Washington News Highlights From The Passing Years
Dean Mead reports 76 new enrollments at Washington junior college for the year starting next week. Chamber votes to approve airport plans tied to the pilot training course. Locker and shower installations discussed for next year at the Country club. Mrs. R. J. Patterson wins the Washington women’s golf championship for a fourth straight year. A lightning strike damages the high school chimney. A fire at Cook’s restaurant is contained. R L MacGugin marks 70th birthday with a family reunion. Draft slackers drive planned by War Department. County hospital records 110 August cases and a nurses’ home movement begins.
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Harland Mead
Washington Junior College
R. J. Patterson
Washington
Austin Bantam car on display at Johnson garage attracts attention
Twenty years ago the new Bantam car labeled the Austin is showcased in the Johnson garage drawing considerable notice. The notice includes changes in local homes and several community happenings such as birthday celebrations and club leadership appointments.
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Austin
Johnson
Keokuk Man Joins Iowa Gas and Electric Company
Gerald Ashby, employed in Keokuk since completing a business course, has accepted a position with the Iowa Gas and Electric Company. The Washington Chautauqua concluded with gate receipts averaging over $150 daily and more than 1100 season tickets sold. Jack Westphal purchased the Smith Jewelry Store on the west side of the square and was formerly connected with H. F. Steck.
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Gerald Ashby
Keokuk
Iowa Gas and Electric Company
Washington Chautauqua
Jack Westphal
Smith Jewelry
H. F. Steck
Hail damages corn fields and town notes on buildings
Forty years ago Saturday we visited farms east of town where hail ruined Newt O Loughlin’s corn and damaged others. Wilbur Miller plans a new post office building next to the city library, while a 1874 Washington Academy enrollment note reflects changes. Chautauqua tents housed citizens with daily deliveries of gas electricity and groceries.
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Newt O'Loughlin
McCleery
Wilbur Miller
Andersons
Wilbur
Brighton Bank Receives Authority to Open in 60 Days
The National Bank of Brighton secured authorization from the Comptroller of the Currency to commence business. Dr M C Terry is president J L Downs vice president and Frank R Sage cashier. A new building is planned within 60 days and then operations will start. Washington county updates note local progress and civic improvements.
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The
National Bank of Brighton
Comptroller of the Currency
M. C. Terry
J. L. Downs
Frank R. Sage
News Review of the Week in Washington
Local page highlights residents returning from hospitals and trips across Iowa and neighboring states. Notables include Leo Mangold Jr recovering from Mercy Hospital, Grace Miller visiting from California, and Ted Woods resuming work after Linotype training. The column notes several family visits, travel to Chicago, Des Moines, and Marion, plus doctor visits and a Fort Sherman funeral.
Local notes span fairs concerts and visits in Washington
The Eldon Fair opening night featured John Yousling in the Horse show while the Sorden accordion band from Washington and Ottumwa prepared to perform. Numerous residents and visitors from California to Florida visited relatives, attended events, and traveled through Washington, with reports of hotel luncheons, vacations, and upcoming district meetings.
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John Yousling
Eldon
Sorden Acecordion Band
Washington and Ottumwa
LocalItems Corrected About Dav enport Visitors and Area Residents
Corrected local notes confirm Eddie and John Grayton of Davenport were visiting their grandmother Mrs. C O Davis. Mrs. E G Humm and son Jack returned from Middlebourne West Virginia after the death of her father J W Doak. Rev F W Eastwood spoke at the Christian Tabernacle and visited friends in Washington. Betty Jeffries will enroll at Iowa State Teachers College Cedar Falls as a home economics major.
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Harold Booth
Washington
Chicago
Booths
C. B. Reed
Afton
Louis Dusenberry
Davenport
Maurice Henry
Forrest Henry
Marion
Mary Neuwhuis
Long Beach
Calif
Sioux Falls
S. Dak
Charles L. Barker
Tom, Dick
Jimmy
Pullman, Wash
Eddie
John Grayton
C. O. Davis
E. G. Humm
Jack
Middleburne
W. Va
F. W. Eastwood
Iowa City
Charles Murdock
Eastwood
Bible Study Club
The
Christian Tabernacle
Betty Jeffries
Charlie H. Jeffries
Route
Iowa State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Miss Jeffries
Washington Junior College
Washington High School
Feather merchants seek damages over door crush
Slender Mer melstein of Chicago filed a $75,000 damage suit claiming a slammed auto door crushed his finger. He says the injury prevents him from continuing his feather dealing business assessing quality and texture.
