Big crowd expected at county track meet in Washington
Delegations from Kalona Wellman and Crawfordsville travel to Washington for the fifth county track meet under the Y M C A. Officials Yount White and Dr Clow lead a strong team of referees timekeepers and judges. New events medley race and javelin promised novelty as twenty schools compete for the silver cup and medals.
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Kalona
Wellman
Crawfordsville
Washington
Od Fair Ground
Hosmer
Yount White
George Yount
Parsons College
Fairfield
Iowa
A. W. Clow
Ted
Foley Cathartic Tablets End Digestive Woes Says Reader
Unadilla Georgia resident B B Hayward recommends Foley Cathartic Tablets for quick relief from biliousness bloating gas indigestion and constipation. The ad notes no griping or nausea and identifies Lemmon's Pharmacy as the source of the product.
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B. B. Hayward
Unadilla
Lemmon
Advi
New Year Bell Tradition in the British Navy
The navy marks years with eight bells at four for a day and sixteen bells at year end. The youngest officer strikes the bell while the ship’s youngest boy echoes by hammering the anvil. This midnights changeover is a unique annual naval ritual.
Washington County Evening Journal Highlights and Local Briefs
The Evening Journal presents local briefs from Washington County including community events, notices, and succinct updates. Readers catch up on civic happenings, weather glimpses, and small-town developments from the region.
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Evening Journal
Washington County
War Savings Drive Urges Countywide Stamp Purchases
Marsh W Bailey, county war savings stamp chair, calls on every resident to own stamps to fund the war. He outlines four funding streams, notes over half a million in county treasury certificates, and cites a 4 percent quarterly compound interest for War Savings. The campaign runs through 1918 with a goal of engaging every man woman and child in Washington County. The notice also lists graduating seniors and announces this year’s high school commencement on May 32 with a large class of sixty-two students including thirty-eight girls and twenty-four boys.
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Marsh W. Bailey
County War Savings Stamp Committee
U. S
Treasury
Liberty Loan
Washington County
Uncle Sam
Doeira
Commencement Address Set At State University Ceremony
Dr. W. A. Jessup of the state university will deliver the commencement address. A brief class program will include the welcome by President Shirley Clark and the valedictory by Wanda Neisganger. The detailed program will be announced later.
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W. A. Jessup
The
State University
Shirley Clark
Wanda Neisganger
Local Crawfordsville Visitors and Medical Staff Movements
Mr and Mrs J N Sands visited Crawfordsville today while Mrs M C Jay traveled to Keota on professional business. Ada Olson visits W M Montgomery home southeast of town for part of her vacation. Olson is a special operating nurse at the Methodist Hospital in Peoria Illinois.
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Mc C. Jay
Keota
Mises
Ada Olson
W. M. Montgomery
Miss Olson
Methodist Hospital
Peoria
Mama McCall
Mr. Montgomery
France
Honest testimony backs Foley Kidney Pills ad
This woman describes relief from backache rheumatic pains and kidney and bladder trouble after using Foley Kidney Pills. She reports better sleep and cites her Detroit Michigan address as validation.
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Foley
Mia
Chas. Gray
Sixth St
Detroit
Mich
Lemmons Pharmacy Adyt
Shortstop Newlywed Jokes About Umpire Wife
A brief zinger has a jokey exchange about a baseball shortstop joking that his wife, newlywed to an umpire, treats his plays as if they are never safe. The quip pivots on a pun comparing wife to an umpire and a mistaken name.
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Jerry
Jake
Hat Cleaning and Reblocking Service Announces Panama Prices
Nearly every man or woman needs Panama hat cleaning. We offer approved methods for cleaning bleaching and re blocking Panama hats at 125 cents each with new band leather and oil silk. Cleaning bleaching and re blocking only 75 cents. Phone 366.
Missing Oakland tailor linked to Knights of Liberty hangings
San Jose reports Hi Stelemoltz, an Oakland tailor, hanged to a tree near town by masked Knights of Liberty who later abducted him. An organization member said Stelemoltz and George Koetzer were tried for disloyal statements and found guilty. Koetzer was tarred and feathered and chained to a cannon. both jailed in the county facility. Herman Sehroitt sought refuge in the same jail after threats to the group.
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San Jose
Cal
Hi Stelemoltz
Oakland
Knoights of Liberty
Steinmelts
George Koetzer
Koetzer
Herman Sehroitt
Knights
Debate Sparks on College Education At Ife
In Life magazine a dialogue between Crawford and Crapshaw questions whether college professors prepare students for public issues. Crawford argues for practical relevance while Crapshaw criticizes the professors’ handling of public questions.
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Crawford
Ife
Can Rubbers Purchase Mixup Prompts Grin
A Chicago Tribune joke describes a boy sent to a healthy grocery for a box of can rubbers. The clerk, unsure of quality, sends two boxes home and asks for the one his mother didn t want. After a long time the child returns, unable to recall the reason until he finally explains that perhaps the store needs the money.
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Paul
Chicago Tribune
Lightning and Trees: Myths of Strike Liability Across Eras
A 19th century discussion notes various beliefs on why some trees resist lightning. Ancient Romans supposedly deemed mulberry laurel peach lareh and box trees lightning proof while modern foresters speculate some species are more prone to lightning destruction.
Grandmother Goose in a Turbulent Day Scene
A quirky local snippet depicts a king in a motor car all day while the queen plays bridge in the parlor and a laundress hangs clothes, as surreal images of a plane and a seroplane appear, reflecting a whimsical newsroom sketch.
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Lodlagapolls
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