Pretty East Town Home of Mr and Mrs A L Young
Mr and Mrs A L Young house east of town viewed as one of the prettiest in the area. Mr Young bedfast twenty two weeks with his wife and daughter Bertha Behrens staying bedside constantly. Misreported trip to Nebraska denied. Mr Young very ill. Local notices include sales, licenses, and visits from distant relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. F. Macon
A. L. Young
J. A. Mayer
Chapin
Iowa
Lena Mayer
Des Moines
Madrid
Harold Rogers
Rock Island
Helen Lewis
Clinton
Donald Bender
Shannon City
Pearl Carl
Washington
Mort Bickford
Arthur S. Mack Brown
Iowa City
Bhoppers
W. H. Lloyd
Brighton
W. H. Herr
East Pleasant Plain
L. M. Bogel
Wyman
Margaret Farris
Cotter
Co. W. Robertson
Emma Halli
Winfield
J. H. Schlichting
Columbus Junction
Eggs
Reister Bros
Okal Holtzinger
Davenport
Piggly Wisely
Helen Masson
Chicago Heights
Ill
W. J. Masson
Hospital notes and birth at Lone Tree
Wayne Cummings Wellman was admitted Saturday night for treatment. Mr and Mrs Frank Skala Lone Tree are parents of a daughter born at 11 10 am Sunday weighing seven pounds eleven ounces. Mrs Alvin Shebeck and daughter Joan Jean were dismissed Saturday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Cummings
Wellman
Frank Skala
Lone Tree
Alvin Shebeck
Joan Jean
Notice to Bidders for Gasoline and Oil Supplies
Bids due April 18 1988 at City Clerk’s office for about 3000 gallons gasoline and 100 gallons automobile oil for the year ending March 21 1929. Gas and oil to be delivered to city service station as needed. City may reject any bid. W A Fulton City Clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Fulton
Iowa Town Music Notes and Local Visits
The district music contest in Storm Lake awarded Jane Knupp a superior rating on her bassoon solo and her state festival appearance is set for Iowa City. Numerous visits and calls cross Muscatine and nearby towns, with relatives and friends listed from Sioux City to Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank McFarlane
Robert
Oskaloosa
Jane Knupp
W. J. Knupp
Sioux City
Storm Lake
Iowa City
Jane
Central High School
J. D. Lamb
A. O. Powell
Thomas Lloyd
Charles Hester
Musca
Ray Rukgaber
Wapello
Walter Rubber
Griffith Humphreys
Elizabeth
Della
R. V. Davis
Crawfordsville
Ray C. Tracy
Ottumwa
Richard Crooks
Minstrel Show by Crawfordsville Glee Club Delights Crowd
The Crawfordsville glee club directed by Doris Anderson performed a minstrel show Friday night in the school auditorium with Willis Wittmer as accompanist. The program featured an interlocutor, endmen, a chorus, quartets, a Crossfire Team act, and an afterpiece, with several students named on the honor roll for high school and grades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Manners
Crawfordsville
Boys Glee Club
Doris Anderson
Willis Wittmer
Mary F. McCoy
John Whbiting
Marie Darbyshire
Gwendolyn Rhea
Wilma Havenstein
Dwayne Hensy
Ruth Baker
Mary L. Moorhead
LaVerne Grader
Doreen Lease
Mildred Whiting
Mildred Anderson
Gladys Rose
Betty Lowe
William Jones
Holtzinger Named New Meat Cutter at Piggly Wiggly
Albert Orcutt owner of the Piggly Wiggly store announces O. Holtzinger as the new head of the meat department. Holtzinger has years of experience in meat cutting in Davenport Knoxville and Albia. He comes to Washington from Davenport and later worked with the highway commission. The Holtzingers plan Washington as their permanent home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Orcutt
Piggly Wiggly
O. Holtzinger
Mr. Holtzinger
Davenport
Knoxville
Albia
Washington
Highway Commission
Holtzingers
Jezebel at the State with Bette Davis and Henry Fonda
Jezebel a romantic drama set in the Deep South before the Civil War stars Bette Davis with Henry Fonda George Brent and Margaret Lindsay. The Wyler directed film features a period yellow fever era in the early 1850s with lavish costumes and settings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jezebel
Deep South
State
Bette Davis
Henry Fonda
George Brent
Margaret Lindsay
Fay Bainter
Donald Crisp
Richard Cromwell
Henry O'Neill
John Litel
Spring Byington
