Big crowd turns out for annual exhibit
Seven baby Reeves and twenty five pigs entered in stock show drawing a large audience.
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Iowa Washington Washington Democrat
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1925
Page
1
County Baby Beef and Pig Show Winners Named
The County Baby Beef and Pig Show at Ross Taxi Garage featured seven baby beeves and twenty five pigs. Awards went to Monroe Bontrager and Leonard Bridges among others as stock from Washington County moved to the State Fair, with grand champion Bontrager noted for pedigreed stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ross Taxi
Iowa Avenue
Duroc Jersey
Chester White
Hampshires
Tamworth
Washington County
Washington
Clark and Enslin
I. Rothschild
Market Pig Club
Monroe Bontrager i
Market Calf Club
Leonard Bridges
Monroe Bontrager
Bontrager
Molison
Wilson Ashby
Wellman
Des Moines
Baby Reeves
Pig Clubs
State Fair Association
Baby Beef Club
Dennis Jones
Clarence Booth
Wilbur Eryestone
Monroe Bontraeger
Joe Jones
Denis Jones
Willard Mann
Euno
Hospital Tax Levy Reduced by $1000
The County Hospital Board announces a $1000 reduction in the hospital tax levy. Improvements and new equipment have been made, including a gas machine and laundry upgrades. Ed Squires resigns as janitor after eight years to join Wolf Floral Company. Six months ago four nurses began graduate work in Iowa City and will graduate soon with diplomas for Jessie Rice Bessie Love Lorena Allen and Marcella Zdarsky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Hospital Board
Ed Squires
Wolf Floral Company
Iowa City
Jessie Rice
Bessie Love
Lorena Allen
Marcella Zdarsky
Mt Union and Soldier Iowa teachers named
Mrs Clyde Maxwell and her daughter Doris of Crawfordsville visited today. Doris will teach in Mt Union schools this year and Leland Maxwell will serve as instructor in manual arts and agriculture at Soldier, Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Maxwell
Doris
Crawfordsville
Mt. Union
Leland
Soldier
Iowa
Piper Garage Opens On North Iowa Avenue
Chrysler dealership and repair shop opens in the former Schulty Garage building. Mr. Hugh A. Piper, with four years at Chrysler, will run the Piper Garage offering Chrysler sales service and repair, with pickups and deliveries for car washing. Chrysler Fours and Sixes are on display in the new show room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chrysler Garage
Schulty
Hugh A. Piper
A. Co. Newcomer Co
Marshalltown
Piper Garage
Piper
Chrysler Corporation
Chrysler
Washington
Spanish War Vets Plan National Encampment in St Petersburg
October 1 1925 marks the Twenty Seventh National Encampment of Spanish American War veterans in St Petersburg Florida. Company D from this county remembers 1898 with former officers Capt D W Harvey and L Hollingsworth plus 62 rostered members including Clayton Neiswanger who saw action in the war with Spain. The group travels via Big Four Route to Cincinnati Southern to St Petersburg via Jacksonville and the Atlantic Coast Line while recalling Typhoid fever and the old Wall of St Augustine memories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Florida
Sam
Jacksonville
S. Kellogg
St. Augustine
Illinois
Wisconsin
Iowa
Nebraska
Minnesota
South Dakota
Indiana
Michigan
Ohio
Chicago
Cincinnati
Lookout Mountain
Columbia
S. C
Great Smoky Mountains
Cuba
D. W. Harvey
L. Hollingsworth
S. W
C. A. Dewey
A. F. Beitel
W. D. Martin
Livingston Hollingsworth
Col
C. J. Wilson
J. D. Glasgow
Clayton Neiswanger
Regular Army
Spain
Death of Ventura Couple’s Husband After Surgery
News reached that Mr. Hathaway husband of Bertha Gray Hathaway of Ventura California died following an appendicitis operation. He passed away Tuesday at 12 15 due to heart failure. Survived by his wife and a young son the family had just completed a home at Ventura by the sea and planned to share it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Hathaway
Bertha Gray Hathaway
Ventura
California
Washington
Kalona man recalls mob lynching in Excelsior Springs
F E Skola of Kalona reports witnessing a lynching by a mob of 500 to 600 people in Excelsior Springs Missouri. He joined hundreds fleeing the scene as police from Kansas City arrived after the mob dispersed. He hopes never to witness such a sight again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. E. Skola
Kalona
Excelsior Springs
Skola
Kansas City
Damage estimates tally for last week's Towa storm
Officials report a storm in Towa caused about $1,000,000 in damage last week. The figure includes property and infrastructure losses, with assessments ongoing by local agencies and emergency crews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towa
Ed Hammer Loses Nash in Accident
A car ignited when the machine went into a ditch on the way to Kalona. Ed Hammer and Nash were involved in the incident and were hospitalized with injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Machine
