Creston 13 Defeats Washington In Friday Night Football
Creston shut out Washington 13 to 0 as the Demons failed to win a game this season. Washington football, under Coach George Freshwaters, planned a Mt Pleasant game next Friday and regroups after the loss.
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Creston
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Twiggy GOP sightings stir Beverly Hills chatter
A satirical note warns of Republican figures emerging in trees and warns that Democratic establishment should quell perceived uprisings. It cites a sighting near the Wabash with Jim Watson on a sycamore tree and an ambassador traveling under his own name, framed as a political cloud over autumn.
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Cal
Wabash
Jim Watson
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Washington stores unveil attractive fall window displays
Last evening Washington stores opened fall displays with elaborate window trimming and plenty of merchandise. Municipal and Concert bands in full dress drew crowds, playing on different sides of the square to accompany the unveiling. The event continues today and tomorrow as shoppers seek early fall goods.
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Washington
Washington Municipal
Washington Third at Valley MCT Drum Corps Contest
Washington placed third in the Legion drum corps contest at Valley Junction. Fort Dodge won, Manning second, Highland Park Des Moines fourth. Charles Clark of Washington won best drum major again, with Washington leading in drumming and bagpipe cadence but trailing on inspection. Fort Dodge came in strong after a national contest in Chicago.
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Valley Junction
Fort Dodge
Manning
Highland Park
Des Moines
Charles Clark
Cedar Rapids
Ft. Dodge
Fort Dodge Corps
Chicago
Red Cross Executive Committee to Meet This Evening
The executive committee of the Red Cross will meet at 7 20 this evening at the 40 room. The public is invited to attend. The coming Red Cross roll call will be discussed and other important matters will be taken up.
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Red Cross
Colored Orchestra at K C Hall Soon
J M Kelley announces a dance at Wh C hall on October 16 with the Plantation Cotton Pickers a 19 piece colored orchestra on the bill Washington seldom hosts such a large group but an open date allowed a Monday engagement.
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J. M. Kelley
Wh. C. Hall
Washington
Navy Recruiting Officer to Visit Washington Next Monday
A. M. Powell of Burlington will be in Washington on Monday the 16th. He will stand at the post office from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. to accept enlistment applications from young men who meet Navy requirements.
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A. M. Powel
Burlington
Journal
Washington
Navy
Legislature Fires Up For Iowa Special Session
Des Moines Oct 12 Governor Clyde L Heating issued a proclamation setting Monday Nov 6 as the date for a special session of the Iowa legislature to handle tax revision liquor control and emergency relief. Committees work on liquor control tax revision and government reorganization as national prohibition repeal looms.
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Des Moines
Clyde L
Iowa
State Senate
Senate
Union Accord Proposed for Evangelical and Reformed Church
Ten-day Cincinnati conference ended with a unanimous vote approving merger with the Reformed church in the United States. The new body will be named The Evangelical and Reformed Church with a General Synod as supreme authority. Local congregations may keep their names but will designate membership in the new church.
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Cincinnati
Evangelical Synod of North America
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Valley
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United States
Evangelical and Reformed Church
General Synod of the
Eivangelical and Reformed Church
General Synod
Thanksgiving Date Unchanged Despite Pleas for Change
Washington December 1. Thanksgiving day will be proclaimed for the last Thursday in November as usual. The president is said to oppose moving the date arguing that many states have fixed observance by law and changing it would cause confusion. Friends of the president say he believes the tradition should remain. Merchants and civic groups urged an earlier date for longer Christmas shopping periods.
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Washington
D. C
Roosevelt
First Heavy Frost of Year Last Night in Washington
Washington reports the first heavy frost of the season at So degrees one above freezing, with several lighter frosts in the prior weeks. Corn crops were reported safe, and Charles City logged the state’s lowest temperature at 26 degrees. The Evangelical Synod of North America committee on church union stressed unity in faith and practice, citing core Protestant doctrines.
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Committee On Church Union
Evangelical Synod of North America
United States
DeWitt Family Moves To Blair Building Today
Janes DeWitt and his wife with two daughters will relocate to Blair building at the square, to operate a grocery and market. The upstairs apartment will house the family, while remodeling continues for the new store. Opening date is anticipated in about two weeks with an advance notice expected.
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Janes DeWitt
Sigourney
Blair Building
Portland golfer claims third ace in championship match
William Cooney, a public utility worker, registered his third hole in one in a recent Portland championship round. He achieved the ace on a hole during a match against a fellow public utility employee, but the incident ended with an unresolved lie between the players.
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Ore
William Cooney
Cooney
Fail to Compete at Keota Farm Land Auction
Reports from the Keota auction show no definite sales of tracts offered. The Singmaster farm bid $159.50 an acre but was not accepted, Romine farm $12.50, Pisher place $1128, with many tracts not offered and some to be sold privately. Similar conditions occurred at other local sales this week.
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Keota
Dayton & Hreltenbach
Gallagher Is Columbus Day Speaker Here
A crowd at the Knights of Columbus hall heard J. P. Gallagher of Williamsburg speak on Columbus Day. He urged vigilance for American liberty, warned against reformers, praised women voters, and criticized school funding limits amid crime concerns. Grand Knight J. M. Kelly introduced him. music and dance followed with local performers. A KC card party is planned for Oct. 19.
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K. C. Hall
J. P. Gallagher
Williamsburg
Iowa County
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A. E. Baldrige
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J. H O Donnell
C. J. Wilson
Lloyd Lytle
Washington
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BB. McSwigegin
PP. White
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Richmond
George Eglin
Kalona
Grand
Boycott Declared by National Federation Over Germany
The American Federation of Labor votes a boycott on goods from Germany and other governments opposed to free trade union organization. The plan began targeting Germany alone but was widened after the resolutions committee recommended against singling out one government. Only one dissenting vote among about 600 delegates.
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American Federation of Labor Today
Germany
Federation’s Resolutions Committee
Baptist Missionary Women to Speak at Local Church
Baptist women from Waterloo and Fredericksburg will speak at the Sunday service and organize the World Wide Guild for teenage girls Monday. Mrs. Asquith and Mrs. Morf, state leaders, will be hosted by Rev. and Mrs. Wing and meet county Baptist women prior to the event.
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Waterloo
Paul &. Morf
Fredericksburg
World Wide Guild
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Baptist Women's Missionary Organization
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World Wide Guild, Girls’ Missionary Group
E. H. Messer
Men Voices in United Presbyterian Service with Calhoun Talk
A twenty man chorus sang at United Presbyterian Church with a solo by David Fulton while Fort Sherman conducted. Dr N J Calhoun of Monmouth II gave a sermon from the potter's wheel metaphor urging men to submit their lives to God. Tonight a women’s service will feature a women's chorus. Public invited.
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Fort Sherman
N. J. Calhoun
Monmouth
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