Red Cross Urges Immediate Help for Flood and Storm Victims
Washington residents urged to donate via local banks to support Red Cross relief in the flood devastated south and Illinois storm areas. Chairman J Reade McCrory notes funds will be split between both fields and cites Florida hurricane aid as a model of prudent, timely use.
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Washington
Illinois
Red Cross
J. Reade MccCrory
Washington County
St. Louis
Wat
McCrory
Florida
McCrory Urees
Pick Your Mushrooms Early This Spring
The article notes a surge in mushroom picking this spring with Mrs. R. D. Page finding fifty large mushrooms on her lawn and Fred Neiswanger reporting a smaller patch on the country club grounds. Page’s crop appears most unusual and signals plenty.
Moore Again Heads Iowa Telephone Men
F G Moore of Washington Iowa was re elected president of the Iowa Independent Phone association after its convention in Des Moines.
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Moore
Iowa
Des Moines
F G. Moore
Washington
Iowa Independent Phone Association
Train loads of candy bars shipped to West Coast
A special Burlington Route train carrying 2,505,000 candy bars from Chicago heads to Western and Pacific coast points including Denver Omaha Kansas City St. Louis Salt Lake City and San Francisco. If laid end to end the bars would stretch 158 miles weighing about 290000 pounds. This ninth Curtiss Candy shipment follows several other trainloads this spring as part of a nationwide push.
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Chicago
Pacific Coast
Burlington
Enver
Omaha
Kansas City
St. Louis
Salt Lake
San Francisco
Angeles
United States
Curtiss Candy Company
New York City
Otto Z. Schnering
Chauncey Depew to Mark 93rd Birthday in April Interview
New York April 21 Chauncey M Depew financier and former U S senator will celebrate his ninety two in life on Saturday In a New York Central Railroad headquarters interview he says little has changed in the man since last year and predicts Calvin Coolidge would win if he runs against Al Smith for president and that Prohibition is here to stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Chauncey M. Depew
United States
New York Central Railroad
America
Calvin Coolidge
al Smith
Plan big time at Mason City Rotary convention
About 1,500 Rotarians and Rotary Anns are expected for the eleventh district convention in Mason City May 10 and 11. Bruce Gates will run the program with sessions, luncheons, and entertainment from Chicago’s Crawford orchestra.
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Mason City
Rotary Anns
Rotary International
Bruce Gates
Waterloo
Gates
Steve O'Brien
B. J
Crawford
Chicago
Armory
Hanford Hotel
Peoples’ Gas and Electric Company
Cecil Theater
Dr. O'Brien
Ralph Cooner
Boone Club
Tom Sutton
C. N. Bigelow
Church of Christ
Adel
Harold N. Geistweig
Des Mines
First Baptist Church
Mexican Train Wreck Believed Bandits Attack Mexico City
Railway authorities report 187 aboard a Guadalajara bound train killed or wounded after a bandit raid in which a group of about 500 attackers derailed the engine and set cars ablaze. The train carried 180 second class, 40 first class passengers, 15 soldiers and 2 officers.
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Mexico Cty
Guadalajara
Mrs. Quinn Attends National Music Clubs Convention
Mrs. Theresa Quinn travels to Chicago as representative of the Music Department of the local Fortnightly club for the National Music Clubs convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theresa Quinn
Chicago
Burglars Strike Fred L. Stewart Hardware Store
This morning Sheriff Denison investigated a break in at the Fred L. Stewart hardware store on North Iowa Avenue last night. Items missing include about $3.40 in small change, several knives, and a shotgun. Police suspect local involvement due to limited clues and impassable roads.
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Charles M Denison
Fred L. Stewart
North
Iowa Avenue
Stewart
Governor May Vetoes Four Bills Passed by Legislature
DES MOINES April 20 Four bills from the last general assembly may be vetoed by the governor. The measures include restricting solicitors from canvassing rural schools, governing costly school house repairs, allowing out of state high school attendance with tuition paid by the state, and giving Des Moines waterworks trustees power to create golf courses and recreational facilities on water works property.
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Des Moines
General Assembly
Des Moines Board of Waterworks Trustees
Miss Carolyn Parker Visits Crawfordsville and Storm Damage Reported
In Crawfordsville on April 2 Miss Carolyn Parker of Monmouth Illinois visits J W Crooks home. Tuesday storm damaged several barns and a windmill but caused no injuries or major stock loss. Etta Buxbaum hosted Care-Away Circle with Gladys Twinam and Parker, sharing magazine favorites before a pink and white luncheon.
