Washington High Heads to Fairfield for Sectional Tourney
The Washington high school basketball team will travel to Fairfield for the sectional tournament starting tomorrow. Captain Marshall Hill Elwell Duke Korf McConnell and Heal make up the squad as fourteen teams including Ottumwa Fairfield Mt Pleasant Wayland Crawfordsville Olds are entered. Pete Welch of Drake will referee with games beginning at nine in the morning and continuing through the day.
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Washington High School
Fairfield
Albert McKinstry
Marshall
Hill
Elwell
Duke
Korf
McConnell
Heal
Ottumwa
Mt. Pleasant
Wayland
Crawfordsville
Olds
Fairfield Armory
Pete"’ Welch
Drake
Washington
Six Cylinder Love at Gra ham theater tonight
The Improvement League lecture course closes with the stage hit Six Cylinder Love presented by a capable company at the Gra ham theater. The arrival this morning and preparations for the show promise a first rate, entertaining program for Washington women.
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Graham Theater
Improvement League
Washington
The
League
High School Debates Muscatine and Davenport Teams
Washington and Muscatine high schools clash in eastern Iowa Big Nine debates at Muscatine. Washington negative heads to Davenport to face that school's affirmative team tomorrow. The topic: elimination of the US protective tariff. Washington seeks to secure permanent member status after recent wins and close loss to Fairfield.
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Washington and Muscatine
Iowa
Muscatine
Washington
Davenport
Oskaloosa
Fairfield
Ottumwa
United States
Shenefelt to Move Studebaker Garage March 15
W. Shenefelt, owner of the Studebaker Garage, will relocate about March 15 to the Bevine Motor Company building on Second Street. The move aims at a more convenient location for storage and better repair and accessory service. The building is being redecorated and a repair department will operate with the Studebaker agency. Shenefelt is a pioneer in Washington auto business with eleven years here. Remember to tell merchants you saw their ad in the Journal.
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W. Shenefelt
Studebaker
Bevine Motor Company
Second Street
Schenefelt
Walte
Washington
Banner House of the Season Heads to Theatres
The banner house of the season hopes for a packed theatre to secure profit on the course. The attraction is highly recommended and the play begins at 8 15.
Washington club mulls a third showing of It Pays to Advertise
Repeated audience demand prompts the Washington Advertising club to consider a third home talent production of It Pays to Advertise within weeks. Cast members back a third performance to help defray expenses for the state Advertising club convention next summer. gross from two shows was 759.95, but net funds are shy of needed totals.
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Washington Advertising Club
American Bishops Likely Named as Catholic Cardinals
Archbishops Hayes of New York and Mundelein of Chicago are expected to be nominated as cardinals, according to Vatican quarters. No official decision has been made public and no determinations have been reached as yet.
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Associated Press
RCME
Hayes
New York
Mundelein
Chicago
Vatican
Proclamation Ready for Signature on Wheat Tariff
President Coolidge has a proclamation on his desk ready for signature announcing new tariff duties on wheat flour and mill feeds. The document follows the tariff commission inquiry and was expected to be signed today in Washington.
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Associated Press
Washington
Mar
Coolidge
Tariff Commission
Gunpowder Explodes in Ohio School Injuring Nine
Steubenville Ohio March 8 Nine persons were injured five seriously when three pounds of gunpowder exploded in the laboratory of the Toronto high school today The incident disrupted classes and prompted immediate medical attention for the wounded Funeral of Mrs Ade ine Juzeler was held from the residence on North 2nd Avenue yesterday at 2 o’clock Reverend F W Wastwood of the Presbyterian church officiated and burial followed in Elm Grove cemetery Pallbearers named Ross Gallaway Harry Dye Nate Pearson Fred Shaw Ed Davis and J W Wallace
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Steubenville, O
Toronto, Ohio
Juzeler
Adeine Juzeler
North 2Nd Avenue
F. W. Wastwood
Presbyterian Church
J. B. Ream
Elm Grove
Ross Gallaway
Harry Dye
Nate Pearson
Fred Shaw
Ed Davis
3. W. Wallace
Death of Citronelle Call editor W. Thomas shocks Alabama town
Maresh W. Bailey provides a notice of editor Charles William Thomas who died February 23 after a brief illness. Born in Iowa, he moved to Alabama in 1899 and bought the Citronelle Call, editing it until his death. He married Sadie Elizabeth Brown in 1915. funeral conducted by local ministers with prayers and songs. Interment in Pinecrest Cemetery.
