Moline Bullets Postpone Washington Trip Due to Icy Roads
Washington basketball fans were disappointed as the Moline Bullets canceled their trip to Washington because of dangerous icy roads. The Keokuk high school game was rescheduled for next Monday, and the Moline game will be played here soon to benefit the public school milk fund.
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Washington
Moline Bullets
Washington Junior College Cardinals
Moline
Kew
Keokuk
Keokuk High Schol
U's Men's Club
Cardinals
Albia
Fairfield Defeats Burlington in Little Six clash 33 to 27
Fairfield High toppled Burlington High 33 to 27 in a Little Six battle. Fairfield led 17 to 12 at halftime as Lamm topped scorers with 10 points. Suesens added nine for Burlington, while White, Esau and Miller supported Fairfield in the final period surge.
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Burlington
Fairfield High School
Burlington High School Greyhounds
Trojans
White
Esau
Suesens
Lamm
Smith
Miller
Greyhounds
Fairfield
Mount Pleasant Falls to Ottumwa 30 19 in Little Six clash
Ottumwa defeated Mount Pleasant 30 to 19 in a Little Six conference game on Friday night. Williams led Ottumwa with 12 points as the Bulldogs built an early lead and held an 18-8 halftime advantage. Hanbaker led Mount Pleasant with 10 points.
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Ottumwa
Mount Pleasant
Bulldogs
Williams
Hanbaker
Albia Juniors rout Centerville 72 to 30 in league win
Albia Junior College claimed its third straight Southern Iowa Conference victory by routing Centerville 72 to 30. Albia led 31 to 14 at halftime with Wayne Reeves scoring nine field goals and eight free throws in just three quarters.
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Albia
Albia Junior College
Southern Iowa
Centerville
Wayne Reeves
Local Gas and Electric Discount Ends January 11
Iowa Southern Utilities Co announces last chance to save on gas and electric bills with a January 11 cutoff. Auctioneer listing 28012 Auctioneer-1D notes contact options. Mrs Robert Reaney of Ainsworth was seen in town shopping this morning in Macon Washington Iowa.
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Iowa Southern Utilities Co
Macon
Washington
Iowa
Robert Reaney
Ainsworth
Hospital Admissions and Births Reported
At the hospital Mrs. Lewis Wiley was admitted yesterday for medical care. Mrs. Leonard Strohm and baby daughter were dismissed yesterday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Sylvester Velinski of Ainsworth are parents of a daughter born at 9 30 this morning. Ray Hutt was dismissed last evening.
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Lewis Wiley
Leonard Strohm
Sylvester Velinski
Ainsworth
Ray Hutt
Iowa Hawkeyes Begin Seventeenth Track Team under Bresnahan
Iowa City opens the seventeenth University of Iowa track era led by coach George T. Bresnahan with fourteen major lettermen as base. Competition looms from Captain Dooley James Lyle Homer Harris Eugene Skinner Bush Lamb Paul Nelson Robert Nelson Eliot Waples Orval Matteson Van Phillips Ray Pratt Richard Beebe William McElhinney Floyd De Heer. sophomores include John Graves Carl Teufel Fred Teufel Milton Billig Donald Purvis Edward Wiggins Robert Waples Ernest Grosser Vincent Finazzo.
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Captain Dooley
Centerville
James Lyle
Des Moines
Homer Harris
Seattle
Wash
Eugene Skinner
Omaha
Neb
Bush Lamb
Newton
Paul Nelson
Keosauqua
Robert Nelson
Oskaloosa
Eliot Waples
Cedar Rapids
Orval Matteson
Elgin
van Phillips
Iowa City
Ray Pratt
Correctionville
Richard Beebe
Ottumwa
William McElhinney
Washington
Floyd de Heer
Okkaloosa
John Graves
Cherokee
Carl
Fred Teufel
Davenport
Milton Billig
Brooklyn
N. Y
Donald Purvis
Grundy Center
Edward Wiggins
Robert Waples
Ernest Grosser
South Euclid
Vincent Finazzo
St. Louis
Local shoppers report in from Keota and Wellman
Bruce Stoutner of Keota and Carol Sechasher of Wellman were in Washington today for shopping. Fresh eggs advertised at 20 cents per dozen by W. S. Reister & Son at 278tf.
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Bruce Stoutner
Keota
Carol Sechasher
Wellman
Washington
W. S. Reister & Son
He Slips a Cog Says Uncle Eben on Confidence
Uncle Eben laments that a person who thinks they know it all often becomes a victim of misplaced confidence in this quip about pride and prudence.
