Washington County Fair Drive Plans Under Canvass
County officials push a Special canvass next Tuesday to gauge stock subscriptions for a proposed Washington County fair. Authorities aim to raise about 75 000 dollars with strong local backing and support from farmers and business leaders as.secretary noted. A Mt Pleasant News editorial lauds the move as a countywide boost and predicts a thriving fair if funded. Brighton boy Nathan Alkire, 15, was seriously wounded when his companion Earl Smith accidentally discharged a gun during squirrel hunting east of Brighton. The bullet damaged his intestines then lodged in his left hip. he underwent surgery at Fairfield and shows cautious signs of recovery. Smith is deeply shaken and unable to narrate the incident.
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Washington County
Fair Association
Mt. Pleasant
Henry County
Washington
Brighton
Nathan Alkire
Jake Alkire
Earl Smith
Alkire
Parl
R. Duttweiler
Jefferson County
Fairfield
Winfield
Julia Murdock
Karl Smith
Reinbeck
Frank Ingols
N. W. Ingols
Chicago
Northwestern Railway
Putnetsburg
Fred H. Bohn
Fenton
Iowa
Bert Calders
Cylinder
Yordy
Bohn
Calders
Wool Stores Pile Up As Virgin Wool Declines
President Alexander Walker reports US mills used 113,060,000 fewer pounds of virgin wool in the past year and outlook grim with over 4,000,000,000 pounds stored. He backs a truth in fabric bill to require labeling of virgin wool content and shoddy substitutes.
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Chicago
United States
Alexander Walker
National Sheep and Wool Bureau of America
East Jackson Boulevard
Interstate and
Foreign Commerce Committees
Congress
Byron Wilson
Wyoming Wool Growers’ Association
Misbranded Madame Deans pills seized in Cedar Rapids
Twenty four packages of Madame Deans pills for women were seized and confiscated by federal inspectors at a local wholesale drug house in Cedar Rapids. The seizure was under the pure food and drugs act alleging misbranding and false therapeutic claims.
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Cedar Rapids
Madame Dean
H. D. Garrett
Chicago
United States
M. L. Healy
Islands Great Possibilities Near Kristiansund
A flat landmass named Smolen Island near Kristiansund Norway offers vast peat bogs. Doubts remain about its suitability for protecting pests in large quantities.
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Smolen Island
Kristianssund
Norway
New Buildings to Be Erected at the State Fair Grounds
Des Moines reports plans for a fish and game pavilion at the Iowa state fair grounds possibly next season funded by the fish and game department. A newspaper building for Successful Farming would be built with no state expense, serving as a hub for journalists. The fair’s attendance nears last year’s 408000 amid higher ticket prices, and costs rise overall. The horseshoe tournament crowned Frank Jackson and his son from Kellerton with 294 points. Humboldt and Polk counties tied for second and third. Other results include Kosuth County and teams from Lucas Poweshiek Buena Vista Woodbury. In Shetland ponies, Mrs. Adam Sterling won first with Earl Dixon second and Seth Way & Son third.
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Des Moines
Fish and Game Department
Secretary of Agriculture
E. T. Meredith
Frank Jackson
Kellerton
Ringgold County
Jackson
Humboldt County
Polk County
Edmonson
Johns
Devine
Davis
Kossuth
Carl Voight
Art Voight
Lucas, Poweshiek
Buena Vista
Woodbury
Adam Sterling
Earl M. Dixon
New Toston
Ill
D. G. Welty
Nevada
G. W. Brideson
Panora
Frank Brideson
Bayard
Seth Way & Son
Oskaloosa
Mrs. Sterling
Earl Dixon
Bavaria Bans Kissing on Stations and Trains
Bavaria bans kissing in stations and aboard trains amid rising public health concerns. The measure mirrors a French directive from two years ago prohibiting kissing on trains and aims to curb crowded social interactions on public transport.
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Bavaria
France
Age of the World Claim from Historian John Von Muller
Historian John Von Muller, long devoted to age of the world research, arrives at a 1920 conclusion that the Earth is 7,642 years old. His figures rely on Biblical references and accepted facts.