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Crawfordsville
Carolyn Parker
Monmouth
J. WH. Crooks
Johnson
Washington
Robert Wells
Joseph Murphy
John Hauenstein
John Thompson
Etta Buxbaum
Gladys Twinam
Ill
Daisy Huber
Huber
Landslide Forces Detour on Burlington Track near Keokuk
A landslide five near Keokuk buries the Burlington track with seven feet of mud. A forty foot stretch blocks service and trains must detour until repairs finish.
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Burlington
Keokuk
Foreigners Escape Death on Railway Train
Mexico City reports a train wreck and arson attack tied to a restoration effort. Calles claims rebels attacked the train wounding many locals while ten foreigners aboard survived unhurt, including a German woman suffering a heart attack.
Bad Man Bluffs Carson Officers in Iowa Town
Carson April 21. Mike Church calls himself the Carson Hard Guy and taunts Marshal Braden and Mayor Hartz. Sheriff Lainson from Council Bluffs is asked to send deputies for the seventh time to arrest Church. Citizens threaten Governor Hammill militia as a one man riot grows.
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Carson, Sr
Mike’ Church
Carson
Marshal Braden
Hartz
Lainson
Council Bluffs
Seeenth
Church
Hammill
Local Families Share Sundays and Hog Trades in Palistine
In Palestine Lillian Vondrasek correspondence notes multiple families visiting relatives on Sunday including the Kallous, Beranek, Vondrasek, Sojka, Kolosick, Malichky, Kron, Shaf er, and Havel households. Hog deliveries by Wm Marek and Frank Kron to Riverside appear alongside family visits at parental homes and weekend travels to Cedar Rapids Iowa City and neighbors.
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Palestine
Glenn Kallous
Ed Beranek
Ed Kallous
Wm. Marek
Riverside
Frank Nemec
Cedar Rapids
Chas. Vondrasek
Ray Havel
Milt Sojka
Joe Leska
Chas. Kolosick
Harry Malichky
Wess Sojka
Darlines
Vince Sojka
Wm. Sehillig
Roy Kron
Melvin Havel
Arthur Horn
Iowa City
Robert, Clinet
Margaret Kron
Elsie Thompson
Henry Kron
Frank Kron
Chas, Vondrasek
Wellman Visitor Frank Fleming at Daughter Laura Lonewell Home
Frank Fleming of Wellman is visiting this week at his daughter Mrs Laura Lonewell's home, continuing family ties.
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Frank Fleming of
Wellman
Laura Lonewell
Davenport visitor for ill father named Long
Mrs Rose of Davenport arrived this morning to visit her ailing father N M Long and will also call at the home of her son Daryl Ross.
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Rose of
Davenport
N. M. Long
Daryl Ross
Disease Stricken Refugee Camps Amid Mississippi Floods
The Mississippi flood widens as levees break blasting 25 square miles and leaving 50 000 homeless. Rescue crews evacuate 6 000 from the St Francis river basin while Arkansas camps report new contagion fears and concentration centers planned for the displaced.
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Mississippi Valley
Arkansas
ST. Louis, Mo
Mississippi
Father of Mrs. Chas. McKinsstry Dies
Jasper S. Plowman father of Mrs Charley McKinstry died at his home April 19 at age 165 years 11 months 22% days. Born May 26 1841 in Madison county Ohio he moved to Van Buren county Iowa at age nine. He married Margaret Shaffer January 19 1868 who died seventeen years ago. Survived by four children Matie McKinstry Washington Iowa A J and Gilmore Plowman of Douds ten grandchildren one brother William Plowman of Douds and one great grandchild Eloise Springer Washington. Interment April 20 Lean Lo cemetery.
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Jasper S. Plowman
Charley McKinstry
Mr. Plowman
Madison County
Ohio
van Buren County
Iowa
Margaret Shaffer
Matie McKinstry
Washington, Iowa
A. J
Gilmore Plowman
Douds
Plowman
William Plowman
Donds
Eloise Springer
Lean Lo
Keota Band Plans Benefit Concert Chain
The Keota band of twenty pieces will present a benefit program Thursday and Friday at Keota in conjunction with a play Land of the Honey Moon by Campfire Girls. Milburn McKay directs the band which opens an outdoor season with Decoration day concerts and plans sixteen weekly shows.
