Des Moines Spelling Champ Heads to National Contest
Earl Dickinson the 1928 Iowa spelling champion from Brighton will travel to Washington D C next Saturday to compete in the national spelling contest for the United States title. He will be hosted by The Register with expenses paid and special events including a banquet with state winners and a White House meeting planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Dickinson
Des Moines
Chamber of Commerce
Brighton
Wasington D. C
United States
The
Register
Earl
Iowa
National Capital
Hotel Hamilton
Natural History Building
Ainsworth Senior Class Presents In Cherry Time Play
The Ainsworth high school senior class, coached by H Doyle Frame, will stage In Cherry Time on May 22 and 23 with intermission features. State champion in Dramatic Declamatory will read Going Home between acts. Characters include Aunt Margaret Ruth Atkins Ethel Grant Ellen Wolfe Cherry Adams Martha Sands Connie Thrimble and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ainsworth
Ainsworth High School
H. Doyle Frame
Margaret
Grant
Ruth Atkins
Ethel Grant
Ee Ellen Wolfe Cherry Adams
Ethel
Martha Sands
Connie Thrimble
Pest
Delbert Homes
Kranmeyer
Rev. Shaw
Delta
Frank Miles Improves at Iowa Methodist Hospital
Continued improvement in the condition of Frank Miles editor of the Iowa Legionaire, ill with pneumonia, was reported today at Iowa Methodist Hospital in Des Moines.
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Des Moines
Frank Miles
The
Iowa Legionaire
Ilowa Methodist Hospital
Nane Committees Plan For Fair At Dutch Creek
At yesterday evening’s meeting plans for the annual Dutch Creek fair were outlined for Thursday August 30. Committees named include Managers Walter Sheetz Nick Tinnes Andy Sheetz Speakers and entertainment Rev Carl W Klein Howard Altenbernd J H Mayer Advertising Rev C C W Klein Howard Altenbernd Joe Hartnell Hog and sheep Robert Sheetz F R Feltz Horses and colts Lee Henry Ralph Augustine George Augustine Poultry and fruit Joe Hartnell Zeno Tines Mrs Joe Hartnell Mrs Zeno Tinnes Grain and seeds William Brinning Refreshments H V Frank J Deal W J Pfeifer J A Mayer Perry Deal Francis Feltz Dairy cattle Howard Altenbernd Francis Feltz Beef cattle G H Mayer L A Luers Lighting Myron Tinnes This list will be added to later Work for arrangements starts now A further meeting is set for next Wednesday and a prize list will be available soon.
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Dutch Creek
Walter Sheetz
Nick Tinnes
Andy Sheetz
Carl W. Klein
Howard Altenbernd
J.H. Mayer
CC. W. Klein
Joe Hartnell
Robert Sheetz
F. R. Feltz
Ning
Francis Feltz
G. H. Mayer
L. A. Luers
Myron Tinnes
H. V. Frank
Deal
W. J. Pfeifer
J. A. Mayer
Perry Deal
Memorial Service in Observance of Ascension Day by Templars
Knights Templar from Bethlehem commandery in Washington honor deceased members with graves decorated across Elm Grove Woodlawn and Keota Wellman Columbus Junction Brighton and other cemeteries. Past commanders led decorations and a memorial address by Dr. W W Bowers after a 6 30 dinner at the Masonic temple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knights Templar
Bethlehem Commandery
Washington
Elm Grove
Woodlawn
H.T. Carris
G.S. Kerr
P. J. Wallace
WW. RK. Brown
W. C. Bell
Keota
Wellman
Columbus Junction
Brighton
Masonic Temple
W. W. Bowers
Bethlehems Commandery
R. M. Ackley
Eugene Anderson
W. A. Anderson
Byron
Bennett
E. G.bowman
L. ©. Brindley
J. C. W. Coxe
J. Lewis Davis
Melville H. Davis
Russell Davis
J. S. McElhinney
D J. Norton
D. W. Ott
S. Reeves
Jackson Roberts
Arnold Smouse
FE. G. Stephens
A. H. Wallace
Dempsey Welch
J. J. Weldin
J. A. Williams
William Wilson Jr
The
Stranger
R. R. Henderson
A A. Rodman
Rural school picnic planned for May 26 at Sunset Park
Mrs. Winnie Palmer announces a rural school picnic at Sunset Park on May 26 the same day as the rural eighth grade graduation. The pot luck event aims to broaden ties among county patrons and involves about 150 graduates at Washington High School with programs to be finalized after exams today.
