Health Unit progress and community notes and events
The health unit shows notable achievements including a maternal health depot and a first ever rural cardiac clinic for children with doctors from the federal bureau in attendance. Dr Ruth Church leads the unit, Frances Goodrich has resigned as supervisor, and staff changes follow. The piece also covers Mrs Wells rented apartments, Oscar Solbrig the aviator, Jane Baldrige’s golf win, Miss Kathryn Mauthe’s new home, Mrs Mount’s birthday, hospital recovery of Mrs St Clair Lewis, and veterans push to remove Secretary Perkins and a training move for Herman Gaethe.
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Federal Bureau
Ruth Church
Hospital Notes Report Births Admissions and Discharges
Dismissals include Jacquelin Dircks Columbus Junction Milo Shalla Riverside and Martha Whittaker Washington. Birth of son to Mr and Mrs Lester Mick at 2 50 pm weighing seven pounds ten ounces. Admissions list William G McCreedy Riverside J E Moore Washington Freddie Fisher Riverside fractures femur. Tonsil and appendectomy cases Molly Whittaker Joan Schroeder Deborah Longer Robert Colburn Elaine Bell Celesta Shelangoski Cloyd Cornick Carl Cross Donald Eugene Bush and others. Several dismissals recorded including Martha Whittaker Washington and Mrs Robert Shelanghoski East Pleasant Plain.
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Jacquelin Dircks
Columbus Junction
Milo Shalla
Riverside
Lester Mick
William G. McCreedy
J. E. Moore
Washington
Freddie Fisher
Martha Whittaker
Joan Schroeder
Robert Colburn
Deborah Longer
Elaine Bell
Francis Hiller
Brighton
Celesta Shelangoski
Hast Pleasant Plain
Mary Lewis
Donald Eugene Bush
Clover Luckey
Carl Cross
Cloyd Cornick
Mt. Union
McDonald Shull
Crawfordsville
Robert Shelanghoski
East Pleasant Plain
Robert Henderson
David Burdell
Ainsworth
Clarence Goff
William Chmelai
Passing Years in Washington and Local News Snippets
Local items recount accidents from a derelict watermelon truck on a hill west of Columbus Junction, a fugitive killer hunt for Handsome Klutas, office moves, a rainstorm hurt fair attendance, and community moves including nurses training, new shipments, and train reinstatement plans.
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Columbus Junction
R. J. Patterson
Hospital Addition Won by Earl Wood at Ainsworth
The hospital expansion contract was awarded to Earl Wood of Ainsworth for about 50000 dollars. The piece notes other local items including church fittings, pastor installations, and community events across the region.
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Earl Wood
Ainsworth
Review of the Weeks News in Washington County
Helen Cunningham visiting from Waukegan Illinois meets uncles James and John Cunningham Rex Hazen back from Iowa State Teachers College Cedar Falls visits before army duty Eunice Hammer Waymack leaves for Silver City New Mexico after a stay Mrs Blair Law Haymes and son Donnie to Chicago Dr H L Gordon ill with bronchial pneumonia in Fairfield Hospital Civic notes report 43 conventions and 57 new families in Washington County Rotary luncheon honors Eunice Hammer local tax and budget items noted.
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Rex Hazen
Iowa State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Charles Hazen
E. B. Hammer
Theodore Bailey
Hammer Home
Eunice Hammer Waymack
Silver City
New Mexico
Rotary Club
Chamber of Commerce
Washington
Deaths of the Week
Arnold John Morrison 31 killed in an accident Saturday near Crawfordsville when a gun carried by 13 year old Charles Griffen discharged. Wife, three children, and his parents survive along with several siblings. Additional obituaries note Mrs. William Smith 86, Mrs. Oliver Todd 67, and other locals mourning bystanders and relatives.
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Arnold John Morrison
Crawfordsville
Charles Griffen
James Morrison
Eighty Years Ago in Arrow News Briefs
A column reflects on neighborliness and everyday quirks. It contrasts early risers with noise, joking about mothers and babies, child training, vanity in cures, and how a well-decorated diploma doesn't guarantee a larger practice.
War Comes to Iowa poem pledges to conquer hate
Eldna Bacon Morrison writes the Grinnell Herald Register piece August 4 1941 urging national effort as shells replace crops. The poem frames Iowa as land of tall corn and fertile loam yielding to wartime production and sacrifice to defend humanity.
