News from Journal Correspondents Report
Jay White has been ill with the flu but is improving slowly. Neal Kinkade moved to River Junction. The Charles Green family visited relatives in town Sunday. A telephone meeting is at Jim Herr home today. Will Eckerman family spent Sunday at Oral Moore home. Pete Teets does mason work for William Curl. Vera Longwell attended study center in Washington Saturday. Will Hradek attended the new soldier boys lodge Monday evening.
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Nina
John Horton 86 Veteran Civil War Veteran Passes Away
John Horton of one mile west of Brighton dies at 86 after a period of illness. Born in New York state he lived on a farm for years and was married to Susan Ramsey with two sons Avery and Grant Horton. A Civil War veteran he served three years. Private funeral services were held at 2 30 P M Thursday from his home led by Rev Cook of the Presbyterian church. Mrs Melinda Johnson is gradually growing weaker.
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Brighton
John Horton
Mr. Horton
New York State
Susan Ramsey
Avery
Grant Horton
Mr. Cook
Presbyterian Church
Melinda Johnson
Dayton Grove Community Notices and Visits
Mrs J B Moore returned from Pleasant Plain and Brighton after an over Sunday visit. Jas Embree, wintering in Florida, visited son Will Embree over Sunday. Mr and Mrs Searles visited daughter Mrs Walter Statler last week. Frank Wilson family visited A B Knott home. Mrs Clarence Johnson hosted neighbors for her husband’s birthday. Walter Leets cut wood Thursday. Bruce Moore visited Washington Saturday. Alba Knotts re-elected school director at the recent election.
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Pon Grove
J. B. Moore
Pleasant Plain
Brighton
Jas. Embree
Florida
Will Embree
Searles
Walter Statler
Frank Wilson
A. B. Knott
Clarence Johnson
Bruce Moore
Washington
Alba Knotts
Armenian and Syrian Relief Drive Progress in Crawfordsville
The Care-Away Circle fundraiser collected $10 at a Wednesday meeting for Armenian and Syrian relief. The drive total stands at $123.57. Mrs. Nettie Hays visited from Washington. Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Griffith also reside there and are visiting. The United Presbyterian Church Missionary Society met with seventeen members. sandwiches and coffee were served after devotion.
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Crawfordsville
Nettie Hays
Washington
Nettie Strain
L. E. Griffith
Missionary Society of the United Presbyterian Church
G. W. Hanna
Hanna
S. G. Taylor
H. D. Cherryholmes
E. L. Clark
Jefferson School Board Wins Iowa Supreme Court Decision
Des Moines March 19 The Iowa Supreme Court upheld the Jefferson school board ruling on the high school site. The board had determined the site on block 34 and proceeded with construction after State Superintendent A M Deyoe approved the location. The district court ruling in favor of the board was affirmed.
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Jefferson School Board
Des Moines
Jefferson
Iowa Supreme Court
Supreme Court
District Court
A. M. Deyoe
Deyoe
Tanlac credited by Omaha woman after long illness
Mrs. John Madeon of Seventh and K avenues East Omaha Nebraska says after fifteen years of stomach trouble headaches and weakness Tanlac restored her health. She reports improved appetite weight gain and daily strength and urges others to try the medicine sold by Sherman brothers and leading druggists.
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Taniac
John Madeon
Seventh and
K Avenues
East Omaha
Neb
Washington
Sherman Brothers
Advt
Iowa Tuberculosis Association expands to child welfare work
Des Moines March 19 Funds from Red Cross Christmas seal sale and future revenues may fund child welfare alongside anti tuberculosis efforts announced by Secretary T J Edmonds. The national association allows seal funds to cover child hygiene, and Iowa plans a broad 1921 program expansion contingent on fall health seal sales. More than three times as many health stickers were sold in December than ever before in Iowa.
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Des Moines
Red Cross
Iowa Tuberculosis Association
T. J. Edmonds
National Association
Iowa
Wakulla Spring Largest Spring Near Tallahassee
The Outlook notes Wakulla spring near Tallahassee as the world’s largest spring. It measures about 400 feet across and 50 feet deep, with a water flow of 120,000 cubic feet per minute and a river 2 feet wide rising from its source.
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Wakulla
Tallahassee
Tibetan Church Mandate Forces Family Members to Join
In Tibet the law requires at least one son from every family to join the church. The rule aims at spiritual motive and seeks the monasteries protection, described as the country’s strongest influence.
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Tibet
Socialists Aim to Seize Davenport City Government
Davenport voters face a mayoral race with no Democratic ticket. Socialist C candidate Dr C L Barewald leads a strong bid, while Republican Henry Jebens heads the ticket backed by anti socialist forces. Independent John Bernard seeks the office. Greater Iowa Association supports messages against socialism.
