Blind Students Present Pageant at Iowa School for the Blind
A May 22 pageant titled Deliverance will be staged at 4 30 PM on the Iowa School for the Blind south campus in Vinton with an admission of fifteen cents If weather is unfavourable the event will be rescheduled The program includes symbolic scenes an athletic exhibition music by the school orchestra and choirs and interpretive dances More than one hundred students from across Iowa participate under Superintendent Francis K Palmer with contributions from Myra Manning Koenig Leta Belle Milnes DeWees and others The pageant highlights training as freedom from poverty dependence and ignorance and notes the school is among five state institutions under the State Board of Education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa School For the Blind
Vinton
Iowa
Francis K. Palmer
Myra Manning Koenig
Leta Belle Milnes
Department of Public Speaking
Wallace School Defeats Lincoln Giants In Indoor Baseball
Wallace sluggers beat Lincoln Giants 17 to 13 in a morning indoor baseball game. Reporters secured a lineup in the absence of the regular sporting editor, with details possibly imperfect. The win comes amid eagerness for readers to visit the school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal
Wallace
Lincoln ‘‘Giants
Rushing and Deputy Headed to Anamosa Prison
Deputy Sheriff Fred Sweet and James Rushing travel by car to Anamosa as Rushing begins a three year sentence in the state reformatory after pleading guilty to adultery in district court Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Sweet
Anamosa
James Rushing
State Reformanoey
Local Band to Play at Carnival After Park Concert
After the Saturday park concert at 7:30 PM the Washington band will march to the carnival grounds to perform for attractions. They will assist the American Legion and Brundage group, appear in full uniform, and close the Brundage engagement tonight. The troupe departs for Davenport tomorrow, then Fast Moline. Miss Catherine Swift visits Ottumwa today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Band
Band Boys
American Legion
Brundage
Central Park
Carnival Company
the Legion
Davenport
Washington Boys Lead In College
Two Westminster College freshmen Morrow and Swift from Washington Iowa are highlighted. Morrow joins Beta Theta Pi, the Razzberries, pep group, and the Y M C A. Swift, a former Blue Jay halfback candidate, is viewed by Coach Pixlee as a strong back with weight challenges, also Beta Theta Pi and Y M C A member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westminster College
Robert Morrow
Arthur Swift
Washington
Iowa
Morrow
Beta Theta Pi
Razzberries
Swift
Blue Jay
Pixlee
Beta Theta Pi Fraternity
Bereavement thanks and land trespass notice
We express sincere appreciation for sympathy shown after our bereavement and especially thank those who sent flowers. Notice forbidding trespassing or hunting on our lands with penalties under our control signed Jas H Thompson and Howard Baker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jas. H. Thompson Howard Baker
Elaborate Tattooing in Facriland Features
A feature of facriland is tattooing with extraordinary facial features. Some decorations take six years to complete.
May Festival Dinner By B E O Class At Methodist
Local residents attended the annual May Festival dinner hosted by the B E O class of the Methodist church. The event featured a large menu, orchestra music, and vocal solos by Thompson Brookhart and J J Miller. Decorations were elaborate and class members wore dark suits and black bow ties. Wives and Miss Rowne assisted in menu prep, continuing the class tradition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Church
Thompson Brookhart
J. J. Miller
Rowne
Odd Fellows to Decorate Graves on June 10
The local lodge of Odd Fellows will hold its annual decoration day services on June 10 with a program in preparation including an address by Grand Master Neff of Walnut Iowa. The Washington band will lead the procession to the cemeteries where graves will be decorated and all members are urged to participate with a cordial invitation to the public.
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Lodge of
Odd Fellows
Neff
Walnut
Iowa
Washington Band
Ogontz Day Nursery Seeks Foster Homes For Children
The article describes urban scenes and the value of gardening for children in crowded districts. It appeals for homes to host Ogontz Nursery children for the summer, inviting calls to Mrs. Walter Peterson to arrange placements. Eva Mehling, Supt.
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Washington
Ogontz
Walter Peterson
Eva Mehling, Supt
Ogontz Day Nursery
Pythian Sisters Told to Meet Tuesday in West Chester
Temple 122 Pythian Sisters will hold a regular meeting Tuesday evening May 22 at 7 30 The social is postponed due to a Baptist church program A notice also mentions Ogantz Day Nursery children visiting Washington late May and a call for homes for a child caregiver. The American Legion Auxiliary will meet Tuesday at 7 30 at the Legion rooms with Burling ton convention notes from Mrs Kennedy and Mrs Ramsey as hosts. A humorous quip about a girl feeding goats at Swope Park ends the item.
