Des Moines Area and State News Review Highlights
A weekly Des Moines page surveys Iowa events and world notes, including tax receipts at 32.5 million, a life imprisonment verdict for two men in a murder case, a bank loan suit against Read and others, late judge Walker’s death, and Mrs. Miner’s court defense story. It covers bank and legal actions, automobile registrations, dry law sentiment, suicides, bus service changes, cooling ties to Byrd, probate disputes, and college finances. The piece frames a broad, period-voice review of recent happenings in Iowa and beyond.
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Washington County
Iowa
OX News
Fitat National
Wvitaphone Pictures
Martyn Miter
Sally
Miss Miller
Long Island
Mise Miller
Alexander Gray
Rogers
Fox Movietone
Parise
Homer Cray
Pike Peters
Oklahoma
Paris
Will Rogers
Claudine
Marquis
Marilyn Miller
Prais
Prohibition Bribe Probe and Court Firepower News
A broad sweep of early news items recounts a federal Prohibition Service bribery claim involving Mrs Edward L Doheny and Secretary Fall, testimonies by jailed witnesses, and a series of legal and political notes. Other items cover a University of Illinois shooting incident, Texas Oklahoma border controversy, Queen Victoria’s health, the liner Europa’s maiden voyage, and various crime, labor, and transportation updates from across the United States.
Washington Slices March 1920 Local News Recap
March 17 1920 plans progress on clearing old academy site for a new hotel. High school hosts Leowert by Harry Thomas. Le Cercle Prancis forms with French proverbs. March 18 1920 social at United Presbyterian church. recital features Miss Carolyn Hamilton pupils. County records show 3862 car registrations. Theaters show The White Heather and Dare Devil. March 19 1920 Republican meeting launches Col Brookhart senatorial candidacy with local groups. Red Cross secretary Lydia Eicher completes Chicago training. declamatory contest results at Lyons. March 20 1920 high school students chosen for city interschool declamatory. Sailor Troop D gains 15 Lyonne recruits. Signs of spring: hotel site activity, marbles, robins, clean streets. March 21 1920 Northern Lights exhibit disrupts telegraph. Ford repair shop opening April 1. Cigarette sale rumor hinders availability. Locals visit Albia for La France fire event. Washington Choral Society performs at Maher auditorium. Talks of garages and new construction by Win Sma and C. Wilson.
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Academy
Waters
Harry Thomas
General Assembly
le Cercle Prancis
A. E. Slater
India
Presbyterian Church
United Presbyterian Church
Carolyn Hamilton
Kleo Coulter
Marion
George
Mrs. Johnson
Carroll Harper
Gwendolen Long
Oneta Palmer
Doria Chalmers
Sarah Grimes
Helen Harvey
Bee Benson
Graham Theater
White Heather
Fox
Tom Mix
Washington
Josephine Caldwell
Margaret Brookhart
Richard Stevens
Clarence Logan
Martha Woods
Lincoln
Sig
Li Fine Arts Company
Iowa Cavalry
Knights and maps through a wild town in a child's tale
A pair of young riders imagine themselves as knights exploring a world of letters and places. They roam from a capital of Montana to a river in California, visiting a Swiss capital and a city in France, ending with a tale of a distant lake town and a dragon in their journey.
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Montana
South Dakota
Knights of Old
Arizona
California
New Mexico
Minnesota
Switzerland
Idaho
Asia
France
Pennsylvania
New York
India
Dakota
Isles OF Shoals
New Hampshire
Kentucky
Lake Erie
Local Events and Community Happenings in Washington County
Eighth grade pupil Pauline Darbyshire wins the county spelling championship for a second year, while Washington Ys Men plan April play with club members in the cast. Also noted are births, deaths, a proposed Masonic temple funding, and local school and public notices including a baccalaureate address plan and a highway project.
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Pauline Darbyshire
Shiloh School
Mar
Wreday
Washing
Ton County
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H. J. Spurway
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George Huskins
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Hamimili
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