Local residents recount Fourth of July visits and arrivals
Stonermithhart of Chicaso returns home after a brief stay with relatives. Ced ar Rapids visitors Mr. and Mrs. Kurtz and daughter Daryl call at Randall and Kurtz homes. Several families travel to Des Moines and Fairfield for Independence Day celebrations, visits with kin, and extended vacations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stonermithhart
Chicaso
Frank Randall
J. Max Kurtz
Daryl
Cedar Rapids
Randall and Kurtz
Notable Fourth Observances and Travelers Visit the Area
A long list of visitors and travelers mark Independence Day activities. Miss Lucille Forgey works for Senator Smith W. Brookhart in Washington while her relatives plan a two and a half week trip there. Davenport, Peoria, Chicago, and Ames residents, along with locals from Columbus Junction and Keota, spent the Fourth in town or away with family.
History of the musical saw in jazz and Argentina
The idea of extracting music from an unlikely medium, a steel saw, originated over thirty years ago in Argentina. A violinist in a lumber camp is credited with the discovery. In recent years the musical saw has become a popular tool in jazz orchestras in America and Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Argentina
America
Europe
Fourth of July pass marks safe community celebration
Community notes no injuries reported after Independence Day. Local shoppers, especially women, took advantage of a 20 percent discount on light colored and trimmed Oxfords at Florsheims. Many bought two pairs and added Arrowhead hosiery for 95 cents. Store invites customers to view products uptown.
Locals Welcome Family Returns and Independence Day Notes
Miss Beulah Burgess returns to Chicago after a visit with sister Mrs. Merle Lytle. Carl Jungbluth and family come home from Wisconsin for the Fourth of July. George Gallup visits with relatives through the holiday. Lou Jean Stewart returns from Iowa City. Mrs. Densmore Guthrie and daughter Mary Jean visit Rankin home. Robert Risk leaves for Keokuk to take a paying construction inspector job. Baptist ladies plan a bake sale at Washington Cleaners July 5 6 8. Don Neiman of Des Moines spends the Fourth with Er L Stewart. Bobby Pease comes home from Bloomfield after visiting his grandfather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beulah Burgess
Merle Lytle
Chicago
Coppock Highway
Carl Jungbluth
Wisconsin
Mrs. Jungbluth
Don Neiman
Des Moinnes
Er. L. Stewart
Mr. Neiman
Mrs. Neiman
Mrs. Stewart
Local Travel and Visit Updates from Washington
Mr and Mrs Harry Dickerson return from a motor trip to Lake Okoboji and other parts of the state. Mr and Mrs J S Casdorph and daughter Edna leave Verda Na Mo after a two week visit with friends. Mr and Mrs Ray Boyer and four children visit relatives at the Coates home then return to Beardstown Ill. Floods subsided in Beards town. Frances Darbyshire arrives from Ottumwa for a welcome Washington visit. she has been ill but is improving and enjoys daily rest and activity Variety of local social updates from residents and relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Kurka
Fairfield
Mre
Ralph Case
Crawford Ville
Indiana
Mra
Mrs
Harry Dickerson
Lake Okoboji
State
J. S. Casdorph
Edna
Verda Na
Ray Boyer
8. K. Coates
Beardstown
Beards Town
Frances Darbyshire
Ottumwa
Frances
Washington
Mrs. Darbyshire
Washington visitors plan Iowa City trip. local notices
Mr and Mrs C W Startsman and daughter Betty arrived Saturday from Lansdowne Penn for a visit with relatives. They plan to leave today for Iowa City for a few days and return to Washington the last of the week. The library will be open mornings 9 to 11 and afternoons 2 to 6 until Chautauqua time. Saturdays hours are the same as before with evenings open. Mr and Mrs W M Keeley and two daughters and Miss Alma Brindley drove from Chicago Friday for a visit. Mrs Keeley and the girls remain for a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Babb
Chicago
M. J. Holden
Miss Florence
J. F. Simpson
Earnest Simpson
Marjorie Green
Ly Anto
Estes Park
Colorado
Mr. Simpson
Nebraska
Denver
West
C. W. Startsman
Betty
Lansdowne, Penn
Iowa City
Washington
W. M. Keeley
Alma Brindley
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FOX Theatre
Felix
Carl Larmmle Cc
LA Plar
James Kirkwood
George
Phoenix
Rands
Yse
Rex. Cassady
Tusentine
Cassady
Ed Sullivan
Rock Island Lines
John Rohrer
Fairfeld
Jack Long
Blanche Mills
Keota
Bara Seeley
Wayne Houck
Mark West
Burlington
Iowa
Harry Sowden
Sowden
Mrs. A. A. Spies
Wellman
Harold Olfelt
Harry Whittaker
Albert Shrack
Moline
Frank Casey
Fairfields
Albert Kurka
Lucy Casey
A. EF. Forgey
Carol Forgey
Washington, D. C
Lucille Forgey
Lucille Forsey
Smith W. Brookhart
Frank Lamb
Buffalo
Jack Potter
Dickie
Davenport
George Askea
Mr. Lamb
Harvey Leeper
Miss King of
Peoria
Sam Leeper
Leeper
Grace Dunshee
Cleveland
Ohio
Lucille Young
Graham Store
W. Bailey
Billy
Maquoketa
A. A. Spies
Mro. Bailey
John Howard Johnston
Columbus Junction
Robert Brinton
Humeston, Iowa
George Brinton
T. A. Mayer
Chapin, Ir
Harry Enslin
Shald Wood
Mt. Pleasant
Legion
Leon Beatty
Alice Fishburn
Elsie Wagner
Greta Sandeman
Creston, Ta
Lucy Benz
Jessie Stewart
Miss Stewart
Marie Phillips
Frank Phillips
Faye Jeffreys
Oskaloosa
Emma Green
Clara Wallace
Des Moines
Notion
Lelian Moore
Mise Alles Hoxford
Marsh W. Bailey
Hey
Elizabeth Canier
Rock Island
N. L. Babcock
Martha Shalla
John Shalla
Hans
Second United Presbyterian Missionary Society
Helen Baird
Crenol
Cernol
Kell
GEO L. McDaniel Druggist
Florsheims
A. E. Atchison
George Gallup
Lou Jean Stewart
Robert Risk
Keokuk
Washington Cleaners
Bobby Pease
Bloomfield
Graham
Madge Bellamy
Plso— Collegians and News
Belle Bennett
Stella Do Tas
Cleaning Service
South Side Square
Wisie Long
Prop
John Shields
Nellie Don's
Handy
Nellie Don
Dona Gordon
Wirthmoor
Rothschilds
DuPont
Wayne Knitting Mills
White Rose Taupe
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