Over a Thousand Vehicles Unregistered in Washington County
County Treasurer Harry McCall reports more than a thousand automobiles trailers or motorcycles in Washington county remain unregistered. Year end shows 2 225 licenses issued 1000s of applications pending and about 3 600 total received. Plates total 4 200 with an estimated 5 000 machines in the county and a 1 dollar monthly penalty begins today. A large registration period is anticipated.
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Harry McCall
Washington County
Treasurer's Office
McCall
Tourneur's Woman At Graham Signals New Screen Direction
Maurice Tourneur presents Woman at the Graham showing a departure from standard scenarios. The director emphasizes story over star power with a cast new to the screen including Flore Revalles and Paul Clerget. The film follows his recent explorations into fairy fantasy and moral themes.
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Maurice Tourner
Maurice Tourneur
Graham
Prunella
Mr. Tourneur
Elsie Ferguson
Mary Pickford
Marguerite
Clark
Pirot
Mr. Toumpeur
Flore Revalles
Paul Clerget
Gloria Goodwin
Diana Allen
Ethel Hatler
Lyn Donaldson
Tolande
Ie Tomes
Woman Struck by Car in City Accident
Miss Josephine Guthrie was struck by an electric coupe driven by Robert Patterson on the northeast curb of the square yesterday around five. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Guthrie of East Sixth street and suffered bad bruises but is not believed to be seriously hurt.
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Robert Patterson
Josephine Guthrie
Miss Guthrie
Robert Guthrie
East Sixth Street
Altho
Keokuk County voters reject Sigourney memorial hospital plan
Keokuk county residents outside Sigourney defeated a $100,000 memorial hospital initiative in a 3 to 1 vote. Supervisors lacked authority to issue bonds for the project as 26 residents of Sigourney cast negative ballots.
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Ottumwa
Keokuk County
Sigourney
Sigourhey
New Year Opens Cold and Clear Across Town
January first 1920 brings a brisk northwest wind and frigid air as the day starts at about zero. The weather is colder than the prior two weeks, but the sky is bright and the air feels invigorating.
Secretary Peggy At Hite Church Club Chairs First Meeting
Peggy was chosen secretary of the Hite church club and recalls her first meeting where she claimed to have arrived first and sat in the big chair, while the minutes indicate the president chaired the session. The dispute centers on who officially called the meeting to order.
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Peggy
Hite Church Club
Labor Idb
Pegay
Washington Eyes Ottumwa Victory In Open High School Battle
Washington high school basketball hosts Ottumwa with a strong home record at stake. Coaches and players prepare for a hard game as Teeter referees and 35 cent admission.
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Ottumwa
Washington
Wapello
Muscatine
Whitford
Davis
Brown
Duke
Lemley
Rice
Spensler
Pogue
Rhys
Grouchy
Fisher
Hoopes of Muscatine
Teeter
Fred Blick
Blick
Best Cough Remedy Endorsed by Coburn Drugist
A Coburn Kentucky druggist, J B Jones, recommends Chamberlain's Cough Remedy after seven years of use in his family. The ad cites druggists like Lemmon's Drug Store and others endorsing the product.
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Chamberlain
J. B. Jones
Coburn
Serbian Prince Alexander slain in Serbia explosion
Belgrade dispatch reports Regent Alexander of Serbia and 26 others killed by dynamite blast. The cause is unknown and casualty toll exceeds twenty. Lokal Anzeiger claims sole confirmation of the prince’s death from this source.
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Berlin
I Hiave
Alexander
Serbia
Belgrade
Lokal Aneiger
Lokal Anzeiger
Fire Engulfs Oil Pipeline in Missouri Forested Area
A section of a Yarhol oO oil main running from Oklahoma to Wisconsin ruptured near Chesterfield and burst into flames. Farmers and neighbors fight the blaze to prevent damage to nearby property as the fire stretches north toward Eugene Berwein’s farm.
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Oklahoma
Wisconsin
St. Louis
Jon
Yarhol» Oo Company
Oklahome
Weel River
Wis
St. Louis County
Chesterfield
Eugene Berwein
Mherwein
Beeres
Aire Doe
Howard Payne's Great Song and Its Origins
The lyricist John Toward Payne wrote Ielome Sweet Home and introduced it in Clari the Maid of Milan later adapted into an opera. Payne was nearly starving in an attic at Palais Royal Varis when he penned the lyric. Music is said to be a Stellan air adapted by Sir Nlenroy Mowley Bishop.
