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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1919
Page
7
Comings and Goings in Washington County Briefs
Short notes from Washington County on personal arrivals departures and life events include births marriages engagements and deaths. Readers learn of neighbors relocations and upcoming social happenings with concise entries from local residents and organizations.
Ainsworth Busy News Roundup Adds and Departures
Ainsworth reports include Mrs W Gardner and Pearl returning from Rochester Minnesota after a two week visit. Mrs T B Jackson and daughter Mrs Jennie Hall plan a westward vacation visiting Colorado and Idaho. Zugg’s sister dies in Cincinnati Iowa prompting travel. D L Baird visits Towell Wyoming with daughter Ertha Baumeister. Rev A S Bailey and Lois visit. ex pastor of United Presbyterian. J A Woodruff from Des Moines addresses consolidation talk at school board. Addie Shannon and son George arrive from Kansas City to care for ill daughter Viola McConnell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ertha Baumeister
Towell
Wyoming
A. S. Bailey
Lois
Stanwood
Iowa
Bailey
United Presbyterian Church
J. A. Woodruff
Des Moines
Department of Consolidated Schools
Ainsworth
Addie Shannon
George
Kansas City
Shannon
Viola McConnell
Kalona and Kalona Area Social and Family Visits
Orin Bell visits Sigourney relatives with Nellie Bell and grandmother. Miss Mary Fry returns home from Cedarville after visiting J and F Fry families. Mrs H W Benn hosts sister from Sigourney. Clara Marek accepts Kalona switchboard operator job. Jennie McBride travels to Des Moines for ill mother visit. Joye Page visits Kalona. Edward Bopp returns from Chicago stock shipment. Mrs Jonas Yoder and Mrs John A Stutzman host cousin from near Wellman. Willard Bell visits friends. Margaret Wells and grandparent Mrs J E Wells of Wellman spend week in Kalona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Jonas. Yoder
John A. Stutzman
Chris Yoder
Wellman
Willard Bell
John Bell
Kalona
Littl
Margaret Wells Ta
J. E. Wells
Community Notes From Young America Aug 4 Threshing Update
Walter Nicholsen’s threshing last Monday followed by several visitors including Mr and Mrs James Nicholsen and Mr and Mrs Prondfit. Clara Louise Porter injured then improving, Ruth Vincent suffers crown tooth issue, Lee Sitwell and J D Nelson visit, Porter family to take Mel Anderson property Sep 1, straw baling by Glen Schwartz and Chas Cherry, Celestin Marie helped kitchen crew for threshers. showers ended threshing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young America
James Nicholsen
Prondfit
Walter Nicholsen
Clara Louise Porter
Esent
Frank Pringle
Keota
Ruth Vincent
Ruth Vincent Has Been Having Quite A Bad Time With A Crowned Tooth, Mr
Lee Sitwell
Washington
J. D. Nelson
H. B. Porter
Mel Anderson
Glen Schwartz
Chas
McFarland
Celestin¢d Marie
Will Marie
Threshers Benefit From Rain Shankens Dust Clears
Last Thursday evening brought a welcome shower for corn and dusty farms. Mrs. Sam McKee and Mrs. Ben Briley helped Mrs. Porters cook for threshers. An automobile accident near Glen Schwartz’s Sabbath left four injured and hospitalized. Ben Briley returned to Ainsworth to fire the threshing engine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam McKee
Ben Briley
Cedar Falls Summer School Draws Many Students
Stringtown correspondent notes Cedar Falls hosts Iowa State Teachers College with six weeks drawing over 2590 students though heat and dry weather cut attendance. Campus dorms and cafeterias are full and instructors number sixty to seventy. Local notices mention Izra Eicher Henry Mast and others, plus rain and drought affecting corn and harvest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stringtown
Cedar Falls
State Teachers’ College
Iowa State Teachers College
Izra Eicher
Henry Mast
Jay McNamara
Washington
P. R. Scchariz
J. F. Witting
Wayland
H. M. Ebicher
Iowa
Local News Briefs From Crawfordsville
J J Anwyl owns a new Oakland car. Miss Mabel Crooks hosted a party for her cousin Miss Orpha Weakley of Cameron. Guests enjoyed refreshments. Visitors from Washington played horseshoe games, six wins in twenty three. Mrs J F Buxbaum and Miss Lola Romig visited the Eagle home near Grace Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawfordsville