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Winnie Palmer
Sunset Park
Washington High School
Marine Killed in Nicaragua Skirmish
Near Pena Blanca a clash with revolutionists left one American marine and one Nicaraguan constabulary member dead. Captain Robert S. Hunter and another unnamed marine were wounded as a 25 marine and 10 constabulary detachment faced rebels. Airlifted medical supplies reached the isolated unit. Two rescue patrols moved toward them.
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Managua
Nicaragua
United States
Nicaraguan Constabulary
Robert S. Hunter
Pena Blanca
Hunter
ForgerY case links to California man in Iowa court
George Cozine, who says he lives in California, appeared before Justice W E Earber and was bound over to the grand jury on a forgery count with a $1000 bond after allegedly cashing a forged check at Wellman on May 5 for clothing purchases. Elwood Snider faced a bad check charge and was released on pending disposition. Gerald Bender and Burrell Nicola were arraigned on gasoline theft from a farmer near Kalona. Nicola pleaded guilty and was fined $15 plus costs, Bender not guilty with hearing set for Saturday at 9.
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George Cozine
California
Justice of the Peace
W. EK. Earber
Wellman
Elwood Snider
Keota
J. W. Patton
Gerald Bender
Burrell’ Nicola
Kalona
Squire Barber
Nicola
Bender
Dayton Grove School Notes and Local Visits
Mildred Leet reports activity in Dayton Grove with visits by Mottet and Leet, and trips to Iowa City and Washington. Merle Gardner and Donald Bowes excel at a Wellman track meet while Dayton school nets 95 points. The community anticipates picnics, planting progress, and a busy last day of school.
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Dayton Grove
Gayle Thrapp
Susie
Stella Day
Walter Leet
Betty
Henry Bowes
Merle Gardner
Donald Bowes
Wellman Just Fridy
Merle
Donald
Washington
Fairfield
Harry Anderson
Ralph Chorpening
Susie Day
Harry Dusenberry
Chicago
Betty Bowes
Mildred Leet
West Chester
Fred Sprague
Heart Day Tag Drive Planned by Washington Volunteers
A Saturday tag day to benefit the Volunteers of America is announced in Washington. Rev. W W Bowers and others lead the event at city hall auditorium from nine to five with Miss Marie Landan handling finances. Prizes from local merchants and theaters will reward top fundraisers in a children’s drive to aid less fortunate kids.
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Heart
Washington
The
Volunteers of America
Maude Ballington Booth
W. W. Bowers
EF. W. Eastwood
Pather O. J. McGuire
W. A. Cook
G. W W. McLaughlin
Wf. B. Crozier
Marie Landan
City Hall
Sustains Charges Against Bishop Anton Bast of Copenhagen
A jury of seventeen Methodist ministers in Kansas City reported it sustained all charges of misconduct against Bishop Anton Bast of Copenhagen. He was suspended as bishop but may remain a member and minister of the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Methodist Episcopal Conference
Anton Bast
Copenhagen
Washington D A R History Prizes Awarded to Juniors
Next Monday at nine o'clock the Washington D A R chapter will award prizes for the best eighth grade and seventh grade history students at the junior high school. Five dollars in gold goes to the top performer in each grade, with a short program arranged by the D A R and school management.
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Washington D. A. R
Air mail rates cut to five cents signed by Coolidge
Washington May 17 President Coolidge signed a bill reducing airmail postage from ten cents to five cents per half ounce. The move lowers the cost of sending air mail and reflects government action on postal services.
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Washington
Coolidge
Lowden Returns From Eastern Trip
Former Illinois governor Frank C. Lowden returned from New York and went to his Sinissippi farm near Oregon. He did not drop his Republican presidential bid and said conditions look fine east and things are going along well locally.
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Chicago
Frank C. Lowden
Illinois
New York
Sinissippi
Oregon
Lowden
Republian
Three Chinese Generals in Race for Peking Power
Perry Dewey and Mrs 8 B Dewey holders of the mortgage purchased the Palace meat market equipment at sheriffs sale for 800 dollars. The item titles reference Chinese generals contending for influence in Peking while report notes additional Japanese troop movements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry Dewey
8. B. Dewey
Palace Meat Market
Paving Progress Near Completion of Primary Road No 2
More than five miles of paving poured west of town as the Langs crews push to finish a permanent surface on Primary Road No 2 between Washington and Keota. The Crooked Creek start has covered over two and a half miles and will reach the Titus road in days. Work paused by rain but resumed with steady progress and plans to fill the gap near the Augustine corner and extend east.
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Washington
Keota
Crooked Creek
Titus
Augustine Corner
Creek
West Chester
Haskins Hears From Local Families on Mother's Day Visits
May 17 report from Haskins notes Vivian and Hazel Booth visiting from Davenport for Mother's Day, with Hazel returning and Vivian staying awhile. Nearby families including the Browns, Embrees, and Birneys shared Sunday visits, and W. A. McConnell shipped stock while Blaine Pressley and Frank Woods hauled sand for a new barn. A shed fire at the Milt Birkey farm occurred Wednesday night and a series of church meetings led by Rev. Scotsten begins May 20 at the Haskins church.
