Washington wedding bells spice town social notes
Miss Evelyn Eldridge and Wayne Simerman wed at the Eldridge home with 45 guests as Dr. Wishart officiated. The celebration featured flowers, music by Miss McLaughlin, and a four course breakfast. The couple, traveling for a two week honeymoon, are noted as Washington's fine young people. Other weddings and social events fill the day in local society pages.
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Evelyn Eldridge
Wayne Simerman
W. §& Eldridge
J. M. Wishart
First United Presbyterian Church
Fidridge
Carolyn Hamilton
Maurine McLaughlin
Cadman
Miss McLaughlin
Mendelssohn
Dr. Wishart
Limerman
Howard Eldridge
Clinton
Iowa
Mary Reese
Ottumwa
Reno Dunshee
Keota
Buck
Ellen
France
Tom Dewis
Iva Snider
Cyrus Birka
Keota High School
Lisbon Harbor Lights Signal Ship Time
Two harbor lights in Lisbon automatically illuminate five minutes before the hour and extinguish at the hour to signal time to vessels.
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Lisbon
Rescues Calf From Mire Near the River
A calf belonging to a farmer near Wellston was saved after J. D. Glasgow of Washington spent hours away from his office to help pull the animal from mire by the river bank. Several local farmers assisted in the rope rescue after the calf sank and reemerged repeatedly.
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Wellston
Washington
J. D. Glasgow
Two Cars Stolen and Recovered in Washington Street Incident
An Overland and a Ford were taken yesterday on Washington streets by unknown individuals. The Ford was driven by a local boy who was chased by the owner and injured J. D. Hays in the northeast part of town. No charges reported. The Overland belonged to Crawfordsville residents and was recovered between Washington and Ainsworth after being abandoned.
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L. J. Miller
Josephine McKevitt
Davenpor
Miller
Pathe
Marguerite McElhinney
Overland
Washington
J. D. Hays
Crawfordsville
Sheriff's Office
Ainsworth
Village Club Announces September Meetings and Events
The Fortnightly Child Study group delays its meeting to September 8 1681. West Chester Farmers Union hosts a Twin Bridges picnic on September 4 with family picnics and supplies. Mrs Chas Wilson hosts the Mother’s club and husbands at eight this Thursday. A Cloyce Stewart young people social at 802 N 2nd Ave Friday. The Women’s Foreign Missionary Society meets Friday 2 30 at Mrs Anderson’s for mite box opening. Presbyterian ladies meet Friday 2 30 in church parlors. Baptist Woman’s Missionary Society meets Friday afternoon at Mrs Regan’s home with officer elections. Senior choir rehear sel Friday 7 30 for Sunday September 12 services led by Harry Thomas. No preaching on Sunday September 5 due to Dr Bowers at Grinnell conference. Foreign Missionary Society postpones from tomorrow to Tuesday next week.
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Cloyce Stewart
N. 2Nd Ave
First United Presbyterian Church
Women's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Church
Ab Anderson
Methodist Church
Harry Thomas
Bowers
Grinnell
Man Tried for Sleeping in Church in Abingdon
A man in Abingdon was tried by a magistrate for sleeping and snoring in church. No action was taken against the clerical gentleman who allegedly put him to sleep, as reported by the Richmond Dispatch on May 17, 1870.
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Abingdon
Richmond
Farmers Union County Picnic Planned at Suneet Park
A county picnic of the farmers unions is set for next Wednesday September 8 at Suneet Park. County president William Sutherland leads a program with national speakers and an expected visit by the national president of the farmers organization. A basket dinner will be served at noon and a large turnout is anticipated.
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Suneet Park
William Sutherland
Farmers’ Union Ecircles
We Farmers’ Organization
Ainsworth Schools To Open Next Week
Ainsworth, Sept. 2. Teachers for the coming year are hired and will be here for the opening of school next week. Names include W. G. Robertson superintendent Miss Clarg Wallace principal Ora Railsback manual training Miss Helen Railsback Latin Miss Helen Ferguson mathematics Miss Lottie Copeland 7th and 8th grades Miss Edna McConnell 3rd and 4th grades Miss Ruth Phillips 1st and 2nd grades Mrs Della Grub music and domestic science.
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Ainsworth
W. G. Robertson
Clarg Wallace
Ora Railsback
Helen Railsback
Helen Ferguson
Lottie Copeland
Edna McConnell
Ruth Phillips
Della Grub
Methodist ministers attend Iowa conference in Grinnell
Dr W W Bowers and other Methodist ministers and laymen from the community attend the Iowa conference session in Grinnell. A favorable report on the local congregation is presented to the conference. A laymen's meeting is held today. Dr Bowers is expected to be reassigned to Washington. Rent it with Want Ad.