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Maresh W. Bailey
Call
Citronelle
Alabama
W. Thomas
Thomas
Mailey
Charles William Thomas
M., McDonald
Mary Britton Thomas
Washington County
Iowa
Iowa City Academy
State University of
Methodist Church
Citronelle Call
Sadie Elizabeth Brown
J. A. Brown
H. G. Cowan
R. G
C. D. Hurt
J. K. Kennedy
Pinecrest Cemetery
Ollie Anwyl
Amana
Huber
Davidson
Margaret
Murrag
Ernest Clark
Earnest
Ernest
West Chester notes mix of travel and tongue in county column
Local items report W C Hotle and Ray Martin traveling to Washington on Wednesday while Mrs L P Jackson, Mrs Emma Cherry, Mrs Phil Stouffer and the Stouffers visit the capital. The write up jokes about bad roads, March forecasts, money, church, and a playful critique of Wash county times.
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West Chester
Mar
W. C. Hotle
Ray Martin
Washington
LP. Jackson
Emma Cherry
Phil Stouffer
Ray Stouffer
Teapot
Washington County
Columbus
Missouri
Iowa
Women Working to Save Wild Flowers
A statewide effort by women’s organizations, led locally by the D A R and Washington Improvement League, promotes preserving wild flowers through a Wild Flower Pledge. Members vow not to pluck or destroy wild flowers except scarce or weedlike plants and aim to teach children respect for nature.
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Washington Improvement League
Daughters of the Revolution
Washington
Artificial Lighting Hours Vary by Season
It is computed there are four times as many artificial lighting hours in winter as in summer. The average residence uses light for about one and a half hours from June to December, while December averages six and a half hours.
The Other Paradine and a Wife’s Spirit Inquiry
A widow seeks solace from her late husband’s spirit via a medium. She questions whether her past harshness affected him and learns from the reply that John is happy in heaven though he has never been there. The exchange reveals a humorous contrast in expectations about the afterlife.
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John
Jane
Weathered town notes and church revival in West Chester
Residents discuss spring hopes and farming worries as rain forecasts threaten corn. Hens increasing, paving discussed for West Chester mud. Baptist church meetings draw large crowds with Rev Hillis delivering strong sermons on Unpardonable Sin through the week.
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West Chester
Baptist Church
Hillis
For Sale Barred Rock Eggs for Hatching in Iowa
Mrs C L Walker of Crawfordsville Iowa offers barred rock eggs for hatching. Contact details indicate a 1813th month reference. Purchase intended for poultry breeders seeking fertile eggs for incubation.
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Rock
Walter Little
J. T. Wenger
Mra. C
Allen resigns from Games Committee ahead of Paris Olympics
Major General Henry T. Allen, U S Army retired executive of the American Olympic committee, withdraws as a principal delegate to the Paris Olympic games. The move follows comments on his diary about French policies toward Germany.
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Associated Press
Paris
Mar
Henry T. Allen
U. 5
S. A
Germany
Crawfordsville News Briefs Show Local Moves and Displays
March 5. Mrs Lee Lease Mrs Ruth McElroy and J T King visited in Washington yesterday J D Martin is loading house hold goods for a move to a farm near Dublin The loving cup for the girls basketball tournament winner is on display in Williams and Edwards window The ladies circle of Care Away Circle were entertained yesterday A few readable items from Crawfordsville.
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Crawfordsville
Lee Lease
Ruth McElroy
J. T. King
Washington
J. D. Martin
Dublin
Williams and Edwards
Ladjiewo
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National Physical Board OF Young Women's Christian Association
Shenefelt
Studebaker Headquarters
DR/SOMMER
Oxford
Sompce AS
DR. Sommer
Frank L. Wilson & Co
AD Club
Repeti
C. W. Thomas
A. W. Clow
F. & M. Bank Building
Wittiig’s
Evening Journal
Charles Vincent
Sherman Bros., Drug Co
U-2
Silas Ross
Ead
American Pearl Button Co
Carl B. Hardin
White Yard
Burpee
Warren
Warren's
Highland Dairy
Donald McLaughlin
Call Chasseranton
Ralph Robertson
West Chester Mutual
McElhinney Furniture
Earl Simpson
R. E. Brown
Biwer
N. Marion
Rhode Island
Harry Campbell
R. Cc. BR. I
Godfrey Sommers
R. D. Schneider
RE. C
Dempsey Land Company
North Side
Warner Finance Corporation
East 2Nd Street
Green
Ternoon
Alica Davidson
Elizabeth van Horn
Elwyn Davidson
Daisy Huber
Gen. Allen
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