Washington County selects judging team for Iowa State Fair
County Agent Harold Ellis announces four Washington county boys chosen for the state fair judging contest. Clarence Booth leads with 1087 points, followed by William Darbyshire 1080, Marshall Grosscup 1046, and Wendall Booth 986. Nine boys competed in stock and corn judging under Ellis and Prof. Harold Montgomery.
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Harold Ellis
Washington County
Clarence Booth
William Darbyshire
Marshall Grosscup
Wendall Booth
Ellis
Harold J. Montgomery
Washington High School
Washington
Riverside
Wellman
Crawfordsville
Brighton
Montgomery
Iowa
Washington County Farm Bureau
Alleged Bootlegger Bound Over By Grand Jury
Attorney George F. Morrison appeared for Justin North of Nira as he waived preliminary hearing and North was bound over to the grand jury by Justice D C Kyle. Bond set at 400 dollars with expected furnishing. Romine and Dorrance youths from Nira community faced dismissed breaking and entering and pleaded guilty to petty larceny with fines of 100 dollars each plus costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George F. Morrison
Justin North
Nira
North
D. C. Kyle
Harold Romine
Howard Dorrance
Squire Kyle
Taxicab Operators Secure Liability Insurance Under New Iowa Law
Curtis and Ross of a Washington to Iowa City taxi line obtained 91 liability insurance for passengers. The first year cost $311 per car under a law passed by the Iowa legislature. The provision faces a test case, but local operators proceed, subject to the new law.
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Curtis & Ross, Opsratora
Washington
Iowa City
Iowa
Presbyterian Sunday services and call vote
Sunday Sabbath school starts at 9 45 with Rev Ira G Hawk of Keota preaching at 11 on The Meaning of Faith. Mrs B Dewey to sing her own In the garden of one God. Pulpit committee report and vote on extending a call to Rev Fredrick W Eastwood of Wausau Wis. Evening service 730 by the Woman s Missionary Society featuring Miss Margaret Cowden recently returned from Persia. Citizens invited. Pulpit Committee and Session.
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Ira G. Hawk
Keota
B. Dewey
God
Fredrick W. Eastwood
Wausau
Wis
Washington chautauqua to feature top talent this season
A county study ranks the Washington chautauqua program as possibly the finest yet. Sid Smith creator of Andy Gump will headline on August 15 with his talk on cartooning. Senator I E Lenroot of Wisconsin will speak that afternoon. Other lecturers include Lewis A Conins Alfred L Flude Clinton N Howard Grigg Zly Smith Louis Williams Major Joe Hanley and Maude Ballington Booth. Bachman's Million Dollar band closes with two concerts.
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Washington Chautauqua
Sid Smith
Chautauqua
Sidney Smith
Andy Gump
Min
Bim
Chester
Chicago Tribune
I. E. Lenroot
Wisconsin
Lenroot
United States Senate
Middle -West
Lewis A. Conins
Russia
Siberia
Poland
Alfred L. Flude
Washington
Clinton N. Howard
World's Peace Commission
Grigzly Smith
Louis Williams
Joe Hanley
Maude Ballington Booth
Bachman
116Th Engineers
France
West Palm Beach
Florida
Ray Guest Wins National Pyrex Window Prize
Ray Guest, a believer in Friday the Thirteenth wood luck, won first prize of 100 dollars in a national Pyrex window display contest. His display at Geo Stewart's Hardware Store two weeks prior was photographed and sent to Pyrex headquarters, with 125 prizes offered nationwide.
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Ray Guest
Pyrex Company
Corning
New York
Pyrex
Ray
Geo. Stewart
Ees
Troop D Recruited to Sixty-Six Men
Troop D of the 113th Cavalry reports sixty six enlisted men marking rapid growth. Four more were added today and Captain Crail expects to reach seventy seven within the next week or two. New equipment and uniforms arrive daily as the troop nears full peace strength and preparations for Camp Dodge this summer proceed. Prospective recruits should contact Captain Crail at once.
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113Th Cavalry
Crail
Camp Dodge
Legion Post to Attend Miss Agnes Swift’s Funeral
All members of Leon Beatty Post No 29 are urged to meet at the Legion rooms Monday at 8 30 in uniform for the funeral of the late Miss Agnes Swift. Commander F B Appleby asks prompt attendance.