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W. W. Bowers
Iowa
Methodist Church
Grinnell
Bowers
Washington
Ball Team Faces Three Games Next Week In Homestead Schedule
The Washington ball team, unbeaten for weeks, hosts Muscatine on Sunday, Letts on Labor Day, and Brighton on Wednesday. Likely pitchers include Little against Muscatine and Peck in the Labor Day game, with Little possibly starting vs Brighton if his arm holds.
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Washington
Muscatine
Letts
Brighton
Little
Peck
Banks Close for Labor Day Citywide Holiday
Banks in the city will be closed all day on Labor Day. Washington National Bank Commercial Savings Bank Farmers and Merchants State Bank Washington Loan & Trust Co 17012
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Washington National Bank Commercial Savings Bank
Farmers and Merchants State Bank
Washington Loan & Trust Co
Bachelor Would Buy Girls Watches
A benevolent bachelor over 70, living in Mitchell, directs a Waterloo relative to buy six watches as gifts for needy employed girls. He believes a good watch costs about 85 dollars and urges spending more for first class pieces. The total would be 210 dollars, and he recently funded church papering in Mitchell.
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Waterloo
Mitchell
Robert Rhea Becomes Benteco Store Manager
R. BE. Rhea, formerly of Wyman in general merchandise, assumed as Benteco cash store manager this week. He has bought a Washington home and moved to town. Sterling Riggs resigns to resume studies at Monmouth College. the Riggs family moves to Galesburg as C. C. Riggs takes a railway position.
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R. BE. Rhea
Wyman
Benteco Cash
Washington
Sterling Riggs
Monmouth College
Riggs
Galesburg
C. C. Riggs
New York Birth Rate Climbs Despite Costs and Shortages
New York City faces high living costs and housing shortages yet records a rising birth rate. Health officials report a first seven months rate of 22.34 per thousand in 1920, up from 21.90 the year before, while infant mortality drops to 83 per 1000 births as sanitation and healthier living improve public health understanding.
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New York
New York City
Health Department
Roadster Wheel Detaches in Fast Run. Driver Unharmed
Lloyd Shalla of north of town lost a wheel from his roadster as it sped along. The car was badly damaged but the driver was not seriously hurt.
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Lloyd Shalla
Lesson on Solomon Builds the Temple and God’s House
The text centers on Kings 6 and 8 and Isaiah 56 7 and emphasizes a sacred house for prayer. It links Solomon’s temple with the value of worship and dedicates the school lesson to putting best efforts into God’s house. It aligns primary topic God’s House with junior topic Solomon Builds the Temple and general moral guidance for all ages.
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God's House
Solomon
Solomon Builds and Dedicates the Temple Details
A summary of Solomon's temple project from Mount Moriah using cedars and stone from Phoenician quarries. It covers Hiram's help with skilled workers, the temple dimensions, sacred furnishings, the dedication rites bringing the ark, Solomon's address and prayer, and the people’s acts of blessing and sacrifice.
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Hiram
Solomon
Mount Morah
David
God
Temple
Jerusalem
King
Poverty Treads on Heels
A concise reflection on fortune and poverty noting that wealth is fragile and quickly dissolves. The adage contrasts middling fortune with sudden riches and quotes Bruyere about poverty following great wealth.
Every Day the Best Day Quote
A compact note reflects on a quotation urging that every day be kept as the best day of the year attributed to Ralph Waldo Emerson and echoed as inspirational creed.
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Ralph Walde Emerson
Evidence of Weakness Neutratite Vis a Lasting Principle
A fragmented snippet references weakness and a lasting principle tied to Kossula. The text shows garbled OCR with partial phrases about evidentiary strength and conceptual notions. No clear events, dates, or identities beyond Kossula emerge.
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Kossula
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D. O. Riley
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M. R. Kegan
Mabelle Desing
Leo D. Veeder
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George I. King
Mr. King
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Claude
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Sige
F F. Pesing
Telmond
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Ed Morrison
George — Breitenbach
Marion Stewart
Ellen Morrison
Emma Morrison
Fairfield
Mollie Cherry
Oklahoma City
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Chicago
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Farmers Union of
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Twin Bridges
Chas. Wilson
Mother's Club
The
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Woman's Missionary Society of the Baptist Church
Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Church
Farmers’ Union
Ics
Methodist
W. A. Harper
MecComb Sisters
West Chester School Board
W. R. Gannon
Geo. M. Groendycke
M. C. DeLong
Geo. Hopping
D. F. Macon
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Shinoa Sc
Benteco Pte Filler
Ife Pkg
Jivepy
Bercello Cale Flour
Marshall
Hershey
Anal “Racker
Nagisco
Republz Vator
Johnny
Uneceda
Graham
Benteco Kash Store
Iowa Ave
East Side Square
Robert Rhea
Benteco
N.Y
Uesse L.lasey
PL. B. Fitzwater
D. D
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
Western Newspaper Union
Holy House
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