Boost Fund for Legion Building Social Planned
A social event on Monday November 5 at the Col S W Brookhart home aims to add small denomination contributions to the American Legion Building Fund now at 600 dollars half from the Auxiliary and half from Leon Beatty post. Proceeds support a new Legion building with Armistice day banquet plans and after dinner program by the post. Hostesses Mia Mallory and Mrs Will Jacobs served candy at yesterday's Auxiliary meeting.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Legion
Col. S. W. Brookhart
The
Legion Auxiliary
Auxiliary
Leon Beatty
Presbyterian Church
Navy
Legion Post
Mia
Roy Mallory
Will Jacobs
Wallace Grades Win 28 to 0 in Southeast Iowa Child Football
Representatives of Wallace school reported a game on Lincoln grounds where Wallace defeated Lincoln 28 to 0 for the southeast Iowa fly weight championship. The 4th and 5th graders delivered some of the season’s best plays before a large audience.
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Wallace-Lincoln
Wallace and Lincoln
Southeastern Iowa
Wallace
Lincoln Grounds
Sporting Authority
Rice One of Best Ends Seen at Iowa
Hoddy Rice, elected captain of the Iowa freshman football squad, is lauded as one of the best ends seen on a freshman team in years. A Washington native, he captained his high school team in 1922, helped win a state championship, excels in basketball as a guard, is a strong pole vaulter, and is pledged to Alpha Tau Omega at the University of Iowa.
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Towa City
Washington
Rice
Cedar Rapids
Muscatine
Ottumwa
Fairfield
College of Liberal Arts
Alpha Tau Omega
Primary road certificates bought by Davenport firms
The county board of supervisors sold primary road certificates to Washington Loan and Trust company and White-Phillips company of Davenport. The total value is $50,900 and they will be paid off next spring after collecting the coming year's automobile license fees used for primary road work.
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County Board of Supervisors
Washington Loan and Trust Company
White-Phillips Company
Davenport
Ready Buys New Hearse in Washington Purchase
R N Ready, Brighton undertaker and furniture dealer, bought a new hearse in Washington. The aluminum body, silver gray finish, genuine mahogany interior, and silver hardware came from Piqua Ohio and was mounted on a Dodge Brothers chassis. Equipment purchased via Jones Auto company of Washington.
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R. N. Ready
Brighton
Washington
Piqua
Ohio
Dodge Brothers
Jones Auto Company
Mrs. A. R. Miller Returns From Western PEO Trip
Mrs. A R Miller back from the Supreme Chapter P E O convention in Seattle after a month on the western tour. Four hundred thirty nine delegates and over seven hundred visitors attended with meetings in Portland Blaine Vancouver Los Angeles and Seattle. New officers elected include President Vina Bowden and First Vice Patience Beatty.
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A. R. Miller
Supreme Chapter
P. BE. O
Seattle
Washington
P. BE. O. Society
United States
British Combia
Vina I. Bowden
Brookfield
Patience Beatty
Los Angeles
Calif
Belle Mu
Miss Donovan Attends National Catholic Welfare Council Meet
Miss Kate Donovan of Des Moines sister of Albert Donovan returned from Washington where she represented the Catholic Daughters of America of Iowa at the National Catholic Welfare Council convention in the Hall of Nations Hotel Washington. About 200 delegates heard talks by James Davis Smyth Hoover Hanna Shahan and Husband. The group was received by President Coolidge at the White House and over 16000 was raised for welfare work.
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Kate Donovan
Des Moines
Albert Donovan
Washington, D. C
Catholic Daughters of America
Iowa
National Catholic Welfare Council
Hall of Nations
Hotel Washington
United States
Labor
James Davis
Smyth
Hanna
San Francisco
Hoover
Shahan
Catholic University of Washington
Husband
Bureau of Immigration
White House
Coolidge
Fine American Citizen Frank Vodicka Passes Moral Test
Frank Vodicka of Richmond, an immigrant from Radnice Bohemia who arrived in 1869, built wealth from farming and thrift. He owns 241 acres and a farm connected to his son in law Milton Novy, with two sons remaining after one WWI loss. His tale highlights immigrant pride and American industriousness amid talk of distant lands.
