Washington Schools Reopen With 83 Percent In Class
Washington schools opened with 83 percent of total enrollment seated while 3 percent ill at home with influenza and 4 percent absent due to fear. 16 percent out for other causes. Nurse Miss Altha White inspected pupils and staff, with one student sent home at high school as a precaution. Changes to primary department postponed to later in the week.
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Washington
Sunt
C. J. Smith
Altha White
Miss White
McKee’ Grammar School
Centennial Grade
Miss Whits
Niles Geraldine Stocker
Centeonic School
Mazel Siberts
Mr. Smith
Lincoln School
Influenza and Cough Remedies Advise Careful Attention
A reader testimonial from Mrs. Mary Kisby of Spokane Washington praises Foley's Honey and Tar for a child’s grippe cough and urges early care for flu like symptoms. The notice notes a 75 year old with a bad cough found relief following the remedy. The message emphasizes avoiding neglect of grip and flu symptoms with trusted remedies.
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Mary Kisby
Princeton Ave
Spokane
Ward
Foley
Earely
Tam
Ia Grippe
Lemmon
Mounts Return After Extended Visit in Iowa
Mr and Mrs Harry Mount and daughter Bartha traveled from their Chicago home after an extended visit with his parents Mr and Mrs W R Mount, returning this morning to their residence.
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Harry Mount
Bartha
Chicago
W. R. Mount
Extension of University Holiday Recess at Iowa
The University of Iowa extends the Christmas break adding two days to the vacation. Second quarter begins Thursday Jan 2 with registration on Dec 30 and Jan 2. Administrative offices close on New Year’s Day. The change covers BA TC plans and demobilization adjustments to give a full holiday period.
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University of Iowa
At & A
Large Iowa men seek spots in university glee club
More than 1040 men audition for places in the University of Iowa men’s glee club to be organized in January. The choir has been popular on campus and statewide, with an annual tour to Iowa and Minnesota. The war time Army training programs delayed organizing efforts this year. It is unclear if a trip will be offered.
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University of Iowa
Iowa
Minnesota
Plan for Plan High School Basketball Schedule
With reopening of schools local high school boys show enthusiasm for basketball. Practices planned under Coach Vifquain with health precautions and daily squad examinations. Washington may join Southeastern Town basketball league with Burlington Mt. Pleasant Muscatine Ottumwa Fairfield. tentative schedule lists games from January to March against these opponents.
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Vifquain
Board of Health
Washington
Burlington
Mt. Pleasant
Muscatine
Ottumwa
Fairfield
Purlington
Otumwe
Mtmmers
Mtomwa
Pain Kept Him Awake Nights
J. W. Peck of Coraopolli Pa reports severe pain kept him awake at night. After trying three doctors, he began Foley Kidney Pills three weeks ago and notes wonderful improvement. Ad promotes Foley Kidney Pills for kidneys and bladder trouble with Lemmon's Pharmacy.
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J. W. Peck
Coraopolli
Lemmon's
Miss Trelen Morton Wedding Prep Events Held
Miss Trelen Morton and Wade Gardner set for Wednesday nuptials with pre wedding gatherings hosted by Rhea Ford and Elsie Minick. The Young Set shared reminiscences and gifts, a Christmas tree centerpiece, and a wedding rehearsal followed by a supper. Out of town guest Mrs Nellie Combs Helm of Freano Calif attended both occasions.
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Trelen Morton
Wade Gardner
Rhea Ford
Httle
Miss Morton
Nellie Combs Helm
Freano
Calif
Poems Win Appreciation A Crawford Selected for 1918 Anthology
Nelson Antrim Crawford, a 1910 University of Iowa graduate, has two poems chosen by Boston Transcript editor Braithwaite for the 1918 Anthology of Magazine Verse. Crawford heads journalism and printing at Kansas State Agricultural College and directs publicity for the Kansas Council of Defense.
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University of Iowa
Nelson Antrim Crawford
Boston Transcript
Braithwaite
Transcript
Crawford
New Republic
Kansas State Agricultural College
Kansas Council of Defense
A Want Ad in the Journal Will Behets It
A brief notice appears in the journal indicating a want ad is offered or requested. The fragment suggests listing needs or offers, with limited readable details and no specific names or dates available.
