Washington News Briefs and Local Society Notes
Mrs. Cherry hosts a Sunday chicken dinner. Mrs. D. D. Crone of Keota visits Washington. Mrs. Waterman returns to Fairfield after stay with brother Matt Yockey, who shows gradual improvement after eleven weeks bedridden from a stroke. Lard sold in 5 pound pails for $1.00 and 10 pound pails for $1.90 at Thompson's Sanitary Market. Mrs. Frank Marsh of Keota shops in Washington and visits her brother, Leslie Dunlap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. D. Crone
Keota
Washington
Thompson
Frank Marsh
Leslie Dunlap
Local notes highlight visits and town commerce
Mrs A A Green and daughter Inda visited Mrs Har old Montgomery who is recovering from illness. Des Moines traveler J D Glasgow spends days in Washington on business. Irene Chadwick accepts a job at the Washington Telephone office. A Y pool opens with bathing caps. Presses sold for five and nine fifty. Mrs Charity Dunshee travels to Des Moines for millinery supplies and notes a bus line possibility. New silks offered at Oral’s with others moving to Des Moines for work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charity Dunshee
Paul Schmitt
Des Moines
Loreno Schmitt
Dunshee
Loreno
Washington
Oskaloosa
Keota Eagle
Special prices on lard and local notes from Washington
Specials include 65 pound lard tubs at 181 cents per pound from Kurtz Royal Market. Washington items note Mrs F W Spessard of Ainsworth visiting in D C, resignations at Ainsworth Savings Bank, and Leo Mak to succeed in a Des Moines move. Also mentions new Court Whist score cards, spring hats, silk hose sale, and Ford battery price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thompson's
F. W. Spessard
Ainsworth
Washington
Bobe Kurtz
D. F. Macon
Wanhington
Homer Vantlorn
Vantorn
Ainsworth Savings Bank
Des Moines
State Banking Department
Leo Mak
Crawfordsville
A. E. Atchison
Thompson
Ticonderoga and Vermont in the Revolutionary Era
The piece traces Ticonderoga within Vermont history from May 10 1775 when Eben Allen and the Green Mountain Boys seized the fort in the name of Congress and Jehovah. It notes Benedict Arnold’s betrayal and the fort’s later restoration led by the Pel family, marking a long arc from Champlain era conflicts to modern historic reverence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ticonderoga
New York
Vermont
Green Mountain Boys
John Stark
Bennington
Robert Rogers
New Hampshire
Eben Allen
Jehovah
Continental Congress
Ticonderoza
Conway
Charly Lee
Benedict Arnold
Teanderoga
Hezins
Fort Tieonderogs
Ticondlereda
Pel
Union
Ford Service on Batteries at Washington Motor Co
Car owners offered genuine Ford service on batteries at Washington Motor Company with a one week sale at Crail’s featuring 10 to 20 percent reductions from retail prices.
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Washington Motor Company
Tor
Cral's
Fire Kills Horse Belonging to Hanford MacNider
A horse owned by Hanford MacNider was burned to death in a fire in Mason City. Wiltton Dodson, a black barn keeper, was initially thought to be inside but was found unharmed except for minor burns after authorities arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason City
Hanford MacNider
National Legion
Wiltton Dodson
Dodson
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Pecene O'Bivien Mac Basch
Alexander Mildred Harris
Mitchell Lewisa
Tom Santechi
Montana
Jack Hoxie
Mig
Universal Ranch
Langdon
FOX Theatre
Ford Battery
Lieoyd Lytle
McElhinney Drug Co
Goodrich
Phillips Drug Store
Morrie Wicks
Eldon
Delphia Howard
Mra
Ollie Turner
Williard
Charles Caldwell
Guernsey
Jersey
Bohos
Deering
Oliver
Emerson Guing
Hayes
John Deere
Roderick Lean
Emerson
Harrow
Peter Schattler
Meyer
Pordsen Tractor
Lord Truck
Earl Edmondson
Dr. Macon
Ralph Dougherty
Chere
A. A. Green
Inda
Middletown
Harold Montgomery
Breese & Krouth
J. D. Glasgow
Evenue
Scott Reister
Mre. C
BE. Plumly
Omaha
Mr. Plumly
Mel Dorothy Ward
Iowa City
State University
State College
Ames
H. J. Ward and Co
Irene Chadwick
Washington Telephone Office
Ralph Lytle
Lytie’s Grocery
Kurtz Royal Market
Roy Branchflower
Mt. Pleasant
Harry Dickerson
Oral's
Jesse Busby
Busby
South Side Sq
Mrs
Ella Cherry
Jeese & Krowth
Bote
Ward and Co
Ideal Bakery
Harry Ferguson
Riverside Leader
Roy Wilcox
Riverside
H. 1. Ward and Co
Kurtz Roya! Market
Mr. Saml
Brighton
John Swisher
Mr. Day
J. A. Embree of
Royal Society
Crail's
Ainty Five
Walter L. Johnson
Register Life
U.S
Old
Breese
Krouth
Washington Oil Co
Clare Caseel
Florida
Abe Martin
Washington Cleaners
Wisie Long
South Side Square Call
McNider
John Shields & Sons
Schulty Garage
Clark & Ross
J. W. Hendrickson
Gladwin
Iowa
Tocome Tax Service
Dayton Temple
Brig
Washington, la
Curtis Taxi
Ben
Stewart Hotel
Oscar
Oscar Haney
Colenso Hotel
Strickler’s Taxi Line
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