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Howard Payne
Ielome Sweet Home
John Toward Payne
Clari
Milan
Payne
Palais Royal
Varis
Nlenroy Mowley Bishop
Undefined fragment about first class mechanics
Fragmentary OCR text mentions Garde Ainsworth, Fred Moore and a 27313 code but lacks a coherent event or context to form a complete news item or summary.
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Ainsworth
Fred Moore
How the Mint Buys Gold
The Mint purchases gold in any form when presented in sums of 330 dollars or more. It pays in lawful money equal to the weight and purity, disregarding face value, and coins the gold for the owner if desired, though it often simply pays the full coinage value for convenience.
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Ie Mint
Origin of Blue Blood Emerges From Spanish Aristocracy
The expression blue blood originated in Spain and referred to Castilian aristocrats. After Moorish expulsion, nobles traced lineage to pre conquest Goths. They believed their pale skin revealed blue veins while commoners showed darker tones from Moorish intermarriage.
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Spain
Castile
Arragon
Nightstairs Parrot Fights Cat After Cage Escape
A resident at about 11 pm heard a strange sound at the foot of the stairs. He armed himself and discovered the parrot out of its cage fighting the cat, prompting a defensive surprise.
Death by Hanging Causes and Time to Death
A physician questions the cause and timing of death in hanging. The journal notes that if the knot is properly adjusted, instant death from spinal rupture can occur, but in most cases asphyxiation is the cause. Victims may stay conscious for a few seconds to a minute and a half and retain life for 15 to 20 seconds.
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Medical Journal
A Bit Late
A commercial traveler, unaware of a railway strike, waited two days on the platform. Frustrated, he quipped to a friend that the train “She’s a bit late” in a Merr bert London Punch voice.
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Merbert London Punch
Unreserved Candor Seen Only When Boasting or Criticizing
A terse reflection notes that people rarely speak openly except to praise themselves or condemn others, questioning social honesty. The remark suggests broad human self interest in public image and pejorative judgment as common social currency.
December Breaks Marriage Record in County Licenses
With six licenses issued yesterday, 33 in December and 161 for the year, county marriage records shatter prior totals. Eleven licenses since Christmas mark one of the busiest weeks for the county clerk, despite low divorce filings for January term. Licenses issued New Year’s Eve include Harvey Preston Wolfe and Ruby A. Macon. Jay B. Orvis and Esther E. Olson. Edward G. Lenz and Clarice Westfall. Edward E. Simmering and Daisy M. Kephart. Harry L. Walton and Lauretta Agatha Deutsch. John F. Martin and Grace M. Ralmiller.
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Washington County
Harvey Preston Wolfe
Ruby A. Macon
Washington
Jay B. Orvis
Esther E. Olson
Crawfordsville
Edward G. Lenz
Clarice Westfall
Lone Tree
Edward E. Simmering
Daisy M. Kephart
Four Special Bargains 92 Acre Farm Near Fairfield
Farm of 92 acres three miles southwest of Fairfield and two miles from Libertyville features a two story seven room house with cellar two barns a new silo granary shop machine shed chicken house wind mill and water. Land fenced into five fields with 10 acres hog tight and blue grass pasture. Crops: corn 40 bushels wheat 20 bushels clover two tons. Valued at over 225 per acre owner asks 8190.00. Ideal small farm home near Fairfield.
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Fairfield
Libertyville
Best Equipped Stock Farm in Jefferson County Sale
160 acres 3 miles northwest of Fairfield on good road. Two story house with cellar and new Lennox furnace. Hip-roof barn 38 by 80 with cattle shed, hollow tile silo 36 by 200, extensive water systems and wind mill. Land classed as good roading. mortgage of 20000 at 6 percent for four years. Asking price 250 per acre, well below value, owner to sell.
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Fairfield
Lennox
Evangelist Swift Draws Large Audiences At Baptist Church
Evangelist Swift stirred a large Christian audience during the year end service at the Baptist church. The revival emphasized repentance and living righteously with remarks on sin and salvation. Upcoming nights feature United Presbyterian, Methodist, and Sunday School guest observances with sermons and prayer meetings announced.
