Band Concert Saturday Night Launches City’s 1920 Season
The Washington Band begins its concert season with a fundraising loan of 100 dollars to balance last year’s accounts and sustain operations. Director Fred L. Mannhardt offers services while band members pledge support, valuing community enjoyment over pay. Concert program features Sousa Manhattan Beach March and Wagner selections among others.
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Washington
Fairfield
Fred JL. Mannhardt
Manhattan Beach
Sousa
Andrew Herman
Wagner
Theo Moses
A. Hirsch Tannhauser
R. Wagner Previesto
Strasgy
Exciting Serial Opens At Graham Theatre
The Lost On opened last night at the Graham opera house to a big audience. The screen serial features a den of ferocious lions and ends with the heroine facing peril. The next episode will reveal her fate. The orchestra is unusually good and the building improvements are attractive.
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Graham Opera House
Washington
Graham 9
Improvement at Democrat Office In Washington
The Washington Democrat will gain a modern office with one third more floor space. A new front and a nine foot enlargement to the business office are planned. A rear addition of thirty feet will expand the menial area with better lighting and new equipment to boost efficiency.
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Washington Democrat
F. B. Appleby
The
Democrat
Commander G. A. R. Head to Visit Des Moines
Daniel RB, commander in chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, will stop in Des Moines Sunday and Monday May 28 and 24. He will hold a camp fire at Crocker Post on the 24th and continues to Kansas City before heading northwest to tour states in the interest of the Grand Army.
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Des Moines Des Moins
Daniel RB
Grand Army of the Republic
Des Moines
Crocker Post
Kansas City
Grand Army
Government ownership costs for war telegraph and telephone
Postmaster General Burleson told Congress that the government spent 14,005,565 dollars operating telegraph and telephone services during the war and asked for immediate appropriation to settle federal wire administration affairs.
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Washington, D. C
Burleson
Congress
Federal
Compromise on League Favored at Methodist Conference
Des Moines May 6 The quadrennial Methodist Episcopal conference shows focus on current issues not old dogmas. Bishop McDowell’s episcopal address draws loud approval for endorsing a real and effective league of nations though debates continue over how to achieve U S participation. Delegates sidetrack a push to endorse the league in California primaries, while committees report and interboard programs draw crowds at the auditorium.
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Des Moines
Methodist Episcopal Church
McDowell
League of Nations Ie
United States
Senate of the
League of Nations
Hiram Johnson
Frank Larkin
California
Interboard Ecomultices
Junior Boys Track Meet Set at Ball Park May 15
A junior boys track meet for those in junior high and non high school students will be held at the ball park on May 15. Practice started yesterday with regular workouts to prepare for the event which will feature sprints hurdles and new races while avoiding oversized exertion. The meet is open to six boys in town across four age weight classes with no high school students participating.
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Ball Park
St. Jamé's School
Claca
Record Fruit Crop Looms in Des Moines Report
Des Moines reports that Iowa fruit prospects for the year look near record according to Secretary I Hoa of the state board of horticulture. Cold damp spring slowed tree growth but blossoms soon appearing should avert prior setbacks. The national peach crop will fall about 1.6 million bushels. Iowa's output should be near normal with growers advised to spray by May 10.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Wright
I. Hoa
State Board of Horticulturs
Merrick
Iona
Herrick
Hogs as Garbage Disposers Become City Concern
The essay notes that hogs used to clean city streets by eating garbage, a practice Dickens observed in 1842. It highlights urban sanitation debates and the historic role of livestock in city waste management.
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Broadway
Brookhart Tops Ballot Order in State Primary
Auditor WL Griffith releases the slate showing Brookhart's name first on ballots for the June primary. The ordering alternates by county to avoid early-name advantage, with Cummins and Brookhart leading in Washington County for governor and Holsteen first for Congress. Copies sent to auditor for Republican, Democratic and Socialist ballots. printing slated weeks before the primary.
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WL. Griffith
Walter Ra
Ghia
Col. Smith Béockhart
Enafor Cummins
Washington County
Poom
foWowel
Havner
Kendall
Mo@re
Arney
Nammell, Moore and Wilson
Bradley
Doak, Wand
Woodruff
Holsteen
Congress
Kopp
Moleeberry
Thompson
Week of May 4 Weather Summary Notes Cold Start Warm Finish
The week ending May 4 opened with heavy frosts and temperatures down to 22 degrees, lowest 26 at Inwood, with below normal sunshine and above normal rainfall in the northwest. April was the coldest since 1907, the week ended warmer. Field work slowed due to wet soil. corn planting scant, oats rot reports numerous, potatoes slow to emerge, and fruit largely unscathed by late frosts. Livestock losses persist from cold, damp conditions. Charles D. Reed, Meteorologist and Director.
