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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1926
Page
4
Marsh W Bailey dies as community mourns loss of civic leader
Washington mourns Marsh W. Bailey a leading public figure described as a key man for civic projects and hospital development. He chaired the YM A building committee and gave tireless effort to county welfare without seeking reward, leaving a lasting legacy in local public works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Grim Reaper
Mr. Bailey
Marsh W. Bailey
Marsh Bailey
Our County Hospital
Bailey
Resignation and shift to poor farm noted in rural talk
Abner Pusey has resigned at the filling station and moved to the poor farm. His brother recalls that the candidate’s appearance used to influence votes. The remark reflects lingering concerns about how attire affected support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abner Pusey
Washington County Mourns Loss Of Marsh W Bailey
Marsh W Bailey dies this morning after a life of service as county Liberty Loan drives chairman and local organizer. He was hailed as Washington's most useful citizen for his patriotism and community leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberty Loan
Washington County
Marsh W. Bailey
Washington
Worlds Largest Circus Parade Promises Grand Street Show
The Robbing Bros. 4-Rine Shows present a two mile parade in Washington on Tuesday July 20 billed as the Parios of Nations. It features tableaux wagons designed by Europeans with depictions of England, France, Germany, China and more, led by the United States Wagon. The float includes Sioux Indians, cowboys, ponies, elephants, bears and diverse wildlife. Two performances scheduled, afternoon and night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Robbing Bros
Washington
England
Belgium
France
Germany
China
Japan
Turkey
United States
Famous muralist guides students at Sesqui-Centennial Exposition
William de Leftwich Dodge instructs a group of young artists in Philadelphia on color and mural assignments for the 150th anniversary celebration of the Declaration of Independence. The color expert for the exposition will approve all collage work in Dodge's studio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William de Leftwich Dodge
Raintow
Dodge
Philadelphia
By the Way columns on Fourth of July fun and mischief
A playful By the Way piece wonders if too much powder or too much chicken is the worst Fourth of July menace. It muses on Ice land travelers bringing back an iceberg and jokes about children’s firecracker demonstrations. It ends with a lighthearted chorus about having fun together.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phil
Speller's Dilemma and Dark Laughter From The New Haven Register
A garbled column mix mentions spelling, a plotline with a hero and villain, and a bawdy jest about a punished boy. It then cites a line about a seven year old prodigy born in West Haven who sang at the Orpheum theater. The passage ends with a woman laughing at wit and a remark about white teeth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Haven
Orpheum Theater
New Haven Register
The Wayward Man and the Cigarette Note
A verse about a man in a simple shelter resisting the wind and weather, asking readers to identify him. A separate line features a child asked to bring a note from a parent to buy cigarettes, with the parent absent and the mother insisting.
There Was a Young Lady in Ga and Other Verses
A humorous verse set featuring a Georgia maid with an alluring look and a Sioux City amateur show, plus a Kansan with clever but rejected verse. The quip about pocketbooks and spirit frames a cheeky moral, ending with a proverb about a small acorn and a mighty oak and a corny pun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Sioux City
Kans
Stans
Hans
Inventory of Household Oddities and Remnants
A whimsical list catalogs scattered items from a household and shed. The inventory includes a boiler and kettle lid, broken dishes, a chopping block, knuckle bone, an old phonograph, lingerie, a mattress with worn mat, grandma’s bustle, rat trap, and various junk. Also in the mix are a demi John of bouquet, kite remnants, a dropped table lamp, assorted cans, washing line, demobilized pants, garden hose, old gas fittings, rocker, canary cage, a niblick, baseball bat, bedstead slat, the rabbit box, a bike once used by mother, and many other odds and ends. Only the car remains listed as in the shop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maggie
Grandma
Demi John
Johnny
Dogs in Town Need Relocation to Countryside
In a lighthearted note, residents ponder sending many local dogs to rural areas while questioning the effectiveness of bulletproof vests, drawing humorous comparisons to hole-proof hose.
Quiet title suit over Washington County real estate in 1926
A. M McGraw and J. L. McGraw sue Thomas Daugherty and others in Washington County Iowa for quieting title to West Half of the Southwest Quarter of Section Seventeen and East Half of the Southeast Quarter of Section Eighteen in Township Seventy six North Range Five West. The petition seeks fee simple ownership and barring of unknown claimants with standard notice and the defendant’s appearance required by September 7 1926. Attorneys BROOKHART BROS.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court OF
Washington County
Iowa
A. M McGraw
J. L. McGraw
Taintiffs
Thomas Daugherty
John Delonk
Martha Delong
Willam Dusenberry
W. M. Dusenbery
Harriet A. Boaling
George Y. Dusenbery
Mary T. Fitzwater
Jerusha C. Plummer
A. L. Dusenbery
Henry C. Dusenbery
William A. Dusenbery
Col
John W. Moore
Willie Thompson
W. A. Moore
Mary H. Martin
William Johnson
R. Dewey
D. C
District Court
Court House
Washington
Road to Yesterday headed for Fox Theatre screens
Cecil B. DeMille selects a star cast for his first independent, personally directed production The Road to Yesterday a stage success adapted by Jean ie Macpherson and Beulah Marie Dix will open Wednesday and Thursday at the Fox Theatre. Joseph Schildkraut leads with Jetta Gondal Vera Reynolda William Boyd and Julia Faye among the featured players in this daring drama of reincarnation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil B. DeMille
Producers Distributing Corporation
Fox Theatre
Joseph Schildkraut
Tie Fire
New York
Thespian
Jetta Gondal
de Mille
Dama Stock Company
Vera Reynolda
William Boyd
Julia Faye
Trixie Riganza
Casson Ferguson
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Jean
Ie Macpherson
Beulah Marie Dix
Wilson Bros
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Universal Gas Ranges
Universal Gas
Iowa Southern Utilities Co
Washington, Iowa
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