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Will Behets
Presbyterians Hear Rev Oates on Tolerance and a New Era
The Presbyterian congregation heard Rev. Arthur St. Oates in two Sunday sermons while he wore army chaplain uniform. Morning talk on Tolerance traced religious freedom’s evolution and Christ’s inclusive invite. Evening sermon, The Dawn of a New Era, urged active church service amid postwar opportunities. Musical solos by Miss Besse Darsbury and Miss Wanda Neiswanger complemented services.
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Arthur St. Oates
Oates
Washington
Mr. Oates
Besse Darbyshire
Wanda Neiswanger
First Church Gifts 153 In White Gift Offering
The First United Presbyterian Church and Sunday school collected its annual White Gift totaling 153 yesterday. Funds will be held by the treasurer for a week and likely augmented. Gifts support the national service commission, relief of Protestant churches in France and Belgium, and Armenian and Syrian relief. Multiple musical numbers were performed during both services.
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First United Presbyterian
National Service Commission
United Presbyterian Church
France
Belgium
Christplais—Heyeer
Lorenz
Naper
Carolyn Hamilton
Posilude —Largo
Handel
Herbert
Lord
Close
Evelyn Midridge
Lynes
Louise Livingston
Ogden
Tannhauser
Wagner
Churches Reopen After Health Board Rules
Washington churches reopened under health board permission after three months of closure due to influenza. Services lasted one hour with ventilation precautions and alternating pews, and worshippers followed the rulings eagerly and cheerfully.
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Washington
Board of Health
Health Board
W M S First Division Meeting Notice
The W M S First Division of the First U P church will meet at Mrs J C Baoie on Tuesday at 2 15 section of officers to be chosen and duties assigned.
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W. M.S. 1St Division
First U. P. Church
J.C. Baoie
Last Chance to Buy War Savings Stamps in Washington County
Washington County faces a final day to meet its war savings quota as cancellations and funds in hand affect the outcome. County Chairman Marsh W. Bailey urges purchases at the post office, with Harry Bell ready for a late rush. pledge cards for Washington will be at Bailey's office on Tuesday.
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Washington County
Washington
Marsh W. Bailey
Harry Bell
Mr. Bailey
Bearsville Merchant Endorses Foley's Honey and Tar
M. T. Davis of Bearsville West Virginia reports a night time case of croup in a patron’s child. The patient used Foley's Honey and Tar Compound and recovered fully. Davis adds parents praise the remedy from Lemmon's Pharmacy.
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M. T. Davis
Bearsville
W. Va
Croup
Foley
Feler
The City of Dim Faces at Graham Theatre
Sessue Hayakawa stars as Jang Lung in The City of Dim Faces a Paramount picture at Graham Theatre. Francia Marion wrote and George Melford directed this poignant drama praised for its character work and artful photography with strong supporting performances by Maria Sais Doris Pawn and a skilled ensemble. A five piece orchestra accompanies the show.
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Sessue Hayakawa
Paramount
Graham Theatre
Francia Marion
George Melford
Jang Lung
Mr. Hayakawa
Maria Sais
Doris Pawn
Marcell Mathews
Jang
James Cruze
Winter Hall
Togo Yami
James Wang
Patton Delivers Lively Turn In A Wise Boob
A fair sized Graham audience Saturday night saw W H B Patton in his newest offering A Wise Boob at the Graham theater. Patton, a longtime Washington visitor, is a favorite comedian with a distinctive personality and his inimitable humor. He always gets a laugh and the supporting company was excellent from start to finish.
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W. H B. Patton
Graham Theater
Mr. Patton
Washington
Member Railway Gang Mourned as Worker Dies in Transit
Robert Johnson, a 20 year old member of Rock Island Railway employes tool crew stringing wires for the Missouri division telephony system, died at 8 30 this morning aboard the workmen’s car in Washington. He fell ill in Trenton two weeks ago and later died after influenza treatment and delayed medical aid. Johnson, who was unmarried, has a sister in Chicago to be notified before funeral arrangements are set.
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Robert Johnson
Rock Island
Missouri
Trenton
Fairfield
Washington
Johnson
Chicago
Shearer Funeral to Be Held at Moline
Funeral services for William T. Shearer who died last Saturday morning of pneumonia at Burlington will be held at Moline Tuesday. Burial will follow in Moline. he was 34. He was a son of J S Shearer and a member of the Masonic lodge and Knights of Pythias.
