High School Beats Company D 33 to 15 In Basketball
The High School defeats Company D 33 to 15 in a hard fought game. Harry Robertson led the High School with strong shooting while Morley Johnson and Henry Steck starred at forward. Company D, with Virgil Irwin at center and Hout and Kos at forward, fought hard, but fouls and free throws kept them from closer scores. Friday they face Columbus Junction at home and schedule includes Muscatine Little Japs, Lone Tree, and Fairfield encounters in early January.
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High School and
Company Boys
Rmer
Company D
H. 8 S
Harry Robertson
Morley Johnson
Henry Steck
Howard Cunningham
Raymond Buckley
Virgil Irwin
Earl Hout
John Kos
Frank Brown
Arlo Jones
Irwin
Hout
Kos
Bert Dixon
John Bailey
Elmer Sickles
Homer Darbyshire
Columbus Junction
Ira Shenefelt Hurt in Near Fatal Farm Accident
Ira Shenefelt narrowly escaped fatal injury when a wagon loaded with corn toppled on him near Linas Wood. A gate failed and he fell under a wheel, the horse’s fright causing the wagon to shift weight onto his face and neck. Though severely injured the danger has passed, he will take weeks to recover.
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Ira Shenefelt
Linas Wood
Ira
Everson will probate and executors named in will
The will of the late Mrs. E. B. Everson is filed for probate naming Ab Anderson and Mrs. Edmund D. Morrison as executor and executrix. Niece Mrs. Morrison receives the Journal office property and two stores plus Everson residence contents. Twenty nephews and nieces get 100 dollars each. L. E. B. Everson gains 1000 dollars. J. Wilson receives a cabinet and curios. Nearby social notices follow.
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E. B. Everson
Ab Anderson
Edmund D. Morrison
Everson
Mrs. Morrison
Journal Office
Gorham Shoe
Nicola & Harmon
Masked mob ducked man in night clothes near Albia
Fifty masked men seized H. C. Wilson from his Albia area home and marched him to a pond a mile away where they broke the ice and ducked him. The incident followed Wilson’s testimony in proceedings leading to his wife’s confinement in an insane asylum.
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Ottumwa
Iowa
Evening Journal
H. C. Wilson
Wilson
Albia
Mine Disaster at Jacobs Creek Blocks Pittsburg Coal
Four hundred workers are believed dead after a fire traps them in the Dore mine of the Pittsburg Coal Co at Jacobs Creek near Pittsburgh. Rescue efforts are hindered by the blaze as authorities confirm the dire situation.
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Pittsuerg
Evening Journal
Dore
Pittsburg Coal Co
Jacobs Creek
Oberlin College Alumna Leaves Books to Library
A deceased alumna of Oberlin College donates valuable books from her library to the college. The remainder of her estate is divided equally among her eight surviving brothers and sisters.
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Oberlin College
Winter Temperatures Dip to 15 Above Zero Last Night
A brief cold snap dropped to 15 degrees above zero overnight. The forecast indicates no change in temperature for tomorrow.
Mrs Burnell and Daughter Arrive From Newton for Christmas
Mrs. K. A. Burnell and her daughter Louise arrived this morning from Newton to spend Christmas at the AS Cunningham home.
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K. A. Burnell
Louise
Newton
Cunningham
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the Store OF Quality J. ZB. Crail
HGH School
Bowman
Willlow
Toy Engine
Mechanical
California
Malaga
Bowman Bros
E. E Everson
Burrows
Edna Rupp
Nicola
Chicago
J. D. Dayton and Son
West Chester
C. Wenger
Wayland
Daniel Wenger
Arthur Purvis
Arthur Carver
Truro
E. C. Rupp
Bartlett
D. A. Ghalmers
Iowa Avenue
J. W. Harper
Pittsville, Ill
Washington Co
Roberts Furnishing Company
East Side Square
Washington
S. B. Dewey
Harold Blair
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