Centennial notes and long departed town people remembered
A civic reminiscence column recalls Charlie Stewart with a family heirloom vest, Cal Long’s death in Los Angeles and Baptist Church ties, local moves by Dr. C. F. Boller family, and community chatter about beer club trips to Chicago, bearded visitors, and beards of Red Norton and Stanley Moore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Etha Dawson
Red Norton
Stanley Moore
Washington
Etna
Brigade
Stanley Miller
Los Angeles
Rotary Club
Wilshire Boulevard
Stanley
Town life notes and visitors fill weekend in Iowa town
A busy week features Florence Thomas and nurse duties, Mrs Eva Blake ailing, and Mrs J W Scott returning home. News covers Florence’s trip to Marshalltown, Nita Nicholson’s Minnesota visit, the Zaring family fishing trip, Franklin in Chicago at osteopathic college, and insured cottage supplies. Also reported are D A R cabin preparations for Sunset Park and Mrs Glen Holden’s Buenos Aires visit with McEndrees Swift Packing tales, plus local church music, visiting families, remodels on Coppock Highway and old Butterfield home memories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Thomas
Eva Blake
Florence
Marshalltown
J. W. Scott
Veterans Home
Mrs. Scott
Nita
Clint McGee
Minnesota
Ed Nicholson
Glenn Zaring
Zaring
Kankakee
Franklin
Chicago
Osteopathic College
Coppock
Fred Wagner
Cleveland
Washington County
National Poultry Association
Glen Duncan
R. McCutchen
Earl
Cody
Wyoming
Allen
Edward McCutchen
Richard McCutchen
State Highway Commission
Elizabeth Ragan
Spurgeon
Charles Ragan
Knoxville
Achievement Day at City Hall for 4 H girls club
The twelve 4 H girls club will compete for honors at City Hall on Wednesday in the annual Achievement Day. Other items note a trip by Karl Jackson family and Mrs Bessie Lucker, a Western tour, a serious car crash near an overhead railway bridge, golf finalists in Washington Country Club, a drum corps winning third and Harold Teets taking first in drummers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Hall
Karl Jackson
Marie
Bessie Lucker
Harry Watkins
Watkins
Black Hill
S. 10
Yellowstone Park
Wyoming
Leon Beaty
Harold Teets
Fortunes Sought by Logan Payne In Europe Returns Caution
40 years ago Logan Payne sailed to Europe to uncover a family fortune. Deputies Annis Dawson and Ruth Latta traveled on county business visiting relatives in Kansas. Local notes recount a furnace scare at the Graham Opera House and a string of small town happenings from clubs to fountains to old Washington Press relics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan Payne
Europe
Payne
Annis Dawson
Greeley
Kansas
Ruth Latta
Kendall
Graham Opera House
Opera House
John Teeter
C. H. Wilson
Graham
Centennial preparations stir crowd and travel plans
News notes a predicted large Centennial crowd if weather holds, with leader Minick and Queen selections under way. A float builder works under J W Ens lin as locals make trips to Los Angeles and Minneapolis, visit relatives, and return from funerals in Burlington and Dunkerton.
Centennial News Roundup Brightens Summer Town
The Sunbonnet Club year closes its seven week review with 600 members led by Nancy Marie Lemkau nine months old daughter of Mr and Mrs K C Lemkau. Community events include a 2500 turnout underpass dedication a 125 entry pet parade a grand centennial float parade and a fountain fund update. National style visitors locals and families gathered for birthdays weddings and homecomings while playgrounds park improvements and legion activities filled the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunbonnet Club
Nancy Marie Lemkau
K. C. Lemkau
Richard Johnson
Nancy
W. Livingston
R. F E. Shannon
Marshal Bailey
Marsh Bailey
Theodore Bailey
Go Fishing on Cone Lake Catches 100 Fish
80 Years Ago item notes Capt J A Cunningham Marion Anderson and Co. Bailey fishing at Cone Lake with a total of 100 fish. Marion reportedly hooks a large spoonbill catfish, a rare catch in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Cunningham
Marion Anderson and Co
Bailey
Cone Lake
Marion
Notable attorney H. M. Eicher dies at 60 in 1919
