July Fourth Ball Game Set With Camp Dodge and Ottumwa Blues
Camp Dodge will send a team to Washington July 4 joining the Ottumwa Blues for a fast game at 3 50 pm at the southeast ball park with proceeds to the Red Cross Pershing's Crusaders film showings at Graham Opera House and Fox Theatre. The celebration includes Parade features and a busy day of entertainment led by local committees and city and county organizations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. R. Maywell
Camp Dodge
Riverside
Washington
John L. Griffith
Ottumwa Blues
Ottumwa Boys
Ball Park
Red Cross Pershing
Crusaders
Pershing
Iowa
Committee On Public Information
France
Graham Opera House
Nigie
Fox Theatre
Local travelers noted on morning routes in Mississippi and Illinois
Mrs. H. W. Russell rode as a morning passenger for Rock Island. Miss Lucy Dempsey traveled to Columbus Junction to spend the day. Mrs. Mary EF. West, visiting her sister Mrs. M. J. Powers, went to Meline, Illinois to visit her son, Dr. J. W. West.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. W. Russell
Rock Island
Lucy Dempsey
Columus Junction
Mary EF. West
M. J. Powers
Meline
Til
J. W. Weat
Ernest Dean
Columbia Junction
Wilson Heating Co Welcomes New Partner In Washington
The Wilson Heating Company and J. H. Fenton of Cedar Rapids consolidate under one local firm. Fenton moves to Washington with three new employees. Wilson handles contracting and sales while Fenton runs installation. J. T. Matthews joins as bookkeeper. The shift aims to centralize territory and improve efficiency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson Heating Company
J. H. Fenton
Cedar Rapids
Fenton
Washington
Wilson
Iowa State
Mr. Wilson
Iowa
J. T. Matthews
Bookkeper
Local residents visit relatives and plan outings
Mrs. H. D. Houseal and baby Virginia Belle visited Ft. Madison this morning to see relatives. Miss Esther White returned home from Ainsworth where she was visiting. Miss Helen Anderson traveled to Moline to camp with her sister by Rock River. Mrs. Bentley Thompson and children went to Ainsworth last night to visit relatives and will return home this evening.
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H. D. Houseal
Virginia Belle
Ft. Madison
Esther White
Ainsworth
Helen Anderson
Moline
Rock River
Tragic Electrocution at Rainbow Station Near Muscatine
Electrical and telephone wires on the same poles touched at Rainbow twelve miles northeast of Muscatine cause a fatal shock to a conductor and a storekeeper while an interurban car stops. Victims identified as Charles Bink of Devonport and Charlies Deweese of Rainbow. Miss Maude Simmerman of Washington aboard the stalled car recalls the panic and delayed meals for passengers. Mrs A White visits Ainsworth to see daughter Mrs George Marr.
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Rainbow
Muscatine
Geat
Zemo Promises Clear Skin With Easy Local Purchase
Advertises Zemo antiseptic liquid available at drug stores for 35c and 1.00 for extra large bottle. Claims to remove pimples black heads blotches eczema and ringworm while leaving skin clear. Describes Zemo as clean penetrating non greasy and stain free with easy application from E W Rose Co Cleveland Ohio.
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E. W. Rose Co
Cleveland
Private Miller recounts Irvin Cobb camp visit in France
Private Richard Miller of the 23rd Engineers writes from France about meeting writer Irvin S. Cobb at the Y camp and sharing tales of black troops, a German attack witnessed by Henry Johnson, and memories of taxi journeys and classmates from the University of Chicago. He notes slow French telephone service, local orphanage grounds, the pleasant climate, and French recruits drilling in 1919.
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J. C. Miller
Richard Miller
Twenty-third Engineers
France
Irvin
Cobb
Henry Johson
Henry
Miller
Hbelgium
Saturday Evening Post
Hary A. Hanson
Davenport
Iow
University of Chicago
Harry
Palm Springs
California
Colorado
Tse
Prench
Chicago
Fernehman
CHECK YOUR AUTO AT WASHINGTON PRED YARD
Auto check in open lot offered at ten cents per car with slogan safe and convenient. Drive in at Washington Pred Yard.
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Washington
Teachers Take Exams As County Hopes Rise
Twenty two teachers and prospective educators completed examinations at the courthouse this week with more tests to come in summer. The county superintendent aims to equip rural schools with capable instructors for fall reopening. Many candidates seek higher certificates while others enter teaching for the first time. Readers include Olive Tomlinson Washington Bessie Hagist Wellman Christa Jackson Washington Enid Annas Ainsworth and others from several towns.
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Court House
Olive Tomlinson
Washington
Bessie Hagist
Wellman
Christa Jackson
Enid Annas
Ainsworth
Mary J. Warren
Brighton
Alice Richards
Aineworth
Mary EF
McKevitt
Edward EB
Chalupa
Richmond
Florence Marsh
Thomas H. Miller
Kalona
Pearl Glassburner
Trilby M. Will
May Pearson
Eda Conrad
Wayland
Irmina Schnoe
Graham Zu Zu Column Promotes Dollies Night Show
The Graham theater advertises the Dollies in dazzling costumes performing from eight to midnight with Miss Virginia Kling dancing at 9 15 during the first show. She appears again tonight with the Dollies and is billed for a single intermission act. The program also touts The Fall of the Romanoffs at Monday and Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Kling
Miss Kling
the Romanoffs
Graham
Graham Theatre Operating Co
Community notices from July events in local groups
Announcements list postponed meetings and upcoming gatherings by the Pleasant Plains Missionary Society the Women Hospital Red Cross center and the MBE church. Includes ice cream festival weather permitting at Central Park and a membership contest with officer elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Park
Pleasant Plains Missionary Society
Women's Home Missionary Society of the
M. BE. Church
Kate Wilson Tusday
Early War Assistant Secretary of War Named for Industrial Relations
Kroest M Hopkins named assistant secretary of war in charge of industrial relations. He served seven years with large industrial firms on organization and administration, and last year led the industrial relations department under the quartermaster general.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kroest M. Hopkin
Dourtmeuitt College
War Department
Bethlehem Commandery members report for Reynolds funeral
Members of Bethlehem Commandery No. 45 are requested to report at the asylum Monday at 3 p m to attend the funeral service of the late H T Reynolds. J 8 McElhinney E C
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethlehem Commandery No. 45
Asylum
H. T. Reynolds
J. 8
McElhinney
E. C
Newspaper Ladies Magazine Spelling of Titles
A garbled list of vintage magazine names appears including Ladies' Home Journal Saturday Evening Post Womans' Home Companion The American Adventure Pictorial Review Current periodicals appear mixed with stray phrases. The fragment hints at a review or listing of popular consumer publications from an early 20th century press page.
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Ladies’ Home Journal
Saturbay Evening Post
Womans’ Home Companion the American Adventure Pictorial Review
Ountey Gentleman Verybody
S Magazine
the Delineator
Joint Fourth of July Celebrations Planned by Allies at Marne Front
From the Marne front dated June 20, French and American authorities plan a joint Fourth of July celebration. The French national holiday falls on July 14 with American participation in parades on both sides. The American line is quiet aside from usual artillery. pamphlets surfaced on German prisoners abroad hint at a renewed German propaganda campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marne
Paris
Aspen
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Winfield Smouse
Frank Flaherty
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FORD
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Marcus Kuhn
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