County Attorney Explains Lens Law Enforcement Steps
County Attorney T A Michels explains the motor law requiring proper legal lenses for headlights and outlines sheriff and private dealers roles. Public may fit lenses themselves, or use appointed firms for adjustments. City police begin enforcement tonight. unadjusted cars face arrest but grace period for lens purchase remains.
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T. A. Michels
Peinth General Assembly
Des Moines
Michels
Masonic Lodge No 26 Meeting Set for Friday Evening
Washington Lodge No. 26 A F and A M will hold its regular meeting Friday evening September 2 at eight oclock. Regular order of business and new petitions to ballot upon and to receive. 6912 Elliot Grayson W M.
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Washington Lodge
Elliot Grayson
W. M
Willard Announces All Rubber Battery Breakthrough
T A Willard in Cleveland unveils an all rubber storage battery for modern cars. The monobloc seamless rubber case replaces wooden boxes and jars, with rubber separators and threads creating a leak free unit. The case resists decay and withstands high voltage tests using wireless transformers.
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Cleveland
T. A. Willard
Willard
Prospects Bright for H. S. Football Squad
Coach Arthur Dickinson returns to Shellsburg with high school football material for a strenuous season. Eight game schedule set with Wapello Muscatine Ft Madison Burlington Sigourney Ottumwa Fairfield Columbus Junction. Returning players include Putnam Daniels Rice Freshwaters Neill Ross Macon Hall and others amid many new hopefuls.
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Arthur Dickinson
Shellsburg
Keota
Washington
Wapello
Liklihood
Muscatine
Putnam
Daniels
Rice
Freshwaters
Ed Neill
Ross
Macon
Hall
Dubois
Altho
Waymack
Dusenbery
McCreedy
Cunningham
Skipton
Haney
Fields
Brookhart
McGugin
Schowalter
Wayland High School
Body of Leon Beatty Reaches America
Mr and Mrs Swayne Beatty of northwest Washington learn by telegram that their son Private Leon Beatty killed in France has reached Hoboken and will be forwarded to Washington. He was the first Washington county soldier killed in action in France and the local American Legion post is named for him. A military funeral is planned, likely the largest ever held in the community.
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Swayne Beatty
Washington
Leon Beatty
France
Hoboken
Beatty
Washington County
American Legion
Mother Volstead and the home brew tale headline
The verse references a police action as an officer takes away Little Miss Muffet, with lines noting a jug of hard cider beside her and a connection to the Volstead era. The item reflects wartime era humorous verse in American Legion Weekly.
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Miss Muffet
American Legion Weekly
J H Young Funeral to be Held at Local Church
Funeral services for J H Young who died in Long Beach California will be held Saturday at 2 20 PM at the First United Presbyterian church. Dr J M Wishart and Rev Leslie Mountford will conduct the service. Interment will be in Elm Grove cemetery. The funeral party will arrive in Wahington early Saturday morning.
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J. H. Young
Long Beach
Cal
First United Presbyterian Church
J. M. Wishart
Leslie Mountford
Elm Grove Cemetery
Wannington
Kalona Ball Club Beats Riverside at Fall Festival
Kalona Iowa defeated Riverside 9 to 4 at the Fall Festival and picnic in Richmond. Riverside committed twelve errors leading to the loss. Both teams have won one game apiece and a rematch is planned soon. Riverside battery Siemen Miller for Kalona Shaffer Ledman.
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Kalona
Riverside
Richmond
Siemen
Miller
Shaffer
Ledman
Reister and Sons Poultry Butter Trade Praised
A Washington town reader extols the honesty of the firm W. B. Reister and Sons. The anecdote lauds cash payments for poultry and eggs and promotes Reister’s Butter as a prized product sold at the same stand. The writer invites others to bring produce to the business and asserts fair treatment of customers and even their children.
