Local notes of visits sales and weather in Washington
Local items list visits to and from Washington residents, small sales at The Fair, and upcoming events. Names include Mrs Art Minick and family, Miss Edna Bridges, Mr and Mrs Ralph Junkin, Miss Rose Springman, Mrs John Kos, and others with mentions of The Fair sales, a Methodist church dinner, and a forecast of cold weather with a probable blizzard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison Allender
Keota
Ralph Junkin
Edna
Ruth Bridges
Grandview
Dan Bridges
Fred Brazel
City
South Dakota
Washington
Muscatine
Ralph Smith
Middletown
Cora Smylie
Winfield
J. B. Crail
Mrs
A. Bleasing
Sam Forman
Roy Raguet
el Paso
Texas
Raguet
Marguerite
Davenport
C. A. McWilliams
Eldon
McWilliams
Stewart Hardware
Sandhill
IL. B. Speer
Shepherd of the Hills play debuts at Graham theater
Harold Bell Wright and Elsberg Reynolds present a stage version of The Shepherd of the Hills. The production follows life in the Ozarks with Old Matt Young Matt and Pete among its central figures. Curtain at 8 15 nightly. ticket prices 25 50 75 and 100 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Bell Wright
Old Matt
Young Matt
Sammy Lane
Pete
Matt
Messrs. Gaskill and
MacVitty
Swiss Jails Overflow Forcing Cells In Town Halls
Swiss prisons are crowded with three cantons housing overflow convicts in the cellars of town halls as authorities struggle to manage rising inmate numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J
8. J. Kellogg
Geneva
Switzerland
German Device Lets Moving Trains Signal Rails Sink Slightly
A new German electrical device allows a moving train to set a signal by a subtle rail depression as the car passes over it. The mechanism uses a small sinking of the rail to trigger an electrical contact, enabling safer signaling on the line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island
Allerton
Iowa
Island Station
Burlington Baggage and Mail
Burlington
Also Mentioned on This Page
Art Minick
Mary Louise
Leona
Alma
Bert Tracy
Brighton
W. J. Dooley
Beatrice
Peter McColl
Dougherty Bros
Helen Berry
Stella Berry
Rose Springman
John Kos
Harper
the Fair
Fred Carpenter
West Chester
Accie Clapper
Crawfordaville
Harkaway
Carson Crawford
Ainsworth
Marion Crawford
E. S. Thomas
Fairfield
Don Geo. W. Stewart
John Thomas
Everette
Mediapolis
Co. L. Thomas
W. T. Thomas
George Foster
Lloyd
G. G. Sigler
Wellman
J. E. Turnipseed
Libertyville
Mabel Weidereicht
Wapello
Columbus City
Roy Schiebel
Mabel Marsh
Isabel Kilgore
Dan Rohrer
J. D. Martin
Wesley Owens
Luella Shaw
M. D
Sidney Coon
Washington County Farmers Mutual Insurance Association
G. G. Griffith
Eva Sterrett
8. A. Walker
Geo. W. Stewart
DOU Herty Bros
Wade Page
Franklin Stock Company
Graham
Mary FE. Biggs
Tiffin
W. H. Smith
C. A. Strohm
Duntley Combination Sweepers
George W. Reed
Peoria, IL
C. W. Dodder
Letts
Will Beard
Monmouth, Kl
Ralph Bunce
Monmouth
Cga
Dent
J. B. Fulton
Ft. Scott, Kan
R. H. Fulton
Ladies’ Aid Society
the Methodist Church
John R. Minton
James A. Guest Piano Company
John Swisher
Jay McNamara
Chicago
J. F. McNamara & Son
W.A. Harper
Crawfordsville
S. J. Cocklin
T. W. Rickey
Roy Stewart
G. W. Wallace
J. A. Porter
James Hawthorne
Ralph Borman
A. N. McElwain
D. I. Coon
Keokuk
The
Baptist Church
J. I. Iblings
Cedar Falls
J. M. Wideman
Wayland
Frank Edworthy
Nora Hise
West Liberty
J. G. Hise
Cloyce Dougherty
Vitagraph Company
M. E
Agnes Duke Moore
Joe Boyer
J. T. Walker
Bonnie
Kansas City
G. Wesley Gaumer
Arch W. McCulley
Frank Giesler
W. M. Keeley
R. M. Wilson
Loren McFarland
Pella
Charles Warner
W. H. Warner
Andrew Gardner
G. K. McFarland
John Sawtell
Oshkosh, Wis
Boice Wagner
D. D. Norton
County Board of Supervisors
V. A. Sigler
James Gardner
W. C. Carr
Washigton
T. J. Johnson
Shepherd OF the Hills
the Graham
J. A. Harwood & Son
Washington County
Miller & Hart
John S. Stewart
West Side Square
McElhinney’s
ITV
McElhinney Furniture Com’y
North Side
Washington, Iowa
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