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Leon Beatty
Legion Rooms
Agnes Swift
F. B. Appleby
Revival Tent Services With Rev Winters In Charge
Revival tent services announced with sessions tonight at 7 30. Sunday schedule includes morning eleven o clock and Sunday evening at 7 30. Attendance planned every night next week. Rev Winters to lead all services.
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Rev. Winters
Bankers Accident Insurance to Merge with Chicago Firm
Des Moines July 14 Officers of the Bankers Accident Insurance company announce the sale of its capital stock to the Federal Life Insurance company of Chicago. The local concern will be merged with the Chicago company’s accident department, creating a combined unit.
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Des Moines
Bankers’ Accident Insurance Company
Moines
Iowa
Federal Life Insurance Company of Chicago
Chicago
Miss Agnes Swift Army Nurse Dies in Washington Home
Miss Agnes Swift a famed Washington figure and former army nurse in France during the war died at 11 25 this morning at her mother Mrs J C Swift's West Third street home. She returned from France in early 1919 and had suffered lasting nervousness and declining strength leading to a county hospital rest and eventual decline.
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Agnes Swift
Washington
France
J. C. Swift
West Third Street
Miss Swift
Miss Agnes Swift Dies After Illness and War Service
Miss Agnes Swift born July 16 1880 near Ainsworth died from goiter with complications after weeks of decline. She served as an Army nurse in France and after WWI worked in public health before returning home to Washington Iowa. Full military honors will be paid by Leon Beatty post American Legion with a solemn requiem mass at St James church.
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Miss Swift
Leon Beatty Post
American Legion
Frank Appleby
Legion Rooms
St. James Church
Father Cone
St. Ambrose College
Davenport
Father Hartigan
Legion
Elm Grove Cemetery
Washington Band
Ainsworth
J. C. Swift
Mary (Rimmer) Swift
France
St. James Parish School
Local entertainment and church program lineup revealed
Ben Hur company Sholle's Orchestra McCords Deren the magician Preachers quartet Crawford Adams Davies Opera and David Duggan Dr Howland Hanson of Des Moines will give the morning Bible lectures. Mrs Harold Duke leads kindergarten Miss Willa Gibson directs girls and Harold Ross heads boys. Folders go to press for wide distribution.
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Ben Hur Company
Sholle’s Orchetta
The
McCords
Deren the
We Expect A Big Night With Fair Weather Tonight
A caller looks ahead to a busy evening as forecasts predict fair conditions. The poem asks if cream can be sold, noting a good price and aim to please customers.
Gravel Laying Under Way on Washington Road Project
After weather delays the gravel road from Washington eight miles north has begun. T C Kyle holds the hauling contract with eight trucks. Five carloads of gravel daily from Muscatine will be laid on the road and three blocks of North Marion avenue are being graveled at city expense. The gravel matches the previous coarse grade used east of town and suits gumbo soil roads.
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Washington
T. C. Kyle
Muscatine
Marion Avenue
City of
Necktie funds for Premier Witos raise Red Cross gift
Warsaw reports Premier Witos avoids necktie to show peasant origin though his suits are tailor made. A local paper started a tie subscription, collecting 1,700,000 marks in days, which he refused and instead donated to the Red Cross as “The Necktie of M. Witos.”
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Warsaw
Witos
Poland
M. Witos
Red Cross Society
M. Wit
Ended That Love Affair at a Social Night
A teenage girl recalls a brief romance with a fifteen year old boy. They attended a social, enjoyed time together, but he left her waiting for refreshments and ate with his mother. The note reflects a young person’s reflection on a disrupted relationship.
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Cornee Square
Senator Lenroot
Ladies’ Arch Rest
Oxfords
Arch Rest
Brown Kid Oxfords
Black Kid
Oxford
Frank L. Wilson & Co
Goiter
John Swift
Jennings
Kansas
Catherine Swift
Teresa Vastine
Carleton Wilson
Charles Regan
John Wheelan
Leonard Bailey
George Swift
D. M. Sullivan
J. M. Walker
Boneya
Walden
Cooper
Oakland
Evening Journal
Howard Stewart
Journal
Horn Bull
Green
Inquire Journal
Witik
Dexter Double Tub
H. L. McCleery
EN Jackson
Jersey
James Ralston
W. J. Edgar
Inbheaane
W. S. Reister & Bons
Graham’s
Morrison’s
United Mailing Co
St. Louis
Warner Remedy Co
W. van Buren
Terial
Washington Iron and Metal Company
Iowa Avenue
Abe Glatsteln
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