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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 05, 1906

Page

2

Spelling Contest Gains Citywide Interest With $25 Prize

The first city schools spelling contest offers $25 to be shared by four winning grades. Fifth to eighth grades across Heights Centennial and South schools compete. each grade faces sixty words. Leaders emerge with Heights seventh and eighth, Centennial sixth, and South fifth leading in early results.

Heights School Centennial Philip Mercer Helen Leech Maude Durst Marion Bandy Myrtle Durst Wallace William Young Roy Hays Lydia Richer Elmo Friend Myrta Young South Margaret Dickep Frances McCoy Rhea Ford Ethel Reynolds Marie Whaley Myrtie Teeter Vera Keck Hope Solbrig Wiebrigie Brewer Alarodtrey Stazel Stewart

Public sale on Jos Meek farm ties farm stock and gear

Notice announces a sale on February 13 1906 at 10 am on the Jos Meek farm four miles north of Washington. It lists 16 Duroc Jersey sows with pigs, 10 horses including bays and sorrels, 3 milking cows, farm tools, carriages, hay, and more with credit terms over 10 dollars and cash discounts for larger sums.

Jos. Meek Meek Farm Washington Alex McClure Bodyville Iowa Orion General Crompt Fortuna Cleopatra Farrow Geo. Parker Scott Meek Teeter & Lathrop Auds J. A. McCoy

Fragmented School Grade Scores Surface in OCR Snippet

A garbled OCR passage lists multiple grade levels with scattered scores and labels such as Eighth grade Seventh grade Sixth grade Fifth grade and Centennial. It references locations like South and names like Wallace, with stray numbers and tokens, rendering a partial classroom score snapshot.

Piano tuner J. R. Weaver to visit Burlington

Notice states piano tuner J. R. Weaver will be in the city on Monday. Readers may leave orders at McEinninney Drug Store on the north side. 100-21.

J. R. Weaver Ais Burlington Our City Mons McEininney Drug Store

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