Iowa and nation in review of week’s events
The Journal presents a Saturday page digest of state and national items including a budget bill nearing senate action, four new Western Conference track records at the Big Ten indoor meet, Iowa senatorial district redistricting attempts, high school basketball state preparations, conservation bill advances, veterans hospital leadership changes, district judge salaries raised, road and farm issues, weather disruptions, a law observance movement, a centenarian death, petitions for county road bonds, washouts blocking travel, a statewide school character conference, tax vetoes, aviation code progress, juvenile welfare talks, a radio farm rally, England debates by University of Iowa students, and continued advertising campaigns by the Iowa Daily Press Association.
Washington 1919 Funeral for Samuel Wolfe Boy age 14 in Woodford chapel
Washington ten years ago records a 14 year old Samuel Wolfe funeral at Woodford chapel. The clipping notes residents and visitors attending from Buffalo Center and Davenport, plus local civic, business, and social happenings including a packing plant proposal, theater shows, and club meetings amid influenza era disruptions.
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Woodford Chapel
Samuel Wolfe
Local court notices and community events update
Attorneys filed trial notices for more than thirty cases in the district court docket from prior terms. At a county board meeting bids were sought for constructing forty seven county roads. Various school events, athletic updates, elections, and community notices follow, including high school sports results, personal milestones, church activities, and local business notices from Washington.
General News Summary From Global Events
Facts span Rome Mussolini review six years regime and a Paris infection report on a famous actress. Alfred E. Smith receives Notre Dame medal in New York. Mexico Vera Cruz surrender ends rebel campaign. Lindergh visits American embassy after inaugural flight. World speed records set at Daytona Beach and Miami area. League of Nations seeks war material control. Protests and strikes at Rayon plant and Missouri River Union call for more funding. Hoover policies on oil resources and tax refunds announced. Elba flood isolation and military actions near Naco Arizona. Catholic Connolly named to Huachuca research post. Norris gang escape mars Maryland prison. Java Pacifc steamer cargo loss followed by a large shipyard seizure. President Hoover receives first official payroll check. Woman’s Home Missionary Society potluck planned in Georgia.
Pioneer Farmer and Banker D A Boyer of Washington County
Lieut D A Boyer born August 9 1842 in Berks PA. He served in Company A Twenty-fifth Iowa during the Civil War and fought at Ringgold Chickasaw Bayou and other actions, earning promotion to sergeant. After the war he returned to Washington County PA farming, then moved to Dutch Creek Township, acquired 374 acres, entered banking and insurance, helped organize West Chester Savings Bank and served as director of Farmers & Merchants Bank, with extensive investments. He was a stalwart Republican and long-time school director, living in Washington County for over fifty years and widely respected.
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D. A
Boyer
Samuel Pepys
Captain Boyer
D. A. Boyer
Dutch Creek Township
Berks County
Pennsylvania
Solomon
Catherine K. Boyer
Pennsyl May
Keokuk County
Washington County
Praska
Fairmont County
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Twenty-fifth
Iowa Volunteer Infantry
Ringgold
Chickasaw Bayou
Arkasas Post
Wicksburg
Iman
Sei
Washington
Who
Acen
Ater
Gant
Hoyer Ife
Hoyer
Inter Ile
Gra Oid
Cen Ward
TF McCarty
No.South Town Avenue
Lieut Hoyer
Limited
West Chester Savings Bank
Farmers & Merchant's Line
Farmer's Mutual Insurance Company
Roger
Directo Delonte
White
Jolene Fm
Crawfordsville News Update From Crawfordsville Region
Vera L Sands correspondent reports residents visiting relatives near Wayland and Burlington over the weekend. Local farmers, including Joe Sehlater and Rex Long, delivered cattle to Crawfordsville for the Chicago market. Frank Sands was active in Washington on the morning of the report.
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Crawfordsville
Joe Sehlater Fren
Max Wayne
Betty
Homer W
Wayland
Theatres Review Mix of Love and Adventure Dramas
A fragmented notice previews several 1920s films with themes of Christian and Muslim settings, love, betrayal, and moral conflict. It highlights The Garden of Allah, Skirt, Terror Mountain, A Woman of Affairs, Children of the Ritz, and Kid, naming stars like Alice Terry Greta Garbo John Gilbert Dorothy Mackaill and Douglas MacLean.
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FOX Theatre
Greta
Diana Merrick
Neville Holderness
Neville
Ritz
Angela
Penningtons
Dewey
Greta Garbo
John Gilbert
Children of the Ritz
Dorothy MacKall
Jack Mulhall
Nation
Douglas MacLean
Frances Lee
William B. Davidson
Lorraine Eddy
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