Night Fire Ravages Ross and Montgomery Ward Stores
Rumors and recollections fill a community page after a large blaze blacks out the Ross store and Montgomery Ward buildings. Mrs Rothschild notes five prior fires in his south side block while residents like Mrs Dewey and Mrs Wilson face property worries. The piece also covers charity drives, marriages, veterans memories, and wreath-laying at a former Iowa secretary of state's grave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ross Store
Rothsschilds
Montgomery
I. Rothschild
Montomery Ward
D. J. Dewey
Ross
W. A. Wilson
Rothschild
California
Tribute to Mrs. Alex Miller at Elm Grove Cemetery
A 1941 tribute by Stt. C. B. Day at Elm Grove cemetery honors Mrs. Alex Miller founder of the Iowa Highway Safety Patrol. The speech lauds her lifelong service, leadership, and dedication to safe highways and American ideals, urging supporters to continue her work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs
Alex Miller
C. B. Day
Cedar. Rapids
Elm Grove Cemetery
The
Iowa Highway Safety Patrol
Iowa
Miller
Edith Miller
Mediapolis
Helen Fulton
Iowa Southern
Deaths of the Week: Evans Widmer Peters
Death notices report Jerry Evans Farmer died Monday four miles southwest of Columbus Junction. John W. Widmer died at his home near Noble on Tuesday. his widow was Anna Graber. Daniel Peters, 83, a retired farmer near Columbus Junction, died Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry Evans Farmer
Columbus Junction
John W. Widmer
Noble
Anna Graber
Peter
Wayland
Daniel Peters
Former resident Howard Stiles dies in San Francisco
Howard Stiles, a former resident, died in San Francisco California on December 29. He was interred on January 11 on the family lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard, Stiles
San Francisco
Calif
Mrs Samuel Munson Lura Obituary Notice
Lyle Munson, aged 46, died at her home three miles northeast of town on Thursday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Munson Lura
Lyle Munson
Walnut Community Notes and Social Visits
Walnut Iowa notes report sympathy for a home loss after a Friday fire. Local residents hosted guests for dinners, including Heoward Miller and others. School honors were earned by Mildred and Ruth Chorpening and Junior Dunbar in a spelling contest. George Hopping and Everette McKay visited Brighton with Mrs. Hopping. Mrs. Lewis and family were called to Ottawa by a stroke affecting grandmother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Nelson
Walnut
George Howard
Heoward Miller
Harvey Meek
Ed Kauffman
Ed Nelson
Charles McKay
Lloyd
Frank McKay
Will Longer
Sevilla Jean
Donna Mae
John Kurtz
Clyde Nicola
Washington County Hospital
Lloyd Nelson
Walnut School
Indian Creek
Mildred
Ruth Chorpening
Junior Dunbar
George Hopping
Brighton
Passing Years in Washington Reports School and Local News
The column notes Bible instruction starting in the second semester at the junior high with various ministers guiding. It mentions Charley Schmoeller’s milk bottles, visiting grandsons, illness among mail carriers, and Prof. Masson visiting from Harvard. Local events include a union prayer meeting, Cedar Falls snow, a gas pipeline contract award, high school toboggan accident injuries, flu illness, festival fund-raising, and tax changes.
