Drake Band Plans Europe Tour Amid Court and Local News
The Journal's weekly review notes Drake University Band of 30 to tour Europe in 180, plus a Des Moines Woolworth manager charged after a raid found 2000 bottles of bay rum. It covers Iowa sports, road bonds, university promotions, and local events from Cedar Rapids to Des Moines.
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Drake University
Europe
Drake
B. E. McGarthy
F. W. Woolworth
Des Moines
Iowa
Minnesota
Des Mones
John Ham Ffort
Sou Eel
Sir Francis Drake
University of Iowa
Ehcles
Big ‘Ten
Hawkeye School
Washington 20 Years Ago May 26 1900 Social Mix
A community gathering at the Paul home welcomes the office force and families with a six o clock dinner. Officers and locals including Col Brookhart and Lieut Schilling attend. theatre showings at Unique feature "She" and " Treasure" with music. A committee forms to study a Y M C A project. Fishing trip plans arise for Pelican Rapids Lake Lida. A delivery wagon accident prompts a swift park spin. Notables gather for graduation events and birthday observances as town life continues amid illness and travel notes.
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George HW. Paul
Office
W. Brookhart
J. L. Brookhart
LeRoy Schilling
John KE. Jacks
Priva Delbert Elwell
Perry Hayes
Feau
Pasha
Mary
Claude Lemmon
G. D
W. C
Bell
W. D
Pelican Rapids
Mint
Lake Lida
J. F. McNamara & Son
Review of Local Events in Washington County
A crowded weekend covered county schools with 141 students, a Nor Modern Home opening on Chard Barton street, and plans for Shrine convention attendance. Notables included Rev Roy L. Seems announcing the Grace Hill Moravian Church anniversary, and Frank Bechly praising Civil War soldiers at Memorial Day events.
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Roy L. Seems
Grace Hill
Dutel Teek Township
Frank Bechly
Orning
Central Park
Technological Advances Brighten Early Screen Era
A three dimensional motion picture demo wowed engineers executives and press at RCA Phonographs Inc. Reg Robbins, 20, and Jim Kelly received praise for aerial endurance feats. Anne Morrow and Col Charles Lindbergh wed, Hoover welcomed resignations and policy moves, and a Los Angeles flyer set altitude records as census and law enforcement reforms moved forward.
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RCA Photophons Inc
Reg Robbins
Self
Jim Kelly
Eufsion
Fifty Years a Cemetery Caretaker Matt Sprinziai
Matt Sprinziai Springman, longtime caretaker of Woodlawn and later Kim Grove cemeteries, began in 1880 helping at Woodlawn. He transformed an oats field into a respected burial ground, recording every grave and guiding its growth with his son and helpers. He recalls emigration from Germany, schooling, barber work, and a life devoted to cemetery care.
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Matt” Sprinziai
Springman
Woodlawn
Grave Grove
Oats Field
Tobias Minick
America
Washington
Towa
Iowa
Rob Kilgoher
Ash
Wasington
Matt Springman
Lineman
Mr. Hirst
Khimrove Cemetery
Charles Stewart
Mewart
Etery
Springer
Stewart Oats
Bim Grove
Tealing
Howe
Tosiar Minick
Mit
Prin
Ephnemion
Washington area social notes and travel departures
Local items list residents visiting and returning to Washington from nearby towns. Names include Ruth Collar from Anita and Sioux City, Helen Wood from Newton, Dorothy Dether from Muscatine, Miss Dell Finin from Chicago, and many others visiting relatives or attending events. Several families travel to Oskaloosa, Columbus Junction, and Ainsworth for funerals, weekends, or Decoration Day celebrations.
