Smith Brookhart Leads County in Primary Contests
In Washington county the primary produced Brookhart’s big vote for the senate with a 1,124 plurality over Thorne. Glasgow won the clerk race by 191 over Lytle as Letts held a wide lead for supervisor. Bartholow claimed the 1924 term supervisor nod with 1,508 over Augustine. County results show Ramsey, Ainsworth and Francis leading in state offices. Local Farmers’ meeting at Young America schoolhouse discussed nominees and election plans.
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Washington County
Clay Township
J. D. Glasgow
Merle Lytle
Lytle
City of
Washington
Glasgow
Floyd Letts
Cal Pearson
Letts
Richards
Humston
Stafford
Gormly
Bartholow
Augustine
Berry
Brookhart
Smith Brookhart
Clifford Thorne
Thorne
West Chester
Brighton
Senate
Pickett
Francis
Sweet
Stanley
Ramsey
Leffert
Ainsworth
Burbank
McClenahan
Bender
Pearson
Moorhead
Varmers Local Meeting
Farmers’ Local No
Young America
Ernest Carlson
Pringle
Clayde Knapp
Reopens Rendering Plant in Crawfordsville
The Crawfordsville rendering plant is back in operation and will remove all deads animals free of charge. Call the Crawfordsville Rendering Plant for details. John L.ep3
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Crawfordsville
John L
Iowa Girl Heads Big Business in New York Firm
Jane Ilona Bair of Rutland has been buyer for four eating places and four soda grills in a Brooklyn department store. She was promoted to head of the foods department after two years and now hires and fires and buys all food. A Humboldt High School and Ames graduate with an M A from Columbia, she plans a future Ph D. She taught four years before Columbia and lives in New York with two Humboldt county friends. Her parents reside on Brain Grove farm near Rutland.
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Humboldt, Jane
Ilona Bair
Rutland
A. J. Namm & Son
Brooklyn
N. Y
Miss Bair
Humboldt High School
Ames
Columbia
Humboldt County
Riverside Drive
New York
Cit
Mildred Ray
Miss Russell
Red Cross
Miss Blair
Brain Grove
White House
Largest funeral ever held for Victor Hugo in Froce
The 1885 Hugo funeral drew about 1,000,000 mourners. Three wagons carried floral tributes including a huge Trish diadem with inscription To the Worlds Greatest Poet. Telegrams of condolence arrived from nearly all prominent contemporaries, as Hugo lay in the Pantheon.
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Froce
Victor Hugo
Pantheon
Lend Tennyson
England
Y M C A of Washington Receives Young Bequest Backing
At a Y M C A Hoard meeting in Washington final steps were taken to satisfy the James H. Young bequest. Resolutions confirm incorporation, site deed, and plans for a new building. Endowment sits at 158 101.75 dollars with aims to reach 20 000 by July 15. Directors to be elected July with a full renewal of the board. Contributions continue through ward captains and local banks.
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Y. M. GC. A. Hoard
James H. Young
Washington
Young
Los Angeles
Frank R. Sage
California
Y. M. C. A. Corporation
H. F. Darbyshire
J. R. Maxwell
A. E. Atchison
J. 8. McElhinney
Y. M. C. A. Board
Death of Thomas Brinton of Brighton and County Fair events
Thomas Brinton of Brighton dies at 66 after a two year illness. Survived by a wife, five children and several siblings, funeral plans pending. The Brighton County Fair opened with the Woman's Relief Corps fundraiser featuring Floral Hall exhibits, stock show, baby show, photo gallery, booths, and a varied afternoon program. General admission is five and ten cents.
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Woman's Relief Corps
Y. M. ©. A. Endowment Fund
Floral Hall
West Chester
Household Hints from a Past Era
A collection of practical cleaning and maintenance tips from an old household guide. Advice covers cleaning aluminum pans after tomato waste, using raw potato in hot fat to prevent burning, repurposing breakfast cartons for jars, wrapping fruit jars to block light, camphor in silverware cases, wrapping white gloves to prevent yellowing, olive oil or india ink for worn leather goods, kerosene and washing for sacks, adding sugar of lead or salt to set colors, kerosene in wash water to remove grease, soap on screens, vinegar on mica and brass, and ant control mixtures with caution.
Quick Laughs and Local Quips Range Through Small-Town Life
A collage of brief humor and oddities from small towns. Foreman asks about news of an explosion causing a widow’s sorrow and a raise for a worker. Two girls joke about baseball bases. A barber seeks the editor to finish editing the paper. Pat brings home a two foot ten inch dachshund as a yard dog.