Knights of Columbus Open New Meeting Room
The Knights of Columbus have a new meeting place in the room above the Orr Grocery on the south side of the square.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knights of Columbus
Orr Grocery
Dissolution of Canadian Land Company and Washington League Changes
The Canadian Land Company with George Griffith as president, David McLaughlin as vice president, and J. T. Matthews as secretary has been dissolved. Mrs. G W Hay is elected president of the Washington Improvement League, succeeding Mrs. Rose Reid who filed a detailed annual report noting the successful lecture course sponsored. Five hundred dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canadian Land Company
George Griffith
David McLaughlin
J. T. Matthews
G. W. Hay
Washington Improvement League
Rose Reid
Edna McDowell
M. H. McDowell
West Chester
Berea College
Kentucky
Dr Barretts Movie Meeting At Wellston School
A Wellston school gathering in Gracehill features Dr. Barrett showing moving pictures and Mrs Welson Wooldrord with Mrs. Arthur Mayer presenting songs readings and a play. Supt Kradul and Dr Barrett of Washington attend as guests. refreshments are served and attendees enjoy the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Boone
Kalonpa
Ben Suvue
Nelson Woodford
Ed Libe
A. EB. Strum
Schaefler
Deloras Ann
Allen Schaefter
Emma Wittman
Washington
C. C
Charley
Will Kendrick
Roy Bauer
Joan Hough
Frea Coakley
Parade of small town notes and life events in Washington
A collage of local happenings includes business updates at U S Express and a shoe store, a widow’s death after a fall, improvements to a building front, births, weddings, engagements, club activities, and public notices. Residents and firms named include H L Parrott, W D Shearer, Evaline Curran, J A Harwood, Walter Brown, Maude Chaffee, Doc Mac Gugin, and Troop D from Washington.
Fire destroys George Howard home on the Davis farm
A fire Friday night completely destroyed the George Howard home on the Davis farm southwest of town. The week’s roundup notes marriages, local travel plans, community events, health updates, and local purchases among Washington residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Howard
Davis
White Spots Mark Mars Poles Rotation Points
White spots mark the poles of rotation on Mars. The feature highlights how Mars spins on its axis and influences seasonal patterns and atmospheric dynamics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mars
Hospital Admissions and Birth Announcements Posted
At the hospital several new births are noted including a boy born to Mr and Mrs Willis Bell weighing eight pounds seven ounces. A list shows medical admissions and dismissals of multiple individuals such as Stanley Hubrey Janet Coon and Lorel Garrett with various addresses. Others report births, tonsillectomy, and major operation during the period with timing and locations given for community readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Surur Day
Willis Bell
Wellman
Stanley Hubrey
113Th Cavalry
Janet Coon
Raymond Coon
Columbus Junction
Robert Blair
South Marion Avenue
Lorel Garrett
South Ninth Avenue
Joe Soukup
Riverside
George Wolfe
Dublin
Frank Moore
Ainsworth
L. EK
Franke Keota
Bort
Karl Booth
Washington
Dale Peters
John
Loren Sutherland
North Avenue C
Dwight Loeffler
Brighton
Ralph Hoxworth
Kenneth Hollenbeck
Glenda Sue
Verne Moss
Betty Jean
Nancy Freshwater
Keota
James Chorpening
R. W. Fillmore
Emmett Frame
Almsworth
Donald Bowes
Crawfordsville
Local residents face dismissals and admissions at area hospitals
Wednesday and Thursday saw multiple local dismissals and hospital admissions. Names include Mrs. Dale Peters John Peters Mrs. I F Kraemer and Stanley Hubrey of the 113th Cavalry along with several treated for pneumonia hip fractures and major operations. A new baby boy born to Mr and Mrs A Drish in Brighton weighed six pounds seven ounces.