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Uncle Eben
Farmers Mutual Insurance Board Names Officers and Reports Growth
The Washington County Farmers Mutual Insurance Association re-elected officers for long terms including president C. C. Patterson and vice presidents W. C. Morgan and Charles Kennedy. The group plans inspections of insured properties with the Re-Insurance Association to cut costs. The association serves over 3,400 policyholders and 8,700+ policies in a 64 year history, the largest of its kind in Iowa.
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English River
William Te Rockhurst
Jackson
Edwin Kos
Crawford
G. Huston
Oregon
George Lord
Franklin
George F. Wright
Dutch Creek
G. H. Mayer
Highland
Ira A. Coon
Marion
James J. Benda
Clay
W. O. Morgan
Lime Creek
A. C. Penningroth
Cedar
C. C. Patterson
Oo. G. Patterson
Cedar Township
W. C. Morgan
Charles Kennedy
Washington Township
W. G. Huston
Tra A. Coon
Re-Insurance Association of Town
Washington County Farmers’ Mutual Insurance Association
Washington County Association
Iowa
Pottawattamie County
Washington Fire Station
Washington City
Recall of Iowa Legislature Deadlocks in 1874
The 1874 Iowa speakership battle delayed Gov. Cyrus Carpenter’s inauguration until January 27 after 11 days and 140 ballots. Rival contenders were Gear and Dixon amid emergency relief needs for northwest homesteaders and grasshopper damage. The senate’s idle period led to visiting committees and peculiar pranks including the arrest of Sen. Campbell for deriding the delays.
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Johnen H. Gear
Des Moines
J. W. Dixon
Wapello
Gear
Cyrus Carpenter
Iowa
Senate
Congress
House
Frank T. Campbell
Newton
Campbell
Dr. Clow Relocates to Jeffrey Building Over Crone Market
Dr. A W Clow has moved his practice to the Jeffrey building above Crone Market. He has been operating from home since work on the new hotel began and was previously located in the Bailey building.
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A. W. Clow
Jeffrey Building
Crone Market
Clow
Bailey Building
Egyptian Headdress Described for Indoor Wear
A dated note explains Sphinx like Egyptian headdresses used to cover the head at Lan vin. indoors the headdress is slipped over the head like an cape.
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Lanvin
Union Label Made in L A A
The union label is described as a peculiarly Americas invention first used by the cigar Makers many years ago. No additional context or names are provided.
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Cretzmeyer
Francis Cretzmeyer
Iowa
Ray Latham
Union
Society Club Leaders Attend General Federation Meeting
Club leaders from every state travel to Washington for the General Federation of Women's Clubs mid winter board meeting January 18 to 16. Mrs Roberta Campbell Lawson presides with vice presidents Dunbar and Seymour. Notable speakers include Dr Thomas Parran and Captain Willis Bryant on public welfare and blindness. First Lady to host White House reception January 16. The session closes with Roosevelt inauguration events and a Mayflower hotel dinner.
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Washington, D. C
General Federation of Women's Clubs
Bt Hely
Roberta Campbell Lawson
Saidie On Dunbar
Walter W. Seymour
Thomas Parran
United States
Public Health Service
Division of Public Welfare
Willis S. Bryant
J. Albert McCartney
Church of the Covenant
Washington
Norman H. Hastings
American Home Department
The
General Federation
Florence Barnard
Boston
American Association For Eedomic Education
William Brown Meloney
Herald Tribune
New York City
Albert N Connett, Jr
American Woman's Club of Paris
Edward Hammett
Committee On Public Safety
Burton W. Marsh
American Automobile Association
Leonid J. Strakhovsky
Georgetown University
Marie C. Sullivan
Woman's Department
Eastern Air Lines
Phyllis Fergus Hoyt
National League of American Pen Women
Harriet Ware
Chaminade of America
Richmond Page
Puert Rico
Puerto Rico
Roosevelt
White House
Congress
GFWQ
Admit
Lawson
Harvey W Wiley
District of Columbia
Robert A. Hicks
Mayflower Hotel
Avey Long
International Peace Congress
Brussels
Grace Morrison Poole
Pleasant Hill Ladies Aid Meets at Caldwell Home
Pleasant Hill Ladies Aid society held a meeting at Mrs. Howard Caldwell's home in Caldwell with eleven members and three guests. New president Mrs. Caldwell opened the session, scripture was read by Mrs. Howard Benn, and the Lord's Prayer was recited. Refreshments were served by Mrs. Benn, Bertha and Velma Kephart, and Nellie Anderson. Next gathering planned for Wednesday February 3 with host Mrs. Will Miller.
