Thorne Draws Big Crowd in Rain at Graham Campaign Speech
About five to six hundred people attended Clifford Thorne’s opening address for his Republican Senate nomination at the Graham despite a heavy rainstorm. Thorne spoke on railway rate issues, business conditions, and remedies for the current industrial scene, defending himself against attacks while showcasing his command of language and platform skills. He outlined a statewide speaking tour starting next week leading to the June 5 primary.
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Clifford Thorne
Graham
Thorne
CC. A. Bolee
Local High School Declamations Reward Spotty Talent
Winners in the home oratorical contest include Joseph Kelly Irene DeLong Bernice Brown and Evelyn Caldwell with tight judges panel led by Mrs. Lawrence Wilson The program featured oratorical dramatic humorous pieces performed before a rainy large audience with several high school band interludes and multiple entrants failing to place received applause and praise for coaching and effort
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Joseph Kelly
Irene DeLong
Bernice Brown
Evelyn Caldwell
Marcella Zdarsky
Wilah Leacox
Vera Palmer Thie
Sevilla Boice
Lawrence Wilson
H.C. Hull
A. Dewey
Presbyterian Women Plan May Breakfast Event
Cedar Rapids May 6 The Presbyterian Women announce the second annual May Breakfast to raise funds for the society. Breakfast will be Thursday morning May 11 in the church dining room with service from six to nine oclock. Officers for the Iowa state Sunday School convention include Prof E H Stranahan president W W Beal vice president Rev Peter Jacobs recording secretary Marion D Woods treasurer.
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ASSN
Presbyterian Church
Cedar Rapids
E. H. Stranahan
Oskaloosa
W. W. Beal
Waterloo
Peter Jacobs
Dexter
Marion D. Woods
Des Moines
W. G. Burris
C. H. Younglove
Sioux City
H. A. Frantz
Grand Junction
Carl Schmidt
Msllcatine
State Teachers’ Association
Iowa Prisons Reach High Capacity At Two Facilities
Des Moines May 6 Prisoners at the state reformatory at Anamosa number 936 about double 1918 when 463. Fort Madison penitentiary now houses about 700 inmates versus 4232 in 1919. Congestion at Anamosa forced transfers to Fort Madison with only second termers and men over 30 moved.
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Des Moines
State Reformatory
Anamosahow
State Board of Parole
Fort Madison
Anamosa Prison
Notice for Farmers' Co operative Exchange Settlements
Mrs A W Yard will be at Wardrobe Cleaners with the books of the Farmers cooperative exchange whose downtown store was sold yesterday All persons owing this store are asked to call and settle at once Farmers Cooperative Exchange 6813.
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A. W. Yard
Farmers’ Co-Operative Exchange
How the butter is tested and priced in Washington
How the cream undergoes acidity tests and salt is weighed the butter is tested for moisture and weighed machinery is being added to keep prices steady for Monday Washington buyers may use the product without fear no price change planned for Monday
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Washington
Doctors Attend 71st Iowa Medical Society Convention
Drs C A Bolee and H C Hull and other local physicians plan to attend the seventy first annual meeting of the Iowa State Medical Society in Des Moines on May 11 12 and 16 with speakers from Harvard Philadelphia and Omaha and a large statewide attendance expected.
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C. A. Bolee
H. C. Hull
Iowa State Medical Society
Des Moines
Henry A. Christian
Harvard College
Edward P. Davis
Philadelphia
James M. Patton
Omaha
Judge Dewey Holds Court Session on March Day
Judge C. C. A. Dewey presides a brief district court session today to attend miscellaneous business not handled in the regular March term.
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Dewey
CC. A. Dewey
District Court
Son of Paul Neal Injured In Des Moines Auto Crash
Six year old J Paul Neall Jr son of Paul Neal president of Domm Neal Real Estate company was struck by a car while playing near 4248 Kingman boulevard and rushed to Iowa Lutheran hospital in critical condition. The driver A S Richards said Paul crossed then darted into the path of the vehicle. Nead’s chest was crushed and his right shoulder broken. The Taylor boy was injured minutes earlier at the same spot.
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Des Moines Register
Kingman Boulevard
J. Paul Neall Jr
Domm- Neal Real Estate Company
Iowa Lutheran Hospital
A. S. Richards
West Forty-eighth Street
Richards
Paul
Richard
Nead
Eli Grimes
Fred Moore
H. A. Taylor
Fifty Eighth Street
University Avenue
G. Jones
Armstrong
Taylor
Jones
Young Estate Being Converted Into Cash
J A Work secretary of the Y M C A board received a letter from Union Trust Pasadena stating the estate of the late James H Young is being converted to cash quickly. One third of the estate, about 75 million dollars, will go to the Y M C A locally once the community raises a 16 thousand dollar endowment to provide a site by Dr E R Jenkins. A campaign for the endowment is set for next Tuesday and will determine if Washington receives the two gifts.
