Washington city schools reopen next Wednesday at nine
Superintendent W C Harding announces Washington city schools will reopen after the Christmas vacation next Wednesday at nine o'clock. New assignments include Edna McCarty as full time assistant principal at the Heights school and Grace Healey shifting to Centennial full time, with assistants for each grade school.
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W. C. Harding
Washington City
Edna McCarty
Washington
Colorado State Normal
Greeley
Heights
Mées Grace Healey
Centennial
Card of Thanks for Christmas Success and County Home
We thank all who helped make our Christmas a success and those who remembered the county home residents. Gratitude goes to stores churches and the domestic science students of the high school. We wish you a Happy New Year. Mr and Mrs F C Beatty.
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F. C. Beatty
Wellman Town Team to Play Re turn Game in West Chester
The Wellman town team will play a return game in West Chester on Wednesday evening January 4. Admission is 25 cents.
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West Chester Ter
Wellman Town
West Chester
Room Crowded for Fine Musical Play
The basement of the First United Presbyterian church hosted a New Year’s musical play by eighteen church youths to fund the piano fund. An offering was collected, with sandwiches and coffee served afterward, and about £35 was cleared. Maxwell McCall and Irene De Long led principal roles and the performance, dialogue coached by Mrs. R. T. McCall, received strong praise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First United Presbyterian Church
Young People's Society
Maxwell McCall
Irene DeLong
Carolyn Hamilton
R. T. McCall
Mrs Isaac Klein Dies in Davenport
Mrs Isaac Klein formerly of Washington died last night at her Davenport home. The Klein family moved to Davenport years ago after Mrs Klein ran a well for seven years. Her husband, founder of the Klein Company in Washington, is closing his business next Monday for the funeral in Davenport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dougie Laura Lucile Littlefield
W P. Littlefield
California
Vra Ingham
Lauras
Miss Ingham
Isaac Klein
Washington
Davenport
Klein
Gust of wind scatters a bat as musician jokes on farming terms
A musician quips about familiarity as a gust lifts a bat from the scene. The moment blends humor with rural mood in a light, offhand incident.
Funeral for Joseph Brady Buried in Davenport
Joseph Brady died in a Chicago auto crash and was buried in Davenport after services at St. Anthony's church. He had visited Washington years ago and was known locally. His sister Mrs. Clarence Cox of Cedar Rapids was seriously injured in the same collision on Jackson boulevard with a broken hip and other injuries.
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Joseph Brady
Chicago
Davenport
St. Anthony's Church
Brady
Washington
Jackson Boulevard
Clarence Cox
Cedar Rapids
Freight House to Close Next Monday except for Perishable Freight
Rock Island agent H. W. Russell announces the freight house will close next Monday for all but perishable freight deliveries.
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H. W. Russell
Rock Island
Regatta The History Of An English Boat Contest Word
The term regatta comes from Italian used for boating contests on the Grand Canal in Venice. In England it named boat races on the Thames beginning June 23, 10, though not the first English boat races.
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Grand Canal
Venice
England
Thames
Forty-Eight New Cases Filed for January Term
The district court clerk reports forty eight new cases filed and over forty old cases noted for trial at the January term starting next week. The docket lists 211 total cases including 69 probate matters, with Judge H F Wagner of Sigourney to preside.
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J. D. Glasgow
H. F. Wagner
Sigourney
Death notice of Vincent W. Andrus in Chicago
Vincent W. Andrus died at 91 on December 23 in Chicago. He was husband of the late Nancy H. Andrus and father of Ada Andrus and Ella Florence Dewalt. Funeral Saturday December 24 at 1 30 pm from his home with burial at Mount Hope cemetery. He taught in Washington Iowa schools before moving west and later ran a general store. He is survived by two daughters.
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Robin B. Organ
Chicago
Washington
The
Journal
Chicago Tribune
Vincent W. Andrus
Organ
Andrus
Nancy H. Andrus
Ada Andrus
Ella
Florence Dewalt
Mount Hope Cemetery
Wattertown
N. Y
Hugh Smith
Ada
Dances Borrowed From Birds in Courtship
Birds use dances to woo mates with the ostrich leading in a lively waltz and the moor cock inspiring the flat shoe dance known to Bavarian peasants. The text links avian courtship display to human dance forms across cultures.
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Upper
Bavaria
Timely apologies in social life and etiquette
The passage discusses the value of timely and kind apologies as essential to smooth social interaction, contrasting it with apologies that feel intrusive or unnecessary. It notes well bred people often say "I beg your pardon" without humiliation and that such apologies can be made to strangers as well as friends.
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United States
de Molay
Kansas City
Amos Chapter
Mas
Onle Lodge
D. W. Dayton
Chicago Professor Defies Claim On Women’s Belief
A Chicago professor challenges a statement that 90 percent of American women are homemakers. The speaker argues that no woman would admit belonging to the ten percent and implies widespread belief of domestic roles.
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Chicago
United States
Exceptions to All Rules Reflect on Bright Side Trousers
A reflective line notes that seeking positivity can worsen mood, likening it to clothing woes. The wry remark critiques optimism as a lone pair of trousers, suggesting snaps of cheer may backfire when overemphasized.
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Boston Transcript
They're All at the Movie Temple reads like a cultural shift
A Chicago News themed snippet notes the old fashioned family who once gathered to read aloud novels now life centers on cinema. The piece contrasts past evening reads with modern film viewing.
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Chicago News
Combined stepladder and scaffold patent for home use
A patent has been issued for a combined stepladder and scaffold designed for household tasks. The device targets housewives, offering a versatile platform for reaching elevated areas and performing chores with improved stability.
