County Teachers Exam Schedule Set for October in Washington IA
Regular examinations will be held at the Court House in Washington Iowa on October 23 24 and 25 The schedule shows mornings from 8 00 to 12 00 for preliminaries diadactics orthography reading and afternoons from 1 00 to 5 00 for elements of vocal music English grammar and penmanship There is a note saying something in the ode to day will interest you.
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Court House
Washington
Iowa
Music as Relaxation During National Strain
Amid high tension and marshalling of effort the article urges relaxation through music. It cites Columbia or Sonora records as ideal for at home evenings, highlighting new patriotic selections in the November records to sustain morale.
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Columbia
Sonora
Quarantine Closes Just Us Club Meeting
Local notice states the Just Us club will not meet due to quarantine restrictions. Ads promote Fox and Dewey footwear and Crail's rug sales while readers are urged to read the advertisements.
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Just Us Club
Local notices and updates from Fairfield area
Carl Combs reports butter fat price at 57 cents. Various residents, Miss Elizabeth Freding of Fairfield visiting home on weekends, Miss Victoria Freding from Chicago to spend winter at home. Local movements include Mrs A L Griffith and Lois at Crawfordsville, Mr and Mrs C E Plumly to Muscatine, and many travel notes from town. Classifieds advertise American Pearl Button Co positions, job ads for 10 good girls, and a drugstore ad for Sand tonic and Sanol remedies.
Sugar Ration Rule Cuts Weekly Purchases
The Food Administration will cap sugar at two pounds per person per month and require allotments every 15 days starting Oct 15. The change aims to save about 200 million pounds of sugar annually by stopping weekly half pound purchases.
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The
Food Administration
Palm Gift Brightens County Courthouse Corridor
Visitors today see a fourteen year old palm presented by Dr and Mrs M C Terry of Brighton before wintering in California. County Clerk J D Glasgow will care for the plant, which was intended for Fairfield but sent to Washington instead. Also a runaway near East Second street injures Mrs Al Pratt as a bedstead loaded into a buggy causes a collision and overturn injuring her lightly.
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Court House
M. C. Terry
Brighton
California
Thru
J. D. Glasgow
Fairfield
Terrys
Washington
al Pratt
Elwood Glasgow
East Second Street
Mrs L J Roberts Returns From Waco Visit
Mrs L J Roberts has returned from Waco Texas where she had been visiting. A W Yard was operated on for appendicitis this morning at the county hospital and is reported as doing well. Mrs A E Allen and daughter Betty returned home Saturday evening from Monticello Missouri where they had been visiting for ten days. J T Matthews received a letter today from his son Harvey who is now stationed at Grenoble France. The letter included photographs and described Grenoble as a beautiful city with the Alps in the background.
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F. A. Gageby
Marion
Alice Vastine
Richland
Byron Vastine
Fairfield
Grace Roberts
Hazel Dean
Columbus Junction
Marguerite Whittaker
Davenport
John Richards
Ann Jenkins
Humphrey Richards
Cotter
Althea Montgomery
Des Moines College
Lieut
Glover B. Ferrer
England
National Guard
Camp Wheeler
Macon
Georgia
Harold Ross
Iowa City
Students Army Training Corps
Harold
L. J. Roberts
Waco
Texas
A. W. Yard
A. E. Allen
Betty
Monticello
J. T. Matthews
Harvey
Grenoble
France
Drowning of Samuel Roberts Confirmed by Searchers
Burlington reports the body of Samuel Roberts a 19 year old who disappeared from his home was found by hunters near Shook's chute after an organized river search. His coat and cap were found on the river bank with a note to his employer indicating intent to drown himself. The body had drifted eight miles and was badly decomposed. The coroner of Des Moines county was notified and the remains were brought for interment.
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Samuel Roberts
Burlington
Here
Burlington Island
City
Des Moines County
Churches nonessential Iowa Falls plan delayed by war boards
In Oct 21 report from Iowa Falls the Point Pleasant church society faced a setback rebuilding its cyclone destroyed church. Proposals to rebuild were approved by the Bureau of Military Affairs but were rejected by the War Industries Board in Washington, delaying construction until after the war.
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Iowa Falls
Washington
Point Pleasant
Bureau of Military Affairs
War Industries Board
Chaos Rules in Germany Crisis Dictates War End
Washington reports Germany faces a desperate wartime crisis with chaotic conditions in Berlin. Officials say the government's instability could shape the empire’s response to Wilsons peace terms and the duration of the war.
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Washington
Germany
United States
Wilson
Alli
Berlin
Alles
King George's Doctor Arrives With British Officers
Col Sir Thomas Mills surgeon to King George arrives at an Atlantic port with Maj. Gen. Brokelew Monihan and other notable British army and naval officers. Among the passengers are nine Australian editors and five New Zealand editors returning from the front. University of Whiness bonds total 42004 as students pledge payment through chores and duties.
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New York
Sir Thomas Mills
King George
Brokelew Monihan
Atlantic
New Zealand
Recipe for Success
An opinion suggests believing in success can breed real achievement. The piece notes that initial pretend effort can grow into genuine results through confidence and repeated practice.
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Ketter
Franklin County Lamp and Nut
John Shields & Sons
Colin
Mutual
American Magazine
Nita Belle
Pr. M
Katherine Stichter Co
McNamara
First’ Store
Fox & Dewey
Crail's
Carl Combs
Elizabeth Freding
Victoria Freding
Chicago
W. W. Wilson
Ohio
Mrs. C. FE. Plumly
Muscatine
A. L. Griffith
Lois
Crawfordsville
American Pearl Button Co
J. C. Carris
Chas. Everson
Marengo
Town
Ralph Lytle
Mildred Adams
Ainsworth
John Adams
N. J. Burham
West Chester
Will Downs
Tom Downs
A. W. Clow
Lizzie Moore
Lyda Hellaim
Lemley’s Grocery
J. (. Miller
Richard and
Barclay
J. B. Crooks
J. A. Uhler
Dale Bidwell
Mr. Bidwell
Mrs
Harry Bidwell
Walter Nelson
Beresford
Truman Greenfield
Margaret Dicken
Alma Been Blossom
Sigourney
Lila Kracaw
Keota
J. M. Walker
Joretta
Mr. Walker
Mrs. S. A. Walker
J. C. Plummer
Ed Wiley
N. B. Hoornbeck
Youngstown, Ill
J. H. Gilbert
George Gilbert
Lemmon’'s
M-Wet
Emma Long
Hartwick
Maida Mcfarland
Minneapolis, Minn
Mia. A. H. Essley
Etta McFarland
Earl Pardon
Arthur
Daisy Lucile
Wabash Crossing
Mr. Pardon
W. H. Mason
Keot
Lemmon's Pharmacy
Bobe Wagner
Mareceline, Mo
Santa Fe
Robert Thomas
Robert Eugene
Salp- Overland
Mou
Idesti
Harry Ward
East Side
Globe
Mee
the Evening Journal
Syphoint
Iowa Gas and Electric Co
Chaos Rules
Peace Party
U. S
Liberty
Urbana
University of Whiness
A.E. Anderson & CO. Tailors
the Royal Cleaners
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