Fire at State Cafe Leaves Loss of Cash and Cigarettes
A fire at the State Cafe last Sunday morning caused by discarded cigarette butts destroyed the front of the building and cash register contents including $200 in cigarettes. The cafe owner upstairs is Dr. W. L. Alcorn. Mae Edwards alerted the fire across the street and helped gain entry. The cafe reopened Monday with repairs underway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Cafe
W. L. Alcorn
Mae” Edwards
Jack Creech
Mac
Passing Years Echo in Washington County News Briefs
Obituary notes report William W. Wilson died at 77 in Washington County hospital. Elections name Mrs. Ted Crone WRC president. Local notices cover surgeries, anniversaries, engagements, and weddings with several mentions of Dec events and holiday plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted Crone
WRC
Oleta Stewart
Arrow Shots Commentary on Foolish Women and Fashion
A sharp venting note argues that a woman with no sense is the worst fool, while a man may waste time nightly. It jokes that a hat worn backward looks humorous, even if costly, and questions the value of engaging in foolish talk.
Ironing Tips for Fabrics and Surfaces
The right side for ironing may be the wrong side of dark cotton linen rayon or crepe. Wood is ironed on the wrong side with a pressing cloth. White and light cottons ironed on the right side. Heavy fabrics like damask are ironed on both sides. A few wrinkles may be smoothed by turning the garment to the right side.
Nesting system reduces egg cleaning effort
Cleaner eggs require less work if the laying house provides one nest for every five hens and nests are deep enough to hold four inches of nest material.
Miss Coulter Dies at Sixty Four in Local Home
Anna Coulter aged sixty four died at her home. She was a graduate of the School for the Blind at Vinton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Coulter
Anna Coulter
School For the Blind
Vinton
Bankers plan vigilance committee to guard banks
A vigilance committee was to be organized by bankers to protect banks from robbers. The first meeting could not be held due to bad roads and severe weather.
Married in Mo. Kil da Lyons and Charles Butsler wed
Mrs Kil da Lyons and Charles Butsler married in Missouri on November 80th. Mrs Swatser long connected with Lyon Baking Co now sold to Fred Martin. Community notes cover church banquet, flag gift to Washington County hospital, Girl Reserves fund from Little Women, a new town basketball team, and re election of W P Rawn county engineer at 3300 salary for 1926.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goodrich
Rude Tanner
B. F. Bostwick
Washington Oil Company
East Washington Street
J. C. Cunningham
Bostwick
Washington Oil Co
Kilda Lyons
Charles Butsler
Missouri
Swatser
Lyon Baking Co
Baking Company
Fred Martin
Kecks Visit Pilotburg School Teacher
Harriet Keck visited Anna Keck who teaches at the Pilotburg school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viisitis
Harriet Keck
Anna Keck
Pilotburg
Phoebe Maxwell Home From School In Ann Arbor
Phoebe Maxwell daughter of Mr and Mrs Richard Maxwell is home from school in Ann Arbor Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoebe Maxwell
Richard Maxwell
Ann Arbor
Mich
Hike to Havre and Bazaar Benefit Report
High school girls led by Principal Whitney hiked to Havre with chaperone. Participants included Isabel Lenuwuoi Dorothy Latta Helen Cunningham Lucile Reiner Helen Pierce Eleanora Bailey and Marjorie Cunningham. Methodist ladies held a bazaar raising four hundred dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havre
Whitney
Isabel Lenuwuoi
Dorothy Latta
Helen Cunningham
Lucile Reiner
Helen Pierce
Eleanora Bailey
Marjorie Cunningham
Well Again J W Campbell Family in Quarantine
J W Campbell's family remains under quarantine but all members are well again, indicating recovery from illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Campbell
Local Teens Socialize At Cunningham Home
A group of young people gathered at James Cunningham’s home last evening for games and refreshments. Attendees included Jim Cunningham and Homer Ashby along with several others. girls named Madda Fleming Edith Wilson Lizzie Klein Ger tie Smith Jessie Neiswanger Helen McCleery Essie MacGugin and Helen Fulton. Master Earl Corbin hosted a magic lantern show for about twenty five youngsters. Karl enjoyed activities organized by his mother. A note on industry mentions Tr Keeley distributing seed corn for corn cob pipe production. James Lukaysky delivered ten bushels and earned 25 cents per Due, then sold cobs for 20 cents per bit totaling 45 cents per bushel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Cunningham
Jim Cunningham
Homer Ashby
Fred van Sickle
Frank Hott
Bert Ragan
Harley Black
Commie Messenger
Roy Patterson
Roy Stichter
Lidya Lytle
Madda Fleming
Edith Wilson
Lizzie Klein
Gertie Smith
Jessie Neiswanger
Helen McCleery
Essie MacGugin
