County Board Lowers Dragging Rate for 1932
The board of supervisors reduced the dragging expense to 35 cents per mile for the coming year while keeping the same mileage as this year. The move will allow three or four extra draggings on all county roads, improving overall road upkeep. Draggers should file last quarter claims before year end for January consideration. Maintenance workers await weather to resume duties. engineers and shop staff report steady progress on plans and repairs.
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Board of Supervisors
Local Plans Progress Against Next Year Preparations
The text notes years have passed with nothing ready for the next year while plans for Washington County are well underway. It highlights a division between stalled preparations and active development in the county project.
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Washington County
West Highland Notes and Local Happenings
Ida Meek reports on West Highland activities including Omar Meeks visiting relatives, Donald Holmes assisting mail delivery, and a house fire at John Nicholson's home with no survivors. Sterling Holmes visited Clarksville while J R Meeks stopped in Washington. A closing out sale by Mrs Charlie Bruegge was announced and Highland Center School plans a Thursday program.
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West
Highland
Omar Meeks
E. R. Meeks
Donald Holmes
Harry Hazlett
John Nicholson
Nicholson
Sterling Holmes
Clarksville
Iowa
J. R. Meeks
Washington
Charlie Bruegge
Jesse Meeks
Betty Lou
Alice Meeks
Highland Center School
Wellman Briefs Highlight Local Community Leaders
Cordelle H Braden reports from Wellman as Mrs Milo T Sorden leads a group of community members under her capable direction. Additional details mention ongoing efforts and local involvement within the Wellman area.
El Coyote Pursuit Spurs Verdi Border Tensions
Ted Radcliffe arrives in Verdi as the search for the masked avenger El Coyote intensifies. He learns from Don Bob and Morales that past debts threaten his father’s failure, sparking caution about Morales and drawing Ted toward Morales' niece Adela. Jito, Morales' ward, hints at loyalties while Adela warns Ted of risks as rival passions flare. Ted meets Jito, a powerful ranch hand, who taunts him with a wrestling challenge amid fiesta pageantry. The scene shifts to a tense orbit of family, loyalty, and love with a half hour to the horse race and Bolstered by warning glances from Adela.
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Ted Radcliffe
Verdi
el Coyote
Morales
Jito
Ward
Ted
Radcliffe
Don Bob
Sefior Radcliffe
Adela
Bken Ted
Atlantic Coast
Ife
Sesior Radcliffe
Christmas Cantata The Prince of Peace At Methodist Church
The Methodist choir presented the Christmas cantata The Prince of Peace by Ashford on Sunday evening December 19. The large audience appreciated the performance and Miss Betty Gardner led the piano with dedication credited for the cantata’s success. Miss Mildred Schwartz returned home for Christmas, joining her parents Mr and Mrs Frank Schwartz, while Milton Wehrle is home from Iowa State Teachers College for the holidays. Mrs Theodore Zillmer is ill.
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Methodist Choir
Ashford
Betty Gardner
Mildred Schwartz
Pulver
Iowa
Frank Schwartz
Milton Wehrle
Iowa State Teachers College At
Cedar Falls
Theodore Zillmer
West Chester Glances at Christmas Time News
Merry Christmas from West Chester readers as town looks toward a near black Christmas with uncertain roads. School dismissals shift to vacation, basketball results show boys win and girls tied, Pythian Sisters host annual Christmas party with treats. Community events include church programs, plans for shut-ins, and local travels for Mrs. Lindenmeyer and others for the holiday.
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West Chester
Journal Force
Thckland
Pythian Sisters
McCalls
Mildred Yuvall
Mlorice Schult
M. EB. Chaured
U. P
Fred Lindenmeyer
Detroit
Pony dies on way home leaving family in grief
Leo mourns after a pony succumbs suddenly before reaching home. Mrs Beenblossom cared for Hen, Mary, and Marilyn Caldwell on Thursday while Ira and Mrs Caldwell attended Uncle Knight Wagner's funeral, a loss that adds sorrow to a strained day.
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Leo
Harold Beenblossom
Mary
Marilyn Caldwell
Ira Caldwell
Knight Wagner
Riverside Wedding and Community Christmas Notes
Imelda Deatsch of Riverside married Ralph Borre in Council Bluffs on Tuesday at 4 p.m. Attendants included Emma Deatsch and Neva Skinner with Roderick Chisholm as best man. The couple will live in Underwood and continue teaching in the Underwood schools. The paper also reports the death of Mrs. George Tremmel of Riverside, with funeral in Town City and interment at Mt. Olivet.
