Funeral Services of Tom Hedge Held
Dispatches from Burlington report the death of Thomas Hedge longtime representative of Iowa’s first district in congress. He is survived by two sons Thomas Hedge Jr and Lyman Hedge and a daughter Anna Louise Hedge. Hedge practiced law in Burlington his whole life and was a partner with J W Wythe former general counsel for the Burlington railway system. Funeral services were held at Burlington yesterday.
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Burlington
Thomas Hedge
Iowa
Thomas Hedge, Jr
Burlington Gazette
Lyman Hedge
Burlington Hawkeye
Anna Louise Hedge
Hedge
J. W. i Wsythe
Opticians Use Asterine and Water Solution
Opticians commonly use a mixture of Asterine and water for this purpose. Asterine provides cleaning and preservative properties while water acts as a diluent.
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Opticians
Bethel Plans Winter Lecture Series With Travelogue
Bethel Presbyterian church will host a five part winter lecture course starting December 8. Rev Richard Hughes will present a colored slide travelogue The Battlefields of France with imagined tours of Paris Versailles and Verdun battle sites. Proceeds help cover expenses from a small admission fee.
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Bethel Presbyterian Church
J. B. Rendall
C. M. Diefenbach
Parsons College Glee Club
Richard Hughes
Chicago
France
Hughes
Blood corpuscles in the body and tosoumia note
Dr Geoffrey Keyes explains the normal blood corpuscle count of about 15000 million, and suggests tosoumia sufferers might try counting them to improve sleep.
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Geoffrey Keyes
Local taxi service and repairs advertised with sales pitches
For readers: Skipton Taxi and other local services advertise taxi phone numbers, shoe repair by Ford Dewey, plane tuner Kriteman in town, jewelry orders at Stephen's, and a range of car and hardware ads. Community notices include hospitalities, bazaars, Christmas orders, water rents due, and a Baptist ladies sale.
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Kriteman
Stephen
Fairfield Visitor Notes and Local Ads Highlights
Fairfield residents and guests are referenced in a collage of local notes. Mentions include visits to Washington, Brighton, Muscatine, Cotter, and West Chester. various tradesmen and shops such as jewelers and a barber. goods including Gruen watches and Hawkes cut glass. a trucking line and poultry remedies. and real estate noting the Hillhouse property renting for 65 dollars per month.
Pastor Returns from Conference in Des Moines
Washington county appoints Rev. Arthur J. Oates as Near East Relief chairman after a Des Moines conference. Dr. Blanche Norton spoke of Near East suffering and Armenian refugees, urging aid. Dr. Isaac Yona described Kurdish persecution, stressing religious identity as motive. Iowa aims to raise $400,000 with county quotas to be announced. Contributions may be left at Washington National Bank.
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The
Near East Relief
J. B. Kirbye
Arthur J. Oates
Washington County
Des Moines
Armenia
Syria
Near East
Alonzo E. Wilson
New York City
Washington
Blanche Norton
Black Sea
Norton
Isaac Yona
Syrian Presbyterian Church
Yona
Gregorian
Kirbye
Iowa
Washington National Bank
Auto Bandits Escape From Delaware Jail
Ohio reports say two auto bandits captured at Pella and brought to Knoxville escaped from the Delaware Ohio jail. They threw pepper into the eyes of Turnkey George Martin and fled this evening November 11. Both men, 21, are from Columbus. Posses search for Carl Harold and Robert Topales.
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Knoxville
Ohio
Pella
Delaware
George Martin
Carl Harold
Robert Topales
Columbus
Dennis
Iowa man kills himself after wounding common law wife
In Omaha on December 2 a man named William Barr shot his common law wife Nina Dixon Weddington while she danced at a cabaret and then killed himself. Both were from Oskaloosa Iowa. The woman, a divorced husband from Little Rock Arkansas, has a six-year-old son confined to her hotel room during the incident. Barr had left Oskaloosa months prior and aligned with local businesses before the tragedy. Nina Dixon was stepdaughter of Ed Raines of OsKaloosa.
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William Barr
Omaha
Dixon Weddington
Barr
Mrs. Weddington
Oskaloosa
Iowa
Ed Raines
Oskalogsa
Students to Build School in Burlington Plan
Burlington high school boys in the manual training department will start a large building to house an automobile school. Plans were drawn and presented to the board of education last week and approved. If the glass roof cost is not prohibitive the structure will rise.
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Burlington
Eugene W. Chafin Dies in California Home
Eugene W. Chafin a two time presidential candidate on the prohibition ticket died at his Los Angeles residence. Authorities say burns from a gas heater explosion ten days earlier caused his death and Henry Murray who was visiting aided him by wrapping quilts and extinguishing the flames.
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California
Los Angeles
Eugene W. Chafin
United States
Henry Murray
Chafin
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Viola Dana
Metro
Fatty Arbuckle
Paramount
Eileen Percy
Matiner
C.M. & F. Clothing Co
McRamara Undertaking Co
Marinello
Beauty Shop
Charles Denison
Harry D. Smith
Washington, Iowa
John Shields & Sons
Tom Hedge
Bethel
Ford Dewey
Skipton Taxi
Ford
Falk Motor Co
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Glenn Jacobe
Betty Wen
Columbus Junction
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Neal Anwyl
Colenso
Walter Johnson
Corsetierre
Hillhouse
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Young America School House
Ernest Carlson
Ray Welliver
Nellie Hoyle
Ainsworth
West Side
Mrs. Seymour , Martin of
Keota
Geo
Tooman
D. F. Macon
General Motors Corporation
General Motors
Buick
Cadillac
Samson
Mason's
J. L. Mayer
Wellston
Geo. Tooman
Service Vulcanizing Co
Motor Inn Garage
T. M
Laura Lucille Littlefield
Hallmark
Westphal
Francis Cochran
Fairfield
Ted Eggers
W Horseshoer
the Jeweler
Kracaw
W. 58S. Reeves
Brighton
Daisy van Sant
Gruen
Hawkes
Westphal's
Geo. Rehbehn
Muscatine
Allan
Stuart Hotel
Young America
Wilson
Brindley’s Sanitary Grocery
J. C. Morris
Cotter
Ralph Morris
Lemmon’s
Wm. Fitzwilliam
West Chester
L. P. Jackson
Ben Wooster
Eberling
North Side Jeweler
Floyd Bower
Dale
J. H. Bower
Bruns Seed Store
F. D. Baumeister
Dave McLaughlin
D. H. McLaughlin
McElhinney Drug Co
MS Panee
Rev. Oates
Coun
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J. C. Rockwell
Sunny South CO
Koontown
Thompson’s Market
Jome
Gulbransen
McNamaras
Nicholas Rowe
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