Checker and Chess Clubs to Compete at Colenso Hotel
The Davenport Checker and Cheese club will meet the Ottumwa club at the Colenso hotel in Washington at two o'clock next Sunday afternoon. Five teams from each place are entered with possible Washington replacements if needed. Ray Tracy announced the event today. Spectators may attend at the hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport Checker and Cheese Club
Ottumwa Club
Colenso
Washington
Ray Tracy
Liquor Control Bill Drafted Ready for Joint Committee
A tax battle in the legislature centers on replacing the two percent retail sales tax with a chain store tax and widening levies. Patterson and Beardsley push for a strength test as the senate returns, while gross income tax supporters seek delay for further action. Francis Johnson of the Iowa Farm Bureau is set to explain the farm bureau bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Patterson
Kossuth
Committee of
Beardsley
Sen
Harrington
Wood
Bury
Farm Bureau Federation
Francis Johnson
Iowa Farm Bureau
Death of F. P. McCray in California
Word arrives of the death of F. P. McCray a noted hydraulic engineer from San Jose California He died last Saturday He was husband of Kate Ackley McCray formerly of Washington a brother in law of the late Frank Smith His daughter Norman Scofield is known in Washington The Ackleys and Norman Scofield left Washington years ago McCray worked on the Monterey Fresno railroad survey and was prominent in local engineering circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. P. McCray
San Jose
Calif
Kate Ackley McCray
Washington
Frank Smith
McCray
Norman Scofield
Ackleys
Ackley
Death of J A Weaver Brother in Law of Local Residents
J A Weaver died last Sunday in Wiehits Kansas from heart trouble. He was brother in law of W H H Spera and Mrs W L Bible and visited relatives here about a month ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Weaver
W. HH. Spera
W. L. Bible
Wiehits
Kan
Leaker and Moore Conviction Upheld by Supreme Court
The Supreme Court upheld the Leaker and Moore conviction, ruling ballots valid in a Montgomery county special election. The decision affects towns ordering utility plants under the Simmer law and related contention over voter information and ballot legality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leaker
Moore
Supreme Court
Treaves
Towa
Wealth and Figures in a Sage’s Cautionary Remark
The statement from Hi Ho in China town warns that wealth can grow so vast that it appears as only a row of figures on a slip of paper. It frames wealth as an abstract, measurable quantity diminishing personal significance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hi Ho
Chinatown
Turtle eggs resist impact harder than common eggs
The eggs of the common snapping turtle are unusually tough and can rebound several inches when dropped on hard ground without breaking.
Local News Notes From Saturday Items and Upcoming Plans
Local items include L A Guy planning a winter trip by car to Eastlake Florida and extending engagement through Wednesday. Also mentioned are visits by Dr L Gittier Harold Johnson and Miss Alice Ricketts of Fairfield, a Trinity Lutheran Ladies sale, and various movements and gatherings in Iowa City and Washington County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. A
Guy
Eastlake
Florida
South
Dr. L. Gittier
Harold Johnson
Alice Ricketts
Fairfield
Joe Falk
Trinity Lutheran Ladies
Local Notes From Washington County Area
Reports from Washington County include William Jordan leaving Washington County Hospital, Floyd Hamil recovering from appendicitis with no operation planned, and community notices.Visits by local residents to relatives in Crawfordsville and Mt Pleasant are noted along with a new book rental library at Nicola Harmon. A birth in Huntington Park is announced for Clayton Earl Matlock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Hamil
Washington County
Berdo
Casey
Nicola & Harmon Rental Library
Will EB. Jones
Near Cotter
W. C. Hedges
H. H. Hills
Mt Pleasant
Hedges Home
Allen
Louise
Kathleen
Frank Mayer
Richland
D. N. Anwy
J. G. Maxwell
Stella Logan
Clarence Logan
Bobby
Crawfordsville
J. Lee Hanna
University Hospital
Iowa City
Hanna
Macon
Washington
Iowa
Matlock
Clifford Matlock
Huntington Park
Calif
Clifford
Clayton Earl
Clayton Matlock
John E. Long
Thelma
Doreen
Public demands Littl Women extra day at northeast Iowa chiropractors meeting
Northeast Iowa chiropractors met at Grundy Center with Dr. W Gingerich speaking on X ray film interpretation and Dr. R A Hender presenting on adjusting technique. Mrs Hender accompanied them while Zelma Moser returned from Des Moines after a weekend visit with Miss Pearl Hamil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Gingerich
Kaloua
R. A. Hender
Washington
Iowa
Grundy Center
Gingerich
Dr. Hender
Hender
Zelma Moser
Des Moines
Pearl Hamil
Chas
Vurowh
G. H. Musburger
Phil Wanerus
Osceola
Nate Young
Springfield
Lik
Morty Weil
New York City
Weil
Caée
Julius Damsey
Weil and Damsey
Little Women Play and Local Family Outing
Mrs Speer gathered data for the genealogies column of the Journal while Mr and Mrs Roy Means hosted Mr and Mrs C A Speer on a Sunday trip near The Elms on the Iowa river. Charles Lorack of Riverside shopped here yesterday.
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Roy Means
C. A. Speer
Elms
Iowa River
Speer
Journal
Charles Lorack
Riverside
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Schittle
Beth
Meg
Amy
FOX Theatre
Yardley Or
Coty
Sheaffer Foun
Ninas
Johnston’s
Checker
Chess Clubs
California
Wits @& Success
GEO. L. McDaniel Druggist
W. Davis
Drad
Earl Peters
Montgomery County
John Shields & Sons
Dave Me Creely
Dave Qvort
Mrs Harland Me
Creedy
W. FP. Messer
Harlan McCreedy
East
Jefferson, Street
W. A. Gibson
Iowa Avenue
Red Moore
Iyee McWay
Artral
University of Iowa
Bargain
Casey Cate
Howard i
McCleery
Eon
Nic
A. Keith Droz
Uni
A. TB. Schmoeder
Joan
G. Sehrmeoetlier
Delavan, Jr
A. B. Sehmoettler
Missora Watkins
Claude ©. Itester
Washington County Hospital
Teday
Michigan
United States
William Jordan
DeWit Grocery & Market
East Side
Blair Bldg
Folger’s
Busiess
Louis Jugenheimer
Crawfordsvill
A. E. Atchison Shoe Store
North Side Square
Oxfords & Shes
Browne
Heys’ Mead Youths
East Side Square
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