Washington county girl wins chance for New York voice lessons
Kathleen Wellman Coffey of Wellman will move to New York to study voice with Esther Nelson Hart after mutual friends arranged a meeting in Chicago. Hart, a former Bush Conservatory teacher and Met Opera affiliate, will supervise Kathleen’s lessons and residence on Long Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Coffey
Chicago
Edgar Nelson
Chris Hart
Metropolitan Opera Co
New York
Hth Avenue M. E. Church
WFAF
Kathleen
Hart
Long Island
Painting the Town at Fox Theatre Delights Audiences
Amusements painting the Town a photo play shown at the Fox Theatre this afternoon provoked gales of laughter and proved entertaining for all ages with continuous humor from start to finish.
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Fox Theatre
Painting the Town film review highlights Glenn Tryon’s breakout humor
The critic lauds Glenn Tryon as the primary engine of rapid joke sequences in Painting the Town. Director William J. Craft and writer Harry O. Hoyt receive credit for the story, with Patsy Ruth Miller delivering beauty and acting as a foil to the likable smartaleck lead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn Tryon
Smartaleck
Altho
William J. Craft
Harry O. Hoyt
Tryon
Patsy Ruth Miller
Route 6 community notes from Washington area
Martha G. Thrasher reports a sequence of social calls and visits in Washington Route 6 and nearby areas. Residents including J F Rittenhouse McGuire Teets McKee families share Monday to Wednesday gatherings with relatives while others host guests from Lincoln and Crawfordsville. Local activities include church cleaning and farm work as well as medical treatment in Iowa City.
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Washington
J. F. Rittenhouse
Iowa City
Andy McGuire
Gerald Teets
Sam McKee
Roy J. Teets
Elizabeth Schulty
H. D. Rittenhouse
John Kurtz
Journal Want ADS Pay Trial Convince
A brief ad style notice states a trial will prove worth of paying for classified ads in the journal. It emphasizes the promise that advertising yields results after a short trial period.
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Journal
Crawfordsville social notes and obituaries
Crawfordsville Iowa notices record visits from Fairfield Wayland and Cedar Falls residents. A death of Mrs Walker Rankin is reported with burial at Yates Center Kansas. Local events include Social Hour club meeting hosted by Grace Williams and a household accident involving Rev Porter's son William Porter.
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Crawfordsville
Irwin Storts
Fairfield
Messenger
Wayland
J. T. King
Walker Rankin
Yates Center
Kansas
Howard Krattel
Cedar Falls
J. C. Mitchell
Clarence Moorhead
Mary Lillian
Forrest Davidson
Iowa City
Forrest
Grace Williams
Ella de Long
Mabel Crooks
Daisy Huber
Helen Bullera
J. R. George
Washington
W. C. Porter
William Porter
Noble Social Roundup Includes Des Moines Trip and Visits
Mrs J A Frey reports Otto Frey and family and J H Wittmer traveled to Des Moines returning Monday night after enjoying the fair. Franklin Wittmer and Hannah Graber ran business in Frey’s absence. Sunday dinner guests at the Frey home included Musselmans from Bluffton and Nicholson family from Pleasant Plain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Mast
Peter Presheim
Margaret Witting
Dan Shantz
Reve Shrag
George Herzog
Presheim
Hopedale
Chicago
South Dakota
Emma Heble
Iowa City
Herbert Heble
Rinner
J. A. Frey
Roy
Pleasant Plain
Raymond Nicholson
Miss Wiebie
Edith Wenger
Edith
Newton
Kansas
Wiekie
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Sept 5 Community News and Personal Notices
Sept 5 items report Mrs FE L White returning home after visiting daughter Mrs E Hofmesster and the J C Caner family of Chicago. Notes on Miss Sterl Caner’s hospital discharge, visits by Roy Hesseltine and family, Er R Van Nostrand’s farm improvements, and local social visits. Funeral for Will E Conrad drew a large crowd while Vern Jackson and W A Carson appeared at band concert. KE L Breitenbach to move into Evans property in north Washington.
