Washington People and Visits Highlight Community News
Local residents share travel, hospital, and church event updates. Visitors include Vernon Richardson and Harry Miller in Des Moines, Della Patton heading to Covina, Calif, and Kehoe family welcoming a newborn son in Rock Island. Community members attend funerals, Gideon Society talks, and weddings while others tour, study, or gather with relatives in Kalona and Washington areas.
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Vernon Richardson
Harry Miller
Raymond Miller
Des Moines
Veteran's Hospital
Subscriptions Rates for Iowa and Nearby Regions
The notice lists payment terms for subscriptions: $12.5 by mail in Iowa for 3 months or 1 year, and outside Iowa periods of 2.5 months at 4.50, and 1 year at 8.00. All subscriptions payable in advance.
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Washington Evening Journal
Washington, Iowa
Shannon & Co
R. E. Shannon
Dave R Elder
Bruce C. Cowden
Charles Morris
W. J. Shannon
Max Marble
Washington
Iowa
United Press
Inland Daily Press
Iowa Daily Press
Iowaress
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Washington County Tuberculosis Association Reports 1939 Seal Sales
At the North Side cafe the Washington County Tuberculosis Association held a meeting to finalize reports on the 1939 Christmas seals sale. Secretary-Treasurer Mrs. Leslie Gates reported higher sales than in the prior year.
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Washington County Tuberculosis Association
North Side
Leslie Gates
South Side Club Meets In Victor Murich Home
Riverside February 17 Mrs Victor Burich entertained the South Side club at her rural home on Valentines Day. The afternoon featured needlework visiting and flash pictures. A birthday party for Barbara Ann Burich highlighted the event with a heart shaped cake and gifts. Guests included Jerry Fox Connie Rae Bonnie Rae Kathie Malichky and Mike Snyder. Hostess helpers were Cleo and Dale Burich and Wes Sojka.
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Marge Luckey
Riverside
Victor Burich
South Side Club
Barbara Ann Burich
Jerry Fox
Connie Rae
Bonnie Rae
Kathie Malichky
Mike Snyder
George Prehoda
Melvin Havel
Cleo Burich
Bessie Heck
Cleo
Dale Burich
Wes Sojka
Sea horse noted for grasping tail and tiny head chess piece
The sea horse is a small fish with a unique grasping tail. Its tiny head is sometimes preserved and mounted on a wooden base to serve as a chess piece.
Brannan and Kline Set Farm Forum Appearance
Brannan accused of aiming to lure farmers into a new despotism as his plan dominates farm state issues. He and Kline will meet again March 2 at the Minneapolis farm forum following Brannan’s recent controversial farm plan announcement.
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Brannan
Kline
Farm Forum
Minneapolis
Minn
Man slips into lake after reverse gear mishap
Chicago police officer James C. Ramey, 41, started his squad car by Navy Pier and accidentally rolled it backward into Lake Michigan. A passing taxi driver rescued him as he clung to the icy water. Ramey later quipped, It must have been in reverse.
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Chicago
James C. Ramey
Navy Pier
Lake Michigan
Ramey
Set Dates for Annual Louisa County Fair
Louisa county fair at Columbus Junction will run August 14 through 17. The event opens Monday with a big program, harness racing Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons, and a revue each evening. A rodeo may be held Thursday. Barnes and Caruthers booking company is involved.
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Martha Butler
Columbus Junction
Barnes and Caruthers Booking Company
Prospects Dim For Settlement Of Telephone Strike
Washington officials said prospects for averting a national telephone strike Friday are not good. About 100,000 CIO Communications Workers members have voted to walk out, while 150,000 more with expiring contracts are expected to honor picket lines. Mediation talks may resume as federal mediator Cyrus S. Ching considers next moves, focusing on western electric company disputes with installation and sales personnel.
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Washington
CIO Communications
Cyrus S. Ching
Bel
Dustry
Ching
Western Electric Company
Kalona Local Items Note Birth In Town City
Mr and Mrs Reese Trusler and Mr and Mrs Robert Swartzendruber vacation in Texas. Mr and Mrs Orva Bender of near Kalona are parents of a daughter born February 15 at Mercy Hospital in Town City. Mrs Wayne Wasson visited in the C B Moomey home. local notes.
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Eugene Way
Kalona
Reese Trusler
Robert Swartzendruber
Texas
Orva Bender
Near
Mercy Hospital
Town City
Wayne Wasson
of Wellman
C. B. Moomey
Chicago Leaders Outline Programs With Directors
City officials in Chicago met with directors to outline new programs and planned initiatives. The discussions focused on community services, education outreach, and potential funding strategies to support implementation.
