Women of the Ku Klux Klan Gather in Iowa Event
The Journal’s Weekly News Review notes a Des Moines gathering of Women of the Ku Klux Klan at the gospel tabernacle. Other items include Clinton approving an ordinance for airplane operations, Captain Collyer departing in City of New York, and a Ames drop that aided a deaf farmer.
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Ku Klux Klan
Iowa
Des Moines Gospel Tabernacle
State
Fforce
Charles B. D. Collyer
City of New York
Ames
Geo. Prohaska
Perry Farmer
Washington High School Opens as Liberty Loan Drive Looms
The 1918 Washington high school session lists on duty teachers led by Calvin J. Smith and F K Williamson as classes begin amid war effort anxieties. Students depart for college and camp Dodge drafts rise. enrollments climb from 320 to 3380 and local theaters feature The Glorious Adventure and Riders of the Purple Sage as townsfolk head to Des Moines and Davenport for education and news.
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Calvin J. Smith
F. K. Williamson
H. E. Case
Margaret Doolittle
Ella Woodford
Della Patton
Edith Shields
Kathryn Montagmery
Lillian Minick
Jeanette Lemley
R. M. Visquain
L. T. Smith
Lois Bronson
Alice Atchison
Ruth Neeley
George T. Auld
South Marion Avenue
Lloyd Neiswanger
H. O. Otto
Edith
Harold
Des Moines
Herman Otto
Jay Brewer
Highland Park College
Fox
Mae Marsh
Graham
Marguerite Clark
Shirley Mason
Washington County
Camp Dodge
Washington
Francis Swift
Cecil Amlong
Fred May
Harold Moore
Howard McBride
John Merchant
Martin Wright
A. W. Dann
Maurice Benda
Bryan Coackley
Dennis Flynn
Clarence Bickford
Lewis Miller
William and
Walter Robertson
John May
William Swift
Calvin Smith
H. F. Darbyshire
Fred Steck
Owasso
Michigan
Glenn Laffer
William Farnum
Washington News Highlights Local Events and Elections
Local items include J A Sebesta buying Ar thur Redding's interest in the New Graham theatre. Rev David Fulton began ministry at United Presbyterian Church. Washington cavalry troop returns from Camp Dodge. Various community notices cover funerals, enrollments, weddings, and school activities.
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J. A. Sebesta
Rock Valley
Iowa
Arthur Redding
Graham Theatre
David Chalmers Fulton
United Presbyterian Church
Mr Fulton
Athens Fever Toll and Global News Crops Up in Briefs
Athens reports a curious fever taking about 40 lives daily as communications fail due to illness. English scientists note one third of Britons hear poorly. In Indiana Marylyn Lockwood refuses to fly without her dad as a note about a missing flight surfaces. European air firms announce dividends for 1927. Letters reach Jane Gray from her father, a murder case figure. Wisconsin trout season ends with a good night fishing tally for Coolidge.
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Athens
Subway Air Mission Rates Paris Subways Safe
A special municipal team tested air in Paris subways and declared the underground railroad safe for travelers. The assessment aims to reassure the traveling public about health standards in the system.
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Paris
St’s
Hill Wins Fifteen Round Decision Over Newsboy Brown
British flyweight Johnny Hill defeats Newsboy Brown of Sioux City, Iowa in a fifteen round decision on Thursday evening. Burton A. Ingwerson, head coach of the University of Iowa football team, returns to Iowa City after five weeks in the east to finalize plans for the 1928 gridiron season.
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Johnny Hill
Newsboy Brown
Sioux City
Iowa
Burton A. Ingwerson
University of Iowa
Iowa City
Brief History of First United Presbyterian Church Washington
A historical sketch traces the Crooked Creek congregation's 1841 founding in Washington, its early ministers including Rev Vincent, the first church in 1844, and later unions forming the United Presbyterian body. It notes building costs, renovations, key pastors, and a 1927 merger with Second Church, shaping the local faith community.
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Washington
Crooked Creek
Washington County
George (. Vincent
James Davison
Crooked Creek Church
Vincent
Dawson
Captain Stone
Associate Synod
Mr. Vincent
W. H. Andrew
John Scott
D. D
R. W. French
Nenne
David Lindsey
Trindad
D. W. Carson
W. H. Wilson
Iowa
First United Presbyterian Church of Washington
Wilson
Associate
Associate Reformed Presbyterian Churches
United Presbyterian Church
First United Presbyterian Church
Associated Reformed
Second United Presbyterian Church
McAryeal
Oskaloosa
Washington Democrat
Meriam and
Nowguet
Chicago
George A. Mikech
D. W. French
Haskins, Davis and Beard
W. C. Williamson
Fed
United Presbyterian Church of
Davidson
Lenox
F. C. Ross
Ross
Rock Prairie
Wisconsin
W. O. Fisher
Fisher
Harvard Heights
Los Angeles
John M. Wishart
Gibson Heights
St. Louis
Wishart
J. R. McCrory
McCrory
Cambridge
Ohio
Willard Wylie
A Night of Mystery and Other Tales at Local Theater
A Night of Mystery centers on Miss Brent and Captain Perrood as a murder mystery unfolds after a forbidden romance. Wheel of Chance follows twin brothers in a love triangle ending in a fatal act. Riding for Fame with Hoot Gibson is also noted, with emphasis on service and spiritual endeavor.
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Adolphe Menton
Miss Brent
Menton
Captain Perrood
Ferreel
Richard Parthlemess
Hoot Gibson
Coach George Kloos named free port lightweight hoops coach
George L. Kloos former University of Town athlete and current Muses inc head coach is appointed to lead Freeport Illinois high schools lightweight basketball team for next season. Ethel Hertle wins Wrigley marathon 5101 in a 10 mile Lake Ontario course with fifty one women finishers. R H Hanousek wins national golf driving title with a 284 yard 2 inch drive at Soldier Field Chicago. Dene Tunney attends London dinner hosted by Harry Preston on British sport and journalism leaders. The Week's Program lists nightly westerns and mystery features with Adolphe Menjou Hoot Gibson and others.
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University of Town
Muses‘inc
Freeport
Illinois
Ethel Hertle
New York
Lake Ontario
R. H. Hanousek
St. Paul
Notre Dame
Soldier Field
Chicago
Dene Tunney
London
Harry Preston
Prince of Wales
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