Miller Funeral Saturday at 2 30 P M
Funeral services for Abraham Campbell Miller aged 73 will be held Saturday afternoon at 2 30 at the South Fourth avenue home conducted by Rev Frederick W Eastwood of the Presbyterian church Burial will be in Bim Grove cemetery Flowers respectfully declined He died yesterday noon after a brief illness following a stroke of apoplexy He was born September 24 1853 on a farm southwest of Washington survived by his widow Hattie Miller and two children Hazel Belle of Des Moines and Clarence a Parsons College student A daughter Mildred Amanda died in childhood He leaves a sister Mrs Eliza Warfe and brothers Henry and Thomas Miller all of Washington He valued family and church service last attending regularly until health prevented two years ago
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Abraham Campbell Miller
South Fourth Avenue
Frederick W. Eastwood
The
Presbyterian Church
Bim Grove
Miller
Mr. Miller
Washington
Memorial Miler
Hattie Risk
Hattie Miller
Hazel Belle
Equitable Life Insurance
Des Moines
Clarence
Parsons College
Mildred Amanda
Eliza Warfe
Henry
Thomas Miller
West Chester Savines Bank Annual Meeting
West Chester Savines Bank held its annual meeting on January 14 in the bank office. The former board and officers were reelected: T. A. Boyer president, L. P. Jackson cashier, W. J. Mayer, Walter Boyer, and 1 E. Coffey. The board declared its annual dividend to stockholders. D. A. Boyer has led the bank since 1900. the institution has long enjoyed excellent business.
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West Chester Savines Bank
T. A. Boyer
L. PP. Jackson
W. J. Mayer Walter Boyer
E. Coffey
D. A. Boyer
Duke sale attracts buyers with high value stock
The Geo L Duke sale Tuesday drew strong attendance with top prices for hay at 17 90 a ton, and livestock selling exceptionally well. White Wyandotte chickens bought by Tom Carris at 21 and 22 per dozen. roosters at 2 60. Parish debt relief follows Rev W G Glispie gift lifting debts on church school sister's home and priest house.
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Geo. L. Duke
Tom Carris
Tom
Keokuk, Ja
St. Peter's Catholic Church
W. G. Glispie
J W Gray Funeral Sunday Afternoon
Funeral services will be held Sunday at 2 30 PM at Jones and McElhinney parlors for J W Gray of Jackson township Dr W W Bowers of the Methodist church will conduct the services Burial will follow at Elm Grove cemetery Gray died yesterday morning at Mt Pleasant
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Jones and McElhinney
J. W. Gray
Jackson Township
W. W. Bowers
The
Methodist Church
Elm Grove Cemetery
Mr. Gray
Mt. Pleasant
Labor Probe Ordered Over Keokuk Dry Dock Layoff
The Trades and Labor Assembly ordered an investigation into layoffs at the Keokuk government dry dock citing lack of funds. They will ask concrete men to assess reinstatement and report back.
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Keokuk
Trades and Labor Assembly
Des Moines University Seeks 700000 Endowment
A luncheon at the YMCA raised pledges for a $700,000 endowment fund drive for Des Moines University. Board member Frank R. Sage presided while President John W. Million A M Piper and Paul J. Garber spoke on the campaign aims and progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friends of Des Moines University
Frank R. Sage
John W. Million
A. M. Piper
Des Moines
Paul J. Garber
Funeral services for John W. Baker at Baptist church
Funeral services for John W. Baker were held at the Baptist church yesterday afternoon at 2 30 conducted by his pastor Rev. John D Kern. The pall bearers were George L Duke George Gilbert J P Wood Fred Bartholomew C W Long and Clyde Brown. Music was by a quartet from the Dapuet choir. Burial was in Elm Grove.
