Skeyhill To Lecture Here Thursday Night
Dr A W Crow announced that Signaller Skeyhill will speak in Washington Thursday evening on World Building. The 30 day US tour includes Rock Rapids Des Moines Sioux City and Washington before proceeding to Chicago and the East. He is known as the soldier poet and famed orator. Mr and Mrs Harry Evans left for Topeka to attend the 36th division reunion.
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Des Moines
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Washington County Osteopathic Association
Altho
Harry Evans
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Mr. Evans
Washington Beats Richland 28 to 0 in Season Opener
Washington high school defeats Richland 28 to 0 after a slow start in warm conditions. Lemley scores four goals and three TDs amid penalties and fumbles, with Putnam and Daniels also contributing. Next Saturday Washington hosts Wapello in a game expected to show improvement and sharper play.
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Land
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Balderson
Jones
Duke
Swift
Putnam
Daniels
Rice
Hall
Dickinson
Wapello
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L.B. Henderson
B. Neill
Asada
M. McCreedy
L.G. Kent
G. Lemley
S.eg Weidner
C. Rose
Morgan RG Duke
Storey
Kent
Siift
Barber
Muscatine
McKee
Sigourney
Potts
Pioneer of county matriarch dies after long life of service
Ann Augustine age 89 longtime Dutch Creek resident and early county settler died today after years of health decline. Born November 25 1830 in Hampshire County Virginia she came with her family to this county in 1838 becoming part of its pioneer fabric. Funeral will be held Wednesday at her home with Rev. Druse officiating and burial in White Oak cemetery. Surviving children include William David Hester Statler George W. Augustine Emily Jane Luers and Sherman Augustine. brother Jesse Harvey and sister Hester Carkuff also survive.
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Jesse Harvey
Washington County
Dutch Creek Township
Augustine
Methodist Church
Bethel Church
Mr. Druse
West Chester Methodist Church
White Oak Cemetery
Ann (Hoervey) Augustine
Hampshire County
Virginia
W. L. Harvey
Martha Wilson Harvey
West Virginia
Ilinois
Washington
Notice to hunters on farm at West Chester
John Coakley announces that a cow was found dead in the pasture and that anyone hunting on his farm without permission will be prosecuted. The notice is dated 1911 and references West Chester.
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John Coakley
West Chester
Notice to Carpenters Meet for Frank Shearer Funeral
Labor Hall gathers tomorrow afternoon at 1 to attend the funeral service for Frank Shearer at 2 o'clock. Carpenters are urged to attend and show respect.
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Labor Hall
Frank Shearer
Hail Storm Sweeps Through County Washington
A severe hail storm struck County Washington yesterday evening with considerable hail reported in other areas. The event brought a sharp temperature drop but caused no major damage or injuries.
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Washington
Life's Treasures The Gold Found In Daily Life
A reflective piece urges Vic to gather life’s gold from daily duties pleasures opportunities and friendships to become the true possessor of life’s treasure found along the common path.
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Vic
Prices to Fall Seen Across Goods Trend
The speaker notes expected price drops for autos, steel, sugar, potatoes, woolen and cotton goods while claiming eyes are up one cent today. Cream and butter rise by one cent. The ad remarks on the seeming absurdity of such claims.
Rally Day Service at Second Church
A rain dampened morning did not deter a strong turnout for Rally Day at the Second United Presbyterian Church. The program featured a "Fox Hunt" exercise by Dr. W J Reid with participants Isabelle Wolfe through Rodney Mayhew, plus class exhibitions and Mrs H M Daviess singing "The Lord Is My Strength." The pastor urged church priorities for spiritual education, detailing "foxes" to catch to protect the vineyards of the Sabbath school. Flowers adorned the service as the day closed with postlude.
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Sibbath
W. J. Reid
United Presbyterian Church
Isabelle Wolfe
Beatrice Baird
Helen Beal
Mabelle Fleming
Fdna Bishop
Elizabeth Sherman
Harold Jones
Max Donaldson
Lester Carson
Rodney Mayhew
H. M. Daviess
Hahn
Daviess
Monmouth College Conservatory of Music
Funeral for Edna Hayes Held at Hayes Home
Funeral services for Edna Hayes twelve year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Perry Hayes were conducted Sunday afternoon at the Hayes home. Dr W W Bowers of the Methodist church led the service with music by the Methodist Sunday school girls. Pallbearers were Charles Godwin Everette Kracaw Louis Warren James Work Jack Reid and Francis Skipton. Interment followed at Elm Grove cemetery.
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Edna Hayes
Perry Hayes
W. W. Bowers
Methodist Church
Methodist Sunday School
Charles Godwin
Everette Kracaw
Louis Warren
James Work
Jack Reid
Francis Skipton
Elm Grove Cemetery
Leather care tips for cleaning and dressing items
Do not use gasoline to clean leather as it can crack it. Use plain water with a few drops of ammonia to remove dirt, then rub briskly with a soft cloth. Prepare a leather dressing by mixing two parts linseed oil with one part turpentine for conditioning.
Dickens Details A Cold In Personal Letter
Charles Dickens writes to a friend describing a severe cold with deaf ears a hoarse throat a red nose and green gills he notes damp eyes twitchy joints and fractions in his temper in a vivid humorous self portrait.
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Charles Dickens
Uncivilized Designs Traced to Early Use by Indians
An authority states that every known weave was first used by uncivilized people, noting the Indian mind is deemed imitative rather than initiative in the context of design employment.
Community clubs schedule and dues reminder
Thursday evening all members urged to attend and prepare to pay back dues. The Kolab club meets Wednesday afternoon with Mrs Dee Quinn. The Rural Women's club meets with Mrs F C Beatty at the County Home Thursday afternoon. Mrs Appleby will speak on The Mechanics of Voting.
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the Baptist Church
Guild
Kolab Club
Dee Quinn
Rural Women's Club
F.C . Beatty
Juvenile Wisdom From School Essays
A collection of humorous student lines reveals misinformed chemistry and dairy notions. One boy claims sugar comes from linen rags, another insists milk stays fresh by remaining in the cow, and a third describes butter made by beating eggs into milk and sun exposure with scum removal.
Continental Congress Adopts Original Flag in 1777
The text notes a June 34 1777 date when Congress passed a resolution adopting the original flag. It claims Paul Jones asserted he first raised the new flag at sea and that the Stars and Stripes were first used on land at Fort Stan Wix with a hastily made banner on August 8 1777.
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Continental Congress
Paul Jones
Fort Stan- Wix
But Ore Way Is Better
A bluffing old bachelor friend of the family asks Ro about skating tricks. The son replies that he only uses basic methods like standing up and sitting down, as described by Boley.
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Sonny
Euld Boley
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