Nearly 80 finish junior high school in class roll
Forty boys and forty girls form the eighth grade at the junior high school and most are expected to enter high school next fall. Final exams finish today with few doubtful. Report cards go home Friday and no formal graduation or diplomas will be awarded. The eighth grade has held its picnic and class day, and the annual Junior High Pep will appear in the Journal Saturday with stories of year-end events.
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Wih
Winifred Allen
Bernice Anderson
Verna Asken
Virginia Bates
Louise Bell
Cedar Center
Cedar Township
Hoth
Miss Wallace
Davenport
Wallace
Washington High to Compete at Cedar Falls Meet
Coach Albert McKinstry will take eight or nine Washington high school athletes to Cedar Falls Friday for the Invitation Meet of the State Teachers College on Saturday. The trip will give the boys beneficial experience.
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Albert McKinstry
Washington
Cedar Falls
State Teachers College
Ames College Conference Ends After Two Day Session
Prof J D Lynn of Iowa State College spoke at the Ames Commercial Club conference and school of instruction for telephone operators. He presented rules governing the development of employees. The two day school, fostered by the state college under Miss Anne Tharnes, will conclude this afternoon.
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J. D. Lynn
Iowa State College At
Ames
State College
Anne Tharnés
Ascension Day Observed by Bethlehem Commandery
Bethlehem Commandery Knights Templar will observe Ascension Day on Thursday May 29 with a morning cemetery decorations tour including Brighton Oak Ridge Keota and Wellman graves and an afternoon service at Elim Grove. A floral tribute will also be placed at Woodlawn cemetery. A 6:30 dinner at the Masonic temple precedes a temple order ceremony. Visitors from nearby towns are expected.
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Washington
Bethlehem
Knights Tempar
H. T. Carris
J. D. Glasgow
Charles A. Dewey
J. B. Kunath
Templars
Brighton
Oak Ridge
Keota
Wellman
Order
Temple Building
Elim Grove Cemetery
Woodlawn Cemetery
P. J. Wallace
G. W. Mannusier
Wilder Bell
Washington Band
Masonic Temple
Order of the Temple
Bank Note From 1872 Displayed At Washington National Bank
At a board meeting Col C J Wilson accepted a well preserved 1872 Washington National Bank note from Ralph Dougherty via J R Richards cashier and A W Chilcote president. The framed bill will hang in the bank lobby for display.
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Washington National Bank
Col. C. J. Wilson
Ralph Dougherty
Mr. Dougherty
Mr. Wilson
J. R. Richards
A. W. Chilcote
Funeral services for L. C. Effort held at Goodin parlors
Funeral services were conducted at 2:30 in Goodin funeral parlors for L. C. Effort by Rev. F. W. Eastwood with a vocal solo by Mrs. J. E. Ream. Pallbearers were J. C. Wead Henry Dittmer Chiia Dittmer Frank Macon John Jackson Thomas Simpson. Burial followed in Elm Grove cemetery. An obituary error misstated him as the youngest in his father's family. he was not.
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Goodin
L. C. Effort
F. W. Eastwood
J. E. Ream
J. C.F. Wead
Henry and
Chiia Dittmer
Frank Macon
John Jackson
Thoma Simpson
Elm Grove Cemetery
Effort
Coast on Dry Grasse
Barefooted children in tropical Costa Rica coast down a dry grassy hillside as a season of drought makes the grass slippery and the activity risky.
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Costa Rica
First Meerschaum Pipe Made by Hungarian Shoemaker
A 200 year old milestone notes a Hungarian shoemaker who crafted the first meerschaum pipe and was a skilled wood carver. A Journal Want-ad brings results.
Tobias Minick Dies. Washington Builder Celebrated Local Contractor
Tobias Minick a longtime Washington contractor and Mason died early today at 12 50 a m at his home 520 West Second street Born in Wart…nberg Germany March 18 1849 he came to America in 1865 and lived in Washington until his death He supervised major public works including foundations for schools and churches and the Missouri River bridge at Omaha He served on the city council was active in water works and deep well projects and held I O O F and Court of Honor memberships Funeral Friday at 2 30 p m at his residence conducted by Revs W W Bowers and W Klein.
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West Second Street
Mr. Minick
Wartenberg
Germany
Jacob
Dorothea Siegel Minick
America
Washington
Iowa
Minick
John Minick
Mary Christmann
St Louis
Arthur
Dora
Ralph
Lillian
Frances
Elsie
Roland Bond
Des Moines
Wilhemena
Emily
John Walter
Kim Grove
Washington County
Court of Honor
W. W. Bowers
W. Klein
Terms of Endearment Critique Prompts Social Habit
The author laments that many women remain enslaved to empty terms of endearment lacking meaning. The piece argues these phrases carry no real feeling and offer little sense in intimate communication.
