Changes in Sunday Train Schedules on Island Railroad
Agent H W Russell reports a new time card effective December 28 on the Island railroad with several schedule changes for Washington routes. The Knoxville branch passenger Firefly alters to 8:35 arrival and 6:10 departure. evening return arrives 6:05 and leaves west at 6:10, five minutes earlier. No. 11 now departs Washington at 12:30 a m, omits small-town stops, affecting evening trips and connections with Burlington at Fairfield.
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Motron
Island
H. W. Russell
Wsington
Knoxville
West
Washington
Burlington
Fairfield
Death notice for Thomas McConnell in Superior Nebraska
Relatives in Superior Nebraska report the death of Thomas McConnell former resident of the community aged eighty one. He will be remembered by many older residents.
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Thomas McConnell
Superior
Nebraska
Washington lodge to attend J S McClelland funeral
All members of Washington lodge No. 26 are asked to assemble at the Temple building Sunday at 1 45 PM for the funeral service of J S McClelland to be held at 2 36 PM. L B Lupton W M.
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Washington Lodge No. 26
Temple
J. S. McClelland
L. B. Lupton
W. M
Fewer Men Voted Than Four Years Ago in Washington County
County Auditor A. L. Griffith reports Washington county turnout in the 1924 election rose by 192 votes to 8,486, driven by women while men fell by 61. Total votes were 69.5 percent of the voting-age population with 84.4 percent of men and 56.7 percent of women voting.
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Washington County
A. L. Griffith
Griffith
Conscience Money Mystery in Waterloo Letter
Waterloo, Dec 26. City sanitary inspector C L Mc Dermott found a letter with $110 cash in his mailbox asking him to accept it from someone who took from him wrongly. The donor’s identity and the original incident remain a mystery to Mc Dermott, who once ran a drug store.
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Preas
Waterloo
C. L. McDermott
McDermott
Notre Dame Stanford Set for New Year Clash in Pasadena
In Pasadena on New Year’s Day Notre Dame meets Stanford in the third East West game here. The Stanford cardinals, Pacific Coast champions, head to the scene as Knute Rockne’s Notre Dame squad plans to arrive the day before the contest.
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Angeles
Calif
University of Southern California
Univerity
Missouri
Card of Appreciation From Mrs. Bartholomew
Mrs Fred Bartholomew thanks friends who sent flowers and Christmas greetings which were greatly appreciated.
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Fred Bartholomew
Cold Wave Deepens as North Winds Drive Severe Cold
A brutal cold snap sweeps in with a thermometer at seven below zero this afternoon and expected to fall further tonight. The week already saw a third arctic surge, with temperatures plunging 36 degrees in 24 hours and Christmas among the coldest days of the season.
Girl Dies of Injury on Christmas Hike
Miss Margaret Thompson, a Los Angeles city clerk’s office stenographer, died in Ontario California after a mountain Christmas hike injury. She was struck by a boulder displaced in a snow slide.
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Associated Press
Ontario
Cal
Margaret Thompson
Los Angeles
Penn Gridders To Make Chicago Visit
The University of Pennsylvania football team will spend thirteen hours in Chicago en route to California to face the Trojans on New Year's Day. due to cold weather they will train at the Chicago riding academy and attend a testimonial dinner hosted by the Chicago Alumni. They will continue to Omaha for a workout en route.
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Chicago
University of Pennsylvania
University of California
Chicago Riding Academy
Chicago Alumni Association
Omaha
Stick to Your Iowa Farms Urges Foust
Edgar Foust of Tampa Florida urges young men to stick to their Iowa farms in a letter to Shenandoah residents. He says old men can relinquish ward work and notes Florida is “one step below heaven.” He came to Iowa in 1920 and now owns 59 acres in the state.
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Shenandoail
Iowa
Edgar Foust
Tampa
Fla
Florida
Lowa
Foust
Dubuque
Three Days Left to License Washington County Autos
With about half of the county's 5000 cars licensed, officials warn that starting January 1 drivers using 1924 plates must explain themselves and risk seizure if licenses remain unpaid. Delinquent fees jump by one dollar per month, and a rush is expected as 2,430 cars had licensed by morning.
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Washington County
Washington
Horse Shoe Club Celebrates Anniversary With Festive Roast
The Horse Shoe Club marked its anniversary with forty members at the club house last Tuesday. A weiner roast followed cafeteria style service. cooks were T. J. McElhinney F. Hoxworth and Joe Warner. Donations from Lyon Baking Company supplied buns nuts and condiments. Chas Hoxworth was named to organize four teams for a forthcoming pitcher's contest with a trophy for the winners. Officers elected: President Chas Caldwell Vice President T J McElhinney Secretary Treasurer Jake Hotfe Directors Grif Humphrey Jake Meyer Fred Hutt.
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Horse Shoe Club
Elmg
T. J. McElhinney
F. Hoxworth
Joe Warner
Charles Pauly
John Rudolph
Lyon Baking Company
Lyon
Chas. “Hoxworth
Deel
Chas. Caldwell
Trasurer
Jake Hotfe
Grif Humphrey
Jake Meyer
Fred Hutt
Hearings Push Postal Rate Bill With Newspaper Objections
In Washington on December 27 the joint Senate-House Post Office subcommittee extended hearings on the administration postal rate increase bill. Publishing interests urge stronger opposition to rate provisions for second class mail, arguing newspapers and magazines bear too large a share of costs. Skeets.