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Iowa City
Frank Embree
Lysle
Leo
Helen
Godlove
Geo. Birney
Bobby
Washington
Roy Krotz
Ainsworth
John Birney
Daryl Mathers
St. Louis
Milt Birkey
Haskins Church
Rev
Scotsten
Cedar Rapids
Local Social Roundup from Fairfield and Surrounding Areas
Vignettes of visits and hospitality across Fairfield Richland and surrounding towns. Residents including Chester Staats Effie Allen Lena Roth and several families are noted hosting dining visits shopping and weekend gatherings with kin and friends across Noble Pleasant Plain Meadville Des Moines and Washington.
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Veo
Chester Staats
George Dickinson
Effie Allen
Richland
Phoebe Jones
Yeo
Emma Spalding
Eva Roberts
Fairfield
Leetha
C. L. Staats
Katie Rice
Hazel
Phillis Trail
Amanda Trail
Lena Roth
Wayland
D. K. Miller
Fred Dutton
Helen
Esther Trail
Phillis
Weldon Heston
Frank Harlan
Charles Howorth
Des Moines
Byron Snider
Margaret Jean
Washington
Rosamond Dutton
Sarah Orr
Pleasant Plain School
Geo, Bray
C. C. Dana
Lucille
Edith Mae
Glenn Beauchamp
Christie
Leo
Walter Bray
Kate Rice
Meadville
D. FE. Miller
Gladys
Gwendolyn
Merrill Gowey
Johnson
Floyd
Byron Hamilton
Japan Sends Re-enforcements and Chinese Power Struggle
Tokyo dispatches report Japan plans to send troops to protect nationals in Tientsin and to deter Chinese forces as Chiang Kai Shek presses toward Peking. Three generals compete for leverage, with Chang Tso Lin possibly retreating to Manchuria if nationalist advances continue.
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London
Peking
Chiang Kai Shek
Japan
Tsiwan
Chiang
Peking-Fukow
Tsinan
Yen Hsi-Shan
Shansi Province
Feng Yu- Hisang
Tokio
Tientsin
Mukden
Manchuria
Ccaritas
Chang Tso Lin
United Press Today
South Manchuria
Shan Hai Kwan
Cabinent
Chang
Mongolia
Chao Yano
Chang Tsolin
Kai Shek
Feng Yu Hsiang
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Paris
National Museum
Congressional Library
Arlington
Mount Vernon
Alexandria
Lincoln Memorial
President Coolidge
White House
Ellen Boyd Flossie Barnes
Ferne Cook
Vinie Jackson
Grants
Olive Hawkins
Jack Wessler
Willard Sinkins
Chippy Henderson
Jack
Harvey Sands
Sammy Cross
Connie
Charles Beenblogram
Joseph Meadows
Meadows Cannery
Emda Burke MceCreedy
Fritz Koogel
Charles Rademaker
Tuggles A Butler
Watch Creek Town
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J. FE. Eaton
A.L. Erdice
C. O. Keiser
J. D. Keiser
S. J. Keiser
D. C. McFarlane
J. L. Ramsey
J. C. Richardson
George Hunter
Alfred Spaulding
Samuel A. Walker
Sigourney
L. H. Hinkley
LL. RP. Oliver
H. H. Reinhart
George Bereiter
Conrad Ramee
Oak Ridge
Lewis Davenport
Harrie B. Horne
Davenport
A. Brady
Fred Bierman
Muscatine
I. B. Trimmer
Winfield
F. F. Roland
M. B. Britton
W. A. Smith
Cresline
W. H. Stiles
Denver
Colorado
H. YT. Reynolds
Hoosick Falls
Tice Court News
Wilma Dunbar
Normal
Cathee Mottet
Riverside
Gertrude Emery
Wilma Feet
Will Dusenberry
Washneton
Billy
James Walker
Carl Herring
Hugh Long and Son
Milt Dayton
Clarence Johnson
TO Make
Ington
Commercial Savings Bank
Lemmon Jewelry
Washington Motor Company
Phillips & Hebner
Geo. W. Stewart
Stephen
McDaniel’s
Graham Theatre
Bishop East
Titus Road
George Bray
Will Allen
Will Black
EB. A. Hosler
Glenn Hosler
Leo Hosler
Loren Ortel
Cleo Meister
Donna Joy
Ottumwa
Noble
Norman
Doris
Ames
Etha Jones
Busy Bee Club
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