Putnams Plan Florida Timber Cutting and Lumber Venture
A.B. Putnam and sons Harold and John will move to northern Florida within a month to cut and saw 1 600 acres of timber on the Chattahoochee river producing hardwood lumber. They will install a Louisiana bought saw mill and employ a large forester-led crew over two to three years. Clyde Putnam remains to run the Cotter cloth chart factory with new orders including 200 charts for J C Penney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A.be. Putnam
Florida
Putnams
Cotter
J C. Penney
New York
Five Politicians of Pennsylvania Die on Election Night
Five Pennsylvania politicians died on election night. John M. Patterson of Philadelphia died after an operation while returning elected. William J. McCaig of Pittsburgh, chairman of the house appropriations committee, died of a heart attack returning from headquarters. William Brice, Bedford County figure and former associate judge, died in Bedford. John C. Kolstee, Erie Republican committeeman, died after an operation in Corry. Frank Tobey, Philadelphia Democratic city committeeman, died at his home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
John M. Patterson
William J. MccCaig
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania House Appropriations Committee
William Brice
Bedford County
Bedford
John C. Kolstee
Erie County
Corry
Frank Tobey
Local News Notes and Social Visits
Mrs. Robert Reaney, northeast of town, is recovering from a broken nose after a yard accident two weeks ago when a tree tied board broke loose. Mrs. J. R. McGee of Macon Missouri visits her daughter Mrs P L Etter. Clair Holmes of Crawfordsville spent the day on business. J H Crooks of Crawfordsville was in town on business. Mrs Martha Bennett and daughter Betty of West Chester visited at the Sam Pulver home. Mrs Carl Dunbar of West Chester shopped in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Reaney
J. R. McGee
Macon, Missouri
P. L. Etter
J. H. Crooks
Crawfordsville
Martha Bennett
Betty
West Chester
Sam Pulver
Carl Dunbar
Washington
Washington Second Team to Play Keota Friday
Washington high school second football team will travel to Keota for a 3 30 Friday game on the latter's field. Keota’s original game was cancelled and the local seconds were secured to fill the slot. The contest offers good experience for the Washington players.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington High School
Keota
Hi Life Advertising Club Sponsors Students to Write Ads
At an Advertising club meeting the Hi Life club voted to award cash prizes to the writers of the best advertisements for the high school annual. The new plan has the students write the ads themselves to boost interest in the book. FE Lauer unable to attend. R R Breese demonstrated the Victor orthophonic with a thirty minute concert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hi-Life Business
FE. H. Lauer
State University of Iowa
R. R. Breese
Local Farm notes and social items from Clark and Enslin
Mr and Mrs Matt Gillespie return from extended visit to relatives in northern Iowa and southern Minnesota with crops there described as very dry and light compared to southeastern Iowa. Notices include Legion meeting details and multiple short today activities and shopping mentions at Crail's with dress prices and a complete line of stamped goods and crochet supplies from Clark and Enslin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matt Gillespie
Iowa
Minnesota
Knoxville college quartet sings at Washington church
The First United Presbyterian Church filled for a program by four Knoxville College students Paul Fitzpatrick Mann and Peters. Dr R W McGranahan introduced them and spoke on the origin and value of Negro spirituals. Dr John A Cotton gave an address on progress since the Civil War and the role of Christian education. The program ended with stereopticon views of southern mission work by the United Presbyterian Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First United Presbyterian Church
Washington
Knoxville College
Tennessee
R. W. McGranahan
Knoxville
South
Paul
Fitzpatrick
Mann
Peters
Granahan
John A. Cotton
Henderson Institute
North Carolina
Cotton
United Presbyterian Church
Yacht Bunny 11 Burned at Sea With Missing Delaware Passengers
Savannah report confirms yacht Bunny 11 burned at sea. Captain F. J. Davis of Norfolk aboard the Mary A. Sharp said no trace of passengers W. G. Taylor Delaware secretary of state and E. R. Pusey Wilmington, Delaware, was found.