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County
Parent-Teacher — Association
Hesselecherdt
Swartzendruber
Kalona
Jr. Meeks
Blythe
Roy Gardner
Foriash
Fred Linden
Kathleen Bruty
Washington
Newton
J.P. Wood
Herbert J. Armbrecht
Stanley
Clemens,ton
M. J. Collar
Dorothy Detther
Muscatine
Robert
Ad Haven
Michigan
Albert Kuhn
Dell Finin
Chicago
Alice Rownd
Mary B. Lovelett
Oskaloosa
Catherine Dean
Columbus
Margaret Moninger
Marshalltown
Charlotte Foster
Plainfield
Helen Hope
A. W. Crow
Corydon
Joan Drish
East Pleasant Plain
Helen Melinsky
Vivian Caldwell
Mrs. Riley
Ottumwa
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State News Review
Ter A. Jessup
Big Shoe Company
Lowa St College
Tipton Junior College
Monds
Lincoln Highway
Cedar Rapids
Elnio Holland
Soph More
Coe College
Lews
John J. Griffith
Iowa City
Don Revertson
Clarke
Ringgold
Union County
L. H. Pammel
Iowa St
Collex
Nis
Prohibit
Bureau Sin 24
Civil Service
Gertrude Johnson
Sioux Rapids
Robert Patti
Des Moin
State Highway Commission
Iowa State Teacher's College
Cedar Falls
Corning
Sheldon
Clarence W. Greene
Parsons College
Kiwanis Cla of
Sketoah
Washington County
Marty McCu
Charley
Neuffer, Hughes and Company
Ide
Beean
Tigvale
Tace
Jeanette Rothschild
US. Smith
D. J. Ross
Washneton
Rlea Mercer
C.F. Winter
H. Bell Carr.ie
Ison
West Chester
Arthur
R .Riley
Joe Saunders
Palo Alto
Calfornia
Yd Hal Reister
William Manuster
Los Angeles
W. Bower
Graham City
Don Robertson
Texas
A. A. Wing
Wilvon & Roth
Pat 1
Harrison Dodder
Nelle Dodder
Della McBride
Pulver
Koota
Bred Reid
Mes Glascack
Teison
Marblé
Rapids
Lois Brown
Jessie Kerr
Mrs Brown
Helen Wood
Mary Gale
Richard Newleery
David Taylor
Seven O'Lock
United
Phoebe McKenzie
Ainsworth
Cette Louise Willis
Keota
Skidmore
Lucas Resermas
Washington County Hospital
Mrs. Milt Godfrey
Lynn
Clark
Oebe
Shington
Brighton
Libe's Park
Ralph Gibson
al Baldridge
The
Country Club
Earl Dean
Columbus Junction
Cord
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Yeace Old
Oklahoma City
Haskins
Gene Tunney
Anne Morrow
Col Charles A. Lindbergh
Hoover
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Dallas
Fred J. Koller
Rational Law Enforcement Commission
Wedneday
James Harrison
Edith Corschall
Sturgeon Bay
Wis
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District of
Columbia
Scotland
Italy
So States
Stith Colege
Calvin Coolidge
Herbert Hoover
Sanders Theatre
Ambrige
Indiana Speedway
Bill Spence
Los Angles
Kees
Wisconsin
New York
Mland
Montana
Nevada
Prohibition
C.F. Williams
Jows City
Het Ter
Wyoming
Williams
Washington Junior College
Mate
Dorothy Dowell
State Teacher's College At
George Dowell
Keith Molesworth
Portsmouth
Ohio
Molesworth
EU Gray
Mable Mice
Ries
JW. Bidwell
John
Edward
Columbo Junction
M. H. Bowman
Merle Simond
Darwin Vacha
Melo Vacha
Henry Rath
John Ryan
Moline
Peoria
Avalon Bell
Mildred Hancher
J. W. Irwin
Mulrne
G. W. White
Ann Ferguson
W. F. Howell
Stewart
J. Rothschild
University Hospital
Lonatver City
Joe McGraw
Berdo's Pill
Mary Morgan Cook
Webstery
Miriam Palmer
Fula Chambers
Eugene Carden
Harry Anderson
Alex Clegg
Osage
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