Posthumous Charities Spark Debate on Altruism
A Colton quotation asserts posthumous charity reveals selfishness, arguing that those who gave nothing in life would divide their estates after death. The remark frames philanthropy as a mirror of character, prompting scrutiny of motives behind legacies.
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Colton
Memorial Service For G A RK and WR Groups
Rev J Reade McCrory will lead a memorial service next Sunday at 2 20 PM in First United Presbyterian Church. The event honors G A RK and W R organizations and is open to the public with invitation to other patriotic groups.
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J. Reade McCrory
G. A. RK
W. R
First United Presbyterian Church
Commencement Exercises Tickets On Sale At Doors
High school announces that seats for the commencement at the Methodist church tomorrow evening go on sale at the door just before the program. Reserved seats are yellow for families of the graduating class. general admission is 25 cents. Program includes invocation by Rev Willard Wytle and student addresses, music, diplomas, and class song.
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Methodist Church
Willard Wytle
Gaines Helen Livingston
Tolstoy's take on women revealed in reminiscences
A recollection from Alexander Goldenweiser, a Steesian planter and Tolstoy friend, quotes Tolstoy as saying women are usually so evil that the line between a good and bad woman is blurred. The remark may reflect levity or indigestion, per the Kansas City Star.
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Alesinter Dorteorteh Goldenweiser
Tolstoy
Ertrer
Thi
Eloquent Speaker Stirs Audience On Women’s Rights
A speaker extols women’s rights at a coeducational college event. After his peroration a man in the crowd answers I will, in a loud voice. The quotation underscores tensions over women's education and public reaction.
Rural Graduation Set for June 7th
Plans advance for the Washington county rural schools graduation under County Superintendent Miss Clara Wallace. Commencement is scheduled Saturday afternoon June 7 at Washington high school with speaker Miss Agnes Samuelson of Cedar Falls. About 125 graduates expected. diplomas awarded by Miss Wallace.
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Washington County
Clara Wallace
Washington High School
Agnes Samuelson
Cedar Falls
Bamboo organ built in Cathede church near Manila
A bamboo organ was constructed in a church near Manila by a Spanish priest using over 900 lengths of bamboo. The entire instrument is bamboo and is reportedly used weekly by a Belgian priest for services.
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Los Pinas
Manila
Philippine Islands
Alaska Minerals Output Surpasses Half Billion Dollars
Alaska has produced nearly half a billion dollars in minerals with about 60 percent from gold, copper, and silver deposits.
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Alaska
Dope sheet maps party fortunes in presidential vote
A political analysis forecasts Democratic strength and Republican vulnerabilities across states. It notes solid Democratic columns in 23 states with 219 votes and doubtful in 15 states with 156 votes, while discussing potential independent or third party impact in the Midwest and West. It considers Arizona to New Mexico as contestable, and Wisconsin, California, and New York as key battlegrounds with possible schisms shaping the outcome.
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Delaware
Indiana
Maryland
Missouri
Montana
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New Mexico
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Virginia
Nepublicana
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Oltavia
Kansas
Massachusetts
Nepresta
Washington
Democrate
Snfe
Colorado
Minnesota
Nevada
North Dakota
Rhode Island
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Colums Lave Lewnso
Republan
la Follete
Brookhart
Norvis
Ladd
Frame
Frear and
Nelsen
Midwest
Democracs
Democracy
Minnola
New York
AaKansas
Nebraska
North
Wincoeat
Courts in Egypt Run By Multiple Jurisdictions
The Detroit News outlines Egypt's parallel legal system with native courts handling crimes by natives and civil disputes among Egyptians, mixed courts with European capitulations for intra and inter European civil cases, consular courts for nationals, and Sharia regions handling inheritance and chancery matters for Muslims, with other communities under patriarchal family law.
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Egypt
America
Detroit News
Uncle Eben Discusses Housecleanin' Disarray
The speaker notes excitement can mislead, saying the world improves after housecleaning. He explains that things get a bit tangled during the process and implies progress comes after the mess is cleared.
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Uncle Eben
Which Fork Please
A brief Akron Peacon-Journal notice humorously observes that strict American efficiency could lead hostesses to serve a sheet of instructions with every course, hinting at etiquette expectations.
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Akron
Peacon-Journal
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