Washington County Sketches A Mixed Trip
A wandering reporter visits Washington County road crews and farms, meeting Frank Welte and Tony Vielte, Amish families, and neighbors like Lew Feldman and Emery Sharp. He records local labor, farms, and hometown lore while noting 60 foot windmills, old school sites, and community life with understated humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe C. Miller
Hamilton
Katie
Middleburg
Grout
Lew Feldman
Burkley
Godfrey Summer
Kalona
Richmond
ABE MARTIN: On Topics o Day and Varied Ac claims
Abe Martin muses on efficiency across many pursuits versus excelling in one. He mocks famous specialists, long-range planners, and actors who crave applause, noting successful figures blend common sense with broad interests while many specialists fail at ordinary tasks. He recalls Elmer Wilkins’ varied career and shifts to pool, vaulting from livery to banking, constable to nightwatch, then pool wizardry in Iowa.
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Alexader Hamilton
Dan Webber
Grover Cleveland
Oria
World Affairgy
Elmer Wilkin
9. K
Iowa
Weather outlook shows fair and normal week ahead
The Associated Press reports a week starting Monday will bring generally fair weather to the upper and lower Mississippi valleys with temperatures near or below normal. In Belgium, small farms and intensive cultivation mark agriculture, with hoe and spade farming and about one-sixth of the population as agricultural laborers.
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the Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Mississippi Valleys
Belgium
Ingratitude Overlooked Blessings in Life’s Fortunes
A reflective editorial note urges readers to count ninety nine blessings against one misfortune, highlighting health intelligence integrity common sense and energy as everyday fortune. The piece contrasts pessimism with gratitude and encourages practical resilience.
North America view shows three main nations and other lands
The mainland includes Canada with 3,729,065 square miles and MTSS483 population, the United States covering 8,027,000 square miles with 105,710,020 people, and Mexico at TUH,000 square miles with 16,000,000 inhabitants. Additional lands listed are Greenland, Newfoundland, Cuba, and other West Indies.
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North Amerca
Canada
United States
Mexico
Greenland
Newfoundland
Cuba
West Indian Islands
Roosevelt Medal Awards invitation to designate candidates
The Roosevelt Memorial Association invites editors and citizens to designate candidates for the Roosevelt Medal for Distinished Public Service. Aimed at honoring public service in seven fields, the awards will debut in 1922 with three honorees named by a committee including Finley and Hughes.
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Memorial Association
Roosevelt Memorial Association
Madison Avenue
New York City
Theodore Roosevelt
William Loeb, Jr
Roosevelt
James Earle Fraser
Alexander Hamilton
Treasury Department
Washington
Capitol Building
Senate Chamber
Loch
Loeb
John H. Finley
New York State Department of Education
The
New York Times
Medill McCormick
Senator McCormick
Illinois
Oscar §. Straus
Commerce
Labor
Charles E. Hughes
Henry C Wallace
Gifford Pinchot
Pennsylvania
William Boyce Thompson
Hoosevelt Memorial Association
Famous Dancer Pioneer Embraces Jazz Age Classics
Dancer and pioneer Vanda Hoff champions flapperizing classics blending Tschaikowski and Grieg with jazz. She notes revivals like Mendelssohn’s Spring Song reimagined as When the Leaves Come Tumbling Down, argues it broadens access to the classics, despite some highbrow criticism. The trend, Hoff says, fuses old and new and could reshape future musical education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vanda Hoff
Tschaikowski
Grieg
Rimsky_ Korsakov
Bizet
Vanda Hall
Mendelssohn
Jazz College
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Washington County
Frank Welte
Oliver Dunlap
Walter Carl Wre
Joe Lafourek
Robert Welte
Earl Lintz
Walter Carl
Frank
Big Figgins
Welte
Tony Vielte
Fred Welte
Holby Trinity Cemetery
Tony
William
Wm. Dana
Peiper
Howard McBride
Glenn Coakley
Wm. Coakley
Bryan Nicholson
Esther Chez
Bank Mill Bridge
Virgil Rogers
Charley Stewart
West Chester
George Figgins
Pressley Figgins
Jake Figgins
Grant Snider Farm
Emery Sharp
Columbus
America
Jacob Snider
Logan Snider
Snider
Daghter
May
Andrew Feldman
Lew
Guy
Roscoe
Ames
Oregon
Nellie Bailey
Feldman’s
W. H. Jackson
Homer
Homer Jackson
Syl Sharp
Joseph P. Jackson
Indiana
Roy Miller
Middleburg Road
Roy
Peter Brenneman
Bank Bares
Feldman Bank
Peter Jenneman
John Yoder
Chris Yoder
Guy Feldman
Florence Pepper
Solomon C. Ropp
Louis
Chris Ropp
J. W. Southwick
Ropps
Louis Schnoebelen
Miss Smith
Hills
Iowa City
C. EK. Patterson
John Frank
George Yoder
Huff Eighty
Wyoming
George
Kesslers
Pete McKree
Wes. Reiner
Discing
Hotel Planters
Jon Clerk
Mavneees St
Chicago
Lealm
Abe Martin
Apple Grove
Tony Pastor
Wood Carvin
Rieno
WHEY
Elmer Wiltins
North America
Gust Bramer
East Side Square
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