Printing Tickets for Chautauqua Season
The 1919 Chautauqua season tickets go to the printer and will be on sale soon. Prices stay at two dollars for adults and one dollar for children. The organizer hopes at least a thousand full fare season tickets sell before opening night, with interest already strong. The dates run August 12 to 21 and Dr. Lee Wishart is due home to lead the final drive for ticket sales. A board meeting is set for tomorrow to plan the event.
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Joms
Lee Wishart
Association
Peggy Hyland in Cowardice Court at the Fox Theatre
Peggy Hyland headlines in the well known George McCutcheon story Cowardice Court at the Fox Theatre Friday afternoon and evening. William Fox produced the feature and the plot follows closely the novel including the Adirondack feud, the haunted house meeting, and the heroine fleeing at night to the neighbor’s estate owner.
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Peggy Hyland
George McCutcheon
FOX Theatre
William Fox
Mr. McCutcheon
Adirondacks
Cowardice Court satire noted in photoplay review
Review highlights a satire on the idle rich in Cowardice Court. The tale centers on an English lord married to an American girl with a duke and a count courting married women, plus a Chinese cook and an English girl and an American youth as principal types.
Summer remedy for hot weather from Lemmon’s Drug Store
Every family should keep this medicine at hand during the hot weather of the summer months. It is almost sure to be needed before the summer is over and when that time comes is worth many times its cost. It has no superior for the purposes for which it is intended. Buy it now, Lemmon's Drug Store.
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Lemmon’s Drug Store
Advt
Read the latest news with special club rates offer
An advertisement-style notice invites readers to stay updated via magazines and price lists with special club rates. It mentions contact options including a phone number and mail addressed to Journal, with names Nita Belle McKoon and an authorized representative.
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Red
Journal
Nita Belle McKoon
Local News Briefs on Travel and Weather
Jesse Richardson went to Iowa City for an operation and treatment. The weather shows no rain with a 98 degree reading and a forecast to 99. Joe McElhinney and family travel to Hastings Nebraska by auto, covering 556 miles in one day.
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Jesse Richardson
Iowa City
Joe McElhinney
Nebraska
Hastings
Joe
Mossberry Enters First Iowa District Congressional Race
Former Iowa state senator F M Molsberry of Columbus Junction announces bid for Congress from the first district to succeed Charles A Kennedy. He cites local and national duties, urges voters in seven counties to decide at the 1920 primaries, facing rivals Frank Thompson and Major Fred Holsteen.
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F. M. Molsberry
Columbus Junction
Iowa
Charles A. Kennedy
Mossberry
Frank Thompson
Burlington
Fred $8
Holsteen
Malsberry
Congress
Kennedy
Louisa County
Marriage of Rosa Mond Breitenbach and Ralph V Bauer
Miss Rosa Mond Breitenbach and Ralph V Bauer were married Wednesday July 30 at the Methodist parsonage in West Chester. Rev H Kuse officiated in a small ceremony attended by a few witnesses. They honeymoon in Des Moines and a lake stay. Mrs Bauer is the Breitenbach daughter and a former rural schoolteacher. Mr Bauer, son of Chris and Mrs Bauer, farms near West Chester and plans to reside on the Bauer homestead.
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Rosamond M. Breitenbach
Ralph V. Bauer
West Chester
H. ©. Kuse
Des Moines
Lake
Bauer
Washington
Hauer
Eugene Breitenbach
Washington High School
Chris Bauer
Davenport
Les Moines
Fog magnifies distance and size perception
The passage notes fog makes a person or distant figures appear farther and larger than they are. It draws a comparison between seeing a person in fog and cattle on a hill against the horizon, concluding visibility distorts size judgments.
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Tilicht
For Sale Ten Good Lots in Washington MO
Ten good building lots in Washington priced to sell with easy terms. Near new high school and a fine building location. Inquiries to S. W. Shanon at 804 Brookfield Avenue Brookfield Mo or 4213 Black, Brookfield.
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Washington
New High School
S. W. Shanon
Brookfield Avenue
Brookfield
Washington County
County Hospital
Gale
Iowa
J. F. H. Taylor
F. & M. Bank
For Sale Thorobred Buff Reek Chickens 6 Weeks to 3
For sale a batch of Thorobred Buff Reek chickens ranging from six weeks to three months old. Buyer takes all or part of the lot. Ideal for home poultry enthusiasts seeking sturdy, healthy birds. Price negotiable.
Real Estate Listings Offer Farm and City Property Bargains
The notice advertises farm and city residences for sale or exchange with limited time bargains. It lists a 280 acre improved Mercer county Missouri farm at 109 dollars per acre, a 360 acre combination farm near Washington for 150 dollars per acre, and a 100 acre improved farm nine miles from an unspecified location.
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Mercer County
Washington
Oates Funeral Party Leaves for Oakfield
Reverend Arthur R. Oates and his mother in law Mrs. E litt depart with the body of Mrs. Oates for Oakfield Wisconsin for funeral services and interment. Representatives of the local congregation accompany the party. Church members mourn the pastor's wife and recall her positive influence on neighbors and youth.
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Arthur R. Oates
Presbyterian Church
E. T.litt
Oates
Oakfield
Wis
H. Jk. Case
C. W. Stewart
W. W. Wilson
Former G A R Head Amos Hart Evans Dies in Keokuk
Capt Amos Hart Evans longtime Keokuk resident and former G A R national head died in Keokuk Iowa He led the G A R in 1892 and previously served as registrar of the Iowa something local records indicate He was a prominent figure in the state for years with broad civic ties in Keokuk and beyond.
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Keokuk, Ta
Amos Hart Evans
Keokuk
G. A.R
Iowa
Farm Bond Payments Highlight Iowa Transactions
In Bloomfield Iowa Fletcher Slagle sold a 200 acre Drakeville area farm at 175 dollars per acre and paid 1500 dollars to back out. Dr Ira Collins of Des Moines sold a 240 acre Pulaski area farm to Ed Matthews for 200 dollars per acre. Mrs Elizabeth Dardy sold a 1100 acre farm south of Bloomfield for 110000 dollars to buyers Latimer Rowe and Boatman, all Davis county residents.
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Bloomfield
Fletcher Slagle
Drakeville
Ira Collins
Des Moines
Pulask
Ed Matthews
Elizabeth Dardy
BE. Latimer
EB. Rowe
Bert Boatman
Davis County
How Betty Helped
Betty overheard her father lamenting he could have written another page if not tired. She then emerged from the library with a page marked with the letter E and cheerfully declared she had filled the page for him.
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Betty
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Enid Bennett
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Liberty Bell Bank
Washington National Bank
Society
Jon Steam Laundry
Henkel & Brown
Commercial Club
Haskins Mutual
Journal Office
Agit
South 3Rd Ave
J. D. Martin
Monroe County
Paris
Geo. K. Horton
Forest Ave
Kansas City
Jackson & Hall
North Fourth Ave
W. H. George
Fairfield
Town
Cl Phone
Hild
G. BE. Mangold
Ford Car
Albert Irvin
Fred Burger
C. F. Wabnitz
Muscatine- Grandview Road
J. J. Fishburn
Muscatine
Bott
Mandery
The
Loyal Legion
Evans
Sons of the American Revolution
Iowa Society of the
Arkansas
State Senate
G. A. KR
Washington Loan & Trust Co
Colenso Hotel
Diamond Ring
Vane
Phillips Drug Store
J. W. Lewis
GAB House
Baptist Church
Ward
D. C. McDoll
Ralph Hesseltine
Real Estate Snap
Washington Co
Dempsey Real Estate Company
Frank L. Wilson & CO
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