Ainsworth Plays Y M C A Tonight
Washington fans may see college stars Sands of Monmouth McKiernan of Iowa Wesleyan Marsh of Des Moines University and others in Ainsworth uniforms as they face the Y M C A quintet at 8 30. Carlton absent McKinstry back from Vinton will play. Admission 55 cents adults 25 cents pupils.
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Washington
Ainsworth
Sands
Monmouth
McKiernan
Iowa Wesleyan
Marsh
Des Moines University
Carlton
McKinstry
Vinton
Community Announcements Roundup of Club Meetings
Notices list upcoming events from 1926 including Ainsworth Chapter O BP regular meeting and officer installation at Pilotsburg, Ladies Aid Society dinner at Rickey residence, 2nd U P church congregational meeting with dinner, Baptist Choir rehearsal, St James club card party, M F B Choir rehearsal, Kok King and husbands Christmas dinner, and Rebekah regular meeting.
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Ainsworth
O. BP
Farmers' Mutual to Have Annual Meeting
Policy holders of the Washington County Farmers Mutual Insurance association are notified of the annual meeting at Woodman hall Friday January 8. The morning session starts at eleven with directors to be elected for English River Cedar Oregon Crawford Jackson and Dutch Creek townships and annual reports to be received. The association, largest of its kind in Iowa, closes a very successful year.
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Washington County Farmers’ Mutual Insurance Association
Woodman Hall
English River
Cedar
Oregon
Crawford
Jackson
Dutch Creek
Iowa
Rubio Rubio Christmas Notes From Rubio Area
A Rubio column from December recalls a cold Christmas with ten below temperatures on Sunday. Families Luithly and others enjoyed meals and gifts while Rev Allan Jay and Ardith Luithly attended the Richland school dedication praised as a fine building. Word of improved roads brings a larger local crowd back to town as some residents recover from illness. William Snider sold 1000 bushels of corn at 65 cents per bushel to local buyers, and Mrs Marinda Oswalt and Ott Smittery are mentioned in local notes.
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Rubio
W. E. Luithly
L. B. Luithly
Lyle Luithly
B. Luithly
Allan Jay
Ardith Luithly
Richland School
Richland
John Fleig
Dick Vandyke
William Snider
Charley
Bert Dickinson
Marinda Oswalt
Ott Smittery
Pleasant Hill
Karl Kephart
Mildred Pierce
Washington
Havre
Hazel McGinnis
Fred Burger
Sam Wittmer
Howard Witting
Claude McCall
New Year Church Dinner and Local Club Notices
Friday evening at 7 20 the annual New Year dinner will be held at the M B church West Chester. Every member and friend of the church and Sunday School is invited to bring baskets and enjoy the New Year together. W R C regular meeting Saturday at 2 30 with post meeting installation practice set for January 5. Friendship club to entertain families at a Watch party Thursday December 31 at Grace Shaw home 27012. Industrious Club to entertain husbands and kids at Floyd Bowers residence 7 o clock Thursday evening with oysters and games. City Library closed all day New Years. 71t2 Ee
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Pilotsburg Ladies Aid Society
Charlie Rickey
2Nd U. P. Church
M. B
West Chester
Tor
Friendship Club
Grace
Fred Shaw
Floyd Bowers
New Serial Story Opens in Journal
A new continued story titled So Big by Edna Ferber begins in the Journal today as a daily feature for several weeks. No installment appears tomorrow but a double portion runs Friday in the New Year edition. The serial aims to attract many readers familiar with the book and film adaptation.
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Journal
Edna Ferber
America
Local Havre notes on farming life and community events
Havre area reports numerous small items. Stafford sells corn to George Stewart and Baker helps haul to the Stewart farm. New radio for Klopenstein and a funeral in Weyland. Neighbors share visits, dehorning cattle, and a mix of Christmas events at Pleasant Hill church. Mildred Pierce assumes Havre school duties. coal deliveries and cold weather noted.
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Stafford
Lester Macon
Custer Farm
West Chester Hosts Kalona in Haymow Showdown
West Chester to face Kalona Independents Thursday night in the town Haymow on the local court. First home game for West Chester this season, with a 7 46 start and Kalona described as a strong opponent. Chester fans anticipate an interesting matchup after a recent game against the Washington Y M C A.
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West Chester
Kalona
West Chester Town
Kalona Independents
Chester
Washington Y. M. C. A
New Year's Baby to Be Lucky Child
The first baby born in 1926 in Washington County will receive valuable gifts from local businesses. The parents must be residents and Journal subscribers, with the birth reported by the attending physician to the Evening Journal. Gifts will be announced and collected by a delegated recipient.
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Journal Today
Washington
Washington County
Journal
The
Evening Journal
Assessors Convene in Washington County for Annual Meeting
Washington County assessors will meet at the courthouse tomorrow at 1 30 PM for their annual session to review the year’s work. County Auditor A L Griffith is organizing books and supplies for handoff to officers and instructors. Twenty four assessors include Coppock official in Henry and Jefferson counties. This year they will assess only personal property after last year’s real estate assessment and census enumeration.
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Washington County
Court House
A. L. Griffith
Coppock
Henry
Jefferson
County Home Christmas Gifts Appreciate Local Help
Steward Frank Beatty and Mrs Beatty extend thanks to Washington county residents for support during Christmas at the county home. The observance includes a tree decorations and a program with hundreds of gifts for residents. Friends and local businesses donate liberally to the band of presents for patients.
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Frank ¢ Beatty
Beatty
Washington County
County Home
Washington
Trains Delayed by Letts Wreck
A derailment at Letts delayed Rock Island trains by hours today. No. 29 from the east was not expected to arrive until noon. The Firefly eastbound was detoured via Milwaukee to Muscatine. Little information on the Letts wreck was available this morning.
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Letts
Rock Island
Milwaukee
Muscatine
Keota Club Officers Re elected and Instalation Set
Keota notes re elected Ed Carris Corps officers for 1926 with Mrs Kate Schmitt as president and Mrs Vianna J Sharp as treasurer. Installation Jan 22 with appointive officers named then. Local social roundups include homecoming of teachers and students and a Keota wedding of Miss Gertrude Singleton to Layton Claypole. Roy Leeds performs ceremony. Also Christmas visits by the Fitzgeralds.
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F. FE. Dunn
Dunn Hardware
Keota
Gertrude Singleton
Verne Singleton
Layton Claypole
North English
Sigourney
Roy Roy C. Leeds
The
Christian Church
Howard Fitzgerald
Will
Donahey to Start Second Term January 2
Sam T. Donahey chairm ach of the county board of supervisors begins his second three year term on Saturday January 2 as the board organizes for the new year with a chairman election. Ferguson Bartholow successors to be chosen in 1926. Bartholow serves one year more. Norton would assume county home steward duties but an injunction delays him amid a soldier preference law dispute with Beatty.
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Sam T. Donahey
County Board of Supervisors
Mr. Donahey
R. T C. Ferguson
FE. Ll. Bartholow
Mr. Bartholow
Ferguson
William J. Norton
District Court
Frank C. Beatty
Keota area family memory recalled in local obituary note
The Wm. Yount family lived on a farm west of Keota for years and she was kin to Mrs Richard Dillon. Mr. Yount died in Ottumwa, later she married Mr Durbin who died from self administered carbolic acid poisoning. A daughter born to Mr and Mrs Francis Leedom Dee, 19.
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Wm. Yount
Keota
Richard Dillon
Mr. Yount
Ottumwa
Durbin
Francis Leedom Dee
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Columbus Junction
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