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Cypregt
Bapist Church
United Presbyterian
United Presbyterians
Jute pope's simple diet praised in old tale
The Jute pope reportedly lived on a very simple diet akin to a poor tradesman. In the morning he drank a cup of coffee, at noon Lille soup with meat, and for dinner vegetables and meat. His favorite dish was polenta, the Italian staple.
Fine 160 Acre Farm Near Libertyville Sells Fast
A well located 160 acre farm two miles from Libertyville on a good road with a two story six room house cemented basement barn 50 by 60 corn crib hog house chicken house and more. Prairie soil yields crops with corn this year at 45 bushels per acre and only 20 to 40 acres not prime. Asking price $230 per acre to move quick from anxious owners.
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Libertyville
A Fine Corn Farm For Sale In Jefferson County
220 acre corn farm for sale 44 miles southwest of Packwood and six miles east of Abingdon on main road. Nearly level black prairie soil with 40 acres blue grass. 160 acres under plow. rest meadow and blue grass. 6 room house barn hog sheds orchard mortgage 218000 on 140 acres. 8235.00 short time offer. Dempsey Real Estate Co. promises a square deal. 1919 sales show 58 farms totaling 6 956 acres at $229.00 per acre.
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Packwood
Abingdon
Jefferson County
Frugality as a Virtue in Goldsmith’s View
A fragmentary quotation by Oliver Goldsmith extols frugality as a virtue valued by pagans and Christians yet acknowledges its limits as an essential virtue for heroism. It argues frugality aligns with politics and underpins just governance as a foundational support.
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Oliver Goldsmith
Consolation Misread Remark At Evening Party
A Chicago Tribune item notes a hostess voice misinterpreted remark at an evening party. A wife attended solo after her husband could not come. The intended sentiment about her presence without her husband was awkwardly stated.
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Tev
Chicago
Call to Tech Progress Illustrates Blood Filled Pictures
An illustrated lecture titled You would be hor row Sirleken to see sel of the pictures that are full of blood and hor row is reported in the Boston Transcript, highlighting sensational imagery and public curiosity about technological progress and horror themes.
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Horrow
Tech
Boston
Community Story Hour at courthouse Saturday
The Community Story Hour will be held in the rest room of the court house Saturday from 3 to 4 o'clock, in charge of Mesdames Henry Hull and Mort Keeley.
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Court House
Mesdames
Henry Hull
Mort Keeley
Goodness of Apples Healthful Fruits Noted
The article extols apples for health benefits and nutrition. It highlights acids minerals iron sulfur and energy content with emphasis on water and sugar composition.
Child Seeks Safety Amid Illness At Neighbor’s Home
In a note from a neighbor, little Adam stayed with Rowe during an illness. The neighbor lady, aware of his fondness for jelly, prepared supper. As Adam watched his jelly, he prayed for protection while eating, saying, Oh Lord, beware me while I eat this nervous stuff.
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Adam
Gome
Tia
Foolish Fad of the Rich Snail Racing in Austria
A fashionable snail racing club in Austria's Vienna era drew fortunes in wagers on races. Records tracked winning snails lap times on a miniature course to cap future entrants and preserve the sosyal fad's luster.
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Austria
Vizona
Beat Them to It. A Doorway Surprise in Chicago
A misread invitation leads to a comic miscue when a guest arrives for a Sunday meal to find a rival pet bird perched on the chair back. The scene unfolds with surprised laughter as plans for company are upended by the unexpected feathered guest.
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Chicago
Apricot Stones Yield Bitter Extract in Ancient Caled
A fragment notes a chemist extracting a bitter substance from apricot stones, using a slit and a method described as a rare caletbakte process. The text mentions apricot states and a known bitter derivative, with no clear date or place.
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Wade
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Switch
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Heaven
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Kingdom of God
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V. Brown
Margaret Coffman
Fred Bartholomew
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Lloyd Talley
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Grand Hotel
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Ross Crawford
E. L. Bartholow
C. A. Ruebsam
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R. S. White
Craw
Fordsville
Iowa
Henry Trier
Keota
Teachers College
M. Wilbur
Cedar Falls
Ed Wiley
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J. M. Wolfe
R. E. Brown
C. H. Bear
T. J. Brady
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J. F. Foster
Oakland
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Women's Foreign Missionary
M.be
Anna Anderson
South Second Avenue
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