Census of Farms Opens This Week in Washington County
Census enumerator John S. Wilson begins rounds in Washington and Oregon townships, aiming to complete within fifteen days. About four hundred farms in his district will be surveyed, with 158 questions, and information kept confidential for agricultural planning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
John S. Wilson
Washington
Oregon
R. J. Miller
Muscatine
Wilson
Washington City
Department of Commerce
Taxafon
Larner
Prosperity Encampment Elects Officers and Funeral Notice
Prosperity Encampment 1 O.0 lh. No. 68 held its regular election of officers Friday evening December 12. New officers include C P FW Diller H P C 8 Baker 8 W Frank Schneider Scribe M D Lee T W W W Kos Treasurer C B Bates Trustee for three years J B Rittler. Weeds Burial services for Mrs Mars Woods, who died last week at her daughter’s home in Canton Illinois, were held there with Dr W W Bowers in charge. Pall bearers were six sons and grandsons.
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C. P
FW. Diller
Baker
W. Frank Schneider
Scribe
M. D. Lee
C. EB. Bates
J. B. Rittler
Bereaved Family Thanks For Kindness After Death
We thank friends and neighbors for kindness during our bereavement in the death of our husband and father Mrs A N Euwer and family also appreciate the floral offerings Aliithe Want-ad will do it
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A. N. Euwer
Aliithe
Ellis to Judge Farm Products Exhibit at High School
County Agent Harold V. Ellis has been secured to judge the agricultural exhibit to be held next Friday afternoon at the high school. The event, sponsored by the school agriculture department under Prof. H. G. Montgomery, opens at 3 PM with visitors welcome before and after the Washington Mt Pleasant basketball game. Students will show grain and potato samples and farmers are urged to cooperate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold V. Ellis
High School Agriculture Department
H. G. Montgomery
Washington-Mt. Pleasant
Adoration Pageant at Prairie Flower Church Sunday
The Christmas program The Adoration Pageant will be presented at Prairie Flower church next Sunday night December 21. The cast comprises forty six persons and the event will take about two hours. The church building is being wired and new electric lights will be in use by then. The public is invited for an inspiring Christmas program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prairie Flower Church
Revival campaign opens with Tuesday service led by Bosley evangelists
The revival series begins Tuesday night with no fixed closing time under the Lord's guidance. Wednesday at 2:30 pm offers special prayer for lost loved ones and personal needs. Requests for healing or relief from burdens are invited, including shut ins who cannot attend. Mrs. C. W. Busby extends the invitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bosley Evangelists
C. W. Busby
Rail Freight Sets New October Record in 1924
The October freight traffic reached 42 129 742 000 net ton miles, the highest ever, surpassing the August 1920 record by 424 855 0008 and the August 1927 figure by 900 072 000 net ton miles. For the first ten months of 1924 volume fell 7.7 percent year over year, with 356 389 671 000 net ton miles moved.
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Tejiway
Bureau of Railway Economies
Auryust
Funeral for W J Todd At Methodist Church
Funeral services for W J Todd were held Saturday at the Methodist church with Dr W W Bowers in charge and a male quartet of A L Griffith Everette Griffith R E Brown and J J Miller. Pallbearers included John Babcock Harry Herboldt Ed Jackson W W McFarland Ed Davis and W I Duncan. More than a thousand friends attended and burial followed at Elm Grove Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Todd
W. J. Todd
Methodist Church
W. W. Bowers
A. L. Griffith
Everette Griffith
R. E. Brown
J J. Miller
John Babcock
Harry Herboldt
Ed Jackson
W. W. McFarland
Ed. Davis
W. I. Duncan
Elm Grove Cemetery
New Rock Island Trains Set for California Route
Rock Island plans two new California passenger trains with luxury service. The Golden State Limited departs Chicago at 8:30 PM and is likely to reach Washington between 2:00 and 2:30 AM, with an eastbound arrival around 10:00 AM in Chicago. The Golden State Express departs Chicago at 6:00 PM and should reach Washington about 1:00 AM, handling local traffic while the Limited carries through passengers. Further schedule details await official release.
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Washington
California
Rock Island
H. W. Russel
Chicago
Golden State Limited
Golden State Express
Russelle
Los Angeles
Auto accidents cause majority of 1923 U S fatalities
Census Bureau figures show that nearly one fifth of all U S deaths from accidents in 1923 came from automobile crashes. City deaths from autos were twice rural, with Kentucky Wyoming and Mississippi the states with more railroad than auto deaths. Wyoming had the highest overall accident rate while California led in auto crash rate and Mississippi had the lowest auto mortality rate.
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Wahington
United States
Census Bureau
Kentucky
Wyoming
Misssscippi
California
Mississippi
Crain Exports Decrease in US Grain Trade
Washington reports last week grain exports at 5,344,000 bushels, down from 8,600,000 the prior week. Department figures show barley 906,000 bushels, corn 68,000, rye 197,000, wheat 909,000, and Canadian wheat in transit 1,372,000. American and Canadian flour in transit stood at 380,000 barrels.
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Crain
Washington
United States
Commerce Department
Senate ratifies war debt settlement with Lithuania and Poland
Washington December 16 the senate approved the war debt settlements of the American foreign debt commission with Lithuania and Poland. A marriage license was issued today to William Shaffer of South English and Miss Lera Romine of Keota.
