Mrs. William Reubsam Visits Daughter in Riverside
Mrs. William Reubsam visits at her daughter Mrs. Quinn’s home in Riverside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mre
Willam Reubsam
Mrs. Quinn
Riverside
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1924
Page
8
Local News Roundup prompts sales and travel notes
The Journal lists Court Whist score cards for sale at low cost and items from West Side Clothiers including a 25 percent discount on coats. Mrs Elmer Engman visits Rock Island. Prof Gailord Troe's family travels from Durant and mourns a Minneapolis death. Blanket sale prices noted. Winifred Allen assists at Ward store. Verle Harrison home for Christmas. city water shut off at 8 AM for water main repair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gailord Troe
Jimmie
Durant
C. G. Schmoeliar
Prof. Troe
Minneapolis
French Walnut Bedroom and Dining Room Suites Shown
If you are on the north side of the square in the coming days and frost allows, peek into our east window to view the French Walnut Bed Room Suite and into the west window to see the Dining Room Suite. Both are described as good looking.
Local store ads tease postholiday bargains and services
Mrs Peter Openberg visits Rock Island for a son's operation. Crail's advertises steep cloak discounts from 20 to 32 percent with examples among $22.75 to $54.60 items. Other notices mention visits, auctions, and storage services, plus battery care and a wardrobe of linens and comforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Openberg
Rock Island
Crail’s
Local social notes from South Pasadena and surrounding towns
A long list of visits and farewells across Iowa and nearby towns includes Miss Mildred Martin of South Pasadena visiting Miss Elsie Minick in Fairfield, Marvin Williamson visiting Des Moines relatives, and many others returning home or traveling for holidays. The item notes teachers, sales staff, and residents from Crawfordsville to Sigourney with several marriages licenses issued locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elsie Minick
Fairfield
Mildred Martin
South Pasadena
California
Myrtle Coop
Mleaco
John Helville
America Dominates International Sport in 1924
A year of heavy American success with 17 overall victories across tracks, fields, tennis, golf, boxing, rowing, and horse racing. The Paris Olympics featured notable setbacks on track led by Harold Abrahams and Paavo Nurmi, though U S athletes excelled in many other events and secured Davis Cup, Walker Cup, and golf titles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
America
Paris
Uncle Sam
Colombes
United States
Cambridge
Harold Abrahams
Paavo Nurmi
Jackson Scholz
Bud Hooeer
Harold Osborn
Yale
Jonny Weissmuller
Great Britain
France
Argentina
Australia
Britain
Walter Hagen
John G. Anderson
England
Gene Sarazen
Cyril Tolley
Bobby Jones
Arthur Havers
Sweden
Norway
Finland
Uruguay
Italy
Switzerland
List of champions and runners up by sport
International sports results show United States as champion in swimming boxing amateur boxing wrestling winter sports rugby soccer shooting horse racing golf and various events with runners up including Sweden Australia Great Britain Great Britain France Argentina Finland Norway Uruguay France France France France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Sweden
Australia
Great Britain
France
Argentine
Finland
Norway
Uruguay
Cannefax and Hoppe Agree on Challenge Format
Bob Cannefax the three cushion billiard champion and Willie Hoppe the balkline ace have agreed that the loser of a forthcoming special will earn a right to challenge for a second contest. The second match will be awarded to the western site, either Pittsburgh or Chicago, with Cannefax favoring Chicago. Cannefax insists the title cannot change hands until the champion wins through the national competition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Bob Cannefax
Willie Hoppe
West
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Cannefax
Nurmi Faces Top Tennis Pairings in Five Set Estimate
England estimates suggest top ten players could challenge Paavo Nurmi in a five set match. The average volleying singles player covers about 2 percent more miles, and the winner would typically swing the racket about 705 times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Finland
Paavo Nurmi
England
Delaney Poised for West Coast Bid After Madison Square Showdown
Bridgeport heavyweight Jack Delaney who KOed Paul Berlenbach months ago and left a string of fallen rivals was seen on Friday night at Madison Square Garden blasting Paul Reed of Boston. A California promoter predicted Delaney would be welcomed on the Pacific coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Delaney
Bridgeport
Connight
Paul Berlenbach
Astoria
N. Y
Pacific Coast
California
Delaney
Paul Reed
Boston
Madison Square Garden
Far West
Sweden’s Arne Borg to chase A A U title in San Francisco
Arne Borg, Sweden’s champion swimmer, is due in New York January 15 and will compete at the national A A U championships in San Francisco where he is billed as a major rival to Johnny Weissmuller. Weissmuller defeated Borg decisively in the Olympic championship last summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arne Borg
Sweden
New York
San Francisco
Johnny Weismuller
Borg
Mandel and Terris Fight at Madison Square Garden in February
Sammy Mandel of Rockford II and Sid Terris of New York meet at Madison Square Garden in February a bout that could pressure Benny Leonard to defend or vacate his lightweight title. The New York Boxing Commission backs a similar decisive approach to the lightweight ranks as it nears finishing its featherweight tournament.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sammy Mandel
Rockford, II
Sid Terris
New York
East Side
Madison Square Garden
Benny Leonard
New York Boxing Commission
Eastern Big Six opens national schedule with Penn Yale clash
The six eastern powers Cornell Princeton Columbia Dartmouth Yale and Pennsylvania start the national championship week with a Yale at Pennsylvania game in Philadelphia on Saturday. Early results hint that Princeton or Pennsylvania may claim the title as the others have stumbled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornell
Princeton
Columbia
Dartmouth
Yale
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Spalla Stops Wisinius in First Round at Turin
European heavyweight champion Erminio Spalla knocks out American Nathan Wisinius in the opening round in Turin Italy. Readers in Lincoln Nebraska report Elbert Bloodgood a quarterback and Douglas Myers a fullback declared ineligible for further play at the University of Nebraska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turin
Italy
Erminio Spalla
Max Wisinius
Lincoln, Neb
Elbert Bloodgood
Douglas Myers
University of Nebraska
Negroes and Aliens Contribute Largely to Chicago's Growth
Prof Hornell Hart of Bryn Mawr College told an American Statistical Association meeting in Chicago the city gained 60 000 negroes and 150 000 foreign immigrants between 1910 and 1920 while native whites increased by 25 000 and births exceeded deaths by about 260 000. He noted foreign immigration would affect urban population growth and that the general urban trend has not peaked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Chicago
Hornell Hart
Bryn Mawr College
Beal of Ainsworth in town on business today
An Ainsworth businessman J. K. Beal was recorded as visiting town. An old newspaper note recalls 175 years ago the butter price rose to thirteen cents per pound and the editor registered a protest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. K. Beal
Ainsworth
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