Peet of Anamosa Named Washington School Superintendent
J. H. Peet of Anamosa was chosen to head Washington schools starting next September with a salary of 3500. The 36 year old Cornell graduate has served as superintendent in Anamosa Dysart and Uniana and brings experience in expanding pupil bodies and staff. He is endorsed by educators and local officials and comes from a district of about 5000 people with 860 pupils and 25 to 30 teachers.
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J. HW. Peet
Anamosa
Washington
Board of Education
Peet
Peet Jn
Cornell College
College of Education
University of Chicago
Jones County
Uniana
Dysart
Urbana
Jocalra of Education
W. C. Harding
State University of Town
Eachoo
Jout
Chester Meets Locals Tonight at High School Gym
Washington and West Chester basketball teams clash this evening at the high school gym. Only one game will be played as no girls contest could be secured. Tip-off is set for 7:30. Possible additional boys game later the week with neighboring town squads may follow.
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Washington
West Chester
Correction notes on Washington Improvement League meeting
The article omits representatives for the YWCA and Methodist church. Mrs Harry Dickerson attended the meeting and serves on the committee. Also Miss Etha Dawson represented from the same group at the session.
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Washington Improvement League
Harry Dickerson
YWCA
Methodist Church
Dickerson
Etha Dawson
Funeral of John Steen tomorrow in Washington
Funeral services for John Steen, who died yesterday after a long illness, are set for tomorrow at 2 30 PM at the Jones and McElhinney chapel. Interment will be at Elm Grove cemetery. He was about 70, survived by daughter Minnie Steen Head and sister Jennie Paul, and was a Baptist member.
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John Steen
Jones & McElhinney
W. W. Bowers
Elm Grove Cemetery
Steen
Echoes from Services at First U. P. Church
The morning sermon from Acts 1 5 8 titled The Great Promise spoke of the threefold gift of the spirit power and participation at Pentecost. The evening sermon from Acts 2 1 4 titled The Church Chartered declared the church was chartered with the right and privilege of service. A call to the church to heed its duty in this era.
Missionary Society Activities At Associate Presbyterian Church
The church hosts a series of meetings this week led by Carolyn McCleery Misa Stella Denalsson and Mrs J M Lytle with topics drawn from Matthew 28 19 20 Go ye therefore and teach all nations The sessions include girls mission group Tuesday 7 00 and Young Womens Missionary Society Tuesday 7 30 mid week prayer Wednesday 7 50 in charge of the First Division of the Women s Missionary Society with Mrs T J McElhney and others assisting Confirmed as at the Associate Presbyterian Church not the Reformed Presbyterian Church.
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Women's Missionary Socety
Misa Stella Dénalsson
Women's Missionary Society
T. J. McElhtnney
J. M. Lytle
J C. Boice
Eva Livingston
Jurors Excused Until Monday in Iowa Case Set
Judge Henry F Wegner learned the first case on today's jury assignment had settled and ordered petit jurors told there were no cases for trial today. Jurors to report next Monday at two for the state of Iowa versus Martin Fischer and Anthony Waltitekus.
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Sicourney
Tlenry F. Wegner
Wagner
Iowa
Martin Fischer
Anthony G. Waltitekus
Chicago
Clifford Thorne
F.S. Finley
Perry, Et al
Leach
Quinn
Eicher
Baird
Sister Dies in California After Nine Year Cancer Fight
Shuman telegram reports death of Mrs Alfred Bitting aged 58 near Bloomington California. Born Anna Shuman May 16 1873 she married Alfred Bitting November 9 1899. Survived by husband two children Carl Robert Lynwood Elsie Margaret and four siblings Levi Shuman Ida Page Will Shuman Ella Dayton. Funeral held today at 2 pm with burial in California.
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Will Shuman
Alfred Bitting
Bloomington
Cal
Anna Shuman
Carl Robert
Lynwood
Elsie Margaret
Levi Shuman
van Nuys
Ijda Page
Riverside
Iowa
Ella Dayton
Washington
California
Funeral of Miss Annette Finney Held at Home
Funeral services for Miss Annette M. Finney were held at her late home Friday afternoon conducted by Rev A M Malcolm pastor of the Associate Presbyterian Church. The body was taken to Mansfield Ohio for burial.
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Annette M. Finney
A. M. Malcolm
Associate Presbyterian Church
Mansfield
Ohio
Grizzly Bear Sighted In Sequoia Forest After 40 Years
A credible report confirms the California grizzly has reappeared in Sequoia National Forest after four decades. The species once roamed Sierra Nevada and Coast ranges and served as the state emblem on the flag. The bear is larger than the Rocky Mountain grizzly with a grayish tint and a shoulder hump.
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San Francisco
California
LA church building boom and growth metrics in 1924
The Chamber of Commerce reports 62 churches built in Los Angeles in 1924 costing 7.307 million. The motion picture industry produced films valued at 170 million, oil output reached 230 million barrels, harbor exports hit 68.3 million, and public improvements surpassed 38 million.
