Teachers and families head east for summer trips from Detroit to Buffalo
A large Supt. Pratt led a party of twelve from the Kh. and N. W. station taking long distance trains to Detroit for the National Teachers Association. The group includes Dr. and Mrs. Dewey and several others, with plans to visit Buffalo expositions and various eastern and western destinations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supt. Pratt
Rock Island
Mary Hughes
National Educational Association
Detroit
Lillian Patton
Dot Wagner
Charles
Josie Knox
Misa Kyle
Jobn Miller
Sol Rich
Simon
Laura
Hoambug and Other Local Entertainment Notes
A Graham season plan features Hoambug by Roland Reed with Walter Hodge and a New York cast coming Saturday night from Marshalltown and Burlington. Also notes endorsements of Dr Kay’s Renovator with testimonials and kidney cure claims, and Max Adeler humorous stories in the Saturday Evening Post with Tales of Old Turley set in a prewar country town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Turley
Saturday Evening Post
Kay
West Chester Fourth of July Celebration Draws Three Thousand
Three thousand visitors attended West Chester’s Fourth of July event featuring speeches by Rev. Hanley and Hom B. F. Brown, plus music, a flag drill, a merry crowd, and a fireworks display. Local races crowned winners Ora Dayton, Lee McAvoy, Arthur Dayton, Lloyd Martin, Blaine Holmes, Ed Wells, Blaine Holmes, Earl Gorham. prizes included ribbons, flags, and ice cream stands thrived. The town praised attendees from Washington and Keola, and noted growing Saturday night band concerts and square crowds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Chester
Mr. Hanley
Hom B. F. Brown
Lloyd Martin
Blaine Holmes
Ed Wells
Arthur Dayton
Washington Lecture Course Seeks Respondents for Season
Subscription cards go out soon with the full announcement of the upcoming lecture course. Nine first class entertainments priced at 200 dollars with each number at 50 cents. All numbers guaranteed and attendees urged to respond promptly. This is the largest and best course ever offered in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Threshers Fix Uniform Price for Small Grain
Washington County Threshers' Association met in Woodman hall and established a uniform threshing price of two cents per bushel for oats and barley and four cents for wheat and rye. Some members had charged higher rates, but the group will adhere to the old price going forward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Washington
County Threshers’ Association
Woodman
Fourth of July Picnic at Humston Pleasant View Grove
Fifty neighbors gathered at Mr. and Mrs. J. Harvey Humston’s Pleasant View grove for a Fourth of July picnic. Forenoon socializing followed by a bountiful lunch, then phonograph entertainment and an ice cream and cake feast at four o’clock before farewells. E. D. Morrison traveled to Keota on legal business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Harvey Humston
Campbell
First Class Excursions Offer Affordable Travel Opportunities
First Class Route promotes trips nationwide from Washington and Milwaukee with dates in July and August. Fares include one fare plus $2 and special itineraries to Chicago Louisville Colorado and Pacific Northwest. Details on schedule Pullman Sleeper and low round trip rates offered by the agency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Milwaukee
Chicago
Louisville
Colorado
St. Paul
Spirit Lake
Okoboji
San Francisco
Portland
Seattle
Pullman
Pac
Northwest
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mercer & Chilcote
Work & Meek
West Side
Kaye & Lytle's
East Side Sq
Rocky Mountain
Oy Paints Mediine Co
Woman’s Home Missionary Society of the
M. E. Church
Jacksonville
Florida
Anderson
Buffalo
Buffalo Fair
Tee Eda
Dewey
Quebec
Montreal
Boston
Mrs McConnaugh
Canada
Prof. Pratt
New
Ark
Columbus
Ohio
New York
Rich
Denver
Glenwood Springs
Salt Lake City
Western Resorts
Roland Reed
Walter Hodge
Marshall
Burlington
Tims
Temple Pharmacy
Stewart Pharmacy
Cook & Sherman
Columbia Pharmacy
Max Adeler
Elgow
Smith
del. H. Duncan
North Side
Cess
Order of the
Way
B. J. Kay
Saratoga
N. Y
J.S Ferguson
Wellman
Welman
Ora Dayton
Jimmy Moothart
Lee McAvoy
Hobbs
Sterling Remedy Co
Burnham
Esther Samson
Wyman
Kim
Wilhelmina Nacer
Rittenhouse St
Cincinnati
Sterling Remedy Company
Lewis’ Single
Lewis, Vis
MANFR
Peoria,ill
S.e
E. D. Morrison
Keota
Oscar Solbrig
Zod. McKeone
East Matin St
Price
Colorado Springs
F. E. Stewart
Great Rock Island
Gy “Is
Lonsdale
SOL. Rich & EO
We Babar
Cook & Shean
Gook & Sherman
Columbia
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