Judges named for Spring Book festival highlight
The New York Herald Tribune weekly book review lists six judges in the 10th annual Spring Book festival including Dorothy Canfield Fisher and Lulu Slocum Teeter of Columbus Ohio. Teeter, head of the F and R Lazarus book department, helped promote children's books year round.
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New York Herald Tribune Weekly Book Review
Dorothy Canfield Fisher
Washington
Lulu Slocum Teeter
Teeter
F and R Lazarus
Columbus
Ohio
New York
Dade Shearer
Dr Boice Takes Charge of Obstetrics in Chicago Office
Dr William Boice has accepted a position to head obstetrical work in the offices of Drs Lundgren and Garside in Chicago and serves on the staff at Augustana hospital. Public invited to view sewing work at the courthouse. Mrs Catharine Null in charge. Announcement of wedding for Florence Brookhart and Ned Yount on June 22. Washington State Bank marks fourth anniversary with assets and footings noted. Mr and Mrs Chas Corette celebrate 58th wedding anniversary. Virginia Stutsman hospitalized after auto accident with several others in the car. Mrs E D Morrison hosts husband’s birthday dinner. Mrs Grace Gibson elected Fortnightly Club president. old Methodist church may become club house. Mrs W R Mount plants 1600 bulbs of tulips and other flowers.
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Boice
Chicago
William Boice
Lundgren and
Garside
Augustana Hospital
Court House
Deaths of the Week Chicago Musical Figure Dies at 58
Former Chicago resident dies at his home and is brought back for burial Tuesday. He was well known in musical circles and is survived by his wife. Mrs Mary Caughmann formerly of Dallas Texas dies at 77 in Dallas April 15 with two daughters five sons and several siblings surviving.
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Chicago
Mary Caughmann
Dallas
Texas
Mary (Escher) Edworthy Caughmann
Sam Lewis
Mulberry
Indiana
Lewis
Lewis Brothers
Ainsworth
Miles Bradford
Alice McAtlin
Mr. Lewis
Ivan A. Lukovsky
Fort Lawton
Wash
Fort Bliss
Logan Heights
Dust Bowl
Obituaries: Laws Gilkey Coffman Memorial Notices
Mrs Mary Laws a lifelong Wayland resident died Thursday She survives a foster son Mrs Lydia Gilkey former Pennsylvania resident died at Greenville Kenn aged 84 ill since January Her husband Rev Gilkey and daughter Bessie Gilkey Black preceded her in death Two sons survive Her mother was the first wife of R T McCall Dewey E Coffman St Paul Minn longtime county resident died at St Paul hospital Funeral services held in Keota
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Rae McElhinney Reed
Hutchinson
Kansas
Jack Wylie
John Wylie
Rae
Lydia Gilkey
Pennsylvania
Greenville
Kenn
Rev. Gilkey
Bessie Gilkey
Black
R. T. McCall
Dewey E. Coffman
St. Paul, Minn
St. Paul
Keota
Arrow Shots From 1896 Washington Democrat
A satirical note mocks cigarette smoking laws and doctors pretensions while lampooning contortionists, a farmer’s hardware ambitions, and a stranger’s barber shop intrusion in a colorful 19th century column.
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Washington Democrat
Funeral services for James D. Glasgow and others
Funeral services were held for James D. Glasgow former mayor who died in Des Moines last week at the Methodist church. Services were also conducted for Mrs L F Woodburn T J Reeves John McKinstry Mrs Samuel Henry and Mrs B F Boling.
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Glasgow
James D. Glasgow
Des Moines
Methodist Church
L. F. Woodburn
T. J. Reeves
John McKinstry
Samuel Henry
B. F. Boling
March Collections At Treasury Office
March collections at the treasurer's office were similar to last year totaling $465,608.
Miller for Governor Leads Democratic Ticket
Alex R. Miller of Washington is the sole Democrat named for governor on the ticket. On the Republican side May Francis challenges Agnes Samuelson for state superintendent of public instruction.
Prairie Flower Baptist Church Dedicatory Service Next Sunday
The Prairie Flower Baptist church rebuilt after a fire will hold its dedicatory service next Sunday. Fortnightly club members express strong concern over mutilation and removal of beautiful trees in the area.
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Prairie Flower Baptist Church
Beattys Leave for Woodward to Lead State Institution
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Beatty depart for Woodward to oversee a large state facility for the feeble minded and epileptics, home to more than 1500 patients. Forty current teachers signed for next year, with Bertha Hay not teaching and several others not signing contracts.