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Pleasant Hill
Sigafoose Honored at Duck Dinner for Birthday
Mr and Mrs Sam Marsh hosted a duck dinner Thursday night honoring L F Sigafoose who celebrated his 98th birthday and Mrs Bert Donaldson who also has a birthday this month A large decorated birthday cake with Happy Birthday inscribed on it sat at the center Twelve guests attended to wish them many more happy birthdays
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Sam Marsh
L. F. Sigafoose
Bert Donaldson
Howard Sigafoose
Grandpa Sigafoose
Produce Business Will Open Monday
Roy Randall announces he has leased a building one door south of the State theater for his new produce firm Randall Produce. It will operate Monday with poultry and eggs for Schnoebelen Company and cream for Cudahy, plus poultry culling and country calls. Personnel details were not announced.
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Roy Randall
State Theater
Randall Produce
Roy
Wagebington
Gibson Produce
Washington Produce
Schnoebelen Company
Randall
Birthday Celebrants in Chicago and Nearby Families
Frank Bandy Jr of Chicago shares a birthday today along with Mrs Wilbur Chalupa Mrs Carl Nelson and Miss Alice Richardson Also Paul and Pauline Sheetz children of Mr and Mrs Andy Sheetz celebrate their sixth and fourth birthdays today not twins.
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Frank Bandy, Jr
Chicago
Wilbur Chalupa
Carl Nelson
Alice Richardson
Paul and
Pauline Sheetz
Andy Sheetz
Birthday Anniversaries Noted Across Families
Sunday marks Emma C Anderson turning eighty four with ties to the Three Quarter Century club and Methodist church. Others observing birthdays tomorrow include T R Benn J O Sexton Emma Hayes Pp F Whisler Winnie Chalupa Betty Stafford Eda Ada Baumgartner Betty Jean Snakenberg T O Nicholson and Fred T Havel.
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Emma C. Anderson
T. L. Brookhart
Three Quarter Century Club
The
Methodist Church
Pp. B. O
T. R. Benn
J. O. Sexton
John Godwin
Emma Hayes
Pp. F. Whisler
Winnie Chalupa
Llothure
Betty Stafford
Daugther
A. &. Stafford
Eda
Ada Baumegartner
Valley
John Baumgartner
Wedding anniversaries of Nicholson and Shaeffer families
The thirty eighth wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. T. O. Nicholson is celebrated today along with the fifteenth wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Mark Shaeffer of Wellman. Mrs. Shaeffer is the daughter of the Nicholsons.
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T. O. Nicholson
Mark Shaeffer
Wellman
Shaeffer
Nicholson
Play to Be Given for M. E. Ladies at West Chester
West Chester event. Methodist Ladies Aid to hold a meeting at the church at 2 o clock Wednesday afternoon. A play titled Ags Drives the Car will be presented by a group of local participants.
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M. E. Ladies
West Chester
Methodist Ladies Aid Society
Ags
Social Calendar Week of Community Groups and Meetings
Monday events at Mayo bakery and East Washington sites lead into Tuesday and midweek gatherings. Missionary societies, American Home groups, club luncheons, and church socials fill the week with potlucks and entertainment. reminders include brings and dishes and hostesses listed with addresses.
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Milan Thompson
Mayo’s
Edna Mercer
East Washington Street
Wesleyan Home Missionary Society
Young Women’s Missionary Society of the Baptist Churca
Lucie Forgey
East Madison Street
Mary Conger
Lucile Forgey
Mt. Anaes
Ode Ferguson
South
Iowa Avenue
American Homes Dept
Joe Wolfe
East
Washington Street
Pleasant Hill Church
Booster Club
Mae Smith
Alma Herne Hollana
Laura Graham
Harvey Waggoner
East Third Street
Sunshine Community Club
Dc. A. Ruebsam
Rosemary Club
John Cherry
West Chester
Harmony Club
Will McConnell
Trinity Lutheran Ladies Aid Society
Anderson
North Mastef Avenue
Louie Schroeder
O. E. S. in Brighton Installs Officers
Brighton Iowa January 9 The O E S in Brighton installed officers Friday evening at 7 p m The roster includes Conductress Mrs F W Johnston Associate Conductress Mrs I F Kraemer Secretary Miss Ethel Townsley Treasurer Miss Lucy Freuk Chaplain Mrs Cora Pringle Warder Mrs Eva Cook Pianist Mrs Beatrice Tracy Marshall Mrs Anna Karlen Star Points Adah Miss Gertrude Beatty Ruth Mrs Lilian Schafer Esther Mrs Olive Bomberger Martha Mrs Jeanette Horton Electa Mrs Marjorie Beauchamp Installing officer Mrs Lyda White.
