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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1926
Page
4
Washington glee clubs win top honors in finals
The Journal reports Washington glee clubs reached finals and earned first honors in their class while praising balanced school activities. Miss Hay leads the groups as they bring honor to Washington, boosting culture and moral standards through excellence in music and other arts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Hay
Washington
The Part of the Parent in Child Delinquency
Dr. D A Thom argues parents shape early conduct through balance between overfeeding emotion and sternness. He notes ignorance of child resources, risk of abnormal environments, and that threats foster later legal trouble while honesty builds trust.
Crawfordsville Alumnus Banquet Draws Large Local Turnout
The Craw fordsville high school alumni banquet on May 10 drew 122 plates sold and many out-of-town guests. Officers for next year include Lee Huston as president and Vera Yeager as secretary. decorations highlighted red and white colors with trophies on display. A baccalaureate service followed with music, scripture, and a sermon on scarecrows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawfordsville
Crawfordsville High School
Lee Lease
Lee Huston
Lois Harper
Paul Witting
Vera Yeager
Velma Twinam
Leila Edgar
Lee Shaffer
Nell Davis
Maxine Lease
Will Hagie
Irene Holmes
Lois Rhea
Ernest Clark
Prudence Johns
Nellie Manners
Winfield
Auxiliary
Earl Ferguson
George Yeager
Out of Town
Dr. Anwyl
Nick Roth
Oscar Hughes
Pearl Hamil
Lelya Graber
Washington
Howard Huston
Robert Rhea
Columbus Junction
John Wooley
Columbia, Mo
Mina McCleary
Keota
Quinn
Riverside
John McCoy
Mt. Pleasant
Floyd Blankenhorn
Grace Hesseltine
Ainsworth
Ethyl Zickafoose
Wyman
Lillian Holmes
Waterloo
Raymond Anderson
Ohia
Frances Eicher
Wayland
Yarmouth
Doris Maxwell
Mt. Union
Claire Twinam
Iowa City
Hayden Huston
Dennis Jones
Board of Supervisors
Eardley Bell
Wellman
William Griffith
Fairfield
E. W. Griffith
Vernon White
Middletown
Leo Mak
Tragic drowning darkens Leon delegation return
A seventeen year old Leon Iowa singer drowned while canoeing on the river Saturday afternoon. The Leon delegation returned home under a cloud of gloom, contrasting with the otherwise hopeful developments of the occasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon Lowa
Leon
Hillsboro Man Donates 250000 For County Roads
Alexander Coleman of Hillsboro Iowa offers Henry and Lee counties 250000 for paving roads. County boards accept the gift and plan to spend it on road improvements. The article lauds the good roads movement as a major advance for living and commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander Coleman
Hillsboro
Iowa
Henry and
Lee
Henry
Boards of Supervisors
Mr. Coleman
English Microphone Magnifies Watch Tick to Gas Engine Bang
A new English microphone amplifies a watch tick to resemble the sound of a gasoline engine explosion. The device creates an intense, booming tick that engineers describe as alarmingly loud.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Radio listeners in Britain rise by 700000 in a year
Sir W Mitchell Thomson Postmaster General reports licensed radio listeners have reached 1,906,000 with several hundred thousand additional listeners using boot leegkers without permission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
W. Mitchell-Thompson
Japan Announces Costly Iron Sand to Steel Method
Japan's mining department unveils an expensive new method for converting iron sand into steel, signaling a major technological development with high production costs and potential impact on domestic steel output.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Mining Department
By The Way Headlines From A Town Music Week Wrap
A local column raves about a joyful Music Week with two winning glee clubs and a belated invitation to sing. It blends light vignettes from spring, a noisy East Main Street bird romance, and quirky notes about humor, etiquette, and reader questions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towa
Boa Tricks Stun Nervous Neighbor on Hot July Afternoon
A boy and his brother found a nine foot black and yellow snake in the road and carried it home. They hid the boa in front of a neighbor's porch to scare her, causing her to faint when she stepped onto the coil.
Little Andian Snake Tale Sparks Household Hush
The fragment recounts a quirky scene with water, a husband, and a pet snake. The narrator mentions a snake being carried away and warns Ally-Gator about eating too much raw beef and castor oil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andian
Ally-Gator
Alberta Farmer Develops Drouth-Resistant Wheat Variety
Frank Larcombe, an Alberta farmer, reports a new wheat variety that yields well with minimal rainfall. The breakthrough promises greater drought tolerance and potential for regions facing water shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Larcombe
Alberta
McCoy's Cod Liver Oil Compound Tablets Ad
An advertisement promotes McCoy's Cod Liver Oil Compound Tablets as a health and flesh builder for a sickly child. It claims dramatic weight gain and candy like taste, urging mothers to buy 60 tablet bottles from druggists with a money back guarantee if not satisfied after 30 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Girard
Illinois
John H
STEAD
Ilinois
McCoy
J. K. Lemmon
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Enfore
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