Kalona
Car Fire Destroys Nash Six in Kalona Accident
Ed Hammer of the American Pearl Button Factory, his son Robert, Mrs. Edgington and three children survived when a Nash six sedan swerved into a ditch after hitting a rut seven miles northwest of Kalona. Insurance valued at 2100 covered the loss. no explosion occurred though vapors may have ignited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ed Hammer
American Pearl
Robert
Edgington
Donald
Vera
Virginia
Kalona
Hammer
Accident on Route Two Near Washington Leaves Car Aflame
Last evening on primary road number two four miles east of Washington an accident occurred when Roy Owens of Omaha Nebraska, driving a National Sports six cylinder touring car, found his car ablaze due to defective wiring. Several large applications of dust were needed to extinguish the blaze. The car suffered only a scorched area and will require new wiring. Owens, a race horse man, was at the Eldon fair where the White Way company will deliver his car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roy Owens
Omaha
Nebraska
Owen
Eldon
White Way Company
Keck Dies in Houston Father of Carl Keck
Irvin A. Keck died at his daughter Mrs L Carey home in Houston Texas on Wednesday August 19 He was born March 21 1846 in Washington He survived by his wife two sons Carl Keck Elmer Keck and daughter Mrs BE Carey a sister Mrs Viola Phelps and brother Charles Keck Cremated in San Antonio ashes to rest in Bowling Green Florida He lived a long career including bank work in Sigourney and later fruit business in Florida He was an Adventist noted for hygiene teaching and Christian character
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irvin A. Keck
Carl M. Keck
L. Carey
Houston
Texas
Carl Keck
Elmer Keck
Bowling Green
Florida
BE. L. Carey
Viola Phelps
San Diego
Cal
Charles Keck
Hollywood
San Antonio
Washington
Joseph Keck
Sartor
Sigourney
Des Moines
Mississippi
Irving Keck
Destructive hailstorm and wind flatten farms and tents
The storm caused widespread damage with thousands of acres of corn destroyed and livestock killed by lightning. Buildings were blown down including tents at Chautauqua and Columbus Junction, while hotels lost waterproof tops. Wednesday programs moved to the high school auditorium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
Saturday Concert Promises a Top Night of Music and Variety
The program features an array of selections including Old Comrades and A Night in June, with Hawaiian tunes, waltzes, tangos, and marches. Conducted by Neil Humble and produced by manager Harry Springman, the concert aims to be among the season's best.
Washington Schools Set Registration and Staff for Fall Term
Registration begins Monday August 31 with all teachers chosen, including Robert Badger as manual training lead and Nina Marks as Spanish and Freshman English instructor. Supt Peet asks students to register next week. junior high to register Monday and Tuesday afternoons. Football practice starts with Coach McKinstry guiding early tryouts as Ottawa, Davenport, Burlington, Muscatine, Fairfield, Oskaloosa, Winfield, and Columbus Junction loom on the schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Robert J. Badger
L. R. Austin
Dubuque
Murray
University of Iowa
Nina Marks
Iowa Falls
Nemaha
Iowa
McKinstry
Emma Laura Andersen Dies in Burlington at Nine
Emma Laura Andersen, niece of George W. Rudiger, died after a two week illness in Burlington. Born April 8 1916 in Mediapolis she moved with her parents to Burlington six years ago. She was in fourth grade at North Hill school and attended First Presbyterian church. The funeral was held at the home and burial followed privately. she had once served as flower girl at the Rudiger wedding in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Rudiger
Burlington
Rudiger
Emma Laura Andersen
Mediapolis
Emma Laura
Washington
Jean Farrier Dies at One in Virginia
Virginia Farrier, daughter of Mr and Mrs Timothy Farrier, died Saturday morning at 3 10 at home on West Madison Street. She would have turned one on September 7. Survived by parents and sister Elizabeth May. Funeral held Sunday afternoon at Jones and McElhinney funeral home conducted by Rev J D Kern with interment in Elm Grove Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Jean Farrier
Timothy Farrier
West Madison Street
Elizabeth May
Jones & McElhinney Funeral Home
J. D. Kern
Elm Grove Cemetery
Kerr to Move to California Sell Chiropractic Practice
Dr C B Kerr plans relocation to California and sells his local chiropractic practice to Dr G O Bowling. The change transfers patient care responsibilities and ownership of the office. He announces the move and new arrangements to patients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. G. O
Dr C B Kerr to leave Washington for California in September
