Ciel MERGER PLAN FOR RAILWAYS ANNOUNCED
Washington ministers announce no union services the first week of January in observance of the annual week of prayer. Congregations are urged to join the Christian church’s evangelistic campaign instead. Rev. A. A. Vinz says evangelistic services are set at his Baptist church from January 19 to February 2 with Rev. L. H. Broeker of Chicago leading. Other churches consider winter evangelistic efforts and personal campaigns.
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Washington
The
Christian Church
People of the
A. A. Vinz
the Baptist Church
L. H. Broeker
Chicago
Washington Hussar Band Postpones Rehearsals for Holiday Break
Director Neil Humble announced the Washington Hussar band will postpone rehearsals during the holiday season. The next regular practice is set for Monday evening January 6. The band has kept up a faithful fall and early winter schedule and is developing music for next summer.
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Neil Humble
Washington Hussar Band
Good Fellows drive to raise Christmas food funds in Washington
Harland Mead and Harry Ramseyer lead a push to gather food and money for Good Fellows baskets. Local merchants donate at cost or free, with $75 still needed today and tomorrow to reach last year’s generosity, amid hopes for more baskets and neighborly support.
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Harland Mead
Harry Ramseyer
Good Fellows
Washington
Good Fellows Coupon
Claude Tucker
Y's Men’s Club
Poro
Two Christmas Vesper Services Announced in Washington
Washington residents may attend two vesper services tomorrow afternoon at United Presbyterian and Presbyterian churches offering Christmas music programs. The United service at four features The Christ Child cantata by C. B. Hawley directed by Miss Carolyn Hamilton with choruses solos and quartets. Presbyterian church service at 4 30 includes carols anthems solos and a trio with organ piano and violin under Mrs. Henry Shields.
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Washington
United Presbyterian
Presbyterian
Methodist Church
C. B. Hawley
United Presbyterian Church
Carolyn Hamilton
Henry Shields
the Presbyterian Church
P. E. O. Donates to Y W C A in Washington County
P. E. O. members pledged fifty dollars toward the local Y W C A in Washington County. The drive has raised eleven hundred dollars of a two thousand dollar goal as volunteers canvass women countywide. Cash gifts may be delivered to the Commercial Bank for Miss Etha Dawson, Y W C A treasurer.
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P. BE. O
Washington
Y. W
Washington County
Commercial’ Bank
Etha Dawson
Local Firms Move to New Building Near Market
Dodder wallpaper and paint store and Broadgate Electric Shop will relocate to the building adjoining Kurtz meat market south of the square. Mr. Dodder says remodeling and redecorating will occur after the first of the year. Display window already painted and interior work underway.
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Dodder Wallpaper
Broadgate Electric Shop
Kurtz
Dodder
Seven Killed in Train Crash Near Clarinda
Seven people died when an automobile carrying the Fay E Glass family of College Springs was struck by a Burlington gasoline coach near Clarinda after Christmas shopping. Six victims were from one family. remains and wreckage littered the right of way as the train halted after the impact.
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Clarinda
Der
Fay E. Glass
College Springs
Low
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Glass
Frank
Bee
Neva
Larinda
Charles H. Atkins
Burlington Road
Atkins
Armours Begin Rebuilding Rock Island Stockyards
Armours of Chicago have started work on the Rock Island stockyards to modernize with double decked chutes and an office building. Carpentry crews arrived in Washington this week and the initial winter phase will cost about 2900 dollars. The project totals 8990 to 10000 dollars with further roofing and additions planned for next spring. Rock Island will also build new yards west of the present site for other shippers, including four standard pens with loading chutes.
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Armours of
Chicago
Rock Island
Iowa
Washington
Paul Moore
Armours
Railway Company
Joe Roth Dies After Truck Accident Near Noble
Joe Roth of Noble died last night from injuries after his car plunged down an embankment near his home. His wife Mrs Roth also died in the crash. Funeral services for Mr and Mrs Roth are scheduled Monday at the Eicher Mennonite church.
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Joe Roth
Wayland
Noble
Roth
Eicher Menonite
United Presbyterian Church
Crawfordsville
Nick Roth
Washington
Jacob Roth
Wayland News
John Garrick
Ben Roth
Joe Murphy
Robert Wells
John Wagner
Maude Murphy
Mrs Roth
Eiche
Condit Couple Killed in Pueblo Road Collision
Raymond Condit 29 and his wife Esther 27 were in a head on crash seven miles south of Colorado Springs on the Pueblo road at 6 p m. Condit died instantly and Mrs Condit was seriously injured. Harker of Brandon Colo drove the Nash involved. Condit had worked for Western Auto Supply in Colorado Springs for three months. The fatality was the fifteenth in El Paso county this year.
