May 1924 Washington County Public Health Report
Public Health Service activity for May 1924 in Washington County Iowa includes 16 communicable disease cases and 20 recoveries, 53 home calls, 63 schools visited, 484 pupil inspections, 561 physical exams, 287 hospital lab analyses, five sanitation investigations, 26 welfare visits, and 22 families aided. Dr. C W Stewart reports 406 schools visited and 14 cultures taken. Tam herewith notes 32 home calls and 23 schools visited. Mae Campbell Rural Nurse records 285 individual inspections and 74 underweight pupils.
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Board of Supervisors
Washington County
Washington
Iowa
Public Health Service
Washington County Hospital
Crawfordeville
Brighton
Oakdale Sanatorium
C. W. Stewart
Parent-Teachers’ Association
Edna Lewis
Tam
Mae Campbell
Gas Drops Four Cents at Local Stations
Washington motorists welcomed a four cent drop in unleaded price per gallon overnight from 20 to 16 cents. The article notes broader county aid data including 22 families, a hospital case, tuberculosis cases, and various aid distributions. It also mentions steps toward forming a Parent-Teachers association in Washington with local women’s groups and school board approval.
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Washington
Oakdale
Board of Insanity
Public Health Service
Parent-Teachers Association
Local Club Notices For Thursday Meetings
Announcements show Rebekah Club meeting with Mrs. Sam Hout and an American Legion Auxiliary social at 2 30 at Mrs J J Minick first ward inviting all patriotic groups. Independent club plans Thursday gathering with Mrs H Maxwell and Moose Lodge invites members and families to a Thursday social with Highland Four music.
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American Legion Auxiliary
J. J. Minick
First Ward
Moose Lodge
Highland Four
The King of Wild Horses at Fox Theatre
The King of Wild Horses starring Edna Murphy Leon Bary and Charles Parrott heads Fox Theatre for Wednesday and Thursday. Pat Hartigan Sidney De Grey appear with Fred Jackman directing a tale of a wild stallion who conquers leaps fights and daring stunts on screen.
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Pathe
Hal Roach
Fox Theatre
Edna Murphy
Leon Bary
Charles Parrott
Pat Hartigan
Sidney de Grey
Fred Jackman
Regular meetings and social events listed by local groups
Notioe Rebekah Regular meeting Friday at 8 in the hall. HW club meets with Mrs Hesseltine Thursday afternoon. C Regular meeting Saturday afternoon with initiation and delegates reports. Woman's Missionary Society of the Presbyterian church holds Friday social at 2 20 on the M W Bailey lawn Daughters day pageant by 40 young ladies All ladies invited West Chester W T M S bake sale postponed indefinitely.
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Notioe
Rebekah
Woman's Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church
M. W. Bailey
Delles
United Presbyterian Church of
West Chester
Rural Women hold strawberry social and club meetings
Mes. 1 OL Huber and guests entertain Lexington L A 8 on Thursday afternoon June 19. The program committee includes Mrs Campbell Mrs Patterson and Miss Stewart. Notice also lists a strawberry and cream social at Young America schoolhouse Friday evening June 20 and a family please Saturday evening June 28 at Sunset Park.
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OL. Huber
Everette Young
Don Huber
Lexington L. A
Jess Campbell
Walter Patterson
Mies Marie Stewart
Young America
J. Club
Jie
Sunset Park
Hawaii 1924 Sugar Crop Valued Over 80 Million
Honolulu reports the 1924 Hawaii sugar crop is estimated to yield slightly more than 80 million dollars. Officials from the planters association sales and statistical agency provide the projection.
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Honolulu
Hawaii
The
Planters’ Association
Iowa Leads in West Central States in Electrical Energy
Iowa heads the west north central group in electrical energy production with 1.11 billion kilowatt hours generated in 1923. The report notes a shift toward steam plants, yet water power rose from 1922 to 1923 while remaining below the 1920 peak. Keokuk project boosts Iowa’s water power share, with energy often flowing to Illinois Missouri and neighboring states.
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the Associated Press
Des Moines
Iowa
West North Central
United States Geological Survey
Minnesota
Missouri
North
South Dakota
Nebraska
Kansas
Keokuk
Illinois
Davenport
Muscatine
Moline
Inl
Lowa
Wisconsin
Council Bluffs
Omaha
California
New York
Washington
Montana
South Carolina
Michigan
Idaho
Oil use in Iowa power plants drops after 1922 peak
Federal report shows Iowa fuel oil for electricity fell from a 1922 peak of 41,630 barrels to 23,905 in 1923. The high 1922 oil use was linked to coal and railroad strikes during that year.
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Iowa
Brotherhood Official Credits Tanlac in Health Recovery
Walter Trippe of Atlanta a Brotherhood Railways official and the oldest Brotherhood member south of the Ohio River credits Tanlac with restoring his health after digestion problems and a prolonged bed illness. He praises Tanlac as the railroad man's best friend and notes extensive use among fellow trainmen. Tanlac is sold by druggists with over 40 million bottles sold.
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B.rt
South of
Ohio
Walter Trippe
Healey
Atlanta
Brotherhood Railwy
Brotherhood
Ohio River
Trippe
Seaboard
Southern
Internal Revenue
Northern
Georgia
Tanlac
Mr. Trippe
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Dc. W. Stewart
Co. A. Boice
Polarine
Standard Oil
Rebekah Club
Sam Hout
Independent Club
King OF Wild Horses
W. Hesseltine
W. KR. C
Chi
Clark Street
Madison Street
West Central
Tansac
Hether
Chesterfield
Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co
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