Judge rules drainage ditch a natural waterway in bridge case
Judge Hamilton directed the jury to a verdict for the board of supervisors in favor of the Rock Island railway verdict on payment for a Kalona bridge. The drainage ditch bed was ruled a natural waterway under state law, adjournment set for next Tuesday for a new damages suit by Joseph F. Schantz against the board. Other trials postponed due to illness of attorney Butterfield.
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Hamilton
Board of Supervisors
Rock Island Railway
Railway
Kalona
A. B. Howland
Howland
W. M. Keeley
Ilness
W. H. Butterfield
City Churches Schedule Promises Morning Activities
A.M. E Sunday school at 9 46. Class meeting at 11 a m. A C EB League at 32 p m. Praise service at 7 20 p m. All are cordially invited.
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A.M. E
Oyster Supper Planned by West Chester Farmers Union
Members of the Farmers Union at West Chester and their families are invited to an oyster supper at Union Hall on Wednesday evening February 1, 9613.
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West Chester
Union Hall
Peesday
Notice to debtors of E A Wallace McNess man
Debtors urged to remit funds to E A Wallace at 727 B Jefferson St or to the Washington National Bank.
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E. A. Wallace
McNess
Mr. Wallace
B. Jefferson St
Washington National Bank
Bethel Church Hosts Ning Worker Class Entertainment
A well attended Bethel event Friday evening featured the Ning Worker class presenting A of Suspension. Hazel Brown performed a man solo, Dre Applegate and Dave Davis gave vocal and readings by Josephine Iwell, with all participants praised for their performances.
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Bethel Entertainment
Ning
Hazel Brown
Dre Applegate
Dave Davis
Josephine Iwell
Assist Child Fund Gifts Reach 1200 Amid Ongoing Drive
A progress note reports gifts totaling 1201 dollars to the Assist Child Fund and World War era style plea urging continued donations. It lists donors including Geo Fulton Mrs Fulton Nancy Pleming and the Foster couple with 50 dollars and others contributing smaller sums. The article cites 120 children to be fed and clothed until after harvest and 120 in Central Europe dependent on such aid through winter and into next summer.
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Europe
Frank R. Sage
Washington Loan & Trust Co
Journal
Dress Rules At Long Beach High School Limiting Attire
Long Beach California January 29 board of education adopts a dress code for girls at Long Beach high school prohibiting paint or powder extreme hair styles large combs immodest openwork stockings garters and fancy heels. requires suitable dress with modest neckline and length and restricts to Cuban or low heels.
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Long Beach High
Long Beach
Cal
Long Beach High School
Board of Education
Phonograph Popular in China for Loud Records
Chinese buyers favor cheap phonographs and tolerate scratches if the machine is loud enough. Record production is costly with top Chinese bands and singers hired. The public dislikes foreign records except for laughing songs and noisy bugle drum performances.
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Cina
Ostrich Feathers and the Shame of Plumage
The article notes that ostriches feel shame when their feathers are plucked. It describes the finest ostrich feathers as white and long lasting while the birds walk with heads hanging and show marked chagrin after being plucked. The comparison paints the bird as a draggled, forlorn creature post plucking.
Reister and Sons Ad Teases Monday Sale
Rob Grimes recalls James Whitcomb Riley poetry as a moment of shared sympathy. The excerpt evokes a verse about hardship, kindness, and hope, ending with a teaser for Eyes lower for Monday from W. 8S. REISTER & SONS.
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Rob Grimes
James Whitcomb Riley
Reister & Sons
Washington Shriners Plan Des Moines Shrine Meet
Washington Shriners plan to attend the National Shrine gathering in Des Moines in June. About 146 from the community are expected to travel and many will attend the meet. A special Pullman car may serve as headquarters. An estimated 40,000 Shriners from across the country are anticipated.
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Washington Shriners
Des Moines
Washington Nobles
MacEachron Fund Reaches 752 Dollars For Paul MacEachron
Gifts from Washington residents to aid Paul MacEachron in Techow China total 752.65 dollars. D J Ross at Commercial Savings Bank holds contributions with plans to send another draft soon. Fortnightly club contributed 85 dollars and more groups and individuals are pledging support.
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Washington
Paul MacEachron
Techow
China
D. J. Ross
The
Commercial Savings Bank
MacKachren
MacEachron
Moose Lodge Presents Western Play The Heart of the Yeat
Members rehearse for a home talent western comedy drama at Graham theatre on Thursday evening February 3. Proceeds benefit the newly formed Moose band. The cast includes Jack Hamlin Ira Mitchell Hank Jordan Edward Hammes Nat Webber Oscar Bales Hallelujah Billy Miss Penelope Prime and other listed characters with two women in supporting roles. Specialties between acts promised.
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Moose Lode
Graham Theatre
Moose Band
Moose
Jack Hamlin
Ira Mitchell
Hank Jordan
Edward Hammes
Nat Webber
Oscar Bales
Hallelujah Billy
Penelope Prime
Be.ef. Greenfield Zenua Grimes
Judge Lovetoddy
Claire Brewer
Robie
Bobe Wagner Eee Velmy Brewer
Japanese Census Shows Nation Has 77 Million People
Tokyo reports 1920 census figures for the Japanese Empire 77,005,510 people with 65,961,140 in Japan proper excluding Korea Formosa and S r i. The study notes prior estimates were over by about 1.2 million for the empire and 1.1 million for Japan proper. Males exceed females by 124,850 in Japan proper. Major cities listed include Yokohama Nagasaki and Sapporo among others.