Henry Ficher, known as H. M Eicher, prominent local attorney and beloved citizen, died at his home on July 28, 1919, aged 60. He had practised law here since 1554. A word from abroad says Mabel Buckley, who has been doing Red Cross work in France and Italy, was to sail for home last Saturday as soldiers welcome September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Racley
Henry
Claude McKee
Butterfield
McJunkin
Iowa
Sade
Mose
Ralph Daugherty
Mame
Los Angeles
Holden
M. J. Holden
South
Iowa Ave
Jennie Marsden
Geo
California
Mary Inez
Nora
Washington
Jack Morrson
Lemmon
Bob Metall
Chicago
Jack
Mrs. Neill
Michael Hays
Eliza Kinder Hays
Hays
Ags
Henry Ficher
H. M Eicher
Mabel Buckley
Red Cross
France
Italy
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Rocking Chair Brigade
Charlie Stewart
Mr. Stewart
Central Park
Journal
Cal Long
Cal
Baptist Church
May
Lawrence
Mr. Long
J. F. Kurtz
Apllington
Whiskey Club
Frances Haney
Schitch
Davenport
the Tribune
Herald Examiner
Cloid Willits
Cloid
Maxine
Sunset Park
Glen Holden
Buenos Aires
South America
Mrs. Holden
Lincoln
James, Jr
Mrs. MacEndree
United States of America
McEndrees
Coppock Highway
Odley Elder
Des Moines
Jim
Jimmy
Helen Elder Roth
Odley
Orville
Helen
Presbyterian
Ray Pierce
John Applegate
Harry Macon
Eastwood
Milton, Penn
Roy Walter Eastwood
United Presbyterian Church
Earl Barnes
West Orange
N. J
Crawfordsville
Rev
Nicholas
J. F. Mclunkin
Russell Bell
T. V. Knerr
Iowa Federation of Women's Clubs
Roy Norton
Ernest Norton
Hubert Morgan
Clay Township
William Shannon
Guy Knause
Washington Country Club
Riverside
Washington Junior College
LeRoy Pratt
Iowa City
George Hendrickson
Cedar River
Hendrickson
Lester Orr
Otto Schiebel
Soldier Boys
Joe Mcklhinney
Nebraska
Joe
Chas. Dieman
Gil
Cedar Rapids
Geo. Griffith
Frank Collies
Ington
Cole Bros. Dieds
Charlie Davis
Rukgaber
Homer Coppock
Will Kuhn
Mt. Pleasant
J. M Wilson
Foreign *Missionary Society of the
M. BE. Sharch
Alex Lytle
New York
Open
Laura Rich
Harvey and Warfels
Willie Harwood
Lan: Scofield
Earle Corbin
Harry I Tle
Paul Allen
Howard McCleery
Sam Neill
North of Washington
Washington Press
J. KB. Wilkinson
Youngs New Brick
W. W. Kendall
GW. Thompson and Son
Brockway
Masonic Temple
Cp. HM. Hott
Allen and Slough
John Eyre
C. P. Goulds
W. H. Rousseau
Marsh
Him. Wilson
Washington House
Eagle House
Thomas Snodgrass
A. W. Chalcote
Satere
Crosby and Brown
Minick
J. W. Enslin
Hetty Hedlinger Te
Wayne Wilson
Calif
Anna Bowman
Flossie Sherbeck
Althen “Ontgomery
Lafayette
George Davis
George Mohr
Miss Montgomery
Minneapolis
Olive Campbell
Burlington
Emma F. Wilson
William Pittwilliam
Ollie
John Gillies
Fred Dunkerton
Joe Duen
Dunkerton
Lewis Hewitt
Lenox
Washington and
West Chester
County
Thomas H. Huston
Oliver W. Schmitter
Richland
Joseph K. Knotek
Folka
Margaret Popham
Wellman
A. Dewey
Fountain
Chamber of Commerce
Three Quarter Century Club
Case Field
Ro S&s Warfel
Colorado
Hilda Brown
Myrtle Brown
Tucson
Arizona
G. 8. Beale
A. W. Clow
Beale
Mrs. Clow
Mra
Jack Fouse
Baraboo
Wis
Mall
Nellie Thompson
Mr. Rouse
Rouse
Fred Nelswanger
Cedar Rapides
San Francisco
Wands Carter
Wandaline Vas Mercedes Carter
Gene Thomas
Kevseler and Tribune
Gene
Clair Geret
Gladys Slaughter
Lone Tree
Saturda
He Tanner
Washingon Off Co
B. F. Goodrich Company
Kathryn Luethe Winegarden
Eof Wellman
Joel Gowing
Methodist
Kula Cherry
Kenilworth, Ill
George Masson
Donna
Beth
Doris
Clow
Edgar Porter
Louise
Bob
Clarence Miller
Oklahoma
A. N. Porter
Fresno, Calif
Harve Porter
Clara Meachem
Seattle
Wash
H. A. Meacham
Alice
Grinnell
R. KE. Brown
Don Maxwell
Soft Dick
J. B. Kimberly
Legion Pos
Legion
George van Gundy
Mary Joan
Carolyn
Peoria
James Baird
van Gundy
Beatrice Baird
de Molay
Means Shack
Annabel Raber
Paul Widmer
Reuben Widmer
G. Widmer
Wayland
Lucille Bell
Melvin Bell
Keota
Ray Crowell
Ottumwa
Harry Ramseyer
K. C. Leman
Vernette Johnson
Nancy Marie
Lyle Hocke
John Caldwell
W. C. van News
West
Frank Hell
Joh Gibson
Mrs. Gibson
Frank
Colonel Macon
Macoy
Betty Redlinger
Mrs
Gerald Duncan
Curt Wells
Wilbur Miller
Grand Rapids, Mich
Mr. Wells
Rubio
Bert Dixon
Carleton Wilson
John Shields Jr
Robert Shields Jr
Mel
Clyde
Edith
Tiera
Velda Brown
Grace Mauck