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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 21, 1919

Page

5

Ottumwa High School Drops From Accredited List

Ottumwa High School is removed from the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools accreditation. The article explains the association standards, past overcrowding notices, and the need for bond-backed expansion funded by a voter approval to restore eligibility.

Ottumwa Courier Supt. H. B. Blackman Ottumwa Washington High School North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools Ohio New Mexico Wyoming Missouri Association Towa Iowa John W. Foster State Board of Education M. R. Fayram State Department of Public Instruction Wm. F. Shirley Council Bluffs United States Ottumwa High School North Central Association Board of Education

Weather Bureau Aids Trans Atlantic Flight Planning

Weather officials outline how winds from Newfoundland to Europe and the Azores could trim eastward flight times, with Maj. E H Bowie and Willis R Gregg coordinating reports from Europe to the United States. They note low altitude flying over sea reduces turbulence and that airships handle winds more flexibly.

Columbus Old World Indies United States Navy Atlantic America Europe Newfoundland Ireland Portugal Azores Charles F. Marvin Weather Bureau United States Department of Agriculture Secretary of Agriculture Secretary of the Navy Navy Canada Great Britain Ocean United States Spitzbergen Iceland Washington Maj E. H. Bowie France Willis R. Gregg Bureau New York Gregg Naval North Atlantic Ocean Mr Gregg Philosophical Society of Washington Marvin

Iowa Boys Oppose Plan For Soldier Lands

Representative Boies from the Eleventh district voiced doubt about land settlement legislation for soldiers in Congress. He warned of many government officials to manage lands, while few soldiers would settle. He cited a Sheldon dinner where about fifty soldiers opposed the plan to colonize lands.

Washington, D. C Boies Eleventh District

Curious Damage Suit Threatened by Sioux City Man

Sioux City to face a $12,500 damage suit over new pumping station machinery. Walter Hieges says the noise from the modern equipment disrupts neighbors sleep and reduces property values from earlier estimates of $25,000 to about $12,500.

Sioux City City Water Department Walter Hieges

Early England preferred motorhouse over garage for vehicles

In the early days of motor transport in England there was a clear preference for the term motorhouse rather than garage to describe the place where vehicles were kept and maintained. The choice reflects evolving language as motor culture took hold.

Altho Newfoundland Irish Azores Portugal England Motorhouse

Do Not Get Careless With Your Blood Supply

A vintage health ad urges readers to guard their blood and seek S. S. S. as a revitalizing tonic. It promotes the product as vegetable blood medicine and offers free medical advice from the Swift Specific Co. in Atlanta, Georgia.

Swift Specific Co Swift Laboratory Atlanta, Ga

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