Health conditions improve after county school reopening
Dr. GC W Stewart reports no rise in contagious diseases since schools reopened in Washington county. No new scarlet fever cases. three families released from quarantine. Some chickenpox and mumps present. whooping cough not spreading. Kalona also shows excellent conditions. Nurses Mae Campbell and Edna Lewis monitor and report cases to health authorities to authorize school attendance.
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GC. W. Stewart
County Health Service
Washington
Kalona
Mae Campbell
Edna Lew's
Mike
Stewart
Cntid
Knights of Pythias Install New Officers
The Knights of Pythias lodge held its annual officer installation led by E. Carris. Officers installed included Chan cellor Commander Howard Sig afoose Vice Chancellor Commander Louie Jones Prelate Lee Holland Master of Finance Charles Pauls Master of the Exchequer Robert Noonan Keeper of Records and Seals Jess Busby Master at Arms Chris Bauer Outer Guard Donald Paul Inner Guard Amos Weaver. An oyster supper followed prepared by Roy Means George Simmer man and A B Schmoeller with forty served. Ralph Minick is the outgoing Chancellor Commander.
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Knights of Pythias Lodge
E. ©. Carris
Howard Sigafoose
Louie Jones
Lee Holland
Charles Pauls
Robert Noonan
Jess Busby
Chris Bauer
Donald Paul
Ladies Bible Class to Meet for All Day Friday
The Ladies Bible class of a Presbyterian church plans an all day meeting Friday at Mrs. Carl Roberts home and asks attendees to come prepared to sew. Regular O. FE. S. meeting is Thursday at 8 o clock with installation of officers after the session. The Ladies Aid of the First United Presbyterian church meets Friday afternoon in the rest room of the church.
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Ladies Bible Class
The
Presbyterian Church
Carl Roberts
Ladies Aid
First United Presbyterian Church
Valley Church Presents Safety First Home Talent Play
The Valley church hosts the home talent play Safety First on Thursday and Friday evenings at 7 30. A three act comedy with 10 characters offers broad action and lively humor. Admission 15 cents and blank room.
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Valley Church
It's a Good Way to Introduce Yourself in a Journal Ad
A brief line suggests a social tactic for self introduction by referencing an advertisement seen in a journal. The phrase frames a common opening for initiating contact after noticing a classified or display ad.
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Journal
Iowa creates state department of agriculture after decades
R G Clarke assis tant secretary notes Iowa’s agriculture department was finally created last year after decades of planning. The new agency consolidates bureaus, cuts inspectors, and cuts staff by thirty one percent in six months while expanding overall work. The state centralizes work into thirty districts across Iowa.
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Iowa State Capitol
R. W. Cassady
Whiting
Kendall
Clarke
Lions Welcome Old and New Year Messages at Club
A Lions Club gathering featured a lively new year messenger in youthful, scanty garb delivering resolutions for the year ahead while an aging figure with a sickle role played the old year. Bllitt Grayson gave a vocational talk on Mah Jongg, sharing partial insights into the indoor game.
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Lions Club
Bllitt Grayson
Ellitt
Safety First Comedy Presented by Valley Youth
A group of Valley youths stage a fine comedy titled Safety First at the Valley church. The show, postponed due to a community death, will be performed Thursday and Friday to benefit the new parsonage, with a crowded house expected.
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Valley
Valley Church
Car Fire Destroys Miller Vehicle in West Chester
Firefighters responded to a West Third Street blaze last evening where a car backfired and caught fire. The Miller owned machine was damaged beyond repair but no injuries were reported.
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West Third Street
Miller
West Chester
Death of D. M. Ewing in Portland Oregon
Word arrives of the death of D. M. Ewing formerly of Washington at her Portland Oregon home. She was the mother of Ellsworth Ewing and sister of Harvey Chance of Washington.
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D. M. Ewing
Washington
Portland
Oregon
Ellsworth Ewing
Harvey Chance
Farm Bureau Meeting Praises Dairy Inspection Leader Cassady
Four counties will have inspectors in dairy, food, animal health and related areas. Mr. Clarke of the dairy and food inspection bureau lauded Cassady a practical farmer and educated leader who has quickly steadied the department. The meeting adjourned after discussion and reports, with officers elected and the tone described as healthy and conservative.
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Cassady
Clarke
Dairy and Food Inspection Bureau
State University
State College
Farm Bureau
Water and Sewer Bonds To Be Sold In Washington
Washington plans to offer water works bonds of 80000 dollars and sewer bonds of 60000 dollars next Saturday afternoon at city hall bidders from leading bond houses expected. Funds will back the new water plant approved last September while sewer bonds finance an extension at the southeast edge. Drilling for the new well has reached 450 feet since December 27 with samples kept at the water works office noting sand quicksand soapstone and limestone.
