Ainsworth High Declamatory Contest Honors
Seven pupils from Ainsworth High School competed in the ninth annual declamatory contest. Miss Shirley Dawson won first prize with How Miss Splasher Tried the Toboggan, George Warnock second with A Foreigner's View of the Statue of Liberty, and the rest—Frank Stewart Julia Swift Harry Moore Lee Thompson Mildred Stephens—also performed well. The event featured string band music and solos by John Laird and Minnie Rush.
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Ainsworth School
Ainsworth
John Laird
Minnie Rush
Church Notices and Community Gatherings in Crawfordsville
Sunday services highlight Trinity Episcopal and Presbyterians with Bishop Morrison as guest. Announces Sunday school at 10 and 11 am Holy Communion and sermon, evening prayer. no preaching at Over at the Hat Side. Also notes a Baptist social at Smith Creek and a farewell for Rev. Taylor with gifts and thanks from the Presbyterian congregation.
Pearl Peaches Blackberries Raspberries
Local fruit list highlights six berries and stone fruits including pears peaches blackberries raspberries strawberries pitted cherries.
Local Coffee Prices Undercut Rival Firms in Washington
A note from a Washington retailer touts very low prices on coffee with claims of a consistent undercut versus competitors. It advertises 13c coffee as worth 18c and 15c options, emphasizing unbeatable value and no exceptions.
Costly Blaze Destroys Norfolk Hotel and Block
A major Norfolk fire destroyed the Atlantic hotel, the Columbia office building, Albemarle flats, and nearby stores in a central block. The blaze erupted before 2 a.m. in the six story Columbia, causing a large whisky store explosion and heavy, widespread damage. About 300 guests fled the hotel as losses reach about 900000 with roughly half insured.
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Norfolk
Atlantic
Columbia
Albemarle Flats
Atlantic Hotel
Hull Davidson
City Council to hear report on municipal facilities from visiting committee
Council committee members Chas. Hebener D. H. Logan and Edw. Walther returned from a statewide tour studying municipal light plants and sewer disposal. They plan a meeting tonight to frame a report for the City Council’s regular meeting Monday evening.
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Chas. Hebener
D. H. Logan
Edw. Walther
Eloped Couple Repeats Wedding Ceremony in Greenville
Miss Adele Hoiles of Bond County and Leon C. Gale of St. Louis reaffirmed their union with a second ceremony at the Bride's Greenville home after a prior elopement in St. Louis County. The couple faced parental concerns over Adele's travel plans to Europe for music study.
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Adele Hoiles
S. M. Hoiles
Northcott
Bond County
Leon C. Gale
A. H. Gale
Scudder-Gale Grocery Company
St. Louis
Lride
Greenville
St. Louis County
Europe
Gale
Missionary Society Meeting and Local Notices
The Women's Foreign Missionary Society of Pleasant Plain will meet February 5 in the city with the M E church society at Mrs. Sarah Noakers home. The marriage of Elizabeth Gamono to A J Corbin is set for the seventh. Lilli Lehmann, cousin to the Schloesser children, will give a farewell concert in Chicago and returns to Germany. Bess Scofield has entered Stanford University Art Department for a six month course starting January 1.
Investment notice touts Washington Iowa growth and safe lands
The writer promotes Washington Iowa as the best city in the best county with expected healthy growth each year. Emphasis is placed on northeast town areas Columbian and Highland Park Additions as safer more profitable investments. Farm lands are high with low interest and strong returns on small investments.
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Washington
Iowa
Columbian
Highland Park
Atriefly
Munn & Co
Scientific American
Ally Ementitic Journal
Nw York Munn & Co
New York
Washington, D
Rural Route Subscriptions Payment Arrangements
Rural Route subscribers may pay their subscriptions to rural carriers acting as agents for the Journal. Contact F A Palmer Assistant General Passenger Agent at 97 Adams St Chicago for itineraries of summer tours with June and July sailings. Select parties endorsed by representative people.
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Wabash Railroad
F. A. Palmer
Adams St
Chicago
Lal
Elwood woman commits suicide after elopement
In Dublin Indiana on February 1, Bessie Foster and Louis Ford eloped to Benton Harbor Michigan six months earlier. Mrs Ford shot herself in the temple after a dispute over a dance, leaving her husband and family in sorrow.
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Dublin
Ind
Bessie Foster
Louis Ford
Elwood
Benton Harbor
Mich
Indiana Engineers Back Uniform City Surveying Bill
Move for Uniform Surveys. Indianapolis February one. The Indiana Society of Engineers nearly recommended to the legislature a bill mandating uniform surveying of city additions. The society elected W. D. Pence of Purdue University president.
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Indianapolis
Indiana Society of Engineers
W. D. Pence
Purdue University
Funston Wound Healing After Earlier Operation
General Frederick Funston will not require another operation the physician reports the abdominal wound from an appendectomy is healing rapidly. The statement confirms improvement and avoids further surgery.
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Kansas City
Frederick Funston
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