Mrs C F Haight Died After Ill Health at Hospital
Washington resident Mrs Oo FL Marshi died at the county hospital after weeks of ill health following a four year old hip fracture. Funeral services will be held at Jones McElhinney chapel Monday at two. Interment at Khan Grove cemetery. Survived by husband and three sons Walter Thomas and William B Simpson. Born New York November 12 1846. Married Waterloo September 1 1872. Also notes death of John Lester Macon Jr in Montana and Cecil Ford Macon remembered locally.
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Oo FL Marshi
Washington
Thomas Haight
Red Wing, Minn
William B. Simpson
What Cheer
Iowa
Leather bag shop ad by Geo M Tooman
A compact notice promotes leather bags sold at a local store. The ad identifies Geo M Tooman and lists the address 1616 as the shop location for customers seeking durable leather goods.
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Geo
M. Tooman
Washington Team Opens Home Schedule With Crawfordsville
Washington fans look to Saturday three o'clock at home to face Crawfordsville in the season debut. The youthful Washington squad, led by southpaw Hob McClellan, seeks revenge after a Decoration Day defeat at Crawfordsville. Management hopes for a strong crowd and plans additional events if attendance meets expectations.
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Washington
Crawfordsville
Hob McClellan
Crawfordville
No Firecrackers Allowed Until July 2 in Washington
Mayor Alberson announced strict enforcement of a city fireworks ordinance this year. No fireworks may be sold by local merchants until the Saturday before the Fourth, though the mayor may suspend the rule briefly for firecrackers on the celebration day and the business day before. Heavy penalties are set for violations.
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Washington
Alberson
County Churches Ainsworth Methodist Picnic and Services
Sunday school at 9 30 a m invites everyone to a family sized picnic and lively reception. Worship at 11 a m notes communion next Sunday before the sermon and dismissal before noon. Epworth League at 7 p m with preaching at 8 p m. Fourth Quarterly conference July 2 p m Dr Minear preaches July 3 front street ice cream social 15 cents profits for home missionary work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epworth League
Minear
Front Street
Barbers Defeat Bankers in 7-6 Baseball Clash
Washington barbers edged the bankers 7 to 6 in a windy ballgame. Nevin and Arnold were battered at the plate while Dunlap and Williams shone for the bankers and the Barbers executed a key double play Nevins to Arnold. Both teams showed slumps in defense and talk of a third meeting with the clothiers-shoers squad looms for next week.
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Washington Barbers
Bankers
Barbers
Neenan
Arnold
Walter Williams
Don Young
Nankere
Gates
Tolander
Bell
Rudiger
Conner
Dunlap
Neiswanger
George
Noonan
Patterson
Findley
Nevins
Williame
Worater
Young
Clothiers-Shoers
A. Hunter Improves After Monday Head Blow
A. Hunter, who sustained a head blow Monday evening, shows some improvement today as the attending doctor hopes for a quick recovery. No unexpected developments are reported at present.
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A. Hunter
Weather Sultry Today
The high point reached by the thermometer this afternoon was 87 degrees but it felt warmer due to sultriness in the atmosphere.
Not Interesting Move Sparks Trap Field Insight
A terse line from the Houston Post notes how a man’s interest rises when told to act, unless the prompt implies advancing toward a cornfield of trap works, suggesting inadvertent lure or misdirection in motivation.
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Houston Post
Reister's Deli Featured in Poultry Betting Note
Mrs. O. L. Dayton promotes Reister's for fresh eggs butter cream and poultry with up to date service and reasonable prices. The verse mentions a bet about exes and tree prices and suggests calling Reister's for meat and poultry offerings. John Applegate is named as a potential object of a wager.
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Reister’s
John Applegate
Reister
O. L. Dayton
Another Bridge Gang Here Today
Charles Mess leads a bridge gang from March bridge construction of Jefferson Iowa. They unload camp outfit a shack 10 by 20 feet to house Mr and Mrs Keys during work in this county north of town. They hold contracts for twenty culverts in Group A on the Washington Kalona road and for culverts and bridges on the county road west from town.
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Charles Mess
March Bridge Construction Company
Jefferson
Iowa
Marsh Company
Washington-Kalona Road
Washington
Jackson
Cedar
Kalona Clay Co. seeks injunction against county over shale bluff work
Action filed by Kalona Clay Company against the county board of supervisors asks a district court to stop operations on the shale bluff at English River where 20 plus workers dynamite and recut the bluff prior to a hearing set for 11 o clock Saturday before Judge A Dewey. The company argues the shale belongs to them and accuses unlawful encroachment. If granted, work would pause pending settlement.
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County Board of Supervisors
Kaliong Clay Company
English River
Richmound
Kalona
Imate
A. Dewey
Kalona Clay Company
Bicher & Livingston
Dance license fee set by mayor for Washington events
Mayor A N Alberson imposes a $3.50 license fee on each Washington dance. Promoters paid the first fee last night for the armory dance, and the charge will apply to every future dance in the city.
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A.N. Alberson
Washington
Armory Dance
Funeral Services Held for Infant Daughter of Mr and Mrs Rooks
Funeral services were held this afternoon at the Jones and Meshhin ney chapel for the infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Albert S Rooks who died Tuesday night. Burial was in Ulm Grove cemetery. Mr Rooks is an employee of the Washington Telephone Company.
