Local Happenings of Past Week Reviewed and Events Noted
The week featured deaths in Enid Oklahoma and Iola Kansas notes plus local church and civic activities. Lightning destroyed the Swedesburg Swedish Lutheran church except for a piano and books. a roof fire hit John May’s North Marion avenue home. baseball between Washington Indies and Ottumwa Giants was rained out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles McGugin
John Flynn
James Swift
Martin Swift
Enid
Oklahoma
Swedish Lutheran
Swedesburg
John May
North
Marion Avenue
Washington Indies
Ottumwa Giants
Charles Hearne
Mary
Panama
Seattle
Mount Pleasant
Amusements Next Week Featured Big Screen and Carnival
The week offers Johnny Hines in All Abroad and Lon Chaney in Mr Wu. George OBrien and Lou Tellegen star in The Silver Treasure. Tom Tyler and pals in Red Hot Hoots. First National stars tour Purbank in a cinema trip. Also Leafrica Joy in The Clinging Vine and Blanche Sweet in Diplomacy. Buck Jones in Desert Valley. American Legion Carnival returns to the square with four rides and many shows nightly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnny Hines
Lon Chaney
Mr. Wu
George O'Brien
Lou Tellegen
Joseph Conrad
Tom ‘Tyler
Pals
Tom Moore
Blanche Sweet
Neil Hamilton
Deauville
Mojave Desert
Buck
American Legion
Wolf Amusement Enterprises
Current Comments On Automobiles and Parts
A survey of automotive engineering highlights extreme engine stress at high speed. Studebaker Commander test log shows 1,100 explosions per minute per cylinder, 33,000,000 total for 5,000 miles, with pistons and wheels enduring millions of strokes and rotations. Chevrolet’s production nears one million units after five months, averaging over 5,000 daily, as demand stays high. Paige-Detroit Car Company ownership shifts to Graham brothers with over 4 million dollars invested, promising continued Paige six and eight cylinder production. Export crate innovations cut shipping costs by optimizing cubic packing for cars and sedans, enabling world-wide distribution despite larger crates for closed cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Studebaker
Culver City
California
Speedway
Chevrolet
Chevrolet Motor Company
Paige-Detroit Motor Car Company
Graham Brothers
Joseph B
Robert
Ray A
Dodge Brothers, Inc
Graham Brothers, Inc
Paige-Detroit Car Company
Automobile exports drive industry growth factors today
A dominant factor shaping the auto industry is the surge in automobile exports. Traders note the rising volume as production scales and international demand expands, impacting manufacturers, suppliers, and regional economies worldwide.
Counties Back Road Campaigns As Webster County Rejects Issue
Lee Harrison and Jones counties approve road measures while Webster County defeats its road question by a wide margin. Cherokee County will not vote due to prevailing adverse sentiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee
Harrison
Jones
Webster County
Cherokee County
Native Guards Chosen for Black Hills Summer Service
Indian guards have been selected for duties at the Black Hills this summer. The mention of red men relating to the summer white house hints at a color scheme that may be completed by farmers with blue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black Hills
White House
Review of State Events in Iowa and Midwest News
Iowa events include the Izaak Walton League withdrawing from national and state groups over BohumilShimék leadership fears and plans for a new state league. Iowa graduates 53 lawyers with top class average, and Drake University may gain the College of Pharmacy. Ames sees 448 Iowa State College graduates. Red Cross head Dr. Green addresses commencement. Des Moines university shifts under Baptist union control with faculty resignations. Twenty seven visiting educators join the University of Iowa summer faculty. The Gillbert Grain Co suspends operations amid losses. Governor Hammill backs Frank Lowden for president with western campaign launch in Emmetsburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brotherhood of the Valley Church
A. Beiter
Washington County Hospital
County Board of Supervisors
Shreves
Brighton
William Nanes
Ottumwa
Ad McCarty
California
Keota
Wilma Miller
West Palm Beach
Florida
M. L. Miller
Ainsworth
Italy
Citizens Military
Ft. Des Moines
First Presbyterian
First United Presbyterian Churchee
F. W. Eastwood
Prairie Flower
A. S. Smith
Tthe Methodist Church
Iowa Wesleyan College
Mount Pleasant
Iowa
Izaak Walton League
Bohumil Shimék
University of Iowa College of Law
Iowa Bar
State Board of Examiners
Cffie Tood
L. Dickinson
Hamilton County
Field Artillery
Iowa State College Reserve Officers Training Corps
W. J. Snow
Tracr Star Clipper
National Editorial Association
Omaha
Chester Rissi
Burlington
Chicago
Glenn Dillard Gunn
Chicago School of Music
Risgsi
Marion Talley
Kansas City
Des Moines University
Baptist Union of North America
College of Pharmacy
Drake University
Howland Hanson
University School of Religious Education