William Wyler
Adem Finke
Clements Ripley
Miss Davis
Leslie Howard
Dixie Belle
Floating Gardens Like the Pyramids of Xochimilco
Floating gardens like the pyramids of ancient Egypt were built as mats of interlaced twigs to please a king. Diamond shaped and over 100 feet long they supported huts and small gardens on water. Also notes on students, science day trip to Ames, and local visitors and illnesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ancient
Egypt
Xochimilco
Unit Meetings Reported Today in Ladies Aid Society
Multiple unit meetings of the Methodist Ladies Aid society were held. Units 2 7 9 1 and 10 met in members homes with devotionals, calls, and modest fund collections. Next gatherings scheduled at various homes including Mrs Arthur Atack and Mrs Homer Jarrard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies Aid Society
Methodist Ladies Aid Society
T. J. Berdo
W. H. Plum
Orie Turner
Jennie Wright
Berdo
Null
Wright
Unit 7
Ira Rathmel
Delbert Bailey
Arthur Atack
Wnit 9-1
Unit 9-1
Glenn Thompson
Homer Jarrard
West Chester Pythian Sisters to Meet April 12
Announcements note the regular meeting of the West Chester Pythian Sisters on Tuesday evening April 12 with emphasis on good attendance. Also a Presbyterian cottage prayer gathering is set for Wednesday at 9 30 in Mrs Etta Glassburner’s home 303 West Jefferson Street services for Mrs breitenbach were held at L A Jones funeral home with Rev Carl W Klein presiding pall bearers named and burial at Oak Ridge cemetery in Duton Creek township.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Chester Pythian Sisters
M.E.C
Presbyterian Cottage
Etta Glassburner
West
Jefferson Street
Breitenbach
Ll. Preitenbach
L. A Jones Funeral Home
Carl W. Klein
Carlton Wilson
Roy Downs
John Miller
Leo Wolf
George Morrison
Lloyd Little
Oak Ridge Cemetery
Duton Creek Township
Ladies Aid
West Chester
O. D. Pooth
Rosemary Club
Clovee Stewart
Mrs Frank Carter Plans Columbia Trip for Dixie
Mrs Frank Carter and her daughter Dixie will depart tomorrow morning for Columbia Missouri and St Louis Missouri Dixie will arrange to enter Stephens College in Columbia next fall for her education at Stephens College in Columbia Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Carter
Dixie
Columbia
St. Louis
Stephens College
Abandon Plan for Fortnightly Club Banquet
The Fortnightly club executive board met at Mrs. Carl J. Roberts home and decided not to hold the May banquet because the county Federation convention on April 21 will be here and each department typically hosts a year end party. A general May meeting by the Garden department will occur with a program but no banquet, and eight new members were elected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl J. Roberts
County Federation
Nineteenth Century Club
Garden Department
Social Hour Club Meeting At Mrs Monson Home
All but one member attended the April meeting at Mrs Mabel Monson's home with guests Mrs Ruth Webster and Mrs Arlene Fletcher. Members sewed together and voted to send a contribution to the cancer fund. One course refreshments were served with faster ideas being used.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawfordsville
Social Hour Club
Mabel Monson
Ruth Webster
Arlene Fletcher
Cancer Fund
Merrie Moderns of Brighton Meet with Mrs Hagwans
Mrs. Marjorie Hagans hosted the Merrie Moderns of Brighton on Tuesday evening with three bridge tables. Guests Luella Hoover and Mary Maxine Tracy attended. The Methodist Ladies Aid met the next day at Mrs Hagans home. Pleasant Valley club gathered at Mrs Pauline Stewart’s sister’s home, Mrs Adam Kasowski hosting Tuesday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brighton
Marjorie Hagans
Merrie Moderns
Luella Hoover
Mary Maxine Tracy
Methodist Ladies’ Aid
Pleasant Valley
Pauline Stewart
Pleasant Valley Club
Adam Kasowski
McFarland
Geo. Crish
Chas
Crish
P. FE. O
Hf. W. Helmick
Pearl Curl Weds Donald Bender in Baptist Parsonage