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Texas
Stanley Miller
Charley Dewey
Hugh MecCleery
Lisle Moreheus
Lisle
Morehous
Palm Springs
Josephine Morehous Spragwe
Ana
Billy
Dale Peters
John
Ainsworth
I. F. Kraemer
Brighton
Loren Sutherland
North Avenue C
Stanley Hubrey
113Th Cavalry
Emma Allen
Wellman
Jerry Ray Bean
Norman Bean
Dennis Boshart
Wayland
Ignatius Peiffer
Letitia Sue
Harper
Lindle Leon Wiley
Carl Wiley
Columbus Junction
Mary Scott
Riverside
Eugene Chalupa
Lena Owen
Winfield
John von Arb
Washington
Stanley Mouser
Lou Rhodebeck
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Mrs. Ross
Mr. Ross
Nels B. Westermark
A. W. Clow
Doris
Donna
Virginia Shannon
Virginia Breitenbach
Jean Moore
Doris Crow
Robert
A. B. Schmoelsler
Iowa Patrol
United States
Sergeant Day
George H. Gallup
Ed Benson
Princeton
N. J
Washington County
Holy Ground
Don Ross
Ralph Shannon
Audrey
Andrew Ellis
Springfield
Brigade
Charles Speer
St. Johns, Mich
St. Johns
Lois Nelson
Hal Kauffman
Howard Darnell
Howard Miller
Carl Vorhees
K IN
Charley Schmoeler
Tommy
Jack Tree
Schmoeller
Florida
Ernest Louck
George Masson
Byron Snyder
Boston
R. L. Masson
Harvard University
Barbara Cuddy
Cedar Falls
Knoxville
Mississippi River
Clara Witting
Betty Stephen
Glee Club
Tom Stewart
Virginia Lemley
Fred Reid
League
A. M. E. Church
Ross Coulter
J. C. Purvis
Brookhart
J. L. Brookhart
Anna Williams
Traveling Men's Ass'n
Congress
Wilson Dougherty
Ralph and
Joyce Dougherty
Will Harwood
Harwood
J. A
Wisie Long
Colenso
Leigh Wallace
Cuba
Judge Folger
Mother Earth
the Yellow Kid
Sisters of Charity
Walter Brown
Maude Chaffee
W. K. Brown
Jackson Township
Doc" MacGugin
Oskaloosa
J. A. Harwood
Mable Dewey
John Chaupenill Brooking
Denver, Colo
State Health Department
Harry Sizer
Washington State Bank
Lisbon
Melvin Gingerich
Washington Junior College
U's Men's Club
Wilson
Roy Brewer
South Ninta Ave
Des Moines
Fred Downing
Ray Patterson
South
Marion Ave
Woodrow Wade
Sandra Lee
Floyd Harvey
West Third Street
Dell Duncan
South Second Ave
Wades
Jed Bourgeois
Kalona
Wallace Nordyke
West Madison Street
County Auditors Office
B. and Po. W. Club
Y. ™. C. A. Community Room
Raymond Carter
Loretta Griggs
George Marek
George Shalla
Kathleen Dunbar
Glenn Dunbar
Catfora Wweidner
Edidie
Frank Weidner
Krignton
Kahoka
T. A. Michels Law Office
Brownwood
Fred Downing Alt
National Army
Elmer Wilsworth Crum
Kenneth Lee Lovelett
Norman F. Schoonover
Raymond D. Bower
Merle Simpson
Daniel Webster
Tington
Quincy
Jerry Kelly
Mercy
Mrs. C. Olayton
Doris Clow
Robert Clark Taylor
Stoneham, Mass
Court House
Robert More
Willmer, Minn
Karl Look
Wanda Hampton
Camp Bowie
Lloyd Scott
John Therion
Sidwell Morrison
Bob Schell
Armory
Carolyn Carbee
L. R. Carbee
College of Pharmacy
William Kyle
Douglas Aircraft
Santa Monica
Russell Selette
Morristown, Ijil
James Martin
la Salle, Ill
Charles McConnell
University Hospital
Chicago
Amasa Miller
Cornelis Schrock
Schrock
Shoemaker
South Wayland
Jacob Leichty
Ben Leichty
David Leichty
David
Ohio
A. B. Carr
Pearl Whistler
Sharon Center
Hearl Miller
Edwin Griffith
Lucy Sampson
Elizabeth Brown
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Capt
Jay Brown
Farm Bureau
Emmett Judge
United States Geodetic Survey
Gerald Carris
Gene Tucker
St. Louis
United States Army Air Corps
Tom Duncan
Ruth Marie Morrison
Esther Smith
Charlies Barclay
John Lee
Marjorie Mangold
Priday
Manford Wilcox
Roy Duttweiler
A. Drish
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