Local Notes and Notices from Community Page
Miss Effie Van Sickle travels to West Chester after visiting Mrs Grover. Ice cream and cake and sandwiches served on the Commercial Club lawn by C D A. 4515. Mr and Mrs C O Davis and daughter Isabelle leave for Clear Lake for a week. Oregon City Woolen Mills auto robes priced at 12350 1485 and 1665 at Crail s. Henry County Fair entries urged early to save time. Osfords Arch Res and Wilson s ads. Morning Sun visitor Llroyd Edgar J A Porter home. Gord Wayland visitor in Washington. W S Sanders Keota visits Washington today.
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Effie van Sickle
West Chester
Commercial Club
C.D. of
Henry County
Henry County events and social notices in Washington
Local notes report visits and travels of residents from Washington and nearby towns, with concise mentions of trips to Columbus Junction, West Chester, Des Moines, and other places. It highlights community activities, fairs dates,花 and engagements, plus advertisements and upcoming Henry County Fair details and entertainment listings.
Retired Minister Builds Own Coal Mine With Family Help
Springfield Illinois August 9 1919 retired pastor Lewis P Fisher once mined coal on his Cantrall farm with his wife son and a nephew. He invented an automatic dump and operated a 245 acre site with 2000 nearby coal acres. The mine produced up to fifty tons daily and Fisher offered it to the state for institutional coal supply.
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Springfield
Christian Church
Cantrall
Little Family
Fisher
Illinois
Sterling
Silkytone knitting yarns offered at Crail's venue
William Redlinger of Omaha visited Pleasant Plain relatives at Matt Redlinger’s home with the Brownhausens. Mrs. Jay McNamara and her children stay this week with Mr. Humeston in Albia, while Mr. McNamara spent Sunday in Albia. Silkytone worsted yarns in multiple colors sold at 65 cents per skein, 50 cents each.
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William Redlinger
Omaha
Mrs. Brownhausen
Pleasant Plain
Matt Redlinger
Mrs. Jay McNamara
D. S. Humeston
Albia
Mr. McNamara
Nation Prospects Improve Amid Strikes Across industries
The United States Employment Service reports May July payrolls rose in 1,428 concerns across 65 industrial centers with 7,434 more workers. Leather, food and metal products, vehicles, paper, lumber and textiles gain while railroad shops and brick declines appear amid fuel and transport challenges.
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Washington
United States Employment Service
Department of Labor
Bureau
Nebraska
South Dakota
Minnesota
Montana
Husband Kills Wife Then Kills Himself in Manchester
John Ross, 63, fatally struck his 30 year old wife after she returned from church. He then turned a public safety item on himself and died instantly. Neighbors heard arguing, police found the couple in bed with the lights still burning.
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Manchester
John Ross
State Fair Jobs Taken Says Corey
Des Moines August 9 At speaker's desk secretary A R Corey confirms state fair board has filled all tickettaker usher and similar posts and warns applicants their efforts are wasted. He cites a 1913 resolution limiting passes to officials board employes concessionaries exhibitors and reporters and notes one day free admission for soldiers and pioneers and special rates for children under set conditions.
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Des Moines
State Fair Board
A. R. Corey
Corey
Copey
State Fair
Oldest of all bagpipes and a Duke’s Prestonpans relic
The passage claims tagpipes are among the oldest instruments and notes the Duke of Sutherland owns a bagpipe from Prestonpans nearly 200 years old that can be heard eight miles away, highlighting its enduring loudness.
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Duke of Sutherland
Prestonpans
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C. O Davis
Isabelle
Clear Lake
Oregon City
Crail’s
Lyon's
Cooklee
Osfords
Wilson's
Llroyd Edgar
Morning Sun
J. A. Porter
J. KE. Gord
Wayland
W. 8. Sanders
Keota
Katherine Singmaster
Williamsburg
Mrs. O'Brein
Paul Gass
Ben, Edgar
Hal McCloske
Muscatine
A. J. Peterson
Ainsworth
Arthur Peterson
Stella Warner
George Wells
Mary Louise Minick
Mary Eveland
Columbus Junction
Joe Lukavsky
Riverside
Elmer Jarrard
W. J. Meyer
Wellman
Olie Blake
Crawfordsville
Grace Tefft
Glen Davidon
Graham Store
R. L. Stephens
Olva Haney
D. N. Haney
Lee Sands
R. L. Grimes
Mrs
Frank Dicknell
Valley Junction
Harry Dickerson
8. K. Orris
W. KE. Harris
Fairfield
C. M. Stinson
W. F. Robinson
Davenport
S. N. Sorrell
8S. T. Wheeler
Mary E. Stiles
Mabel Telford
A. W. Stiles
Mildred Hodson
Arthur Miller
George Berry
Sawtell
Calif
Denver
Henry Brinning
C. L. Chilcote
James Delp
Margaret Holmes
Dorothy Ward
Ford Seigle
John Lonewell
Cone
Lyon
Charles Owen
Eugene. Owen
Georgetown
Wallace Studio
Eod
Ray Durian
KE. ©. Newell
Evelyn
R. H. Malin
Sarah McCreedy
Haskins
Anna Belle Campbell
Toin
Iowa
M. G. Campbell
Gertrude Dreycinski
Chicago
Henry County Fair
Washington Seed Company
Bell
Washington Battery
Ed Mayhew
Oskaloosa
Ames
Reister
Thompson
C. D. of A
Orville Dayton
Journal Offie
Dayton
Dreamland Co
Burlington
Advt
Constance Talmadge
Lover
Harrison Ford
Kenneth Harlan
International News
Saturday Evening Post
FORD
Schulty Motor Car Co
John Shields & Sons
Parker Company
McElhinney Drug CO
W. C. Mayhew
Havre
McElhinney Drug’ Co. S
Parker Pe
U. S. Labor
Leather Leads Industries
Dailey’s Taxi
Whone
Local and Country Service
Washington Cleaners
Opera
Haute
Russell Conner
Dayton & Son
Washington, Iowa
Bert Olson
A. D. Sanders
J. B. Lupton
Washington Green
Washington Shoe Co
East Side Square
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