Beards Through Time in Washington Forty Years Apart
Rambler recalls the 1939 Washington centennial beard craze and compares it to modern facial hair, noting nearly 300 bearded men in the centennial edition and naming notable figures. He muses on women's fashion, societal reactions, and the enduring charm and humor of beards as the town marks another anniversary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Journal
Dick McCleery
Dave Elder
Bob McFarlane
Ray Minick
John Winga
Cloid Willitts
Merritt McDaniel
Clarence Logan
E. E. Stutsman
Peiffer Home Visitors Highlight Keota Community Round
In Keota on January 20, Cedar Rapids residents Mr. and Mrs. Omer Peiffer spent Sunday with Ed Peiffer. Other visitors include Redlinger, Tinnes, Gent, Robertson, Miller, Heisdorffer and family, Dunbar and Dill, and Stoutner families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha Dunbar
Boyd Dunbar
Evelyne Wade
Cloyce Dill
Boyd Dunbar and Sons
Washington
Allan
Don Davis
Terry Dill
Patricia Flynn
Janet Adam
Wilbert Adams
Susie Pearson
Barbara Stoutner
Burl Stoutner
Linda Pearson
Patricia Kerker
Thomas B. Marr
Arlowyn Loghry
Burlington
Mae Marr
Charles Mae Campbell
John Detweiler
Cedar Rapids
Elsie Greiner
Keota Social Notes Highlight Rural Visits
Mrs Glen Bakehouse of Hedrick dined with Mrs Mary Sorden in Keota. Various local guests visited over the weekend including Mr and Mrs Walter Fagen in Sigourney and trips to Frytown. Mary Francis Byrne returned from St Josephs sanitarium and resumed training in Ottumwa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boyd Sanders Keota
Glen Bakehouse
Hedrick
Mary Sorden
Walter Fagen
Walt Fagens
Sigourney
Mary Francis Byrne
B.J. Byrne
B. J. Byrne
Mary Francis
St. Josephs Sanitarium
Dubuque
St. Josephs Hospital
Ottumwa
Walter McArtor
Iowa
Swisher resigns from Iowa legislature in tax case
State Rep. Scott Swisher of Iowa City resigned from the Iowa legislature to guarantee Johnson County representation in the upcoming special session. He is serving a six month federal sentence in Springfield Missouri for failing to file federal income tax returns. Gov. Hughes accepted the resignation and set February 18 for a special election to fill the vacancy, same date as two other vacancies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
UPI
Scott Swisher
Oiowa City
Johnson County
Swisher
Federal Medical Center
Springfield
Harold E. Hughes
Chicago
Hughes
Ruby back in Dallas jail as trial moves eyed
Jack Ruby returns to Dallas jail after bailbond hearing ends with mental examinations ordered. Judge Brown sets Feb. 10 for motions to move the trial from Dallas and Feb. 17 to decide. Defense cites pendency of Oswald killing case and local bias as reasons to relocate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
UPI
Jack Ruby
Joe B. Brown
Ruby
Brown
Lee Harvey Oswald
Kennedy
Oswald
Ler
Galveston
John Holbrook
Robert Stubblefield
University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
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Peiffer Nome
Keota
Oren Jones
Josie Yoder
Wellman
Bob Yoder
Gene Hammen
Kim
Ronnie Tallman
Olin
Glen Stoutner
Masher
George Brew
Grand Rapids, Mich
Great Lakes
Tion
Grand Rapids
Time Loan, Inc
Washington St
Dial
Evening Journal
Washington, Iowa
Mrs. Bakehouse
J. D. Tonanill
Jasper
Tex
Melvin Belli
Texas
Martin L. Tow
North Side
National Bank OF Washington
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Brent
Airline
Riverside
ASBC
Blitz Brothers
BY Sarren
Emily
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