Washington County Appeals for Near East Relief Drive
Rev. A R Oates county chairman issues an appeal urging Washington County residents to contribute on Saturday March 13 at designated town and village collection sites for Near East Relief. The appeal cites feeding and educating orphans in the Near East with amounts of 60 to 180 dollars and asks donors to send funds to the county chairman.
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A. R. Oates
Washington County
Iowa
Near East
American Committee For Relief In
Arthur R. Oates
Bees Do Not Sting Skunks in Local Encounter
Testimony from K L Denslow of Connheaut township describes a skunk raiding his bee hives. He found the animal moving the hives, the bees emergent, and the skunk fed on them. Denslow fired but missed, and the skunk returned to repeat the act later.
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K. L. Denslow
Conenheaut Township
Denslow
Captain Work
Tree Like Bone yacal Wood Praised for Hardness
The yacal, a Philippine tree, is praised as a wonderful wood with bone like hardness. The note contrasts it with lignum vitae, often cited as the hardest wood, while suggesting lignum vitae may not endure more tests than yacal.
Near East Relief Inventory and Relief Achievements
The American Committee of Near East Relief details year end results with staff counts across roles including 46 physicians and surgeons 76 nurses 7 mechanics 15 industrial experts 14 characterologists 50 supply and transport workers 172 orphanage and general relief workers 16 agriculturalists 19 teachers 20 administrators 24 secretaries 7 engineers and 46 army officers. It lists deliveries of 15 shiploads of supplies and disbursements totaling 22.22 million dollars across Armenia Cilicia Anatolia Syria Palestine Caucasus and Mesopotamia with additional readings for refugees and regions. It notes monthly distribution of 7 000 tons of flour and operation of 54 relief stations 196 orphanages 48 875 children 44 hospitals 148 728 clinic attendants and 16 homes for women rescued from harems. It highlights industrial plants employing 87 291 native workers and states that contributions fund relief expenses fully verified by Chartered Public Accountants and funded privately to maximize aid impact.
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America
American Relief Administration
Card of Thanks for Beth Godfrey
We thank neighbors and friends for sympathy shown during the illness and death of our daughter and sister Beth Godfrey. Mrs. S FE Godfrey and family.
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Beth Godfrey
S. FE. Godfrey
The Right of Way at Fox Theatre a cinematic treat
Review notes Fox Theatre showing of The Right of Way with Metro Picture. Bert Lytell as Beauty Steele delivers a standout performance elevating the film. Jo Portugais and Rosalie praised. Passion Play in Chaudiers and Magdalene scene omitted, yet story remains compelling.
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Fox Theatre
Metro
Jo Portugais
Rosalie
Bert Lytell
Beauty Steele
Mr. Lytell
Montreal
Chaudiers
Thass
Reflections of a Pessimist and a Tale of Two Lives
A pasted segment presents two distinct excerpts. One voice reflects on human behavior from infancy to old age, labeling society's judgments and paradoxes. The other narrates a social drama where a woman is reformed from vice to a refined lady, revealing the male observer’s regret.
Dorothy Dalton Stars in Ten Of Diamonds at Graham Theater
Dorothy Dalton, seen in The Flame of the Yukon, will headline Ten Of Diamonds at the Graham Theater on Wednesday and Thursday. She plays a dance hall girl amid a tale of fortune telling and a perilous proposal from an upper world man.
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Dorothy Dalton
Yukon
Graham Theater
Lead Wrapped Paper Melts Smoothly Without Burning
The Electrical Experimenter notes a method to melt lead under a paper wrap by holding it over a taper flame. The paper must be smooth with no wrinkles and in contact with the lead around all sides to avoid scorching.
Women Pharmacists Increase in United States
A pharmaceutical journal canvas shows women pharmacists more than doubling in number in the United States over the past five years.
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United States
Fixing loose wall nails with plaster of Paris
If a wall is too soft to hold a picture nail, mix small plaster of Paris in a teacup, enlarge the hole, insert the paste and let it dry. The nail will hold securely once dried.
Moving Day Reckons with Two Trucks in One Home
A Kansas City Star note describes a household move requiring two trucks one for furniture and another for old clothes donated by the housewife as she settles into a new dwelling.
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Kansas City
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Near East Relief
Oates
Sues
Peo
John Striegel, Jr
Harper
Mahaska
Keokuk
Washington
American Committee of Near East Relief
Armenia
Cilicia
Anatolia
Constantinople
Syria
Palestine
Caucasus
Macedonia
Thrace
Tamia
Poveia
Statement of Chartered Public Accountants
Relef
Fifth Avenue
Ten OF Diamonds
Apadine
Mina Taylor
Rothschild’s
Mark
S. P
Star & Crescent
la Cuauhtemoc
Eheoney
Mexico
Yours Truly
L. W. Florea
la Cuauhtempc
W. P. Littlefield
F. & M. Bank Bldg
Washington, Iowa
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