Washington Iowa notes on community life and local stories
A long, affectionate column from Washington Iowa recounts neighborhood events. It mentions the Williams family, Bishop Anderson hotel, Martha Darbyshire from Beverly Hills, and various locals like Frank Brindley, M. J. Orr, Mrs. Knecht, and Mrs. Olds. It covers carrier boys and training, hospital visits, new businesses, and social gatherings at the YWCA, Dou gall restaurant, and Graham store. The piece blends reminiscence, personal anecdotes, and community updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Darbyshire
Beverly Hills
California
Frank Brindley
Washington
Iowa
Josephine
Nial van Sieckle
Local Society Notes and Community Updates
The Nineteenth Century Club met at Mrs. Lloyd Lytle’s home for a review of Journey's End by Mrs. H Hull. A new barn on the Fred Longer farm is completed replacing the one that burned. George McDaniel buys Green Mill cafe and plans a temporary drug store there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moors
Lloyd Lytle
H. (. Hull
Fred
MechDanic
George McDaniel
Green Mill Cafe
East Main Street
Washington National Bank
McDaniel
John Winga Lle
Mollie Wherion
Geraldine Linty
Davenport
George D. McChurch
Ord
George McChurchh
Karl Little
Dougall
Hospital Admissions and Births Reported Across Town
A sequence of hospital notes records admissions and discharges from Saturday to Sunday. Multiple births are listed with parents, locations, and birth weights, including new arrivals for Murphy, Enke, Walton, Von Arb, Gargus, and Kleese families, among others in Washington, Wellman, Keota, Columbus Junction, and Ainsworth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Murphy
Wellman
Guy Enke
Columbus Junction
Logan Gargus
Robert Allen
Glenn Stoutner
Keota
Ray Walton
Washington
John von Arb
Everette Miller
Deaths of the Week list Brigh ton figures and others
Obituary notices list Lewis Dunbar of Brigh ton aged 85 died Feb 3. Eliza Stacy Hunter Elia Glaze Hunter aged 71 died of pneumonia at the Hunter home. Robert Joseph Boyd aged 35 long illness. wife Alvina Greiner died a year earlier. one son. Fred Hutte aged 75 died in Hot Springs Arkansas from pneumonia. Kellis Watton age 82 Clay township farmer died at Washington county hospital from cerebral hemorrhage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Dunbar
Brighton
Eliza Stacy
Tennis W. Hunter
Elia Glaze Hunter
Hunter
Robert Boyd
Robert Joseph Boyd
Patrick
Deborah
Tobin) Boyd
Alvina Greiner
Pred Hutt
Fred Hutte
Washington
Hot Springs
Ark
Clay Township
Washington County Hospital
Robberies Target Fox and Dewey Stew Hardware and Wal lace
A series of robberies hit Fox and Dewey shoes Stewart hardware and Wal lace lumper offices. Stewart’s yielded between 200 and 500 dollars while little was taken at the other stores. The suspect was later arrested and held Mr Stewarts bonds and war savings stamps. The PT A organized with officers and a constitution adopted with C J Smith in charge and Mrs D H McLaughlin as secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AG Bell
Fox and Dewey
F. L. Stewart Hardware Store
Wallace Lumper Company
Stewart's
PT. A
Parent Teacher Association
C. J. Smith
D. H. McLaughlin
Mrs Merrill Harkness Guests in City
Mrs Merrill Harkness and her daughter Lou Lou of Dubuque visit her father Wil G. Stewart for a short stay, with the reunion noted in the local pages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merrill Harkness