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Pythian Sisters of
West Chester
Temple 122
The
Baptist Church
Ogantz Day Nursery
Washington
Walter Peterson
American Legion
Amxiliary
Legion Rooms
Burlington
John Kennedy
Opal Ramsey
First Motor Car Record From 18th Century Steam Vehicle
The earliest motor propelled road vehicle dates to the 18th century with Captain Nicholas J. Cugnot of France inventing a steam operated car. Later milestones include pneumatic tire patents by R W Thompson in England in 1845 and 1847 and the discovery of gasoline in 1860.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicholas J. Cugnot
R. W. Thompson
England
Carnival Night At The Creamery With Live Band
A local notice invites many people to attend the carnival tonight with the band playing earlier at 7:30. The creamery expects its busiest night yet and invites all to visit. Prices remain unchanged for Monday.
Many Entries In Renewal of Old Kentucky Derby
Louisville May 19 an impressive array of three year old thoroughbreds ready to start at Churchill Downs in the 49th renewal of the Kentucky Derby a score and four over night cattle evenly divided east and west face the barrier Churchmen call the race the most open in years a fast track indicated early today
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Kentucky
Churchill Downs
Peculiar Rent Payment by Stakes in Herefordshire
Tenants of Hampton Bishop Herefordshire pay rent with stakes gathered yearly from Hay wood. Six horse loads of stakes converted to fencing for penning sheep at the Hereford fair reflect an old feu dal practice still observed since centuries past.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hampton Bishop
Herefordshire
England
Nothing to Brag Of Advertisement Proclaims Nuts Grown in America
An ad declares the best nuts are grown in America. The phrasing questions boastfulness about domestic nuts and hints at regional pride without detailing origins or products.
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America
A Sad Error Delusion and Its Moral Warning
A brief reflection on the belief that wealth multiplies happiness, noting its ruinous consequences for many lives and urging a cautious view of material excess. The piece presents a moral stance from a local newspaper voice.
Something to Be Avoided
A pithy reflection warns that any obligation is a mortgage on time, stressing the cost of commitments and urging caution in taking on duties that drain personal liberty.
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Jackson
Brinning
Westermark
Jones
Moothart
Haney
Coulter
Schneider Coakley
Shannon R. F
Ance
Legion
Catherine Swift
Ottumwa
Washington Boys
Ehme Koehler
John Godwin
New York
West Thirty-Ninth Street
Chicago
South Michigan Avenue
San Francisco
Sutter Street
Ampressa
Pennsylvania
American Press Association
Country Newspaper Headquarters
John H. Perry
William Griffin
George A. Riley
K. T. Nightingale
Met
the Evening Journal
Emmett Finley
A.B.C
E. T. Nightingale
Etn.grd
Ail Sorat
Evening Journal
Highland Dairy
Eppel
Singer Sewing Machine Store
Farmers Co-operative Exchange
Inquire Journal Office
East Second
L. C. Smith Typewriter
Victor
James Ralston
Keota
Hampshire
W. Rose
Crawfordsville
Senator Dunlap
D. F. Sayre
Springdale Farm
Lemley & Dempsey, F. & M. Bank
J. M. Godfrey
Boyd Patterson
United Presbyterian Church of
Swope Park
Kansas City Star
C. & R. Produce Co
E. Washington Street
Iowa Avenue
Milwaukee Depot
Call
P. M. Powelson
Kalah Club
Wellston Social Club
Lillie Evans
Art
Frank Wilson
R. Minick
C. C
Notice de Molay
Delbert Jennings
M. C. Bos
George Stewart
Set Bridge Club
Tog
Woman's Riverview Club
Mabel Nicola
Washington Council
K. of C
J. E. Wolf
Young Woman's Missionary Society of the Baptist Church
United Presbyterian Church
Ab Anderson
East Washington
Reister & Sons
Migs
Buttes
Lemley & Dempsey, F. & M. Bank Bldg
Everton Evening Transcript
Washington Iron and Metal Company
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