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Inwood
Charles D. Reed
Banquet Tickets Remain in High Demand at Local Church Event
Demand for the Mothers and Daughhetts Banquet continues as all 400 tickets sold. Mrs. Dowell and Mrs. Harvey of the Women's Interchurch Committee report a waiting list and offer to resell unused tickets. The Baptist church orchestra will provide music and a program of features is planned at First United Presbyterian Church tomorrow at seven.
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Mothers
Daughetts
First United Presbyterian Church
George Dowell
D. W. Harvey
Women's Interchurch Committee
Interchurch Committee
Baptist Church
Farmers Face Ruin Through Stock Deals
Sioux City May 6. Farmers of Viborg Turner county South Dakota file federal complaints against Midland Packing Company alleging stock sales exceeded authorized charter limits and asking for notes totaling 421 000 canceled and a receiver appointed for the 8 million corporation. Plaintiffs name Martin Christensen Peter L Peterson Alfred P Christensen and Peter C Peterson.
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Sioux City
Midland Packing Company
J. H. Bolton
Federal Court
Martin Christensen
Peter L. Peterson
Alfred P Christensen
Peter C. Peterson
Viborg
Turner County
Peter J. Hughes
Canton
S. C
Dakota
Kota Sé
Clothiers Face Serious Conditions Amid Rising Costs
In Little Rock on May 6 Charles Berry of Chicago, secretary of the National Association of Retail Clothiers, warned merchants that conditions are worse than wartime. He cited fair price rules and public demand for low margins while manufacturers push 25 percent increases in new lines.
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Little Rock
Ark
Charles Be.rry
Chicago
National Association of Retail Clothiers
Arkansas State Association of Retail Clothiers and Furnishers
Polish Troops Reach Kiev Await Ukrainian Arrival
Polish forces penetrate toward Kiev as two opposing armies are defeated, signaling a path to the Ukrainian capital while awaiting full Ukrainian arrival. The maneuver showcases Polish advance amid ongoing resistance and regional power shifts.
Warship Returns to Port Over Engine Trouble
Special to The Evening Journal reports that the U S destroyer Lardner was forced to return to port due to engine trouble. The dispatch notes the incident occurred as two Russian armies were engaged in the Polish offensive near Kiev with Ukrainian forces awaiting arrival.
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Berne
Switzerland
Warship Lardner Returns to Port After Engine Trouble
The United States destroyer Lardner, part of seven warships sailing for Mexico yesterday, was forced to return to port due to engine trouble. The incident occurred as the fleet traveled south along the coast from New York on May 6.
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Evening Journal
New York
United States
Lardner
Mexico
Obituary for Mrs Amos Keller
Mrs. Amos Keller died this afternoon after a brief illness. She was mother to Ralph and Max Keller. Funeral plans and a fuller obituary sketch will be published tomorrow.
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Amos. Keller
Amos Keller
Ralph and
Max Keller
Weil Keown Washington
Ertorie
Oakville constable killed in shooting by woman
William Wallace 36, Oakville farmer and constable, died at Morey hospital from a gunshot inflicted by Mrs. Turner Mohnson at the Mohnson home. Mrs. Mohnson, jailed in Louisa county, faces murder charges as investigators say the shooting followed a confrontation over stolen property.
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Oakville
William Wallace
Morey Hospital
Turner Mohnson
Mohnson
Louisa County
Wapello
Michael Wallace
Burlington
Bartal
Buffalo
Explosion at John Morrell plant causes $100000 damage
A Tuesday evening blast at the John Morrell packing plant in Ottumwa caused about 100000 in damage. A large sheet iron tank shattered, ripping through four floors to the basement. No injuries were reported as workers had left for the day and the cause is not yet known.
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Ottumwa
John Morrell Packing Plant
Newton Sells Light Plant At Special Election Result
Newton voters approve selling the electric right to A. H. Rich of Des Moines and grant him a franchise in a special election by two to one. The election total was 1,371, the largest in the city’s history.
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Newton
A. H. Rich
Des Moines
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