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Water Works
City of Washington
F. M. Gray Company
Ole Johnson
Pittsburgh-Des Moines Steel Company
Board of Health
Water Works Office
Joint Installation of Rebekahs and Odd Fellows Held
The Rebekahs and Odd Fellows held a Friday evening joint installation in their hall. District deputy officers Mrs Kate Ingram Riverside and Floyd Murdock installed, with Mrs Josie Schneider and Frank Schneider as grand officers. Officers for both lodges were named and praised for a creditable performance.
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Odd Fellows
Kate Ingram
Riverside
Floyd Murdock
Grand Mearshall
Josie Schneider
Frank Schneider
Rebekah
Ella Baker
Mayme Diller
Edna Flynn
Sybcille Bates
Jennie Jugenheimer
Alice McAvoy
Millie Kos
Laura Baker
Charles Baker
N. G
Martha Haney
Maggie Horsey
V. G
Mrs. Morgan
Elizabeth Schulty
Will Kos
Odd Fellow
P N. G
Fred Diller
Earl Black
Seer
Russell Goodin
Treat
E. Vv. Simons
Oscar Jugenheimer
R. Johnson
C. Maguson
M. D. Lee
John Rittler
Disabled Veterans of Iowa To Hold Annual Convention
The Disabled American Veterans chapter in Des Moines will hold its annual convention on April 18 and 19. The executive committee also announced a hospitalization committee with John McMahon Des Moines C F Mullin Iowa City and Leslie Keene Sioux City to represent the group at Knoxville Oakdale and Cherokee facilities.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Jan
Department of the Disabled American Veterans
John McMahon
C. F. Mullin
Iowa City
Leslie Keene
Sioux City
McMahon
Knoxville Hospital
Mullin
Oakdale Sanitarium
Keene
Cherokee
Merchant Message Cited In Journal Ad
A speaker tells merchants that they saw an advertisement in the Journal. The note records a direct assertion about locating goods or services via the publication. No additional names or specifics are provided.
Foreign colleges call for German professors
Four German academics receive invitations from abroad. Prof R R Schmidt of Tubingen sails to Yale and Columbia for lectures after excavations in Württemberg. Prof Von Hoyningen Hypne heads to Buenos Aires for saurian fossil research with La Plata University. Dr Anton A Campf joins the Agricultural College of Mexico as professor of applied zoology and entomologist. Prof Herman Thoms departs Berlin for Japan to lecture on modern western medical science.
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Tubingen
Wuertemberg
Germany
R. R. Schmidt
Tubingen University
New York
Yale
Columbia
la Plata University
Huene
Uni
Anton A. Campf
Zoological Institute
Koenigsberg University
Agricultural College of Mexico
Campf
Senate Debates Printing Measure and Budget Moves
State Senate spends forenoon on a printing bill with lawmakers resisting restrictions on advocacy. The chamber also debates budget drafting and passes a revised removal-from-office law, while expanding evening schools to smaller towns.
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Senate
When Chicago Was Settled
The article traces Chicago's early settlement from its 1673 discovery to 1770 when the first house was built by Jean Baptiste Point de Salble. It notes the 1796 sale to Le Mal, then to John Kinzie the first white settler, and reports Fort Dearborn's 1808 erection on the river's south bank.
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Chicago
Jean Baptiste Point de Salble
le Mal
John Kinzie
Fort Dearbors
U S Assay Office Reports High Accuracy Standards
Reports indicate American assayists maintain precise methods praised abroad. International observers note foreign central banks hold substantial U S coinage bullion, favoring U S reserves over domestic production.
Democratic Floor Leader Proposes Ban on Arms Sales Abroad
The floor leader introduced a bill to prohibit the sale of munitions to foreign governments under heavy penalties. The measure does not name the Obregon era Mexican sale but is explained as aimed at that incident.
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United States
Obregon
Referee Sale Ordered for Iowa County Land Partition
In Washington County Iowa on September 28 1923 Judge directed sale of the Northwest Quarter of Northwest Quarter Section 31 Township 76 North Range 9 West for partition in the Miller versus Lewis et al case. The sale is set for February 9 1924 at 11 AM with cash on or before March 1 1924. George F Morrison Referee.
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District Court of
Iowa
Washington County
David Miller
Thomas Lewis
Edna Beyer Kosgard
Minnie Beyer Martin
Towl
Washington
George F. Morrison
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