State Nurse Reports county school health findings 1920
Caidy and Miss Isabel Kellman surveyed Washington County schools from May 17 to June 10 1920. 357 children examined 31 detective eye cases 193 defective nasal obstruction 204 defective tonsils and throat 124 defective nutrition 68 speech impediments 53 systemic issues 61 orthopedic disorders 37 bronchitis risks. Parents interviewed 16 places 34 talks given to students and high school groups. strong county cooperation noted and a push for a permanent nurse and tuberculosis prevention via Red Cross Seals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
Crawfordsville
Brighton
Clay
West Chester
Wellman
Kalona
Richmond
Riverside
Enterprise
New Haven
Cedar Center
Fairview
Jackson Center
Round Grove
Young America
Hazel Dell
Highland
Aoa
Washington
Glee
MVR
Sion
Renavece Tao Esense
America
Hazel
Kathryn Montgomery
Lydia Eicher
Red Cross Home Service
Washington County Red Crosse
Isabel Kellman
R.N
Des Moines
Iowa
Miller to Tell Story of Democratic Convention
A. R. Miller left for Des Moines to join the Iowa delegation at the San Francisco Democratic National Convention. His write up will appear in these columns after the convention closes, with Telegraphic reports from San Francisco each day and bulletins posted in the window. The special Iowa train carried delegates amid strong Meredith support for top ticket placement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alex Miller
Democrat
A. R. Miller
Des Moines
Iowa
San Francisco
Meredith
Heart Trouble Cited in Riverside Man Evans Death
The Riverside man George Evans, 42, caretaker at the oatmeal mill and poultry farmer, died from heart trouble as autopsy findings indicated. He was found dead in his Riverside apartment with his head in a pan of water after being missed since Monday night. He left behind a wife and two young children and held an eastern university degree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hay
George Evans
Riverside
Blythe
Leo Critz
M. J. Wilkinson
Evans
Eastern University
East
Spanish Vets Honor Will Harper With Farewell Banquet
The Albert M. Huff Camp No. 95 United Spanish War Veterans hosted a farewell at Congress Hotel for Will Harper who departs tomorrow for California. Toastmaster Samuel Kellogg led veterans in toasts by Hugh McCleery S W Brookhart C A Neiswanger and T H Barnes. Prior to the banquet a camp meeting elected new officers with McCleery named commander and Baird Manatt Reister and Dewey advancing to senior roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert M. Huff
United Spanish War Veterans
Will Harper
California
Congress Hotel
Samuel Kellogg
Hugh McCleery
S. W. Brookhart
C. A. Neiswanger
J. H. Baird
Guy Manatt
Claude Reister
C. A. Dewey
J. W. Morton Sells Insurance Business
John Wesley Morton has sold his long standing insurance office in Washington to Charley Lemley C E Root and W P Littlefield due to ill health. Morton, 78, has been a civic and military figure in the county, dating back to the Civil War era, and his retirement marks the end of an 36 to 48 year career depending on attribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morton
Alex R. Miller
John Wesley Morton
Charley Lemley
C. E. Root
W. P. Littlefield
Washington
J. W. Morton
Walter
California
Journal
Henry Beicher
Recorder’s Office
Court House
Public Square
Strawberry Carnival at County Home Hosts County Officials
About seventy county officials and press guests attended the Strawberry Carnival at the County Home hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Frank Beatty. They toured truck gardens including the strawberry patch before a supper of strawberries, ice cream, and cake. A. J. Morgan chaired the toast as officials praised the event despite a shorter season due to weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Beatty
Court House
Beatty
Quiet Title on Most All Selling Property
The September district court docket will be heavy with real estate cases as two months remain to file law actions and a month for quieting titles. Already 65 new cases have been filed, 53 of them quieting titles, a wartime lull followed by a spring real estate surge.
Democrat delegate convention called for Cedar Rapids 1920
The Iowa State Democratic Party announces a delegate convention in Cedar Rapids on July 29 1920 at 11 AM. Delegates will fill vacancies adopt a platform elect a state central committee and handle related business. Washington County gets ten delegates based on 1918 vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democratic Party of
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Claude R. Porter
Gornor
L L Neiswanger Seriously Hurt In Runaway
L L Neiswanger lies at Washington County Hospital with a fractured skull after a farm accident three miles west of Crawfordsville. He was injured when a team of horses frightened while he moved from the field to the house for dinner and dragged him for over a half mile. He is listed in very critical condition but the physician shows some today as hope grows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. L. Neiswanger
Washington County Hospital
Ing
Neiswanger
Frank Taylor
Crawfordsville
Farewell Note to Boss In Lively Family Style
A business farewell expresses warm wishes for the boss to enjoy many days in the evening of life and to find joy in recalling youth. It hopes he reunites with his late parents, kin, and comrades at dawn, emphasizing it is a non obituary farewell.