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Riverside
Bec
Imelda Deatsch
J. L. Deatsch
Council Bluffs
Ralph, Borre
Underwood
Iowa
H. L. Jorgenson
Emma Deatsch
Cedar Rapids
Neva Skinner
Lincoln
Nebraska
Edna Diarude
Roderick Chisholm
Griswold
Town
Chieftain Hotel
Cross
Jay Nelson
St. Mary's High Schol
Underwood Consolidated Schools
Gram
BD. C. Morrison
St. Paul, Minn
Underwood Consolidated School
George Tremmel
Mercy Hospital
Town City
Tremmel
Odelia Libenguth
Morand
Mary Kvenemany Libenguth
Emma Kern
Muscatine
Alice Hunsinger
Txivenport
Grace Seateh
Iowa City
Mabel
Joseph
Rant
Alphonse Lihenguth
Martin Kieopfer
Masonic Lodges and Chapters Meeting Schedule Notes
Regular meeting nights for Lodges Washington Chapter No. OS Damascus Shrine No. 10 WLS Washington Lodge No. 26 AF&AM Cyrus Chapter No. 18 RALM listed with officers Mia Grace Twinam Hazel Haven J. Ward A. Ward and others. Regular meetings occur on second Thursday or Friday and fourth Tuesday or Friday of the month at Mason ic Temple rooms and related locations.
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Washington
B. S
Ida McDaniel
W. M
Ernestine Denison
Damascus Shrine
Masonic Temple
Mia
Grace VE. Twinam
Hazel Haven
W. Scribe
Washington Lodge No
Afe
A. M
Harry GG. Ward
A. W. Yard
Cyrus
R. Alm
J. W. Enstin
A. W. Ward
railway timetable highlights western and eastern routes
The notice lists several passenger and freight trains with times for the Westbound and Eastbound services on the Knoxville branch and other lines. It notes special handling for California passengers and mixed trains, with daily and Sunday exceptions, and includes agent names Goodlander and W. C. Bell with station details.
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Sunuveck
Knonvilee
Sun- CS Fite
J. C. McKay
Agent CO. Mat. BP. & PF
W. C. Bell
Christmas Greetings From Shiloh Community
Shiloh residents share holiday wishes and reflections as the Christmas season begins. The note mentions school closing for two weeks, a Christmas exchange for pupils, and local efforts in farming and chores. A funeral is reported for Knight Wagner, with sympathy extended to his family. Shiloh notes about travel hardships and local activities round out this modest community update.
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Shiloh
Vera Darbyshire
Dayline Schants
Ellen Caldwell
Ira Caldwell
Johnson's
Wil Caldwell
Frank Schantz
Fred Burger
Knight Wagner
John Gamble
Mack DeLong
Chicago
John May
Washington
Leslie Ross
Howard Sigafoose
Cathryn
Cleone Caldwell
Bryan Swift
Mabel
Donald Bureer
Leo Wagner
Christmas program draws large crowd at Crawfordsville grade school
In Crawfordsville on December 25, despite bad roads, a large crowd of patrons and friends attended the Christmas program performed by the grade children at the school house Wednesday afternoon.
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Crawfordsville
Isomerism and Allotropy Concepts
Isomerism refers to substances with the same elements in the same proportion but different atom arrangements, yielding distinct properties. Allotropy describes a chemical element occurring in different forms such as carbon as diamond, charcoal, and graphite.
Sheriff's Sale Notice in Washington County Iowa
By writ of special execution, the goods and lands of W A Cherry and others are levied for public sale at the Washington County Courthouse on January 9 1982 between 9 am and 4 pm with sale starting at 2 30 pm. The property includes parts of Section 10 Township 74 North Range 8 West. Des Moines Joint Stock Land Bank is involved. terms are cash. Sheriff R H McCarty notes the sale in Washington Iowa, with date November 24 1931 and notice posted December 12 26.
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District Court
Washington County
Iowa
W. A. Cherry
William B. Gault
L. V. Emry
Mattie Smry
Washington
N. KE
S. W
Mattie Emry
St of
R. H. McCarty
Washington Co
Wanted Better Homemakers The First Need of This Country
A sheaf of editorial notes argues for a national focus on homemaking education as essential to national improvement. The piece cites a companion publication advocating practical domestic training for women and families.
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Wouat
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