Fortnightly Club hears Mrs Hoard on American sculpture
Mrs. W. D. Hoard of New York City spoke at the Fortnightly club art department gathering about American sculptors of today. She discussed life masks, Lincoln statue work by George Barnard, and urged encouraging children to love real art while noting New York Board of Education ties and international memberships.
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W. D. Hoard
New York City
F. L. Wilson
Metropolitan Museum of New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
International Des Eaux Letteres Et Artes
Paris
Whitney Studio Club For Artists
National Association of Women Sculptors and Painters
Board of Education
American” m, & National Organization
Iowa
Lincoln
Lincoln Dh Het
Barnard
Amusing Mixed Metaphor From a Recent Novel
The passage blends metaphors as a cloud stabs at rival business yet remains undone by a false rumor. Bitter taste cannot splinter radiance nor dim the joy’s effervescence despite the attack in prose flourish.
Their Remaining Years in Health and Life Expectancy
The piece notes statisticians say if the husband lives, the wife has about one more year on average. if the wife dies first, the husband is expected to live roughly nine more years.
Sumptuary Laws Cut Expenses in Imperial Era
The article notes Mikado era reforms ending sumptuary laws that restricted noble dress costs, dictating notable expense limits. It also references advances in building humidity control and early air conditioning as a branch of engineering impacting industrial processes.
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Mai
Freak Dinners From London Sketch Recount
The London Sketch notes that freak dinners are ancient among the rich and greedy. It recalls a Carlton House event with over 2,000 guests featuring Big Sam a porter eight feet tall and a marble canal at the high table filled with living gold and silver fish.
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London
Carlton House
Wall Mail
Big Sam
Coracle Craft Survives in Wales and Ireland
The coracle or skin boat, built with wicker and hide, remains in use on Welsh and western Irish rivers. Local fishermen regard it as the safest craft for stormy seas.
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Wales
Ireland
No One Knows Why Night Hours Attract The Pest
A fragmented note asks why the clock at night is pest time and mentions a seven in the morning moment. It references a cornet and a Columbia Missouri context with unclear specifics.
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Will Sone
Eclock
Calumbia Missourian
Slogans for office roles in Leslie's ad copy
A tongue in cheek phrase compares slogans like dictated but not read for the head of the house and added but not balanced for the cashier, reflecting playful workplace branding in an era article.
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Leslie’s
Monks Said to Form One Third of Tibet’s Male Population
Archibald Little states that monks comprise about one third of Tibet’s male residents, indicating a high religious presence in the region. The claim emphasizes the substantial role of monastic life in Tibetan society.
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Archibald Little
Tibet
Log Rolling in Politics and Trade
The term log rolling describes mutual aid among workers after logging moved to streams or heaps and later became a metaphor for reciprocal jobbing in American politics where individuals support each other to push their schemes forward.
Knights Needed Large Horses For Armor Tournaments
Before tournaments, large horses were rare in England. Breeders sought a powerful mount to carry armored knights, leading to a type of steed that helped shape the modern British draft horses.
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England
Old English Farthing Coin Value and Rarity
A note on the old English farthing coin minted in silver under King John. The Irish farthing from his reign bears the 1210 date and is valuable due to its extreme rarity.
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John
Easy Either Way in Mat Play Cited by Magazine Writer
A magazine writer calls the simplest task in the world the act of playing sensible in chess like a four mate. The piece notes that an experienced observer sees the hundred issues of acting the fool as easiest, highlighting a playful comment from the Llovaton Post.
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Llovaton Post
Respect Due and Jud Tunkin Acknowledgment
Jud Tunkin expresses respect for a man who likes money and earns it through hard work, noting admiration for those who pursue wealth legitimately and with effort.
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Jud Tunkina
Also Mentioned on This Page
Cured For Heights School
Chester
Ainsworth
Masonic Organization
CYRCS
National Organization of de Molay
Cryus
Royal Arch Masons
A. Dewey
J. O. Sexton
RK. E. Shannon
E. T. Wickham
Young Wilber Wolary
W. T. Carson
Homer Stephen
Dayton
Amos
Amos N. Alberson
Iown Masons
Mr. Alberson
Howard Crawford
Alva Sands
Cooperative Company
Crawford
Sands
Co-operative
Sheriff's Office
Wrs. J
Lein Blothing Company
Jnapshots
Oliver
L. C. Smith
L. C.smith
New
Kodak Store
Shine
Reister & Sons
Mrs. Hoard
Evening Journal
Lawe
W. D. Loftiss
Black
Gore
John J. Black
Iowa Street
Chippewa Falls
Wisconsin
Duroc
Cloyce Stewart
Green
R. CR
D. H. Wentworth
Brighton
Inquire Journal
East Jefferson Street
Bath
Arthur E. Ensminger
Oxford
Win Smouse
OE A
FORDS
James Ralston
Keota
Oate
Lowa Farm
Rush
J. F. H. Taylor
Journal Office
Pat Tobin
Henry Lehrer
J. Leonard
Civil Service Examiner
Equitable
Cc. O. Davis
C .Melody
F. L. Mannhardt
Cort
Poland
China
Ross Crawford
Burroughs
OAK Block Wood
W. M. Darbyshire
China Spring
Griffith
Eli Jackson, &Tfeod
Iron Riverside Range
J. E. Long
Crawfordsville
Apollo
Earl Edmondson
James K. Helmick & Son
Columbus Junction
A. M. Bales
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