Burns Plans Big Athletic Show at Phoenix Hall New Year's Eve
Promoter Burns announces a large sports card in Washington featuring Lonnie Page versus Charles Krantz in a two out of three falls wrestling match and a 145 pound boxing bout between Jean Frechin and Heinie Hahn at Phoenix Hall on December 31. A 4 round bout between Paul Frechin and Ardy Dankwardt is also set. Ringside tickets are $1.00 with bleacher seats 50 and 75 cents plus tax. women welcome. If Friday’s show succeeds, Burns will book more events and include local ex-army fighters in fast preliminaries.
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Paddy
Burns
Phoenix Hall
Washington
Lonnie Page
Letts
Charles Krantz
Moline
Ill
Page
Krantz
Jean Frechin
All Aboard for Cuba thrills Graham audiences on Christmas
The Christmas day matinee and evening performances of All Aboard for Cuba at the Graham drew two full houses despite a snow storm. Don Lanning supplied strong comic relief with easy stage manner and new wheezes, keeping laughs steady as the show, though slow at times, stayed well staged and well received. The chorus impressed with better then average costume and polish.
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Cuba
Graham
Don Lanning
Ople
Kerrs of Caldwell Visit Warfels in Kansas
Mr and Mrs F E Kerr of Caldwell Kansas are visiting Mr and Mrs R S Warfel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. E. Kerr
Caldwell, Kans
R. S. Warfel
Auto Owners junking Ford parts and car gear inventory
Notice from H. R. Sitler offering stock of gears axles springs and other Ford parts. Advertising good used wheels windshields radiators cut outs and life guaranteed front springs. Also reglazing services and wrecked car stock from 1917 18 as part of the junkyard.
First Thousand License Plates Delivered for Washington County
County Treasurer Harry McCall received a Christmas delivery of one thousand license plates, covering numbers 377501 to 378301, all sold to the first applicants and to be mailed soon. With under a week left before year end only about 1810 residents have applied for 1921 licenses though 4500 to 5000 automobiles are in county.
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Harry McCall
Washington County
Engine derailments block all crossings in town
About 30 dollars worth of damage occurred when two sets of drive wheels derailed on a big freight engine pulling into the Rock Island yards from the west. All street crossings between the passenger station and town’s west end were blocked for about two hours. Train traffic delayed briefly before railway men maneuvered the engine back on track. A large crew repaired the wheels and had the engines back by early evening.
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Rock Island
Chorus Girl Weds in Theatrical Wedding on Cuba Show
During the Graham performance of All Aboard for Cuba a brief wedding occurred on Rev. M R Regans porch. Ed Gordon and Florence King stage names Bertram Parry and Florence Wolsencroft married after securing a Washington county license. Edward J O Niel and Mrs O Niel witnessed.
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Cuba
Graham
M. R. Regan
The
Baptist Church
Bertram Parry
Milwaukee
Wis
Florence Wolsencroft
Ed Gordon
Florence King
Edward J. O’niel
Mrs. O'Neil
Heavy Snowfall Delays and Cold Snap Hit Christmas Day
Christmas brought eight inches of snow with steady fall and no wind so no drifts. The temperature plunged to four and a half below zero before noon today, then rose to zero, while train service mostly stayed on time or within an hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornera
Arlington
Rock Island
Milwaukee
Zeredatha Council Names New Officers
At the annual meeting of Zeredatha council number 21 Royal and Select Masters at the Masonic temple, officers were elected for the new year including R. L. Bunce I M Bulitt Graveon deputy master L. H. Wallace P C W treasurer Arthur Goodin recorder and A M Alberson C of G.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zeredatha Council
Masonic Temple
R. L. Bunce
I. M
Bulitt Graveon
L. H. Wallace
Arthur Goodin
A. M. Alberson
Olds Team Tops Troop D Basket Five in Season Opener
Troop D opened their season at the armory and lost 29 to 12 to Olds Independents. Poor organization and weak shooting plagued Troop D while the slippery floor affected both sides. listed for Olds were Jackson Ofone Swift Freshwater and Paul.
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Troop D
Armory
Olds Independents
Rvalry
Jackson
Ofone
Swift
Freshwater
Paul
Relief fund for starving Chinese received at bank
A $467 donation was left at Commercial Savings Bank to be sent to Paul MacEachron in Techow China to aid famine relief. Mrs. MacEachron describes the desperate plight of the people and her husband’s exhaustion from work, as they cope with the heartbreaking conditions.
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Commercial Savings Bank
Paul MacKachron
Techow
China
MacEachron
MacEachrons
Christmas Sunday School Programs At Local Churches
The final Christmas season Sunday school entertainments were held at the Presbyterian and First United Presbyterian churches with music recitations and lantern slides illustrating the life of Christ. The A. M. E. Sunday school also held its usual Christmas Eve program with a good crowd reported.
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Presbyterian
First United Presbyterian
First
Christ
Loss of a trusted fireman mourned by city
We have lost one of the best firemen the city has ever had. He sacrificed himself for the public and the fire department is sad. We mention a vacation and missed ads two days, noting rustiness and efforts to supply butter. The ad asks for poultry still available and requests calls to Reister Sons at W. 8S.
Cantatas Singers Honor Christmas Service At Baptist Church
The Baptist choir presented a Christmas cantata The Christ Child with text by Rene Bronner set to music by H W Petrie before a large audience. Soloists and a former choir members list featured, credit to conductor F R Sage and organist Mrs C K Hays. Leroy Schilling, 40, longtime Washington fireman and ex National Guard member, died of pneumonia after a two week illness. funeral set for Wednesday at the Methodist church with burial in Elm Grove.