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Iowa
Iona
Eldna Bacon Morrison
Grinnell Herald - Register
Grinnell
Bridge party honors Mrs Clarence Hollingsworth guest of Chicago
Mrs Dell Hollingsworth and Mrs Alex Lytle hosted a bridge afternoon in honor of Mrs Clarence Hollingsworth of Chicago. High honors were awarded to Mrs Maie Donahey.
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Bridge
Dell Hollingsworth
Alex Lytle
Clarence Hollingsworth
Chicago
Maie Donahey
Calif. visitors and upcoming events noted
Mrs. Kate Ackley of Los Angeles visits friends here while Mrs. Lydia Richer prepares for France and sails before Sept. 17. The K of C plans a Labor Day picnic in Sunset Park expected to draw 1 000 attendees. Chautauqua bus drivers end ten cent taxi service as most riders use private cars.
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Calif
Kate Ackley
Los Angeles
France
Lydia Richer
K of C's
Sunset Park
Milwaukee buys Mrs Wrights property and Neiswan coal yard
Forty years ago the Milwaukee road purchased Mrs Wrights property and Tom Neiswan acquired a coal yard. Neiswan receives $3,000 for the deal reflecting his business needs and a fair price. The right of way agent Sutherland is praised as fair and well regarded.
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Milwaukee
Prairie Fire and House Movements in Local Area
A prairie fire near the organ factory required full factory force to extinguish the blaze as dry grass burned quickly. Local house sellers are buying back homes sold to the Milwaukee road and planning moves. John Shalla Sr. of Richmond dies at 78 after bronchial pneumonia. W A Athearn, longtime Washington printer, passes away at about 65 in Ainsworth. Miss Mame Samson is reported very ill on Iowa Avenue.
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Milwaukee Road
Charley Mercer
Iowa
N. L. Babcock
E. N. Wright
Win Smouse
Columbia Addition
Shalla
John Shalla
Richmond
Bohemia
Shala
Crete
Nebr
Mary Novey
W. A. Athearn
Washington
Ainsworth
Mame Samson
Iowa Avenue
Flower-Henry Parkin Son Reported Tall Sunflower
A North Iowa Avenue sighting notes a sunflower reported as fifteen feet ten inches tall in the field near High Flower-Henry Parkin. Neighbors describe the oversized bloom as remarkable and unusually tall for the area.
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Henry Parkinson
Iowa Ave
Painting contract awarded for nurses home to Louis Baird
The contract for painting the newly acquired nurses home has been let to Louis Baird for $272.80. The award covers interior and exterior surfaces as specified in the project plan. Work is to commence within two weeks and reach completion by the end of the month.
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Bailey- Sweet
Jack Klutas
Max Cuddy
San Francisco
Calif
Wil
Louis Baird
J H Young Dies In Pasadena Former Banker Passes
James H. Young longtime cashier of the Wash. Co. Savings Bank and brother of Mrs. D. J. Palmer died at his Pasadena home California. A large shipment of torchen lace totaling 2808 yards arrived at a New York store from Germany.
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J. H. Young
James H. Young
Pasadena
Calif
D. J. Palmer
Wash. Co. Savings Bank
New York
Germany
Body Sent From France to Arrive in September
Lieut Henry Russell is reported killed in France with his body sent home from France and expected to arrive early in September. The notice notes his death on October 14, 1918 in the Argonne. Dr and Mrs M E Dicken hosted a six o clock dinner last evening for James M Wilson and his bride.
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Henry Russell
France
The
Argonne
M. E. Dicken
Birthday surprise for James Work on his forty first
Friends and relatives hosted a surprise party Tuesday evening to honor James Work on his forty first birthday. Miss Kath eryn Mauthe of Grace Hill departed yesterday for Glenwood to teach sciences and higher mathematics at the high school.
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James
Katheryn Mauthe
Grace Hill
Glenwood
Curfew Enforced as Washington Sets Nine PM Curfew for Minors
The city of Washington imposes a curfew requiring anyone under sixteen to be off the streets by nine o clock each evening. The measure aims to reduce juvenile disturbances and ensure public safety.
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Washington
You do not know how many mistakes you make
A quip notes how errors compound when tools fail to sharpen. The line suggests imperfect preparation and the need for steady accuracy as work proceeds. It frames mistakes as visible when the pencil lacks a proper creaser or sharpener.
Quotations on Temper, Friendship and Habits
A string of wry observations on social cues and manners. Red hair in heat becomes a humorous symbol of discomfort while aging looks and borrowing betrayals are explored with brisk wit. Practical household items like scissors and paper knives are noted as common losses.
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