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Joint Post Office
Senate
House
Skeets
J S Mclelland to be buried here
John Sidney McClelland dies in Willamet suburb of Chicago at about eighty. Funeral in Washington county at Jones and McElhioney home Sunday at 2 40 p m with Dr W W Bowers and G A R and Masons taking part. Buried in Bim Grove. He lived in Chicago after Civil War service with Second Iowa infantry. Survived by two children and wife who died seven years ago.
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Jones & McElhioney
John Sidney McClelland
Willamet
Chicago
Bim Grove
W. W. Bowers
Methodist Church
G. A. R. and
Masons
McClelland
Second
Iowa Infantry
Washington County
Will McClelland
A. J. Mowat
Path of the January 24 Solar Eclipse Outlined
The eclipse path starts at sunrise in Minnesota near Red Lake and ends at sunset near the Shetland Islands. Professor Edwin B and G Van Bies Broeck of the University of Chicago map a central line from Red Lake southeast across Michigan and Ontario to Buffalo New Haven then out to sea. Poor season and low sun height limit scientific study.
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Chicago
Minnesota
Red Lake
Shetland Islands
Edwin B. and
G. van Bies Broeck
University of Chicago
Michigan
Lake Michigan
Adelaire
Au Sable Point
Lake Huron
Ontario
Stratford
Hamilton
Buffalo
New York
New Haven
Atlantic
Couple's 12 year silence ends in maintenance ruling
In Galesburg Illinois a 15 year married couple with eight children faced court over marital troubles. Essie Mae Haggins won separate maintenance from Lincoln Huggins after testimony showed years of mutual cruelty and little communication despite living in the same farmhouse.
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Galesburg
Essie Mae Haggins
Magnon
Here
Lincoln Huggins
Fire Drives Lodgers Out Into the Cold
A blaze at the Transient Inn in Iowa City forced fifty lodgers from their rooms into sub zero conditions. Fire department action prevented a larger fire. Loss estimated at 4000 dollars, partly insured.
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Iowa City
Three Story Building in Kansas City Falls to Explosion
An explosion at a three story building in Kansas City Missouri destroyed the structure at Delaware and Missouri avenues. A negro porter is missing after the blast believed caused by lighting a cigarette near a fifty gallon gasoline tank. The site housed J Golberg and Son Plumbing company.
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Kansas City
Kansaas City
Delaware and
Missouri Avenues
J. Golberg and Son Plumbing Company
Rhinelander granted 300 a month alimony in suit
New York Nyack Dec 27 Supreme court justice Tompkins awarded Alice Jones Rhinelander 300 a month temporary alimony pending the annulment suit filed by her husband Leonard Kip Rhinelander after their October marriage. He sues claiming she is partly Negro and misrepresented whiteness. Mrs Rhinelander also received 3000 for counsels.
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Associated Press
Nyack
N. Y
Supreme Court
Tompkins
Alice Jones Rhinelander
Leonard Kip Rhinelander
Rhinelander
Kansas University Chancellor Lindley Asked to Resign
Chancellor Ernest H. Lindley of the University of Kansas was asked to resign after an investigation by the state board of administration led by Governor Jonathan Davis. Lindley sought time to reconsider but the board declined. Governor Davis said a statement would be issued later.
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Associated Press
Topeka
Kas
Ernest H. Lindley
University of Kansas
State Board of Administration
Jonathan Davis
Lindley
Davis
Longtime Emanuel Mennonite Deacon Passes in Ohio Valley
He was the son of Christian and Catherine Sommer who arrived in Washington County in 1882 with siblings. A 24 year church member, he led in Sunday school, served as deacon and trustee, and supported church work. He married Selma Suter in 1916 and left three children Dor Lavaun Otto Laverne and Irvin Carl. survived by his widow mother three brothers and four sisters.
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Christian
Catherine Eicher Sommer
Washington County
Emanuel Mennonite Church
Noble
Christian Endeavor Society
India
Selma Clara Suter
Pandora
Ohio
Dor. Lavaun
Otto Laverne
Irvin Carl
Judge Wade suggests federal women’s penitentiaries
Iowa City Ind Dec 27 The proposals by Judge Martin J Wade to create separate federal penitentiaries for women are being studied by the Office of the U S Attorney General. Wade notes current federal female offenders are held in state reformatories which are overcrowded and says the policy cannot continue.
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Iowa City
Martin J. Wade
United States Attorney General
Wade
H. F. Stone
Poultry and Dairy Prices Rise in Year-End Market
The market notes higher prices for cream and eggs with gains in poultry and bee markets. It advises selling large young roosters before year’s end to avoid price drops after January, urging dealers to lock in sales now.
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Golden State Limited
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Koorville Branch
I. m
McConell
Stanford
Notre Dame
Penn
Ladies’ & Children’s
Gingham
H. J. Ward & CO
Silk & Wool
Lishie
J. S. M’clelland
Yester
Fada Neutrodyne
Hageltine
D. E. Zimmerman
Marion Avenue
Evening Journal
Joe Wolfe
Inquire Journal Office
John J. Black
Chippewa Falls
Wisconsin
P. O. Box
Glenn Hayes
Green
Motor Inn
Inquire Journal
Chester
James K. Helmick & Son
Columbus Junction
Inquire Journal-office
Haskins
Kansas University
Tokio
Japan
Hideomi Takahashi
United States
Takahashi
Matthew Perry
United States Navy
Osaka
Kobe
Kioto
Nagoya
Nagasaki
Sommer
Markelsheim Nieder Rhein Bleasze
Crawfordsville
W.S. Reister & Sons Eggs and Poultry
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