Entrainment Orders for Troop 1113th Cavalry Camp Ride
Captain P. J. Crail issued orders for Troop 1113th Cavalry to entrain at 1:00 AM August 2 and reach Camp Dodge by 9:00 AM. Five-car train will carry troopers horses baggage and equipment with Sigourney and Oskaloosa troops picked up en route and combined at Des Moines. Troop D numbers 65 with 3 officers and at least 58 will attend camp. Scrubby Ewing secures a good cook. private mess fund will provide delicacies beyond government rations. Camp Dodge to be in peak condition with new stables and horses sheltered indoors.
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P. J. Crail
1113Th Cavalry
Iowa National Guard
Camp Dodge
Washington
Sigourney
Oskaldosa
National Guard
Odd Fellows Lodge Members Visit Kalona
About twenty members of the Washington lodge of Odd Fellows visited Kalona and performed the second degree work for four candidates. They served as the Kalona lodge degree team and reported an enjoyable evening.
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Washington Lodge of Odd Fellows
Kalona
Insects Sold in Tokyo for Musical Qualities
Street vendors in Ginza Tokyo offer singing insects crickets and longhorned grasshoppers for sale to enhance summer evenings. The small insects are kept in bamboo cages decorated with suk ribbons and priced from fifty sen to twenty five yen each.
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Tokyo
Award Contract for Coal for the Schools
At a Washington school board meeting yesterday evening bids were opened for school fuel. Contracts were made with H. A. Baxter for coal for the high school and with John Shielde & Sone for fuel for the junior high and ward schools. About 400 to 500 tons will heat six school buildings next year. Prices were kept conservative.
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Washington School Board
H. A. Baxter
John Shield
E & Sone
Nationwide coal strike threatened by UMW chief
Van V. Bittner of the United Mine Workers warned in telegrams to Secretarys Davis and Hoover that a nation wide coal strike would occur if wage contracts in northern West Virginia were abrogated. He alleged evictions of families and gunmen used to press miners. Telegrams were also sent to John D. Rockefeller Jr. and Samuel Untermyer, linked to major coal interests. The anthracite scale is near reopening after a three day adjournment as operators withhold salary data.
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Atlantic City
N. J
West Virginia
van V. Bittner
United Mine Workers
Davis
Hoover
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Samuel Untermyer
Bittner
Consolidation Coal Company
Bethlehem Mines Corporation
Continue Work on Walton League Drive
The Isaac Walton League local chapter keeps recruiting after a scheduled close. Canvassers filed reports but totals are not yet tabulated. Efforts extend to other towns and likely many new members will be gained outside Washington.
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Isaac Walton League
Washington
Goody Two-Shoes Authored by Oliver Gold Smith in 1765
The nursery tale Goody Two-Shoes is attributed to Oliver Goldsmith written in 1765 for a Newberry project. Usher's offices stood near St Pauls Churchyard in London.
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Oliver Goldsmith
Newberry
St. Paul’s Churchyard
London
Washington county firms lag on filing partners names
At noon today forty eight Washington county firms had filed names of partners as required by the new law taking effect July 4. Many firms remain non compliant risking fines, with county recorder Mrs. Belle G. Rice urging immediate submission of each member’s name and address at no charge.
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Washington County
Belle G. Rice
County Recorder
Prediction of Hawaii gaining vast new dry territory
Washington July 22 The Associated Press reports Edwin Fairfax Naulty of New York believes recent earthquakes will lift Hawaii into a large dry land area. He predicts a continent sized region in the mid Pacific could emerge, with only peak mountains visible above the sea.
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Associated Press
Washington
Uncle Sam
Gather Nature
Edwin Fairfax Naulty
New York
Hawaiian Islands
Japan
Hawaii
Date Set for Budget Hearings on Municipal Expenditures
Des Moines reports the Director of the Budget FE J Hogue set hearings on municipal expenditures. July 28 hearing covers purchase of electric equipment for Fenton in Kossuth county. July 30 hearing concerns proposed playing for Bedford.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
FE. J. Hogue
Fenton
Kossuth County
Bedford
Des Moines Girl Ruth Rightey Dies After Suicide Attempts
Ruth Rightey 17 eloped to marry a man who was a former convict and had deserted his wife and baby. She attempted suicide twice and died Monday night at a Kansas City hospital from blood poisoning after an operation.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Ruth Rightey
Mano
Lwier
Kansas City
You Haven't Read The Journal Without Ads
A compact editorial note emphasizes that readers encounter the full Journal only after viewing the advertisements. The reminder highlights ad relevance and the paper’s revenue link to sustaining content.
Coach McKinstry Plans Washington High Return in August
Coach Albert McKinstry of Washington high school will return from summer work in Vinton and Cedar Falls around August 18. He aims to issue the first football call a week later and start early practice. A fair sized squad is expected to report after school opens for preliminary sessions. McKinstry and Mia visited Tom Vinton to check conditions ahead of the return.
