Mrs S T Donahey Dies After Illness in Washington
Mrs Maile Mercer Donahey, born February 27 1870 in Muscatine County Iowa, died July 17 1922 in Washington Iowa after months of illness. She lived in Washington most of her life, married Sam T Donahey in 1912, was active in Presbyterian church Missionary Society and O E S Chapter PRE. Funeral at 32 West Main Street on Wednesday at 2 30 conducted by Rev Arthur R Oates and Dr W W Bowers with Elm Grove Cemetery burial.
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Donahey
Wilson
Rachael Freiberg Mercer
Atalisea
Muscatine County
Iowa
Washington
Chas J. Blanchard
Chillicothe
Charles Mercer
AtenMssa
Oskaloosa
Donmahey
Washington High School
Sam T. Donahey
Boston
Ind
Indiana
Kookinge Klub
PRE. O
Weert Main Street
Arthur R. Oates
W. W. Bowers
Elm Grove Cemetery
Boy Breaks Both Arm Bones In Yard Incident
Max Raymond, son of Mrs Maude Raymond, broke both bones in his right arm yesterday evening while playing with other children in the yard at his home.
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Max Raymond
Maude Raymond
Card of Thanks from the Sutten family
We extend heartfelt thanks to friends for their sympathy and help in our bereavement. They will be remembered with deep gratitude. Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Sutten and family.
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W. L. Sutten
Maneuver to Turn Mountain Tale Into Seod Sell
A fragmented line hints at turning a mountain tale into a sale item. The garbled note suggests a plan involving a clever move to profit from a story or object.
More Men Are Sent on to Fort Madison
Fully two thirds of the fifty special deputy United States marshals on duty for the railway shopmen’s strike at Fort Madison are from Washington. Eighteen were sent last Wednesday ten more on Saturday and a small group on Sunday. They guard Santa Fe property and enforce a federal injunction against picketing. No trouble has occurred and none is anticipated.
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United States
Fort Madison
Washington
Fighteen
Des Moines
Council Meeting Presided by Work in Absence of Mayor
Councilman M D Work led the city council meeting in place of Mayor Alberson. The library board proposed a tax of two and one half mills for the Chilcote library, unchanged from current levels. The council renewed its membership in the Iowa League of Municipalities with a $20 annual fee, and routine business including claims was addressed.
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M. D. Work
A. N. Alberson
Lbrary Board
Chilcote Library
Iowa League of Municipalities
Endowment Drive Progress for Y M C A
At noon today $11 620.06 had been paid toward the Y M C A endowment fund of $18 200 pledged two months ago. Pledges are due, with a few extended, and contributions should be sent to the Washington Loan and Trust Company. The goal is $20 000 and early payments boost interest.
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Wa J
Washington Loan & Trust Company
Y. M. C. A. Board
Thief Sentenced for Poultry Theft in Ottumwa
Mose Weeton pleaded guilty to stealing poultry in Ottumwa and was sentenced to four years in the state penitentiary at Anamosa, two years on two counts. George Clark and H D Richards were indicted but released due to lack of evidence. Mrs Minnie Clark was freed as she was to become a mother.
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Ottumwa
Mose Weeton
Minnie Clark
Wyatt Produce Company
Francis M. Hunter
Anamosa
George Clark
Omaha
Illinois
Richards
Clark
Riverside Plans Big Doings August 17 Homecoming
Riverside sets a large August 17 homecoming to mark the town's 50th anniversary with Colonel Brookhart and Clyde Herring as speakers. A baseball game Iowa City Independents versus Riverside, boxing rounds, a six round bout Dave Fidler versus Jack Frazier, a noon barbecue, and concerts by Washington and Kalona bands are slated with dances, races, and street attractions under American Legion Post 257 auspices.
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Riverside
W. Brookhart
Clyde F. Herring
Iowa City Independents
Washington
Kalona
Dave Fidler
Iowa City
Jack Frazier
Sheridan
Wyoming
Riverside Post No. 257
The
American Legion
Call State Legion Meet Ottumwa September 7
The Iowa American Legion state meeting is announced by Daniel F. Steck Ottumwa lawyer and department commander. The event runs two days in Waterloo on September 7 with posts sending delegates and alternates based on paid up membership by August 31 1922. Officers will be elected amendments considered and department committee representatives named.
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Ottumwa
The
American Legion
Daniel F. Steck
Iowa
Waterloo
O. B. Nelson
Steck
Predicts Long Struggle in Railway Labor Talks
Cedar Rapids July 18 L F Sheppard president of the Order of Railway Conductors says a long drawn out struggle is likely after conference in Chicago with leaders of other brotherhoods and railroad executives. He reports assurances that union members will not be used to replace striking shopmen and notes the Chicago meeting was not meant to settle the shopmen's strike.
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Cedar’ Repids
Althoy
L. EF. Sheppard
The
Order of Railway Conductors
Chicago
Sheppard
Scott Arrested in Chicago After Passing Bogus Checks
R. M. Scott, known for a wartime story, was arrested in Chicago after passing several worthless checks. An uncle living there paid the total amount to cover the fraud, rescuing Scott from further trouble.
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Scott
Chicago
R. M. Scott
Washington
A. M. E. Concert This Evening at Eight
The A M E church hosts a concert this evening at eight o clock in the First United Presbyterian church. Proceeds go to running expenses of the colored church and admission is five cents. The Washington community is urged to attend for a worthy cause.
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First United Presbyterian Church
Colored People’s Church
Washington
Forty-Eight Attend Vaccination School
Forty-eight Washington County farmers attend a hog cholera vaccination class at the courthouse. Dr J S Crafts of the state veterinary department teaches the serum and vaccine usage. The session continues tomorrow and ends with examinations.
