Local Notices Amid Holiday Openings and Santa Suit Search
Mrs Will Dupuis and Ruth Lucille visit Davenport for the day. Indian Creek hosts a Friday evening event. Lamon Jewelry and Westphal Jewelry offer Christmas night hours. A missing Santa Claus suit from Rotary Christmas parade prompts calls to the Journal office. Grinnell student John Lemmon returns home for the holidays. Added ad for Wet Try Taylor’s gesoline and a brief note on local shop hours and promotions.
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Will Dupuis
Ruth Lucille
Davenport
Journal Office
Christmas Holiday Socials and Local Ads Highlight Washington
Miss Helen Woods visits from Stephens College in Columbia to spend Christmas vacation. Mrs Edith Miller visits Mt Union relatives. F J Stewart hardware and C E Plumly's Piano House announce open evenings until Christmas with sales on pianos and mahogany phonographs. Miss Jessie Kerr and Miss Gwendolyn Long return home from Grinnell. local shops offer flowers and cleaning services.
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Helen Woods
Stephens College
Columbia
Gwendolyn Long
Grinnell College
Grinnell
Christmas items and notices fill Washington page
Local notices include holiday events at Prairie Flower church and Young America school box supper, shopping deals at Washington National Bank with special Friday Saturday prices, and remarks on residents visiting relatives. Business visitors R W Carson George Statler and others are listed along with holiday savings and bakery offers.
Davy Jones Locker Myth Described as Sea Deep Court
The phrase evokes a mythical sea demon Davy Jones who supposedly holds court at the ocean floor. Sailors say a sunken ship has gone to Davy Jones locker as a fate beyond the waves.
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Davy Jones
Locker
Time as a thief and a warning on use
A reflective maxim notes time is a great thief and that using it well yields more than it takes. It emphasizes personal responsibility and prudent action to gain return from time’s passage. The quote frames time as an adversary and a resource.
Weather bulletin service for Caribbean shipping
The United States Weather Bureau establishes a special radio weather bulletin service for shipping in the Caribbean Sea. Twice daily morning broadcasts from Swan Island station provide observations from ten West Indian stations and forecasts for the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean west of 73 degrees. Night bulletins year round offer forecasts advices and hurricane and norther warnings.
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Washington
Caribbean Sea
United States Weather Bureau
Commercial Steamship Company
Swan Isand
Caribbean
West Indies
Gulf of Mexico
Van Loon Awarded Best Book Prize
Hendrik Van Loon's Story of Mankind was voted the most important book of 1921 by the Children's Librarians section of the American Library Association. He received the John Newbery medal from the Children’s Librarians section in Detroit, with 164 of 212 votes.
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Preae
Chicago
Hendrik van Loon
American Library Association
van Loon
John Newberry
Frederic C. Melcher
Detroit
Testify Before Special Grand Jury In War Fraud Probe
Baker former secretary of war in Wilson era testified before the Special grand jury in Washington D C investigating war frauds. The exact purpose of his appearance was not revealed but the inquiry has focused on irregularities in building army cantonments.
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Washington, D. C
Newton ID. Baker
Wilson
Lay
Early Maple Sugar History in North America
The article notes maple sugar production in Bohemia declining as beet sugar rose. It mentions early American explorers finding Indians making sugar from maple taps in vast forests, with no clear start date for the practice.
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Bohemia
America
Scout troop events and church notices from December close
Scout Troop No 1 meets Thursday night at 7. Gertrude Weatty s Sunday school class gathers Thursday at 7 15 pm. The Rebekahs host a Christmas dinner for families on Wednesday evening December twentieth. Hoyay Camp Fire plans a Christmas party and exchange at Josephine Bailey s home Thursday night at 7 30. Modern Woodman of America meets Thursday December 21 ballot on applications and work. W P Moriarty Deputy Head Council.
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Gertrude Weatty
Rebekahs
Hoyay
Josephine Bailey
Modern Woodman
Amerca
W. P. Moriarty
Christmas events and meetings across local churches this December
Pleasant Hill church hosts a Wednesday meeting with Edgar Meyers and a candy social at Highland Center Schools on Friday December 22. A Christmas pageant and choir rehear sal are planned at United Presbyterian and First United churches with a tag of exchanges and gifts, plus Knights of Pythons and Pythian Sisters holding a joint meeting in Castle Hall.
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Natioe
Pirot United Presbyterian
Algee
Cheeter Baptist
Anior Christian Endeavor Society
First United Presbyterian Church
Echo from the Women Recorder Meeting Notes
In regular session Friday afternoon at 2 00 pm at the residence of Mrs Francis Wallace 611 Bp Ava the article records a scripture quotation. Members were listed including Mrs Emma Black Mrs L A P Jones Eliza Redd and C P R Jones as pastor in a brief church update.
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Francis Wallace
Ava. N
Women Recorder
Emma Black
Mra
Largest Web Spreads Across Terrace by Butterfly Larvae
A reader recalls a giant web described as the largest ever seen by the writer Deare of, built not by a spider but by butterfly larvae. A lady in Australia placed larvae on a terrace and soon found the room covered with a silver shimmery tapestry joined by coarse corner threads.
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Australia
Turkish Law Speeds on Koran in Sultanate
Article notes that Turkish empire laws follow the Koran and that the sultan's will is absolute when conflicting with Mahometan religious norms as laid out in sacred texts.
Travel Not Always Necessary
A compact reflection notes that understanding the sky of any place does not require travel around the world. The author Grethe suggests universal simple truth through observation and contemplation rather than distant exploration.
First Army With Iron Weapons
The Assyrians are described as the first to equip an army with iron weapons, marking a turning point in military technology and metalwork in ancient warfare.
Christmas Tree and Program at Highland Center School House
A community Christmas tree and program will be held at the Highland Center School House on Christmas evening with all invited. The Pythian Sisters plan a box supper at the hall Thursday evening and ask ladies to bring lunch for two.
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Highland Center School House
Christmas Exchange Planned by Independent Club
Independent club will meet Thursday afternoon with Mrs. James Swift for a Christmas exchange. Presents should not exceed fifty cents. 6312 King Sons and Daughters class of.
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Independent Club
James Swift
King Sons and Daughters
Dans Von Smash Play at Indian Creek School
A play titled Dans Von Smash will be presented at Indian Creek School house No 2 near Brighton on Friday evening December 22. Florence Thomas is the teacher and the event includes a social with a box social. The program starts promptly at 7 o'clock and all are welcome.
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Hans von Smash
Indian Creek No. 2
Brighton
Young America
Hazel Asken
Indian Creek
Brighton Two
Florence Thomas
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