Speakers Booked for Ad Meeting in District Event
Nearly a dozen nationally known speakers are booked for the district Advertising Club meeting to be held August 25 26 27. Plans will be discussed at the Washington Advertising Club tonight with speakers from Devils Lake Milwaukee Journal Omaha Bee St Louis and Iowa State University among others. Banquet headliner J Adam Bede of Minnesota will address August 27 and fellow honoree Leule Lou of Burlington is noted as a renowned monologist. International president Lou Holland of the Associated Advertising Clubs may attend with Carl Hunt managing the group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Convent
Washington Advertising Club
Fred P Mann
Devils Lake
North Dakota
JW Fisk
Mineesota
Washington
Associated
Lou Holland
Carl Hunt
To Display Zinnias at the Chautauqua
Volunteers cooperate with the Washington Improvement League for a zinnia display at Chautauqua. Independent club Rural Woman's club Highland sewing circle and Grace Hill Ladies Aid contribute from various town areas. List includes many named ladies and Mrs. Bambrick and Mrs. Clyde Brown among organizers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Improvement League
Zinnia
Chatauqua Independent Club
Rural Woman's Club
Highland Sewing Circle
Grace Hill Ladies Aid
Fa. Bambrick
Clyde Brown
Chas. Brown
J. W. Busby
Corinne Cherry
Rose Conger
A. J. Dawson
Hal Edwards
A. N. Euwer
J. O. Klieer
Lewis Klein
J. A McCall
William Matucha
Wm. McCutcheon
Edna C. Par
Revival of Ancient Spanish Mail Swindle Reaches Post Office
A letter to Harry McCall, Grocer, from a prisoner in Barcelona offering 160000 dollars in return for help escaping, shows an old scam reused. Another letter to F F Parrish, long gone from the community, follows the same pattern. The ruse has been exposed before, but swindlers persist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry McCall
Barcelona
Spain
McCall
Washington
Hte
F. F. Parrish
Judge Dan Hamilton Nominated for Iowa High Court Justice
Des Moines July 31 Judge Daniel Hamilton of Grinnell is named as a leading candidate for the Iowa supreme court along with BE Weber of Fort Madison and John Lifferring of Waterloo. The Democratic judicial convention will convene at Des Moines tomorrow to nominate three candidates with Hamilton Weber for long terms and Liffering eyed for the short term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Des Moines
John de Mar
Iowa Supreme Court
Daniel Hamilton
Grinnell
BE. C. Weber
Fort Madison
John Liffering
Waterloo
E. J. Feuling
State Central Committee
Hamilton
Weber
Ward by Ward Zinnia Display Plan At Chautauqua
Flowers from each city ward and local groups will be gathered for a ten day chautauqua zinnia display. Specific ward days assign blooming entries to 1st ward day two, 2nd ward day three, Independence club four, Rural Women five, third ward six, fourth ward seven, Highland sewing circle eight, Grace Hill Ladies aid nine, and all parties ten. Returns may be left at Improvement League tent No 75 near the big tent, with League members to assist. Miss Edna C Purvis is chair of the zinnia committee and will collect volunteers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chautauqua
Zinnias
Rural Womane Club
Hichland Sewing Circle
Grace Hill Ladies
Ald
Improvement League
League
Edna C. Purvis
Zinnia Committee
W_ LL
Walter F Keating Rites Held After Sudden Illness
Walter F Keating former resident of the community died suddenly at his Onaka South Dakota home from a stroke. Funeral services at 2 30 Friday at the Keating home with burial in Elm Grove cemetery. He was born February 12 1872 near Washington. He lived in northern Iowa Minnesota and the Dakotas and ran the Onaka hotel and real estate business. Survived by his widow Clara Jensen Keating two brothers and two sisters. He was a member of the Knights of Pythias Masons and Odd Fellows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keating
Walter F Keating
Onaka
South Dakota
Elm Grove
Knights of Pythias Lodge
W. W. Bowers
Mr. Keating
Washington
John and
Isabella (Kennedy) Keating
Iowa
Minnesota
Dakotas
Knights of Pythias
The
Masons
Odd Fellows
Funeral Held for Mrs. Anna Belle Awl in Elm Grove
Funeral services were conducted yesterday at 2 30 PM at Goodin funeral parlors for Mrs. Anna Belle Awl with Rev. F W Eastwood officiating and solos by Jesse J Miller. Burial followed in Elm Grove cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goodin
Anna Belle Awl
F. W. Eastwood
Jesse J. Miller
Buris
Elm Grove Cemetery
Six Men Visit Fairfield This Afternoon
Robert Thompson James Sexton Stanley McConnell Hubert Beal John McGugin and Wayne Weaver traveled to Fairfield this afternoon to spend the evening there in a planned visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Thompson
James Sexton
Stanley McConnell
Hubert Beal