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Tokio
Japan
Korea
Formosa
S‘ri
Census Bureau
Bureau of National Power Investigation
Negey
Oso
Yokohama
Nagaeski
Iiroshimes
Hakodate
Pilgrim Fathers and Puritans in Early Colonial Reform
The Pilgrims were Separatists who left England and formed an independent Leiden congregation before sailing to New England. They totaled 41 families or 102 persons and landed at Plymouth on December 20, 1620. They signed the Mayflower covenant creating a civil state with religious basis seeking church without a bishop and state without a king.
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Church of England
England
Leyden
New England
Fammilies
Plymouth
Washington tops Mt Pleasant in close basketball clash
Washington high school basketball defeated Mt Pleasant 22 to 11 with strong guard play from Davis and Rice. Ottumwa beat Muscatine 12 to 11 while Fairfield lost to Washington, trio atop Eastern Town League standings, two teams tied for third.
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Muscatine
Fairfield
Washington
Ottumwa
Mt. Pleasant
Burlington
Washington High School
Mt Pleasant
Sterneman
Milleasant
Dickingham
Mt. Pl
Davis
Kiesey
Duke
Rice
Nicholson
Switt
Waymack
Graduation exercises set for county hospital nurses class
On Friday February 18 the county hospital training school for nurses will hold its annual graduation at eight o'clock in the First United Presbyterian church. Three graduates Miss Lelia Wilson Miss Mayme Frampson and Miss Alice Hodson have completed the required course and six months of additional hospital experience. Dr John H Herrick Ottumwa will deliver the principal address and Postmaster A R Miller will give another address. Diplomas will be presented by Marsh W Bailey.
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First United Presbyterian Church
Elisabeth Finlay
J. B. Crail
C. C. Cunningham
Maresh W. Brailey
George W. Reid
County Hospital
Lelia Wilson
Mayme Frampson
Alice Hodson
Focal Hospital
John H. Herrick
Ottumwa
France
A. R. Miller
Arsh W. Bailey
Second Team Victory Sparks Tense High School Match
Washington second team edged Pleasant Plain 24 to 20 after a tied 2 extra minutes. Lynn led Pleasant Plain with 4 free throws and Daniels scored 3 field goals while Molesworth and Putnam added baskets for Washington. Referee Skien of Coe officiated.
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David
Mt. Pleasant
Nicholson
Davis
Washington
Mr. Pleasant
Lazenby
Kiesey
Duke
Rice
Swift
Harshbarger
Dawson
Bergdahl
Waymack
Brown
Daniels
Byers
Carris
Bergdah
Lee
Ricely Swift
Gon
Skien
Coe
Washington High School
Pleasant Plain High School
Putnam
Pleasant Plain
Lynn
Gue
Polvemore
Molesworth
Conner
Pauls
Apt
Pickard
Coffin
Hosler
Brookhart
Baby Bandit Caught After Attacks on Women in Chicago
Chicago police arrest 12 year old Robert Fitzhenry dubbed the baby bandit. He is charged with snatching a purse from Miss Elvira McDonald and admits the theft after questioning. The youth, held overnight, awaits a juvenile court hearing next month.
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Chicago
Robert Fitzhenry
Robert
Elvira McDonald
Cas
Firm Head Enlists Expert to Check Cashier
The firm’s chief secretly brings in an expert accountant to examine the cashier. The examiner notes that the cashier carries a different umbrella each rainy day, suggesting no clear evidence of dishonesty yet.
Most-Used Letter in Poe’s The Gold Bugclus
The passage notes that Edgar Allan Poe remarks the letter E predominates in the English alphabet. The rest of the sequence appears as a scrambled or coded line “aod hnrae tu yeft gdiaw d koax 4” with no clear context or readable continuation.
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Edgar Alla Poe
Topeka Pioneer Radges Projects Grave Daily Papers Twenty Years
Sam Radges Topeka publisher left a will ordering daily newspaper deliveries to his tomb for twenty years and an electric light kept burning there. He founded Topeka City Directory in 1869, built a fortune, and supported the Humane Society and Ananias club. Born in London, he served in the Civil War and later operated stores in Dodge City before settling in Kansas.
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Topeka
Kan
Sam Radges
Topeka Pionster City Directory
Radges
Humane Society
Topeka Annanias Club
Humane S Society
London
United States
Kansas
Dodge City
Accepted Definitions in Physics
The Bureau of Standards defines momentum as mass times velocity. Mass is the quantity of matter in a body, while weight is the earth’s pull on the body. Mass is invariant, whereas weight is zero at Earth’s center and far from Earth.
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Bureau of Standards
Earth
Impractical Fur Muff Wrongs Mouth in Arkansas Tale
A comic remark explains why a man cannot carry a fur muff, noting he would quickly ruin it by wiping his mouth on it. The line attributes the joke to Arkansas Thomas Cat.
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Arkansaw Thomas
Beauty and Truth Through Morning Gate of Knowledge
The excerpt asserts that beauty opens the path to knowledge, claiming that feelings of beauty now will become truths in time, attributed to Schiller. It presents a philosophy linking aesthetic experience to epistemic attainment.
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Schiller
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