Neiswanger Sells Washington Plant to Lupton
Fred Neiswanger, longtime Washington monument contractor, sells his plant and equipment to L. B. Lupton. Lupton will assume full control January 1 and lease the first floor of the building on South Iowa Avenue. Neiswanger remains in the building while completing current contracts and plans future.
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Fred Neiswanger
Monument
Washington
L. B. Lupton
Mr. Nelewanger
South
Iowa Avenue
Mr. Lupton
Nelewanger
Iowa
Burlington
Neiswanger
Mr. Laipton
Thirteen Degrees Below Last Night
Washington faced a deep freeze as temperatures plunged to 13 degrees below zero the coldest of the winter. By eight this morning the reading remained 11 degrees below zero and the mercury stayed below zero through the morning.
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Washington
Annual New Year s Dinner At First United Church
The committee announced the annual New Year s dinner will be served at 200n on Saturday at the First United Presbyterian Church. It is a basket dinner and each family should bring enough for others to ensure a bountiful supply. Afterward the congregational meeting will elect officers and conduct church business.
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First United Presbyterian Church
First United Presbyterian
Second United Presbyterian
Auto Parts Dealer Offers Wide 1917 Ford Junk Catalog
Notice announces Auto Owners stocking new axles springs and parts for standard cars up to 1917 18. It lists junked vehicles and parts from four hundred cars, including used wheels windshields radiators and front springs guaranteed for life. The ad promotes reglazed windshields and directs readers to 267 to BONEYARD H R SITLER proprietor.
Community Announcements and Club Meetings
Local notices list regular Shriner meeting at Damascus Shrine No 10 with officer elections and petitions, plus numerous December 29 30 events. The Afternoon Bridge Club hosts Mr and Mrs Wallace December 28. Pleasant Hill Ladies Aid, Embroidery Club, and various church groups schedule meetings and socials.
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Damascus Shrine No
Bridge Club
L. H. Wallace
Notice 2nd Church Members Menu for New Year Dinner
The menu lists minced chicken in broth cream chicken escalloped potatoes baked beans bread and butter milk and cream jellies salads pickles and ham pie. Committee members include Mrs Beal Mayhew Cook Warnock and Miss Lewis.
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Wm. Beal
Wm. Mayhew
Wm. Cook
John Warnock
Mide C. Lewis
Rev A L Graham Dies at Monmouth
Rev Arch L Graham, former United Presbyterian pastor at Keota and Burlington, and later vice president of Monmouth College, died in Monmouth from pneumonia after a weeklong cold. He was about forty, survived by a widow and two children, with funeral planned for Thursday afternoon in Monmouth. college ties and Washington connections noted as he assisted prospective students.
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J. D. Glasgow
Monmouth
Arch L. Graham
Glasgow
Graham
United Presbyterian Church
Keota
Burlington
Monmouth College
Washington
C. A. Sprague
Columbus Junction
Arthur
Wyatt Sprague
Monmeouth
Popular Comedy by Graham Company Delights Few in Washington
Good Company with G. ws Vepany presented Twin Beds at the Graham last night to a small audience. The continuous laugh show pleased with a capable cast and beautiful stage settings. The comedy was clean and well worth the Graham management’s offering.
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G. Ws
Washington
Graham
Graham Management
County Home Christmas Thanks From Beatty and Mrs Beatty
Prank Beatty the county counts home superintendent and his wife express thanks through the Journal to friends and business firms for hundreds of gifts and other help that made the county home Christmas celebration a great success. Gifts were distributed Christmas Eve to the residents with much delight from the home.
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Beatty
Counts
Journal
Mrs. Beatty
Social Calendar emptying into New Year events
December 28 to January 4 listings include Miss Eleanor Bailey hosting tea, Glenm Eldridge dinner, Leigh Wallace bridge club, M church senior choir bob party with oyster supper, Baptist Worth While Girls social, Miss Alfa Wright's dinner, kitchen showers, Just Us club, Kinbrokery club officer election, Pleasant Hill Ladies Aid, coffee for Alta Munson Wright, Isabell Lemmon hostessing, mothers and sewing circles meetings, Christmas treat for Baptist Sunday school juniors, Rebekah club all day event, B F O class at Methodist church, Pleasant Hill church youth entertainment with oyster supper, Women's Missionary society election, First United Presbyterian dinner, Second United Presbyterian New Year dinner and meeting.
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Eleanor Bailey
Glenm Eldridge
Leigh Wallace
Bridge Club
M. Bh
Baptist Worth
Alfa Wright
Isabelle Lemmon
Dorothy Ward
Martha Maxwell
Ala Munson Wright
Dayton
Just Us Club
Kinbroklery Club
Sam Sigafoose
Pleasant Hill Ladies’ Aid Society
Glenn Pratt
Maurine McLaughlin
Louise Livingston
Martha Godfrey
Miss Livingston
Alta Munson Wright
Harvey S. Young
Ferne Tierney
Mothers Club
EP. W. Pletcher
Isabella Sewing Circle
John Bailey
East Second Street
Baptist
Rebekah Club
Alice Rownd
Methodist Church
Pleasant
Sons of Rest Present Gift to Sheriff McCarty
Members of the Sons of Rest collected eight dollars from twenty five cent subscriptions to purchase two boxes of cigars for retiring Sheriff McCarty and Deputy G W Wallace. Subscribing signers include J H Keating Tom Randall W H Dusenberry and others. A plan also circulates to gift the old fire department hook and ladder truck as a relic of his service.