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J. al Work
Union Trust and Savings Bank
Pasadena
California
James H. Young
Young
Burlington Officials Inspect New Ditching Machine
A party of C B Q officials from the Ottumwa division visited Washington and went to the site between Washington and Winfield where the road’s new ditching machine operates. The unit, recently purchased, has been in use only a few days. The visitors included ZF Cummings Superintendent C W Messenger Chief Dispatcher F E Haines Assistant Superintendent and PD Cameron Mechanical Engineer.
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Ottumwa
Washington
Winfield
ZF Cummings
C. W. Messenger
F. E. Haines
PD. Cameron
Community Club Meetings and Committees Schedule
Notices list upcoming gatherings including the Kolah club meeting on Wednesday afternoon with Mrs Edna Quinn, Fortnightly club home economics closing meeting May Festival next Tuesday at 6 30 PM, and the West Chester Methodist Women's Foreign Missionary Society meeting Friday May 12 with Mrs Will Wallace to hear delegates report on the Ainsworth convention.
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Kolah Club
Edna Quinn
Women's Foreign Missionary Society of the
West Chester
Funeral of Mrs Hollingsworth at West Washington home
Funeral services for Mrs Mary A Hollingsworth were held yesterday afternoon at 2 30 at her West Washington street home conducted by Rev C W Klein. Pall bearers were Carl Keck Frank Stewart J A Werk Alex Lytle Boyd Berdo and W W Wilson. Interment was in Elm Grove.
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Hollingsworth
Mary A. Hollingsworth
West Washington Street
C. W. Klein
Carl Keck
Frank Stewart
J. A. Werk
Alex Lytle
Boyd Berdo
W. W Wilsor
Elm Grove
Graduation Play At West Chester Commencement Events
West Chester schedules its spring program with the senior class play When Patty Makes Things Hum at the high school auditorium on Tuesday and Thursday. Admission 25 or 35 cents. Baccalaureate May 14 at the Methodist church with Rev. Regan and others. Commencement May 18 at the same church with Dr Montgomery of Fairfield College. Class members: Frances Wright Lola Dayton Almeta Ralston Walter Bauer Glen McFarland. Seventh and eighth grade play Thursday at the high school auditorium with proceeds for a new Victrola.
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West Chester
Patty
Captain Braithwaite
Walter Bauer
Captain Little
Francis Wright
Greene
Alen McFarlane
Burrews
Paul DeLong
Almeta Ralston
Smith
Gladys Schultz
Patty Little
Lola
Dayton
Helen Braithwaite
Dorothy Ralston Hope Dunbar
Gwendolen Givans Hyacinth
Florence Gardner
Methodist Church
Regan
Mr. Nash
McConnell
Montgomery
Fairfield College
Frances Wright
Lola Dayton
Glen McFarland
Woman's Home Missionary Society Convenes in Wellman
The twenty sixth annual convention of the Woman's Home Missionary societies of the Methodist Episcopal church Muscatine district will meet in Wellman May 24 and 26 with a large Washington delegation. The program includes devotions, reports, addresses, and election of officers led by Mrs. W H Gardner and Miss June Wright among others.
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Woman's Home Missionary Societies
the Methodist Episcopal Church
George Heischer
Keota
H. BE. Kracaw
Washington
Alice Reed
Marengo
C. DP. Loose
Wilton
R. L. Patterson
Letts
Oc, Gardner
Wellman
Harry Seem
City
Lloyd Tennant
West Liberty
Lee Gobbie
FB. WD. Lewis
Alice Rownd
Den
Secr
Walter Petersen
Kunath
Myrtle House
Alma Huppert
Ellis Island
W. W. Bowers
Ezra Gardner
Mother's
Peacock Alley shines with Mae Murray in a grand love tale
Mae Murray stars as Cleo of Paris in Peacock Alley a tale of a dancer who leaves Paris for a small American town then New York The film blends a powerful love story with lavish costumes and settings Monte Blue supports as the devoted husband The production features striking acting and elegant wardrobe in a period cityscape.
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Fox Theatre
Mae Murray
Paris
New York
Cleo
Miss Murray
Fathers and Sons Banquet Attendees to Meet at Church
Those attending the fathers and sons banquet on Monday evening are asked to meet at the Methodist church at 6 30. The group will march to the 1st U P church in a body. Be on time.
