Editorials stir thought on politics and economy in April
The piece critiques the public mind in America, urges central public relations effort in Des Moines, and lampoons farm policy and wage reform. It highlights Iowa Farm Bureau politics backing Beardsley against Gov Blue, plus notes on garden advice and veteran lists from Washington county.
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Robert D. Blue
America
Des Moines
Iowa Farm Bureau
William Beardsley
New Virginia
Beardsley
Blue
Farm Bureau
Iowa
Washington remembers Company D in Spanish American War
The article recalls April 26 1898 when Washington’s Company D of the Second Iowa National Guard joined the U S Army for the Spanish American War. It details the march to Camp McKinley Des Moines the voyage to Jacksonville Florida and notes the farewell at the armory and Rock Island depot with crowd scenes guards officers and lists of soldiers. It mentions Captain D W Harvey and future senator S W Brookhart among others and details orders and departures.
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Washington
Iowa National Guard
50Th
Iowa
Iown
United States Army
Camp McKinley
Des Moines
Jacksonville
Florida
Rock Island
Spain
D. W. Harvey
Charles A. Dewey
Oberlin
Ohio
Harvey
Byers
Music Hall
First United Presbyterian Church
Col
D. J. Palmer
W. B. Bell
Hiram Scofield
John Alex Young
H. M. Eicher
A. N. Alberson
S. W. Brookhart
United States
Mne
Knoxville
Washington Democrat
Goodby
Godspeed
Palma
Liberty
Water Works
Lisle MacGugin
Cuba
Traffic death toll in 1947 falls to historic low
The national safety council estimates 1947 traffic deaths at 32 500, about 1 200 fewer than 1946 and 7 469 fewer than 1941, with mileage up around 10 percent from 1946 and 12 percent from 1941, yielding a fatality rate between 8.5 and 9 per 100 million vehicle miles.
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National Safety Council
Council
North Side Cate remembers a long Washington dining tradition
The history highlights Cook’s Cate renamed The North Side Cate in 1928, growth through 1959 additions including private dining, back-bar upgrades, and chain-wide 1935 air conditioning. Noted patrons include Washington’s Coffee Club since 1937 and Duncan Hines praise in 1959. Ongoing wartime rationing era noted 1941–1945 with open operation.
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Cook's Cate and Bakery
Washington
North Side
Cate
Duncan Hines
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