Social clubs share chances for cake and conversation
A long afternoon of embroidery and socializing filled homes of Mrs. J T Wenger Jungbluth Opal Ramege and Mrs Richard Johnson. Members enjoyed light refreshments St Patrick themes and friendly games. A birthday surprise for Rudolph Schmidt featured a pink and blue birthday cake prepared by Mrs J W Brock with eighteen place settings.
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South of Town
Embroidery Club
J. T. Wenger
Richard Johnson
Mother's Club
Rudolph Schmidt
North Sixth Avenue
J. W. Brock
No More Games Before County Tournament District basketball changes
No more home basketball for Washington high school teams before the county tournament next Friday and Saturday. Boys and girls games against Sigourney were canceled along with a rescheduled Washington–Mt Pleasant game now dropped. Washington’s next league match is at Muscatine Tuesday with the girls meeting Muscatine that night. Sunday School league results and junior high final games slated for Saturday at 2:30 in the high school gym conclude the season.
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Sigourney
Tomorow
Washington
United Presbyterian
Keota
Birthday Celebration With Candies And Gifts
After dinner guests enjoyed a pleasant evening and at about nine o clock popcorn balls and homemade candy were served. Several neat gifts were left to remind the host of his birthday.
Senate Passes Quail Protection Bill in Des Moines
In Des Moines on March 10 the Senate approved a bill to protect quail by extending their open season to five more years after a lengthy debate. Senator Price opposed the measure, offering open season amendments, but the bill passed 43 to 5 as lawmakers shifted to other issues.
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Des Moines
Price
House
Young
T Tey
State considers own state printing plant in Des Moines
Iowa legislature moves to establish a state printing plant by shipping equipment from the Anamosa reformatory to Des Moines and installing it in a suitable building. An appropriation of 40000 dollars is tied to further equipment for the plant as the state board of control ends its prior efforts to teach.
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Des Moines
Iowa
House
Senate
State Reformatory
Anamosa
State Board of Control
Woman Leads Dope Ring Suspected in Mason City Theft
Mason City March 10. Thieves removed a cold air pipe to enter Mrs. Mary Kohl’s home between 9 and midnight Monday and took dresses robes and negligees worth hundreds. Police suspect a dope gang led by a woman known as the Feminine Raffles and say about 15 men are involved with one woman among them. Authorities fear the ring grows as new members are recruited.
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Mason City
Mary Kohl
Printers’ Trade to Inmates Idle Pending State Printing Plan
The printers’ trade to inmates at Amos state the equipment is idle though capable of ordinary printing. The legislature has not acted to manage state printing beyond legislative work. Only one printing bill, a resolution introduced Tuesday, has been filed.
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Anamos
Woman candidate urged for school board election
The Washington Improvement League urges cooperation of men and women for the ideal home church school and community. It endorses Mrs Jennie Brookhart for a three year term on the school board noting her qualifications and urging voters to elect her at the upcoming election next Monday at the old Methodist church from 1 to 6 pm.
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Jennie Brookhart
Brookhart
Old Methodist Church
Washington Improvement League Committee
The Star Rover Murder and Supernatural at Fox Theatre
Jack London tale The Star Rover is brought to Fox Theatre with Courtland Foote Thelma Percy in a suspenseful film about a doctor framed for murder His soul roves among the stars during torture and his fiancé fights to reveal the truth in a Metro release directed by Edward Sloman and adapted by Albert Shelby LeVine.
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Jack London
Star Rover
Fox Saturday
Courtenay Foote
Thelma Percy
Hugh Standing
C. E. Shurtleff
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Aera
Jungbluth
Opal Ramege
Shamrock
Méefo Kallous
Harry Pearson
Viola Burch
Commercial Club
Lincon
Nebraska
Shermar
Gladys Ireland
Mary Tucker
Durand Ross
the Property Owners of
J. E. Cook
Mike
E.main ST
O.j.dankwardt
Washington, JA
ASK
Jersey
Nabisco
Domino
Benteco-Kash
East Side Square
Fox Theatre
Bruns Seed Company
Muscatine
la Salle
Burlington
Ff. Smith
Emporium
Toa
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