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Fathers and Sons
Methodist
U. P
You cannot dethrone the Cameo C. 8
Lemmon Jeweler faces a challenge to the reigning Cameo C. 8 in a terse local exchange. The note hints at a competition or comparison among watchmakers and brands in a small market. It preserves a period tone with focused mention of the Cameo C. 8 and Lemmon Jeweler.
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Lemmon
Jeweler
Twain’s boyhood breakfast with a devout brother
A story recalls Mark Twain as a boy staying with his model Christian brother. At breakfast the upstairs voice asks if the Scripture lesson, prayers, and grace have been said. Receiving yeses, the boy proclaims he will be down in a minute.
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Mark Twain
Rarebit as a Means to Riches
A Boston Transcript item notes a whimsical claim that rarebit may lead to wealth if proven. The column hints at a sensational angle about secrets eaten before bed and the potential earnings for the author of such a story.
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Boston Transcript
National League scores and weather affect early games
Baseball results list Pittaburah 3 Chicago 1 and St Louis 3 Cincinnati 2 with Boston at Brooklyn and Philadelphia at New York listed as no games due to wet grounds. American League shows Cleveland 1 Chicago 4 and New York 4 Philadelphia 4 with Detroit and Warrington noted for a rainout at Boston.
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National League
New York
Mit
Louis
Vmrookivn
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati Streets
Horton
Henne
Philadelphia
Boston
Pittaburah
Chicago
St. Louis
Cinginnati
Brooklyn
Cleveland
Pott
Petroit
Warrington
Texas Chief of Police Fatally Shoots Renowned Officer
Wichita Falls Texas May 6 Chief of Police J W McCormick a former Texas Ranger shot and killed renowned officer Billy Ballow after a disturbance at a domino parlor Ballow allegedly drew his gun as McCormick demanded it McCormick surrendered to Ranger Captain Hickman and was freed on bond pending trial The body search revealed a .38 caliber revolver and a .44 caliber gun on Ballow.
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Mac
Ud Ballow
Southwest
J. W. McCormick
Texas
McCormick
Hickman
Ballow
Gunfight injures local man. two Dallas youths named
A shooting near Bristow Oklahoma seriously wounds Lee Flourney of this city and injures Preston Fleming of Dallas Texas and Andy Waine of this city. Flourney was hospitalized. No motive was given for the killing.
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Bristow
Okla
Preston Fleming
Dallas
Tes
Andy Waine
Lee Flourney
Here come the Carrots in their cabbage
Local reminiscence recalls a Spoonerism from a preautomobile era. A girl about to greet visitors as the Cadets in their carriage instead blurted. Here come the Carrots in their cabbage. The anecdote captures playful linguistic slips from a bygone era.
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Wenn
Why Bootleg Whisky Earned Its Name
The term bootleg whisky originated in rural moonshine culture where liquor was smuggled in the leg of a boot to avoid taxes. The bootlegger often distilled the spirits himself and earned a reputation as a boot legger, with the illicit product valued at about 48 bootleg whisky in common parlance.
Weekend leisure boosts appetite and harms a Monday return
A Nottingham era column notes the weekend leisure habit raises well being and appetite among usually idle people, leading to risk on Monday. The Lancet London warns those returning from country breaks to skip the midday meal on Mel Monday to avoid excess.
Beauty in the South crape myrtle color noted
The American Forestry Magazine notes crape myrtle thrives in the South. It is valued for summer and early fall flowers and for its foliage color as cold weather approaches.
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Americaan Forestry Magazine
Look Upward and Life Thoughts, McKenzie Fragment
Fragmentary reminiscence crediting Alexander McKenzie with meditative lines about looking upward rather than downward and how thoughts shape life. The text appears as garbled prose with phrases on attitudes, erect posture, and introspective prompts.
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Pals
Doctor's Bath Advice Echoes in Quip by Hegende Blatter
A humorous exchange quotes a doctor advising baths fresh air and cheese in cool gowns. An hour later the husband asks for the gist and the wife says a watering place then the mountains and light gowns are advised.
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W. S. Reister & Sons Cash Buyers of
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Muscatine
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Call
Crawfordsville
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Ed Gray
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Effie Knowels
East Third St
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Chippewa Falls
Wisconsin
America
Wilson Flower Garden
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Inquire Journal
Totfeed
South 2Nd Ave
Savings Bank of Kewanee
Kewanee
Illinois
C. O. Davis
FUNK
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A. M. Turner
Eli Jackson
South 4Th Ave
Bevins Motor Co
Reid
John Mays
Gots
Notioe, Pathers and Sons
Lone Star State
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Tex
Alsteel Mfg. Co
Battle Creek
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Hawks Nursery Co
Wauwatosa
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