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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jul 28, 1925

Page

3

Troop D Prepares for Camp Dodge Encampment

About 50 to 60 members of Troop D will leave Sunday at 1 AM by special train for Camp Dodge for the national guard encampment. The Washington Sigourney and Oskaloosa contingents join, with Capt P J Crail in command and officers listed. Despite flu illness, the unit trains regularly and aims to match last year’s strong showing. Mr and Mrs A T Augustine and daughter from West Chester are in Washington today.

Camp Dodee National Guard Washington Sigourney Oskaloosa P. J. Crail A. K E. Baldrige William D. Young William G. Eldridge John K. McMullen Camp Knox Kentucky Camp Dodge A. T. Augustine West Chester

European Y M C A Worker Back to Iowa

Harry Kreider announces B. R. Ryall will become the Iowa State Town and Country Secretary. Ryall, former senior secretary for Y M C A Russian work in Europe, served as state town and country work secretary in Ohio and New Jersey and spent five months in Russian prisons. This fills the estate staff as authorized at the state convention alongside F. M. Stansen, W. M. Parsons, FE. R. Hinckley and Chas. EB Ford.

Harry Kreider Dwight N. Lewis B. R. Ryall Europe Iowa Ryall Ohio New Jersey F. M. Stansen W. M. Parons FE. R. Hinckley Chas. EB. Ford

Gilbert Goff Sells His Barber Shop

Gilbert Goff sells his barber shop to C E F Hasty of Kalona. Hasty has taken possession and will run the shop with Boon and Rickey, all experienced barbers. Goff plans a brief rest before any new venture and will not disclose future intentions at this time.

Gilbert Goff C.ef. Hasty Kalona Hasty Boon Hasty, Boon Rickey Goff

Pearl Ferguson wins dictation record at graduation

Miss Pearl Ferguson daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank Ferguson formerly of Washington earned a certificate for shorthand dictation at one hundred words per minute by Gregg Publishing Co at recent commencement exercises She was the sole student in a forty member class to receive this record while also earning two medals for typewriting

Flemington New Jersey Pearl Ferguson Frank Ferguson Washington

Local News Roundup From area visits to hospital births

Mrs. Gladys Williams returns from Lohrville and Des Moines while Mrs. Hamrick and Caren Anderson visit the J T Anderson home. Mrs. Beatrice Tracy and Mary Maxine of Brighton shop here. Louise Wombacher breaks her wrist. Three babies born at the hospital. Ralph Robertson reports oats yields of 92 bushels per acre on six acres and 75 bushels on a 30 acre field.

Beatrice Tracy Mary Maxine Brighton Ralph Robertson John Woods

Cone Lake camp opens August third under YMCA oversight

The Cone Lake YMCA camp opens August 3 with about fifty boys from Ottumwa and Washington under Allen A. Campbell and J Stewart Brown in charge. Younger boys 10 to 14 go August 3–10, older boys August 10–14. About 35 Ottumwa and 15 Washington youths are enrolled. total cost per boy is 6.50 dollars.

Cone Lake Ottumwa Washington Home Finding Association Vernon Downs Beryl McNabb Liloyd Hill Walter Eastwood Harry Kreider John Maney Paul Maney Joe Brookhart Daryl Oldaker Dean Snyder Marty Montgomery Ro F B. Thornton William Sartor Rex Nelson Robert Stutsman Henry Carris Ronald Rawson Charles Barclay Stanley Baird Ljoyd Hill Ottumwa Y. M. C. A

Ottumwa Y's Men to Be Here Tonight

Twenty four members of the Ottumwa Ys Men will be guests this evening at a 6 30 dinner at the Y M C A An inter city meeting aims to foster acquaintance and promote club work C I Morton president of the local club will preside over the event

Ottumwa Y OttumWe C. 1 Morton Localoelub

Colonel Palmer Recalls Civil War Endurance and Heroism

Col. D. J. Palmer spoke at the Rotary meeting about his return to combat after a severe wound, recounting his leadership of leading battalions in a grand parade on Pennsylvania Avenue and later as Grand Army of the Republic commander. His tale highlights remarkable resilience and historic Civil War events.

D. J. Palmer Rotary Pennsylvania Avenue Washington DC Rand Grand Army of the Republic Patner White House United States Coonel Palmer

Manhattan film stunts as Rehard Dix trains hard for Paramount debut

Amusements notes Rehard Dix exceeds with daily three rounds boxing with Gunboat Smith to prepare for Manhattan an adaptation of Jeffry Manuel's The Definite Object. Smith jokes Dix could become a fighter, as Jacqueline Logan and Gregory Kelly co star for a Fox Theatre two day run Wednesday and Thursday.

Rehard Dix Paramount Manhattan Jeffry Manuel Dix Smith Jacqueline Logan Gregory Kelly Oscar Pigman Fox Theatre

City Plans to Buy Washington Commercial Club Property

City officials study purchasing the Washington Commercial Club on East Washington Street to relieve crowding at City Hall. Negotiations aim for an $8600 buy involving 86 stockholders at $100 per share, with about 75 percent signers needed. The plan would also allow American Legion Post quarters in the club building.

City Hall Washington Commercial Club East Washington Street Commercial Club Washington Tovned American Legion Post Legion Boys

City asks youths to curb beer play and protect property

Officials report complaints of boys beer running across lawns and damaging shrubbery. They urge boys to relocate play areas to avoid disturbing residents and harming property while preserving city beauty spots. Mr. and Mrs. Bud Simpkins of Tioga, Iowa visited A. L. Fields Sunday.

Bud Simpkins Tioga, Iowa

For Sale 1924 Star Touring Car

For sale a 1924 Star Touring Car in fine shape offered by Mangold Garage. Also available a National Cash Register model registers 1e to 3.00 from McElhinney Drug Co.

Mangold Garage Ead National Cash Register McElhinney Drug Co Studebaker Call

Bryan on Religion Over Science in Darrow Case

The speech centers on Bryan arguing religion grounds morals while science fuels force and evolution clashes with faith. He decries Nietzschean influence in Darrow’s Leopold defense and contends universities must refrain from teaching poisonous philosophy. He cautions Christianity cannot stay indifferent as science stirs unloosed forces.

Clarence Darrow Leopold-Loeb Darrow Babe Leopold Nietzsche Bryan

Salesman sought for steady work with rising earnings

Stocksmen Supply Company of Marion Iowa seeks a salesman to join a well established firm. The ad promises enjoyable work and constant earnings growth and invites ambitious individuals to write at once for details.

Stocksmen Supply Company Marion, Lowa

Evolutionary Thought Attacked as Threat to Faith

A series of quotes arguing that evolution undermines religion and corrupts the soul. The speaker claims removing faith drives people toward a starless night and that psychology reduces humans to inherited traits from ancestors. The critique contrasts science with spiritual belief and moral consequence.

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