Joint Installation of All Masonic Bodies This Week
Arrangements are made for a joint installation of officers in the blue lodge Chapter council and commandery to be held Wednesday evening January 9th at eight o clock. All blue lodge Masons are urged to attend. members may participate in the entire session. G W Wallace invites patronage after purchasing an interest in the South End Grocery.
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Blue Lodge
Order
South End
G. W. Wallace
No Woman's Page Postponed to Tomorrow
The woman's page, not published this week on Tuesday, has been postponed and will appear tomorrow.
Regular meeting notice for January at 7 30 p.m
Official notice of a regular meeting set for January at 7 30 p.m. All active members must attend. Signed by John Westphal secretary with the address 27612.
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John Westphal
Notice Restricted Trespass at Ed Flander Farm
No hunting or trespassing is allowed on the Ed Flander farm also known as the Mart Easley and George Foster farms. Estate owner ED FLANDER posts the property for safety and privacy.
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Ed Flander
Mart Easley
George Foster
New Chandler For Sale 1920 Model with Extras
Car for sale is a Chandler Six new with under 300 miles. Dispatch 1920 model equipped with Cord tires extra tire bumper weed chains. Contact Mrs. Schilling or see Howard Sitler at 274.
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Chandler
Dispatch
Schilling
Howard Sitler
L. R. Schitling
Washington Schools Reopen After Winter Vacation
Washington schools resume tomorrow at nine o clock after a two week mid winter break. Teachers arrive tonight and Miss Olive Tomlinson’s Lincoln school vacancy will be filled soon. The first semester ends next Friday and the second half begins the following Monday.
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Washington
Olive Tomlinson
Lincoln
W. C. Harding
Choir Leader Receives Grenadilla Baton Gift
Miss Carolyn Hamilton director of the First United Presbyterian choir received a new baton last week from the men of the choir. The fine grenadilla wood stick with bake lite end is greatly appreciated by Miss Hamilton.
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Carolyn Hamilton
First United Presbyterian Choir
Hamilton
First 1921 Council Session Opens with Notable Appointments
The Washington Iowa city council opened the 1921 calendar year with minor business. It ratified the mayor’s appointment of R H McCarty as first assistant fire chief, noted December fuel costs for the water and light plant at about 1800 dollars, and passed a resolution mourning Leroy Schilling who died December 27 1920 after four years as assistant fire chief.
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R. H. McCarty
L. R. Schilling
Schilling
City of
Washington
Iowa
Leroy Schilling
City Fire Department
Glen Dale Telephone Co Annual Meeting Notice
The Glen Dale Telephone Co. sets its annual meeting for Wednesday at 1 30 p m at the Glendale School House. All members are urged to attend. By order of President MO A Stewart.
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Glendale Telephone. Co
Glendale
MO. A. Stewart
Transgression A Youthful Claim Of A Kiss Breaks Engagement
Softleigh explains to Moreleigh that Alice broke their engagement after a kiss not stolen from her. The witty exchange centers on who actually committed the act, with a humorous twist on ownership and affection.
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Softleigh
Moreleigh
Alice
Washington Post
Post office holiday rush boosts December receipts
Washington post office reports December gross receipts of 8677.80, doubling the average month and surpassing December 1909 levels. Parcel post surged with daily truck service and three carriers near Christmas, while insured parcels and special delivery fees rose. New rules allow hand to hand delivery without signature and officials note strong overtime effort by clerks and carriers.
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Washington Postoffice
Post Office
Department
Treasury
Intellectual young woman at dances baffles peers
The Birmingham Age-Herald quotes a remark about a clever young woman who is popular and well-liked. The line notes she metaphorically leaves her brains at the door when she goes to a dance, sparking discussion of balance between intellect and social appeal.
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Birmingham Age-Herald
Advertisement for Insomniac Curator of Night Shift
A Louisville Courier-Journal snippet presents a wry ad seeking a man troubled by insomnia. The operator jokes that since others sleep on the job, a sleepless worker might stay alert, hinting at a humorous, era-appropriate classified line.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Lauder Kennedy Bets On Corn Prices And Milk Aid
The column quotes Lauder Kennedy predicting corn at sixty five cents or less per crop and touts Saltonie as increasing milk flow. It urges readers to visit the local cream station and notes Washington Butter shortages.