Dr C B Kerr announces plans to move with his wife to California around September first. He sells his Washington practice to Dr G O Bowling of Bloomfield Iowa who, with his wife and two children, will reside in Washington. Bowling is a Palmer School graduate and comes recommended by the Palmer School Bureau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. B. Kerr
Washington
California
G. O. Bowling
Bloomfield
Iowa
Bowling
W. B. Kerr
East
Palmer School of Chiropractors
Davenport
Bureau of Information
Palmer School
Kerr
West
Chautauqua Ends After Storm Delays Outdoor Session
The Chautauqua closed with an outdoor session disrupted by Tuesday’s storm. Wednesday and Thursday programs moved to indoor venues while comics, magicians, and the National Male Quartette entertained crowds at Methodist Church and grounds. Judge Stringer spoke on Greater America and organizers praised the season despite weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davies Opera Co
Olivet
Evans Brown
Labertte Boogs
Harry Lander
Quartette
Harry Lauder
Lawrence B. Stringer
Illinois
America
Morrow
Bryan
Hillis
Gordon
Twain
Caupolican
Dr. Beachler
Judge Stringer
Chautauqua
Southland Artista
National
Opera Company
Fifty sixth Annual Baptist Association at West Chester
The Fifty six edition of the Baptist Church association meets in West Chester from September 1 to 3 with Rev J D Kern as moderator. Officers include How ard Mangold as vice moderator Mrs Stella Dodd as clerk Walter Leet as treasurer and Ervin H Reif as state board member. Key speakers include Mrs C E Hillis Rev Unthank Dr Hugh Moore Rev G D Josif Miss Mable Bovell Rev Victor N Witter Dr G P Mitchell and Mrs F R Asquith. Focus is on missionary activities and devotional work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Association of the Baptist Church
West Chester
J. D. Kern
Baptist Church
Washington Association
Howard Mangold
Stella Dodd
Walter Leet
State Board
Ervin H. Reif
C. EB. Hillis
Unthank
Prairie Mower
Hugh Moore
G. D. Josif
India
Mable Bovell
China
Victor N. Witter
G. P. Mitchell
F. R. Asquith
Waterloo
Legion Drive to Aid Disabled Veterans and Orphans
Leon Beatty Post No. 29 of the American Legion plans a nationwide drive to raise an endowment fund for Disabled Veterans and orphans. Amos Alberson leads the county committee with Dr. Preston L. Etter as Legion commander to organize efforts, meeting Thursday to form committees. Washington community support is urged to back the campaign as Red Cross and Knights of Columbus have left the field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon Beatty
American Legion
Amos Alberson
Preston L. Etter
Alma
Legion
Lfe
Washington
Farm Sale Near Kalona Sets Prices per Acre
The John 8S Skipton firm sells 117 acre Kalona farm owned by Joe C Miller. Manass Hochetatler acquires 37 acres at 166 dollars per acre and En Swartzendruber takes the remaining 80 acres at 335.25 dollars per acre. Weed and crop prospects noted as times improve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John 8S
Skipton
Joe C. Miller
Kalona
Manass Hochetatler
En Swartzendruber
Teachers chosen for county schools
County Superintendent H A Phillips today announced the selection of teachers for the county schools. The list includes the names of educators chosen to join the teaching staff for the coming term and outlines assignments and duties for the new hires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. A. Phillips
Rural teacher list for Washington County fall term 1925
County Superintendent H A Phillips compiles the rural teaching roster for Washington County for the 1925 fall term. The long list names dozens of teachers with many from townships such as Lime Creek Pleasant and Pleasant Plain, including Zelma Herr Coatee and Dorothy Bell Daytonville among others assigned to individual rural schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
H. A. Phillips
Lime Creek Township
Parroy BN Eens Ves
Zelma Herr Coatee
Dorothy Bell
Daytonville
Adda McArtor
Rising Nembess
Opal Green
Cassanernisoeade
Progr - Prool
Lexington
Martha Thrasher
Margaret Schmitt Ursor
Henrietta Byers
Jackson Township Center
Scynainierovesdass
Marjorie Smith
Fairview
Dorothy Thompson
Grand Prairie
Alice Hesseline
Living Lake
Mildred Genkinger
Lincoln Ce
Dorothy Bruty
Pleasant Plain
Blanche Grecian
Salem
Della Saur South Prairie
Ora Mae
H A Phillips Judges Exhibits at West Liberty
County Superintendent H A Phillips served as a judge of exhibits at the West Liberty fair. He reviewed penmanship and daily work and focused on agricultural displays, noting a local potato club with seventy five entries. Some members had small profits but enough yield to cover seed costs, while others showed strong returns. speculation about farm bureau interest and Baby Beef and Pig Show plans was noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. A. Phillips
West Liberty
Reau
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