Beulah Davis Returns From Paris War Years Travels
Miss Beulah Davis daughter of Mr and Mrs Shan Davis just returned from a European trip lasting ten years She is a dramatic dancer who spent time in Europe and Paris She was in Roumania during the war and held as a prisoner of the Germans for three months Her language talent covers ten tongues and she leads her own company of forty eight since the war Her stage name is Phyllis Davis Mrs Ed Herr of Grand Junction Colorado will arrive to be with her parents tomorrow morning
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Beulah Davis
Shan Davis
Europe
Paris
New York
Roumania
Phyllis Davis
Ed C. Herr
Grand Junction
Colorado
Tomorow
Louis Baird
Teachers' Exams Under County Superintendent At Courthouse
Examinations for teachers seeking higher certificates are held today at the courthouse under the direction of county superintendent Miss Clara Wallace.
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Court House
Clara Wallace
Lions Challenge Rotary Club to a Baseball Game
The Lions athletic association challenges the Rotary club to a member only baseball game to be played at a date and place to be decided. Lions plan to advertise widely and charge admission for a worthy community cause. Expect key players to join from Lions roster and Rotarians may accept after practice time is set.
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LIONS
Rotary Club
The
Athletic Association of the Lions Club
Journal
Rotarians
George McDaniels
Reade McCrory
Harold Montgomery
Bob Noonan
Don Bell
Leslie Dunlap
Walter Conner
Everette Deiffith
Suit Seeks 15000 Damages Over Insanity Allegation
Mrs Emma Plecker files in district court against R T Knottnerus seeking 15400 damages claiming a June complaint accusing her of insanity caused mental anguish and public embarrassment. She alleges malicious filing to injure her and says the insanity hearing found her sane. Attorneys Livingston and Ficher represent her. The hearing before county commissioners of insanity resulted in her discharge as not a fit subject for treatment.
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J. D. Glasgow
District Court
R. T. Knottnerus
Emma Plecker
County Commissioners of
Wellman Boys Band Gives July Concert Under Starck
The Wellman sixty piece Boys Band directed by Muscatine's Mat Starck performed at the July celebration. The group, formed a year ago, showed strong progress and played with notable skill, especially a cornet duet Elena Polka by Starck and Wehrle. About thirty Girl Scouts from a neighboring town attended the event.
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Wellman
Mat Starck
Muscatine
Starck
Elena
Keaifer
Mr. Starck
Milton Wehrle
Oppose Sunday Shows At Kalona Battle Reaches Courtroom
In Kalona opposition to Sunday motion pictures peaks as A N Grady theater owner and Boone who runs the projector face charges. A hearing before Justice Col Kyle is scheduled this afternoon with Boone accused of Sunday labor and Grady charged with abusive language and assault and battery amid a divided town.
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Kalona
A. N. Grady
Boone
Justice of the Peace
Col. Co. Kyle
Grady
Unimproved Eighty Sells for $200 Per A
The Mary Maxwell eighty acres near Crawfordsville sold to Huston and Van Syce for 200.00 dollars per acre. The unimproved land marks a rare Washington county sale amid a period of sparse land trades. Other parts of the state report a revival in demand for firm land.
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Mary Maxwell
Crawfordsville
Huston and
van Syce
Washington County
Maxwell
Wellman visitors greet Washington band and scouts
Attorney Eardley Bell of Wellman praised local youth programs and invited Washington to Independence Day events. Col D J Palmer and Judge Charles A Dewey welcomed the Wellman contingent. DeMolay boys hosted the group at the Masonic hall with ice cream and cake after the program.
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Eardley Bell
Wellman
Washington
Col
D. J. Palmer
Charles A. Dewey
DeMolay Boys of
Masonic Hall
Masons
DeMolay
College Students Doubting Religion in America
In Los Angeles on June 27 Professor M A Henline reported to the California Friends meeting that more than fifty thousand college and high school students show confusion in religious teachings. He cited 55 percent of girls and 79 percent of boys as unsettled, asking pointed questions about Bible authorship interpretation and reliability, suggesting doubt alone does not mean decay but unresolved questions may lead to it.
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Los Angeles
Cal
America
M. A. Henline
Yearly Meeting of the Society of Friends
Quakers) of
California
Whittier
Henline
Funeral of Mrs Layton at Christian Church
Funeral services for Mrs Ed gar Layton were held Saturday afternoon at 2 20 at the Christian church. Rev W H Hampton and Rev M R Regan conducted the service with a selected choir. Mrs W H Hampton sang a solo. Pallbearers were Harold and Clyde Putnam O L Lyons Clint Scranton Eddie Squire and Phillip Crail. Many flowers were on display.
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Edgar Layton
The
Christian Church
W. H. Hampton
M. R. Regan
Harold and Clyde Putnam
O. L. Lyons
Clint Scranton
Eddie Squire
Phillip Crail
Janitor Injures Hand in School Repair
George Clapper, a high school janitor, injured two middle fingers while repairing hand rails on steps. The tips were amputated to save the hand. The incident occurred yesterday afternoon at the school.
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George Clapper
Stray Bits of Wisdom
Anonymous offers a pithy maxim on false friends likened to a shadow that shows in clear weather and vanishes when clouds gather, warning against unreliable people.
The Minds of Men and a Jury’s Dissent Echoes
The Dallas News quotes a saying about juries, noting that it is nearly as hard for twelve men to agree as for twelve men off a jury to agree. The remark frames deliberation as a shared human challenge influencing verdicts and justice.
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Dallas News
Disease Not Spread by Phone
There is no definite evidence that diseases are spread by the mouth pieces of telephones says the minister of health.
Wellman Band Delivers Promising Central Park Concert
The Wellman Band played last evening in Central Park and impressed with improving musicianship. Report notes the group shows potential to make a mark in local music circles.
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Wellman
Central Park
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