Funeral for Orville Means Held at Methodist Church
Funeral services for Orville Means of Company K 168th infantry killed at Chateau Thierry will be held Sunday at 3 p.m. at the Methodist church with Rev Regan delivering the address. Burial will be in Elm Grove cemetery. Private Means body returned a week ago. mother Mrs. Charles A. Means ill health delayed services. Full military rites arranged by the American Legion with World War veterans from nearby towns attending. Washington band to play.
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Washington
France
Orville Means
168Th Infantry
Chateau Thierry
Regan
Baptist Church
Elm Grove
Means
Charles A. Means
Washington Band
Injunction Served On County Overseers In Railway Tax Dispute
United States marshal served notices on the county auditor and board of supervisors restraining action on railway tax statements amid a federal injunction hearing to be held in Des Moines next Monday. The Burlington, Rock Island, and M and St. L lines face increased valuations. Milwaukee line not yet acting. Rebekah lodge district convention opens with 56 members and routine business as well as a luncheon and planned evening sessions.
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United States
Washington
Board of Supervisors
State Executive Council
Des Moines
Burlington, Rock Island and
Milwaukee Railway
Martin J. Wade
State Council
Burlington
Washington County
Rock Island
Milwaukee
Minneapoliss
St. Nuis
Rebekah Lodge
Iggges
Wellman
Riverside
Brichton
Emma Miller
Tierney
State Board
Richard Johnson
Dorothy Johnson
Brighton
Wellman Lodge
Ode to the farm work and Reister’s butter praise
A nostalgic poem laments overlooked farm labor and honors the farmer and dairy workers. It mentions Reister’s butter, poultry care, milk separation, egg gathering, and daily duties of rural families, urging justice for those toiling on the farm.
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Reister
Pat Reister
Crowds Attend Columbus Junction Fair and Riverside Legion Day
Large crowds travel from Washington and nearby communities to join events at Columbus Junction fair and Riverside American Legion celebration. Early departures by auto started this morning with more trips planned in the afternoon. Riverside features a boxing exhibition and ball game while Junction hosts races drawing the main crowd.
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Washington
Columbus Junction
American Legion
Riverside
Junction
Church and club notices scattered for Friday events
Announcements list events for Friday including a Bible school picnic rescheduled for a Friday due to rain. The 50ts Ladies Aid meets at First United Presbyterian, the Christian church choir rehearses, Afternoon Bridge Club gathers at Mrs. J. S. McElhinney’s home, Baptist choir practice, Washington Improvement League ice cream social, W M S at Second U P, and Ainsworth M E Kitchen Class hosts a hard times social at the Kelsey home.
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Christian Bible School
The
Baptist Church
Gitz
Washington Improvement League
Ainsworth M. E
Ralph Kelsey Prilay
Community notices and upcoming events in Keota area
Dress suitable for the occasion and the men bring fifty cents in their pocket and the ladies will furnish rice cream and cake. The Children’s Missionary society of the M B church will hold a candy sale on the church lawn Saturday afternoon. Mothers wishing to donate candy please send to the church during afternoon. The Farmers Union Community picnic will be held Monday August 15 in Stone timber. The State Organizer Kennedy Smith Brookhart and WH Sutherland will speak. Speaking commences at ten o'clock. Come early and bring lunch baskets. Watermelons will be furnished for all. The independent club will hold its next meeting at the home of Mrs Ralph Stephens near Keota on Friday.
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Children's Missionary Society of the
M. B. Church
Farmers Union
Stone Timber
Kennedy
Smith Brookhart
WH Sutherland
Mra
Ralph Stephens
Keota
Fri
Lexington Ladies Aid Hosts Church Hall Tea
Mrs Warren Matthess Mrs Mort Embree and Mr Frank Wilson invite members of the Lexington Ladies Aid to a church hall gathering Thursday afternoon August 18. The event proceeds support local church activities.
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Frank Wilson
Warren Matthess
Mort Embree
Lexington Ladies Aid
Church Hall
Buccaneer term traced to Tortuga origin tale
The term buccaneer is linked to Tortuga island origins with a cryptic claim that it comes from a French word describing men who cured meat by a smoking process using a Reese 3 system on green sticks.
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Island of
Tortuga
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Black Hawk
Clay Township
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Rubio
Brighton Va
Picnic Asso
Mrs. Pan
Callen
Little Son
Moulton
Glenn Chambers
Mr. Catter
Mr. Chambers
Navy
Blue Lodge Masons
Cyrus
Fts
At & O
Washington Lodge
A. F
A. M
W.c Bev
Llitt Grayson
W. Manif
Charles Henry Mackintosh
Advertising Club
Duluth Advertising Club
National Association of House Organ Editors
Iwas
Four Minute Men
Committee On Public Information
Mackintosh Advertising Agency
Duluth
la Salle Extension University
American
America
Volver
Associated Advertising Clubs of the World
Atlanta
Rotary Clube
Kiwanis Clubes
Rebekahs
Biden
Louise Burns
Ottumwa
Julia Tierney
Walt
Stanley Steel
Mina Taylor
Rothschild’s
Iowa Gas and Electric Company
Seu Xi
Marty
Reis*ter
F. D. Stewart
Evening Journal
Ladies Aid Society of
First United Presbyterian Church
Christian Church
J. S. McElhinney
Robert Cook
U.P
Myra Shaver
H. B. Busby
Inquire
Journal
Green C. C. Davis
Willys- Knight
M. L. Brown
Brown
Tirr
Lemley & Littlefield
CAUS
Walter Preymek
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Ued En
Cali
C. E. Lemley
Iowa
3Rd Ave
Earle Libe
Fordson Tractor
L R. Marr
Ainsworth
Cary
Bone Yard
HTP
Foot Silo
F. Edmondson
Aus
West Madison
Carl Haskins
Will
Goodwin
Bowes
W. A. Phillips
Tigu m
Jeave
Journal Office
Cily
Orerie Tc
Roy Gerot
Geo. Wilson
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Columbus Institute
Columbus
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Civil Service
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Young America
Buccaneers
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