Jean Stewart
Lou Lou
Dubuque
Wil G. Stewart
Death and Derby Echo in Local Notices
Obituary for Sir J Norton describes him as a refined, kind hearted gentleman who loved grandchildren and Sunday walks with Mary and Joe. The piece recalls his 1846 marriage to Mary Menee and praises his honor and breeding. Also notes Henry Breeds sold three colts for Shenandoah parties and Lew Evans sold one for 220, plus brief local items on clerks at Newark store Prosperity pa and Miss Nelle McClellan teaching at Franklin Center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democrat
Henry
Shenandoah
Lewis Evans
Mr. Norton
Sir J. Norton
Mary
Joe
Mary Menee
Verle Tsenhart Dies in Missouri at February 2
Verle Tsenhart, formerly of Washington and brother of Mrs. Nina Isenhart Treimer of Des Moines, died in Moberly, Missouri on February 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Verle Tsenhart
Washington
Nina Isenhart Treimer
Des Moines
Moberly
Missouri
RR. B. Arthur
Washington D. C
Judy Arthur
Arthur
Roberta
O'Loughn
Riverside
Deaths of Local Residents Mentioned in Crawfordville Area
HG Metpreedy well known Ainsworth man aged 54 died Thursday after a two year illness with tuberculosis. Miss White lived all her life on the farm four miles northeast of Crawfordville and was ill for three weeks and died Friday. Mrs. Dora E Goodwin aged nearly 75 died at her son Lloyd Goodwin’s home at 603 South Ninth Ave Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ss. W. Livingston
Livingston Law Offices
Livingston
Schuyler
HG. Metpreedy
Ainsworth
Miss White
Crawfordaville
Dora Bb. Goodwin
Dora E. Goodwin
Lloyd Goodwin
South Ninth Ave
Local residents make plans and moves this week
William J. Cox visits his parents before heading to California to join Walt Disney studio. Lewis Jeter travels to Floydada Florida due to his mother's illness. Tom Stewart, Ames graduate, visits his father Will G. Stewart on the street. Ed Grayson visits the Charles Grayson home in Lavernport. Maud Grayson Temple goes to Davenport and then Anaheim California. Richard B D Chelan Washington joins the navy for aviation mechanics training beginning in Seattle and ending in Norfolk. Bert Reinhardt family moves into Lemmon apartments. Myr Reichardt works at Peters hardware, daughter to attend St James school. Stamps are on sale at the post office for stamp collectors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Grayson
Charles Grayson
Lavernport
Maud Grayson Temple
Davenport
Anaheim
Calif
Bert Reinhardt
Lemmon
Myr Reichardt
Peters Hardware Store
St James School
Washington Co area notes half a dozen events
Washington county items record Legion activities scheduling an industrial show at the Armory in March and a day of prayer for missions. Local moves include Gilchrist family relocating and others changing homes. Fire chief Reister resigns, two divorces granted, and Lincoln birthday events noted. Multiple engagements, donations, club meetings, and a spelling contest also listed with several births, marriages, and community notices.
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Trik
Iowa Avenue
H. J. Williams
Elder
Shannon
Abu
Nick
Brigade
M. J. Orr
Katie
Anne Babcock
Teddy Roosevelt
England
John Squire
Myrta Jeffrey
Althea Montgomery
Y. W
Co SS
Wign
Stan Kelsey