Thousands Attend the Annual County Home Picnic
Between three thousand and four thousand people gathered at the county home for the annual picnic. The event, growing in size, featured the Washington band, speeches by A. R. Miller and Marsh W. Bailey, and a cavalry drill by Troop D. The Beatty family hosted and received praise for the well planned day.
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Courty Home
Frank ©. Beatty
Washington Band
A. R. Miller
Marsh W. Bailey
Washington County
Bailey
County Board of Supervisors
Batley
W. W. Bowers
Hazel Kracaw
Beatty
The
Journal Express
Iowa Cavalry
Cavalry
Freshmen Registration Tops High School Roster
Crowded registration rooms fill with 100 to 150 new students for the upcoming Monday start. Officials note the incoming class may be the largest ever, with other classes already reaching limits as registration concludes today.
Taxi Driver Knits Between Rides in Mason City
Mason City reports a unique cabbie John Redeker knits and embroideres while parked waiting for passengers. He knits under Central Park trees with a Buick idling near Federal avenue, a skill he learned without his wife teaching him.
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Mason City
John Redeker
Federal Avenue
Central Park
John
Students Placed With Colleges This Month
Prospective college students listed include Glen Eldridge University of Michigan Maurice Swisher I S C Ames Helen Risk and Harvey Gardner Tona Wesleyan Jesse Richardson University of Iowa Opal White music school in Chicago George Rice Fort Madison business college Jessie Rice Marjorie Schulty from last year's high school class will pursue postgraduate work at the high school beginning next week.
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Glen Eldridge
University of Michigan
Maurice Swisher
Ames
Helen Risk
Harvey Gardner
Tona Wesleyan
Jesse Richardson
University of Iowa
Opal White
Chicago
George Rice
Fort Madison
Jessie Rice
Marjorie Schulty
Woman Echoes Her Last Words in Hotel Room
A Portland Express and Advertiser item recounts a woman who stayed in a hotel alone and, after discovering the room’s echoing acoustics, spoke a final word which led to her death.
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Portland Express and Advertiser
Fraternal Bodies Gain In Membership
Chicago reports show strong growth in insurance in force and membership for 88 fraternal bodies. Insurance in force rose from 5.290 billion to 5.468 billion dollars in 1920, a yearly gain of 177.5 million, while membership increased by 101,056. Henri Roy of Montreal is tipped to become president, succeeding George P. Kirby of Toledo.
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Chicago
Ill
National Fraternal Congress of America
Congress
Henri Roy
Montreal
George P. Kirby
Toledo
A Disturbing Ghost in a Poet’s Complaint
A fragmentary passage shows a speaker blaming a poet for haunting sleep with debt and unpaid board, revealing tension between two unnamed figures. The line questions why the poet hunts the speaker in dreams, hinting at lingering guilt or unresolved obligations.
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Michigan
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Kash
Masonic Fraternity
Iowa Ave
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VYRAR
America
Kalona Ball Club
W. 8. Reister and Sons
Reister
Reister and Son
J. EB. McGlone
Mrs. Beatty
Evening Journal
Call Journal
C. A. Gilmore
New Boston
Journal
Iowa
Fordson Tractor
L. R. Marr
Ainsworth
Duroc Jersey
Roy Libe
New Zealand
Edwin B. Davidson
Falk Motor Co
Schmoeller Bros
M. L. Brown
Brown
Shropshire Ram
L. C. Woodburn
Brown Sport Oxfords
Journal Office
Highland Center
A. J. Waldschmidt
Poland
China
John D. Jones
Crawfordeville
Wm, and
Mary
Call
Black
Fairfield
Wisconsin
G. R. Somer
T. C. Deal
Brown Painting Co
Bob Shaffer
Crawfordsville
Jacob George
T. C
Oscar George
Chester
O. D. Booth
White Way
Timothy Seed
Charles Jackson
Inquire Journal
Harry Kracaw
C. H. Meyer
Washington National Bank
Frances L. Neal
42Nd St
John Brannen
Brighton
Columbus Institute
Columbus
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