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Washington County
Court House
J. S. Crafts
State Veterinary Department
Community Club Meetings and Socials Announced
Local groups schedule midweek gatherings with members of Pythian Circle Kolah Club and Pythian Sisters. Camp Fire Girls and Rebekahs plan meetings with initiation and ballots. Ladies Aid and Presbyterian Auxiliary announce socials and church events with refreshments and invites. Picnic at Box Springs and Swift family reunion noted.
Proportions Questioned by Jud Tunkins
The Washington Star quotes Jud Tunkins criticizing modern machinery as overly dominant and setting a high standard that ordinary themes cannot match. He argues that current devices overpower simple, traditional pursuits.
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Jud Tunkins
Washington county criminal costs total five thousand thirty two dollars
A district court report shows Washington county spent 5032.94 on criminal matters for the year ending June 20. Expenses included 3442.94 for miscellaneous costs and 1590 for County Attorney T A Michels. Fines collected totaled 1901.20. Thirty-two defendants were convicted, all by guilty plea, with bootlegging leading at eleven cases.
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Washington County
J. D. Glasgow
District Court
T. A. Michels
Board of Pris- Cog
Nio
Anamosa Reformatory
Penick and Ford expands Cedar Rapids starch plant
The Penick and Ford Co. successor to the Douglas Co. is constructing two buildings and installing $350,000 of machinery to add starch production at its Cedar Rapids plant. The expansion raises total local plant value to $6,750,000 and increases corn grinding capacity to 30,000 bushels daily. At full operation the new starch department will produce 300,000 pounds daily, demanding fifty more workers, bringing total employment to between 700 and 2,800. The plant now operates on partial capacity making glucose table syrups gluten feed corn oil and oil cake.
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Cedar Rapids
Penick and Ford Co
Douglas Company
City Plans Water Supply Based on 100 Gallons Per Person
American hydraulic engineers study a daily per capita demand of 100 gallons to size the city water system. Provisions account for potential near term increases in consumption and overall needs.
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American Hydraulic Engineers
Squash Harnessed to Lift Weight Five Thousand Pounds
A Massachusetts agricultural college study reports a squash used as a prime mover lifted five thousand pounds over three months before the rind cut into the fruit. The experiment measured sap energy as a power source and documented the device progression from iron bar to oak lever as the squash grew.
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Clark
Massachusetts Agricultural College
Jewish Tel Aviv rises as booming industrial center in Palestine
Jerusalem reports rapid Jewish led growth in Palestine with 4000 new licenses last year doubling pre 1921 totals. Investments reach 20000 to 50000 dollars per venture plus a 500 acre land purchase by British Jewish interests. Tel Aviv emerges as a bustling seaside township with over 12000 residents and a large brick factory.
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Jerusalem
Palestine
Jaffa
Standard Oil Company
Dead Sea
Tel Aviv
Faith That Sticks in a World of Quick Rich Promises
Local readers note a skepticism toward most claims of wealth with a focus on the few promises that lure people with rapid riches. The Teledo Blade comments on widespread distrust and the persistence of believers in only steadfast, guaranteed schemes.
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Teledo Blade
Iowan Home From Egypt Describes Quiet Postwar Scene
Max Edwards, son of Rev and Mrs J W Edwards of Indianola, has returned after three years in Egypt where he taught English at Assiut college. Dr W W Hickman, also of Indianola, is registrar and head of chemistry and physics at the same college. Edwards notes Egypt is quieter as Britain withdraws and calls for home rule rise among Egyptians. He traveled home through Italy France and England, observes Europe’s worse economic conditions, and shares his Egyptian antiques and art collection and photographs.
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Indianola
Max Edwards
J. W. Edwards
Egypt
Edwards
Assiut College
W. W. Hickman
United Presbyterian Church
Simpson College
Italy
France
England
Europe
Miss Lelia Adams Quarantined in Sioux City
In Charter Oak on July 18 Miss Lelia Adams and her mother planned a visit to Nebraska but were delayed by a rash. A doctor diagnosed scarlet fever and placed a quarantine on an empty house in Sioux City where the family was staying. The illness was light and is thought to be nearly over.
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Charter Oak
Lelia Adams
Nebraska
Sioux City
Lelia
Philadelphia's First Zoo at Independence Square
In Philadelphia, Charles Wilson Peale moved his 1704 museum to Independence Square and established the first zoological garden in a rear building linked to the Philosophical Society. A living eagle among portraits recalled the Revolution as Peale’s collection gained public access.
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Independence Square
Philadelphia
America
Charles Wilson Peale
Third
Lombard Streets
The
Philosophical Society
Sixth
Chestnut Streets
Wep
Zoological Garden
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S. T. Donahey
West
MAIN
Seod
Y. M
Call State Legion Meet
Dan Steck
Conductors
C. M. & F. Clothing CO
Frank Wilson
Colored Church
Try
Wellston
Rubio
Ainsworth
Titus
Gladwin
Brighton
Reister & Sona
Migs
Pythian Circle
E. C. Carris
Kolah Club
Steve Crawford
Castle Hall
Carol Forgey
Buz
Rebekahs
Sita
76 Ladies Aid
Center M. E. Church
West Chester
C. H. Davis
R. S. McFarland
Edith Munro
Son
Wellston Sedtaclub
Preston Hoover
Epworth League of the Methodiat Church
Box Springs
BK. Co. W. Club
Corbin Fields
Havre
J. Thompson
Swift
Sunset’ Park
Maryland
Our
Phillips Drug Store
Kodak Store
Elmer Mason
Black
Wm. Bues
Wash St
McNamara’s Furniture Store
Iains
Ape
Farl Little
Haskins
Quire Journal Office
City
White Way
Journal Office
Collie
Cedar Rapids Starch Works
Evening Journal
Holy Land
Charter Oak Girl
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