Local visitors and residents travel for weekends and family events
Miss Lois and Miss Bernice Rows visited Keota for the weekend with friends. Mrs. Julia Warren of Red Cloud Nebraska arrived to visit her daughter Mrs. Morrison. Joe Wolfe returned from Muscatine after a business trip. Marsh Bailey and son Henry arrive from Iowa City with family news. Mrs. Bailey joins them at Avyile storage fees noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lois
Bernice Rows
Keota
Julia Warren
Red Cloud
Nebraska
BR. DD. Morrison
Marsh W. Bailey
Iowa City
Henry
Gladys Williams
Hoyt
Lohrville
Town
Daylong Shopping Roundup In Washington Area
Residents from Havre Gladwin Crawfordsville and Syracuse visit Washington for shopping and social calls. Travelers include Mrs A L McQuire Mrs Ed Gibson Mrs F W Falkner and Mrs W L Graves among others spending the day in town with family visits and purchases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Zieglowsky
Havre
Washington
Store Offers Small Rockers and Doll Carriages and More
A consignor highlights items for sale including doll carriages and cribs, velocipedes scooters mirrors pictures sewing cabinets smokers and cedar chests. One buyer with three daughters ordered three cedar chests.
Hard Times and Local News From 1857 Echoes
Weather and prices reflect harsh 1957-58 echoes with 16 degrees below zero and scarce money. Local items note horse shipments to Denver, a Chicago-Ohio-Michigan trip for Rev Landon and wife, a reception, and plans for a town clock near the square after the Academic Board bought two lots for 1840 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. M. ‘Landon
Everson
Chicago
Ohio
Michigan
Minneapolis
Landon
Bryson
To Beer or not to Beers That is the avention now
A local column muses on beer licensing, prohibition sentiment, and potential city policy changes after the election. It notes public desire to test non licensing, warnings about enforcement, and the possibility of revising rules if the experiment fails. Deer's sighting near town is also reported along with brief social notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal
W. L. Humston
Spittler
Lecal
W. Wilson Jr
Pennayivania
Jen
Marc Antony
James Laughead
Illinois
Twain
Robert Cherry
Poulterer Uses New Bellow to Remove Feathers
An inventive poulterer imitates the Towa Cyclone and creates a powerful bellows that blows feathers off chickens rather than plucking them.
Notable local crowd at Chicago Jubilee event
Among those who went to the Chicago Jubilee from here were Dr. Fraser, Andy Ferguson, Wm. Dittmers, Andy Smith, Judge Brown, Leon Mayer, Jo Rader, J. H. Lewis and others. Mayer, Rader and Brown save a trio in a style that anade Gilmore envious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Dr. Fraser
Andy Ferguson
Wm. Dittmers
Andy Smith
Judge Brown
Leon Mayer
Jo Rader
J. H. Lewis
Mayer
Rader
Brown
Anade Gilmore
Surprise sendoff for Rev. J G Canden before California
Friends of Rev. J G Canden of Clinton hosted a farewell surprise. They dressed him in a $55 broadlowwh suit and provided an $82 purse, then added a new silk hat as the crowd gathered for departure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. G. Canden
Clinton
Dr. Canden
California
Local residents flock to shopping and visits in Crawfordsville area
Crowds and visitors move through Crawfordsville and nearby towns as residents like Mrs. Lisle Maxwell and Mrs. Shimek arrive for shopping and social visits. Travelers include Mr. and Mrs. James Chandler returning from Ashburn Missouri and Dr. Shimek speaking at a Walton league banquet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Chandler
Ashburn
Missouri
A. Dusenberry
Lisle Maxwell
Crawfordsville
Shimek
Town City
Claire Dewey
University At
Iowa City
Also Mentioned on This Page
Fox Tonite
Prom Zane
William
Tom Nuk
Purple Sage Grey
New York
Rj Ces
Darren Ross
Robert Reade
Chris
Mac
Sreese & Krouth
Dorothea Wickham
Lake Forest University
Eaton, Crane, Pike Co
McElhinney Drug Co
Mutual
Joe Wolfe
Muscatine
Hel
Savage
Mredermoan Jenkinger
Evanston
A. Hunter
T. W. Hunter
Margaret White
Battle Creek
Chas. Brown
Autioneer
Black
Mar
Floyd Blankenhorn
Ainsworth
A. W. Yard
Edna Messer
Emma Vine
Clrls
Basketbr
Ainsworth Lantening
Alice
Evelyn Peterson
Hilma Richardson
Meccuerite Nolte
Irma Doded
Margaret Condon
Lewis Smith
Ed Gibson
Dow Moines
John Davis
Northland Motor Oil
Cox Motor Co
F. W. Falkner
Burlington
W. BE. Wasson
Nell Davis
Ida Koehler
Candy Kitchen
North Side Square
Hote
Albert Zieslowsky
W. Ll. Graves of
Wyman
W. BE. Zook
Cedar Rapids
H. F. Hesseltine
Lake Anderson
Frank Hudspedth
Cleon Noffsinger
Syracuse
N. Y
Faulkner
Wellman
Gladys Herr
Guy McCall
Lee McAvoy
Alice White
Doris Fletcher
Nina Spangler
Mary McCall
Florence Owen
Brighton
Taxi Pon Pane Shevick
Ceti
J. W. Bacon
Denver
Clara
Marjorie McCrabb
John Herr of
Ella Ponchaud
Bert Williams
Lee Stewart
Will Dupuis
Earl Simmerman
Wilbur Miller
A. M. Gorton
D. W. Boileau
Charles Mayer
Dublin
W. E. Augustine
W. T. Stephenson
Ella Wilkins
Burlingham, Kansas
Will
Washington Cleaners
Palmer
Dayton
Kansas
Clint Rhea
Gerald
Frank Young
W. W. Twinam
Harry Edwards
Delbert Bailey
Sigourney
Earnest Clark
Marie and
Talma
Hazel Payne
Brichton
Pete Rich
Glenn Dunbar
Dunbar
H. A. Teeter
Zeigler
John Shields & Sons
Fred J. Martin
The
Kodak Store
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