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of Chicago
Funeral Rites Tuesday For Frank J. Barker
Frank J. Barker of Bloomington Illinois died early Sunday morning at his home. Funeral services are set for Tuesday morning at St Joseph Church in What Cheer with burial in the Catholic cemetery there. He was a brother of the late Harry L Barker of Washington. Survivors include his wife two children a brother Robert A Barker of Evanston Illinois and a sister Mrs Gene O Connor of Chicago. Services scheduled for 9 30 oclock Tuesday morning.
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Frank J. Barker
Bloomington
Ill
St. Joseph's Church
What Cheer
Barker
Harry L. Barker
Washington
Robert A. Barker
Evanston
Gene O'Connor
Chicago
Junction VFW Plans Boxing Show Tuesday
The Veterans of Foreign Wars post will sponsor a boxing show at Columbus High School on Tuesday February 21 at 7 p m Local boxers are expected to enter in large numbers The Willing Workers of the Columbus City Methodist Church will serve a dinner in the church basement Tuesday evening February 21.
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Columbus Junction
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
Columbus High School
Columbus City
Methodist Ehurch
Edmondson Home Caucus Set for Feb 20 Meeting
A town caucus will be held at Fredonia Monday evening February 20 to nominate candidates for the town election on March 27.
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Edmondson
Fredonia
New Land for Old Surface Mining Impacts Local Area
A short surface mining project alters a small tract of land, with effects modest compared to broader soil erosion and fertility loss concerns. The text notes landscape changes and the broader agricultural impact.
Harmony Club Meeting at Mrs Wanerus Brighton
The Harmony club met on Monday evening at the home of Mrs. Fred Wanerus in Brighton. Roll call featured Original Valentine Verses. Guests included Mrs. Tony Meath Mrs. Otto Lamansky and Lucy Fleak. Refreshments were served.
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Brighton
Harmony Club
Fred Wanerus
Valentine
Tony Meath
Otto Lamansky
Lucy Fleak
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Thia Patton
Covina
Calif
Grinnell
California
Richard Worster
Great Falls
Montana
Ervin Coffey
West Chester
J. K. Latta
H. C. Smith
Morning Sun
H. C. Finney
Lloyd Bauer
Gideon Work
Delta
J. C. Finney
Liberty Mennonite
Harper
Gideon
The
Gideon Society
Paul Long
R. W. Taylor
Merle Blieu
Marelle Luckey
Clarence Aller
Merlin
H. A. Long
Lee Jenkins
Keota
Longs
Jenkins
Paul Harvey
McCleery Clinic
Excelsior Springs
Vera Deimerly
Harveys
Lawrence Kehoe
Rock Island
Kehoe
Catherine Loberger
Ira Morrison
Morrison
F. C. Surface
Robert
Cedar Rapids
Mr. Surface
E. D. Surface
Keith Hazen
W. B
Moline
Robinson Home
Dale Norton
Bill Kyle
W. S. Kyle
Iowa City
Joe Schadt
Mt. Pleasant
Elmer Sammons
Claude Holmes
Elmer Schrock
Velma Yoder
Ruth Decker
Howard Anderson
Crawfordsville
Robert L. Gates
Kimbal A. Gates
Lynn Marie
Rodney Davis
W. L. Gates
Joe Podaris
Ainsworth
City
R. C. Keagy
Wapello
Glen Barclay Ssunda
W. J. Eicher
Wayland
B. E Richer
Julius Kunik
Joe Johnson
Ss. McDowell
Ella Link
Joe Link
Mr. Link
Mrs
Lloyd Lewman
Eli Knepp
Milo Sorden
Mrs. C. C. Rice
Muscatine
Rice
Sorden
Leroy Conrad
Keith Daering
William van Sickle
Robert Corey
Greenfield
W. E. Luithly
Lysle
Richland
Emma and
Enola
Rubey
Fairfield
Charles Rubey
Donald Tucker
Herbert Everett
Kathy
Albert Lay
Rock Island, Ill
Charlotte Earls
Marie Lee
Mary Jane Brooks
Alyne Freel
Joy Davis
FOX
Luni
Penny Singleton
Arthur Larry Lake - Simms
Charles An Ye Es
South Side
Victor Murich
Sea
Rockville Centre
N. Y
Louisa County
All In
New York
Junction Vfw
W. F. Edmondson
Mr. Edmondson
Lynne Robertson
Branley G. Newton
Ledgers
S. N. Sorrell
Ford
Buick
Chevrolet
Mace Motor
Ford Sale A & Service
Swift
Speedway Market
East Side Square
Wanerus
Blondie
Sia Glaaeh Raed
Coca-Cola Company
Deningron
Cocacola
Elmer
Man OF
Letters
Chic Young
Sars
Harry Wan
the Journal
Olumbia
Larry Parks
Arbara Hale
William Demarest
Tula
Cy Aati
Washington State Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Bank Credit
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