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Frank Vodicka
Richmond
America
Russia
Radnice
Bohemia
Frederick Krebs
Riverside
Len
Milton Novy
Alvin Hasty
Franik Vodicka
Bohemila
Germany
Delinquent Taxes Drop as Payments Come In
County treasurer reports daily payments on delinquent tax assessments and a substantial reduction of the list. All delinquencies are to be paid by this Saturday, with the annual delinquent tax list to be published next week. The delinquent tax sale is scheduled for early December.
Teachers Conduct Regular Exams at Court House
Regular examinations for teachers seeking higher grades began at the court house this afternoon under Miss Clara Wallace county superintendent of schools. The tests will continue Thursday and Friday.
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Court House
Clara Walace
Renewed Interest In Life With Mah Jong
A Louisville Courier Journal note suggests renewed interest and energy can come from trying new games like Mah Jong, breaking boredom and encouraging social activity. The piece frames Mah Jong as a fresh pastime to spark engagement.
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Mah Jong
Louisville Courier- Journal
Y M C A Board Adopts Plans For New Building
The Y M C A board adopts the proposed plans and specifications for a new building after weeks of study and consultation with Davenport architects Temple and Burrows and the national Y M C A building bureau. They seek to include standard features within the $80,000 bequest from James H. Young and current funds, aiming to begin construction soon despite material costs and a gymnasium and swimming pool challenge.
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Y" Board
Seth J. Temple
Davenport
Temple & Burrows
National
James H. Young
Cartoonist Ash Davis Delights Crowd at Methodist League Event
The Epworth League in Washington hosted Ash Davis, a cartoonist, for a lecture night that drew a large audience. His entertaining art mixed gentle philosophy and notable landscape sketches, especially a sunset scene on a northern lake praised as superb. The league plans three more programs this winter featuring a harpist, a Cornell couple with playlets, and a home talent show.
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Methodist Epworth League
Ash Davis
Davis
Washington
Cornell
Home Economics Recipe Update for Toasted Cheese
A correction notes a recipe error from last week in the Home Economics section. The cheese amount should be one half pound instead of one quarter pound in the Toasted Cheese recipe from last night’s Journal.
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Home Economics
Local Visitors and New Stock At Ward's Store
Mr and Mrs J J Anwyl of Crawfordsville and Mr and Mrs J Russell of Winfield are in town visiting the Ralph Pratt home and Washington shoppers. Ward's offers La France silk hosiery in twenty shades, German silver table mats with felt lining, and Red River Early Ohio potatoes at 75 cents per bushel. Mrs Emma L White reports her daughter in Cedar Rapids died at 4 30 this morning formerly Mrs Komer White.
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Mrs. J. Russell of
Winfield
Ralph Pratt
la France
Marshal Field's of
Chicago
Emma L. White
Cedar Rapids
Inlaw
Komer White
Not in the Social Register Sparks Tense Dinnertime Exchange
Mrs New confronts Ellen over a social omission as Ellen admits fault and reveals the missing entry in the social register. The exchange centers on Ellen's discovery that the hostess is not listed among social guests.
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Ellen
Wild Horses Live Longer Than Domestic Counterparts
In the wild a horse may reach thirty five to forty years, while domestic horses are generally old at twenty five.
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Gust Bramer
East Side Square
Evening Journal
LLCC
Joe Stove
Eli Jackson
Tom Piper
Ainsworth
S. K. Statler
West Chester
Inquire Journal
James Pal
Ross Crawford
R. S. Bales
Guernsey
Roy Libe
Journal
Thomas
Frank McAvoy
Inquire Journal Office
R. E. Brown
Ss. H
Ralph Zeck
Walter E. Smith
COLE
McElhinney Furniture Co
Poland
J. J. Anwy
Crawfordsville
Towa
Chevrolet
O. L. Blake
Wildes
Boyd Berdo
Warren L. Bishop
Rural
ACORN
John Wheelan
H .L. Wilkins
al Roe
C. S. Lemmon’s
L. D. Robinson
Deardale
Shipman-Ward
James Ralston
Keota
Smouse
W. J. Kiefer
J. J. Anwyl
Herman Twinam
Car of
Red River
Ward's
D. M. Koons
Graham
Sigourney
D. N. Lewis
Mr. Lewis
Williamsburg
Ward
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