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Davenport
Socialista
Henry Jebens
John Bernard
Greater Iowa Association
F. G. Rh. Gordon
Gordon
C. L. Barewald
Board of Education
Rotary Club
Soldier in Peoria Faces Sanatorium in Mental Exam
Charles Pustoeska of Toledo Iowa is held for theft of hotel clothing and is confined in Peoria county jail after violent spells. Knights of Columbus support his case saying overseas wounds may cause mental derangement. doctors will test if a skull plate affects his brain.
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Peoria
Ill
Charles Pustoeska
Toledo
Iowa
Pusteoska
Peoria County Grand Jury
Knights of Columbus
National Council of Women in the United States
The National Council of Women comprises thirty one member organizations in the United States with about 70,000,000 members.
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National Council of Women
United States
Graceland College Seeks Endowment Amid Latter Day Saints Ties
Iowa readers learn Graceland College in Mount Lamont Decatur County is the state’s only midweek college under Mormon control. A campaign seeks a million dollar endowment alongside neural, commercial, and scientific training including wireless telegraphy. Students hear radio messages from Germany, the Panama Canal Zone, and London. James Patterson, an aged bachelor, dies in Montezuma Poweshiek County leaving property valued at $100,000. An adopted son sues to claim it. The case goes to the state supreme court confirming the lower court ruling granting the property to the adopted son plus 298 acres of land and $8,000 cash.
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Lamont
Decatur County
Graceland College
Neual
Germany
Panama Canal Zone
London
James Patterson
Montezuma
Poweshiek County
State Supreme Court
Elopement case stirs Oelwein with blind groom age 32
In Oelwein residents discuss a 32 year old blind man and a 19 year old woman at the center of an elopement dispute. The girl's parents claim the man already has a wife while he says he was divorced. He remarked it was a common wedding event and not worth a fuss.
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Oelwein
Resolution aims to equalize sleigh tread with wagons
At a Cedar Falls conference on consolidated schools a resolution urged snow belt legislatures to require sleighs and sleds to match wagon and automobile widths. Winter drifted roads hindered kid transport by auto trucks, and officials argued matching tread would keep roads usable and aid motor vehicles.
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National Conference On Consolidated Schools
Cedar Falls
Snow Belt
Anamosa Reformatory escape leads to five-year addition
Two young men who escaped from the Anamosa Reformatory were recaptured. The judge imposed an additional five years to their prior sentence as provided by law for prison escapes. The report notes the institution produced farm and dairy products valued at 97 639.17 for 1919 and netted hog sales of 160 197.83 with milk, corn, beef, pork, wheat and hay figures also listed. The farm is run by inmates and deemed a strong state investment.
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Anamosa
District Court
Anamosa Reformatory
State Board of Control
Reformatory
Not Merely Ordinary Hunger
Family anecdote describes a four year old boy visiting an aunt famed for baking who rejects bread and butter hunger for cake hunger. He tells his aunt he wants cake, not bread, while a playful regional dialect flavor appears in the quip.
Passing a Buck on Idle Labor and Price Pressures
A town merchant criticizes two hundred idle workers in pool halls who avoid work, asking how production and prices can be raised. He notes science can create and measure everything except forcing loafers to work and seeks solutions to activate labor and lower scarcity.
Why God Made Mosquitoes Explained in Passing
In a brief feature from Marshalltown Times-Republican, readers are invited to consider the purpose of mosquitoes as a local reflection on nature. The column ponders small annoyances and larger lessons about creation.
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Marshalltown Times-Republican
Guarantee Promise and Full Particulars by Phone Offer
A promise of money back if not satisfied and an invitation to call for full particulars. The notice requests interested parties to phone the seller to obtain complete details of the guarantee and sale terms.
Flaws in diamonds show uncrystallized carbon essence
The article explains diamond flaws mainly consist of uncrystallized carbon. It notes that natural processes sometimes halt crystallization before completion, resulting in imperfect stones with visible spots and irregularities.
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Nature
Aiding Aviators Use Of Balloons For Weather Cues
Daily balloons are released from thirty one observing stations across the United States to track rain direction and wind velocity for guiding aviators.
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United States
Welcome Relief From the Tortures of Rheumatism
A vintage medical ad claims rheumatism is caused by germs in the blood and promotes S S S as a thorough blood purifier. It touts the remedy as cleansing impurities and acting as an antidote to rheumatic germs, with availability through druggists and literature from Atlanta.
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Swift Laboratory
Atlanta, Ga
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