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William T. Shearer
Burlington
Moline
Mr. Shearer
J. S. Shearer
Masonic Fraternity
The
Knights of Pythias
Ainsworth Resident John Patterson Dies at 61
John A. Patterson a well known resident of Ainsworth aged 61 died at his home Sunday morning. Word reached Washington noted his long residence in the town. Funeral service was held this afternoon at his home conducted by Rev. J. A. Kennedy. The service was private.
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John A. Patterson
Ainsworth
Washington
J. A. Kennedy
Two New Influenza Cases Reported Today
Influenza cases reported to the board of health include Miss Della Fetters and Robert Guthrie. Several residents are released from quarantine, including the McGill family on the Heights, Miss Maude Simerman at the M. D. W York home, and the C. S. Foster and Ed Wiley homes. The report notes a substantial decrease since Saturday.
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Board of Health
Della Fetters
Robert Guthrie
McGill
Heights
Maude Simerman
M. D. W York
Foster
Ed Wiley
University to reopen ROTC program at Iowa College
Iowa City reports ROTC will resume as predecessor to the S A T C at the University of Iowa. Uniforms remain available but not required. enrollment required for French and sophomores, optional for upperclassmen. The program provides three to five hours weekly military science and aims to produce reserve officers.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Congress
Fort Snelling
War Department
Community building idea revived in Iowa City after peace
With the return of peace the suggestion of a community building, which was gaining considerable headway here a year ago, has been revived and now moves into active discussion among residents and officials.
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Iowa City
Plan for New City YMCA Building Sparks Support
A proposal envisions a single city building costing about $109 000 to host YMCA Boy Scouts headquarters commercial club offices an assembly hall and multiple community uses. The plan has been well received and may move toward realization soon.
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Y. M. C. A. Boy Scouts
Judge Platt Seeks Divorce Amid War Work Ties
Frank C. Platt longtime district court judge files for divorce from Myrtle Platt wife who led Waterloo Red Cross chapter for eighteen months. The petition was withdrawn. The couple, married nine years, have heavily staffed their year in war work. Myrtle sought overseas service but armistice ended that effort. Mrs Platt is visiting her parents in Sardinia Illinois.
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Waterloo
Franklin C. Platt
District Court
Advocate Court
The
Service League
Myrtle Platt
Waterloo Red Cross
Beth Judge
Kept a Disorderly House Marshalltown Farmer Sentenced
W. Crawford a 65 year old former Melbourne area farmer was sent to Fort Madison penitentiary for up to five years after being convicted of keeping a disorderly house by renting rooms to lend women. The sentence was affirmed by the Iowa Supreme Court and ordered carried out.
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Marshalltown
Fort Madison
Crawford
Melbourne
Edgar
Fort Madison Penitentiary
Supreme Court
Weatherwax brothers meet Iowa soldiers in France
Tom and Lester Weatherwax of Cedar Rapids describe in a letter from France their encounter with Iowa soldiers on the front in late September. They recount begging for food from soldiers who came from an old shack with mess kits while living near the trenches and front lines.
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Weatherwax
France
Cedar Rapidos
Tom
Lester Weatherwax
Iowa
Band Director from Cedar Rapids and Wheat Cakes
The excerpt notes the band director, likely Charles Fraser, from Cedar Rapids and mentions the Weatherwax brothers awaiting discharge from the army. It states plans to reorganize their celebrated quartet once they are sent home.
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States
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Charles City
Charles Fraser
Weatherwax
Influenza Strikes Hard in India Report From J J McConnell
J J McConnell Jr of Cedar Rapids, representing the local Y M C A, reports India faces severe influenza with Bombay and western cities hit hard. In Hyderabad the illness raged three weeks causing extensive deaths in poorer quarters while McConnell and his family recovered after illness. He describes rapid relief as medical aid expanded and volunteers helped mix medicines for broad distribution.
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Cedar Rapids
India
J. J. McConnell, Jr
Hyderabad
Bombay
West India
McConnell
Mrs Wilson Captures London Hearts With Grace
London reports Mrs Wilson, wife of President Wilson, enchants Londoners with charm and dignity. Descriptions praise her warmth, strength, and calm demeanor, noting she stands out from ordinary society and exudes personal charm.
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London
Der
Wilson
Daily
Chroniite
Mraileon
Fire injures three at Seamless Steel Tube plant in Milwaukee
Three men were injured in a blaze at the Seamless Steel Tube plant in Milwaukee as fire crews battled the flames. Two of the workers were Milwaukee residents. The incident report notes a damage estimate around 52,000 dollars.
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Dee
Smh
Milwaukee Fremen
Filohe
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