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Woodward
Frank Beatty
Town
Bertha Hay
Margaret Doolittle
Gwendolyn Long
Elsie Minick
Esther Hay
Washington Tops Wellman In Track Meet 50 to 34
Washington won the meet by fifty to thirty four over Wellman in the recent track event held last Saturday. A cup was awarded to the school for the victory.
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Washington
Wellman
Mrs Hall Dies and Other Local Notices
Mrs Sam Hall died last Saturday at age 96, survived by her husband and fourteen children. Old history recalls George L Mashell who died in 1844 aged 88 and fought with Washington at Monmouth. Letters describe San Francisco earthquake news. New candy shop opens on North Iowa Ave. Dr W B Crooks moves dental offices to Klein Klo Ke building.
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Pennsylvania
George L. Mashell
Washington
Monmouth
Maud Moothart
W. B. Crooks
Klein Klo Ke
PARK CISTERN DISCOVERY AND LOCAL NOTES
Fifty years ago a park cistern was nearly hidden by sod before Joe Farrier broke through its covering and avoided a potential accident. Also reported are the April 24 wedding of Faith Adams and W N McKee, Jackson Roberts starting a kitchen fire, and a brief One Cent Museum parade led by Tom Miller with local youth in the west end.
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Charley Keck
Stumbeld
Providence
Joe Farrier
Carl Roberts
Jackson Roberts
ONE Cent Museum
One Cent Museum Co
West End
Tom Miller
Dee Scofield
Willie Harwood
Martin Miller
Cornell student stars in Easter choric drama
Millard DeLashmutt, son of Mr and Mrs M E DeLashmutt and a Cornell college sophomore at Mt Vernon, appeared in Westward from Eden a biblical choric drama written by Albert Johnson director of the Little Theater. The Friday evening performance aligned with the Good Friday religious atmosphere.
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Millard DeLashmutt
M. E. DeLashmutt
Cornell College
Mt. Vernon
Little Theater
Eden
Albert Johnson
Hospital Admissions and Births Roundup for Local Families
A series of hospital admissions and newborns from multiple locales. Mrs. Harry Jones and infant son join the list at 1036 North Fifth. Daryl Dodder and spouse report a six pound four ounce son. new twins born to Ora Hochstetler and spouse. several individuals dismissed after medical stays. births include daughters weighing seven pounds three and a half ounces and seven pounds fourteen and a half ounces, plus a son of eight pounds six ounces.
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Harry Jones
North Fifth Avenue
Orville Grout
Riverside
Jennie Keeting
East Second Street
Jacob Green
North Avenue D
William Sable
Richland
Daryl Dodder
East Main Street
Earl Hoover
Brighton
Joseph Hershberger
Kalona
Harry Duncan
Columbus Junction
Ora Hochstetler
Hugh Hazelett
Ainsworth
Joe Hafferty
Arthur Gersh
Helen Sue
Route Four
F.l Schumann
Theresa
Keota
Lawrence Wilson
John Foster
Frank Perrin
North Iowa
John Morrett
West Main Street
Cloyce Zieglowsky
Route Three
Charles M. Keller
South Avenue B
KE. C. Carris
South Avenue D
Duane White
Fred Thatcher
Wellman
Harvey Gosling
Tommy Carl
Lester Lucenbill
Mary Ellen
Route 4
Ministers Reach From New York To Canada In Special Meeting
Rev. T. E. White returned from Dubuque after attending a ministers’ special meeting with attendees from New York state and Canada. Mr. and Mrs. S. C. McCleery came home from a wedding trip through the southwest to California, visiting former Iowa City friends in Tucson and Los Angeles. They are resting with his parents while redecorating their new home. Other Easter guests included families of the Wolfe and Haney households from Decatur, Cedar Rapids, and Galesburg, with multiple visits across the region.
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John Lytle
Texas
Lytles
Iowa City
Jack
T. E. White
Dubuque
New York State
Canada
S. C. McCleery
California
Wyoming
Salt Lake City
Army Air Corps
Tucson
Ariz
William Musser
Dorothy
Los Angeles
Benny
McCleery
Dayton
Ohio
Commnder
A. Keith Droz
Howard L. McCleery
Francis Haney
Clive Gray
Haneys
Frank Haney
Harry Haney
Cedar Rapids
Charles
Wolfe
Howard Wolfe
Marjorie
Rosalind
Decatur, Ill
William Krigbaum
Galesburg
Iil
Lester Pronga
Louis
Melvin
Harold
Madellen
George Zeck
Annabelle
Jerry
Andrea
Gene
Sam G. Canott
Elmer Hayes
Ainsworth
Long Beach
Mr. Cannett
Navy
Pensacola
H. W. Munster
Chicago
Easter Week Socials and Marriages Highlight Local Life
Easter attendance soars as churches draw crowds while weddings dominate the week with Beau Wilson norbert Hansen, Bonnie Darlene West Zene M Kempf Loretta Campbell and John R Winder among couples tied the knot. Local events include a hobby show at the Armory and plays at the high school as community life buzzes.