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Savannah
Bunny
Wilmington
Delaware
F. J. Davis
Norfolk
Mary A. Sharp
W. G. Taylor
E. R. Pusey
Man discovers seven thousand in home after owner dies
William Myers of Missouri Wailey cared for Nels Matson’s cigar and candy shop until Matson’s death. Myers found 7000 dollars in cash and Liberty bonds in a tin box under his bed. The money was turned over to Matson’s married daughter in Omaha. Four children are listed.
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Missouri Wai
Ley
William Myers
Nels Matson
Myers
Marrie
Omaha
Stewart Moves Office Adjoins Home On North Avenue B
Dr C W Stewart relocates his practice from West Main to a new adjoining office on North Avenue B. A small building on the site is moved to face the street and remodeled into a modern office near the square. Des Moines Police Chief Cavender orders a campaign against immodest art and wit magazines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Stewart
West Main Street
Stewart
North Avenue B
Des Moines
Cavender
Two Area Schools Dismissed Early for Des Moines Convention
Washington high school and junior high will dismiss at four this afternoon and not reopen until Monday morning while teachers attend the state convention in Des Moines. The grade school remains in session Thursday and Friday as usual. Supt. J Hood and County Supt. H A Phillips left for Des Moines today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington High School
Des Moines
J. Hood
H. A. Phillips
Gibson Rules That Mayor Not Member of the City Council
Des Moines Iowa November 4 Attorney General Gibson ruled that in cities under general governing laws the mayor is only a presiding officer and may not draw per diem when sitting with the council as a board of review. The council can choose its presiding officer. the ruling excludes commission and special charter cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Des Moines
Iowa
Gibson
McClune
Poweshick County
Chauncey Olcott In Serious Illness At Ann Arbor Hospital
Chauncey Olcott is reported resting easily at St Joseph's hospital in Ann Arbor after a serious illness that began Friday night. Doctor doubts full recovery, announced by John McCormack during a Hill Auditorium concert when he stopped singing.
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Aowsociated
Ann Arbor Mich
Chauncey Olcott
St Joseph's Hospital
Olcott
John McCormack
Hill Auditorium
Mother Machree
Cudienée
Trace of Lynus Pinkerton Linked to August Incident
In Waterloo Iowa a youth arrested for car theft implicates Lynus Pinkerton in a murder attempt at Traersinge that August. The youth says he rode with Pinkerton from Waterloo to Oelwein and Pinkerton stole the automobile. Meanwhile Richard Miller, 7, was hit by a car in Des Moines, marking the fifth pedestrian death in Polk County over four days.
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Associated Press
Wateredo
Lynus Pinkerton
Traersinge Ay
Oel- Wein
Waterloo
Oelwein
Pinkerton
Des Moines
Richard Miller
Polk County
Missing Youth Located at Coneville After Month
Philip Lucas fourteen year old son of Fred Lucas of Sigourney was found today in Coneville. Sheriff Charles Denison traveled to retrieve him for his return to Washington. The boy had enlisted in a Sigourney cavalry troop while his father was away, leading to a disappearance suspected to stem from parental actions.
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Philip Lucas
Fred Lucas
Sigourney
Coneville
Charles Denison
Washington
Lucas
Cone
Denilson
Rescue of Algiers Crew After Virginia Coast Fire
Seventeen crewmen of the freighter Algiers which burned off the Virginia coast were rescued by the British steamer Rassay. The report came via wireless from the Rassay to the maritime exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Algiers
Virginia
Rassay
Maritime Exchange
Prominent Des Moines Lawyer Injured in Car Crash
A. H. Hoffman, noted Des Moines attorney and Brotherhood of American Yeomen director, was badly hurt when his car left the road and plunged into a ditch on the A Y P trail near Sibley Iowa. He had just finished a five day hunting trip in South Dakota and was taken to a hospital at Osceola.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
A. H. Hoffman
The
Brotherhood of American Yeomen
Sibley
Built in loud speaker radio table with battery space
The ad touts a radio table with a built in loud speaker and battery enclosure. It claims the price adds little to the radio set since it eliminates the need for an external speaker.
