Fortnightly club to accept new member names before meeting
Fortnightly club members may hand new names with vouchers to the secretary before the general meeting this month. Date of the general meeting will be announced later. 613 Children’s Day program at Pleasant Hill church Sunday evening, June 22. 713 Cedar Community club to entertain husbands at Clyde Fishburn home Friday evening. 717 First U P church choir meets Friday at 7. 7Z The W L will meet Saturday at 2 15. Initiation and delegates reports from Cedar Rapids convention. 712 Presbyterian choir practice at 7 30 this evening. all members requested to be present.
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Lawes
Pleasant Hill
Cedar Community Club
Clyde Fishburn
U. P
W. L
Cedar Rapids
Presbyterian
Camp Dodge Leads In Rapid Soldier Discharge
Major A. Correll, Camp Dodge personnel adjutant, says Washington's charge that demobilization centers rush men is not true for Camp Dodge which is a leader in rapid discharge of soldiers though some records were incomplete.
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War Department
Camp Dodge
A. Correll
Washington
Camp Dodge discharges 23589 men in 23 hours each
Major Correll notes no man is released until records are triple checked and audited. Camp Dodge prides on thorough procedure, with May musters totaling 22,589 men discharged at an average 23 hours per man and $13 per man.
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Camp Dodge
Correll
College Romance Ends in Marriage at Iowa
A University of Iowa romance culminated in the marriage of Mary Jane Ferguson and Carl T. Falkenheimer. The bride is daughter of Chicago residents Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ferguson. the groom is son of Dubuque residents Mr. and Mrs. Charles Falkenheimer. The couple became engaged after meeting at a fraternity dance a year ago and wed last Saturday. They will summer in Colorado and plan to settle in Muscatine where Charles H. Ferguson directs a new packing plant project.
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Iowa
City
University of Iowa
Mary Jane Ferguson
Charles Ferguson
Chicago
Carl T. Falkenheimer
Charles Falkenheimer
Dubuque
Charles H. Ferguson
Muscatine
Thomas V. Armour
Iowa State Druggists’ Association
The
State University
Falkenheimer
Colorado
Juniors Host Seniors At Washington High Reception
An all ages crowd of about 300 attended the junior senior reception at Washington High School set in a transformed auditorium. The program featured toasts on Patriotism Efficiency Alma Mater Conquering and Still to Conquer Enthusiasm with remarks by class presidents and alumni. The event included musical numbers a senior class prophecy and a pantomime by Edna Timmerman and closed with the national anthem and a finale by the orchestra conducted by Ida Iverson.
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Washington High School
Crooked Creek
Leslie Gates
Burrell Keck
Leslie
Theodore Allen
Willa Waymack
France
America
F. K. Williamson
Williamson
David Livingston
Dave
Martha Godfrey
D. J. Ross
Irene Pierce
Doris Chalmers
Frances Wilson
Rowena Leffler
Anna Wolfe
Nondas Richardson
Macbeth
Versa Chadwick
Lois Macon
Viola Burch
Mabed Long
Vera Saville
Edna Timmerman
Columbia
Doris Chat
Edna
Ida Iverson
Another Letter From Charley From Pine Ridge
In a June letter from Pine Ridge Minnesota the Spud Boys recount travel from Columbus Junction to Saint Paul. Pa and Bill quarrel over Muskies and Osakas while Amos resists sleeping arrangements on the train. Hiram coordinates fishing bets and Amos endures a comic travel ordeal as the group settles in awaiting fishing and writing another update.
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Pine Ridge
Minn
Dear Evening Journal
Columbus Junction
Bill
Hiram
Minnesota
Mississippi River
Pine River
Osakas
Pelican Rapids
Saint Paul
Amos
Missouri
14 Year-Old Youth Indicted for Murder in Ottumwa
Ernest Gee, 14, who confessed pushing Lloyd Dimmitt, 15, into the Des Moines river leading to drowning, is indicted for first degree murder. Dimmitt disappeared May 30 while fishing by the river bank near the dam. body found the next night. Gee had previously been acquitted at the coroner's inquest. Also indicted are Pedro Hernandez for carrying concealed weapons after a May 4 killing of Joe Murphy and Harry Sax for carrying intoxicating liquor on a railroad train on May 2.
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Ottumwa
Ernest Gee
Lloyd Dimmitt
Des Moines
Young Dimmitt
Gee
Ccoroner
Dimmitt
Roberts
Pedro Hernandez
Joe Murphy
Harry Sax
Sax
Milwa
Milway
Man Charged After Downtown Assault and Theft Claim
Edward Huddleston was indicted for assaulting Floyd Emery, a Highland Centre farmer, in a downtown business district on June 6. Emery was knocked unconscious and his clothes and $60 were taken. A junction and two suitcases found reportedly contained liquor.
Youth Crushed In Car Steal Ends Fatal Ride
Curtis Brother of Cedar Rapids died in Boone hospital after being found unconscious in a steel car while attempting to steal a ride to Omaha. The switch maneuver caused the vehicle to crash into him, leading to fatal injuries.
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Boone
Curtis Brother
Cedar Rapids
Omaha
Steel
Young Brother
Confederate Memorial Day Observed Across Southern States
Confederate Memorial Day is celebrated on April 26 in Alabama, Georgia, Florida and Mississippi. The date aligns with May 20 in the North. It traces to a Georgia woman, Mary Ann Williams, whose 1866 Columbus Times letter urged wreathing the graves of war dead with flowers.
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Alabama
Georgia
Florida
Mississippi
North
Mary Ann Willams
Columbus Times
Howly babies pretty ladies remark reported
A neighbor used a blunt children’s remark to describe a visiting girl, prompting a memory of an afternoon visit where a younger child commented on appearances. The exchange centers on the unexpected nature of child speech and the social awkwardness it caused.
The Days of Carranza Are Numbered
An El Paso report notes an extra edition with that headline was suppressed after street circulation in Mexico City. An American soldier said Carranza’s family was brought to the border by a Carranza nephew and crossed into the United States on the train.
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Mexico City
el Paso
United States
Tex
Carranza
Bolsheviki lose Donetz coal region in Soviet setback
London reports a loss of the Donetz coal basin to bolsheviki seen as a blow to the soviet government. The bolsheviki relied on Donets coal for railways and factory operations. Nine dreadnaughts with escorts reach New York and will anchor in the North River after July 4.
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London
Donetz
Inondon
Donets
New York
North River
Catholics Win Bavarian Elections Across Bavaria
June 20 reports the Catholic center party victorious in Munich and nearly all Bavaria during Sundays municipal elections. The OCR text shows strong showings for the center party and weaker results for the democratic and socialist groups.
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Berne
Catholic Center Party
Bavaria
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