Local Nurses to Add University Training in Iowa City
Washington county hospital will extend nurse training to include six months at the University of Iowa in Iowa City and a final half year back at the county hospital. The three year course now allocates two and a half years locally, with special instruction in children and contagious diseases at the university's Perkina hospital. Miss Mamie Thompson will be the first to depart for Iowa City, preparing to begin next week in April, under state health board rulings.
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Washington County
University Hospital
Iowa City
Washington
University
Per- Kina
Mamie Thompson
State Board of Health
Elizabeth Finlay
Leila Wilson
Wilton
Johnson Funeral Sunday for Amanda Johnson
The funeral for Miss Amanda Johnson who died in Dubuque will be held Sunday at two o'clock in the Woodford chapel.
Enticing Fur Farming Scheme Promises Quick Wealth
A local bank received a pamphlet from a northern concern promoting fur farming with rabbits as the main product. The letter touts high profits, stock company formation, and returns within about two months, urging readers to invest despite vague construction and risk, labeling it a lucrative opportunity for adventurers.
War Books Coming From the Bindery
The first shipment of Washington County in the World War will reach Washington tonight from the bindery. Subscribed buyers may collect the first edition at the Journal office starting Monday. If orders justify another edition, additional copies may be published later. J. T. Matthews.
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Washington County
Washington
Journal
Rabbit Investment Bonanza Promises Huge Returns
A fur farm circular touts rabbits as a financial bonanza offering profits of 500000 dollars every seventy days and 1500000 dollars per year with small stock sales and immediate dividends. The writer calls it an absolute assured possibility and urges readers to take advantage of the preferred opportunity with orderly investor lines forming to the right.
Highways Improve After Warm Dry Spell
Daily sunshine and a road drag rapid drying ease travel. Early spring rains left roads muddy and streams swollen. By today the Skunk river and Crooked creek are subsiding as conditions return to normal.
Choral Society Ends Season With Funds On Hand
The Washington Choral Society suspended work until September after a season ending concert at the High School Auditorium. The group finished debts paid with a small balance to start in fall despite fuel shortages and the flu epidemic. Directors Harry Thomas and accompanist Mrs Anna Eagle Harmeier earned thanks for efforts.
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Washington Choral Society
Harry Thomas
Anna Eagle Harmeier
Putman Infant Gladys Nou Ring Funeral Arranged
Funeral services for Gladys Nou Ring Putman six months old daughter of Mr and Mrs Jacob Putman will be held Monday at 1 30 PM in the Woodford chapel with interment in Pleasant Hill cemetery.
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Putman
Gladys Nouring Putman
Jacob Putman
Woodford Chapel
Pleasant Hill Cemetery
Washington County Evening Journal Summary
Read the Washington County Evening Journal for the latest local news briefs, notices, and community updates from the county seat and surrounding towns.
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Evening Journal
Washington Countys
Electric Company Worker Killed in Accident at Keota
Gilbert Johnson about 35 dies after a pole slips from a car during unloading for the Town Gas and Electric company in Keota. He leaves a wife and two daughters. services planned in New London. Bankers deny irregularities in the Hayes Company matter amid questions over gratuities and stock sales.
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KBOTA
Gilbert Johnson
Town Gas and Electr> Company
Mr. Johnson
Washington Company
Keota
Johnson
New London
Iowa
Young Women's Missionary Society to Hold Church Spread
The Young Women's Home Missionary Society announces a church spread Monday at 6:00 PM with mite box opening. The Second United Presbyterian women ship papers with the Methodist U A 8S on Wednesday. Members urged to bring paper contributions to the church.
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Young Women's Home Missionary Society
Second United Presbyterian
Methodist U. A
J. Ho Humeton
W.A. Cook
Notice K of P Regular Meeting Monday Evening
Regular meeting of the Knights of Pythias announced for Monday evening. Members urged to attend as work progresses in the rank of Knight. Arthur Therien named as club commander in charge.
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Arthur Therien
C. C
Services in Passion Week at Methodist Church Begin Early
Morning services will be held each day next week at the Methodist Church under the Epworth League. Services start at 7:16 and last about forty minutes, closing with a sunrise prayer on Easter morning at 7:09, when the Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper will be administered.
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Methodist Church
Epworth Leag
Cape
Reverend Glendinning To Deliver Farewell Sermon
Rev J A Glendinning former Methodist pastor returns from Florida to preach at both services tomorrow at the local church before leaving for Boise Idaho His farewell appearance is expected to draw a large crowd Prof Harry Thomas directs a special musical program for the occasion.
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J. A. Glendinning
Methodist Church
Florida
Boise
Idaho
Harry Thomas
Delicate Pendulum Regulates London Parliament Clock
A tiny weight of one ounce placed on a specific part of the tower clock mechanism in Westminster fixes the pendulum so precisely that it can change the clock rate by as much as one second per week.
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London
Dundee Center of UK Jute Industry Emerges
Dundee ranks as a leading industrial and commercial hub in northeastern and central Scotland. The district is the center of the jute industry in the United Kingdom, consuming almost all raw jute imported, about 1,000,000 bales annually, and employing roughly 35,000 workers.
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Dundee
Scotland
United Kingdom
DeBord Specials Farm Listing with Bargains
An advertisement offers 135 acres six miles from town with corn land, improvements, and a rental value of 17.50 per acre. It cites a current price of 275 per acre and notes other parcels including 70 acres at 260 per acre. Also selling a 12 20 tractor and 3 bottom plows with on note financing.
The Egoist and the Prideful Traveler at the Store
A speaker mocks a self important man who declaims his greatness and a shopper’s odd request prompts a clerk to correct him. The piece ends with the shopper asking for butter and the clerk offering Washington Butter. The tone exposes vanity and social faux pas in a humorous anecdote.
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Washington
Questionnaires Mailed to Ali County Soldiers by Red Cross
Miss Lydia Bieber leading a Red Cross home service effort mailed over 900 questionnaires to soldiers sailors and marines in Ali County. Helpers included Elizabeth Bell Rathel Gibson Letha Taylor Ruth Armstrong Virginia Wallace Ophelia Miller Edith Nethergall Lois Brown Mrs J B Crail and Miss Margaret Duff. First return came from Dr E T Wichan.
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Lydia Bieber
Home Service Department of the Red Cross
Elizabeth Bell
Rathel Gibson
Letha Taylor
Ruth Armstrong
Virginia Wallace
Ophelia Miller
Edith Nethergall
Lois Brown
J. B. Crail
Margaret Duff
Home Service Department
Court House
E. T. Wicihan
For Sale Buff Rocks Eggs By Floyd A Bower
For sale buff rocks eggs at one dollar setting six dollars per hundred. Floyd A Bower lists contact as phone R 48 20.
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Rey Libe
Scranton
Lillie A. Bible
Washington, RI
Floyd A. Bower
Thompson & Weidner
J. M. Borders
Riverside
R. R
GOOD INVESTMENTS FOR 6 PERCENT IOWA MORTGAGE LOAN COMPANY
Iowa Farm Mortgage investments offered by the Tit us Loan Investment Company Muscatine Iowa in 300 500 1000 and larger denominations. The firm claims a 42 year record without a loss of a dollar to any investor.
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Iowa Farm Mortgage Investments
Titus Loan & Investment Company
Iowa Ave
Muscatine
Bott
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