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Jones & Meshhin*ney
Alberts
Rooks
Ulm Grove
Washington Telephone Company
Harding Messages Attest to Baptist Convention
President Harding and Labor Secretary Davis sent messages read at the Northern Baptist conference opening in Des Moines. Harding urged reliance on church fundamentals amid troubled times and Davis asked Christians to support God’s will and maintain optimism during readjustment.
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Des Moines
Harding
James J. Davis
Northern Baptist Conference
Davis
Labor
Isn't She the Cutup? Writer A Adds Festive Croquettes
A Boston Transcript note playfully suggests a festive touch for rice croquettes by hiding a large raisin at the heart of each.
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Boston Transcript
No Betterment In Building Outlook In Town
Five new residences are under construction in Washington making this season the gloomiest in building circles in years. No new business or public buildings are under way, most work is repairs and remodeling, with many homes being painted. Lumber prices are high due to freight rates, deterring new construction. builders hope for a revival before fall.
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Washington
Old Spanish Mine Sought in Ozarks Near Bradleyville
In Springfield Missouri on June 23 the Ozark folktale of a hidden Spaniard silver mine near Bradleyville prompts local farmers to search Beaver River area. Past diggings yielded charcoal and a small ore sample but no rich vein, as seekers push to deeper shaft exploration hoping for discovery.
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Springfield
Ozark
Bradleyville
Taney County
Beaver River
Little Bever River
Big Bever River
Services Preparatory to Comm ion at Presbyterian Church
The Second United Presbyterian church will hold services Friday night at 7 30 and Saturday afternoon at 2 34. The Rev D M Bevis pastor of the United Presbyterian church at Armsworth will preach at both services.
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United + Presbyterian church
D. M. Bevis
Armsworth
Teachers' Supply Fails to Meet Demand in Iowa City
In Iowa City on June 23 the University of Iowa College of Education finds demand far outstripping supply for teachers in Latin, mathematics, and manual training. Normal training teachers are also sought after while salaries see mixed movements with raises and cuts, says Prof. Forest Ensign.
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Iowa City
College of Education
University of Iowa
Iowa
Forest. Ensign
Decline of the parlor in modern worker homes
A leading U S manufacturer builds many employee houses and replaces the traditional parlor with other living spaces. The notable trend shows the parlor disappearing from these homes as part of a shift in interior layout and convenience features.
Milk production dips in 1920 as cows fall
U S dairy output for 1920 reached 89 658 million pounds, down about 400 million from 1919. The number of cows on farms declined by 298 000 from the previous year, while per capita production fell to ninety eight gallons from 1919.
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Washington
United States
Department of Agriculture
Greatest Zinc Mines In Jersey
The greatest zinc mine in the world lies in Sussex County New Jersey and has been worked almost continuously since colonial times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jersey
Sussex County
New Jersey
Clinton Boy Scouts Ready for Yellowstone Caravan
One hundred ninety Jowaboy Scouts from Clinton Iowa travel in a convoy of fifty six vehicles led by eighty six adults. Bert Nash son of Clinton residents is convoy superintendent. The trip spans five states with governors greeting the group and a four day stop in the Bad Lands before seven days in Yellowstone. They return to Clinton July 26 under strict military discipline.
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Clinton
Iowa
Army
Yellowstone Park
Bert Nash
C. H. Pickens
Armsworth
Clinton Council
Boy Scouts of America
Boy Scout
Kendall
Okobojo
Minnecola
South Dakota
Wyoming
Verily echoes in a Rulebound Transcript
A reflective item notes a saying on reciprocity and the Golden Rule, framed as a medieval style caution about rules that fail when applied in both directions. It references Quy Othereace and suggests a medieval or scholarly tone in examining ethics and transcript conventions.
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C. F. Haight
Elm Grove
Macon
Babe
Frank Macon
John Lester Macon, Jr
Pillings
Montana
John Lester
Leater Macon
Mies Cecil Ford
UU. &. Dept. of Agriculture
Alaska
Bentego
KASH
Denison
Ball Park
Ainsworth Methodist
Iowa Gas & Electric Co
Mr. Hunter
Reister & Sons
Lona Road
Tay
Dane
Baby
Masons
Iridge
No. 26
A. F
A. M
Elliot Grayson
W. M
Vicar de Lis
W. B. Kerr
Catholic Daughters of America Sewing Circle
J. G. Moriarty
West Tyler Street
Christian Church
Methodist
Methodist Church
J. B. Kunath
East Main St
Hentry Bowes
Pythian Sisters
West Chester Temple
Castle Hall
Baptist Ladies League
Woman's Relief Corps
G. A. R. Hall
Court House
Nora Bryson
Department of Iowa
M. Hollinger
Evening Journal
Red
Boy Agh
Green
Henry
Journal
Jno
Stewart
White Way Garage
Eppel’s
LLOUR
Harry Turner
Rubio Motor Co
Ozarks
Enited States
Deering
Chas. McKinstry
Falk Motor Co
Washington Elevator Co
Black, Love
Poland
China
T. C
West Madison St
Bleck
Columbus Institute
Columbus
Jowaboy Scouts
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