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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 17, 1924

Page

5

Wapello Defeats Crawfordsville. Dennis Jones Injured

Wapello beat Crawfordsville High School in yesterday's game. Dennis Jones fractured and dislocated his right middle finger at the first joint, ending his participation. Lucille Andrew hosted a lawn party for the senior and junior classes with ice cream cake and musical selections.

Janes McTee Morning Sun Everette Griffith Washington Wapello Crawfordsville Dennis Jones Lucille Andrew

Brighton High School Holds 1924 Commencement Exercises

May 16 1924 Brighton report covers the Brighton high school commencement with 13 girls and 7 boys in the class of 1924. Matt K Sawyer of Centerville will give the address. Diploma presentation by Dr W S Parks and school board list teachers for next year. Alumni banquet and seniors play Clarence noted.

Brighton Maurice Gowey Washington Mary Helmick Esther Hoefer Cecilie Ingham Cleo Jones Helen Kurtz Florence Leeper Florence Owens Juanita Prizer Verya Dunbar Emmett Hartley Adam Shelangoski Ernest Simpson George Simpson Raymond Stacy Edwin Wanerus Matt K. Sawyer Centerville Heirs of the Sea Girls Glee Club L. R. Burdock Mott KR Woya Glee Club A. L. Lyon Parks M. B. Church Clarence Martyn Wheeler Violet Pisesy Juanita Priser Cora Wheeler Laura Hennett Hobby Wheeler Veryl Dunbar Dinwiddie Cecile Ingham Hubert Stem K. P Fairfield Otto Lamancky Tra Nordyke Ray Nordyke Lawrence White Homer Brown Silbert Mortimore John Hoover Floyd Spellman Ed Thomas Bert Dickinson John Wannerus Philip Wanerus Fred Wanerus Ralph Wanerus L. D. Camp Valda Prizer Isabel Bishop Lucille Reynolds Alverta Carter Ocean Irwin Zora Bristow Henrietta Waldhuizen Lois Austin Geneva Lowe Pearl Knerr Miss Allen Redpath-Vawter Co Brighton Chautauqua Ora

Feeding cattle arrives from Texas to Havre

John Oris received a car load of feeding cattle from Texas last week. Mrs. Fred Burger was operated on for gall stones at the county hospital. Howard Baker has a new Ford. A brooder house fire burned 140 chicks while the Meyers were at church. Ode Ferguson paints his house as neighbors visit.

Edgar Meyer Ode Ferguson Sterns Ainsworth Will Melbride

Keota Holds 1924 High School Baccalaureate

Keota graduation baccalaureate services set for May 1st at 8 PM in the Presbyterian church. The program includes an orchestra prelude and Congregational singing.

Keota Presbyterian Church

Like Children Playful Water Tug War Turns Quiet

A brief scene shows two boys in a tub submerging and resurfacing as each tries to outlast the other. The playful dispute centers on who can stay under water longer, capturing a quiet moment of childhood games.

Metropolitan Life Nurses Care for Sick Across Wide Area

During the first two months of this year Metropolitan Life Insurance Company nurses made 424,956 visits to 109,395 individuals in 3,055 towns across the United States and Canada. The Welfare Division distributed 6,320,651 health and welfare pieces, supporting a broad educational program on diphtheria and pneumonia and sponsoring fifty $500 health teaching prizes to teachers through the American Child Health Association.

Metropolitan Life Insurance Company United States Canada Ajtent American Child Health Association

Twenty Years After in the Hill Orchard Set

Coralie, adored by Lacy Field, faces Aunt Mary and Madame Thompson as plans unfold for a match with the heir. Madame Guesses Benecia Benjamin, wealthier and poised to woo, while Coralie weighs duty, romance, and family fortune amid flirtations and schemes.

Coralie Aunt Mary Madame Thompson Mary Granny Benecia Benjamin Nan Bennie Mme. Thompson Dad Lacy Field Lacy Corale Coralle Thue Madame Beneca Benecia Darea Daphne

French Telephone System to Be Greatly Ren tended

Paris reports progress in long distance telephoning with new trunk cables linking Paris to Strasbourg Havre and bids for Paris Lyon Paris Lille Paris Marseille and Paris London. Government plans to start work before year end. A Paris correspondent notes Americans face long waits for distant Parisian lines. News mentions a Calais Vindmille train wreck near Lyons with casualties and delayed hospital contact for injured.

Paris London Brussels France Stras Bourg Havre Paris-Lyons Paris-Lille Marseilles Paris-London New York Chicago Calais-Vindmille Lyons Lyons Hospital Monte Carrio

Beating the Trolley Aims for Quick Comfort

A terse quip from the Boston Transcript notes the hurry-up wagon offers a comfortable seat and no strap banging, as a tousled lady speaks to a cop about the scene. The exchange underlines hustle and casual urban transit chatter.

Boston Transcript

Modern Fence Ideas for Crop Rotation and Stock

The article advises changing field shapes with rotation, using heavy insulated fences with strong stay wires to prevent sagging. It recommends steel posts, hinged adjustable stile crossings for repeated field access, and warns against allowing climbing which keeps wire straight for easy field division for soy beans and clover.

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