Local Family Updates and Obituary Note in Washington Community
Christmas visits mark the holiday season with the Gleede Dolds in Washington and Merricks at Mt. Pleasant. The death of Eli Hesser prompts condolences from Hattie Roth Fort Madison and Zilpha Hesser Fort Madison. Thomas Bales shows slight improvement. Ada Zilhman assists care. Grace McKenzie visits family. A Turner purchases Merrick property Cecile Riley buys Turner farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coppock
Gleede Dold
McCarty
Washington
James Merrick
Maude Newman
Mt. Pleasant
Iowa
Merrick
Hattie Roth
Burlington
Zilpha Hesser
Fort Madison
Eli Hesser
Thomas Bales
Ada Zilhman
Grace McKenzie
Wash
Plan to Rebuild Odd Fellows Home in Wapello Iowa
Officials said a new Odd Fellows home may rise on the site of the fire ruined building in Wapello. The cause of the blaze and the clothing firm loss are still unknown, with the total estimated at about 35000 dollars. Hans Lange, a veteran pilot from Liepsig, has flown more than half a million kilometers along war and peace routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wapelila
Odd Fellows
Oregin
Wapello Clothing Company
Hans Lange
Liepsig
War and Peace Airways
World events of 1926 roll through year of upheaval
United Press summary lists major 1926 happenings from January to December, including political shifts in Greece and Romania, labor strikes in Britain, Mexico and the United States, and notable deaths and breakthroughs. Key figures: Trotzky, Mussolini, Pangalos, Nicara gua events, and World Court talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Jean Trotzky
Communist Party
Greece
Pangalos
Prince Carol
National Assembly
Mexico
State Department
Gerald P. Nye
Senate
North Dakota
Desnan- McConnell
Wilburton
Oklahoma
Jamison
Farmington
West Virginia
National Food Products Co
Countess Cathcart
Bondy
United States
England
BO KE. Hopkins
University of Ilinois
John Coolidge
Wismouth
Vermont
Admiral Coundouriotis
Charles RR. Forbes
Veterans’ Bureau
Leavenworth
Reichstag
Germany
League of Nations
Luther Burbank
Daniel F. Steck
Town
Smith W. Brookhart
General Pangalos
Christmas party delights Grace Hill children
Miriam hosted a luncheon for twenty three children from Grace Hill church. They played games led by Mrs Engel and others, then ate bird and animal shaped cookies and pink ice cream served with colored candles. Chas Scranton, John Luers, and Clarence Hotle were in Washington Friday with Mr. and Mrs. Walter Statler and son Ked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miriam
Clara Engel
Minnesota
Jack Griffith
Eleese
Harlow Engel
Grace Hill Church
Chas. Scranton
John Luers
Clarence Hotle
Washington
Walter Statler
Ked
Local Sales Listings and Dates for Washington Area
Jan 4 George Chalupa eight miles southwest of Washington. Jan 6 W D Martin five miles north. Public sale. January 10 G W Weigman three miles southeast. Jan 14 Geo Nelson closing out sale two miles northwest of Washington. Jan 17 Knotek Bros Duroe bred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Chalupa
Washington
W. D. Martin
G. W. Weigman
Mies
Geo. Nelson
Knotek
BOW Hae
Highland Dairy
Jay Brewer
G. M. Humble
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ington
Clayton McKenzie
A. Turner
Cecile Riley
Turner
ODD Fellows Home
Mder
Rutt
Betty Compton
New York
Iowa Livestock Commission Company
Union Stock Yards
Chicago
John A. Babcock
Frank Stewart
Bain Brothers Mud Cortolvier
George A. Chalupa
D. F. Macon
WM. Longer
Ladies’ Aid of
Eureka Church
Prince Antoine Bibescu
House
Thuse
Belgium
Roumania
Esthonia
Latvia
Czecho-Slovakia
Cardinal Mercier
Italy
Brition
Kato
World Court
Swanson
Col
William Mitchbell
Army
Mossboro
Helena
Alabama
Buenos Aires
Palos
Spain
Suzanne Lenglen
Helen Will
Cannes
France
Ellis Island
Department of Labor
Sap Gulch
Utah
Mexico City
French Chamber of Deputies
Delsian Senate
Locarno
George W. English
Ilinois
Philippine Islands
Carm A. Thomson
Ohio
President Coolidge
Gerald Chapman
Wethersfield State
Princ
Connecticut
Mussolino
Violet Albina Gibson
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Cairo
Mississippi
Joseph Pennel
Reza Kahn Pehlevi
Shah of
Persia
American Debt Commission
Ambassador Berencer
London
British Trade Ursion Congress
Oscar S. Straus
Cleveland
Bluefields
Niccaraguia
Harry M. Daugherty
Thomas W. Miller
John T. King
National
Richard BE. Byrd
North Pole
Kings Bay
Spitzbergen
British Rail
Doek
Mohammed VI
Turkey
Pennsylvania
William S. Ware
Morocco
Abd-el-Krim
Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden
Louise
Philadelphia
Marshall Pilsudski
Poland
Oolay
Scotland
Brazil
Chile
Hmucharistic Congress
Bobby Jones
Leon
Emile Cone
Lake Denmark
New Jersey
Gomez da Costa
Es Portugese
Azores
John W. Weeks
King Albert
Robert Todd Lincoln
Lincoln
Miriam A. Ferguson
Texas
Dan Moody
Bahamas
Tito Crespi
Albert R. Cummins
Israel Zangwitz
Calles
Ernest Vierkoetter
League of
George Michel
English Channel
Mussolini
Nicaragua
Coolidge
Florida
George van Elm
Rene Fonek
Roosevelt Field
Long Island
Gene Tunney
Jack Dempsey
Naval Oil Reserve
Wyoming
Mammoth Oil Co
Circuit Court of Appeals
Harry F. Sinclair
Secretary of
Interior
Albert B. Fall
Alan Cobham
Australia
Secretary of Interior
Edward L. Doheny
California
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
St. Louis Cardinals
New York Yankees
Dougherty
Miller
Queen Marie of
Eusene V. Debs
Leon Trotzky
Leon Kameney
Political Buureau
Harry Houdini
Alfred J. Smith
Uncle Joe" Cannon
Adolfo Diag
Henry Berenger
Paul Claudel
Hankow
Carl Ackley
Arthur St. Gould
Maine
Albert B. Pall
Ty Cobb
Tris Speaker
Wellston
Elmer Kolesick
Irene
Frances Harvey
J. E. Harvey
Luella Tinnes
LeRoy Tinnes
Luella
Lawrence
Liloyd Mikseh
Mrs. Miksch
Buelah
Evening Journal
Red
J. Ww
Shafer
Salmon
Willard Battery Station
Inquire Journal
Bubrkens
Frank H. Gray
E. 8Rd St
Clifford Snider
Severty
Livingston
Macaulay
Journal Office
China
H. W. Jones
Hf. Thompson
Iowa Avenue
Bert White
Mae van Zandt
Nichols
W. E. Augustine
Ostia
Rome
W.s.reister & Sons
Eggs & Poultry
Mutual
Reisters Creamery
Mfgrs. of
Washington Produce Markets
Doan
Tmora Co
Mfg. Chem
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