Mrs. Oates Wife Of Presbyterian Minister Dies At Hospital
Mrs. Arthur R. Oates died at eight this morning in the county hospital after complications in childbirth. A daughter was born about five, both mother and child are said to be doing well though the mother did not survive. Funeral plans: body to Oakfield Wisconsin home, funeral party leaves Washington on the four oclock train tomorrow morning. Friends welcomed at the Oakfield home this evening. Mrs. Oates, formerly Pheebe E. Hitt, born March 25 1884, leaves husband, her parents, and two brothers. Burial and service details will be set by the family in Oakfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur R. Oates
Oakfield
Wis
Washington
Oates
Presbyterian Church
Pheebe E. Hitt
Wisconsin
BK. T. Hitt
Lawrence College
Appleton
Thom@es
Detroit
Darlington
Cottage Grove
Henry FE. Hitt
Hermiston
Oregon
Edwin Hitt
Portland
Swimmer Vivian Sorogum Makes Long River Crossing
Miss Vivian Sorogum swam nearly from the town shore to the Wisconsin shore as the river ran high and swift in the east channel. Her father followed in a boat and, when nearly opposite Prairie du Chien, picked her up downstream, but she effectively completed the distance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Mcgregor
Vivian Sorogum
Towa
Wisconsin
Prairie du Chien
Price lists and club rates advertised for journals
An advertisement offers up to date magazine news and special club rates. It invites readers to call 50 Red or write to the Evening Journal via Nita Belle McKoon, Authorized Representative, for price lists and club options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nita Belle McKoon
First Class Held For Miss Jensen Program For Girls
This morning the recreation work for girls under supervision of Miss Valborg Jensen and assistant Miss Eunice Acheson began at the Commercial club gymnasium. Sessions run 9 to 10 for under twelve and 10 to 11 for twelve to sixteen with ongoing sessions daily.
Casket Opened at Church Tomorrow
The body of H. M. Eicher will lie in state at the Methodist church from 11 a m to 3 p m. Washington county bar association members will meet at the courthouse at 2 30 p m to attend the funeral in a body. Mrs Herbert Stifel and Miss Lydia Bietler arrived from Pittsburgh to attend their father's funeral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. M. Eicher
Methodist Church
Washington County Bar Association
Court House
Herbert Stifel
Lydia Bietler
Pittsburgh
Boy Scout Heroic Rescue At Kish Waukee River
Leonard Bollinger a Sycamore Boy Scout swam to a drowning man Lester Buzzell weighing 180 pounds and held him by the neck until both reached the river bottom and were brought to shore. The rescue took about thirty minutes and showcased Scout training in rescuing the drowning.
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W. F. Huxford
Lake Geneva
Wis
Sycamore, Ill
Huxford
Sycamore
Kish- Waukee
Joiner’s Woods
Lester Buzzell
Leonard Bollinger
John Bollinger
Buzzell
Bollinger
Sycamore Boy Scouts
Bugzzell
Boy Scouts
Unusual Bequest Ritual at Bedfordshire Church
A bizarre ceremony in Bedfordshire fulfilled an ancient charity bequest by a choir boy standing on his head in the churchyard as the church warden read portions of the will.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedfordshire
England
Surprise Birthday Party Honors Roy Humes at Brighton Home
Mrs. Clay Humston and her daughter Hazel organized a surprise for Roy Humes on his 21st birthday at the Humston residence near Brighton. About thirty guests gathered to greet him as he returned from Gladwin. Music filled the evening before lantern lights guided guests outdoors for games and refreshments of ice cream and cake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clay Humston
Miss Hazel
Roy Humeston
Brighton
Humston
Ray
Gladwin
Community Club and Society Announcements
The Kolah club will meet Thursday afternoon with Mrs Gertrude Brooks. The Women’s Missionary Society First Division of the First United Presbyterian Church meets Friday at 2 30 with Mrs Hervey Bell and Mrs W J Hamilton leading the study. The Rebekahs hold their regular meeting Friday evening in the I O O F hall to prepare for the convention. Girls aged 5 to 12 are invited to drill for a pageant under Miss Jensen on Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays at 9 00 a m in the Commercial club gym. Storytelling in Central Park resumes tomorrow morning by Miss Eunice Aches on Tuesdays Thursdays and Saturdays at 9:00 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valborg Jensen
Commercial Club
Central Park
Miss Jensen
Harry Montgomery
West Washington Street
Women's Missionary Society
First United Presbyterian Church
Hervey Bell
W. J. Hamilton
Rebekahs
I. O. O. F. Hall
Standings of the Clubs in National and American Leagues
The record shows club standings in both leagues with teams like Brooklyn and Pittsburgh leading in the National League while Washington and Boston are among leaders in the American League. Specific win loss percentages are not clearly legible in the fragment.