Helen Fulton
Corbins
Earl Corbin
Karl
Tr. T. Keeley
James Lukaysky
Deaths of the Week Highlight Local Figures
Floyd Farrier of Brighton aged 51 son of Willis and Rachel Farrier died by suicide Sunday morning. Mrs da May Weireh Farmer aged 83 died at a niece’s home near Chear field. Interment in Washington on Dec 10. Fetcher Ellsworth Smith, long prominent in Democratic politics, died Tuesday evening after a stroke. born in 1872.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Farrier
Brighton
Washington
Willis and
Rachel
Riley
Farrier
da May (Cooper) Weireh
Chearfield Dee. Ltd
Fetcher Ellsworth Smith
Obituary notices for Hal Reister and W A Patterson
Hal Reister died Tuesday evening after a few days illness in Iowa City hospital at 43. He left a wife a son two daughters a sister Ada Reister and four grandchildren. They had lived northeast of town and later moved to Binfield Iowa City. W A Patterson aged 64 died suddenly at home in Iowa City while his wife survived. He was father to three women Mrs D W McClure Mrs Blaine Holmes of Washington and Mrs Walter Harvey of Muscatine. He died from a heart attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susie Johnson
Long Beach
Malif
Ainsworth-Washington Club
Wire Smith
A. Dougherty
Julius Conger
Hern
W. J. Stevens
West Third Street
Wilford Smith
Nevada
Iowa
Smiths
John Martin
Ralph Scott
Scott
Shirley Clark
East Main Street
Doyle Plecker
Frecker
Rev. Stevens
Washington
Jim White
Iowa City
Rennie Dawson
Living Lake
Maggie Foster
Edith Reed
Keokuk
George Reed
Edith
Ed Gallagher
East
Jefferson Street
George
Brigade
Reed
Hal Reister
C. C
Washington County Hospital
Fulton Masson
Scott and
Louise
Shaw) Reister
Bert Tracy
Ada Reister
Binfield
W. A. Patterson
D. W. McClure
Blaine Holmes
Walter Harvey
Muscatine
Fd Hemberger
Chicago
Alice Perry
James Haight
Mabel Shields
Hospital Births and Admissions Chronicle
Admitted Saturday Mrs. Glen Conard and new twins born at 1:20 a.m. and 1:48 a.m. weighed 4 13 and 5 14. Other newborns include a son to Mr. and Mrs. Donald Gever at 8:55 p.m. on Sunday weighing 8 9. Dismissals Sunday include several parents and babies. Friday births include Cleo Trier and Keota residents. other admissions list Merle Laubach and Rev. Edward Helier among medical and surgical patients. Dismissals cover multiple families with shifts noted and a corrected dismissal for Mrs. LeRoy Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen Conard
South
Iowa Avenue
Rey
Thomas Polk
West Second Street
Bove
Donald Gever
South Ninth Avenue
Norbert Hatumes
Route One
Caroli Ann
William McNurlen
Keota
James William
Viola Lynn
Brighton
Seth Carris
Harold Thomassen
North 2Nd
Don Bishop
North 7Th Avenue
Louie Hi
South 7Th
Merle Laubach
Irvin ‘Lambert
West Third Street
Howard Greiner
Route 2
Victor Mayer
Route 4
Edward Helier
East 6Th
Donal Geyer
Frank Huds
Cleo Trier
Oscar Davis
West Main Street
Leviila Sojka
Riverside
Merle Lanbaugh
Donald Lins
Ainsworth
Review of the Week’s News from Colby Iowa Area
Jack Westphal from Colby Kansas attended funeral services for Hal Reister and planned to settle in Colby while pursuing watchmaking. Lt. Sam McCleery, discharged after 55 months service, returned from Scott Field and worked in Tinker Field’s supply department since June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam McCleery
Scott Field
Illinois
Army
Tinker Field
Oklahoma
Crawfordsville Club Notes and Local Family News
Crawfordsville December social items include the Girls 4 H club meeting with talks onCourtesy and Good Ideas, a Christmas program, and refreshments. WSCS reports a Christmas potluck and fundraising, plus scholarships for Indian girls and clothing drives to Norway. Willing Workers and Fairview clubs share meetings, trees, exchanges, and a luncheon. Local births and family visits are listed, with several congratulatory notes for new grandchildren and travels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary W. Packer
Crawfordsville
Naneilee Anderson
Barbara Rathmell
Lucille Gault
Nancilee Anderson
Joyce Gault
H. F. Ball
Suter
Olive Mitchell
D. W. Githens
Helen Thomas
Nina Lowe
Versa Anderson
Florence Henss
India
Norway
Ardis Blankenhorn
Riverside Settlement
Des Moines
Presbyterian Willing Workers Society
E. G. Davis
Sadie McCleary
Lois Love
Genevieve Holmes
Alma Johnston
Fairview Club
Gertrude Darbyshire
Carl Snyder
Mrs. Snyder
Dauhter
Dana
Alice Edgar
Brother of Sherm Welch Dies at 50
Omaha brief notes the brother of the late Sherm Welch died on Thursday at age 50 with funeral services held here on Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Welch
Omaha
Ainsworth
Martha E. Henderson
Ora
Jim Henderson
Sherm Welch
Dwight Long
Richmond
Calif
Farm Dangerous Workshop Tie Accident Record
Farm workers suffer accidents at three times the rate of factory workers. The report notes higher exposure to hazardous equipment and task-related risks in agricultural settings compared with manufacturing.
