Bridges Store closes after 58 years of millinery
Ruth Bridges recalls the E. M. Bridges Company millinery and ready to wear shop that operated for 58 years in Washington. The sisters built the business from a hat shop to a full fashion house, popularizing the Merry Widow style and decorating windows with Bibles. Ruth and Laura reminisce on early patterns, travels, and the era of $30 to $50 hats, while noting skirts and fashion shifted through wars and decades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridges
E. M. Bridges Company
Ruth Bridges
E. M. Bridges
Washington
Grandview
Edna
Laura
Ruth
Flossie
Mr. Bridges
H. S. Ward
Essex
Chicago
Milwaukee
Kansas City
Gage, Keith
Fisk
Washington Cleaners
W. W. Wilson
Wilson Estate
Marian
Schoonover Drug Store
Laura Rouse
Millin
Scenes From a Kitchen Window and a World of Recipes
A reader shares memories of family life at home and school while noting a cookbook featuring recipes from Mrs. L B J and Mrs. Hubert Humphrey among others. The writer reflects on hamburgers, a lunch program, and a classroom of children, recalling books and toys as well as a mystery about a missing rubber in the hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L.B.J
Hubert Humphrey
Iowa
Texas
Riverside
Highland High School
Eileen Armbruster
Gary
Eileen
Marge
Seed implants offer relief for severe pain at Johns Hopkins
Drs. A Earl Walker and Charles V Burton at Johns Hopkins implant stainless steel seeds into brain tissue behind the forehead. An electromagnetic ring heats the seed to 150 160 degrees to destroy a tiny brain portion, relieving pain without further surgery. The seed stays in place and the procedure can be repeated as needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Earl Walker
Charles V. Burton
Drs. Walker
Burton
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore
Awards Presented to Keota Cub Scouts
The January pack meeting in Keota on January 23 at the Federated church saw cubmaster Dave Wright preside. Den 5 opened, Den 1 won the Cubby attendance award, and all Cubs and Boy Scouts are reminded to wear uniforms to church February 11 and to school February 12. A window display will be set at the A. A. Hulse Store, with the Blue and Gold banquet planned for February 27. Inspections were conducted by Larry Yoder and Shorty Zehr, with Leland Funston welcoming Harper visitors Lee Jaeger and Marilyn Shirkey. Cubs earned pins and badges: Randy White, Pat Jaeger, Eugene Crooks, Johnny Miller, Jon Lemens, Chris Zehr, Gene Brenneman. Denver bars for Doug Ditz, Teddy Dunbar, Nick Ollinger, Tracy Dill. Wolf badges for Lynn Brenneman, Craig Neil, Keith Neil. Bear badges for Joe Carmichael, Vic Brenneman, Phil Staybaugh, Joe Walker. Jeff Wallerich earned gold and silver arrow under Bear. Larry Yoder presented Webelo awards to Gerard Helscher and Steve Myers. Den 3 closed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leland Funston
Lee Jaeger
Marilyn Shirkey
Harper
den Mathers
Cubs
Randy White
Pat Jaeger
Eugene Crooks
Johnny Miller
Jon Lemens
Chris Zehr
Gene Brenneman
Denver
Doug Ditz
Teddy Dunbar
Nick Ollinger
Tracy Dill
Lynn Brenneman
Craig Neil
Keith Neil
Joe Carmichael
Vic Brenneman
Phil Staybaugh
Joe Walker
Jeff Wallerich
Larry Yoder
Webelo
Gerard Helscher
Steve Myers
Den 3
FDA moves to ban dangerous rainbow diet pills
Washington UPI reported the Food and Drug Administration plans to ban a long used thyroid and digitalis combination diet drug, arguing it poses health hazards. FDA Commissioner James L. Goddard said seizures of stocks are imminent as the agency acts after over a decade of concern about doctors prescribing the pills amid the multicolored rainbow regimen for overweight patients.
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Washington
UPI
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
James L. Goddard
Senate Antitrust and Monopoly Subcommittee
Richland Route Consolidation Changes Mail Delivery
Richland will consolidate rural mail routes one and two per regional orders from St. Louis. South of highway 78, route one shifts to Walter Clark of Packwood Feb 10, with the rest reassigned to Ed Kerber. Unkrich resigned. patients south of the highway keep their addresses. Hospital notes report Chas McClure and Mrs. M L Dickinson patients at Jefferson Co. Hospital Fairfield.
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Richland
Gilbert Dickinson
St. Louis
Chris Unkrich
Walter Clark
Packwood
Ed Kerber
Route Two
Unkrich
Clark
Dickinson
Chas. McClure
Jefferson Co. Hospital
Fairfield
M. L. Dickinson
Dear Abby Advice Column Snapshot of Dating and Insecurities
A Dear Abby column assortment covers a man who rushed to date a widow after burying his wife, a reader seeking counsel on stalling romantic advances, a 26 year old homemaker distressed by breast size anxieties and silicone shots, and a germ phobic relative whose hygiene obsessions cause social friction. Abby cautions about timing, advises open discussion with spouses, and suggests monitoring for other symptoms while noting silicone injections lack FDA approval.
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Abby
Death notice for Mrs Will Hartman of Hillsdale Okla
Mrs Will Hartman of Hillsdale Oklahoma died Monday January 29. She was the former Nancy Wasson of Columbus Junction and is survived by five daughters and many grandchildren. Her husband preceded her in death. She was a cousin of Art Rathmell. Des Moines visitors attended the funeral in Decatur Illinois. Also notes of local social visits and birthday dinner observations are included.
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Crawfordsville
Will Hartman
Hillsdale
Okla
Hartman
Nancy Wasson
Columbus Junction
Art Rathmell
Ora Marlatt
Wyatt Marlatt
Des Moines
Decatur
Ill
Roy Marlatt
Glenn Cherryholmes
Raymond Howsare
Galen
Kirk
Prairie Home
Glenn
Congregational Dinner Reported in Crawfordsville
In Crawfordsville on Friday and Thursday evenings, local families attended Congregational and Methodist Men’s Club events. Mr. and Mrs. Donald Sands and family visited Howard Anderson, with Bob Carter and Mike Wells also seen. Wayne Humphreys spoke on his European trip at the Men’s Club supper, an event for forty three attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawfordsville
Donald Sands
Howard Anderson
Bob Carters
Washington
Mike Wells
Jerry Keller
Shari
Methodist Men's Club
Leslie Humphreys
Wayne of
Wyman
Wayne
FFA
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Merry Widow
Dorothy Luckenbill
W. J. Knapp
Cleveland, O
E. L. Rouse
Journal
Helen Gilbert
Toby Tyler
Anne
Avonlea
Anna
A. K. Stoutner
Keota
Family Health
Walter H. Kemp
Carmelo Giordano
Sergio Giovannetti
U. S
Ralph M. Stuck
Stuck
Seattle
Willard F. Goff
Goff
National Fire Protection Association
Maurice Levi
Keota Cub
Carson
Mrs
Otto Pfeifer
North Marion
J. W. Helscher
CLA
P.O. Box
Ohio National Life Ins. Co
Cincinnati
Dean Aobby
Abigail van Buren
Encino
Nameless
Oklahoma
By Vivian Wells
Young Iowa Board
Iowa Retail Hardware Association
Jarvis Appliance
Are
Miss Laurie
Holden
Laurie Holden
Young Iowa Board Member
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