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Petit’ Wae
Washington
Senate
American Foreign Debt Commission
Lithuania
Poland
William Shaffer
South English
Lera Romine
Keota
Four Declainers Selected for Declamatory Contest
Miss Josephine Failey Jason Kleese Clarence Miller and John Matthews were chosen from last night’s public speaking tryout for the declamatory contest. The preliminary oratorical division named the quartet as top performers with selections including John Brown Death, What Will America, Crosse of Gold and Death of Garfield. Attendance was strong and the public is invited to view the upcoming dramatic preliminaries, now likely moved to the auditorium, with no admission.
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Josephine Failey
Jason Kleese
Clarence Miller
John Matthews
Wth Fine
SE Fp Dees
Carley Koeln
Bowers
Willard Wylie
Josephine Bailey
John Brown
Seam Kleose
Amerikea
Crosse
Gold
Clarance Mmler
Garfield’ Fach
Tudy
Wintry Weather Promises Snow Across State
The region cools sharply with temperatures about twenty degrees lower than yesterday afternoon. A cold wave lingers in the north, while Washington remains warmer at two o'clock with twenty above zero. Ice forms on walks as a cold mist falls, and weather prophets forecast snow.
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Washington
Fort Dodge
Sioux City
Crone Rhodes Scholar from Grinnell College Named
Nell Louwlts Crone of Marshalltown is selected as a Rhodes scholarship candidate for 1925 to Oxford University. The committee includes W A Jesup J Van der Lee Me Jd Hoffman J St John Jax J W Wood rough and D T Nelgon. Crone 21 will study chemistry and physics and plans medical research after Oxford starting October 1925. He is an A student, Phi Beta Kappa member, star track man who once held the state quarter mile record. The scholarship provides SHO pounds per year for three years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central University
J. St. John
Artington
Jax
J. W
Oxford
Crone
Grinnell
Phil Beta Kappa
Burglary in San Francisco Drug Store Ends With Stun Bind
A masked burglar bound and gagged Thomas R. Shaw, drug store manager, hid behind the counter during a raid that lasted about thirty minutes until a clerk released the intruder who was mistaken for a new employee. The thief netted around $20 before fleeing.
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Bareler
Francisco
Calif
Dee
Barelar
Origin of Health Service Work in Washington County
Dr W Stewart outlines the Washington County Health Unit’s origins tied to the Rockefeller Sanitary Commission and International Health Board. The talk covers funding, expansion to rural units, health education, and the need for laboratories, with local support from the County Board of Supervisors, schools, hospital, and the Bosworth Fund aiding needy children.
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International Health Board
Rm Fhe
State Board
The
State University
Washington County
County Board of Supervisors
Bosworth
Ozra Bosworth
Statistics on Iowa school absences and disease costs 1922
A report shows 141 605 Iowa school children absent daily costing tuition losses of 1 600 000 and a further 45 000 on school investment. One in five children are daily absentees due to fitness issues, eighty percent preventable. Rural districts bear the heaviest burden with cases of communicable disease totaling 5 481 absent days and 2 740 in tuition losses.
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Iowa
Washington
St. James
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Framingham
Mass
Warning Against Trespassing and Hunting on Premises
Property owners warn against trespassing and hunting or trapping on their land due to loss of stock from hunters. They state self protection requires refusal of entry to hunters and trappers on the property.
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John Wilson
Ore
Gon Townships
Saystroll Flacors
Blowers
Aears
Warren
Ellis
Prairie Plower
LOTH
Pneoctor
W. Stewart
Dievetor County Health Service
John D. Rockefeller
Rockefeller Sanitary Commission
Rockefeller Foundation
State of New York
John D Rockefeller
International Health Commission
Which In Health Board
Inpenine
Okey Westerad
FELTS
and Styles Los
Rank L. Wilsor
Evening Journal
H. H. Knott
Colenso Hotel
Miss Darling
Inquire Journal
Lou Gormly
Crawfordsville
Rawleigh
W. T
Rawleigh Co
Freeport
V. Beleil
KK. L. Beleil
Dayton
Tooman's Leather Shop
Cockerels
Gore
Chester White
James K. Helmick & Son
Columbus Junction
R. S. White
Putnam's Saw Mill
County Line
Ainsworth
Cotter
Red Rock Gockereéls
H. A. Engel
Washington County Hospital
Canaries
R. C. Witte Wyandotte Cockerels
ROARS
W. L. Gates
McElhinney’s
Tee
Tom Barron
Manford Rabenold
Thor
Tamworth
Henry Berdo
Geo, Lord
McElhinney’s Furniture Store
Martha Washington
McEihinney’s
Tooman
Frank Scranton
Toomant
Gladstones
Tooman’s Leather Shop
Teaman’s Leather Shop
Assurpe
Win Smouse
Gor
Valley
Rubio
Geo. J. Breitenbach
E. R. Harvey
Farmer, Breeders’ Gazette
Des Moines
Capital and Ladies Home Journal
Ste
A. N. Bower
First United Presbyterian Church
J. Reade McCrory
Mr. Porter
Crawfordsavlile
Carolyn Hamilton
H. H. McCleery
George Maxwell
T J. McElhinney
George Fulton
Clarence Irwin
David Benson
Harry Hunt
Dre. K. WW. Speseard
Bentley Thompson
Elm Grove
Notun
John £ Griffith
W.S. Reister & Sons
Eggs and Poultry
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