Installation of officers for several Masonic bodies in Washington
A large turnout attended the joint installation last night at the Masonic rooms with Eastern Star assisting. Officers for Blue Lodge No. 26, Chapter No. 13, R A Lehem Commandery and other bodies were inducted, with Ralph Bunce acting as marshal and Mrs. Sarah Walker guiding the Eastern Star ceremony.
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Ond
Malige
A. F
R. A. Lehem
Templar
Alberson
Ralph Bunce
Blue Lodge
Pafid
Zeredatha Council
Sarah Walker
Eastern Star
Myrtle Speer
Charles Freding
Elliot Grayson
H. T. Carris
L. H. Wallace
T. A. Michls
W. T. Carson
Clyde Putnam
D. A. Browning
W. D. Graves
D. L. Aughey
Ryler
King
Wilder Bell
T. A. Michels
A. N. Albercon
G. 8. Kerr
Royal Arch
Frank Kurtz
R. H. Dean
Charles Noecker
Sentinel
J. D. Glasgow
G. S. Kerr
Generalissimo
R. L. Bunce
H. Richards
Arthur Goodin
H. T. Carrig
A. N. Alberson
Clair Lewis
Wiler Bell
Chase Freding
Lyman Fitorck
James Lem
Ellitt Grayson
Sentinel Eastern Star Worthy
Mary Lavanda Kerr
Mattron
Mary Lewis
Myrtl
Speer
Stella Palmer
Minnie Broadgate
Belva Carris
Lillian Gobble
Laura Ingham
Edna McKimmey
Adah
Ruth Lemley
Ruth
Mildred Rice
Esther
Hammer
Martha
Mabel Atkinson
Electa
Alice Barnoske
Warder
Mra Maude Jones
James Lemley
American Legion Post Officers Re-elected at Annual Meeting
Harold Putnam was re elected commander Ora Huggins vice commander Howard Freshwater ad jutant and Robert Noonan treasurer at the Leon Beatty post of the American Legion annual meeting yesterday evening A committee to secure a hall for post use was named to assist Martin Whittaker Walter Conner and Earl Griffith The armory may be rented for the purpose Annual dues set at five dollars payable now to Robert Noonan at the Farmers and Merchants state bank The Legion will cooperate in the county Red Cross membership drive next week and expects membership between 200 and 250 soon
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Harold Putnam
Ora Huggins
Howard Freshwater
Robert Noonan
Leon Beatty
American Legion
Martin Whittaker
Walter Conner
Earl Griffith
Farmers and Merchants State Bank
Legion
Red Cross
W C T U to Meet for 1920 Prohibition Year Start
The Woman's Christian Temperance Union will hold a regular meeting next Thursday at 2 30 p m at Mrs Alexander's home. It marks the first meeting of 1920 with National Prohibition looming. The devotional subject is The Spirit's Great Invitation Rev 22 17 led by Mrs T J McElhinney. Seven new members are reported and dues for the year are to be paid.
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Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Mrs. Kilgore
Biie
Local floor expert offers resurfacing and finishing services
Frank McCillan advertises electric floor sanding and finishing services with guaranteed work. He promotes resurfacing old floors and laying new ones and provides a contact phone number 756 Red 78.2.
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Frank McCicllan
Isabel Trone Dies at Barnes City Aged 16
Isabel Trone aged sixteen died at three o clock yesterday at her mother's home in Barnes City Iowa after a year long tuberculosis illness Funeral services are set for Friday at 10 30 am at Brighton The family moved from near Coppock eight miles south of Washington three years ago Only the mother survives
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Isabel Trone
Barnes City
Iowa
Brighton
Washington
Coppock
The Worm Turned Chores and Outburst
Clifford shirked chores and sent Elmer on errands until he exploded with a quip about an engine inside him. The remark frames a comic confrontation highlighting the siblings dynamic and playful humor.
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Clifford
Elmer
Hard Basketball Clash Looms at Junction
Washington high school resumes full practice after holidays as Coach Whitford readies the team for a Friday game at Columbus Junction. The squad, noted for restoring old energy, aims to rebound from holiday laxity and challenge the strong Junction lineup seen as a tough test for Washington. A large Washington crowd plans to travel, with departure at 6:35 and return after midnight on No 11.
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Columbus Junction
Whitford
Junction
Washington
Check Off Lecture Course Seats Friday at Phillips Drug Store
The notice announces seat checks for the remaining three numbers of the lecture course to be issued Friday at 8 a.m. at Phillips drug store. Tickets must be shown to obtain seat checks and lost checks cannot be replaced. The Overseas Ladies Orchestra follows next Monday at 8 p.m. in the high school auditorium.
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Phillips’ Drug Store
Overseas Ladies Orchestra
James Morrow Dies After Train Crash Injuries
James Morrow, injured Saturday night in a train crash near Keota, died Monday at 6:00 PM at his cousin Charles Harris's home. He was the second son of John Morrow of Rubio, Iowa. Funeral services will be Thursday with burial in Richland cemetery.
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Keota
Jim Morrow
Charles Harris
John Morrow
Rubio
Iowa
Richland Cemetery
Four Eclipses In 1920 Visible In Washington And West
Four eclipses are expected in 1920 two solar and two lunar. The May 2 lunar eclipse ends around 4 41 pm in Washington and October 27 lunar eclipse will be visible in western North America. A solar eclipse on November 10 will be seen locally while May 18 solar eclipse is not visible here. Easter falls April 4 with Ash Wednesday February 18 and Lent starts February 22. Pagans and religious dates listed include Annunciation March 25 Palm Sunday March 28 Good Friday April 2 Low Sunday April 11 Rogation Sunday May 9 Ascension May 13 and Pentecost May 23. Jewish year 5681 begins September 13 and Mohammedan year 1329 begins September 15.