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Los Angeles
Chamber of Commerce
Los Angeles Basin
Y M C A Names Richard Davis New Physical Director
Richard Davis formerly physical director of the Y M C A at Kewanee takes charge of the local association department today. He assumes control of boys and girls gymnasium classes from the junior high and plans to organize activities with school coaches and local business leaders into a volleyball league. He expects to form several business teams and expresses enthusiasm for the new V building.
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Richard Davis
Y M.C. A
Kewanee,h
Davis
Washington
Alaska the Golden North shown at high school
A motion picture with rare educational value titled Alaska the Golden North will be shown at the high school auditorium tomorrow evening under the HIV club. The film promises a faithful view of life in Alaska with dog races, the Northern Lights and fur trading, presented under the personal direction of a photographer with Alaska experience. The program opens at 7 15 with music by the high school orchestra directed by Milburn McKay.
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HIV Club
Alaska
Golden North
Lfe
Arctic
Milburn McKay
Weather Turns Colder With Near Zero Forecast Tomorrow
A sharp temperature drop follows recent mild days with near zero temperatures expected tomorrow. Light snow flurries occurred this morning as the cold spell begins.
Starts Unique Form of Advertising Today
The Lyon Baking Company begins a daily schedule featuring "A Smile a Day" with humorous stories and a local name chosen at random each day. The named party will be invited to call and accept samples of Lyon Company bakery goods.
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The
Lyon Baking Company
Lyon Company
Day Advocates in Germany Show Political Activity
Berlin reports indicate German prohibition forces push for stricter measures as Parliament campaigns close. Demands include embargo on imported intoxicants and closing of shady bars, with broad skepticism about practical enforcement amid U S style ram runners reports.
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Germany
Berlin
United States
Protest Over Military Training In Japanese Schools
In Tokio on December 4 protests rose against plans to institute military training in middle and higher technical schools. Student bodies and intellectual societies urged the War Department to drop the plan as educators and native press argued it harms education. supporters claim it substitutes sports and strengthens character, citing American discipline as a model.
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Tokio
War Department
Baron Tanaka
Local YWCA Considers Use of New YMCA Building
The Washington publicity committee outlines possible YWCA spaces in the YMCA building. They describe a Community Room, a gymnasium on the street level, an equipment room, a club room with a kitchenette, showers, lockers, and a swimming pool. They seek to form a girls and women oriented program.
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Washington
Young Womans Christian Association
Opposition to Iowa highway bond issue grows in assembly
Assembly debates signal rising doubt about the 85 million dollar road bond plan as the Good Roads program faces dissent. Governor Hammill questions the bond era while Kendall's legacy looms. Farm Bureau Federation oppose the bond, reshaping the road funding debate.
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Associated Press
DPS
Iowa General Assembly
Iowa Good Roads Association
Iowa
Road Roads Association
Govenor Kendall
Kendall
Hammill
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Frank O. Lowden
Camel hair and squirrel wind gear traced to forgotten maker
A fragmentary note alleges camel hair crafts and wind devices once linked to a nameless inventor dubbed Camel. The text claims the crafts are now obscure as the maker’s identity has been lost for years.
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Camel
Uses for Old Corks in the Kitchen
An old corks collection can silence rattling doors by placing cork slices on the lintel. The reader suggests mutiny loafhold uses with corks to mute creaky doors on windy days and notes corks can be repurposed in practical kitchen storage.
Patriotic Women Buy Kenmore Home Of Betty Washington
In Fredericksburg Virginia on January 1 the Kenmore Association completed payment on the $30 000 Kenmore estate once owned by Betty Washington Lewis sister of George Washington. A national shrine plans a May 1 dedication with President Coolidge invited. Six hundred dollars remains to endow ongoing care.
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Fredericksburg
America
Kenmore
Betty Washington Lewis
George Washington
Coolidge
Kenmore Association
Washington Lewis
The
Daughters of the American Revolution
Union
Pielding Lewis
Betty Washington
Duplicate Pacific Cable Planned by British Board
London officials said the Pacific Cable Board will invite tenders for duplicate cables to be ready within 18 months due to current overcapacity. The move follows a request from the Empire Press Union for lower press rates to Australia and New Zealand and improved traffic facilities.
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London
Pacific Cable
Pacific Cable Board
Empire Press Union
Australia
New Zealand
Rough Rural Roads Meet Colder Forecast Tonight
Local report notes persistent busyness and rough roads at IS Farm area with a forecast for colder conditions tonight. Residents say the conditions could have been worse if weather hadn’t turned favorable earlier.
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J. W. Scott
Lyon
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R. F. Jones
Milestone Rubber Company
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Dick's
Dblock Woop
Inquire
Journal
Cait
Mason
Eureka Church
Lloyd W. Martin
Young Bronze Gopbler
Harry Kleese
British Board
Joe Wright
South Bend
Mason Transfer Co
Gag
J. O. Crawford
Washington Rendering Works
Mike C. Lewis
SFC
Lemmon’s
A. Anderson
Black
D. J. Ross
Commercial Savings Bank
Ern Gate
N. Ave
Arn Sovrir
Yellow Horse
Washington Nut'l Bank
Inquire Journal Office
Willard Battery
Blaine Holmes
Green
Frank Miler
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Frank Harrison
Bellevue
Harrison
Orris Smith
Jman
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W.S. Reister & Sons
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