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John von Muller
Marriage of Harold Ross and Lucile Doris in Gary Indiana
The marriage occurred on Wednesday September first in Gary Indiana with Harold Ross and Lucile Doris as the couple. Ross will continue as principal of the Keota high school while Doris has taught physical culture in Lowell Indiana and Ross Indiana. This item also notes social gatherings and club activities in the community including a church social, missionary society elections, and a family reunion in Keota Park with about seventy-nine attendees.
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Harold Ross
Lucile Doris
Gary
Indiana
Ross
Washington
Silas Ross
Washington High School
Monmouth College
Journal
Mrs. Ross
Church Notices for Two Presbyterian Congregations
Second United Presbyterian schedules preaching at 11:00 a m and 7 30 p m with Sabbath school at 9 45 and Christian Endeavor at 6 30 led by Rev Leslie Montford. Associate Presbyterian lists Bible class at 10 00 morning worship at 11 00 and Bible study at 6 30 with evening service at 7 30 led by Rev D J Masson.
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Associate Presbyterian
D. J. Masson
Morning and Evening Services at First United Presbyterian
Morning services at 11:00 with special organ music and an anthem. Evening services at 7:30 featuring a soprano solo and organ postlude. Sabbath school at 9:45 and a Christian Endeavor meeting at 6:30. Rev J M Wishart presides with Miss Carolyn Hamilton directing and Miss Maurine McLaughlin organist.
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First United Presbyterian
Christian Endeavor
Galbraith
Lambillotte-Davis
Rockwell
Bertha Hay
Pilgrims
Wagner
J. M. Wishart
Carolyn Hamilton
Maurine McLaughlin
Iowa lawmakers weigh blue sky law reforms this winter
Des Moines reports legislators gathered for the Town-state fair show interest in strengthening Iowa blue sky Legislation to curb stock selling concerns. Lieut Col Ross leads a bill to restrict stock promoters and the Farm Bureau legislative committee will push codes affecting agriculture.
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Des Moines
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
F E. H. Cunningham
Iowa
Farm Bureau Legislative Committee
Sabbath Services and Sermons at Local Church
Sabbath school at 9 45 Sunday morning then morning worship at 11 Sermon Follow the Gleam Christian Endeavor 6 30 p m Evening service at 7 30 Sermon The Church and the Labor Question All welcome especially those without a church home Arthur MN Oates pastor.
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Christian Endeavor
Arthur MN. Oates
Local reunion attendees listed by family and town
The report names numerous attendees at a reunion including Mr. and Mrs. Charles Shockley Mr. and Mrs. Will Shuman Mr. George Burham Mrs. Rudolph Schmidt Chas Root Mrs. Wess Finch and many Hotle families from Washington Brighton Dublin Crawfordsville Keota and surrounding areas. The roll includes Mrs. Celia Reed Lem Reed Sarah Rudolph and Frazier with child and other relatives from Richmond and nearby towns.
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Charles Shockley
Will Shuman
George Burham
Rudolph Schmidt
Chas. Root
Wess Finch
Will Hotle
Washington
Celia Reed
Lem Reed
Sarah Rudolph
Frazier
Richmond
George Hotle
Howard Hotle
Will Dunbar
Brighton
Jake Hotle
Birdie
Dallas Hotle
Clarence Hotle
Walter Hotle
Dublin
G. Waggoner
Margaret Marie
Howard Seeton
and Baker
Crawfordsville
George Seeton
Howard Leacox
Lilah Leacox
Keota
Knights of Columbus Picnic at Sunset Park on Labor Day
The Knights of Columbus announce their annual picnic for members and families at Sunset Park on Labor Day with a dinner, games, and refreshment stands. Also listed are the West Chester Baptist Missionary Tea next Thursday at the Baptist church, O.O. KE.S. initiation meeting Sept. 7, Fort nightly club postponing meetings to Sept. 20, and Leon Beatty Post American Legion regular meeting Sept. 7 at 7:30 p.m. in the F. M. Bank building basement.
