Sunset Park log cabin marks centennial celebration
A long historical narrative notes the Sunset Park log cabin’s 100th anniversary this year. It covers funding issues for repairs, planned fall events, and a forthcoming birthday party while detailing social gatherings, family visits, local marriages, hospital updates, and community notices from Ames to Wellman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunset Park
Hoss Shay
Local notices and moves fill Washington pages
Bantam car the Austin on display in Johnson garage draws attention. J D Dayton buys two houses on West Main and East Main streets and plans to move soon. Mr and Mrs Thomas Gillespie relocate from East Jefferson to South Iowa Ave. Bobby Lee Marble turns five with cake from Beverly Brown. Betty Mount helps entertain. Richard McCleery named first vice president of International Us Mens club at Penn meeting. Art Anderson of Washington to Clinton City National Bank for a new post. J Martin White buys Conger building on South Marion Ave below Barclays. Twinam cash meat market occupies first floor. Jack Reid and Asa Reid live in the apartment above.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bobby Lee Marble
Max Marble
Betty Mount
Beverly Brown
Richard McCleery
Washington
International U's Men's Club
Penn
Clinton
Art ™ Anderson
The
National Bank
City National Bank of
J. Martin White
Conger
Marion Ave
Barclays
Boyd Berdo
J. A. Conger
Twinam Cash Meat Market
Jack Reid
Asa Reid
Local Notes Highlight New Jobs Births and Events
Gerald Ash accepts a position with Iowa Gas and Electric Co in Keokuk after completing a business course. A Washington Chautauqua ends with $150 daily receipts and 1106 season tickets sold. Jack Westphal buys Smith Jewelry store new owner former H F Steck clerk. Cook's restaurant fire spotted by Oral Mayo a potential blaze prevented. Arthur Rennie and Roy Dawson buy new Velie cars. MacGugin marks 70th birthday with a family gathering on East Main. Ava Jones gives birth to daughter Mary Elizabeth. Draft slackers list to be published as War Department drive starts. County hospital reports 110 August cases and nursing-home movement grows. Twins born Sept 1 at county hospital to Mr and Mrs Harry Turner. Academy enrollment for 1874 tallies 243 students 41 classical 66 scientific. Chautauqua drew 215 tents with 4-8 per tent as gas and electricity provided. Mrs F M Colton sues Rock Island railroad for 20000 in death of husband in Green Mountain wreck.
Willkie visit sparks Kinood crowd and Willkie chatter
The Grinnell Herald Register notes Charley Needham’s light hearted Willkie coverage and a day at Kinood with Mrs Needham. Inside talk features Townsend and barber shop chatter, plus a Willkie Washington column debating campaign timing and public interest before the September 14 stop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. K. Needham
Willkie
Kinood
Grinnell Herald Register
Charley Needham
Hail Storm Wrecks County Corn On Several Farms
A Saturday hailstorm damaged corn on eleven schoolhouse area fields including the McCleery Beamer Antho Van Sickle and Joe Wright properties. Newt O Loughlin and Ralph Zeek report extensive loss while Ralph Shannon visits town with government post office rental talk. Wilbur Miller may convert his building for a future post office and a new city library building is planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newt O'Loughlin
McCleery
Town notes and oddities from Keokuk County
Local column reports a jaw dislocation at a Colum bus Junction fair and a string of village updates. Mentions Washington visitors, paths of the courthouse walk, house building, ads, cemetery and wall work, public notices, and community shifts including schools, personnel moves, and farm prompts.
Review of the Week’s News in Washington County
A long, local roundup notes licenses to drive issued, paving projects on North Second Avenue, and plans for a Bar Association meeting with Federal Judge Charles A. Dewey on September 5. It lists dozens of residents traveling, teaching assignments, retirements, resumptions, and community events including 4-H, church notices, vacations, and school activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Second Avenue
Charles A. Dewey
The
Bar Association of the Sixth Judicial District
Deaths of the Week
Mrs Ella Barker of Columbus Junction aged 79 died Saturday night. Charles Morrow of Crawfordsville aged 73 died on the street Monday evening. Earl Weidlein, former Wellman resident, aged 68, died at Lisourney on Monday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ella Barker
Columbus Junction
Charles Morrow
Crawfordsville
Earl Weidlein
Wellman
Lisourney
Also Mentioned on This Page
Rocking Chair Brigade
D. Davis
B. F. Boutwick Jr
Chicago Tribune
Roosevelt
United States of America
Harris MacGugin
