Missouri Valley Pool Built by Cooperative Effort
The Missouri Valley swimming pool project, funded at about 4000 dollars for materials, was completed through a townwide cooperative campaign. Chamber of Commerce members organized dues, volunteer labor surged to 208 workers, and local firms donated materials to keep costs low. the pool opened to about 200 attendees and is praised as a monument to community cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. C. Lahman
Missouri Valley Times
Missouri Valley
Journal
Lanham
Chamber of Commerce
Times
Iowa
Grove Brown
Washington Man Visited in Berlin After War's Close
F C Meyer recently joined Jones and McElhinney undertaking firm after serving in France with the American army. He worked with graves registration in Europe, helping locate and repatriate fallen soldiers. Meyer toured London Paris Coblenz Naples and Berlin where he aided re burial of prisoners of war amid postwar riots. He recalls rioters armed with machine guns and a government struggle to disperse them. He spent a year and a half in Europe then moved to Washington from Macon Missouri and previously worked with L A Jones in Omaha. George Loesch has left the Jones and McElhinney plant for Fairfield to run the former J T Davies undertaking business now owned by Mrs Davies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. C. Meyer
Jones & McElhinney
Europe
France
America
London
Paris
Coblenz
Naples
Berlin
Meyer
Mr. Meyer
Macon
Washington
L. A. Jones
Omaha
George Loesch
Fairfield
J. T. Davies
Mrs. Davies
Lape Road Case Settled and New Highway Opens
The Clay township Lape road case concluded as the county board approved a new public highway about a mile long after holders of 30 nearby parcels petitioned for the change. The old 20 foot private lane becomes 40 feet wide, easing access to schools and reducing detours for local families. H A Baxter of Washington secured coal contracts for the county courthouse jail and county home next winter at 7.28 dollars per ton on the track and 8.30 delivered to the courthouse and jail. County home coal is to be supplied locally by that facility. The board's session mixed routine business with the decision and expects to adjourn today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Lape
Clay Township
County Board of Supervisors
Lape
Ities
H. A. Baxter
Washington
Funeral plans for Private Floyd E Wallace near Friday
Tentative arrangements are underway for the funeral of Private Floyd E Wallace here next Sunday with services to be held if time fits. The body arrived from Jersey City and is expected with escort Friday. Washington band and American Legion post to participate in military rites. Wallace of Company K 168th Infantry Rainbow division was killed at Chateau Thierry three years ago last Wednesday. He was the son of Mrs Eben Wallace of Washington. No word yet on Private Orville Means, a comrade killed the same day. his body reached New York on the same ship two weeks ago.
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Floyd E. Wallace
Washington
Jersey City
Washington Band
American Legion
Wallace
168Th Infantry
Rainbow Division
Chateau Thierry
Eben Wallace
Orville Means
New York
Masonic Lodge to Hold Regular Meeting This Friday Night
Washington Lodge No 26 A F and A M will meet Friday evening at eight o clock. Regular business includes balloting and reception of new petitions third degree examinations and closing with work on one candidate in the Third Degree. Refreshments follow. Ellliot Grayson W M.
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Washington Lodge No
A. F
A. M
Avenet Sth
Elliot Grayson
Vandalism Threat At Tourist Camp Ground From Local Boys
The Washington Improvement League warns that local boys have been tormenting the Tourist Camp Ground. The group says the vandalism and property defacement must stop or any nonresident youths will be taken up.
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Washington Improvement League
The Barber Who Talks Annual Tales
A humorous verse about a barber who talks year round while cutting hair. He boasts of being straight and honest yet offers a nickle for a shave and hints at inflation with a child asking for coins. The narrator jokes about fair payment and a generous parent in a small town scene.
Father and Son County Surveyors Recalled in Washington Visit
Coryell of Indianola aged 55, Civil War veteran, came to Washington to locate his mother’s grave in Woodlawn cemetery. He is the son of LD Coryell who served as county surveyor from 1852 for nine years and helped survey roads and swamp drainage. He notes a long past project to survey a Muscatine to Council Bluffs railway later used partly by the Rock Island line.
