Regular meeting tonight at eight oclock sharp
J H Squire C C requests full attendance for a regular meeting this evening at 8 oclock with several candidates for first rank.
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J. H. Squire
C. C
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1919
Page
8
Local Farmer Holds Sows and Pigs After Corn Theft
Clem Mason keeps two sows and two pigs captured in his cornfield. He offers to return them if the owner pays damages. The note ends with an unclear code.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clem Mason
Funeral notice for Brother W. H. Smith in hall gathering
The notice calls a meeting at the hall on Sunday at 1 p m to attend the funeral of Brother W H Smith. Signed by Fitz Sam L Richardson N G.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Smith
Fitz Sam L. Richardson
N. G
Funeral for Mrs. A N McElwain Held at Methodist
Funeral services were conducted Thursday at 2:30 PM in the Methodist church for Mrs. A N McElwain who died in Keota. Dr J A Glendinning officiated with Harry Thames singing three hymns. Pallbearers named R E Brow Henry Shaver George Heideman J A Y Ashby John Cunningham and Lewis Klein. Burial followed at Blw Grove cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. N. McElwain
Keota
J. A. Glendinning
Harry Thames
R. E B. Brow
Henry Shaver
George Heideman
J. A. Y. Ashby
John Cunningham
Lewis Klein
Blw Grove Cemetery
Hoosier goods offered at 421 North Avenue auction
Auction notice lists household items including dining room set china buffet tables Hoosier kitchen cabinet rug rockers gas stoves and carpenter tools. Date Monday September 20 at 1 30 p m with clerk Dougherty in Macon. Auction lot numbers 25 26 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macon
Aud
Dougherty
Dean's Café Features Fat Dishes and Paints Nearby
Local notes show residents visiting relatives in Maccatine Red Oak Osceola and Davenport. A marriage license was issued to William Stedman Dunning and Nellie Marie Kelan of Keola. Deans advertises six o'clock dinner and oyster stew plus a large candy selection. Dr. Masson travels to Rochester and Miss Hay along with Miss Eldridge return home from Monmouth College for a weekend visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Stedman Dunning
Nellie Marie Kelan
Keola
Muster Out Ends Saturday at Camp Grant Illinois
Demobilization of 2100 Pirot division veterans, who arrived Wednesday, will finish early this afternoon at Camp Grant Illinois. Six hundred were mustered out Thursday and others will receive discharges this afternoon as the demobilization mill closes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Grant
Pirot Division
Tor
Julia's Quip Sparks Birthday Party Dessert Debate
A birthday party at an exclusive teproom sparks laughter when Julia jokes about choosing dessert to prolong the celebration. Her quip about gun it will make the party last longer draws amused reactions from guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julia
Local Notices and Social Trips Across Town
Modest notices list brief travels and visits. People like Miss Caroline Hayes, Mrs. J. L. Fifer, Mrs. Sadie Ziegler, and John Miller of Dallas are mentioned visiting relatives and friends in Crawfordsville Columbus Junction Iowa City and Burlington. The list also notes shopping and service ads for rugs taxis and a shampoo.
Local Notes and Classifieds Chronicle Small Town Life
Fox and Dewey advertise shoes while Lyon’s promotes cookies and Lemmon’s Pharmacy touts Bittertone tonic. Residents travel to Columbus Junction and Numa. families visit relatives and attend events. Military enlistment, medical concerns, and a serous illness affect local residents as news and ads mix in a broad community page.
New Filling Station Planned North of Duffy Ford
A filling station will be built within weeks on North Iowa avenue just north of J O Duffy Ford. Consumers' Refining company, formed locally, leased the corner from Mr Duffy and sold enough shares to car owners to warrant the $6500 project. The building and tanks total about $10000, with a ten year lease on the west half of the lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Duffy
Consumers’ Refining Company
Ford
Ford Agency
East Third Street
Standing of the clubs and league leaders list
The page shows standings for baseball clubs with teams such as New York Boston Philadelphia Cleveland Detroit Chicago and others. It lists wins losses percentages and notes club positioning in the National and American Leagues with figures like 69 and 43 for Detroit and 88 for Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumcinhall
New York
Fice Sci
Ccs
Enes
Pittsburgh
Wees
Philadelphia
America
Ommcago
Cerceeenereerseerer
Cleveland
Detroit
Boston
Washington
National League
National League Scores and Hon. Miss Kinnaird Honored
National League results show Philadelphia 1 Brooklyn 9 and New York 14-4 with Moston by five. American League notes St Louis 2 Chicago 1 as Detroit 9 Cleveland 5 New York 4 Philadelphia 0. Hon Miss FE Kinnaird of England receives the Order of the British Empire for war YWCA service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Brooklyn
New York
Moston
St. Louis
Chicago
Detroit
Cleveland
American Association
Minneapolis
Toledo
Louisville
St. Paul
Milwaukee
Columbus
Indianapolis
Kansas City
FE. Kinnaird
England
Order of the British Empire
Blueberries a Profitable Maine Crop with Quick Returns
In Washington county Maine blueberry land yields about $100 profit per acre. The crop requires little fertilizer or cultivation and is a major local industry. The Porcupine mountain to Machias stretch is largely blueberry land with several canning factories operating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Washington County
Porcupine Mountain
Machias
American Banks Planned to Open Berlin Offices
Berlin reports that National City Bank and Guaranty Trust of New York will open offices in Berlin with secured quarters and to begin business soon. The note adds that more American financial firms plan Berlin branches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National City and Guaranty Trust of
New York
Capital
Berlin
Boersen Courtel
National City Bank
The
Guaranty Trust Company of
Australian Newspapers as Great News Institutions
Australian newspapers including daily, weekly and monthly titles are regarded as great institutions. The daily print consumption is substantial, with estimates suggesting a monthly output of about 4,000 tons for the commonwealth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commonwealth
Man Who Moves the World Quotation Feature
A famous Bernard Shaw quote contrasts the reasonable with the unreasonable man and asserts that progress comes from stubborn individuals who resist adapting to the world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard Shaw
Rubber plantation cultivation yields long term gains
The article notes rubber is easy to cultivate and after four to five years semi cultivation needs little care. It states rubber yields begin around the seventh year under favorable conditions and continue reliably thereafter with minimal maintenance beyond removing competing trees.