J. J. Anwyl
Oakland
Mabel Crooks
Orpha Weakley
Cameron
Washington
J. F. Buxbaum
Lola Romig
Eagle
Grace Hill
Death of Clermont Civil War Captain M. G. Cooper
Mrs. W. EB. Nicola of Riverside reports the death of her uncle M. G. Cooper of Clermont Florida on June 24 1919. Cooper a Civil War captain born November 2 1838 in Michigan moved to Florida in 1870. He leaves a wife two daughters and a son with a wide circle of friends and community respect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clermont
M. G. Cooper
Mr. Cooper
Michigan
Iowa
Florida
Iowa land boom under scrutiny in cost war probe
Dr. L C Gray head of farm economies division in Washington arrives in Des Moines to survey Iowa land valuations and rents amid a western midwest boom. He says high living costs drive land prices not rentals, with staff to study tenancy and earning power of town farms to guide publicity on high land prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
L. C. Gray
Department of Agriculture
Washington
State House
Gray
Iowa
Altho
Grey
Illinois
Missouri
Middle West
Wisconsin
Iowa to tax land speculators on inherited profits
Des Moines reports the attorney general signals an income tax on profits from land speculation. Returns must consider 1913 land values as a base, with farms unchanged since then showing large potential taxes. Judge Caillison warns against deeds intended to dodge inheritance taxes, noting two year death window for new taxation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Attorney General's Office
Iowa Lands
Mt. Pleasant May Get U. S. Building
Mt. Pleasant would gain a federal building if Congress passes the usual building bill this fall. Congressman Kennedy introduced a bill authorizing immediate site purchase and construction up to $100,000. A prior Kennedy bill for a $10,000 site was postponed due to the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Pleasant
Congress
Kennedy
Community building budget outlined for Pleasant project
The plan allocates about $100000 for a site and building costs. The site costs around $10000, leaving $90000 for construction. The amount is considered ample as many buildings exceed community needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pleasant
Whereabouts of Farmer A Nelson Mystery
County officials and the Nelson family search the countryside for John A. Nelson a prominent farmer living seven miles southwest of Columbus Junction and seven miles east of Winfield He disappeared Sunday evening and is described as sixty years old five feet nine inches tall with dark hair a sandy mustache weighing 150 pounds He wears a brown suit and soft grey hat and has a deep scar on his left forearm A prior disappearance occurred about two years ago and he was later found on a Mediapolis farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
Nelson
John A. Nelson
Winfield
Mediapolis
Mr. Nelson
Drug Users Plea for Narcotics Purchases Cited
Hundreds of letters from chronically ill and aging addicts urge access to narcotics prompting Commissioner Roper to tell collectors internal revenue that patients may obtain drugs on prescription for life maintenance. He warns collectors to guard against misuse by the elderly and infirm becoming illicit traffic conduits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D.C
Roper
Internal Revenue
Ninety Cars Meat Left Without Ice In Northwestern Yards
Ninety cars of meat lie in Northwestern yards at Boone due to the shopmen strike with many fruit cars similarly stranded. The strike remains unchanged and a morning train backed to Ogden for lack of personnel at the turntable. Gasoline supply in the area is exhausted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boone, Ta
Ogden
Round House
Dancing Season Opens in Muscatine at Armory
The Muscatine Journal notes the first fall dance, hosted by the Shubert orchestra of Washington Iowa, to be held Friday night at the new armory. The orchestra is popular locally and warm weather should not deter a large crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
Altho
New Armory
Shubert
Washington
Iowa
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