Aunt Mary and Three Quarters of a Century Club Dinner
The piece recalls Nettie McLaughlin’s death after years of frail health and stroke. It highlights Aunt Mary visiting, fond memories of Hamilton siblings, and the Three Quarters of a Century party at the Country Club with details on attendees, sports, and the social mood toward aging gracefully. It also notes local scenes from the Worlds Fair and small-town anecdotes about neighbors and events.
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Century Club
Coldest and hottest records mark Washington years ago
The news item highlights extreme heat with a 109 degree reading the warmest in the county. It notes deaths in California, a growing reward for killers of local sheriffs, a new assistant in a medical office, store and cafe openings, a trip to Bermuda, land purchases for a highway, an accident from a falling transom, nursing school certainty, a lightning strike on a hay barn, a new garage owner, a Labor Day parade plan, and visitors for Chautauqua.
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Salmons
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Hospital News Inflow And Dismissals In Washington Area
Local hospital reports show multiple procedures and new births. Names include Amos Graber and Carol Booth with several appendectomies and tonsillectomies. Washington residents welcomed daughters Susan Kay and other newborns. discharges span Friday to Saturday with various routes and towns noted.
Denver trip by Stutz car in 800 mile journey
Patter son and Shirley Clark started for Denver in a Stutz on a Sunday night and arrived in Denver about noon on Wednesday covering roughly 800 miles.
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Shirley Clark
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Engagement announced for Evelyn Eldridge and Wayne Simerman
Hazel Porter and Marie Butterfield host a special party at the Porter home to celebrate the engagement of Evelyn Eldridge and Wayne Simerman and invite guests to share in the upcoming marriage plans.
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Wayne Simerman
Local Patients Treated and Discharged at Area Hospitals
Several residents from Washington, Crawfordsville, Wellman, Keota and Ainsworth received medical care. Jean Schantz of Crawfordsville was admitted yesterday afternoon, while Amy Arnott and Carolyn Kracaw of Keota and Martha Downing of Washington underwent ton sillectomies this morning. Kathryn Stewart of Washington route 3 percent, Carol Ann Booth of Ainsworth, Mrs Bri H VanMeter and Wesley Custer of Washington, and Mrs Edgar Stout with baby Margaret Ann of Washington route 3 were dismissed this morning.
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Wayland
Richard Pratt
Catherine Jou
Dorothy Humston
Washington
Amos Hill
Farre! Long
Carol Ann Booth
Ainsworth
Kathryn Stewart
Joe Wieland
Riverside
Eugene Morgan
Brighton
R. R. Noonan
Dean Gipple
Carol Elaine
Farrel Long
Ronald Schnoebelen
Crawfordsville
Martha Downing
Pearl Amlong
Betty Patterson
Carolyn Kracaw
Billy Arnolds
Keota
Frances Whetstine
Hetty Peck
Wellman
Horace Allen
Hon
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T. R. Arthur
Susan Kay
Larry Bean Aissworth
Nex Bowers
John Witen, Jr
Pearl Aimlong
Olds
Jean Schantz
Billy Arnott
Bety Peck
Frances Whetdstine
Bri. H. VanMeter
Wesley Custer
Edgar Stout
Margaret Ann
Summer Cabin Visit Foes and Family Trips Reported
Thirty years ago a note describes Leigh and Terry Wallace visiting a summer cottage south of town by the creek with nightly trips and healthy air. Wilber Miller and family return from a long automobile journey of about twenty one hundred miles lasting six weeks. J R Work sells S hoe store to A B Atchison and J R Atchison. Jimmie Work praised. Invitations issued for the September 1 wedding of Jessie Laffer and Charles A Dewey. Jessie is sister of Mrs Charlie Needham.
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Loa Lu Harkness
Jean Stewart
Merril Harkness
Leigh Wallace
Terry
Wilber Miller
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County 4 H Show Dates and Local News Highlights
The County 4 H Achievement Show is set for August 19 to 21. Local incidents include a minor automobile collision in which Roy Wells and John Wagoner were involved with no serious injuries. Numerous community happenings cover school appointments, births, marriages, and local travel, with notes on farming loans and infrastructure projects.
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Washington
John E. Wagoner
Airfield
Review of the Week's News and Local Happenings
A weekly digest notes George Mohr leaving for a Davenport post, Elsie Wallace closing her parents home, and a Davenport teaching role. It covers smallpox in Stringtown, camp life at Camp Ripley, weddings, travels, Willkie nomination crowds, and local business plans including a new Benteko market.
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George Mohr
Davenport
Elsie Wallace
Iowa Avenue
Elsie
Bikes Sold to Brookhart and Morrow
Oscar Solbrie sold a bike to J L Brookhart and a racecycle to R J Morrow per a public sale notice.
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J. L. Brookhart
R. J. Morrow
Farewell party for Reed family moves to Springfield Mo
The G A R and the W A C hosted a surprise farewell for Mr and Mrs Solomon Washington Reed last week. They plan to move to Springfield Missouri where he intends to run a truck farm. Street fair and nurses training notes plus a humorous item about Bro Burrel wearing a Mother Hubbard gown with dragons and hobgoblins.
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Springfield
Mother Hubbard
Bro. Burrel
Gospel Ridge
Death notices of Mrs Eversole Sutherland Owen and McLaughlin
Death reports list Mrs Blanche Sutherland Eversole daughter of Austin Sutherland who died at University hospital in Iowa City Wednesday night age 84. Mrs Justine Owen invalid for years died at home in Richland Thursday afternoon aged 78, mother of Mrs Marion George Washington and others. Mrs Nettie Hamilton McLaughlin died at her East Main Street home early Friday morning, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Hamilton.
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Austin Sutherland
University Hospital
Iowa City
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Brighton
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Junior College Eyes Airplane Pilot Course Prospect
The junior college considers adding an airplane pilot course as a potential new program. Officials discuss curriculum, equipment needs, and funding to establish flight training if the proposal advances.
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