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The
Baptist Church
Baptist Choir
Christ Child
Rene Bronner
H. W. Petrie
F. R. Sage
C. K. Hays
Jm. L Grimes
Aley Clark Hagist
Keota
Gladys Shoe
W. Eles
Florence Hout
Mayo
Margaret “Brown
Bessie Love
Mildred Son
Altes
E. Norris
W. S. Mayo
Basses
J. W. Lemlogg
E. S. Berham
Leroy Schilling
Washington
Schilling
Methodist
W. W. Bowers
Elm Grove
Warren Grocery
John
Elizabeth Schilling
Company D
National Guard
Medali Sions
Emma Clarkneg
Grace Schiling
Will
John Shilling
Chicago
Will DeNoel
Anna Schilling
San Diena
Calif
Joseph Wolfe
J. Ed Kuhn
Harlingen
Texas
Elizabethh Schiling
St. James Church
Leonards
Harry Thomas
Mark Critz
Ernestine Dean
Clara Eagle
Elizabeth Henke
Bertha Dempsey
Bevins
Nell
J. Haydn Wand
Community club notices and meetings listed
Various local group announcements with dates and times. Events include Fortnightly Music Department gathering with Mrs. Al Anders and a mixed quartet, Afternoon Bridge Club hosted by Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Wallace on December 28, high school girls basketball practice, Pleasant Hill Ladies Aid meeting with dues, Baptist Senior W. W. girls church night, Mother's Club rescheduled, Embroidery Club with officer elections on December 29, Damascus Shrine No. 10 meeting December 30 with petitions, O F S special initiation meeting, Chapter J P RK O meeting at Mrs. Harvey S. Young's home on East Main Street.
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Harvey S. Young
East Main St
Havner Refuses to Quit in Midland Packing Case
Attorney General Havner files new notices at Sioux City while seeking a writ of certiorari from the U S Supreme Court to review a circuit court of appeals ruling. The Midland Packing Company sued to dissolve. federal injunctions blocked Havner and the district court. the appeals court dissolved the injunction against Havner and the district court but kept it against the receivers.
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Midland Packing
Des Moines
Havner
Sioux City
Midland Packing Company
Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
Circuit Court of Appeals
District Court
Woodbury County
Havyner
Federal Court
Boston Drawserips and One Old Deed Debacle
A fragmented report from a Boston area page mentions a curious event titled Drawserips with a note about a single old deed. Details are partial, but the text signals a local urban mystery or oddity item in a community column.
Young Man Sets Corn Record In Knoxville
Ray Power son of Mr and Mrs Wesley Power of Knoxville returned from Humboldt Iowa where he shucked corn during fall months He has shucked 3100 bushels of northern Iowa crop averaging 80 bushels daily At 5 cents per bushel that yields about 4 dollars per day and is five wages for farm work
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Knoxville
Ray Power
Wesley Power
Humboldt
Iowa
Chicago imposes 2 a.m. curfew on public amusements
Chicago Chief of Police Fitzmorris ordered a 1 a.m. curfew with a 2 a.m. deadline for cabarets poolrooms saloons theatres and all public amusements. Pedestrians after 2 a.m. may be stopped and searched as officers increase night patrols due to rising unemployment.
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Chicago
Fitzmorris
Llorce
Gargoyles in Gothic Architecture and Notre Dame
Gargoyles are decorative draining spouts in Gothic architecture with grotesquely carved heads of men beasts or birds. Modern metal pipes largely replaced them though the gargoyles of Notre Dame remain particularly famous.
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Cathedral of
Notre Dame
Class That Has No Leisure Ends in Quiet Study
Fragmentary notes describe a class where leisure is absent and students learn self discipline. The text hints at Pete Son and others mastering time and effort, but details are unclear.
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Pete Sons
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Boneyard
H. R. Sitler
Prop
Dick Swift
Muscatine
Willian
Washington Athletic Club
Phoenix
Hall——Vfirst
Lonie Page
Chas. Krantz
Illinois
Paul Frechin
Art Dankwardt
Heinie’ Hahn
Grandview
Olds
REISTER @ SONS
F. R K. Sage
Rquire
Arthur
Therion
C. C
al Anders
Bridge Club
Pleasant Hill Ladies Aid Society
Glen Praty
Mother's Club
E. W. Fletcher
Embroidery Club
Sam Sigafoose
Damascus Shrine No. 10
W. S. of J
Mary L. Kerr
Boston Drawserips
Evening Journal
Underwood
Journal
Watson
Ainsworth
Carl Burris
Rookery Building
7Th Avenue
6Th Street
Edna Flynn
Bruns Seed Co
National Cash Register
Oliver
Falk Motor Co
Call Bruns Seed Co
Portland Sleigh
Arthur Therion
E. Main
S. W. Knox
Brunswick Phonograph
Belknap Music House
Haskins
Win Smouse
Bullman Washing Machine
Boyd Berdo
COLES
Plymouth Rocks
I. D. Quinn
Mutual
J. H. Baird
Harvey Hoyle
S. C. R. I. R. Cockerels
F. A. Mayhew
L. W. Gordon
West Chester
Portland
USS
Ford
Mannhardt Bros
Sam Baker
Kjant
Bevina Motor Co
F. L. Mannhardt
Hoover
O. K
Bargain, Falk Motor Co
Block Wood
W. M. Darbyshire
Child's
Ralph Zeck
W. W. McFarland
Waterman’s Fountain Pen
Ruth Hedges
Columbus Junction
Stocks & Bonds
Mid-Continent Consolidated Oil, Gas & Ref
A. L. Delbel
Boatmen's Bank
St. Louis
Illinois Supreme Court
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