Fifth Quarry Is Planned For County
Russell A. Frink the maintenance engineer in charge of primary roads plans to lease land near Brighton for a new quarry. The site will supplement the county CWA project already employing fifty men on road work and support rip rap walls bridges and erosion control. Frink aims to lease this week and keep crews active on primary routes No 1 north of Washington and No 161 near Crawfordsville as weather allows additional quarries are contemplated in five southeastern counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell A. Frink
Brighton
Civil Works Administration
Flora Dunbar
County Emergency
Dan A. Guy
Sandy Hook Corner
Pitth
Grace Hill
Washington
Frink
Crawfordsville
Newcomer Mickelson Joins Montgomery Ward Minnesota Firm
The Mickelson family, of Minnesota origin, moves to Duluth area after Mr. Mickelson builds career in merchandising. Born on a Minnesota farm, he worked at Marshall-Wells in Duluth, then Woolworth in Chicago, then 30 years with Montgomery Ward before returning to Duluth and later transferring to Washington Iowa. He is married to Alice Mickelson, nee Yollerud, and they have a one year old daughter Ivonne, residing at 501 South Avenue B.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mickelson
Mickelsons
Montgomery Ward
Minnesota
Alice Yollerud
Ftamarack
Ivonne
Aouth Avenue
Marshall-Wells Hardware Company
Duluth
Chicago
Woolworth Ossantation
Washington
Iowa
Beveirly Tills Praises England On World Tour
Cal Beveirly Tills says Harry Carr reports from the Pacific that England is early in its recovery. Carr notes England lowered its currency to near U S levels and benefited. The writer calls Englishmen smart and contrasts past criticisms of Britain with current actions.
County Quarries Open Boosting Workforce to 327
Rupert S new assistant Russell Goodin and Miss Rut Ringheim with Miss Frieda White head re employment and emergency offices on the courthouse’s second floor. The busiest area is the northwest corner where county engineer and overseer of the poor offices join the rush as the fourth county quarry opens and the county fills its full 327 men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sistant
Russell Goodin
Rut
Little Theater Assembly Program Highlights
The junior college Little Theater presented a noon program then repeated one skit for the high school assembly. Supt W L Yaw spoke at Sitka Alaska’s Sheldon Jackson school. Miss Carolyn McCleery spoke on theaters in Europe. Mae Caviness discussed Maxwell Anderson’s Both Your Houses and Sidney Howard’s The Late Christopher Bean.
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Junior College Little Theater
Supt
W. L. Yaw
Sheldon Jackson
Sitka
Alaska
Carolyn McCleery
Little Theater
London
Paris
Vienna
University of Iowa
Mae Caviness
Maxwell Anderson
Dorothy Soukup
Christopher Bean
Sidney Howard
Elizabeth
Raleigh Marjorie Robertson
Virgil Wittmer
Queen Elizabeth
Ralleigh
Esther Smith
Marjorie Smith
Karl Bevins
Helen Melinski
William Stewart
Williams
Delta Psi Omega
Sealing Corn Loans Expedited by Authorized Sealers
Washington county corn loan officials urge farmers to wait for fair processing as sealers Brown Stewart and Griffin expand to cover northern townships including English River and Lime Creek. Stewart reports sealing 65 000 bushels in 49 cribs with about 360000 dollars tied to the corn and expects two more cribs sealed today before new warehouse certificates arrive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
Stewart
Stewart E
Ieighton
Busby Company
McKinstry
Franklin Township
Joe Wright
Moore Bound Over to the January Grand Jury
Jack Moore was arraigned before Justice of the Peace J. E. Powee and bound over to the January grand jury on a carry concealed weapons charge. Bonds set at $400, but Moore could not furnish them. Night Marshal Blaine Holmes testified Moore had a large open knife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Moore
Justice of the Peace
J. E. Powee
Moore
Blaine Holmes
No Collusion Is Apparent to O'Conner
Iowa Attorney General stated no evidence of collusion or wrongdoing in cement price practices after a state review. He urged a legislative probe into Guthrie county land bought for 400 dollars per acre in 1929. He noted federal findings on price quotation practices and cited Fair Practice code.