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J. W. Baker
John W. Baker
the Baptist Church
John D. Kern
George L. Duke
George Gilbert
J. P. Wood
Fred Bartholomew
C. W. Long
Clyde Brown
Dapuet Choir
Elm Grove Cemetery
Fortnightly Club to Meet with Mrs Anderson Monday Afternoon
Notices list multiple meetings and events including the Fortnightly Club gathering at 2 PM with Mrs A Anderson on Monday. Also announces annual task of quilt basket dinner congregational meeting on Saturday January 16 and other organizational meetings.
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A. Anderson
De Molay Regular Meeting Set for Monday Evening
Notice announces a regular De Molay meeting scheduled for Monday at 7 30 after a brief message noting both attendees or sides are present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de Molay
John Grush Dies at 66 in Muscatine Hospital
John Grush aged 66 died about 7 30 last evening at Bellevue hospital in Muscatine after heart attacks. Body brought to Washington this morning. Funeral services scheduled for Saturday at 2 30 in Goodin funeral parlors. Burial in Elm Grove cemetery. Widow and three daughters Mrs Wyatt Helwick Mrs Hazel Wilri and Mrs Lena Thomas survive. Family expected from Muscatine this evening. He was long a resident and known in the meet business locally.
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John Grush
Bellevue Hospital
Muscatine
Bronght
Washington
Goodin
Elm Crove
Grueh
Wyatt Helwick
Hazel Wilri
Lena Thomas
Probe Aviation Question Again By House Military Panel
Washington January 15. The house military committee will begin another investigation of the aviation question next Tuesday. Secretary Davis of the War Department is expected to be the first witness.
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Washington, D. C
House Military Committee
Davis
War Department
Davenport Woman Dies After Drag From Burning Building
Miss Ida Ward aged 45 an invalid for four years died from a stroke of apoplexy super-induced by shock after being dragged from a burning building in Davenport a few days earlier.
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Davenport
Ida Ward
Harold Johnson to Speak at Graduation Ceremony
Maxee M C Harold Johnson acts as scribe for a school graduation where degrees will be given. attendees and staff prepare for the formal event.
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Maxee M. C. Harold Johnson
Scribe
Lexington Ladies Aid Society Meeting Notice
The Lexington Ladies Aid Society will meet at the church Thursday afternoon January 21. Serving committee includes Mrs Bert Dill Mrs Everett Smith Mrs Jake Sig ger. Entertainment committee includes Mrs Wade Gardner Mrs Morte Embree Mrs Cecil Ambor. Members invited to bring a favorite recipe for the exchange.
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Lexington Ladies Aid Society
Bert Dill
Everett Smith
Jake Sigger
Wade Gardner
Morte Embree
Cecil Ambor
Evening Art Section Meeting Notice
The Fort nightly club will meet with Carol Forgey on Tuesday January 19 at 7 30 PM at 8513.
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Fort Nightly Club
Carol Forgey
Horning Reports Clothes Theft From Room
Chris Horning notified City Marshal Harry Edwards that a suit of clothes worth over forty dollars was stolen from his room above Crail's store. The missing garments were last seen around eight o'clock that evening, with the theft believed to have occurred earlier in the day.
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Chris Horning
Harry Edwards
Crail
Mr. Hortiing
Long Distance Phone Service Improves In Washington Area
A rapid long distance calling method is now in effect from Washington to twenty surrounding towns including Iowa City Davenport Muscatine Sigourney Wellman Kalona and Oskaloosa. Callers specify the desired number or person and the operator keeps the line open while the call is completed. If the rapid method cannot be used due to conditions the operator will inform the caller they will be called back.
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Washington
Washington Telephone Company
Ainsworth
Brighton
Cedar Rapids
Crawfordsville
Columbus Junction
Davenport
Fairfield
Haskins
Kalona
Iowa City
Keota
Muscatine
Oskaloosa
Riverede
Sigourne
Des Red
Onc
Washington described as profane and pleasure loving sparks debate
Rupert, the writer, labeled George Washington as profane and pleasure loving, calling him a great card player and whiskey distiller. In Washington District patriotic groups plan a library-file reply, while Sons of the Revolution in the District of Columbia offered no rebuke.
