Mrs Michels Heads Washington Improvement League
Mrs T A Michels was elected president of the Washington Improvement League at its annual meeting at the Commercial Club. Fifty attended the luncheon followed by a business session planning next year’s work including a potential Y W C A drive with committee representation from local churches. The league reports $99.58 in treasury and total receipts around $300 for the year, with dues 25 cents.
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T. A. Michels
Carlton Wilson
Carl J. Roberts
Howard McCleery
Chal Ford
Washington Improvement League
Commercial Club
Ainsworth
Community War
Wm. Kilgore
Rena Endsley
Fannie Rowan
Endsley
W. H. Hunt
B. Thompson
Kenneth
Mary Gale
Lee Hunt
Hazel Rena
Frank Moore
Laurence
Roy Moore
Ronald
Bobbie Homer
Helen Hust
FE. R. Richards
Swift
Washington
Harry Swift
Ethel Richards
Treasury
League
H. M. Kleber
Old Folks Home Committee
Joe Falk
H.P. Knight
Julius Soudini
Frank Sage
Henry Wittrig Service Sunday
Funeral services for Henry Wittrig who died in Phoenix Arizona last week will be held Sunday at two o'clock at the Eicher church north of Noble with burial in Eicher cemetery. The funeral party including Mrs Wittrig arrived last night and went to Wayland. Wittrig formerly lived in the county and resided in Washington briefly before moving to Arizona for health. Mrs Wittrig has improved.
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Henry Wittrig
Phoenix
Ariz
Eicher Church
Noble
Eicher
Ainsworth Notes Visitors and Local Games
Mrs J A Marsh visited relatives in Muscatine while Mrs J W Dunham returned to Rock Island after visiting the Dr BE W Spesar d home. Mr and Mrs B H House of Burlington visited W L Olds and Charles Olds. Marcus Turbott rode No 29 to Washington. Minnie Jackson rented her farm to Glen Davis. The Olds teams hosted Ainsworth with both games close the girls lost 15 to 1 and the boys 17 to 10.
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Ainsworth
J. A. Marsh
Muscatine
J. W. Dunham
Rock Island
BE. W. Spessard
B. H. House
Burlington
Glen Davis
Olds
Bath
Burlington and West Chester defeat Washington in basketball clashes
Burlington beat Washington 34 to 14 on Burlington's floor as Washington struggled on a small court. Tiedge led Burlington with 7 field goals while Korf top scored for Washington with 2 baskets. West Chester defeated Washington’s second team 16 to 8 amid cramped play conditions and poor facilities.
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Washington High School
Burlington High
Burlington
Washington
Fairfield
Tiedge
Korf
Washinon
Fees
Ncw Chew
Weaver Dickinson
Postenki Sedi
Dane Robinson
Dil
Cnaken
Hill
Thompson
Kueshman
Robinson
Bolsinger
Uffelman
H. Olin
R. Olin
Samuelson
Dickinson
Elwell
Schulty
Duke
McConnell
Weaver
Layer of Fairfield
Chester
West Chester High School
West Chester
Guy Carlton
Badham
Simmering
Rhodes
Williams
Bales
Apostolic Faith Mission Renamed Faith Mission Revival
Faith Mission, started by a town lady, withdraws from the old name and becomes Apostolic Faith Mission. Evangelist E. E. Bosley and family lead services with preaching tonight at 7:30, Sunday at 11, and again every Tuesday Thursday and Saturday night. Prayer meeting Wednesdays at 2 30. All welcomed.
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Faith Mission
Apostolie Faith Mission
Jesus
Paul the Greaat
E. E. Bosley
Bethel Pastor Plans April Departure
Rev. P. A. Mazzei who has served as pastor of the Bethel and Haskins Presbyterian churches may leave his Washington post on April first. He has traveled to Media Illinois to consider a field there and will candidate in a pulpit tomorrow. Mazzei has strengthened both churches and engaged in community life during his two years here.
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P. A. Mazzei
Bethel
Haskins
Washington
Mazzei
Media
Illinois
Brower
Fairfield
Clouds Obscure the Sun Eclipse in Washington
Clouds blocked views of the sun during the 1896 eclipse in Washington with observers hoping to photograph the event. The day turned unusually dark yet no eclipse was seen locally while reminiscences of past eclipses stir old memories of 1869 and 1806.
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Washington
Iowa
Des Moines
Burlincton
Mt. Pleasant
Hugh McCleery
W. J. Hamilton
Towa
Friest
Dave
French Boy to Appear with Jackie Coogan in Film
Paris reports Albert Derancourt, eight years old and four feet four, will join Jackie Coogan in a U S film. He already holds a driver’s license and chauffeured at speedway events, saying he will drive in the movie.
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Jackie Coogan
Paris
Albert Derancourt
Robert
United States
Hebert
Montherly
Derancourt
Profit From Experience Says Emerson on Moving Forward
A brief reflection cites Ralph Waldo Emerson noting experiences serve as stepping stones in life and urging profit from them to advance, while noting many fail to gain lessons from events they endure.
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Emerson
Decision Favors Defendant Kurtz In Auto Collision Case
Judge Henry F. Wagner directed a verdict for Frank Kurtz in the A. B. Roe damages suit of about 1200 arising from an auto collision a year ago. The defense argued the plaintiff failed to prove due care. Jurors were excused until Monday afternoon for possible further trials.
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Henry F. Wagner
A. B. Roe
Frank Kurtz
Wayland Banquet Showcases Support for Road Repairs
The Wayland Commercial club banquet at the Methodist church drew 114 guests including twelve Washington leaders. Speakers urged cooperation on improving the Wayland to Washington road, with notes of friendship and concrete pledges of assistance from business and civic figures.
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Wayland News
Wayland Commercial Club
Methodist Church
Commercial Club
Washington
Ladies Aid Society
MecKirahan
Wayland
Ancient Roman Temple The Maison Carree in Nimes
The Maison Carree at Nimes in France is noted as among the most perfect extant ancient Roman temples. Scholars believe it was built in the second century of the current era.
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Tours
Nimes
Franca
Perms
Bread economy and quality urged by Lyon Baking Co
The Lyon Baking Company touts bread as the cheapest staple and essential nutrition. It argues Americans eat about a loaf per day per family in Washington and a third of a loaf per person in the U S. It promotes high quality ingredients and price value, urging, eat more good bread for nourishment and economy.
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Washington
United States
Canada
Eaco
Fleischmann
Yours
Lyon Baking Company
Berlin Decree Lets Delinquent Dogs Be Pawned at Public Auction
The Berlin city tax office issues a decree allowing dogs with unpaid tax to be pawned and later sold at auction. An owner in arrears gets a collar ticket marking the dog as pawned, triggering an auction process to recover the tax or, if no bids meet the amount, city ownership and euthanization at a suburb kennel.
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Berlin
Lankwitz
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J. W. Ennstin
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Rit Maxwell
Robert Cook
M. & F. Clothing Co
George McDaniel
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Homer Darbyshire
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Sam Donahey
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