County Institute for Teachers Set for October 5 and 6
The county institute for teachers will be October 5 and 6 at the high school. Miss Clara Wallace the county superintendent leads plans and has secured several lecturers. Attendance is compulsory by state law with salaries paid for the two missed days. Mrs Effie Nichols travels to Washington D C en route via Clinton and Chicago.
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County Institute For
Clara Wallace
Washington County
Wallace
State Teachers College At
Cedar Falls
R. D. Daugherty
Effie Schuneman
Daugherty
Washington
Old Washington Academy
Shhuneman
Effie Nichols
Louesa Nichols
Washington, D. C
Clinton
Chicago
Washington Improvement League to Sell Tickets for Lecture Course
Committees from the Washington Improvement League will canvass early next week to sell tickets for the annual five-number lecture course at the Graham theater. Tickets are 2 dollars each, with pledged sales from last winter expected to be redeemed and additional purchases sought to ensure profit and a strong program headlined by Zedeler’s Symphonic quintet and other notable speakers and performers.
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Washington Improvement League
League
Washington
Graham Theater
Senior Guilds Meet at Church Social Monday Evening
The Senior Guilds will meet at the church for a social Monday evening at seven thirty. Please bring needle and thimble. 8 dollars 3-12.
Brookhart Heads to Camp Perry Rifle Meet in Ohio
Col. W. Brookhart, president of the National Rifle Association, stops briefly between trains on the way to Camp Perry for the national rifle matches. He will direct the NRA work and miss days of his senatorial campaign. He spoke in Oska loosa and Davenport and chartered an airplane to Strawberry Point to fit an afternoon event.
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W. Brookhart
Camp Perry
Ohio
National Rifle Association
Oskaloosa
Clyde L. Herring
Davenport
Col. Brookhart
Scott County Farm Bureau
Strawberry Point
Brookhart
Notices and club announcements for September events
The notice lists a K. of P work in the third rank on Monday night and multiple club meetings. The 8312 Riverview Women’s Club will gather with Mrs. Austin Sutherland on Wednesday September 20. White Shrine holds a social at Mrs. W. C. Harding’s home Monday at 2 PM. The Fortnightly Club art department meets Tuesday at 7:30 with Miss Etna Dawson. members urged to attend.
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Riverview Women's Club
Austin Sutherland
White Shrine
W. C Harding
Etna Dawson
Queen Esthers
Thea Warren
Vital Statistics For This Country In Washington County 1921 22
Births in Washington county totaled 459 for the year ending July 1 1922 with 237 male and 222 female. Deaths were 217 with 117 male and 100 female. The birth rate was 22.47 per thousand and the death rate 15.33. Causes of death include influenza 10 typhoid fever 2 pneumonia 13 and tuberculosis 5 among others.
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Washington County
Thhe
Pythian Sisters Meet for Initiation at Castle Hall
The Pythian Sisters hold a regular meeting at Castle Hall on Tuesday with initiation planned for Knights and Ladies. Ladies are asked to bring four sandwiches.
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Castle Hall
Frank Praised For Band Harmony Quality
The speaker complimented the band noting the harmony was very fine. He highlights Frank as a musician who played in a band here at one time.
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Frank
Central Park to Get New Bedford Stone Fountain
The Washington Improvement League, with L. B. Lupton's help, plans a $500 center fountain for Central Park this fall. Funds now total about $350 with gifts from Mrs. F. Morrison and George Carson plus Clark and Enslin. About $150 more is sought to complete installation. donations can be sent to Mrs. George Maxwell at Commercial Savings Bank.
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Commercial Saveings Bank
Washington Improvement League
George Maxwell
League
L. B. Lupton
Central Park
Lupton
FE. D. Morrison
Improvement League
George Carson
Iowa Electric and Gas Company
Park Commission
Iowa Gas and Electric Company
Electric Company
Notices to debtors at Coulter and Busby store
Advertises that all persons owing money to Coulter and Busby must call at the store to settle debts. The notice is issued by the firm and dated with end of day notation 8312.
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Coulter and Busby
Appreciation From A. M. B. Church Pastor
Former pastor BE. A. Wilbur Johnson writes from Washington thanking the community for a year of fellowship and cooperation. He praises local ministers, business leaders, and citizens for Christlike deeds and expresses pride in Washington as a city where God dwells. He and Mrs. Johnson convey best wishes as they move on to new duties.
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Washington
America
Baal
Nest
Lisbon to Pave Mile on Lincoln Highway in Linn County
Lisbon city council hires Howard R. Green to plan a mile of hard surfaced Lincoln highway through Lisbon. When finished, only four and a quarter miles from Cedar Rapids to Mount Vernon plus small sections near Lisbon remain unpaved in eastern Linn County.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Lisbon
Howard R. Green
Mount Vernon
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Meeting—Study
Zedeler
Glenn Wells
E. T. Hagerman
Des Moines
Arthur Walwyn Evans
Washington Chautauqua
Ralph Lee
Paign
S the Matter With
Journal
O. K
The
Pilotsburg
Rana
Frank Webb
California
W. S. Reister & Sons
Migs
Aaa
Johnstons
Phillips Drug Store
Kodak
Evening Journal
McCannon & Company
Winona
Minn
Roy W. Craig
W. Lake Street
Green
Alex Hanck
Ray Perry
Sat
Swayne-Robinson
Washington Motor Co
Grimes Golden
Jonathan
H. A. Hardin
Jersey
Eli Jackson
Mel Crandall
North Ave
Poland
China
2Nd Ave
Lincoln School
John Applegate
Dean's
North Marion Ave
W.D. Booth
Gust Bramer
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