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Washington, Pf
Rupert
George Washington
Congressional Library
District of Columia
The
Sons of the Revoluution
Hughes
Washington
Jeannette Karel Wins Declamation at Washington High
Jeannette Karel took first place in the humorous declamation contest at Washington High School with "Jane." Annabelle Campbell placed second with "A Case of Fits" and Marie Jackson third with "A Chapter in Revelations." Eleven contestants performed before a near full auditorium.
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Annabelle Campbell
Jeannette Karel
Washington High School
Jane
Marie Jackson
K B. Wallin
Fairfield
R. K. Ellis
Kalona
E.evelyn Caldwell
Catharine Hull
Lawrence McKune
Washington
First seed potato special train leaves Alliance for Louisiana
The Burlington Railroad runs a fast through train from Alliance Nebraska to Louisiana with over thirty thousand bushels of Triumph seed potatoes. One carload of table stock will be given to Omaha’s poor by the Omaha Elks Club. The remainder, fifty refrigerator cars, goes to Louisiana growers for early spring planting. The shipment, grown in northwest Nebraska, is valued near one hundred thousand dollars and represents about one tenth of 1925 seed sales to southern growers.
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United States
Alliance
Nebraska
Louisiana
Burlington Railroad
Omaha
Omaha Elks Club
Triumph
Lousiana Growers
Southern
Dunlevy Sentenced for Offense Against Niece Taken to Fort Madison
John Dunlevy, sentenced to 25 years for a statutory offense against his 17 year old niece Elsie Dunlevy, was moved to Fort Madison prison. No other charges filed locally, but talk of federal Mann Act action. Dramatic scene in county attorney’s office as brother T J Dunlevy denounced him. Elsie attended briefly.
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Dunlevy
Pen Manchester
John Dunlevy
Elsie Dunlevy
Fort Madison
T. J. Dunlev
County Hospital Adds Two New Diagnostic and Operating Tables
The county hospital board bought two new pieces of equipment, an updated operating table replacing the old model at a cost of $525, and a urological table with electrical gear for X ray diagnosis costing $700. They are also upgrading the heating system from a single pipe to a vacuum network to improve economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the County Hospital Board
N-rayo
Girl Returned to State Girls' School at Mitchellville
Marie Burrell of Fort Dodge was returned to the state school for girls at Mitchellville after being found working in a Fort Madison restaurant. She had run away from her mother while on parole and sought to visit her father, Lester Burrell, who is serving two years in the state prison for carrying concealed weapons.
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Fort Madison
Marie Burrell
Fort Dodge
Mitchellville
Lester Burrell
33rd Degree Masons Installed In Elaborate Ceremony
Des Moines group announces that F D Scribner Davenport F B B Whiteaker Hillsboro and Frank V Dole Des Moines were initiated as 33rd degree Masons amid elaborate ceremonies of the order in Des Moines.
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Des Moines
F. Scribner
Davenport
F. BB. Whiteaker
Hillsboro
Frank V. Dole
Promoter of April Farm Gives Away Two Fortunes
Cha Garland promoter of the April Farm al leged free love colony inherits and donates a second fortune within a year He previously refused a $1 000 000 legacy from his father then gave it to the American fund for public service The second $500 000 legacy was left by his grandfather and placed in trusteeship with the same fund Garlands on the fund board The organization aids artists sculptors and authors including a young necro poet studying in Europe
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Associated Press
Allentown
Cha Garland
Garland
American Fund For Public Service
Oll Farm
American Fund For Personal Service
Garrard
A. J. Musty
New York
April Farm
How
Europe
Discontinuance of Publicity Approved in Tax Bill
The senate finance committee approved the discontinuance of publicity for income tax returns as part of the house tax bill. The provision clarifies that tax data will no longer be publicly released, aligning with privacy considerations.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Senate Finance Committee
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