Washington Team Claims Sectional Football Honors
Washington boasts the best record in southeastern Iowa with nine games played. They have not lost and were only scored on by two teams, with a single defeat at Davenport. A tie with Winfield on October 23 limits their perfect slate, though Washington defeated Wapella and Columbus Junction and overwhelmed Burlington on Thanksgiving.
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Southeastern Iowa
Washington Eleven
Washington
Davenport
Winfield
Fairfield
Ottumwa
Richland
Wapella
Columbus Junction
Junction
Burlington
Washington High School Record Shows Strong Football Season
Washington High School achieved its best ever season record with 138 points scored and only 30 against, over a schedule that included Richland Wapello Burlington Davenport Winfield Fairfield Ottumwa Sigourney Columbus Jet. The team did not rack large scores but faced tough opponents and maintained consistency throughout the campaign.
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Washington High School
Washington
Richland
Wapello
Burlington
Davenport
Winfield
Fairfield
Ottumwa
Sigourney
Columbus Jet
Katzenjammer Kids stage hit to thrill Graham Theatre crowd
The Katzenjammer family led by Hans and Fritz will perform at the Graham Theatre on Monday November 29. The musical comedy blends cartoon antics with comedic dances and chorus numbers and features elaborate costumes and stage settings for local theatre goers familiar with The Katzenjammer Kids The Shenani gan Kids and The Kazzies.
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Hans
Fritz
Katzenjammer
Graham Theatre
Gardner Sullivan and the Scenarist’s Place in Film Drama
C Gardner Sullivan author of The False Road is cited as a prime example of a scenarist shaping dramatic literature for screen. Critics debate whether writers of novels should adapt directly or whether screen writers create stronger photo stories, citing Wagon Tracks Stepping Out The Woman in the Suitcase and the Enid Bennett film The False Road at Fox Theatre next Tuesday.
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Gardner Sullivan
C. Gardner Sullivan
Enid Bennett
Fox
Sioux City Family Overcome by Gas In Home Incident
Eugene Kelley manager of the Sioux City Tribune his wife four children and four doctors were overcome by heating gas from a defective water heater in the Kelly home. All were unconscious. Kelley was unconscious for two hours. Doctors were overcome while tending them. All likely will recover.
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Sioux City
Eugene Kelley
The
Sioux City Tribune
Kelly
Red Cross seeks thousand members in Washington drive
Canvassers aim for at least a thousand Red Cross memberships in Washington, but progress was slowed by absences and missed calls. Hundreds joined so far, and residents told to contact the Red Cross office at the court house to renew for next year as the drive cannot be repeated. County reports show progress abroad but with similar delays.
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Red Crosse
Washington
Red Cross
Court House
Beenblossom Granted Decree in District Court
Beenblossom was granted a divorce from Elsie Beenblossom by Judge C. A. Dewey in district court today. A motion for a new trial in First Savings Bank of Crawfordsville versus W. J. Edgar is set for four o clock this afternoon before Judge Dewey.
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Thornton Beenblossom
Elsie Beenblossom
C. A. Dewey
First Savings Bank of
Crawfordsville
W. J. Edgar
Dewey
Local social notes detail travel and visits across Iowa
Mrs G Sigler plans a weekend in Sigourney and Des Moines then Denver and Boulder with niece Gladys Daugherty. Glen Wilson heads to Des Moines to enroll at CCC with father Harvey. Mrs C B Dougherty returns from Chicago after Thanksgiving visit. Various others travel or host over Thanksgiving weekend across Washington Muscatine Ainsworth Monmouth Mediapolis Crawfordsville Corning Ames Marshalltown Glenville.
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G. Sigler
Sigourney
Des Moines
Denver
Boulder
Colo
Gladys Daugherty
Colorado
Glen Wilson
C.C.C. C
Harvey Wilson
Pleasant Plain missionary society meets December first
The Pleasant Plain missionary society schedules an all day meeting on Wednesday December 1. The Young Womens Home Missionary Society of MK Church meets Monday evening at the church. Fort nightly club music group plans a social hour after their meeting November 29 at Mrs. W S Kiton’s home. A candy social at Prairie Flower school Friday December 3 with music by McNamara. Girls gym class meets Monday evening seven fifty at the high school. Afternoon Bridge club hosted next Thursday at Mr and Mrs Howard McCleery. Knights of Plolege? lodge meets Monday evening for special work in rank of Esquire. Arthur Therion C C.
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Young Womens Home Missionary Society of the
MK. Ehurch
W. S. Kiton
Howard McCleery
Iowa Courts Rule Midland Packing Cases Federal Jurisdiction
Des Moines Nov 27 Iowa courts ordered to keep hands off Midland Packing Co federal judges ruled unanimously that the company affairs are under federal jurisdiction. Receivers H G McMillan and J A Johnson affirmed to collect stock subscribers notes to pay debts and may extend subscriptions to avoid hardship. The goal is to wipe out debts within a year and reestablish operations.
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Iowa
Midland Packing Company
St. Louis
Havner
F. F Faville
Denver
Walter H. Sanborn
St. Paul
John E. Carland
Washington, D. C
Thomas C. Mun“wer
Lincoln
Neb
H. G. McMillan
J. A. Johnson
Harding Iowa Vote Count Totals 895000 For President
Official count from Des Moines shows Warren G. Harding with 634 674 votes, Cox 921, Debs 16 981, Christensen 21, Wathine 4 197, Cox socialist 982, in a total president vote of 895 082. Senator Cummins leads with 528 499 to Porter 322 015, Dowler 933, Cowles 9 020. all senator totals reach 860 476. Count is by state executive council with many figures still pending for other offices.