Phyllis Spencer
Norman Grier
Norman Y. Scheidemann
Iowa State College
Ames
Thomas A. Green
National Red Cross
Shailer Matthews
University of Chicago
Division of Agriculture
Raymond N. Hughes
Ames Chamber of Commerce
Council Bluffs
Grand Lodge
Homer A. Miller
Iowa National Bank of Des
Belgium
Canada
Esthenia
College of Applied Science
Iowa University
College of Engineering
Clement C. Williams
Samuel T. Orton
Psychopathic Hospital
University of Iowa
Gillbert Grain Company
Gilbert
Agust
Grinnell
Brooklyn
Carnforth
Iowa City
Iowa County
Johnson County
Hammill
Washington, D. C
Frank ©. Lowden
Iiness
Lowden
Middle West
Emmetsabureg
Frank J. Lund
Lindbergh Chamberlin and Coolidge Feature General News
Highlights include Lindbergh and Chamberlin in the week’s news roundup with Coolidge welcoming delegates at the soil congress in Washington. Reports cover Father’s Day origins, aviation milestones, radio frequency changes, Russian events, and the Paris flight reception for Lindbergh with remarks on expanding commercial air services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lindbergh
Chamberlin
Coolidge
Seattle
Washington
Medill McCormick
Illinois
Mark Hanna
Len Small
Minevesser
Coli
Chicoutimi
Quebec
Richard F. Byrd
Paris
Federal Radio Commission
Sam Pickford
Poland
Washington county notes and war era updates from 1917
A 1917 Washington Iowa column details the Washington Commercial Club officers, farm price averages, local Baptist picnic guests, a boy’s fall from a porch roof, an ice cream social raising eight dollars, military recruitment, church union votes, Red Cross drives, college graduates from area towns, river flooding, and community war efforts including Company K comrades and local scouts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Commercial Club
J.D. Glasgow
J. M. Godfrey
E.G. Gardner
S. H. White
Frank L. Wilson
Eldridge
Ben Wallace
C. C. Keister
Fred Jardon
Henry Steck
T. J.erdo
Iowa
Muscatine
Muscatie Baracca
J. W. Lemley
Ben Coppock
Betty
Mayo
J. W. Baker
J. C. Caner
Nate Fields
Alex Coffman
Gerald Rhea
Clint Rhea
Crawfordsville
Verdi
Ben Cole
Near Haskins
Parmers’ Co-operative Sohieties
Local Ministers Awarded Doctor of Divinity Degrees
Rev J A Glendinning of the Methodist church received a Doctor of Divinity from Iowa Wesleyan College. Rev Frank A Gageby of the Presbyterian church earned the same degree from Parsons College. Monmouth College also conferred the degree on Rev J M Wishart of the First United Presbyterian church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A Glendinning
The
Methodist Church
Iowa Wesleyan College
Frank A. Gageby
Presbyterian Church
Parsons College
Monmouth College
J. M. Wishart
First United Presbyterian Church
Company K
H. M Putnam
Charles A. Dewey
W. H. Butterfield
Richmond
Iowa
Koide
Lieutenant Sherlock in Keokuk Visit Noted
On June 15 Lieutenant Sherlock of Keokuk was in town yesterday for unidentified reasons as local residents observed his presence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Zeck
North of Town
East Main Street
Sherlock of
Keokuk
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ella Barnes
Fowler Girls
Cairo
Egypt
T. H. Barnes
Washington High School
Gardner’s Bend
Des Moines River
Leon Beatty
Oremore
Wolf Amusement Company
Maynard Brown
Washington County
Fred Palmer
Cone Lake
Victor Mastin
Tooman
Supt. J. H. Peet
Harland Mead
Norma Becker
Melvin Gingerich
Isabelle Snake
Eoma Clemans
A. J. Droz
West Main Street
South Avenue RB
Graham the Were
Leafrica
Buck Jones
AMCAR
Paige
Moscow
Gt. Brittan
United States
EB. C. Chamberlin
Denison
Clarence Chamberlin
New York City
England
Clarence PD. Chamberlin
Charles Levine
Baden- Baden
Germany
State Court of Appeals of
Kentucky
Louisville
Jefferson County
Fields
Frederick A. Cook
Supreme Court of the United States Parole Board
United States Court of Appeals
Wilson
Fort Worth
Imperial Shrine Council
Ing
Atlantic City
Clarence M. Denbar
Providence
R. I. Beeame
Imperial Potentate
Hugh M Caldwell
Wash
Imperial
United States College of Veterinary Surgeons
Mississippi Valley
Hoover
South Dakota
Hammond
Indiana
Wicker War Memorial
Charles A. Lindbergh
New York
St. Louis
Mitchell Field
Journal
Fort Madison
Second United Presbyterian Church
Central United Presbyterian Church
Union
City of
Haskins
Riverside
Wellman
Fae
Weat
Chester
Kalona
Rubio
G. A. Rt. Hall
Boy Scouts
J. A. Young
J. C. Bolce
Samuel Logan
Samuel Gardner
Hacenbeck-Wallace
Milton B. Brenneman
Ethel V. Snair
Ro. W. Wesley
Margaret
McGuire
Glen Hill
Winnie Margaret Palmer
Wayne Foster
Harold Romine Wellman
Blanchetdna Shellady
Theodore Michels
Joseph Clyde Brown
John Byers
Colville
Cora Fern Olds
Will Stiles
Velma
Birdie
Jeanette Lemley
Lillian Minick
Ethel McCreedy
Deila Patton
Sly Weeks
F. M. Murray
Marshal Stevenson
Skunk
Howard Freshwater
Company’ K
Washerington County
Daveneport
M. Holelinger
John Bryson
Charles Hebner
J. Palmer
J. A. Boyer
R. A. Edgingeton
F. G. Chessley
George Dusenberry
West Chester
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