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Hotle
Shockley
Keota Park
Will Hotle
George Hotle
Sunset Park
Knights of Columbus
Kk. of
C.’s
West Chester
The
Baptist Church
Cary
Morse
Leon Beatty Post
American Legion
F. & M. Bank
Economy as a Habit Not a Choice, Says Inquirer
The Philadelphia Inquirer notes that some men are born economical while others acquire thrift, but most have economy forced on them by circumstances and daily life. It frames thrift as a societal pressure rather than a voluntary virtue.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Mouse Nest Reveals Old House Rece IPT Letter
A worker in a house near Derby academy in Hingham found a paper in a mouse nest that turned out to be a receipted bill for constructing the house dated sixty years ago.
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Derby Academy
Hingham
Iowa storm flattens corn fields harming harvest outlook
In Iowa, heavy rain and wind knocked corn stalks flat across a wide area from Silver Creek to the Cass county line, causing expected soft ears and yield damage as farmers face a bleak harvest outlook. In Woodbine, the J E Dale store was looted for about 5000 dollars in merchandise including suits and shirts. Fort Dodge talks over gas rates move to arbitration with a temporary 1.90 dollar per thousand rate set.
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Macedonia
Silver Creek
Cass County
Woodbine
J. E. Dale
Fort Dodge
Fort Dodge Gas and Electric Company
Robbers Raid Parno Jewelers in Green Surfers
In Green on Tuesday night burglars broke into the E W Parno jewelry store and stole watches rings and cuff links worth about 400 to 500 dollars. Officers believe the thieves first hit the Pooley Clark lumber office taking hatchets and a bit to bore the locks. They could not force the door and smashed the glass to enter. The hatchets and a coat were left behind. Waterloo bloodhounds and handlers arrived on the noon train.
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Waterloo Bloodhounds
Million New Cars Add to Wear of Roads
The Bureau of Public Roads notes rapid vehicle growth raises highway repair needs. In 1919 total registered motor cars reached 7,565,446, up 23 percent from 1918, with license revenue totaling 64.7 million dollars, about 20 percent higher than 1914. Maryland seeks Interstate Commerce Commission aid for material shortages delaying road work.
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Bureau of Public Roads
United States Department of Agriculture
States of the Union
United States
New York
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Interstate Commerce Commission
Des Moines Pastor Han son accepts Chicago church call
Des Moines reports Rev Howland Hanson, 15 years at First Baptist Des Moines, resigns to join Morgan Park Baptist Chicago in Beverly Hills. Final sermon Aug 29. farewell hosted by Mrs. Van Vilet at 1805 Sixth Ave. Morgan Park builds a new $150000 edifice.
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Des Moines
Howland Hanson
First Baptist Church
Morgan Park Baptist Church
Chicago
Hanson
C. G. van Vilet
Sixth Avenue
Morgan Park
Beverly Hills
Wayland
Carrie Schantz
Washington
Honolulu
Bureau of War Risk Insurance
Capital
Internal Revenue Department
San Francisco
Meservey
Carl Hanson
Omaha
Mason City
Great Western Crossing
Lansing
Kain
Harry Houlihan
Harpers Ferry
Whalen
Art
McDonald Boy
Notice of K of P Social Meeting
Social gathering announced for Monday evening with refreshments. All members urged to attend and enjoy. Signed by 7212 Arthur Therion, C. C.
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Presbyterian Church
Jessie Kerr
Eleanore’ Bailey
Wanda Neiswanger
Arthur Therion
C. C
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Clayca Stewart
Woman's Missionary Society of the Baptist Church
M. R. Regan
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Ira Bowman
Walter Hays
Dittmars
Lee McAvoy
Charlies Wilson
Mothers Club
William Downley
Delvin
Illinois
A. B. Schmoeller
West Chester Methodist Sunday School
Fred Foriash
Second United Presbyterian
Leslie Mountford
Mason
Harker
Miss Louise Livingston
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Ainsworth, Iowa
Harper's Ferry
New Albin
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