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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1920
Page
3
Prayer service for Mrs William Dodds was held at her home 509 West Madison Street with Rev H Oates of the Presbyterian church presiding. Burial followed in Elm Grove. A fragment describes a young doctor offering medicine and the patient refusing immediate cure.
Sextets from the freshman and sophomore classes will play a high school gym curtain raiser before the Washington Mt Pleasant boys game at 7 15. The main game starts at 8. Washington hopes to repeat improved play with a strong lineup. A pep meeting featured talks by Sarah Grimes and Dutton Morrow.
Mrs Kaliff formerly Miss Jennie Coop lived in Fairfield years ago and taught locally. She died after abdominal surgery at Fairfield hospital following a trip from Spokane to attend her father Lafe Coop’s funeral. Survived by husband J E Kaliff mother Mrs Lafe Coop and four sisters John Belville D W Thompson G A Flinspach Myrtle Coop.
A box supper is planned at the Fureka school house next Friday February 18 with program led by teacher Miss Kathleen Bruty. Queen Esther Circle of the M B K church will not meet with Mrs Woodford until Monday evening February 2%. The regular meeting and guest day social will be observed then.
A called meeting will be held Saturday to consider business of importance. All members are urged to attend. By order of the president Mrs. Brown. 912
Virginia House delegates defeat the Susan B Anthony amendment 62 to 22 with the senate earlier approving 24 to 10. In Arizona, the House adopts a resolution ratifying the national suffrage amendment.
A humorous note on gentlemanly conduct in homes, stating it is proper to remove hats when lettering a house and joking that husbands confuse etiquette by removing shoes on entering late at night. The piece labels the idea as a questionable conservation measure.
Dayton Indiana reports twelve boys arrived in class in overalls prompting Superintendent C Runkel to order yard work with lumber for the manual training department. After the exercise only one boy wore overalls next day. Runkel affirmed no objection to overalls but urged equal study effort in any attire.
Washington reports the capture of a Brant organ prisoner by Adam Kowski and John Cochanski of Ironwood Michigan. The prisoner, a company mail carrier with Company C Eighteenth Tram, was taken on October 27 28 1917 near the Meuse region in Moselle. General Harris confirms the event to Representative Michigan.
Feb 18. An unnamed applicant, W. W. Prescott of Arizona, faced a denial of United States citizenship as the court cited a clause regarding naturalization. The proceedings referenced objections and the examiner A. EB. Evtridge, with O Malley noted in relation to the case.
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