Beautify High School Premises Memorial Garden Planned
At a Washington Improvement League meeting Mrs. Hallie Hull announced that her mother Mrs. Berdo will furnish shrubs and flowers to honor the late Thomas J. Berdo a longtime local school board member. Landscape plans by Mrs. Berdo and Mrs. H M Eicher include Mrs. Baldrige guiding a garden arrangement for fall completion.
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Washington Improvement League
Hallie Hull
Berdo
Thomas J. Berdo
Improvement League
A. E. Baldrige
Foreman Family Vacation at Simpsons Home
James Foreman and his son James of Chicago spend two weeks with their farmer uncle Thomas Simpson. Simpson has worked twenty five years for People’s Gas and Light Co. of Chicago. The visit brings back memories as the family enjoys old Scotch songs.
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James Foreman
James
Chicago
Thomas Simpson
People’s Gas and Light Co
Simpson
Show Pictures of Foreign Children at Methodist Church
At the Methodist church last evening a number of Sunday school children enjoyed a program of stereoptical views of children of foreign lands under the Foreign Missionary Society. Mrs S. W. Brookhart explained the pictures as they were shown. The need for child training in other lands was stressed in graphic terms.
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Methodist Church
The
Foreign Missionary Society
5S. W. Brookhart
Wellston Hosts Special Evangelistic Meetings
Special evangelistic meetings are under way in Wellston led by Rev. C. E. Riddington with L. A. Caldwell assisting. A converted lumber building serves as a tabernacle with ample seating. Attendance has been strong and another week or two of meetings is anticipated.
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Wellston
C. E. Riddington
L. A. Caldwell
Flag mixup at hospital corrected in Journal
In Wednesday's Journal an error claimed the flag on the hospital pole came from the D A R. The flag offered by the D A B has not arrived. The flag is loaned by Dr C A Boice until the D A B flag arrives.
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Journal
Daughters of the American Revolution
C. A. Boice
Bower Family Heads to Springfield for Two Week Visit
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Bower and son Dale depart this evening for a two week visit in Springfield Ti. Mrs. 8 Turkington of Wyman, visiting Mrs. E V Simons, sister of Mrs Turkington, returns home this evening. Mrs Simons accompanied her for the visit. The Journal office front desk today features a bouquet of sweet peas from Mrs Joe Daniels garden, noting unusually successful blooms this season.
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Floyd Bower
Dale
Springfield
8. Turkington
Wyman
E. V. Simons
Journal Office
Joe Daniels
Gravel project delayed by rains on Ka lona road
Recent rains retard the Ka lona road from Washington to Bush corner eight miles north of town. The black-sloper must inspect and finish edges after grading before gravel is spread. Rainy weather halted wetting tasks. next Monday is planned to start if conditions allow. T. C. Kyle, hauling contract holder, is ready to move gravel from Muscntius once arrangements are made. A small gravel addition near town improved the No. 11 corner stretch.
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Kalona
Washington
Bush Corner
T. C. Kyle
Train Crash In Allentown Injures Four
Four injured in a rear end collision on Central tracks Allentown Pennsylvania as the Syracuse Philadelphia fast mail rear ended a local passenger train today. two passengers and two trainmen hurt in the incident reported this afternoon with investigators on scene.
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T.allentown
Syracuse-Philadelphia
Fast Mail
Predetermination and the old saying Boys Will Be Boys
A brief note on predetermination of sex notes ongoing debates among biologists and recalls the old philosopher’s maxim Boys Will Be Boys attributed to Hygela.
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Hygela
Thought for the Day: religion in a smile and tear
A brief meditation notes that faith can show in daily expressions, comparing the warmth of a smile to the ache of a tear. The reflection suggests religious feeling exists in ordinary moments as well as in sorrow.
Gentlemanly Demeanors Highlighted in Serene Conduct
A quoted maxim from Kmerson extols patience coolness and restraint as marks of good manners. It asserts that a gentleman remains quiet and a lady stays serene, contrasting with haste and impatience as undesirable traits.