Treaty ratification urged by Iowa conference
The upper Iowa Methodist Episcopal conference adopted resolutions urging United States Senators Cummins and Kenyon to secure immediate ratification of the peace treaty and the League of Nations covenant. The conference says ratification reflects the will of a large majority and serves the nation’s best interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Upper Iowa
Charlies City
United States
Cummins and
Kenyon
Iowa
Upper Iowa Methodist Episcopal Conference
Britain Reports Annual Revenue Totals
The British government announced total revenues for the year ending March reached about $3.985 billion. Major items included income tax at £1.495 billion, excess profits around $1.42 billion, tobacco and beer contributions, plus spirits and entertainments revenues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Treaty to Disarm Germany discussed by Paris committee
The French deputies committee on the German peace treaty considered André Lefevre’s plan to launch new negotiations among signatories to ensure Germany’s disarmament. The committee decided to seek the government’s view on the proposal’s proportion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Chai
Andre Lefevre
Germany
Inventor Patents Hair Catching Ring for Barbers
A circular fabric catcher with upturned edges is patented to trap hair during barbering. Worn around the neck, it collects loose strands as clippings fall, reducing cleanup and mess.
The Wonderful Congo Explorers Praise River System
The Congo is described as the most nonde system of waterway on the globe with twice the navigable waters of the Mississippi and its tributaries and three times its population. Professor Dupont of Brussels notes the Nile valleys may become the world’s granary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congo
Mississippi
Dupont
Museum of Natural History
Brussels
The Laborer and His Hire
Billy ran errands for his mother and she offered him a penny in appreciation. He looked disgusted and told her to pay him what it was worth, saying be a sport, mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy
Mar
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J. J. McKeone
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Deans
Ralph Keller
Maccatine
O. BE. Maddox
Mrs
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Red Oak
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Ida Cavender
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Luella Gardner
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Harvey Rickey
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H. F. Masson
Rochester, Minn
Jean Hay
Evelyn Eldridge
Monmouth College
William Stryker
Livingston, Mont
Smith
West Side
Firestone
Fred N. Anderson
Hamlin
Mrs. Win
Mankato, Minn
Percy A. Shoemaker
Sam A. Knupp
Lytle Bros
Grahan
Crail’s
Caroline Hayes
Delta
J. L. Fifer
Crawfordsville
F.C. Newell
R. H. Malin
Columbus Junction
Sadie Ziegler
J. C. Vinson
John Miller
Dallas
Texas
Josaphine Bailey
Henry and
Theodore Bailey
Burlington
George Dowell
Dorothy
C. R. Norton
Glendale
Cal
J. C. Vinton
Stockport
Susie Edgington
Iowa City
State University of Iowa
J. M. Smith
Lowell
J. T. Chadwick
Brighton
D. J. Sanders
Bruce Gobble
Fairfield
Idell Patton
John Atchison
Laura Charles
Los Angeles
Harry Shrader
Denny Collins
John McCall
Ella Montgomery
J. C. Boice
Anna Scott
St. Clair Loew's
M. BE. Brown
Lyman Bunce
Tina Shields
J. BE. Eyestone
J. C. Lemley
J. C. Wright
Lyon's
Fox & Dewey
C. H. Combs
Lydia Hellam
Lemley’s Grocery
Black
Ab Anderson
Daisy Chumbley
Baby Rosamond
Numa
Miss May Dokies
Lone Tree
Dreamland Jazz Orchestra
Muscatine
Hoosier
Graves Studio
A. A. Beenblossom
Franklin Klein
G. W. Nesbitt
West Kyle Room
Frank McClelland
Norene
Mairfield
0. J. Downer
James McCutcheon
Sixth Street
North Marion
Willis Herring
Peoria, HL
Joe Nethergall
Bushnell, Illinois
Lyle Nicola
Charles
Norfolk
Neb
J. B. Crooks
GC. A. Jones
A. J. Morgan
City
J. E. Ream
Broad
Princeton
Ream
Carson
J. A. Dodge
John M. Brant Company
Bushnell, IL
J. M. Fancy
Bushnell
Lemmon
Advr
Percy Shoemaker
Journal
Pany Buys Corner
J. FE. Duffy Building
Consumers’ Company
E. Kinnaird
Rae
Graham
Mary Pickford
Captain Kidd, Jr
Bryant Washburn
Venus
Graham Theatre
Century Theatre
Lermenon
Britain
Chamber of Deputies
Badoglio
Badora O Ts
Fiume
D’annunzio
Cty
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