Weekly News Review item summary from Cedar Rapids
The Journal notes a Saturday postoffice picnic in Cedar Rapids for about 700 workers and families officially opening three state postoffice conventions. It tallies a Bertram farmer’s suicide, Iowa tax payments, a towering U S Army mobile gun pass through Ames, a Des Moines fatality by lightning, and political skirmishes involving Attorney General Fletcher. It also covers highway contracts, an Iowa industrial survey, rotary district conference in Boone, and other regional items including sport and weather notes.
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Ennor Hammill
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Washington 1909 Summer Building List and Local News
A July 8 1909 Washington list names new houses planned or under construction by residents including Mayhew Hay Gardin Hollingsworth Minick McFarland Nicola Brookhart Park Wells Pierce Simpson and others. The item also notes a local death illness events council visits paving plans baseball results market receipts street fair preparations a funeral tribute and town notes.
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Mayhew
George Hay
W. E. Anderson
Samuel Gardin
Mges
Mary Hollingsworth
Jake Minick
W.W. McFarland
Col. Nicola
Smith Brookhart
John Park
W. P. Wells
Bert Pierce
Margaret Simpson
Local business changes and community notes in Washington
Miss Anna Henke became owner of the Hamburger Inn on North Marion Avenue south of the post office Monday. She purchased the business from Mrs. A. D. Stiles. Miss Helen Kamerow of Cedar Falls signed to teach geography in the junior high school. Attorney F E. Morrison was elected president of the executive board of the Protective Benevolent association. Members of the Baptist church heard missionary Miss Jean Shuman Smith speak. Special services marked the reopening of Valley church in Dutch Creek. Train delays followed a track washout in Illinois. The Washington county club handicap tournament reached the semifinals with six of eighty entrants remaining. Troop F 113th cavalry began using new quarters at the Berdo barn. Alice Poole’s tonsils were removed at the county hospital. Coal bids were opened. John Shields and Son won. Mrs. Belle Rice issued 265 hunting and fishing licenses totaling 5 047 74. Biklen store installing new interior equipment. The ashes of Miss N J Springer interred at Elm Grove. Lem Logan found not guilty of petty larceny. Local golf tourney plans discussed with southeastern Iowa clubs. Birth announced for a baby son to Mr. and Mrs. Ross Galloway of Waterloo. Washington school census finds 643 boys and 653 girls ages five to twenty one. Funeral for Mrs. Cloyce Pringle held in Davenport. Athletic coach and music vacancies filled in Washington schools. Everette Bailey, 84, died in Denver. D Jenkins moved from Washington to Davenport and was found dead in a Davenport office building. An arrival of an airplane near eleven o’clock drew local interest. passengers included John Miller, Ruth Palmer, and James Moley of New York City.
Collision Buoys 240 Mine Passengers Off Massachusetts Coast
A Sunday collision off the foggy Massachusetts coast saved 240 mine passengers from drowning. The incident sparked rescue efforts as authorities investigated the incident and maritime safety measures.
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Nannie Springer Pioneer of Washington County
A biographical obituary recalls Nannie Springer born in the Alexander Young cabin in early Washington County, her schooling and wartime service, roles as teacher and county superintendent, later librarian, and her final wish to be buried in Elm Grove cemetery beside her brother. Her life spans the county’s pioneer era from settlement to modern times.
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Tragedy and appointments in early dispatch notes
An unconfirmed dispatch from Constantinople reports 409 drowned east of Trebizond by coastal floods. Twelve youths died in a fire rescue exhibit. Charles A. Wilson, former New York agriculture commissioner, was chosen for one of two vacancies remaining on the federal farm board.
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Five killed in fire after express crashes with freight train
Five persons were burned to death and a sixth may die as a fire broke out after the Cleveland New York express struck a freight train Thursday. The report notes a dramatic race between man and machine at Culver City airport where Mondell and Rein hart pushed endurance flight toward 250 hours. Mrs Ying Kao, wife of the Chinese vice consul in San Francisco, was arrested on opium smuggling charges.
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Glendale Notes Highlight Local Recoveries and Farm Work
July 11 Glendale notes report Lee Chambers using crutches after illness, Mrs Eli Jackson recovering from appendicitis, Ulrich Glenn buying a Chevrolet sedan, and neighbors cutting oats while haying continues. Social visits include Rosemary club bridge at Mrs John Cherry, and calls to Eli Jackson and John Gerdes households. Albert Miller of Des Moines had arm surgery with bone removal to aid healing.
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Lee Chambers
Eli Jackson
Ulrich Glenn
Hay
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Rosemary Club
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At the Theatres Showcases All Talkies and Westerns
The week features all talkie premieres including Careers with Billie Dove and Antonio Moreno, Tide of Empire with Renee Ador es, The Perfect Crime with Clive Brook, Trail of the Horse Thieves with Tom Tyler, and The Time The Place and The Girl with Petty Compson. Also includes The Duke Steps Out and a college picture.
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Terribly Injured Worker Faces Slow Recovery
A worker severely injured last winter at his job continues to show limited progress in recovery. Medical reports indicate ongoing rehabilitation challenges and partial resumption of duties remains uncertain.
Get a Tractor Novelty Sparks Farm Labor Question
A Nashville Tennesseean note describes a city man who agreed to work on his uncle’s farm for novelty. He quips that he can push the plow but questions why the bridled horses must be shoveled around, highlighting humor about rural work.
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Women in Unusual Trades Since the Fifteenth Century
The article notes that women worked in unusual callings such as armourers brass founders and harbor surgeons dating back to the fifteenth century highlighting early female labor roles in specialized crafts.
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