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John Squire
Washington
T. B
Chester
Emerson
D. F. Macon
Chas. Lemley
FE. L. White
Ethel Hofmesster
J. C. Caner
Chicago
J.C. Caner
Baldwin Piano Co
Neil
Sterl Caner
Roy Hesseltine
James H. Thompson
Westphalia
Kaw
Linlure
Er. R. van Nostrand
Darbyshire Farm
Charlie Warren
Harold
Dave Wallingford
Humbolt
Wallingford
J. KB. Glascow
Emma McChesney
James
Joe M. Wolfe
Brighton
Journal
Joe
Toledo
Iowa
James Fitzgerald
McCartney
Tom Geerdes
Tom
Will E. Conrad
W. A. Carson
Davenport
Tri-Cities
Mr. Carson
KE. L. Breitenbach
Evans
Long Ago OS District Court and Local News Reflections
Notices of a 1865 district court record change of venue after a shooting over geese, a colored man’s reputation, theft of dry goods boxes, and court-related events. The piece also notes coal discovery near town, church building plans, school attendance figures, and courthouse repairs.
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Ryan
Brighton
Wessers
Smith and Andrews
Kings Heads Processions Recalled In Toledo Blade Quip
Quote from the Toledo Blade remarks that kings are no longer central, noting their diminished role in leading public processions and reflecting on modern ceremonial priorities.
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Toledo Blade
Unclear fragment sparks curiosity about Canada and Ford jokes
A fragmented vent features lines about Canadian tourism, the fugitive George Harris and a quip about dodging fender bumps in a Ford. The text mixes historical reference with colloquial talk and incomplete phrases.
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George Harris
Darlin
Canada
Irreconcilable Personal Equation in Speed Estimates
A comparison highlights the gap between a driver's self estimate of speed and the police officer's reading. The piece analyses how perception and instrumentation diverge in traffic stop assessments.
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C. C. Watson
West Chester
Martha G. Thrasher
H. P. Grant
Crawfordsville Mills
Nellie Mannera
Jim
Mustach
Vern Jackson
The
Black Coal Co
Moline
Vern
Washington Press
Fair Journal
Burlington
Towa
John H. Bacon
Washington Union Schools
Yockey
N. Bradford
F. Conger
Caroline Mays
Louisa Urie
Lizzie Smith
Annie Long
Charles McClure
Lizzie Young
Emma_ Harbin
Mary Maynard
Jemima Matin
Fannie Bell
Elma Kilgore
Sadie Pollock
Julia Dicken
Bell Gordon
Triphemia Bradford
Ohngemach
Melvina
Walnut Creek
Albert Carter
Reformed Presbyterian
S&s M. Stevenson
R. H. Marsh
Old School Presbyterian Church
Roy Shearer
Chris Jones
Are Martin
Homer Stephen
Evening Journal
Westphal
Lee Chambers
Manfold
Charlie Jackson
Inquire Journal
C. R. Barr
R. A. Beauchamp
Washington Produce Markets
ORC
Noel
Royal
Dodd Printing Co
Ft. Madison
Studebaker Car Age
D. C
Ralph Minick
Walter Little
Studebaker Garage
John Deere
Stanley Fishburn
Wilfred L. Smith
Nellie Harding
Wayne A. Limerman
Roach, Conwell & Hugill
National Bank
Chicago Union Stock Yards
Chilcago
J. Ben Roach
A. Gilly
Conwell
Walter P. Roach
Jim Healling
B. R B. Hugill
W. A. Limerman
J. J. Merrion Fach Department
A. H
Harry) Herbold
Pritchard Commission CO. Union Stock Yards
Washington County
Pritchard Com. CO
Iowa Livestock Commission Company
Union Stock Yards
John A. Babcock
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