Local Notes Highlight Visits and Social News Across Washington
The Washington daily items detail Miss Edna Klein visiting her mother Mrs. Lewis Klein before returning to Mt. Pleasant. Cornell students Sophie and Julia Jackson return home for a weekend. Several local families host relatives and friends, including the Kracaws, Siberts, Crone, Hills, and Parke households. Occasional ads note tire sales and car shipments, while the paper reports on hospital progress and a police shooting incident involving twenty dicehowers with one wounded.
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Edna Klein
Lewis Klein
Mt. Pleasant
Drake AD defends Nurmi talks amid expense inquiry
Drake University athletic director Kenneth L. Wilson defended his Nurmi negotiations after an AAU committee exonerated Hugo Quist and Willis Ritola. Wilson said the offer could have complied with amateur rules if Nurmi returned to Finland and expenses were used legitimately.
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Drake
Nurmi
Preeay
DES Moines
F. W. Rubien
Amateur Athletic Union
Hugo Quist
Paavo Nurmi
Willis Ritola
Kenneth L. Wilson
Drake University
A. A
Futola
Quist
Wilson
New York
Finland
America
Fin
Local Notes From Iowa Towns And Nearby Arrivals
Miss Ceorgie Williams spent the weekend at her Mt Ayr home. Mr and Mrs Charles Beach of Kiose Hill were Sunday guests at Henderson Wallace's. Miss Grace Hines was a guest in Iowa City. Miss Doss Robinson, a former kindergarten teacher, will join Perry schools next year. Cloyd Knapp received word of a birth in Long Beach California. Kenzie Williams of Linby and Inez Harden of Ollie secured a marriage license here. Dr C A Boice left for Des Moines for X ray club and Iowa medical society meetings. Dr H C Sioll plans to attend the latter.
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Ceorgie Williams
Mt. Ayr
Iowa
Mrs
Charles Beach
Kiose Hill
Henderson Wallace
Doss Robinson
Perry
Miss Robinson
Adair
Cloyd Knapp
Fred Bartholomew
Long Beach
Carornia
Bartholomew
Vera Shoemaker
C. A. Boice
Des Moines
Iowa Medical Society
H. C. Sioll
Italian Names Adapt To Patriotism In Italy
Rome April 13 Italians translate foreign proper names into Italian as a sign of rising nationalism. Shakespeare becomes Guglielmo Shakespeare and Washington becomes Giorgio Washington. Newspapers report misspellings as they Italianize names of living dignitaries and famous phrases in daily usage.
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Rome
William Shakespeare
Italy
Guglielmo Shakespeare
George Washington
Giorgio Washington
Death of Hon. Francis Lascel les at Romsey home
The Hon. Francis John Lascel les, half brother of the Earl of Harewood and father-in-law to Princess Mary, was found dead at his Romsey residence with a gun beside his body in Southampton on May 0. Police investigation pending.
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Southampton
England
Francis John Lascelles
Earl of Harewood
Romesy
Mary
Important archaeological finds including Rosetta Stone
Three key finds highlighted include the Rosetta Stone discovered in 1790 bearing hieroglyphic Demotic and Greek inscriptions, Thebes excavations revealing Ramesside and neighboring periods from 1500 to 1000 B.C., and the temple library at Nippur.
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Thebes
Ramesside
Nippur
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