Buckley Couple Embarks On Extended North American Tour
Mr and Mrs J D Buckley depart from Washington for a vacation visiting Chicago Philadelphia New York and Baltimore to see their children. Mrs Buckley will stay in Baltimore while Mr Buckley continues to Montreal and then sails to Ireland. He jokes his trip would be better with her along.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. D. Buckley
Washington
Chicago
Mabel
Kate
Philadelphia
New York
Baltimore
Otto Dede
Mrs. Buckley
Mr. Buckley
Vacation for Chicago Bohemian Children in Washington
Miss Letha Taylor hosts three weeks of country air for half orphaned children from Ogontz Day Nursery Chicago. Pauline Fortune assists and will rotate with new workers each week. Children stay in local Washington homes and enjoy farm sights, chicken yards, and cherries. Miss Taylor earns praise for organizing the outing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Letha Taylor
Chicago Training School
Ogontz Day Nursery
West Side
Chicago
Ogontz University
Boston
Miss Taylor
Pauline Fortune
Washington
Miss Fortune
Milton
Mildred Straff
Walter Peterson
Anna Lisak
Olive Peterson
Lora Busby
Lilian Sukup
Pala Grdnich
Michael Grdnich
Everett Green
Virgie Griffith
Bessie Gronich
Mary Novisal
Louis Fifer
Rose Novisal
Donald Bell
Louis Murphy
Jesse Busby
Maud Randall
Anna Suhank
Mary Louise Harwood
Sylvia Straff
Otto Straff
Jane Law
Mildred
Jessie Rice
Josephine Libch
Frances Perpich
Clyde Birney
William Straff
Start Mid-Week Band Concerts in Central Park
Washington Band to open a summer concert series tomorrow night in Central Park. Mayor Bovee and local businessmen back the community project with funds to cover added costs. Weeknight programs aim to draw visitors, ease Saturday crowds, and build a lasting summer entertainment feature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Central Park
Bovee
City Fathers Order News on South Iowa Sewer
At a Monday city council meeting the council ordered a large modern drainage sewer on South Iowa Avenue from Clara Barton street to the city limits due to heavy building in the south end. Clara Barton Street paving was deferred as not opportune. Silas Ross will clean the "Cleanest" signs at the Washington entrance on the main highways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Avenue
Clara Barton
Silas Ross
Washington
Jubilee Singers to Give Concert at Lexington Church
The Jubilee Singers of the A M church will present a concert at the Lexington church Tuesday evening June 29 at 8 00. Admission is fifty cents for adults and twenty five cents for children between five and ten years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jubilee Singers
A. M. i. Church
Lexington Church
Miss Dade B Shearer To Stay With Father This Summer
Professor Miss Dade B Shearer of Depaw University arrives this evening from Greencastle to spend the summer with her father J B Shearer and sister Miss Mayme at their home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dade B. Shearer
Depaw University
Greencastle
J. 8. Shearer
Mayme
Family Car Trek From Washington to Los Angeles
Mr and Mrs W A Harper and their family depart Washington in two cars with a banner From Washington the Cleanest City in Iowa to Los Angeles. The trip aims for a healthy rest and camp life en route and a temporary stay in Los Angeles for Mrs Harper’s health, with her Crawfordsville nephew driving the second car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Iowa
Los Angeles
W. A. Harper
Harper
Over Million Dollars Of Cars Here Saturday Night
The count after the band concert shows 932 cars uptown and many more in motion or in garages, suggesting about a thousand total. With 900 plus average value, county totals exceed a million dollars in cars in Washington on Saturday night, a notable shopper crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
Democrat
Washington
Four Major Washington Business Changes Last Week
Four established Washington businesses were sold or reorganized in the past week. Woodford Undertaking was sold to Joe McElhiney and Louie A. Jones. Benner Tea Co. bought Warren Coffee Store. J W Morton Insurance Agency sold to Lemley Littlefield & Root, moving to Farmers & Merchants Bank Building. Alex Debord will run real estate after buying W A Harper’s agency. The new firm The General Insurance Agency of Iowa expands with state contracts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Woodford
Joe McElhiney
Louie A. Jones
Charles Miller
Wilber Miller
Brighton
Joe MecElhinney
West End
J. W. Morton
W. A. Harper
California
Harper
Brookhart
Lemley, Rodt and Littlefield
General Insurance Agency of
Iowa
Littlefield
Local Veterans Attend G. A. R. Encampment
Washington representatives participate in the State Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic in Ottumwa. Delegation includes J. M. Lytle A. N. EKuwer J. A. Donaldson Captain and Mrs D. A. Boyer D. Crawford J. C. F. Weade Robert Donnell Mr and Mrs J. W. Scott Joseph Reiner and Mr. Fleming. A large delegation of W R C members attends for today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Grand Army of the Republic
Ottumwa
J. M. Lytle
A. N. Ekuwer
J. A. Donaldson
D. A. Boyer
D. Crawford
J. C. F. Weade
Robert Donnell
J. W. Scott
Joseph Reiner
Mr. Fleming
Death of Mary Welch in Iowa Leaves Washington Friends Grieved
A Washington group mourns Mary Welch who died in Hampton Iowa where her father pastors the Baptist church. The young woman, active in the W W G work, visited Washington often when her father led the Keota church. She leaves parents and a younger brother Billy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Miss Mary Welch
Hampton
Iowa
Baptist Church
Miss Welch
Keota
Billy
Mrs Stephens and Daughter Visit Miss Cavender
Mrs C H Stephens and her daughter Mrs Pearl Stephens Whistler of Omaha Nebraska are visiting with Miss Ida Cavender in town, sharing time together during the note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. H. Stephens
Pearl Stephens Whistler
Omaha, Nebraska
Ida Cavender
Also Mentioned on This Page
Caidy
Kellman
Wm. A. Harper
Post
Lemley & Root Bay
Prairie Grove
Vicksburg
Far South
Red River
Masonic Lodge
Methodist Church
Beattys
A. J. Morgan
Board of Supervisors
DEMOS
Reynolds
J. W. Reynolds
Democratic Com
Mr. Neiswanger
John Buckley
Ireland
City Fathers Order News
SEWER
Clara Barton Street
Lexington
Jones & McElhinney
Woodford Undertaking Establishment
Debord
Warren Cash Grocery
Square
Burlington
Mary Welch
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