Substitution Cuts Aircraft Metal Use by Over Two Million Tons
The move from metal to wood parts in aircraft saves 2,500,049 tons of aluminum steel and copper. This efficiency measure reduces weight and material costs while maintaining performance and safety standards across production.
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Rocking Chair
Ss. W. Livingston
Livingston Farm
Mike C. Lewis
Col. D. J. Palmer
Ward McCutcheon
L. F. Bickel
Verna
Stanley Horr
The
Capt Horr
Horrs
Cy Bush
William James
London
Lloyd Scott
Wie Scott Furniture
Aerome
Carrie Blake
County Home Hospital
Burchfield
Santa
Blair
C. R. Wilson
Y. W
Alvin Rommel
Clarice Meek
Washington County
Dickie Lytle
John Lytle
Austin
Texas
Dickie
Ritchie
A. Anderson
Spiritual Life Committee
WSCS
Methodist Church
Beverly Brown
Martha Downing
Alice McCutcheon
Wm. McCutcheon
Reisters
Hal
Masonic Lodge
Scott Reister
Claude
WM. Wilson
William W. Wilson
Co. C. J. Wilson
Alice Shaver
Michael and
Catherine (Hood) Wilson
E. B. Hammer
State University Hospital
Dave H. Miller
Aburnett
N. D
G. W. Mast
Ann
Charles Brown
North
Iowa Ave
Mildred Brown
Burdette Westermark
Inez Holden
Mary Inez Holden
Nora Holkdhen
Nora
Inez
Babb
May
Boy Rush Helwick
Vic van Sickley
Highland Park Lake
Johnson
Jazelle *Shose Company
Foreman
C. A. Dewey
Henry
Shie'ds
Sey Will Harwood
Treas
John McConaughey
Roy Y Stichter
A. J. Rankin
Dwinnis
Raph
Waldo Thompson
Father and Sons
Fathers and Sons
United Presbyterian Church
Dwight N. Lewis
WRCC
Democrat
I’. Kk. Smith
Ray Lambert
George Streble
Jack Westphal
Colby
Kansas
Westphal
Victor Westphals
Adrian Sutten
la Plata
Maryland
Nellie Sutten
Clifford Thorne
New York City
Elizabeth Thorne
L. R. Baker
Richard Jobson i
Major
Mrs
Richard Hopp
California
Franklin Zaring
Navy
Baptist Church
Ottumwa
First Methodist Church
R. C. Keagey
Schick Hospital
Peter N. Rich
Martha Jane Dawson
Court House
Joe Pennepacker
Iowa Wesleyan College
Dave Livingston, Jr
County Medical Association
State Guard
M. M. Sehell
Clerk of District Court
Irene Hancock
Stanley Hancock
Helen Crandall
Daniel W. Crandall
Mina Paulsgrove
St. Joseph's Hospital
Walter McClellan
Rudy Knottnerus
States
Grid
C. H. McCloy
Graduate School of Physical Education
Iowa State University
Kenneth Kilpatrick
Burlington
Ernest Clark
Roger Alan
Tasman Clark
Ora Marlatt
Norfolk
Virginia
Harry White
Ronnie
Ritches White
Lisle Anwyl
Daugter
Janice
Mediapolis
Ollie Anwyl
Kathryn Williams
Winfield
Henry Meneses
Martha Starner
Judy
Mr. Starner
New Mexico
Dale Swenson
Laura Young
Swenson
White House
U. S
Europe
Joseph P. McNarney
Truman
McNarney
Dwight D. Eisenhower
U.S
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