September Teachers Institute Proves Successful
About 225 teachers attended the institute held in the first week of September with Miss Clara Wallace noting the early date proves popular. Lectures by Dr. C. P. Colegrove and Dr. Suhindra Bose highlighted a program including history, arithmetic, civics, and rural teacher conferences. The closing lecture urged teachers to view their profession as the biggest in the world.
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Kalona
C. P. Colegrove
Cedar Falls
Suhindra Bose
Iowa City
Bessie L. Pierce
State University
W. C. Harding
Washington
Colegrove
Special Hall Night Featuring Highland Four
A local notice announces a special event at the hall this evening with music by the Highland Four. Attendees can find their buyer via the want ad in the release.
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Moose
Rainfall Exceeds Three Inches as Storm Hits City
Rainfall topped three inches as a morning storm began around two o clock and intensified through the day. By ten o clock the official reading was 2.94 inches with more rain to come, causing heavy showers at noon and roads to flood briefly. The downpour is the heaviest of the year.
Rounds Out His Eighty Years Today
Alex Coffman is celebrated as turning eighty on this date though friends say he looks younger. Born September 6, 1843 near Scranton Virginia, he moved to Iowa in 1854 and arrived in Washington County that November journeying through empty prairie before Kalona existed. He witnessed the cyclone near the Gibson home and helped after the disaster, reflecting on a life of pioneering in Washington County.
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Alex Coffman
Mr. Coffman
Scranton
Augusta County
Iowa
Washington
Richmond
Gibson
Washington County
Scientist estimates garlic diet can sustain man on eighty cents a day
Experts calculate a daily garlic based diet could support a man for 80 cents but warn it would likely cost him friends and social standing.
School work begins in earnest at Washington high
The Washington schools start their year with about 460 students after class assignments. New public speaking course under Miss Hazel Smith draws two classes. Indoor lectures replace football practice due to heavy rain as Coach McKinstry praises the squad's spirit and plans stricter workouts next week.
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Washington
County Teachers’ Institute
Della Patton
Hazel Smith
Miss Ruth Freshwaters Suffers Sprained Ankle at Work
Miss Ruth Freshwaters of H. I. Ward & Co. slipped on wet pavement this afternoon and tore ankle ligaments. The injury prevents walking for some time. The Journal Want-Ads offer to sell nearly any article for disposal.
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Ruth Freshwaters
H. I. Ward & Co
Journal
Washington Fez Club Holds Annual Meeting
Plans for the new year were made at the annual meeting of the Washington Fez club held yesterday evening at the Masonic temple. R. F E. Shannon was elected shiek. J. S. McElhinney as sistant shiek. W. T. Carson second assistant. Arthur Goodin secretary and treasurer.
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Washington Fez Club
Masonic Temple
R. F E. Shannon
Shiek
J. S. McElhinney
W. T. Carson
Arthur Goodin
Voiture Campaign Aims For All Iowa Counties
La Societe des 40 Hommes et Chevaux seeks to place a Voiture unit in every Iowa county by September 10, 99 counties would boost Iowa's lead in organization and delegates for the national promenade tied to the American Legion convention in San Francisco. The plan, approved at a Des Moines meeting, assigns county officers as wrecking crews and contemplates sending a box car and initiation equipment to qualified units. The group advocates adding the 40 and 8 insignia to Legion liaison requests and moving annual promenades to the Legion convention’s second night while strengthening oath administration.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Iowa
la Societe Des 40 Hommes Et
National American Legion
San Francisco
Cheminats Local
Robert J. Murphy
Nora Springs
Grand
C. D. Hedberg
Cedar Rapids
C. O. Powers
Ames
Legion Legislative Committee
Legion
Ancient Greeks Used Bells for Shield and Harness Decoration
Tydeus, a chief of Adrastus, attached bells to his shield handle. Kiesus, king of Theace, and a warrior from a ravaging band adorned the harness of his swift Lorses with bells.
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Tydeus
Adrastus
Kiesus
County court rules for Hesseltine land dispute over highway
Judge Henry F. Wagener ruled against Hesseltine in a bid to block use of part of his land for a new highway location. The injunction was denied after testimony and arguments. Lloyd Whetstine was paroled after pleading guilty to assault with intent to commit great bodily injury. sentenced to one year at Anamosa but suspended on good behavior under parole supervision. Jury cases slated for next week. Ray Ramsey to be sentenced for wife desertion if not prevented by rain. Cora Masson of Iowa State University is visiting home for about a month.
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Lloyd Whetstine
Tom Karrworth
Wellman
Waener
Whetstine
Anamosa
State Board of Parole
Wagener
Ralph Otto
Iowa City
Ray Ramsey
Ezra Bradford Civil War Veteran Dies at Soldier's Home
Ezra Bradford, longtime Wellman resident and community leader, died at the Soldier's Home in Marshalltown after several weeks of illness. An Ohio-born Civil War veteran, he served four years, was postmaster of Wellman for 19 years, and held roles as Justice of the Peace and school board member. He leaves two sons and a grandchild. Funeral services will be at the Wellman Baptist church Wednesday.
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Wellman
Iowa
Ezra Bradford
Marshalltown
Lime Creek Township
Washington
Ohio
Washington County
Burlington
Iowa City
Uncle Sam
Weat
Amanda Carr
Ezra D Bradford
Isaac
Mckinley
United States
J. F. Kirkpatrick
Wilson
J. EB. Bradford
Cedar Rapids
Ezra
Bradford
Chicago
the Baptist Church
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