Esther MacGugin
Nellie
Esther
Ames
Mrs. MacDonald
Miss MacDonald
Lexington
Miss MacGugin
Sherm Needhams
Birdie Rankin Guthrie
Harris
W. McLaughlin
E. W. Spessard
Ainsworth
Lisle Moreheus
Egypt
J. F. Kurtz
Mr. Kurtz
South School
South Second Ave
A. B. Atchison
German Library of Information
New York City
Hitler
Britain
Floyd Marston
Mary Mapel
Darlene Fritz
Laurence Fritz
Pete Nielson
Annabelle Jackson
Betty
Nancy
Harley Bradshaw
Delbert Romberg
Keota
Blatche Foster
Winfield
Ralph Scott
Alfred Stalder
East Pleasant Plain
Darrell Grimes
Tom Carson
T. KR. Arthur
Susan Kay
Mildred Smith
Brighton
Anna King
Dickie Harbison
Robert Dill
Glenn Dillon
Glorn Bower
F Keota
Elsie Amlong
R. R. Noonan
J. H. Seethout
Harold Dean
Lee Colton
Elizabeth Irwin
Judy Kay Campbell
Roger
Billy Brettenbach
William Stoutner
John Wilson
Lloyd Chabal
Riverside
Albert Askea
Leewell Jolly
Albert Janacek
Life Magazine
Zaring Place
Seventh Street
Margaret Livingston Elliott
Elliott, Jr
Augusta Livingston
Park Ridge
Schuyler
Austin
Johnson Garage
J. D. Dayton
West Chester
Mrs Thomas Gillespie
East
Jefferson Street
Donald Bell
Iowa Ave
Gerald Ashby
Keokuk
Iowa Gas and Electric Co
Chautauqua Eads
Washington Chautauqqua
Jack Westphal
Smith Jewelry
H. F. Steck Jewelry Store
Cook's Restaurant
Oral Mayo
Arthur, Rennie
Roy Dawson
A * MacGugin
East Main Street
Ava Jones
Mary Elizabeth
War Department
Harry Turner
Emy
F. M. Colton
Fred Colton
Rock Island Railroad
Green Mountain
Iowa
F. D
Lippman
Mr. Willkie
Mr. Lippman
J C. Bolee
Ralph Shannon
Journal
Wilbur Miller
Andersons
Wilbur
Citybrary
Nellie Tripp
Washington Road
John Samson
Dr. Jenkins
Drs. Hull
Court House
Democrat
J. S. Ferguson
Thos
Brindley Scales
al Kelster
Sons of Rest
Ritches Bros
Ben Nicholas
New Ad
Rich and Co
New
Nick Henderson
Squire
Henderson
Keokuk County
George Griffith
B. Humphrey
United States
J. F. R. Leonard
Oregon Township
United Christian Party
Brighton Bank
Theational Bank of
Comptroller of the Currency
C. Torry
J. Downs
Frank KR
Don Radda
Radio “Ward
Iowa Daily Press
Wanda Rowden
the Pleasant Inn
Wilbert H. Graber
Wayland
Evalyn Graber
Purple Row
Graber
Wayland High School
C. O. Gerris
Mt. Pleasant
Dale Perkins
Goodland
Kansas
Ralph le Moine
Martha Becker
Callao Mo
Grace Kern
Leo Sueppel
West Second Street
Madison
Marilyn Green
Clarence Logan
Tos
Jennie Acheson
South Third Ave
Stella Logan
South Second
Harriet Coulter
John
Omaha
Coulter
Ft. Crook
U. S. Army
Honolulu
Fd Knapp
Calif
Harvey
Roswell
New Mexico
Will
Martha Mount
Marguerite Crail Cincinnati
Margaret Alice Stewart
Eunice Hammer Waryomack
Silver City
State Teachers College
Fimner Morrison
University Hospital
Iowa City
Rs. Lou Smith
Western Union
Stella Wilcox
Jefferson
H. G. Miller
Mrs. Miller
West
Dave Elder
John Owen
Evelyn Tinnes
Dutch Creek
J. A. Mayer
Carl Klein
St. Paul Evangelical Parsonage
Marietta Workman
South Ave
Emma Wagner Barnett
William Glassburner
Gary, Ind
Edith Carris
J. C. Carris
A. R. Krause
Bob
Missouri
Tommy Krause
Art Prall
Des Moines
W. B. Murray
Billy
Mabsecot
W. Va
Theresa Fort
Geneseo, Ill
Tom Downing
Charles Miller
Stella Bartle
Effie Nichols
Chicago
Eugene Owen
Washington, D. C
C. C. Owen
Mrs. Delbert Hall
Cumberland
Ohio
Ray Blankenhorn
KR. C. Ferguson
I. Fredmund
Baptist Church
Churdan
Niles
Wers
Jevan College
Washington County
Maryllen Diensing
Dorothy Darnell
F. W. Eastwood
Illinois
Hugh Hall
Meansville
Ind
Kathryn Little
McCook, Neb
Margaret Ragan
Winifred
Mary Atchison
Rothschild
Walter A. Barnett
Tucson Artz
Bunny
Cunningham Girls
Ruth
Virginia
Ellis Negus
Mr. Pleasant Credit Association
Negus
Newton O Loughlin
Journal Office
Hubert
Rapid City
M. C
Doris Noffsinger
Shreveport
Lake Okoboji
Faulkner
Ella Faulkner
Chamber of Commerce
George Gallup
W. J. Knupp
Jane
Sioux City
Allen Wenger
O. F. Boller
Memorial Hospital
Ted Sandy
Mable Anderson
Patty Lee
Normal
Mia. Effie Anderson
Chester
Denver
Wayne Brown
Bernabeth Brown
A Brown
Nels & Westermark
Maynard Brown
Charley Brown
Dorothy BF
Banford
Martha Crone
Harry Crone
Iowa State Teachers College
Garden Dept. of the
Port
Grace Fern
Lester Krew
John Dodé
la Porte
Minn
Bare
Tes
John D. Kern
Aeily
W. H. Spera and Son
Decatur, LL
Edith Meter
Gordon Dean
Dick Edgington
Ame & Here
Boyd White
Marilyn
Madison Street
C. E. Negus
Zona
Maurice Mayo
Edna Franklin
M. David
Lee Arthand
Detret
Harry Miller
Jefferson City
Ralph Pratt
Bly Ewing
Musouri Military Academy
Mexico
Flora Dodds
W. B. Dota
Kremlin
Olm
Harry Bowles
Soam Marion Ave
Loug Ave
Lorothy Ferguson
RK. C. Fergus
Wee Lance
Coffeyville
Des Moing
Urglars
Kelipee
K. S. Warfel
Gee
Don Boyer
Ketes Park
Mom Verne Kerr
Edwin Griffith
Cedar Repeys
Roosevelt High School
Robert Patterson
Cleee Hay
Andy Peterson
South
Iowa Avenue
Helle Yockey Miller
C. W. Sie Laughlin
Hielen Coffey
Miami
Arizetg
Wau
W. A. Philips
Muscatine