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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1919
Page
7
Crawfordsville Briefs and Local Visit Highlights
Thomas McKee of Winterset Iowa arrived from Washington for a visit with his sister Mrs W H Hagie and other relatives. A large turnout attended the Washington soldiers celebration with two floats including Uncle Sam Lee Lease and Columbia Grace Lease and a high school float shaped as an aeroplane. Loren Moorhead left for Grinnell to attend college next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawfordsville
Thomas McKee
Winterset
Iowa
Washington
W. H. Hagie
C. A. Sprague
Sarah Davidson
C. R. Gallagher
Richard Bennett
Baby
Hedrick
Lee Lease
Uncle Sam
Grace Lease
Columbia
Red Cross
Loren Moorhead
Grinnell
Brighton Notes: Clergy Change and Local Moves
Mrs A Eastman and baby head to Des Moines after visiting Lola Emry. Rev W S Gardner from Crawfordsville to supply M E church for the year. Rev Brooks retired but to live at Taffin and preach there. Gardner begins next Sunday with morning and evening services. Leslie Deal visiting Anson Brinton home and plans to move to New Jersey with wife and tiny daughter. Mrs Norton visiting Darlington Wisconsin. Wanda Crisman of Big Sandy Mont selected as Latin and history teacher. Kathryn Frazey leaves for Waverly to teach this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brighton
A. Eastman
Baby
Des Moines
Lola Emry
M. E. Conference
W. S. Gardner
Crawfordsville
M E
Brooks
Taffin
Gardner
St Louis Fights Fare Boost Amid Transit Boycott Move
In St Louis Missouri on September 12 1500 West End Business Men's Association members pledged to boycott street cars within twenty blocks to protest a Missouri Public Service Commission order granting the United Railways a fare increase. Two hundred thousand invitations are being sent to civic groups urging support for the movement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Missouri Public Service Commission
United Railways Company
West End Business Men's Association
Kenyon Urges Tough Reservations Against League Pact
Senator Kenyon of Iowa challenged President Wilson's peace treaty urging sweeping reservations to safeguard American interests. He accused the president of bulldozing the Senate and praised the foreign relations committee while condemning the Paris conference and Japan's Shantung role. Gallaries cheered then silenced by Vice President Marshall as the debate drew sharp partisan lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
France
Senate
Kenyon
Iowa
Wilson
Des Moines
Foreign Relations Committee
Shantung
Marshall
White House
Kenton
League
Myers
Montana
Ashurst
Arizona
League of Nations
Marines Land in Honduras to Protect Foreigners
Washington reports that President Bertrand of Honduras left Segucilpa and unrest followed in the republic. A small detachment of American marines arrived from the cruiser Cleveland at Puerto Cortez to safeguard foreigners while diplomats in Tesucigelpa seek a truce. A British warship is awaited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bertrand
Honduras
Segucizelpa
Republic
Crhiser Cleveland
Puerto Cortez
Tesucigelpa
Japan Eyes World Leadership Amid Senate Action
Tokyo reports focus on Shangung question as central topic with calm anticipation for U S senate action. Public sentiment shows elation and confidence in Japan's future leadership following remarks by Kus Ooka house president asserting world leadership will shift to Japan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
United States Senate
Japan
Empire
Kus Ooka
House of Representatives
America
Multilingual Telephone Lane Impresses Brazilian Paper
A Brazilian newspaper enjoys one telephone line used for three simultaneous conversations. At the line end, English French and Portuguese pairs communicate while listeners struggle to pick out the intended language. Reporters praise the setup despite limited capacity.
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Advertisement Claim
An old time advert promises one hundred dollars reward for incurable catarrh and touts Hall's Catarrh Medicine as the trusted remedy for thirty five years. It claims blood action purges poison from mucous surfaces and restores health. Readers are told to start taking the medicine and send testimonials to Cheney & Co in Ohio via druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hali
Cheney & CO
Ohio
Delay Costly To Fort Dodge High School Plans
Fort Dodge Iowa district President C A Hessell released a statement on architect William Ittner report. He notes bond money real value at 60 percent and delays in locating and starting the new high school cost about 260000 dollars. Plans must be cut. 1200 pupil capacity cannot be met. wings gymnasium and pool may be eliminated. rooms abandoned. district rents Wahkonsa annex. 536 students enrolled with 600 expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Dodge
C. A. Hessell
William Ittner
St. Louis
Nessrs. Damon
O'Meara
Ittner
Lincoln
State hospital for inebriates to close at Knoxville
After thirteen years of service the state hospital for inebriates at Knoxville Iowa will likely close within sixty days. Only twelve inmates remain and will be discharged as Iowa’s dry era reduces need for treatment. Possible reuse includes converting the site to a state normal school or a second feeble minded school, with heated plans tied to a special winter legislature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Knoxville
State Board of Control
Iowa
Toledo
J. H. Streif
Board of Control
M. C. Mackin
Hospitel
Cenwood
Glenwood
Man steals ice to feed sick child in Waterloo
Laborer Demiress stole a chunk of ice to preserve milk for a sick child. He paid a total of $11.50 in fines and costs after municipal court proceedings, choosing fines over three days in jail. Police arrested him in the Illinois Central yards for larceny of a scarce commodity now restricted to hospitals and stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Demiress
Evan
Hinois Central
Origin of the carat weight unit traced to seeds
A historical note explains the carat unit of weight for jewelry origins. It links early methods of weighing small objects to seeds from India and Europe, noting the vetch seed as a key precursor in the term carat derived from Persian or Greek roots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Europe
Baseball Standings Across Leagues and Rainout in St Louis
National League results show Chicago 3 Brooklyn 4 Philadelphia 6 Pittsburgh 8 New York 6 St Louis 5 Cincinnati 6 Boston 4. American League lists Chicago 7 Philadelphia 9 Washington 4 Detroit 4 Cleveland 4 Boston 2 St Louis New York no game due to rain. American Association notes Kansas City 15 Columbus 9 St Paul & Indianapolis 1 Milwaukee 7 Sanville 4 Minneapolis 4 1 Toledo 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Beagy
Trent
New York
Brooklyn Heder Beer
Philadelphia
Chicago
Cleveland
Detroit
Neeves Tate
Boston
Washington
Brooklyn
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
Incinnati
Bostoen
America
St. Louie
American Association
Kansas City
Columbus
St. Paul
Indianapolis
Milwaukee
Soniaville
Minneapolis
Toledo
Montana Solon Sees Ominous Labor Trend Across Nation
Senator Myers of Minnesota warned in a Washington speech that a Soviet form of government could arise in the United States within two years if the looming steel strike and police buildup are not checked. He said Wilson's forthcoming capital and labor conference would fail to stop the threatened action, noting labor leaders demand impossible concessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenyon
Senate
United States
League
Putlie
Balkans
Hejaz
P Sretietets
Great Britain
Kenyvon
Washington
Wee
Senaator Myers
Dem
Aonsapa
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Washington County
Gen
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Pershing
Hhe
Hoboken
Wreswiling
West
Texas
United States of America
Senator New
Harry Newer
Harry S. New, Jr
Freda Lesser
California
Harry S. New
Indiana
Young New
Vienna
Hungary
Phungary
Budapest
Poven
Renmoniens
Ikuso Ooka
Nippon Lower House
U. S
Wahkonsa
Hawley School
Round Prairie
Hospital For
W.B. Nuform
Americas
Weingarten Bros., Inc
Beogacan
Solon
Meyers
Lowe Brothers Automobile
J. C. Lemmon
Washington, Iowa
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