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Brighton
F. W. Johnston
I. F. Kraemer
L. FE. McAfee Asso
Ethel Townsley
Lucy Freuk Treas
Elizabeth . Lamansky
Cora Pringle Warder
Eva Cook
Beatrice Tracy Marshall
Anna Karlen
Adah
Gertrude Beatty
Ruth
Lillian Schafer
Esther
Olive Bomberger
Martha
Jeanette Horton
Electa
Marjorie Beauchamp
Lyda White
West Chester Pythian Sisters to Install Officers
Regular meeting planned Tuesday evening January 12 with installation of officers and balloting. All members urged to attend. Knights of Pythias hold regular meeting Monday at 8 pm in lodge hall.
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West Chester Pythian Sisters
Knights of Pythias
Presbyterian Ladies Aid met at Mrs Will Matucha home
Mrs A B Schmoeller opened the Presbyterian Ladies Aid society meeting with the topic Under the Cross Ainsworth Elsie Bratten played two piano solos Dr F W Eastwood spoke about England Elaine Thomas Sands and Betty McKay performed a piano duet Betty played a solo Mrs W M Fitzwilliam led the program and a question box Refreshments were provided by Mrs Rennie Dawson Mrs J W Fields and Mrs John Hughes
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A. B. Schmoeller
Presbyterian Ladies Aid Society
Will Matucha
J. B. Randle
Corinthians
Elsie Bratten
F. W. Eastwood
England
Elaine Thomassen
Betty McKay
Betty
W. M. Fitzwilliam
Rennie Dawson
J. W. Fields
John Hughes
Washington Women Welcome All to Meeting
Mrs Roy Turnipseed chairs the serving committee as Washington women invite everyone to attend the upcoming meeting.
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Washington
Roy Turnipseed
Methodist Ladies Aid Units Meet in a Spreading Series of Meetings
Mrs. E K E Stutsman hosted Unit 1 with ten members and two guests including Mrs. Joe Shaver of Long Beach California. Unit 2 met at Mrs. T R Bene’s home with five members. Unit 3 gathered at Mrs. R P Dewey’s with eleven attendees. Unit 6 was hosted by Mrs. Cloid Willits. Unit 7 met at Mrs. Tra Rathmel’s with seventeen present. Unit 9 2 met at Mrs. Nelson Thompson’s with five members and one guest. Unit 4 planned a quilt and social time at Mrs P L Etter. Unity group discussed plans for the coming year at Mrs S S Knupp’s home.
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E. KE. Stutsman
Methodist Ladies Aid Society
Bennis
Jesse Busby
Unit 2
T. R. Bene
Unit 3
R. P. Dewey
L. R. Baker
Cloid Willits
Schulty
Leebs
R. E. Brown
Clarence Bishop
Phil Weldin
Lillian Wald
Unit 7
Tra Rathmel
Glen Hayes
St John
Lorence Hout
Tom Schilling
Jessie Klen
Mea
Henry Sizer
Laura Longwell
Ira Rathmel
Remps Hampsher
Rathmel
Hampsher
Unit
P. L. Etter
Deve Tong
Ralph Shannon
Etter
Fredenberg and Lintz Announce Davenport Nuptials
LeRoy Fredenberg and Mildred Lintz announce their marriage to be held in Riverside on Saturday December 26. The couple will reside in Davenport where he works at a cleaners establishment. The bride formerly lived in Washington and the groom’s former home was Riverside.
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Mildred Lintz
LeRoy Fredenberg
Davenport
Riverside
Washington
Mr. Fredenberg
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W.d.hanna and Company
Universal and Magic Chef
Mt. Pleasant
Albia Pirates
University of Iowa
George T. Bresnahan
Hawkeyes
Wisconsin-Northwestern-Iowa
Mrs. A
Mrs. B
Journal
Evening Journal
Farmers Mutual
Dr. Clow
G.F.W.C. Board
Pleasant Hill Aid
Caldwell
Betty Jean Snakenberg
East Pleasant Plain
Fred T. Havel
Presbyterian Aid
Methodist
Unit 9-2
Nelson Thompson
H. J. Brenneman
Manford Wilcox
McConnell
S&s. R. Knupp
Mary Yenkinger
T. F. Barker
Beauty Shops
Haldy’s
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