Ethel McCreedy
The
V. W
Florence
IL. A.) Jones
Betty
Nate Black
Jesse
Nate
Alex Miller
Heights
Charley Olds
Anna le Gill
Anina
Presbyterian Church
Helen Wilson
Mame Livingston
Mable Grays
East Jefferson Street
Uncle Frank Frazier
Mrs. Gray
Graham
Blair
Billy Cox
Mr. Elder
WSU
Iowa City
Billy
Jack Warren
Ed Warren
Joan
Jack Fields
J. W. Fields
South Second Avenue
South Ave
Harrison St
Jeffrey
Wallace
Lollok Wallace
Y's Mens Club
Wintfread Palmer
Maron
Claude Tucker
Helen Jones
Barbers Union
Ao Ehartes
H. F Darbyshire
Iowa Gas and Electric Company
Quartetty
Henry Steck
Kuene Parks
Carolyn Hamilton
HH. H. McCleery
United Presbyterian Church
Pr EO
Pr. E. QO
Sam Donahey
Jack
Lincoln
Ada Wilson
Kryl
Prot
Wilcox
Bushnell
Walter Chandler
Adam Bede
John Temple Graves
Pamabhasaka
Elias Day
Lizzie Sutherland
Austin Sutherland
Sunset Park
Lizzie
Charley Keck
West Washington Street
George Peck
Pleasant View Hospital
Mr. Peck
Co. D
Pollok Wallace
Cant
Jobs Steck
Jesse T. Wallace
Lucy Wilson
University of Ilinois
Champaign
Oak Park
Nil
Mes Shearer
Margaret Black Smith Shearer
Jas. Shearer
Benjamin Smith
Cunningham Grocery
Second Avenue
D Wells
Hotchkiss
Colo
Dixon
P. KB. O
Commercial Club
Harvey and
Wartel
Mary Forman
Marie Chilcote
Rhea Ford
Lydia Richer
Lora Martin
Madeline
Esther Cook
Ruth Wilson
A. N. Alberson
Miso
Bonnie Harwood
Elwyn Booth
Lou
Havel
Dean Louis
Isaac Kleese
Kellis Watton
Terry
Anne Burrell
Newark
Pa Koupp
Nelle McClellan
Franklin Center
Jessie White
William J. Cox
Mrs. J. W. Cox
Walt Disney Studio
Lewis Jeter
Floydada
Florida
Tom Stewart
Ames
Will G. Stewart
Dick Fields
Richard BD
Chelan
Wash
Navy
Seattle
San Diego
Norfolk
Virginia
Leslie Gates
American Legion
New Armory
Missions Wasbuiday
Kalona News
Derwt
Evening Journal
Wellman Advance
J. C Gilchrist
East
Washington Street
Jefferson Street
Fred L. Moore
Cincinnati
Ohio
Will Chilcote
Frank Chilcotes
Horsey House
Melvin Gingertech
Lester Krabill
Mt. Pleasant
Benjamin Gerig
New York City
Virginia Messenger
Harold Messenger
Fred Steck
Golden State Limited
Los Angeles
Owosso
Mich
Tillie
Daughters of Union Veterans of
Lincoln School
Russell Bell
Jim Conners
Grand
Anderson
South Marion Ave
Mr. Anderson
Claude Reister
Congress Hotel
James P. Gaffney
Washington County District Court
Nancy Marie Lemkau
Kenneth Lemkau
Howard Zillmer
Mabel Birkholder
Kalona
H. E. Schneider
Spencer
East Fourth Street
Schneider
Lewis Warren
Madonna Finke
Silas Finke
Crawfordavilie
Vince
Chamber of Commerce
Brighton Bridge
A. B. Carr
Fred Hinkhouse
Fairfield
Gaffney
Ruth Reeves Mitchell
Arthur Mitchell
Beverly — Carris
Gerald Cars
Iawa
Elsie Bratten
Western Union
of & Work
Milwaukee Road
Gerald Duncan
Journal Carrier
James Bey
Paul Keister
Carrier
Oregon
Haskins School
W. J. Masson
Catherine
Frederic E. Smith
Rock Iseland
EB. L. Smith
John Timmerman
East Washington Street
Walter Smith
Austin
Texas
Ruth Smith
Marjorie
J. J. McConnell Hill
Presbyterian Ladies Aid
Howard McCleery
New Stewart School
Elsie Wallace
George F. Wallace
Blale
Orr
John de Freese
John N. Kurtz O Knighton
Mary Jane Brown
George D. MacChurch
Margaret Lintg
the American Legion
Patrick N. McDermott
George Brown
McCleery Sanitarium
Excelsior Springs
Anna Springer
Lloyd Robertson
Robert Reaney
Illinois
Luther Bowers
Mes Wo W. Bowers
Princeton
Bureau County Republican
Lee Sitwell
Edinburgh
Oscar Dawson
Mrs
Walter Corner