Ad Club to Stage Pays to Advertise in February
The Advertising Club will sponsor a February staging of the play It Pays to Advertise. Clair Brewer returns to direct after previous home talent work. Proceeds cover expenses for the district Advertising Clips convention in August in Washington. Cast will draw from local talent with the show lauded as a Broadway success and tailored for home talent performance.
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Clair Brewer
Washingston
Fist of Locs
Rush for Motorcar Licenses Now Over
Up to noon today only two licenses had been issued this year by the county automobile department under Miss Besse Jones. By Monday evening the last number was 3536 with about two hundred applications awaiting handling. A monthly penalty of one dollar attaches to licenses issued this month and will rise to two dollars from February first. driving with no 1924 license can lead to arrest and prosecution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Automobile Department
Besse Jones
Presbyterian Choir Rehearsal Tonight After Service
A Presbyter ian church invites members to a choir rehearsal tonight following the evening service. The event is open to all choir members and regular participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Choir
Washington Farm Bureau to Meet Next Monday
R G Clark assistant to Secretary Cassady of Iowa shows at Washington county farm bureau annual meeting to discuss the state agriculture department and its law. Officials to be elected and reports to be presented. program details to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. G. Clark
Cassady
Iowa State Department of Agriculture
Washington County Farm Bureau
Washington
Clark
State Agriculture Department
Washington County
Local Cedar Falls and Washington Visitors Noted
Lester Carson returns to Cedar Falls schooling after holiday with parents Mr and Mrs W A Carson. W K Kock of Brighton visits Washington. John Traphagan of Cambridge Neb travels home after funeral of Mrs D M Crone. Betty Compson and Richard Dix star in The Woman With Poor Faces at Fox Theatre tonight and Thursday. The Missionary Society of the Baptist church plans a program meeting Friday afternoon at the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester Carson
Cedar Falls
Mrs. W. A. Carson
John Traphagan
Cambridge
D. M. Crone
Betty Compson
Richard Dix
Fox Theatre
Herbert Brenon
Paramount
The
Missionary Society of the ‘Baptist Church
Death of C. H. Burkley Ex Slave at 91 in Washington County
C H Burkley a 91 year old former slave and longtime Washington County resident died at 6 30 this morning at the George Turner home on South Avenue B Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2 30 at the Jones and McElhinney chapel Rev J B Bailey officiating Burial follows in Woodlawn Cemetery He was born in Kentucky and escaped slave life before the Civil War later living in northern states and Canada He came to Washington after his daughter’s illness and stayed He leaves a stepson in Des Moines and a son George Burkley who killed his wife and himself here last year a tragedy that deeply affected him
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Charles H. Burkley
Washington County
George Turner
South Avenue B
Jones and McElhinney
J. B. Bailey
A. M. EB
Woodlawn
Burkley
Mr. Burkley
Kentucky
Canada
Washington
Phillips
Des Moines
George Burkley
Weather Turns Warmer After Snowfall
The night brought about twelve below Monday night, eight above zero now, with about an inch of new snow and ongoing flurries this morning. Snow enough for sleighing remains, with a slight chance of more today or tonight.
Traphagan Attends Crone Funeral Returns Home
B H Traphagan of Wyoming Illinois has returned home after attending the funeral of Mrs D M Crone. Marian Crone has returned to his home in Knoxville after coming to attend the same funeral.
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B. H. Traphagan
Wyoming, Il
D. M. Crone
Marian Crone
Knoxville
D. M.crone
Bartholow Qualification Question Heads Court Action
A legal action filed today challenges whether E ich Bartholow can serve as a Washington township and Bartholow is a defendant in State of Iowa v Bartholow. The suit seeks to determine if Bartholow can hold office while two board members reside in the same township. The case proceeds under Section 411 of the 1897 Iowa code and may affect the board’s legality if Bartholow’s status is ruled invalid. Attorney W M Keeley represents A J Morgan, with a hearing anticipated early in the January term before Judge D W Hamilton.
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Board of Supervisors
Washington Township
Washington
Court House
State of
Iowa
A. J. Morgan
E.ich. Bartholow
J. D. Glasgow
District Court
Mr. Bartholow
Bartholow
Morgan
Sam _ ~T. Donahey
Washington City
Charles A. Dewey
Hartholow
Cars Collide North of Town Near Jackson Home
A Ford taxicab and a Buick touring car collided on the main road a mile and a half north of town late yesterday afternoon near the John Jackson home. The taxi suffered heavier damage but no injuries occurred. No blame is assigned to either driver. The Buick was turning into the Jackson property as the crash happened. Passengers in the taxi were university students bound for Iowa City.
