Washington Hires Cedar Rapids Architect for New High School
The Washington school board selected Charles Dieman of Cedar Rapids to design plans and help choose a site for a new high school. Other notes include Red Cross rewards for McKee grammar school, local youth plans for Otumwa conference, fuel and coal conservation efforts, and several community updates from January 14 to 19, 1918.
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Charles Dieman Company
Cedar Rapids
McKee Grammar School
Red Cross
Richard Maxwell
William Livingston
Glenn Eldridge
YMCA Business Men's Program Opens Under Dr Crow
On Friday January 18 1918 the Y M C A business men's program began under the direction of Dr A W Crow with promising prospects and H Wallace serving as chairman.
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Y. M. C. A. Business Men
A. W. Crow
A H. Wallace
The Passion Play a Century in Film Shown in Washington Iowa
Local screens present a 1922 filmed Passion Play from Freiburg with actors Adolph and George Fassnacht as Christus and Judas. Glenn Tryon earns laughs in A Hero For a Night while Ken Maynard joins The Wagon Show circus stunts. Other items note Moon of Israel, London, The Coward with Warner Baxter, and Iowa farm bureau events and bank news in Des Moines and West Point.
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Washington
Iowa
Christus
Judas
Adolph
George Fassnacht
Glenn Tryon
Tarzan
Ken Maynard
Ken
Iowa News Highlights Show State Advances and Figures
University of Iowa notes the largest graduate student proportion to full-time enrollment in the nation. Lars J. Skromme announces candidacy for governor. Iowa auto deaths total 264 for the year, 11 per 100000, among the lowest rates. Des Moines hosts farm leaders as weather records spike early in the year. Rockwell City selects a landing-field site within city limits to boost air travel. Europe’s prosperity tied to agricultural policy, according to L G Chrysler in Des Moines.
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Iowa Cooperative Versity of
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Livestock Shippers Convention
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Europe
L. G. Chrysler
Walcott
Towa
Des Moines
Columbus Junction Hosts First Community Mother-Daughter Banquet
The Columbus Junction Presbyterian church parlor hosted the inaugural Community Mother-Daughter banquet organized by local men. A postbanquet program featured Mrs. J. H. Huston as toast mistress. Local notices include marriages and travels with residents visiting relatives in Michigan and California, a postnuptial shower for the McConahay family, and the launch of the Columbus Hi Times with Howard Oak editor and Elizabeth McWilliams assistant. Glenn Kerr named Central College football captain for 1928. A Meadowbrook cattle barn, 100 by 40 feet, burned north of town. cause unknown.
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Flint
Mich
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Fred Randolph
California
Alex Randolph
William McConahay
Claude
Notorious Executions and TiGHTened Labor Tensions Across 1920s News
Mrs. Nuth Snyder and Judd Gray were executed for the murder of Mrs. Snyder’s husband despite a last minute stay. I W W miners faced machine gun guards in Weld County Colorado as police besieged about 600 in their hall. The Democrats named Houston for their national convention with John W. Davis as toastmaster and exuded harmony. Kellogg invited France to renew a war declaration. A German lobbyist pressed Latin America against the United States over aviation ties at Panama. Chinese nationalists demanded seizure of a German war material steamer at Manila. Senate reopened the Teapot Dome inquiry with $25,000. Chamberlin and Williams pursued endurance flight toward a German record. Bourne and companions launched from Anacostia toward Managua, Nicaragua. Pan American conference broadcasts planned from Havana. Wilbur and Admiral Hughes warned on U S naval defense needs. Senate panel eyed Investigating U S Marine activity in Nicaragua but paused until Havana conference. The Robinson flood relief bill passed unanimously. Trotsky banishment urged by the Soviet opposition. Market prices fell sharply on a new selling wave. Lindbergh declined a Swedish fund for him, suggesting it aid Swedish airmen. Ruth Snyder and Judd Gray’s clemency was denied. Mrs. Ella A. Bole attacked Governor Smith over prohibition. France lifted its ban on the ex-
One Week in Washington County News Review Jan 8–14
A farmer honored as one of sixteen Master Farmers in Iowa is Carl T. Anderson of Wellman. The Washington County hospital reports its best year with 102 births and a $5,775 revenue gain. Local events include Knights of Pythias visit, basketball league schedule, and district court cases.
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Wellman
Iowa
Wallace
Des Moines
Schools Have Changed and Developed Greatly Since Prof Case Came Here
Professor H J Case, a longtime physics and Bible teacher at Washington high school, reflects on 24 years in the district. He notes growth from about 120 to over 400 students, broadened subject offerings, and a shift from strict discipline to active athletics and outside activities, with former pupils now in teaching and coaching roles.
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Ottuntwa
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MacEachran
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Global headlines and events mix in mid-1920s dispatch
Reports from around the world note U S military actions in Nicaragua and Panama, Coolidge preparing for a Cuba visit and Pan American conference, a Chicago line receivership plan, Lindbergh’s high school annual feature, a West Frankfort mine disaster with twenty one dead, Ford’s Brazil air tour, Teapot Dome case reopening, and a broad Senate probe demand into a Pennsylvania coal strike.
Weather bureau predicts weekend temperature drop statewide
Officials from the weather bureau forecast cooler conditions this weekend across the state. The approach of low temperatures may bring colder nights and a brief cooldown for residents.
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Weather Bureau
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