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Sheriff McCarty
Matt Yockey
Mart Yockey
Sons of Rest
G. W. Wallace
Court House
J. H. Keating
Tom Randall
W. H. Dusenberry
J. C. Bauer
C. F. Hoxworth
P. L. Mangold
Sam Richardson
G. F. Sigler
C. D. Bickford
James Fishburn
W. J. Taylor
Wheels Through Time From Wooden Blocks to Modern Axles
The wheel originated in ancient times as solid wooden blocks carved from tree trunks. Over centuries many improvements were made shaping the modern wheel today.
Evolution of the Harp Through Ancient Cultures
The modern harp traces its origins to Egyptian, Assyrian, Hebrew, and Celtic types. It likely emerged from archery traditions and the sound of the bowstring released, shaping early harp designs.
Politeness Wasted by Cactus Joe Remarks
Cactus Joe asserts politeness has little value for a regular roughneck and only makes him feel softened or favored. The remark reflects blunt frontline bravado and a hardy streetwise ethos from the speaker.
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Cactus Joe
Local Calls At Dawn Reported Turmoil And Price Shifts
John McCaleb sought to borrow a gun while declaring a plan to shoot a man if he could avoid running. He claimed to have seen a man delivering ice in bitterly cold weather as workers struggled to mobilize trucks. Prices for hens, springs, butter, cream, and eggs were rising.
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John McCaleb
Christmas Music at Fortnightly Club Meeting
The Fortnightly Club’s music department hosted a joyful evening at Mrs. A. Anderson’s home led by Mrs. H. H. McChrery. Miss Berthe Hay directed a choir of schoolgirls and Master Curtis Wells performed carols with Marion and Helen Harvey providing accompaniment. A paper by Mrs. Henry Shields explored Christmas carols and a quartet closed the event with varied carol selections.
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A. Anderson
H. H. McChrery
Berthe Hay
Curtis Wells
Mary Louise Harwood
Margaret Livingsoon
Cora Alice Hays
Jane Gedber
Margaret Alice Stewart
Virginie Macon
Esther McCreedy
Marion McLaughlin
Miss McLaughlin
Helen Harvey
Carolyn Hamilton
H. H. McCleery
J. W. Johnston
W. E. Hender
Hayden
Christ
Notice on Ed Flander Farm Prohibits Hunting and Trespassing
No hunting or trespassing allowed on the Ed Flander farm known as the Mert Eisley and George Fos enwene Ter Talus. Property listed under Ed Flander with location details and ownership context.
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Ed Flander
Mert Eisley
George Fosenwene
Pays 23 Dollar Duty On Gifts From Sweden
Mrs. J P D Buckley received gifts from her son Frank in Copenhagen Sweden. The shipment included two vases an ornamental dog and other items. She had to pay 23 dollars duty Frank plans more gifts from Holland and sent a cablegram from Paris on Christmas Day.
Farmer Bert Sherman Dies of Lockjaw in Iowa
Bert Sherman a 60 year old farmer from near Dows died at Ellsworth hospital after contracting tetanus from a hand abrasion while repairing a fence earlier in the week. He had moved from this city to Dows and is survived by his children and a second wife. funeral at the Methodist church followed by Union Cemetery interment.
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Iowa Falls
Bert Sherman
Dows
Ellsworth Hospital
Methodist Church
Union Cemetery
Sherman
Residence Near Tract With Contents Totally Destroyed
The J. W. B. Green homestead farm house in Traer was burned out early this week. Occupants Jay Wilson and Mr and Mrs Dalziel escaped from a second story window in night clothes. Wilson saved trousers and boots. Dalziel lost furniture valued at about 1000 dollars. Premiums totaled 1500 dollars on the house.
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Traer
J. W. B. Green
Jay Wilson
Sam Dalziel
Mr. Wilson
Dalziel
District Judges Seek Salary Increase From Legislature
A committee of district judges from Davenport Cedar Rapids Des Moines and Dubuque has been named to urge the legislature to raise salaries. Present pay for district judges is 4000 dollars yearly.
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Des Moines
Letts
Davienport
Kintzinger
Dubuque
Dawley
Cedar Rapids
Wallingford
Thompson
Busy With the Flivver and the old fashioned family
Detroit News notes changes in everyday life as families move toward modern conveniences and frugality. It reflects on how once frugal households now adjust to new economic pressures and evolving technologies.
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Detroit
News
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Worthy Matron
P. BE. O
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Young
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Pleasant Hill Church
Geo. Schneider
J. Sewing Circle
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Keota, Vic
Tim
Washington Athletic Club
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Lonie Page
Chas. Krantz
Moline
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Art Dankwardt
Jean Freehin
Heinie’ Hahn
Grandview
Alec Tricity
Iowa Gas & Electric Co
Reister & Bons
Evening Journal
Underwood
Watson
Ainsworth
Piovate
Avire
National Cash Register
Oliver Typewriter
Falk Motor Co
Gott
Call Bruns Seed Co
Portland Sleigh
Arthur Therion
E. Main
W. Knox
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Ballyman
Mannhardt Bros
al Cocklin
H. A. Engel
Poorman
D. W. Crawford
White Way
Sam Baker
Edgar D. Clark
Jackson
Ford
Duroe
Poland
China
Earle Libe
Fr. L. Mannhardt
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Block Wood
W. M. Darbyshire
Child's
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Ralph Zeck
W. W. McFarland
Waterman'’S
Ruth Hedges
Sweden
Stocks & Bonds
Mid-Continent Consolidated Oil, Gas & Ref
A. L. Deibel
Boatmen’s Bank Bldg
St. Louis
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