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PRION
Pair Scores and Standings From American Association Night
New York tops Pittsburgh 7 0 while Cincinnati loses 3 4 to Boston. Chicago edges Cleveland 7 at St Paul with Milwaukee 3 in another card. Washington 2 Detroit 10 and Boston 4 round out the listed results.
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New York
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Boston
Chicago
Cleveland
Philadelphia
Louie
Washington
Detroit
St. Paul
Milwaukee
Missionary Society Meeting at Mrs Griffiths Home
The foreign Missionary society of the Methodist church will meet Friday at 2 20 PM at the home of Mrs Edwin Griffith one mile south on the Brighton road. De votional leader Mrs Wm Horning Lesson leader Mrs Hampshire.
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Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Church
Edwin Griffith
Hrighton Road
Wm. Horning
Hampshire
Spider and Fly Relation Attracts Scientific Notice
An observer using a microscope reports that a parasite on the house fly is often an immature spider. Too weak to spin a web the young spider uses the fly as a ride and carrier across locations until it matures or the fly dies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pegasus
City warns Negro workers to stay home in South side unrest
Chicago July 30 twelve hundred negro city employees told to remain at home during racial trouble on the South side. About two hundred of them in the city hall left early. Public works department laid off street repair workers, white and negro, fearing trouble among them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Department of Public Works
French Regiment Enters Sofia to Quell Budapest Disturbances
A French regiment of the Allied army in the Balkans has been deployed to Sofia to quell recent unrest in Budapest. Four French soldiers were reported involved, and the move was confirmed after the incidents surfaced.
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Paris
Balkane
Sota
Polk Reaches Paris for Peace Conference Roles
Frank L. Polk American undersecretary of state arrives in Paris to take Lans ing’s place at the peace conference. He meets with the American peace delegation and attends a Council of Five session. Also includes a light humor note about a man named Fiddle who declines a Doctor of Divinity degree.
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Council of Five
Paris
Frank L. Polk
Lans Ing
Mr. Polk
Widow Eugenie Brickwood Found Dead in Chicago
Police investigate a possible murder after the decomposed body of wealthy widow Eugenie Brickwood is found in an apartment on Greenwood Avenue. Bruises suggest foul play, but coroner’s physician Dr. William Simonds cites uncertain cause. death may date several days prior. The body was found by Siemens J. Van Buren, a cigar dealer and son from a prior marriage.
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Chicago
Eugenie Brickwood
Greenwood Avenue
Hyde Park
William Simonds
Siemen J. van Buren
East Forty-third Street
Crickwood
Marriege
Farms for sale with varied acreage near markets
We are on the job and offer farms for sale No 102 to No 118 with acres ranging from 40 to 140, rolling or fine land, fair to good improvements, near towns or markets. Prices per acre from 175 to 425 with terms of 5 years at 5 percent or 56 percent, plus total prices and locations listed.
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Washington
Tike Journal Bargains Guide Sparks Witty War Joke
In a village hotel conversation the topic shifts to the war with a joke about nations. A question about the most warlike nation elicits an unexpected reply about vaccination, delivered by a doctor, in a concise quip.
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Mrs. Oates
Evening Journal
MR. Eicher
Torneys
Scout
Society
Kolah Club
Dorothy Phillips
William Stowell
Eric von Stroheim
Robt. Anderson
Graham Theatre
Mexico
Mexican International Corp
Harvey D. Gibson
Liberty National Bank
Grayson M. P. Murphy
Guaranty Trust Co
William C. Potter
Guggenhein Brothers
Charles S. Sargent, Jr
Kidder, Peabody & Co
Eugene V. R. Thayer
Chase National Bank
Republic of Santo Domingo
J. R. Vonant
U.S Bureau of Mines
United States
Jones
W. P. Littlefield
F. & M. Bank Building
Washington, Iowa
Real Estate Snap
Washington Co
Dempsey Real Estate Company
Negroes
City of Chicago
Sofia
Young Fiddle
Coleagues
American Pearl Button Co
Journal Office
New High School
Henkel & Brown
Haskins Mutual
E. C. Clark
Nate H. Bovee
Blue
W. Nt. George
Fairfield
Iowa
A. G. Eberle
Richmond
Eee
Clarence Work
G. E. Mangold
East Third
Ford Car
Albert Irvin
Gray Marr
Fred Burger
C. F. Warnit
Musccatine
Grandview Road
J. J. Fishburn
Muscatine
Lott
W. A. Wilson
South Avenue
So. Ave
Washington Loan & Trust Co
South 2Nd Ave
Green
Joseph E. Pogue
Eto
Joseph FE. Pogue
Northwestern University
Bureau of Oil Conservation
U. S. Fuel Administration
National Museum
W. A. Harper
B. Wash. St
Washington, Lowa
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