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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 22, 1921

Page

3

Fairfield Victors In Rough Contest At High School Gym

Fairfield defeated Washington 26 to 6 in a rough Southeast Iowa high school league game marked by loose officiating. Washington's poor shooting contrasted with Fairfield’s accuracy as fouls and tensions flared, while Ottumwa beat Burlington 16 to 12 in another league tilt. Washington also edged Columbus Junction girls 11 to 7 and Muscatine beat Mt. Pleasant 32 to 29 in extra play.

Yesterean Washington Fairfield Southeastern Iowa High School Burlington Ottumwa Ottumw Washington Five Remai Columbus Junction Junction Maude Randall Randall Grimes Esther Hay Griffith Rice Palmer Jennings Roberts Smith Paxton Adams McBride Peterson Muscatine Mt. Pleasant Musatine Mr. Pleasant Aeanatene Fairfield High School

American Legion Smoker At Beatty Post Draws Members

Fred Vetch of Sioux City and Legion posts from Fairfield and Winfield attended a smoker last night in Leon Beatty Post No. 29 rooms. Poor roads and bad weather kept many away. Vetch, an organizer for the Legion, offered ideas to boost membership and interest in Legion work.

Fred Vetch Sioux Legion Fairfield Winfield Leon Beatty Mr. Vetch

Women Serve on Jury in Iowa Case First Time

This morning in district court a retrial began in the Rummelhart versus Schnoebeien case with a jury of two women and ten men, the first women to serve on a county jury. The jury later deliberated in the Commercial Savings bank versus I L Colthurst suit, where the court directed a verdict for the plaintiff for 4445.85.

Rummelhart Vs. Schnoebeien Commercial Savings Bank I. L. Colthurst Harry C. Ward J. W. Baker J. W. Turner Ray Woodford Mack Wallace M. F. Ebner S. W. Brookhart J. B. Hanley Leo Bruty Lawrence Conrad Frank Wysoske Dan Steiner Rummelhart Shetler & Eiman Kalona Rummelthart Riverside Livingston & Eicher Col. C. J. Wilson Washington A. E. Maine Iowa City Commercial Bank I. IL. Colthurst Hamilton Fieet Savings Bank of Crawfordsville Daniel Hayes Company Hayes Company California Carl M. Keck Keck Colthurst Hayes Edgar Elias Williams Crawfordsville Bank

Board on Electric Wire Causes Trouble

Electric lights on the south and west sides of the square were out for about an hour and fifteen minutes after a board was left against a wire in the courthouse rear. Damp weather caused the wire to burn through and a temporary line had to be run. A tree felled in Clay township also disrupted current to Ollie Richland and Packwood for two hours.

Clay Township Ollie Richland Packwood

Glenn Eldridge Named Sergeant at Kemper Military School

Glenn Eldridge, son of Mr and Mrs W S Eldridge, has been appointed a sergeant at Kemper Military School in Missouri. A senior expected to graduate next spring, he completed four years of work in two by taking extra courses. The appointment, coming shortly before his seventeenth birthday, marks him as a promising student.

W. S Eldridge Glenn Eldridge Ville Kemper Miltary Althe Glenn Tae Stu Schoo

The First Lifeboat of 1802 Still Survives in Yorkshire

A 1802 lifeboat built by a poor shipwright remains in existence in Yorkshire. It was designed to save lives in storms at sea and was awarded a parliamentary bounty of 6000 dollars for the inventor's contribution.

Yorkshire

Local Social and School Activities Highlight Writings and Farewells

Community groups held social events at church and club houses, including a Baptist Ladies Aid farewell to Mrs. Peck and a Methodist Ladies Aid gathering with New Year themed games. A music recital at Prof Belter's studio featured young violin and piano students, some new to performance, amid bad weather.

Ladies Aid Society of the Baptist Church J. C. Peck Michigan J. H. Warren A. J. Corbin Methodist Ladies’ Aid Society Belter East Main Street Lucille Statler Bernice Cassady Beiter Hubert Kolosick Traumereil Owen Boileau Massenet

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