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Lauder Kennedy
Lauder
Washington
Extra jurors added for January term in Washington court
Judge D D W Hamilton ordered a panel of twenty five more jurors to join the fifty drawn last month. The new list includes Mrs Jennie Brookhart and three other women. The seventy five jurors report Monday at 1 30 for term work as trials are scheduled for the week and grand jury has been impaneled with seven members.
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DD W Hamilton
Jennie Brookhart
Col
S. W. Brookhart
EB. H. Mackey
A. W. Stiles
Howard Hopping
Iowa City Produce Co
Iowa Savings Ns of
Wellman
Commerce Savings Bank
I. L. Colthurst
State Bank of Odell, Ells
1. L. Colthurst
Ainsworth Savings Bank
Brighton Savings Bank
Joe Buzzard
Joseph F. Schantz
Board of Supervisors
Frank Smith
Walter D. Hines
T. M. O'Connor
J. A. Wehr
W. R. Crawford
Fred Moore
R. S. Cook
Chas. R. Fuller
J. R. Maxwell
J. B. McCaleb
R. Cc. Rumelhart
L. H. Schnoebelen
Champion Milling and Grain Co
Pauley T. Brown
Pauley Brown
Brighton
C. T. Johnson
Frank Salladay
Ainsworth
A. N. Bowen
Keota
George Stumpf
Kalona
Charles Cummings
Riverside
Amos Mellinger
D. Cc. Kyle
Jeff Tucker
Hamilton
Sigourney
Washington
Tracy Heads Fire Marshall of U S
J A Tracy formerly of Brighton was elected president of the Fire Marshall's Association of North America at a New York meeting. The organization spans the United States Canada and the Philippines with W A McSwain of South Carolina as vice president and L T Hussey of Kansas as secretary treasurer. Tracy has led the state fire marshal's office since its creation after serving as head deputy under Ole Roe and earlier as deputy U S marshal at Sioux City.
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National Association of State Insurance Commissioners
J. A. Tracy
Brighton
Fire Marshall's Association of North America
New York City
Tracy
New York
Fire Marshal's Association
Canada
Philippine Islands
United States
W. A. McSwain
South Carolina
L. T. Hussey
Kansas
State Fire Marshall’s
Ole O. Roe
United States Marshal
Sioux City
Eckles Eyes Florida Pecan Groves Opportunity
In a Dec 21 1920 letter from Marianna Florida R H Eckles commends Jim W Varner Co land prospects near Blue Springs praising high grade paper shell pecan groves and inviting C C Eckles Washington Iowa to join an excursion departing January 14 to evaluate the investment with N C White and Lem Guy noting settlers speak well of Varner and the area viability
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Bob Eckles
Jim W. Varner
Florida
Marianna
Fla
Warner
Washington
N. C. White
Lem Guy
R. H. Eckles
Wasted Strength and Pride Beyond Control
The passage reflects on Samson as a symbol of wasted strength and warns that many others have likewise trifled with power until it vanished. It portrays readers as looking back from “a prison house of weakness” at their own folly and excess.
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Samson
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U. S
Evening Journal
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Mia
Carl Burris
Rookery Building
National Cash Register
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Call Brune Seed Co
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H. A. Engel
Poerman
D. W. Crawford
Duroc
Poland
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Earle Libe
D. Rittenhouse
John Stewart
Sherman's Drug Store
Franklin
Bevins Motor Co
Edgar D. Clark
Jackson St
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M. Darbyshire
J. BE. Lemmon
Tire
al Cocklin
Jersey
Chas. Jackson, Ainsworth
Frank Libe
Washington County
Carlton Wilson
Bullman Wi Machine
Otta
White Wyandotte Cockerels
Harry Kracaw
Denver
Ashby & Work
L. J. Trotter
Falk Moster Co
Child’s Reed Cart
Nunn & Kiine
Macomb
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A. L. Deibel
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St. Louis
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