Girls Basketball Squad Builds Pace For Coming Season
The high school girls basketball team starts practice after many graduations and aims for a credible showing against local rivals. Coach Mrs. Howard Freshwaters lists a tentative starting lineup with Dorothy Clark and Carrie Haney at forwards, Dorothy Ellis at center, and Myrte Macon and Age1 Starr as guards, with several others vying for spots as substitutes. Schedule notes mention two likely home games, including Brighton, with a possible December 19 game against Columbia.
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Howard Freshwaters
Dorothy Clark
Carrie Haney
Evelyn Moothart
Dorothy Ellis
Martha Davidson
Leta Donaldson
Freesman
Myrte Macon
Record of County Car Licenses Surges Ahead
At ten this morning 541 Washington county automobiles were registered for the new year at the county treasurer office. Of these 528 licensed by Saturday close, 13 more arrived today. Despite strong demand since December, total licensed cars exceed only about one tenth of county total with three weeks left to license all before January first.
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Washington County
Outcome of German Elections Leaves Reichstag Ambiguity
Berlin December 8 The German election results leave the parliamentary picture unclear as the socialists clericals and democrats hold 227 Reichstag seats with the Bavarian People’s Party at nineteen votes unlikely to form a reliable majority without further shifts.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Reichtag
Bavarian People's Party
Washington girls sideline from tournament schedule
Negotiations underway for upcoming games with Muscatine on January 2 and tentative plans with Crawfordsville Cotter and Ainsworth, with a short February schedule and a later class-game series. Washington girls will not take part in tournaments.
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Crawfordsville
Cotter
Ainsworth
Washington Girls
Y M C A Edifice Near Completion
Washington readers view the nearly finished YMCA building as the removal of the street shed opens a full view. Finishing touches proceed with tile and terrazza work due for completion in days and doors expected to boost the structure’s finished appearance.
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Washington
New High Record Prices Paid Today for Corn and Wheat
Wheat and corn prices surged to new highs today in Chicago trading as crop damage reports from Argentina spurred buying. December wheat rose to 1.59 3 4 a bushel and December corn gained 2 3 8 to 1.21 3 4, with wheat described as the cheapest in world terms.
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Dec
General Commission
Argentina
Former County Resident Arthur Burham Dies at 49
Arthur E. Burham a Milwaukee Railroad trainman and former county resident died last Thursday in Sunny Slope sanitarium He was born in West Chester and worked as a conductor for Milwaukee trains He leaves widow Cora M Burham Ottumwa brother Jesse Lee Burham Ottumwa and mother Mrs Jenni fe Burham Washington He converted to Christianity shortly before death Funeral held Sunday at Ottumwa Methodist Church conducted by Rev L A Swisher burial in Ottumwa cemetery
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Ottumwa Cemetery
Golden State Express to Run Chicago to Los Angeles
Agent H. Russell reports a new Golden State route service starting December 28 1924 featuring all Pullman first class through travel. The Golden State Express will include a dining car observation car and maid service with deluxe steel equipment and amenities such as barber shop shower bath and valet service. Through service will link Chicago and Los Angeles with observation sleeping cars tourist sleepers through coaches and dining car.
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Los Angeles
Indians Lured Away by Showmen
Commissioner Burke reports on the guardian duties for 340000 Indians in 24 states. He cites showmen persuading Indians to leave homes for entertainments that rarely provide real value. Navajo children miss schooling to herd sheep, the main income, unless year round schools are continued in Navajo regions.
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Dec
Chas. FE. Burke
Burke
Mree Bhurke
Storms and Heavy Seas Harm Atlantic Shipping
Storms and heavy seas battered the Atlantic coastline and offshore waters, straining the coast guard. The schooner Perry Selzer is believed wrecked about 500 miles from New York, with searchers unable to locate the crew or the vessel after gales extended along the coast and far to sea.
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Washington
Coast Guard
Perry Selzer
New York
Farmers Union Drive Continues Amid Rain Delays
Milo Reno could not reach Iowa City due to rain and mud disrupting taxis, delaying his courthouse address. Grant Kennedy will lead county events for several days with meetings planned at Havre Riverside Wellman and Wellston to boost organization and marketing efforts. Circulation of farm marketing concerns and cooperative ties with local business leaders emphasized.
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Iowa
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Strike vote being taken today by western railroads
L G Griffin announces that engineers and firemen of the Chicago and Alton railroad will vote on a strike. Ninety six percent of engineers firemen hostlers and helpers on the Southern Pacific El Paso and Southwestern and Arizona Eastern systems have voted to strike if necessary to obtain a settlement of outstanding disputes.
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L. G Criffin
Brotherhood of Locomotive Enegineers
Chicago and Alton Railroad
Hostler
Southern Pacific
el Paso
Southwestern
Arizona Fastern
Engineer’s
Pedestrians of Berlin Insist Upon Jay Walking
Berlin struggles to enforce new traffic rules modeled on American systems amid a chaotic mix of pushcarts autos bicycles and horse drawn vehicles. Pedestrians refuse to wait at intersections and cross mid street, challenging rule adherence and enforcement.
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Jay
Local notices and society items from Washington column
George Brinton attends Southern Surety Co. meeting in Des Moines. Miss Bessie Busby visits from Yamouth. Mrs N J Burham to Columbus Junction. Francis Wright of West Chester on town business. Leo A Klein of Keota visits Washington. Mrs Cloyee Dougherty undergoes county hospital operation. Mrs C E Hill visits en route to Kalona. Nightwatchman Will Bailey returns home after illness. Green oak wood sale and No 10 pads lard promoted.
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Des Moines
Brinton
Southern Surety Co
Francis Wright
West Chester
C. E. Hill
Washington
Kalona
Baseball Player Shot Dead in Honolulu Nightlife
Jimmy Duchalsky a former Salt Lake Coast League pitcher and Decatur Illinois player was killed last night in Honolulu after a street argument. The report notes his wintering in the islands and mentions other cultural items in the same column.
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Jimmy Duchalsky
Salt Lake Baseball Club
Decatur, II
Daily Dawn Anew Supports Ku Klux Klan, Community Zeal
The Daily Dawn founded last March by local citizens pushes a Klan aligned cause. The article notes the paper actively espousing the Ku Klux Klan and rallying local support.
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