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John Jackson
Jackson
Iowa City
Brown's Tire Shop Serves Weed Peerless Marvel RideSkid Chains
Brown's Tire Shop advertises headquarters for Weed Peerless Marvel Weed deluxe and RideSkid tire chains. Location listed as 7415.
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Weed, Peerless
Marvel, Weed Deluxe
RideSkid
Brown's Tire Shop
Three Churches Elect Officers In Year End Meetings
Three Washington churches the First and Second United Presbyterian and the Associate Presbyterian held annual business meetings after New Year dinners. Officers were elected, reports showed strong finances, and formal year-end statements were postponed to March.
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Washington
First and
Second United Presbyterian
Associate Presbyterian
John A. Stewart
Harlan McCreedy
Nellie Tripp
George Rudiger
D. J. Ross
Mission Fund
Earl Simpson
D. Stewart
Iowa track coach to lead 1924 European tour
Coach George T. Bresnahan of the University of Iowa track team will lead a 68 day European trip for Iowa athletes in 1924. The party sails from Montreal June 20 and returns to New York August 22 visiting England France Italy Switzerland Belgium and Holland with possible stops in Austria and Germany. The group will stay in Paris July 4 to 14 for the Olympic games.
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Iowa City
George T. Bresnahan
University of Iowa
Mountreal
New York
England
France
Italy
Switzerland
Belgium
Holland
Germany
Paris
McCall Bros Advertise White Leaf Flour Guarantee
Local notice proclaims White Leaf flour sold by McCall Bros with a guaranteed price of $1.65 per sack, urging buyers to consign or purchase with confidence.
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McCall Bros
For Sale Young Galf Gallagher Inquire W I 2742
Fragmentary notice reads in part for sale of a young Galf Gallagher with contact code W I 2742. Details are incomplete in the readable text.
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YOUNG@ GALF. GAlLagHer
U S Businesses Seek Navy Escort to Veracruz Goods
In Mexico City US firms petition the Washington government to send merchant ships under naval escort to Vera Cruz to repatriate goods. Enriqe Colunga says President Obregon will seek an extraordinary Senate session to discuss the general United States Mexican claims convention. Obregon also met with new French Belgian and Salvadoran ministers.
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Mexico City
Mex
Enrique Colunga
Interior
Obregon
Permanent
Congressional Commission
Senate
France
Belgium
Salvador
Iowa Steam Railways Hold Ground Amid Motor Trend
Iowa board reports steam and electric interurban lines barely grow or shrink in mileage since 1914 peak. In 1921 single track totaled 9,841.97 miles, down slightly from 1920 and 1919, up modestly from 1918. Earnings in 1914 reached 55.54 million while 1921 earnings stood at 145.51 million with expenses at 138.?? million.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Jan
Iowa
Iowa Board of Railroad Commissioners
Interurban Mileage and Rail Lines in State History
Records show 1903 interurban miles at 98.27 single track with peak 515.96 miles in 1919. Mileage declined to 514.51 in 1920 and 512.26 in 1921. State lists twenty three steam roads and fifteen electric interurban lines plus five terminal and four bridge companies.
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the Railroad Commission
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Farm Bureau
State Department OF Agriculture
Charlotte Carson
Wellington
Ohio
W. K. Kock
Brighton
John Shield
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Illinois
Lemmon’s Pharmacy
John Shields & Sons
C. H. Burkley
Chamberlain
Washington Oil Co
United Presbyterian and
Associate Church
W. P. Moore
Twilla McGinnis
Elizabeth Dawson
Second Church Meeting
Wm. Wylie
Cloyce Kerr
Will Jones
Ella Gordon
Mike Lewis
Jane Stewart
Ond
Blanche Helmick
Treas
Elizabeth Sherman
Charles Wolfe
W. A. Cook
W. A. Carson
Marvin Warnock
Margaret Duff
J. H. Baird
New World Movement
Kerr
Young Women’s Foreign Missionary Society
James Baird
Fort Sherman
Fort
F. L. Stewart
First United Presbyterian Church
Associated Reformed Church
W. A Cook
Wylie
Europe
W. i
Evening Journal
Washington Bream Laundry
T4ey
Journal
Sherman Bros., Drug Co
Floyd Ellis
East 7Thh St
White Yard
Erels
Walter Little
W. W. McFarland
Maxwell Parts
W. D. Booth
Hampshire
Cod
T. H. Barnes
Crawfordsville
E. P. Hayes
Ed Wiley
Dempsey Land Company Exclusive
Redlinger Bros
Rhode Island
Harry Campbell
Earle Libe
Stanley Miller
Mutual Life Ins. Co
N. Y. Tel
Black
Warner Finance Corporation
F. & M. Bank
W. A. Stewart
Steod
Journal Office
Home Hotel
Faerber
A. J. Faerber
Kahl
Davenport
Retans
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