Keota Chautauqua Sets Free Evening Week
Keota hosts a free tree chautauqua July 14 through July 18 in a Wilson park tent with Sprague Players offering Kibitzer and a week of Italian and American music. Notables include Umberto Sorrentino, Jay Tobias, Marion Hayes, Judge Kale, Althea Dominick, and local youth performances. Proceeds fund the event with a $1250 donor sum and 7d season seats. admission is free aside from reserved seats.
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Kibitzer
America
Umberto Sorrentino
Europe
Jay Tobias
Bill Nye
Funmakers
Mariot Hayes
Musical Review
Rale
Ohio
Althea Dotminick
Wilson Park
Boosters Triumph Over Winfield in 7–1 Baseball Win
The Washington Boosters defeated Winfield 7 to 1 at Libe's Park yesterday. Edmondson held Winfield to five hits while Washington hitters tagged Davey and Logan for nine. Next Sunday Brighton will face the Boosters at Libe's field in a follow-up matchup.
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Washington Boosters
Winfield
Libe’s Park
Edmondson
Davey
Logan
Boosters
Brighton
Libe's Field
Twenty Millionth Ford to Visit Washington Friday July 17
The twenty millionth Ford car, symbolizing industrial and world history contributions, travels from Detroit to Washington in a rigorously choreographed journey. It will reach the capital around 10 40 Friday morning July 17 escorted by notable Ford family figures and recorded on film.
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Washington
Detroit
Henry and
Edsel Ford
Ford
Ford Motor Company
Rouge
Dearborn
Michi
Henry Ford
Mace Motor Company
Piney Woods School Team to Play Here and Concert Planned
Crawfordsville reports a Piney Woods Mississippi baseball team will play a local meal team Wednesday after noon, followed by a concert at 7 in the Presbyterian church as prayer meeting ends. Visitors include Mrs Will Smylie and Dorothy of Ainsworth and Miss John Smylie of Washington. Mrs Cunningham visits with her brother in Washington. Rev Wenger and wife visited county home for services. Evelyn and Corinne ilkey of West Middlesex Pa were guests at Lisle Maxwell home. United Presbyterian service featured Rev Griffith of Oshkosh assisting.
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Wenger
Evelyn and
Corinne Ilkey
West Middlesex
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Oshkosh
Wisconsin
Ouster Proceedings Set for Des Moines County Chairman
Judge Alva B. Lovejoy of the tenth district at Waterloo will hear the ouster case against Des Moines County Board of Supervisors Chairman BE L Neumann. The move comes after Neumann and supporters petitioned the Iowa Supreme Court for a judge outside the first district.
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Alva B. Lovejoy
Tenth Judicial District
Waterloo
BE. L. Neumann
Board of Supervisors
F. Faville
Supreme Court
Lovejoy
Naumann
First District
Ford touring relic to be shown before return to Greenfield Village
The twenty millionth Ford resumes its national tour after a 30 minute exhibition period. The car will then go back to Greenfield Village for preservation near the old gasoline buggy once used by Henry Ford in Detroit.
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Henry Ford
Detroit
Some Iowa Towns Struggle With Tax Cut Mandate
Anderson explains that only districts hitting the legal maximum must cut taxes under the Elliott bill while many towns and counties would be unaffected if they did not levy taxes near the limit. He questions enforcement as budget officials need no report from compliant bodies and says unpermitted exemptions could trigger liability if discovered.
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Jefferson County
City of
Glenwood
Anderson
Elliott
Budget Department
Washington to Get Modern Night Football Field
Washington high school and junior college will play most home games at night this fall on a new athletic field nearing completion. Permanent bleachers for at least 1,000 will be built on one side with temporary stands on the other. A quarter mile running track may be added later making Washington a leading modern outdoor athletics site in the region.
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Burling ‘Ton
Washington High School
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Washington
Burlington High
Mus
Local teams eye daytime home games as lighting eyed
Ot tumwa Fairfield and Mt. Pleasant may schedule their home games in the daytime while two of the three schools weigh installing lighting systems.
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Leatine
Ottumwa
Fairfield
Mt. Pleasant
Sheep Turn Appetite to Tulips in Montrose Greenhouse
Sheep on Montrose ranges suddenly crave tulips and break into a greenhouse to munch a row of selected blooms after sage brush and onions fail to satisfy their hunger.
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Montrose
Colo
Pather Binds Lost Children Reunion Planned in Monroe
In Monroe Louisiana Ss F Ogden learns after seven years his two children are alive. He had lost track in 1914 but found his daughter in Jackson Mississippi and with her located his son. The family will hold a reunion here this month.
Policemen's Cast Offs Sale Slashes Prices
In Manchester England a charity sale offered police uniform trousers at 18 cents per pair selling 120 pairs to the public. The event drew local residents and provided funds for a community cause.
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Manchester
Eng
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