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Bea Wilson
Lawrence Wilson
Norbert Hansen
Chicago
Bonnie Darlene West
Zene M. Kempf
Loretta Campbell
John R. Winder
Methodist Church
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Elizabeth Eicher
Washington, D. C
Louis B. Gettman
Schnectady
RFC
Washington, D.C
Gettman
Syracuse University
Syracuse
George Washington University
War Assets Administration
R F C
MI L
M | L House
Ida Cavenders
Harriet Dougherty Horton
Dougherty
Harriet
Crawfordsville
Meredith Chance
Queen
Curtis Publishing Company
Ladies Home Journal
Naperville
Burlington Railroad
J. O. Sexton
N. M. Spiedel
Emma Barnett
Joan Crawford
Irene Castle
Irene
Vernon Castle
Joan
Matt Lawrence
Ottumwa
Matt, Jr
Lawrence
Edna Caldwell
Presbyterian
Herbert C. Mayer
Dubuque University
White
Eicher Fennonite
Wayland
Europe
Dr. Miller
Hazel Miller Davidson
Calif
Ainsworth-Washington Club
H. J. Corcoran
Ireland
St. James Church
Ralph Young
Elizabeth
England
Florence Brookhart
S. W. Brookhart
Ned Yount
Prescott
New Mexico
Washington State Bank
Ann
Chas. Corette
Virginia Stutsman
E. E. Stutsman
University Hospital At
Cloid Willits Jr
Martha Ann Mace
Beatrice Moore
Harold Thomassen
Dale Carstenson
E. D. Morrison
Grace Gibson
Maude Stewart
W. R. Mount
Richard Pattison
Mary Laws
The
Improvement League
Eva Livingston
Business Men’s Association
Florence Wright
Farle Corbin
F. A. Gageby
Mildred Stewart
Pho
Mildred
Maude Denny
Hall
Sam Hall
Samuel Hall
Tdell County
North Carolina
Mose
Isaac
Frank
Gus
Robert Russian
Millie Lazenbathy
West
San Francisco
Walter Morton
Charlie Myall
John Brown
Iowa Ave
Faith Adams
W. N. McKee
Mayme Morton
Hattie McKee
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Jack Shelley
Methodist Brotherhood
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Harold Kempf
Carroll Deane Steinbeck
Rubio
Evelyn Norton
Phyllis Crayne
Floyd Crane
West Chester
Edwin J. Peiffer
St. James Catholic Church
Cloyd Garrett
Ira Brocius
Summerville
Penn
Ernest Garrett
Garrett
Anna Waggoner
Delbert Hysell
William O’conner
Francis O’conner
Lamont Duwa
Albert Duwa
Dewey Stephens
Iowa
Washington Library
Catherine Null
Chris Hatton
T. J. Berdo, Jr
Virginia Wright
Presbyterian Church
Rabbi Kurtzer
School of Religion
University of Iowa
Y’s
Marsh W. Atkinson
Robert J. Freyenberger
Mildred L. Kephart
American Legion
Alta Boileau
Howard Hays
Tulsa
Oklahoma
South Eighth Ave
American Pearl Button Co
Carol Brewer Missionary Society
Farm Bureau Office
Treva Hesselschwerdt
Emil Hesselschwerdt
Allen Buckner Rice II
Merle Yoder
Fort Snelling
Eclipse Lumber Co
Charles Lemley
Thomas FE. Martin
United Presbyterians
Mildred Kephart
Robert Freyenberg
Homer Kephart
James Birney
Homer Birney
A. FB. Diddams
Muscatine
State Association of Regular Baptists
Rev. Diddams
Lloyd L. Little
Dwight E. Prince
Floyd Banks
Pfc
Roger Banks
France
Germany
Howard XK
Patton S 2 c
Hoston
Will
Luella Patton
Lulu Kyle
Alfred Faulkner
Keith
Leo Hart
Irene Nickerson
Janice Faulkner
Nickerson
Raymond Hasty
Katona
Virginia Hasty
Clara Faulkner
Harry Turne
Minneapolis
Minn
Walter Turner
University Hospital
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