John McGugin
Wayne Weaver
Fairfield
Will Study Use of Electricity on Farms
Mr L G Raynes will visit farmers with electric service to learn how electricity is used. A Iowa agricultural districts study will record present farm electrical use and potential economies. A committee from Iowa State College will investigate, endorsed by the National Electric Light Association, the American Farm Bureau Federation, and the American Society of Agricultural Engineers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. G. Raynes
Iowa State College
Iowa
National Electric Light Association
American Farm Bureau Federation
American Society of Agricultural Engineers
Mail Clerk Fends Off Bandit at City Station
In East Orange New Jersey on July 31 a mail clerk Eugene Stack 34 was wounded twice as he repelled a robbery at Lickawanna station. One bandit was killed while a second man fled in a taxi after Stack fired back and disrupted the attempt to seize a mail pouch carrying federal reserve money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
East Orange
N. J
Lickawanna
Eugene Stack
Federal Reserve
Conway
Stack
Malaria Spreads in Siberia Prompting Emergency Stations
In Krasnoyarsk on July 3 reports show more than 8 percent of people stricken by malaria spreading across Siberia especially Yeniseh district. Emergency medical stations set up in hardest hit areas face challenge from large stagnant waters and marshes hindering relief efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Krasnoyarsk
Siberia
Yeniseh
Taxi Mail Would Be a Time Saver
Postmaster Harry McCall explores a proposal to run mail by taxi between Washington and Iowa City to speed connections with east west north rail and air services. He notes potential daily savings, faster delivery to Chicago Omaha Denver and New York via Iowa City, and questions local business support to establish the route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry McCall
Washington
Iowa City
Post Office Department
Chicago
Omaha
Denver
Cedar Rapids
New York
San Francisco
Kalona
Riverside
Wellman
Strongheart Dogtv Thrills Fox Theatre Crowd
Amusements page notes Strongheart in The Love Master at the Fox Theatre delights kids with squeals and adult smiles. Police dog Lady Julie and five pug pups share the screen. Tonight marks the close of this run before Tom Mix headlines Friday and Saturday in Ladies to Board, a rough riding comedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strongheart
Fox Theatre
Strénzheart
Lady Julie
Fox
Tom Mix
Gratitude Expressed For Kindness After Daughters Death
The family of Anna Anl thanks neighbors and friends for flowers and support during illness and death. They acknowledge Rev Eastwood for uplifting services and Mr Miller for his singing. Grateful also to Mr Goodwin and Mr and Mrs Beatty and county home staff for kindness. Mr and Mrs Harvey Chance and children add thanks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Anl
Clyde
Eastwood
Miller
Goodwin
Beatty
Harvey Chance
Davis Campaign Begins Early as Davis Returns to New York
John W. Davis arrives in New York from Maine and meets with field marshal Clem L. Shaver to discuss campaign organization and developments since his vacation. He says he is “one hundred per cent fit” as he returns to his personal headquarters after an all night trip from Rockland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Maine
John W. Davis
Penobecot Bay Islands
Rockland
Mr. Davis
C. W. Bryan
Coolidge
John Coolidge to Stay Home Instead of Camp This Summer
President Coolidge and Mrs. Coolidge abandon plans for John to attend the citizens military training camp at Camp Devens Massachusetts. John will remain at the White House with his parents until fall when he enters Amherst College. He previously trained at Camp Devens four years ago before Calvin Coolidge became president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John
Camp Devens
Iowa Hog Price Rise Benefits State Farmers
Iowa farmers gain about 80 million dollars from a 3 cent rise in hog prices. Pierce's Farm Weeklies reports Iowa produces a large share of hogs and corn, highlighting the state's agricultural impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Des Moines
Pierce
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Vis
Stead
Dakota
Clara Jensen
Albert Lew, Minn
Howard Keating
Margaret
Jennie Keating
Mrs. Awl
New Jersey
Malmia
Oxfords
Frank L. Wilson & Co
Dodge
Washington Battery Station
2Nd St
Evening Journal
Rive
George Young
Warren's Seed Store
Dr. Hess
Warren
North
Marian Ave
A. E. Putnam & Sons
Mangold
Young Fries
R. B. Brown
Asu
Fairbanks
Will Exchange For
Geo. W. Stewart
Peter Schuttler
G.L. Fetters
BUICK
J. M. Goodwin
Inquire Journal
Dublin
W. C. Robertson
Davis
Eee
John Coolidge
Mother
Arnold's
Waeshington Buttes
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