Chautauqua Season Tickets Go On Sale Thursday
Treasurer Carl M Week of the Chautauqua Association announces season tickets will be sold Thursday morning at five local banks. Last year over a thousand pledges were made and must be redeemed to ensure financial success. Season tickets cost two dollars. single admissions are fifty cents. An extra program includes Sidney Smith lecture and Ben Hur company on opening day August 14.
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The
Chautauqua Association
Sidney Smith
Chicago Tribune
the Gumps
Ben Hur Company
Has Anybody a Home For These Two Boys
Two young boys, Jack nine and Elmer six Morris, from Kansas City, live with their ailing grandfather W W Morrison in Washington after being deserted by their parents. Morrison seeks caring country homes and invites interested community members to meet the boys through him.
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W. W Morrison
Harwood
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Jack
Elmer
Morrison
Her Course Mapped Said Two Blocks Straight and Crooked
A Chicago Tribune excerpt shows a child describing her way to school by pointing two blocks straight and two blocks crooked, illustrating a playful, simple directional memory from a conversation with students.
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Chicago Tribune
Hardest Part of the Program Quote
A Boston Herald excerpt highlights the contrast between quick speech and thoughtful thinking, arguing that true communication rests more on deliberation than on improvisation. The line frames speaking on one’s feet as less vital than careful, premeditated thought.
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Rev A R Oates Takes Post With Presbyterian Board
Rev A R Oates, former pastor, returned from Wisconsin and joins the Presbyterian General Education Board based in New York. He and his family will stay in Washington for months while he travels, likely to Iowa for a campaign supporting church colleges. His duties include visiting churches to solicit funds and promote education board activities.
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Ames
Oates
Iowa
Synod of Iown
Education Board
Four Year Old Cyrus Wagner Dies at Home
Cyrus Herry Wagner aged four died after illness and ureamic poisoning at his parents home two and one half miles northeast of town. He had influenza previous year and been frail. Survived by parents Mr and Mrs C H Wagner seven brothers and one sister. Funeral at St James Church Wednesday at 9 30 a m with burial in Elm Grove cemetery.
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Cyrus Henry Wagner
Cc. H. Wagner
Wagner
St. James Catholic Church
Elm Grove Cemetery
The Boss and The New Salesman Talk Sign Promise
The Boss questions if the sign offering two tires for 50 dollars and one free was posted. The New Salesman notes mixed results, saying he hasn’t sold the $25 tires yet but has given away all the free ones.
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American Legion Weekly
Silver Lining Cheer from Presses on Saving Money
The St Joseph Gazette counsels optimism with a sly note about saving money on things one cannot afford. The Boston Transcript echoes the theme suggesting cheer through frugality and restraint.
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St. Joseph Gazette
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English scientists develop eye reaction time measuring apparatus
English researchers have created an instrument that can measure the extremely short interval required to awaken the sense of vision in the human eye.
Thought for the Day on appreciating unattainable things
A reflective aphorism urges valuing what cannot be possessed rather than chasing unappreciated possessions. The idea contrasts desire with gratitude and suggests inner satisfaction over material attainment.
Minister Admirably Fitted Visit Reports Wisconsin Tour
During a Wisconsin tour Mr. and Mrs. Oates and daughter Marguerite visited relatives in Darling ton Fondulac and Wausau. In Wausau Mr. Oates met Dr. F. W. Eastwood the Presbyterian minister there who has been called to the local church.
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Bailey outlines Y M C A building costs and funding needs
Lions club heard Marsh W. Bailey describe the Y M C A project in Washington. He noted the $85 000 on hand cannot support a proper facility with current costs and urged potential philanthropists to contribute 25 000 to 30 000 to start construction, saying a right build beats a make shift.
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Y.M.C. A
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Bailey
New York
Boston
Costa
Lions
New Office Move For Insurance Agency in Boarded Building
The J. A. Weak Insurance Agency announces a move to the Farmers and Merchants State Bank building room 419 with a new contact. The agency invites friends and patrons to visit and note the new phone in service.
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Black
J. A. Weak Insurance Agency
Wonder Mending Fluid Promises Endless Uses
An ad declares Wonder Mending Fluid as the improved New-Way article with limitless applications, claiming it can perform a thousand and one tasks.
Petition drives to force water works election in Washington
Over 1200 voters signed the petition as fourteen men and women canvassed Washington, aiming to match half of the 1,890 votes cast in the last general election. Signatures may exceed 1,300 when filed. committees from all wards gathered names and plan to continue collecting before the council meeting next Monday.
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Heley McCreedy
Merle Lytle
Harold Putnam
Robert Noonan
Glenn Magee
Hal Reister
Ralph
Iowa Gas and Electric Plant
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