chorus with white middies and black ties. The Nativity Story, read by Miss Catherine McConaughey, showcased Mary, Joseph, angels, shepherds and three kings, with the high school orchestra providing preludes and interludes. Accompanists were Miss Mary Barnett and Miss Edith Belleau.
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Jenior High School
Bertha Hay
Paul Bliss
McKay
W'lma Moore
Catherine McConaughey
Mary McConnaughey
Mary
Joseph
Wayne Brown
Twyla Reed
Hime Eastin
Walter Wells
Charles Long
Shepherds
Angels
Mise
Mary Barnett
Mise Edith Belleau
Jones visits Kansas City and others attend events in Crawfordsville
Mrs Joe H Jones visits relatives in Kansas City Mo Lisle Maxwell visits Chicago to see Mr and Mrs Ernest Ruppelt and attend the Livestock show A declamatory contest postponed to Tuesday night Dec 9 due to a storm The Ladies Aid of the Methodist church plans an annual bazaar with afternoon dinner next Tuesday Dec 9
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Crawfordsville
Joe H. Jones
Kansas City
Lisle Maxwell
Chicago
Ernest Ruppelt
Ladies Aid of the
Methodist Church
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Chinese Postal Report
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Fidelity
A. Mellinger
Woodmen
Treazil
South America
the Evening Journal
Masons
W. W. Gideon
Ainsworth
H. H. Conger
West Chester
H. B. Graham
Élise Capitola Brindley
Winfield
Mart Whittaker
Gen
Harry Leonard
Galesburg, DL
Davera Stewart
Mrs
Charles Stewart
Palestine
Ahmad
AUD
Inche
C. H. Guther
Evening Journal
J. H. Baird
W. D. Martin
Warren
West
Jefferson
Highland Dairy
Rawleigh
W. T. Rawleigh Co
Freeport
Ill
Inquire Journal
Frank H. Gray
Frank Seranteny
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Ship Lap
Dimension Lumber
Fey Yki Building
Ireland
Italy
Czecho
Slovakia
Geo. Tooman
Rock Island Stock Yards
Carl J. I.oberts
Bite
West Madison Street
Brochart Bros
Win Sinmouse
Britt
Mage
Jeave
Journal Office
FE. R. Harvey
Waltllaces
Leeders’ Gazette
Des Moines Capital and
Ladies Home Journal
Sacre
Chas
Shalla
Hermits and Hom
Conner’s
Etta H. Conner
Jersey
Poland
Putnams
Cotter
Chester White
James K. Helmick & Son
Columbus Junction
Coles Hot ! Blast Guns Range
Shelley
Wm. Darbyshire
Washington Steam Laundry
George Young
Ben
Stewart Hotel
W.s.reister & Sons Eggs and Poultry
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