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Keota Band
Keota
Campfire Girls
Milburn MekKay
Washington
Ramseyer Hatcheries Praises Iowa Southern Utilities
H W Ramseyer manager of Ramseyer Hatcheries thanks Iowa Southern Utilities Company for splendid service during the incubator installation and for untiring efforts to keep power on during recent storms, keeping the plant fully dependent on electricity.
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H. W. Ramseyer
Ramseyer Hatcheries
Iowa Southern Utilities Company
Fifty Boys Elect New Hi Y Officers
At the Hi Y lunch yesterday at the High School fifty boys attended for officer elections for next year. Maurice Meyer was named President and John Westphal Vice President with Jim Davidson as Secretary. Orval Kort also earned a post as another officer as past leaders Richard Stewart Merle Benson and Clifford Baker reflected on the group’s goals. The installation will occur at a future Mother’s and Sons banquet, a major event for Hi Y members and their families.
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Brady
Mouser
Jackson
Maurice Meyer
John Westphal
Ceawe
Jim Davidson
Storretor Cacwasccane
Hi-Y
Jim Burris Dies in Maquoketa Iowa
Washington man Alfred Burris known as Jim dies at Maquoketa Iowa. Brief notice gives no cause or details. Funeral services set for Saturday at ten in Maquoketa. Burris family once lived in Washington.
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Jim Burris
Maquoketa, Iowa
Washington
Alfred Burris
Jim
Maquoketa
Iowa
Burris
Move To Centerville From Gary After Furniture Left Behind
Mrs Don Hampsher and daughters Wilma and Jean left this morning for Center ville Iowa to start a new home. The Hampsher family had moved from Gary Indiana about a year and a half ago but did not take their furniture. Mrs Hampsher has been in town the last month packing and preparing to move.
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Don Hampsher
Wilma
Jean
Centerville
Iowa
Hampsher
Gary
Indiana
County Hospital Operation News From Kalona
The many friends of the family will be glad to know that Mrs Pressley Figgins of Kalona who was operated on at the county hospital this morning is getting along nicely. Mrs Figgins is up in years and an operation, naturally, is a more severe ordeal for her than for some younger persons.
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Pressley Figgins
Kalona
Iowa Week Assembly Highlights State History and Pride
An Iowa Week assembly at the high school, organized by Miss Edith Shields and senior social science classes, featured reports on Iowa life. Sidney Coon presided, Dorothy Dowell spoke on capitol locations, Grace Johnson discussed the state flag and song, Edna Jones covered Rough Justice, and Dean Bevins urged pride in Iowa as students learned about state industries and resources.
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Iowa
Edith Shields
Lowa
Sidney Coon
Dorothy Dowell
Grace Johnson
Washington
Edna Jones
Dean Bevins
Dean
Lowat
Mistrial Declared in Ford Sapiro Libel Suit
Federal Judge Fred M. Raymond declared a mistrial in the Aaron Sapiro libel suit against Henry Ford after five weeks of trial in Detroit. The jury, which had represented Sapiro, was dismissed and the cross examination of the cooperative farm leader ended.
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Detroit
Mich
Aaron Sapiro
Henry Ford
Fred M. Raymond
Consel
Raymond
Sapiro
Cooperative Farm Leader
Winfield Smouse Attends Morning Business in Muscatine
Winfield Smouse traveled to Muscatine this morning to handle affairs and conduct business.
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Winfield Smouse
Muscatine
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Rotary
Rob Stewart
Nellie Manners
Mexico City
Calles
Vega Pedragza
Angelo
Loose
League For Defense of Religious Liberty
el Catoree
Bagid
Kurt Levin
Lillian Vondrasels
Fred Frank
Henry Frank
Harley Shull
Marl Cline
Leo Kron
George Shafer
Joe Hise
John Pitsinger
John Knotek
William Kron
Memphis
Tenn
Stops Landing
Miss
Greenville
Indianola
Hollandale
Arcola
Leland
Scott
St. Francis River
Corona
New Madrid
Migs Nelli
Wiliams
Clarendon
Sikeston
Catherte Keenough
Cairo
Cape Girardeau
Missouri River High
Missouri
Kaw
Kansas City, Kansas
Missouri Pacific
Chas. McKinsstry
Ford-Sapiro
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