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Washington
North America
Social and YWCA Groups Schedule Meetings and Talk
The Social club will meet Thursday afternoon with Mrs James Palmer. The Harmony club meeting is postponed to Friday January 16 for a social at Mr and Mrs James Swift's home. The YWCA girls host other high school girls Thursday evening at Gladys Clark's home with overseas worker Miss Ceora Lanham present. Lanham will address a group at Mrs A R Miller's home Thursday at three o'clock. The Presbyterian choir meets tonight after prayer meeting at 8 30 with full attendance and business to attend to.
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James Palmer
Hoermony Club
James Swift
Y. W
Ceora Lanham
A. R. Miller
Te Presbyterian Coir
Breitenbach Quits Commercial Bank
George Breitenbach longtime assistant cashier of Commercial Savings resigns his post and plans to join T. J. Dempsey and J. W. Teeter in the PDempsey Real Estate company. He had taken a six month health leave starting last July and returned recently before offering resignation at the bank directors meeting. Breitenbach helped found the bank in 1912 after its predecessor unions.
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George Breitenbach
Commercial Savings Bank
T. J. Dempsey
J. W. Teeter
Pdempsey Real Estate
Breitenbach
Dempsey Company
Citizens Savings
Washington County Savings
Washington County Savings Bank
Children Story Hour At Courthouse Rest Room
A children story hour will be held in the courthouse rest room on Saturday from 3 to 4 pm. Mrs. McConnaughy and Mrs. Wylie are in charge. All children are invited and mothers may also attend.
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Court House
McConnaughy
Wy-lie
Johnny's Mistake at Doorbell Exchange
A Pittsburgh Post note tells of a boy named Johnny who answers a doorbell and says his mother is out. A departing woman leaves her card and purse, a tissue paper slips from it and Johnny calls attention that a cigarette paper dropped on the steps.
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Johnny
Missis
Pittsburgh Post
To End Wire Singing by Muteing Telegraph Wires
To prevent the singing of tele graph wires over houses, small olive shaped pieces of lead or corks are fitted on the wires to mute them, reducing noise and disturbance.
Fortnightly club and Order of the Eastern Star updates
Evening Literature department postpones to January 19 due to lecture course 7813. The first regular O E S meeting at Masonic Temple 7 30 p m. Mary Lavada Kerr Worthy Matron. Presbyterian mid week meeting at church Wednesday 7 30 with topic Great Relations Continent December 25 1613. Mother Read Luke 1 46 55 1 Sam 1 2 3.
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Order of the Eastern Star
O. E
Masonic Temple
Mary Lavada Kerr
Sam
Regular meeting at 2 30 p m with Mr Helen Crooks
Chapter 1, P. KB, O, will hold its regular meeting Thursday at 2 30 p m with Mr Helen Crooks.
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P. Kb, O
Helen Crooks
Carlyle Quote On America's Struggle For Greatness
A Carlyle reflection warns that America must strain its energies and endure hardship to become worthy of divine habitation, echoing a historic call to collective effort amid turmoil. The passage frames national progress as a strenuous, almost mythic wrestle with dangers before achieving a higher purpose.
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Carlyle
America
Sale at All the Grocery Stores in Washington Iowa
A notice announces a sale at all grocery stores in Washington Iowa. The event affects local shoppers and may involve a price reduction or liquidation across multiple outlets. Further details are not provided in the OCR snippet.
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Washington
Iowa
New gadget fights thunder fly pest in California vineyards
A ten horsepower wheeled suction device driven through grape vines harvests thunder flies, the grape pest thriving in heat and storms. The inventor claims the apparatus works very well at removing the insects as it moves along the rows.
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California
Ancient Papyrus Critiques Women Linked to Wickedness
An un earthed Egyptian papyrus fragment displays strong bias against women. It catalogs historical misfortunes and blames them on women's conduct and influence. It notes wealth as a potential ally of wickedness, doubling the harm, with the final line only partially legible but likewise disdainful.
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Egypt
Gender attitudes in business careers noted by Forbes Magazine
Forbes Magazine contrasts men and women in business, saying men fear long work ahead while women see their career as temporary but dedicate their whole heart to rise above the rank and file, viewing work as a lifelong commitment.
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Forbes Magazine
Accidental Blotting Paper Discovery Improves Ink Drying
A paper factory worker accidentally forgot sizing on a sheet and observed ink absorbed by the moist blotting material. The proprietor, annoyed by the absorbing paper, realized its potential use for drying ink and blotting tasks, marking an early insight into blotting papers.
Roundup miners build cliff dwellings in rock rim
Near Roundup Montana Austrian and Italian miners have carved homes under a projecting rim rock. They stack stone walls to form shelters offering excellent warmth in winter and coolness in summer, a glimpse of an old world habit.
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Roundup
Mont
Man facing heart disease vows to seek other ends
A 20 year discussion about a man’s heart illness ends as he states he intends to pursue something else, signaling a shift in outlook and plans. The remark appears in K. WW. Howe's Monthly and reflects a personal turning point.
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Shear
K. WW. Howe
Music's Creative Power Revealed in Veteran Editor Quote
The article quotes Gladstone asserting that music is not trifling but a potent force shaping character from earliest times. It frames music as a fundamental influence rather than a mere pastime.
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Gladstone
Jad Salts touted for kidney relief and cleansing
An old advertisement claims Jad Salts from drug stores will keep kidneys active and clean. It advises a tablespoon in water before breakfast for several days to flush kidneys and neutralize urine, promising relief from backache, bladder issues, and liver torpor with a harmless, refreshing drink.
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Lis Lote
Jad Saltl
Wbois
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