South America customs shared by longtime resident
Mrs. Co. 8S. Williams spoke at the Presbyterian church recounting sixteen years in Colombia and Bogota. She contrasted luxury among the upper class with squalor among the poor, noting large families, edible fried ants, and harsh treatment of young girls, urging accuracy beyond magazine depictions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Church
South America
Williams
Columbia
Bogota
United States
India
Japan
Mfta. Williams
Local residents visit family and shop in town
Mrs C T McCoy and children returned to Crawfordsville after visiting their grandparents the Rucksams. Mr and Mrs Lewis Smith of Crawfordsville came to town for business and shopping. Mrs Lee Lease of Crawfordville visited at the Work home. Florence Carr returned to Havre for Sunday with her parents. Miss Marie Cornick and Mrs Raymond Cumminge of Winfield spent Saturday here shopping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. T. McCoy
Mary Francis
Cleo
Crawfordsville
William Rucksam
Lewis Smith
Lee Lease
Crawfordavile
Marion Work
Florence Carr
Havre
Marie Cornick
Raymond Cumminge
Winfield
James K. Marbourge
Emporia
Kansas
Knoxville
Fr. T. Wickham
Ethel Howsere
Clfordsville
Ray Phillips
Bern Hook
Last Pleasant Plain
Lyman Bunce
B. Friese
John Chilson
Wiliam Kiesey
John Wiebley
Shelby
Town
Brighton
Will Wiebley
Robert Turkington
T. F. Barker
C. Turkington
Local residents return from weekendVisits and trips
Grace Juber and daughter Betty Lou arrived back in Des Moines after visiting Grace's parents the Shel labargers. Ruby Hook, night hospital supervisor, spent a day in Keota. W L Dickerson and son Charles returned to Fairfield after a weekend with Dodder relatives. Other locals traveled to Knoxville Grinnell Cliftonsville Winfield and Brighton for short visits. It pays to advertise always has.
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Grace Juber
Betty Lou
Des Moines
Jim Shellabarger
Ruby Hook
Keota
Washington High School Baskteball Fans Stir Home Victory
Washington high school basketball fans packed the gym for the win over Muscatine, with strong crowd support and lively halftime entertainment by Henry Little and Orville Korf. Washington faces Fairfield away this week in a likely hard fought game as the Little Six schedule continues toward Ot tumwa and March sectional games in Fairfield versus Brighton.
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Washington High
Muscatine
Washington
Fairfield
Burlington
Ottumwa
Brighton
Wellman
Henry Little
Orville Korf
McKinstry
Strong Jackson University Team Faces Y M C A in Big Tuesday Duel
The banner basketball event of the year in Washington features Jackson University Chillicothe Missouri against the local Y M C A team Tuesday evening at the Y. M. C. A. gym. The Missouri squad is praised as fast and includes Mann Morris Lasher Jackson Stubbs Switzer and others, with high school and college pedigree. A girls game is planned with YWCA gym class vs a high school team to follow.
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Washington
Y. M.C
Jackson University
Chil- Heathe
Elwood Detrick Te
Mann
Jamesport
Missouri
Morris
Madison
Wisconsin
Pete Reif
Hillyard
Winfield
Kansas
Lasher
Jackson
Chillicothe High School
Chillicothe
Stubbs
Simpson College
Pleasantville
Iowa
Switzer
Polo
Polo Athletic Club
Kansas City
Wittman Case Postponed to End of Week
Judge Chries A. Dewey adjourned court until Thursday to finish the term. Beatty hearing before the board of supervisors may run parallel. Wittman versus Geiski consumed two days of proceedings, with substantial evidence remaining. Dewey opens a Sigourney term today, delaying further Wittman action until week’s end.
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Chries A. Dewey
Beatty
Board of Supervisors
Wittman Vc. Geiski
Dewey
Sigourney
Wittman
Corn on the cob and painting gains in the county
West Chester residents discuss corn on the cob wisdom and butter spread, noting good yields and farmers holding corn for better prices. They compare Ohio and Iowa farmhouses, mention paint and improvement plans, and praise Dr. B J Palmers lecture in a local note.
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West Chester
Los Angeles
Iowa
Olio
Ohio
B. J. Palmer
Dr. Palmer
Oskaloosa
Death by suicide of Marvin Dawson in Brighton
Marvin Dawson aged 61, formerly of Washington, shot himself in the head with a shotgun in the barn at his Brighton home Saturday evening. Ill health and worry over funds in the Brighton State bank are noted as contributing factors. He leaves five brothers and three sisters. Funeral services set for Tuesday at 10 a.m. in the Christian church, with burial in Brighton cemetery.
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Marvin Dawson
Washington
Brighton Night Watchman
Brighton State Bank
Mr. Dawson
Brighton
Christian Church
Washington cat and Cedar farmer seek Iowa road reforms
A local letter complains about a Washington raised cat and praises N Walker of Cedar for decades of service and road advocacy. The writer notes Walker, 75, urges better Iowa roads and county tax efforts, calling for action from farmers and residents alike.
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Washington
N. Walker
Cedar
Virginia
Two Small Roof Fires Reported in City
This morning firefighters answered a call to the Harry Whittaker feed yard on North Marion Avenue where a blacksmith shop roof burned briefly and caused little damage. Yesterday workers responded to a still alarm at the Walter Conner home on Fast Monroe Street where the roof ignited and chemicals quickly subdued the blaze.
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Harry Whittaker
North Marion Avenue
Walter Conner
Fast Monroe Street
Remembering Brinton and regional life in Tiskilwa
The article recalls George Brinton of Washington visiting for business and his early ventures in farming and entertainment. It notes his progressive ideas, from pictures to airplanes, and mentions Rev Deal as a traveling evangelist planned to begin meetings in South Bend with Rev Gay on February 10th, hoping for better roads.
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Washington
Wellman
Bloom
Ilinois
George Brynton
Mr. Brinton
Peter
Frank Brinton
Times
Brinton
Gray
Deal
South Bend
Ind
Rev
Gay
Feb Loth
Dreamlike reflections on pleasure and reality by Lord Chesterfield
The quote expresses doubt about worldly pleasure, comparing it to an opium dream. It rejects the desire to repeat such sensations and reflects on the flushed, frivolous chorry and bustle as unreal.
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Lord Chesterfield
Store Bought by Mrs Bostwick in Washington Square
The remaining stock from Smith's Finporium was sold Saturday afternoon to Mrs Bostwick senior and the business will reopen soon under her management. Mrs Bostwick and Miss Minnie Wolfe will stay on, travel to Chicago to buy goods, and redecorate for a millinery gift and art shop. The new store aims to offer up to date millinery and gifts within about two weeks.
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Washington
Smith's Finporium
B. Frostwick
Bostwick
Chicago
Public Hearing on Beatty Set for Tomorrow Afternoon
The Beatty hearing will be open to the public tomorrow afternoon, with the announcement made today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beatty
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Mrs. Williams
W. L. Dickerson
Charles
N. Dodder
Joe Falk
Charles Needham
Grinnell
C. A. Dewey
Hoover
Brown's Tire Shop
Jackson University Quintet
CARLS
My Place
McCormick
Janesville
Sattler
Hayes
New Century
Roderick
John Deere
Harrow
Endgate
Frank Sherbeck
Chas. Brown
W. S. Boyer
Brigh
Smiths
The
Green River
John Shields & Sons
Ladies and
Misses Coats
J. B. Crail
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