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The
Pathfinder
Pat
Seven Languages Reported Across British Isles
The article notes seven distinct languages spoken in the British Isles besides English. It lists Welsh in Wales Erse in Ireland Manx in the Isle of Man Gaelic in Scotland French in the Channel Islands and Cornish in Cornwall.
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British Isles
Wales
Ireland
Manx
Ieie
Man
Scotland
Channel Weands
Cornwall
Sea-Elephant of South Georgina Island Described
An account of the sea elephant near South Georgina Island over 1 000 miles east of Cape Horn. The creature is among the largest marine animals and is noted for its bulk long snout and slow land movement using fore flippers.
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South Georgina
Cape Horn
Qin
Mosquito Inquiry From Japan Sparks Local Curiosity
An official of the Vibe Improvement Society in New Jersey reports receiving a note from Japan asking how the community rid themselves of mosquitoes. The inquiry asks how they keep the pests from their homes among reeds and marshes and preventing skin injuries. The note highlights global interest in mosquito control.
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Vibe Lmprovement Society
New Jette
Honorable Society
What Makes a Husband Good in the Reader’s Eye
The piece examines opinions on the ideal husband and whether virtue or wealth defines a good mate. It notes personal bias toward a millionaire and compares preference to choosing a hat. The tone is reflective and casual in a London Opinion style.
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Coe
London
Averages and the Law of Averages in Retail Openings
The text discusses the concept of averages and its use in predicting store traffic for new shop openings. It notes that a managed chain can estimate how many passersby will become customers, using the law of averages to inform proposals and decisions. It mentions gamblers and betting as a comparison, emphasizing caution in applying averages to plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Averaees
bank of Monte @arie
Outran a Highwayman Thanks to Gym Training
Mr Matteossian credits regular gym workouts for saving his life after a highwayman jumped from an alley. He says he ran away rather than fight and believes the athletic training helped him escape unharmed.
Evolution of Air Breathers in Silurian Aquatic Life
In Silurian times air breathing forced many life forms to adapt as pools dried. An evolution toward aerial existence transformed early arthropods from bottom crawlers to air dwelling creatures. Modern insects respire free oxygen with air as they developed from aquatic stages. even dragonfly larvae breathe air, not water.
Nation American Legion Monthly Meeting Notice
The Nation American Legion announces its regular monthly meeting for Tuesday evening with a call to attendance. The notice also mentions the West Chester Methodist Women’s Home Missionary Society entertaining the Foreign Missionary Society at Mrs Ed Duvall's home.
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Woman's Christian Temperance Union
West Chester Methodist Women's Home Missionary Society
Foreign Missionary Society
Ed Duvall
Presbyterian choir rehearsal after prayer meeting
A Presbyterian church schedules choir rehearsal for Wednesday evening at 8 30 following the prayer meeting.
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Presbyterian
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Miss Fran
Cis
Ington County
Walter Ramsey
Miss Leffert
Atnaworth
Taylor
Phillips Drug Store
Kodak Store
Iowa
Chicagoe Journal
W. S. Reister & Sons
Incorporated Organizanization
C. C. Cunningham
A. E B. Atchison
Carl Hedges
Rev
Thomas Brinton
W.R. C. “County Fair
Commbero
Ctal Club
Brighon
Brinton
Blanche Knietz
Libby
Montana
Vera Friend
Des Moines
Ray
Eugene
Harry
Knietz
Ben
Terry
John
Mart
Addison
Anson
Henry
Stuart
Mary Day
Sarah Cady
Christian Church
Bill
Boston Transcript
Lezion
Evening Journal
Graves Studio
Snow's College of Dressmaking
God
W. Knox
Rif
Fred Cannon
Todd
Bevine Motor Co
Rhode Island
Elmer Mason
Call Roy Libe
Jones Auto Co
Stanley White
Airdale
Whitee Wyandotte Baby Chicks
Harry. Kracaw
H. L. McCleery
al Roe
Hereford
Roy C. Wells
Goto
Hampshire
Ogre
Rothschild’s
Mat Wehr
Keota
Journal Office
I. C. Shelangoski
Pythian Sisters
Castle Hall
Kolah Club
Ethel Trottman
DA. KR
Susie Edgington
Pilotsburg Ladies Aid
Harmony Club
Nelson Thompson
Pleur de Lis Club
Homer Birney
Ladies Aid Society of the Methodist Church
Sunset Park
Ers
Mel Crandall
N. Ave. D
Theodore Michels
Tain
Havre
Ben Miller
Pet Stock Association
Farm Bureau
Rebekah Club
Fy Eee
P.O
F. L. Wilson
East Main St
Christian Church Ladies Aid Society
Sere
O. BE. S
Order
Viccinity
Duces
Miss Huppert
Kalona
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