Pearl Curl daughter of Mrs. Mary Curl of Washington married Donald Bender son of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Bender of Shannon City Saturday at the Baptist parsonage with Rev. J. Fredmund officiating. The bride wore navy crepe and shadow lace with navy accessories and carried white carnations. Attendant Violet Curl wore robin's egg blue crepe with pink carnations. After a wedding supper prepared by the bride’s mother, the couple planned to live on a farm in Shannon City. Pearl Curl attended Washington schools and worked at the American Pearl Button factory. Donald Bender is a Shannon City farmer and Arista High School graduate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Curl
Mary Curl
Washington
Donald Bender
Clyde Bender
Shannon City
At &S P
J. Fredmund
Violet Curl
Howard Curl
Bender
Arista High School
Social Calendar Highlights Local Club Events and Meetings
A packed weekly social calendar lists church and charity gatherings. Dates include American Home sessions at several addresses, Masonic and Pythian events, Booster club, DeMolay, Rainbow Girls, and Living Lake PTA meetings with potlucks, lectures, and readings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Genkinger
Wesleyan Missionary Society
Masonic Temple Rainbow Girls
Bnettyedeen Masonic Temple
A. Bb. Sehmoeller
Booster Club
Homer Jarrard
Noble Grand Eirele
Panncakatern
Fred "Br Stewart
Augusta Lester
West
Madison Street
QO. EK. Schmitt
Washington Street
Clara Huber
East
Jefferson Street
Lake P. T. A
Wash ington Association Missioners Rally Program
The Washington association missioners rally at Wellman Baptist Church on Wednesday features a morning session with registration at 9 45, devotional by Mr Fredmund, and reports. An address by state president Mrs F R Asquith, a missionary talk, and a noon dinner follow. Afternoon includes devotional Lavanda Ehrenfelt births day play, officer elections, a missionary address by Miss Carter, and a closing dismissal at 2 00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Association Missioners
The
Baptist Church
Wellman Baptist Church
Fredmund
F. R. Asquith
Lavanda Ehrenfelt
Carter Offering
M. L. Dewey
Women seek curtain drapery lesson at Mrs Godfrey Juzelor home
A notice invites women to a Curtains and Draperies lesson at Mrs Godfrey Juzelor's residence on Friday afternoon April 15. St Pauls Evangelical Ladies plan a food sale at the Washington Cleaners on Saturday April 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Godfrey Juzelors
St. Paul's Evangelical Ladies
Washington Cleaners
Tea can be brewed from flowers of the tea plant
The text notes that tea may be brewed not only from leaves but also from the flowers of the tea plant. It emphasizes flowers as an alternative source for tea preparation.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wolf Floral CO
Highway No. 2
A. W. Motley & Son
Bill Dealers
Standard Products
E. E. Sconce
Mary Elen
Francis
Eldon
W. D. Crossett
Elmer Davia
Burlington
T. H. Peters
Joe Skinner
Columbus City
EF. J. Trumbull
Mason City
Glee Club
Endmen
Bones
Tambo
Gumwad
Sizzle
Tain
John Whiting
Anna May White
Everett Sommer
Russell Miller
Quartette Poetic
Coffee Pot Inn
NO - Who
Wnax - Kmmj
Holtzinger
Jane Maxwell
Kenneth Meeks
Anna Mae Graber
Martha Davis
Cleo McCoy
Leah Anderson
Dorothy Rees
Margaret Williams
Evelyn Williams
Dwight Kaber
Grace Conrad
Anna Sommer
Wilma Wooley
Mary Cherryholmes
Ruth Rich
Joan Maxwell
Betty Johnson
Ruth Schantz
Dorothy Griffith
Joyce Gault
Cleo Cherryholmes
Doreen Graber
Kenneth Mitchell
Dorothy Waters
Walter Rauscher
Rhum
Ames
Mary Lillian Moorhead
LaVerne Graber
Max Schlatter
Wilma Hauenstein
Lee Lease
Margaret Schmitt
Mt. Pleasant
W. G. Huston
Everette Huston
Renee
Cincinnati
Ohio
W. and I
Robert Dawson
P.L. Etter
S. Iowa
Hank
H. F
Hank’’ Hessler
M. Born & CO. Tailors
Merrie Moderns of
Baptist Parsonage
Fila M. Wilson
L. R. Carbee
Rita Ruth Brinning
Wellston
Charles Ruebsam
W. L. McConnell
Kenton Mangold
William Dewees
Mrs
Richard Pratt
S. J. Boyd
Mrs. Laverne Young
Beverly Ann Palmer
FE. S
P. m
Masonic Temple
Prairie Flower Mission Circle
Frank Leeper
H. H. Club
Forrest Walker
Rebekah
Lemmor
Universal
Manchester Universal
Manchester
Iowa Southern Utilities CO
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