Washington High School Music and Debate Friends Remembered
Bruce Cowden recalls Merritt McDaniel and Harold Boyd in Washington high school days in the 1920s. He details the modest band under Art Dickinson, Bertha Hay, and later Milburn McKay, plus early debates that sparked future lawyers like John Matthews.
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Merritt McDaniel
Harold Boyd
Washington High School
Merritt
Art Dickinson
Bertha Hay
Frank Miller
Washington
Everette Griffith
Des Moines
Milburn McKay
William Bragg
Tom Carson
Lewis Warren
Arnold Link
Carl Kunath
Cliff Brady
Ted Bailey
Jim Sexton
Carl Guther
Heinie Eicher
Mr. Guther
Heinie
Harold
Fairfield
Ottumwa
Muscatine
John Matthews
Matthews
Aurora
Ill
Bank Officials Named in Historical Ledger
Geo. L. McDaniel serves as president, Frank L. Kos as cashier, and Logan T. Heilman as assistant cashier in the bank's early ledger. The trio appears in a formal listing of bank officers, reflecting a structured financial institution of the era.
Simeon Stylites Delights Reader In Simple Wisdom
A reader praises the Christian Century columnist Simeon Stylites for clear, humorous short pieces. The writer admits skipping doctrinal articles while enjoying the easy to read columns and notes his sister covers the subscription.
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Simeon Stylites
Absentmindedness as a human virtue and habit
The author argues that absent mindedness is not a weakness but a basic human virtue. He cites a magazine piece claiming minds away from details drive progress and jokes about a sign reading away on important business. A personal breakfast mishap illustrates how absent mindedness can waste a moment without consequence.
Noisy claim on mind and experience in debate
A speaker argues that a mind must think something significant to claim a non typical experience. The remark frames intellectual capability as essential to validate personal experience as noteworthy.
Trial Begins Over Beating Death of Negro Tenant Farmer
Pittsboro Mississippi James Monroe stands trial for beating a Black tenant farmer to death with a bumper jack after an incident described as hogging the road with a mule drawn wagon. Co-defendants James Kelum and Eunice Gore face later trials on the same charges.
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Pittsboro
Miss
James Monroe
James Kelum
Eunice Gore
By Mail in Iowa 2 to 0 76 00
A brief item notes a mailing method or result related to Iowa with a numeric score 2 to 0 and a code 76 00. The readable fragment provides minimal context or entities beyond the numbers.
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Iowa
Evening Journal Item From Washington Town in March 1950
Readable fragments describe a Washington town item from March 1950. The brief notes reference local figures and events of the period, suggesting a community update or notice without full detail.
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Evening Journal
Washington
Tennessee Tourism a $200 Million Industry in 1949
George G. Thomas of the Tennessee Tourist and Development Association says tourism in 1949 reached 200 million dollars and projects a 1950 total of 300 million as visitors flock to Nashville and other spots across the state.
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Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee
George G. Thomas
Tennessee Tourist and Development Association
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Bruce Cowden
Iowa University
Washington State Bank
Washington, Iowa
U. S
Federal Reserve Bank
Cash
John F. Foster
Lee A. Holland
Chas. M. Barclay
Geo. L. McDaniel
Frank L. Kos
Logan T. Heilman
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Federal Reserve System
L. A. Holland
W. W. Jarrard
John C. Knotek
Geo. L. McDaniel Earl J. Miller
John Winga
Jeanne Crain
William Lundigan
Pinky
20Th Century-Fox
Washington Evening Journal
Elder, Shannon & Co
R. E. Shannon
Dave R. Elder
Bruce C. Cowden
Charles Morris
W. J. Shannon
Max Marble
United Press
Inland Daily Press
Iowa Daily Press
Iowa Press Ass
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Willits
Rollie
FOX
George Murphy
Center
MGM
By McEvoy
Striebel
Dixie Dugan
Branley G. Newton
Ledgere
Joe Palooka
Sayin
B. Ham Fisher
Mister Herber
Leemy
Harry Wan
the Journal
Hanna -Kramer Company
Midwest Stock Exchange
Burlington
General Stores
Florists Dry Cleaners
Confectioners
Fisher
Chevrolet
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