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Raymond Condit
Condit
Western Auto Supply Company
Colorado
Pueblo
Denver
Beth-El] Hospital
Ambulance Service
Swan Mortuary
Pueblo Road
Nash
Harry Harker
Brandon
Colo
Swan Undertaking Company
Davis Mortuary
Charles E. Condit
C. F. and I. Company
Herbert
Vern Taft
Josie Lucille Condit
el Paso County
Miss Nora Holden Suffering Stroke Moves to Sanitarium
Hannah and Dorothy Luithly and Louise Ryan traveled to Ottumwa to visit St. Joseph junior college. Nora Holden, staying with her nephew Clarence Babb in Chicago, suffered a mild stroke and was admitted to a sanitarium for care.
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Dorothy Luithly
Louise Ryan
Ottumwa
St. Joseph Junior College
Nora Holden
Clarence Babb
Chicago
Opening of New Store Promises Attractive Appearance
Paper and paint, a new partition, and new fixtures will give the place of business a most attractive appearance when the opening takes place.
New Cars Licensed This Week at County Treasurer Office
Eight new cars were registered in the past week at the county treasurer’s office. Names include Raymond J. Fritz of Washington with a Chevrolet Coupe, Taylor Stout of Brighton with a Dodge Sedan, Wm. B. Hochstetler of Kalona with a Ford Forde, W. L. Little of Washington with a Studebaker Sedan, A. D. Rathmel of Washington with a Chevrolet Coach, L. B. Lupton of Marquette with a Sedan, Edgar Stout of Brighton with a Ford Fordor, and Grover Custer of Washington with a Ford Fordor. Numbers are being issued in the 2300 series as a rush continues ahead of January 1, 19380.
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Raymond J. Fritz
Washington
Chevrolet
Taylor Stout
Brighton
Dodge
Wm. B. Hochstetler
Kalona
Ford Forder
W. L. Little
Studebaker
A. D. Rathmel
L. B. Lupton
Marquette
Edgar Stout
Grover Custer
Thompson Has Bear on East Side Square
Marion E Thompson of the Thompson market displays a 400 pound black bear at the market after it was secured from a hunter north of Oskaloosa. The bear, about a year old, is harmless and has drawn many onlookers and comment.
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Marion E Thompson
Thompson Market
Oskaloosa
Wayland Man Claimed by Death
Wayland Dec 21 Will Clark a veteran employe of the telephone company here as lineman died shortly before noon today from a paralytic stroke suffered days earlier Miss Anna Schilling of San Diego visiting at the home of her sister Mrs Joseph Wolfe left this morning for Evanston Ill to spend the holidays with her brothers Will and John Schiling
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Wayland
Will Clark
Telephone Company
Anna Schilling
San Diego
California
Joseph Wolfe
Evanston
Ill
Will
John Schiling
Miss Mary French Assists Lemmon Jewelry Store Today
Miss Mary French helps at a Lemmon jewelry store today aiding customers and overseeing sales and display arrangements in a routine retail shift.
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Mary French
Lemmon
Mrs Staten and daughter visit Newton relatives
Mrs Jack Staten and her daughter Barbara Joan from Newton Iowa arrived last night to stay at the home of Mrs Staten’s sister Mrs Charles Cossett and with her mother Mrs Nettie Connor.
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Jack Staten
Barbara Joan
Newton
Iowa
Mrs. Staten
Charles Cossett
Nettie Connor
Interstate Commerce Commission proposes 21 rail systems plan
Washington dispatch reports the Interstate Commerce Commission issued a final merger plan proposing 21 railroad systems for the nation and five in the eastern trunk line area. The plan, eight years in study, is nonmandatory and offered for railroad consideration as a model structure. It favors Northwest consolidation but excludes the Chicago Burlington and Quincy. It also prescribes a Rock Island Frisco system and a western Chicago Milwaukee route with multiple lines. In Colorado Springs Hannah Welch arrived. her sister Mrs. Raymond Condit was injured in an auto crash. a baby boy born Wednesday afternoon died. funeral services for Condit will be held Monday in Pueblo.
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Washington
U.P
Interstate Commerce Commission
Hannah Welch
Colorado Springs
Raymond Condit
Pubelo
Colo
Christmas Gift for Jesus by the Goodfellows Story
A Grinnell Register reprint exhorts readers to give to the needy as a Christmas gift to Christ. An old Marseille shoemaker dreams of recognizing Jesus in streethelped neighbors, delivering coffee for warmth and shoes for a child. The tale echoes the biblical call to care for the least of these.
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Marseilles
Martin
Jesus
Goodfelow Club
Grinnell Register
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