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O’conner
Des Moines
Ed L. O'Conner
State Highway Commission
House
Guthrie County
State of
Iowa
The
Highway Commission
O'Conner
Federal Trade Commission
Roosevelt
Sunday School Officers Guests at Washington County Program
Ministers and officers of the Washington County Sunday School association will be honored as guests at a Monday program at the Y M C A. The session runs from 10 until 12 with opening prayer by Rev. W R Foster and devotional by Rev. Thomas Osborn. Rev L L Chamness will speak on Christian Church or Disciples of Christ and Rev D Chalmers Fulton on Christmas Traditions and Customs in Many Lands.
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L Association
Washington County
Washington
D. Chalmers Fulton
West Chester Community Notes And Local Visits
West Chester revival meetings draw strong attendance with nine new members at Sunday service. Local families traveled and hosted guests, a student play drew a large crowd, and residents shared health, travel, and social news from surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Chester
M. EF
Lelia Woodard
Will Munro
By-Ways collection debuts in Washington shops
The third edition of By the-Way humorous annual By-Ways of 1923 goes on sale today in Washington at Nicola & Harmon’s McDaniel’s Phillips Hebner’s Lemmon’s and the Journal office. The 56 page volume features over fifty Washington county contributors and reprints popular items. Copies are selling fast. last year’s print run sold out in 10 days, and this year 600 copies were printed with mail orders available from the Journal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
By the
By-Ways
Washington
Nicola & Harmon's
McDaniel’s Drug Store
Phillips & Hebner’s
Lemmon’s Pharmacy
Journal
Washington County
Bill Mohland
Ralph Scott
Texas
Bus and train collision kills eight schoolchildren in heavy fog
In Crescent City Illinois a coach bus carrying about 40 children to school was struck by an Atlantic Coast Line freight train in dense fog. Driver H. M. Niles was injured but survived. many children died or were badly injured at the scene awaiting ambulances and hospital treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crescent City
Fila
Atlantic Coast Line
H. M. Niles
Niles
Emergency kitchen serves about 100 daily meals
Charley Welch, superintendent, reports the emergency kitchen now serves about a hundred meals daily, a substantial rise since opening this season. A typical day includes twelve breakfasts, eleven dinners, eleven suppers, and sixty five bowls sent out, with more applicants from Washington community than last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charley Welch
Welch
Washington
Lindberghs Arrive in San Juan for Overnight Stay
Col and Mrs Charles A Lindbergh arrived in San Juan Porto Rico after a swift 800 mile flight from Port of Spain Trinidad. They accepted the acting governor's invitation to stay overnight at the governor's palace as they journey home for Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Juan
Porto Rico
Umm
Charles A. Lindbergh
Port of Spain
Trinidad
3000 Men Added Iowa CWA Quota
Des Moines Iowa reports Iowa becomes first state to exceed its CWA quota receiving 3000 more workers raising total to 62500. Iowa Administrator E H Mulock notes $850000 in wages paid to unemployed on CWA roles in past three weeks. $40000 approved for Iowa State College to employ 176 more men on loading repairs wildlife preserve and drainage projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Der
Iowa
E. HL Mulock
Iowna State College
Iowa Corn Loan Program Nears Maximum Speed
Des Moines reports Iowa farmers move quickly on corn loans with supplies in every county. Loans could be issued at about 2,000 daily, enabling federal funds of 500000 to 800000 dollars per day to reach farmers.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Senate
Interim Commission
House
Harrington
Woodbury
Farm Bureau
Lowa
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Dunbar
CWA
Rupert
Little Theater Assembly
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Sealer
Griffin
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Lesler
Walter RR. Brown
Howard M. Stewart
William ‘Griffin
Riverside
Iowa English River
Lime Creek
Mr. Stewart
Highland
Oregors
Crawford Marion
Franklin
Mr. Brown
Jackson
Cedar
Seventy-six
Dutch Creek
Clay
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Chester C. Davis
Department of Agriculture
George N. Peek
Peek
State Department
Boston
Maurice Doyle
Eileen
Doyle
Evening Journal
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Dee
Saloon
State Board of Assessment
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Cowboy
Jack Wisdom
Harry Pritchard
Lower
Wichita
Kan
Dick Russell
Leach
Okla
Oklahoma
Wisdom
Pritchards
Kansas State Penitentiary
D. BE
Studebaker
Minnie Smith
Rock Island
Howard Swisherman
Home Arts Club
A. T. Augustine
Sam Lewis
Mulberry
Ind
Hk. C. Ferguson
Charles Newman
Wallace
Newman
Albia
Ferguson
Karl Atwood
Troy Foriash
Ruth Coon
Cedar Rapids
Isaac Sprague
Geo. Bell
Wellman
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Porto Rican
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