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Kmerson
Temperature Reaches 92 Degrees Again Today
The temperature climbed to 92 degrees by 2 20 pm with signs it may rise further. At noon it stood at 90, beating yesterday s high. While Iowa s heat dominates, New Mexico and Arizona report freezing temperatures and ice needed to water livestock. It was the coolest ever known for Jane in that section.
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Iowa
New Mexico
Arizona
Jane
Brookhart Tours Europe for Investigation
Associated Press dispatch reports Senator W Brookhart of Washington arrived in Constantinople yesterday and stayed briefly before continuing a tour of Roumania Austria and Hungary. He plans an extended European inquiry after spending substantial time in Russia, the last country visited before Turkey.
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Associated Press
Gay
W. Brookhart
Washington
Constantinople
Turkey
Roumania
Austria
Hungary
Brookhart
Europe
Russia
Muscatine County Adopts Vote Machines for Precincts
Muscatine County boards approve buying Empire Voting Machine company devices at 1040 each for all precincts and two for larger wards totaling 30160 dollars. Machines to be used first at primary elections next year and are expected to save about 3000 dollars annually by reducing election costs. County Auditor Fred W Johnston provides figures.
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Muscatine
Muscatine County
Board of Supervises
Empire Voting Machine Company
Jamestown
N. Y
F. W
Fred W. Johnston
Does It Pay To Advertise A Mad Ad Quirk
A brief column questions whether advertising pays and notes the authors’ uncertainty yet continued practice. It asks if ads are worthwhile, reflecting daily routines, occasional frustration, and persistent effort to write ads despite monotony.
Washington groups push memorial for Civil War soldiers
Washington civic leaders from the Improvement league and many women’s organizations press for a Civil War soldiers memorial. A D A R member offers 100 dollars toward the monument, joining a prior 50 dollar pledge, bringing initial funds to 150 dollars. The league plans to attract subscriptions and place the monument where all visitors can see it, with Mrs. Eicher to appoint a committee and start formal steps at once.
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Washington
The
Improvement League
Daughters of the American Revolution
Dp. A. R
James Harley
Thas
Voting machines to cut county election costs in 1924
The county boards expect costs to drop from about 4 789 to 1 800 per election using new machines. The plan covers 1 500 yearly plus 750 principal with interest totaling 2 259 annually. Net savings projected at 739 yearly and 14 780 over 20 years, with deployment 30 days before the 1924 primaries and a single opposing vote.
Vegetables Raised in the Arctic Delta
Traders report carrots and cabbages grown in the Mackenzie delta 160 miles north of the Arctic Circle. This marked agricultural progress in a frontier region as crews test hardy crops against extreme conditions.
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Arctics
Mackenzie Delta
Arctic Circle
Wall Street Journal Quotation On Stars And Paths
A Wall Street Journal line notes the balance between following a guiding vision and avoiding excess. It uses a metaphor about tying your wagon to a star while steering clear of shooting stars to illustrate prudent ambition.
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The
Wall Street Journal
Human Propensity to Disobedience and Authority
A historic aphorism notes that where there is authority there is a natural inclination to disobedience, attributed to Haliburton. The remark underscores tension between power and obedience, framed as a timeless human propensity rather than a current event.
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Haliburton
Reflection of Middle Age in a Dance Quip
A Londer Mail opinion quotes a critic who mocks modern dance, arguing the form loses essence as it evolves. The remark stresses that true dance never stays within new labels and questions the meaning of modernity in movement.
Machines proposed for Cranston project face dissent
Supervisor M J Shellabarger opposed the plan arguing the public does not want the machines now. The decision to buy was taken at his Cranston home, but he was injured in a recent automobile accident and could not attend the meeting.
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Tion
M. J. Shellabacer
P Mblic
Shellabarger
Cranston
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W. D. Booth
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