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Feather Merchant
Chicago
Mermelstein
Feather
Proverb Quotation on Familiarity and Carelessness
A historical snippet cites a saying attributed to Publilus Syrus from around 20 centuries ago, noting that familiarity breeds contempt and can lead to careless behavior. The remark frames caution about familiarity in social or moral contexts.
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Publilus Syrus
Community events and 4-H fair scenes at Washington county
Edith M. Gates recalls the Union services at Central Park, the YMCA youth program, and a detailed tour of the Junior Fair at Townsley Park. She highlights 4-H clothing displays, livestock exhibits, and a Chautauqua era grounds visit, plus plans for future fairs, a flower show, and the Three Quarter Century Club gathering attended by Journal staff.
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Central Park
YMCA
Paul V. Shearer
Methodist Church
Townsley Park
Washington County
Savannah visitors arrive for stay with Weldin and Gates kin
Thursday Mr and Mrs Paul Leach and their children Dick and Gay of Savannah Ga arrived last evening for a visit in the home of Mrs Leach s brother in law and sister Mr and Mrs Phil Weldin and with Mr and Mrs W L Gates Mrs Leach is remembered in Washington as Irma Waymack.
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P. I. Frank
Waterloo
Wilbur B. Miller
Karl Simmerman
L. H. O'Loughlin
Lois
Glendale
Calif
Fred R. Mauthe
Pueblo
Colo
Marlene DuVoisin
Chicago
Charles Murdock
Marlene
Washington
Paul Leach
Gay
Savannah
Leach
Phil Weldin
W. L. Gates
Irma Waymack
Hospital News and Obituaries Saturday Summary
Hospital entries list patients under treatment and recent dismissals across several towns. Birth notices include Randall, Moore, Flanders, Shaver with times and locations. additional surgical and medical updates for Fetters, Rabenold, Tripp, Statler, Gowey, Pardun.
Notable City Residents Listed in Yesterday’s Notices
Yesterday’s column lists Mrs Samuel Weeks Mrs Cora Brownlee Mrs Vernon Fleming Norma Gowey along with Brighton and city references. The brief items name residents and their affiliations in a compact public notices style.
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Yeterday
Cora Brownlee
City
Vernon Fleming
Harper
Norma Gowey
Brighton
Birth Announcements From Ainsworth And City
Yesterday to today several births were recorded: Eugene Fetters and Mrs Lawrence Moore with a daughter in Ainsworth. Mr and Mrs Frederick Reid Jr in the city with a daughter born at 4 20 p m. Mr and Mrs Roy Rotzinger in the city with a son born at 10 15 p m.
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Earl Wall
Ainsworth
Leo Adam
Richland
Kenneth Jager
Keota
Paul Hammes
James Dunbar
City
Paul Meyer
Edgar Hanson
Ackworth
Clarence Randall
Lawrence Moore
Norbert Flanders
Eugene Shaver
Wellman
Eugene Fetters
Frederick Reid Jr
Roy Rotzinger
City Figures Enter Surgery After Sudden Illness
Yesterday Francis Greenwood and Charles Snyder from the city underwent surgery. Today Mrs. David Keltner Cecil Estes and Mrs. Bertha Statler from Keota are listed for surgical procedures.
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Francis Greenwood
City, Surgical
Charles Snyder
David Keltner
City
Cecil Estes
Bertha Statler
Keota
Funeral services for Mrs James Wittetoe held today
Funeral services were conducted at 9 oclock for Mrs James Wittetoe who died Saturday morning in the polio ward at Iowa City University hospital Father Kampker led the service and burial followed at Harper Marsh funeral home arranged the details
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KEOTA
James Wittetoe
Iowa City University Hospital
Father Kampker
Harper
Marsh Funeral Home
Two Local Deaths From Injuries in Des Moines County
Edwin Gabriel 22 of Columbus City died at Mercy hospital Burlington after a blasting accident on a road crew west of Mediapolis where dynamite was used to remove stumps. Martha Agnes Teets dies at her Kalona home after years of bedfast illness.
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Columbus City
Edwin Gabriel
Ralph Gabriel
Mercy Hospital
Burlington
Mediapolis
Des Moines
Kalona
Martha Agnes Teets
Mrs Cupp Dies After Eight Years Of Illness
Mrs John R. Cupp aged 64 died at her home 315 West Third street late Tuesday afternoon after eight years of illness and a six week period of serious illness.
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John R. Cupp
West Third Street
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