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Des Moines
Porter
Arthur B. Dowler
H. W. Cowles
State Executive Council
Independent lines win victory in Iowa tolls raise
Independent telephone exchanges in Iowa won a major win as Bell Telephone conceded higher commissions on long distance tolls. About 800 independent exchanges now gain saving of 100000 dollars annually. Negotiations spanned several weeks ending in an agreement at a conference led by R L Parker of Traer and Iowa Independent Telephone Association officers. The independents had argued they were absorbing losses on Bell long distance business.
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Independent Telephone
Iowa
Bell Telephone
Bell Company
Iowa Independent Telephone Association
R. L. Parker
Traer
State Independent Telephone Association
Bell
Toothache Transcript From a Child’s Dentist Visit
A teacher questions a boy about yesterday as he explains a toothache kept him from school. The boy’s mother clarifies the dentist removed the tooth and the teacher shows sympathy for his discomfort.
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Tommy Cribbs
Tommy
Los Angeles Times
Katzjammer Prize Winners Announced
The Journal lists prize winning youths entitled to free tickets to the Katzjammer show at Graham theater on Monday evening November 29. Winners include Edna Messer Ruth M Boyd Margaret Sexton Laurence Rhea Louise Wallace Merritt McDaniel Carrie Haney Theodore Meyer Catharine Hull Harry Forelin Carl A Kunath Irena Mason Archie Godwin Thelma Lane Roy Crossett. Call to claim tickets before 6 tonight or after 7:30 tonight or anytime Monday.
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Katzenjammer
Graham Theater
Edna Messer
Ruth M. Boyd
Margaret Sexton
Laurence Rhea
Louise Wallace
Merritt McDaniel
Carrie Haney
Theodore Meyer
Catharine Hull
Harry Forelin
Carl A. Kunath
Irena Mason
Archie Godwin Thelma Lane
Roy Crossett
American Legion Five Travel to Junction for Exhibition Game
The American Legion basketball team heads to Columbus Junction for an exhibition against the local independent squad. It is Junction’s first game of the year while they already played Muscatine, narrowly losing. Bill Hull centers for Junction. Washington may start Minick at center with Peck and Willis as forwards and Lane and Brookhart as guards.
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American Legion
Columbus Junction
Junction Basketeers
Muscatine
Junction
Bill Hull
Minick
Washington
Peck
Willis
Lane
Brookhart
Missing Man Found in Mississippi River
The body of Robert Wilson, 74, a wealthy resident of Letts, Iowa, was recovered from the Mississippi River near Muscatine after he disappeared from Bellevue hospital. His death mirrors a prior family tragedy as his father John Wilson drowned decades ago. Survived by wife, four daughters, two sons, a sister and a brother, his death ends a lengthy search by relatives and volunteers.
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Belleval Hospital
Robert Wilson
Ireland
Louisa County
Letts
Roy Snyder
Washington
Andrew Schultz
Farmington, Moon
Myre Henry Lindly
Reliance, & P
Wilma Wilson
Russell
Wilson Farm
John C. Neil
Topexa
Kan
Wm. Wilson
F. Glenn McCullough
Therider
John
Fair Managers to Meet Des Moines in December
The fifteenth annual Town Fair Managers Association meeting will be in Des Moines on Tuesday December 7 with morning sessions on resolutions and credentials followed by reports. Afternoon programs include papers on Baby Beef Calf Clubs and Modern Fair planning plus forums on state aid and publicity ending with officer elections and a banquet.
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Des Moines
Town Fair Managers Association
Chaiman
E. J. Curtin
Decorah
Harness Horse Association
W. M. Clark
Marshalltown
R. J. Pearse
I. S. Bailey
Grinnell
Grinnell Fair Association
E. M. Williams
Manchester
Mutual Insurance
Charles H. Barber
Mason City
N. W. McBeath
Whiting
Don V. Moore
Sioux City
J. C. Beckner
Clarinda
Ray P. Speer
Minneapolis
Smooth Swindler Working Exchanging Bills for Silver
Waterloo police warn of a con man seen in Dubuque who takes silver coins and gives a $10 bill in exchange then substitutes a blank envelope for the bill. The scheme has been carried out in three Dubuque locations and may appear in nearby towns. Authorities urge vigilance and reporting any encounters.
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Dubuque
Waterloo
Internal Revenue
H. T. Wagner
Dubuque, Ia
Wagner
PLAN FARM MERGER Consolidation Favored by Society of Equity
Waterloo report says H J Bissonnette forecasts early consolidation of U S farmers groups into one powerful society. A January union meeting may be held in Chicago with J R Howard open to stepping aside for a broader federation. Iowa branch votes 1,200 for and forty against merger. Proposed constituents include farm bureaus Society of Equity farmers union Grange and other western State bodies.
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Society of Equity
Waterloo
United States
H. J. Bissonnette
Iowa State Union
American Society of Equity
Chicago
Mr. Bissonnette
J. R. Howard
American Farm Bureau Federation
United Farmers of America
Iowa
Bissonnette
Farm Bureaus
Farmers Union
the Grange
Senator Sorghum Passes Heckler Off to Police
In a Washington Star excerpt, Senator Sorghum notes he was glad to hand his end of a growing argument to the police as the exchange became too tangled to pursue. The quote suggests relief at defusing the confrontation.
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Senator Sorghum
Washington Star
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