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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 01, 1923

Page

8

Local News Winners and Sales at Kalona and Nearby Towns

Local notes report attendance at Friese's bred son sale in Kalona Iowa on February 15th. Miss Freda White of Crawfordsville visits Washington with friends. Miss Olive Sanders and brother Jay visit Sigourney for a day. Kewpie Twins featured by the Economy Store with new children’s shoes and ginghams. Mrs Will Mayhew Blanche McFarland visit West Chester. Mrs Spencer Reed Clara Marek shop Iowa City. Charles Bacon of Oskaloosa visiting daughter Mrs L F Morrison. Growing girls shoes and new broad toe perforated tip oxfords priced at 3.98 at the Economy Store.

Miss Lydia Eicher Returns Home From Waterloo Visit

A notice notes Lydia Eicher arrives home from Waterloo Iowa where she assisted Misa Cottrell in an estate worker social service survey. Also advertised are men’s army shoes priced at 3.98 at Economy Store.

Lydia Eicher Waterloo Iowa Misa Cottrell

Economy Store and Local News Roundup

Local shoppers see price cuts on ladies and misses shoes at Economy Store with items like black kid oxfords at 2.98 and black satin strap slippers at 4.69. Residents visit family in Crawfordsville and attend funerals in Washington while others travel to Henrietta and Keota for medical and family reasons. Frequent notes mention Sears style classes, new baby William Lloyd, and a name decision for a new Lupton baby.

National Conference on State Parks at Turkey Run site

Turkey Run State Park in Crawfordsville Indiana was chosen for the National Conference on State Parks with dates set May 7 to 9. Curator Edgar Harlan urges an Iowa delegation as state board members from Iowa plan to attend the three day event. An interurban car will run from Indianapolis to Crawfordsville, then delegates travel 28 miles by auto to the park.

Associated Press Des Moines Turkey Run State Park Crawfordsville Indiana Edgar Harlan State Historical Department Iowa Board of Conservation Iowa Turkey Run Park Harlan Indianapolis L. H. Pammel Iowa State College Ames W. G. Haskell Cedar Rapids C. H. Mc

No Hunting Aloud Sign Shocks Trespass Kindling Gee

An angry farmer confronts youths who trespassed on his land. A notice reads No Huntin Aloud, but a boy with an air gun claims they can read the sign yet explain the weapon is not a real gun.

Boston Transcript

Rich Man's Odd Hobby Flea Collection

A wealthy Rothschild collected fleas as a scientific hobby paying high prices for rare varieties. He sourced specimens from roaring ons animals of the equator and remote Arctic regions, showcasing an unusual pursuit among the world's rich.

Equator

Limit College Attendance

President R. M. Hughes of Miami University, Oxford, proposes dividing large universities into colleges of about 200 students. He argues this structure mirrors small colleges and preserves personal faculty-student contact, with inspiration from Oxford and Cambridge.

the Associated Press Oxford Ohio R. M. Hughes Miami University Hughes Cambridge United States

Desirable is Practical in Informed Pursuit

A reflection on practicality guiding desire and benefit. The speaker argues only practical aims tied to informed understanding and well directed pursuit are truly desirable.

What Everybody Should Have

Opinion piece asserting everyone deserves a square deal, except those who demand more than fair treatment, attributed to Marion in the Star.

Marion Star

Brains as Arbitrating Aristocracy in China

The Youths Companion notes three Chinese classes labor capital and brains. It describes the brains as an aristocracy of philosophers and peacemakers. When conflict arises between labor and capital the brains serve as a voluntary board of arbitration and guidance.

China

Large Mouth Sign of Good Will in Liliian Excerpt

The excerpt notes a large mouth signals good will and understanding in a woman. It references a visit to the Wallace Collection and scenes of seventeenth and eighteenth century life, then a cinema near Marble Arch showing virtue triumphing in the end.

Wallace Marble Arch Liliian Arnold Bennett

Lodge of Vigilantes forms to target landlords

Organizers in Sydney announce the Lodge of Vigilantes a Ku Klux Klan like group aimed at profiteering landlords. The movement vows quasi military discipline with strict oaths claiming about fifty members with 200 to 300 more waiting to be sworn in.

The Associated Press Sydney Dan Lodge of Vigilantes Ku Klux Klan of America

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Goldwyn Eee Lloyd AS Lee A Cee Larry Lemon John Shields & Sons Hallmark Arch Best Oxfords Wilson's Gett Friese Kalona Freda White Washington Olive Sanders Jay Sanders Sigourney Lyon's Jase Clark & Enslin Light Wight Will Mayhew Blanche McFarland West Chester Spencer Reed Clara Marek Iowa City Charles Bacon Oskaloosa L. F. Morrison Addie Ida Harmon and Louise Brock Ment McElhinney Drug Co John Carter Henry Menefee Martha F. L. Morgan Cecile Lauderman Martha Lauderman Lawrence Swank Oakville Helmick Lemmon's Pharmacy Iriene Holmes Cotter Crawfordeyille W. J. Taylor Titus Paul Harvey AM. L. Whittaker Excelsior Springs G. H. Meyer Wellston Frank Friese Poland Grace Neiswanger Donald Henrietta, Mo J. H. Gray Hilda Frank Gray Richland Mr. Gray Ventura California Alice Klippel Britt Emma Klippel Emma Keota T. M. Wilkins Sam Wilkin Joe Wilkin Frank Griffith H. L. Wilkins Lane Jake Hotle Alice Vance Will Hotle Howard Eliza Beard Stanley J. White Gour CS Oae Lemmon's Pharmhaty Advt Stephen's Girls' Brown School Eonomy Lloyd Arnold William Lloyd Arnold Mires Florence Springmen Matt Springman P. L. Etter Osteopath Dr. Arthaud Board of Trustees of Cedar Township Cedar Center Adda Olive Bangor Michigan S. M. Helmick Winfield Mattie Helmick Bessie Arthaud Lee Arthaud School For the Blind Vinton Iowa Gas and Electric Co Lupton John Burroughs Lupton John Burroughs Bessie Myal Ward Amy Edworthy Brunswick Tomorras la Salle W. W. Wilson Washington Green House Opera House Schulty Motor CO John Shield RADIO D. Brock Victor Ric Greg Darewski Bello Martha—Porter Brahms George Graff, Jr Ernest R. Ball Sophie Braslau Feodor Chaliapin Titta Ruffo Tito Schipa Schumann-Heink Tinald Werrenrath Son of God Faust Cleopatra Mendelssohn Poenitz Kathleen Toscani Vic Mallie Darling Honey Chileney the Music Box Jimbo Jambo Trinity Flanzaley Quartet Jascha Heifetz Olea Samaroff la Scala Orchestra Efrem Zimbalist Mphony Orchestra Alberto Calvi Alberto Salvi Victor Concert Orch Cor Concert Orchestraj Michel Gusikoff Michel Gueikoff Moore Davis Moore Horace Ae Olive Kline Elsie Bakers John Steel Billy Murray Edgar Guest Edgar Cues Whiteman Nellie Kelly Sally Irene Mary Great White Way Where Benson Orchestra of Chicago Zez Confrey Buddy Fox Trot International Novelty Orchestra Fox Trot Great White Way Orchestra McNamaras Washington’s ‘‘Quality First’’ Store
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