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Albert McKinstry
Washington High School
Vinton
Cedar Falls
Washington
Shev
Mia
McKinsty
Tom Vinton
Steck Gains in Recount in Iowa Senate Race
Washington July 22 The Steck Brookhart recount in Iowa shows minor gains for Steck as first precincts in Adair Adams and Allamakee report results. Brookhart counsel challenged a three arrow ballot while both sides claim potential late gains as Black Hawk county awaits.
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Associated Roas
Washington, B.C
Daniel F. Steck
Adair
Adams
Allamakee
Steck
Smith W. Brookhart
Blackhawk
Brookhart
Washington
Smihi W. Brookhart
Daniel Steck
J. G. Mitchell
Iawa
Camp for Boys Postponed One Week at Cone Lake
The Y M C A announces a one week delay in the Cone Lake boys camp. Originally set to open July 27, the younger boys camp now starts August 3 and runs to August 10, followed by an older boys session August 10 to 17. Secret ary Kreider cannot attend. Lloyd Hick will likely stand in as substitute.
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Cone Lake
Harry Kreider
Kreider
Lloyd Hic
Washington
Cone
Ottumwa
Truck Drivers on Trial for Pickford Kidnapping Plot
Two truck drivers and a automobile salesman faced trial for conspiring to kidnap Mary Pickford in Los Angeles. Witnesses include Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks. Police say the plan involved disguising as Shriners at a city convention and abducting Pickford from a limousine for a $200,000 ransom.
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Assocciated Presse
Los Angeles
Cal F
Mary Pickford
Superior Court
Douglas Farbanks
Charles Stevens
C. A. Holcomb
Merry Making Shriners
Miss Pickford
Farmers Call for Fewer Laws to Aid Profitable Reform
Des Moines July 22 Farmers urged repeal of hampering legislation rather than temporary cures. George F Heindel Ottumwa president of the farm Mortgage Bankers of America warned of four harsh years in agriculture and predicted a coming prosperity era with direct distribution and removal of middlemen. KE L Johnson Waterloo director of the federal reserve bank in Chicago discussed land values and favored production capacity as a valuation basis.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
George F. Heindel
Ottumwa
Farm Mortgage Bankers of America
Iowa Farm Mortgage Association
Ile
Grain Marketing Corporation
KE. L. Johnson
Waterloo
Federal Reserve Bank
Chicago
For Sale 1921 Dodge Brothers Touring Car
Used Dodge Brothers Touring Car offered by Thos R Gillespie of Dodge Brothers Motor Cars. Five excellent tires, well maintained, recently serviced to perfect running order. Priced at 260 dollars with terms desired and trades considered.
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Dodge Brothers
Thos R. Gillespie
Dodge Brothers Motor Cars
Where Swallows Winter Migration Patterns Across Americas
The common barn swallow migrates to the West Indies during winter, with winters in Central and South America. The tree swallow winters from South Carolina and the Gulf states to the West Indies and Guatemala.
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West Indies
Central America
South America
South Carolina
Gulf States
Guatemala
Local Social Notes Mention Visits and Illness
Seventy sixe Mr and Mrs Arthur Romine and family visited Henry Henderson. Richard Maver stayed with Billy Henderson. Birney Gretter is ill. Howard Brown family visited J B Lockwood. Everette Green and Helen visited Sara Green. Dixie Shankle was a guest at William Shaffer's. Lloyd Miller visiting at Powell parent home.
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Arthur Romine
Oren
Wilma
Henry Henderson
Richard Maver
Billy Henderson
Birney Gretter
Everette Green
Helen Uisto
Jap Green
George
Sara Green
Dixie Shankle
William Shaffer
Lloyd Miller
Powell
Rider aims to tour states on horsebar ride in 1927
OSKALOOSA IOWA July 22 Frank Heath of Silver Spring Wisconsin arrived after a horsebar ride intended to cover every state in the union before July 1927. He will go to Des Moines and Omaha to demonstrate the horse’s capacity while he regains his health. An unrelated dispatch from Altoona reports Joe Shera 27 a farmer two miles south of town killed when entangled in a rope used to tie a cow to a tree and thrown into the tree.
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Oskaloosa
Frank Heath
Silver Spring
Mad
Union
Des Moines
Omaha
Altoona
Joe Shera
Here
Fragmented local verse from a country store
A humorous provincial scene inside a storefront near the square. Clerks and patrons mingle as a poetical narrator details corn husking and playful banter about butter and fruits. The piece ends with playful exaggeration about the grocer’s day and several named rural tasks.
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Charles Po Hoxworth
Lyon Baking Company
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Frank L. Wilson
McKinstry
J Pew
Brooxhart
James M. Parsons
Chase
Washington Steam Laundry
Repos
Pickford
Morpgagh
Evening Journal
van Noy
Teanufacturer
John Sehneider, Jr
Richnond
Iowa
Frank Smith
Stuart Hotel
Journal Office
Spitz
W. L. Gates
John Speider
Thack
Woods
White Way
Brown's Tire
O. K
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Clark Street
Madison Street
Inquire Journal
Howard Brown and Son
J. B. Lockwood
W.S. Reister & Sons
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