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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1920
Page
5
A. B. Judson Iowa State Grange master issues call for the fifty-first annual convention in Des Moines December 14 to 17. He urges farmers to consider price readjustment, credit self-financing, and opposing excess profits tax repeal, outlining market concerns and the need for strong farmer representation.
The Moonshine Trail starring Sylvia Breamer and Robert Gordon opens today at the Graham Theatre as a Blackton project for Pathe. The Cumberland Mountains setting gives way to New York City with a tale of love and a heroine aiding a son of a friend against inherited drunkenness amid dramatic and comic moments. Also noted is the death of George Silker in Ayr Scotland at 1602 years old.
Community announcements list fruit donation at Johnston's grocery for the home, Shalom group meeting at Mrs A Anderson's home, Havre Social club and Fleur de lis club gatherings, Women's Mission Circle at West Chester Baptist church, Baptist Brotherhood and Guild events, Women's Improvement League meetings, D A R postponement, Ish American War Veterans meeting, Christian church choir rehearsal, Shriners Fez Club cancelation, and a real estate ad plus a note on Ireland as the Emerald Isle.
The Washington Improvement League holds a central meeting at 7:30 PM at Miss Esther MacGugin's home 326 East Main Street. Members are urged to attend for a year end review and to discuss all matters before the League this year.
District court sits with little action today as the November term jury trials are scheduled to start Wednesday at ten. The likely first case is Rummelhart versus Schnoebelen from Riverside, with several other cases either settled or in negotiation.
Mrs. Effie O Loughlin Dunning returns from a year in China to present an address at the A M E church on Thursday and Friday evenings. She will speak in costume and display costumes and curiosities. An admission of 25 cents will be charged. The event is under the Women's Interchurch committee.
Nome Alaska which once reached about 15000 during the gold rush era was reduced to 200 inhabitants after the steamer Victoria departed as the last ship of the season for the states. Passengers arriving in Seattle today reported small numbers and many said they would not return.
J Wes ley McCallum war worker, lecturer and traveler, will present a war travelogue at the high school auditorium Thursday at 8 15 p m The talk covers Europe during and after the war with illustrated battlefield photographs and accounts of veterans identifying themselves in attendance Proceeds go to the high school athletic association General admission is 25 cents with no reserved seats expected to be sold
Miss Ethel F. W. Donaghue of Hartford Connecticut has been named an assistant to United States Attorney General A Mitchell Palmer, signaling a notable career advancement in federal law enforcement.
Miss Julia iocers of Minnesota travels to New York to join a league of Italian women and seeks to interest them in the Republican platform.
A damaged fragment shows a legal style claim against a Toledo firm for a sum of dollars. The text includes references to Frank J. Cheney and Hall's Catarrh Cure with testimonial style notes and a date stamp. The fragment ends with a product advertisement copy for Hall's Catarrh Cure from F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio.
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