Boys Conference at Keokuk December Fourth
Washington Hi Y circle members and church youths join the district conference for older boys in Keokuk from December 4 to 6. Delegates arrive from Burlington Ottumwa Muscatine Oskaloosa and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hi-Y Club
Keokuk
Harry Kreider
Burlington
Ottawawa
Muscatine
Oskaloosa
Bank Messenger Robbed of 75000 Near Vandergrift
Two armed men robbed Warren Walthour, messenger for the Vandergrift Savings and Trust Company, at noon. They seized a satchel said to contain 75000 and fled. Walthour notified local police in Vandergrift, Pennsylvania.
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Vandergrift
Warren Walthour
Vandergrift Savings and Trust Company
Wallhour
First National Bank of Sac City Closes
The First National Bank at Sac City closed today and a national bank examiner is in charge. The bank held deposits of more than 500000 and was the oldest national bank in the county.
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National Bank
Sac City
Bac City
First National Bank
Funeral services for John A Hillhouse
Funeral services for John A Hillhouse were held yesterday afternoon at the Jones and McElhinney chapel with Rev. Frank W. Sutton of the Christian church officiating. Pallbearers were W. W. McFarland Jeff Tucker John Godwin Mel Anderson John Malin and Claude Tucker. Burial followed in Elm Grove cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Hillhouse
John A. Hillhouse
Jones and McElhinney Chapel
Frank W. Sutton
The
Christian Church
W. W. McFarland
Jeff Tucker
John Godwin
Mel Anderson
John Malin
Claude Tucker
Elm Grove Cemetery
Dispossession Claims Surround Widow In Family Conflict
Dee Moline reports her sister in law Anna Wicks handed over her dilapidated home but the 65 year old blind woman says her relatives now dispossess her. The dispute centers on who legally owned the property and the rightful eviction actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dee Moline
Anna Wicks
Destroyers Ordered to Beirut for Protection of Americans
Two U S destroyers the Coghlan and the Samson were sent from Alexandria Egypt to Beirut Lebanon to shield American citizens and property as Paul Knabenshue cabled the state department that they should proceed despite no immediate danger in Damascus or Beirut.
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Washington
Coghlan
Samson
Alexandria
Beirut
American Congo
Paul Knabenshue
State Department
Destro
Damascua
Bank Robbery At Tinley Park Nets $15000
Police report bank bandits robbed the Tinley Park State Bank near Chicago and escaped with $15,000. The Associated Press notes the incident occurred in the suburb area as investigators scan for clues and suspects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Tinley Park State Bank
Modified areas designated in Iowa counties for bovine TB
Des Moines Iowa November 4 Clark and Clinton counties were declared modified areas by the U S department of agriculture on secretary Thornburgs recommendation. Each county reports less than one half of one percent cattle infected by bovine tuberculosis. Chicago packers pay a premium of ten cents per hundredweight on cattle shipments from accredited counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Clark
Clinton
United States Department of Agriculture
Thornburg
Chicago
Electrically free up a wife by home labor devices
The piece argues that women should not work for three to five cents an hour in drudgery but instead benefit from electric labor-saving devices. It claims vacuums and washing machines cut costs, freeing women for motherhood and family life, urging readers to let electric service help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
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C. A. Dewey
Fairfield
Ollumwa
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Edna Daniels
W. S. Mayo
Davenport
Claud Mayo
George Morrison
Ira
Donald
Crail’s
L. J. Hogan
Williamsburg
M. E. Dicken
Mattie Buttler
Dennis Clancy
Roy Mayhew
William C. Mayhew
Mt. Pleasant
Clark & Enslin
Singers Prom Tennessee Give
C. H. Guther
Missing Youth
Sigourney Boy
Pound
Wolf Floral Co
Warren's Groecohouse
Nest Ta Ge
Brown
Freed-Eisemann
Westinghouse
Lowa Southern Utilities Co
Syria
Lexandria
Beypt
Beirat
Candy Kitchen
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