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Coryell
Indianola
Washington
Woodlawn
LD. Coryell
Col
D. J. Palmer
Muscatine
Council Bluffs
Rock Island Railway
Chicken Theft Rings Hit Washington Community
Local poultry owners report rising chicken thefts north of town with raids on pens elsewhere. Authorities suspect local youths, two of whom have been caught, sentenced, and paroled. Community urges vigilance as theft of fowl is a serious misdemeanor with potential long jail terms.
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Washington
Notice to Washington owners to cut weeds
Public notice to Washington Iowa property owners orders cutting weeds and noxious growths within ten days. If ignored the city will remove them and levy costs as a special assessment. Dated August 1921 in Washington Iowa signed by Mayor A N Alberson and City Clerk S J Kellogg.
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Washington
Iowa
Washington, Iowa
City of
A. N. Alberson
S. J. Kellogg
Wayland Man Becomes Downtown Bruns Seed Co Manager
P. P. Schowalter leaves Wayland and Coppock after 18 years in the elevator trade to manage the Bruns Seed Co store in Washington. The Wayland route notes the new duties as the company expands with a store in Iowa City under J. H. Warren, who remains as store manager.
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P. P. Schowalter
Washington
Bruns Seed Co
Schowalter
Wayland and Coppock
J. H. Warren
Bruns Seed Company
Iowa City
Chautauqua Tickets Go On Sale At Banks Tomorrow
Season tickets for the Washington chautauqua go on sale at banks tomorrow with adult tickets at $2 and children’s tickets at $1 for ten days. Pledged buyers urged to redeem promptly and others to secure their seats early as the assembly starts a week from Tuesday evening.
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Washington
Beatty Resigns as Washington Night Policeman
Charles Beatty who has served as night policeman in Washington for several months resigns effective today. Mayor A N Alberson says a successor will be chosen within a day or two and may take the night shift tonight.
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Charles Beatty
Washington
A. N. Alberson
Beatty
Dr. Richard S. Martin to Lecture on Mexico at Mt Pleasant
Noted author and lecturer Dr. Richard S. Martin will speak on Mexico at Mt. Pleasant on August 5 at 10 a m on the chau tauqua platform. The lecture invites all interested in Mexico to attend, with several carloads expected from Washington and inquiries via phone 247 or W P Littlefield, 144ts.
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Richard S. Martin
Mexico
Mt. Pleasant
Dr. Martin
Washington
W. P. Littlefield
Paroled Juveniles Given Brief Court Sessions
Judge Charles A. Dewey presided a juvenile court session granting parole to two youths who pleaded for larceny and chicken theft. They were sent to their fathers for sixty days with cases continued to September fifth. A third boy was sent to the reform school and paroled to his father with weekly reporting duties. Additional Brighton youths accused of stealing from a lightning rod factory had their case continued pending more evidence.
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Charles A. Dewey
Reform School
Brighton
Route Sale Transfers to Willis Beatty in Brighton Ward
John May sold his grocery delivery route and equipment to Willis Beatty who assumed possession this morning. May has run the fourth ward route for eight months as a local grocer. Brighton and Washington meet Friday at Denison's Ball Park for a 4 pm baseball game. The clash is billed as one of the season’s fastest.
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John May
Willis Beatty
Mr. May
Fourth Ward
Brighton
Washington
Denison
Ball Park
Sixty-Two Cars Licensed in July
In July sixty two automobiles were registered at the county treasurer’s office. Of these sixty one were new and eleven used. Ford led with thirty three, followed by seven Dodges, three Velies, three Buicks, three Chandlers, two Overlands, two Studebakers, two Paiges, and one each Cadilac Elgin Woods Electric Pierce Arrow Willys Knight Oakland and R. and Y. Knight.
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Chandlers
Studenbakers
Cadilac, Elgin
Woods Electric
Pierce Arrow
Willys Knight
Oakland
R. and
Y. Knight
Brighton Ball Team to Play Here Friday
A baseball game is set for next Friday at four o clock at Denison's ball park between the Brighton team and the Washington all star lineup that played at Wy man last Friday. Washington likely pitcher Little with an experienced pastimers squad. If they perform as at Wyman last week fans can expect a fast exhibition.
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Brighton
Washington
Wyman
Denison
Ball Park
Little
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