Social tales mix with town life in Washington notes
Local column recounts social events and neighbors in Washington, describing a refined gathering marred by a rattling scare from a bull snake, moves of residents like Dora Elizabeth Bollar, Johnnie Lytle and Ritchey Lytle, a Holland letter translation, auctions for a new school, and community updates on post office vacancies, church activities, and local personalities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dora Elizabeth Bollar
Washington
Dora
Passing Years Hot Weather and Notable Obituaries
The paper notes Washington's heat with 107 degrees on Friday. G Logan Payne, longtime editor of the Evening Journal 1895 1900, dies in California at about sixty, survived by wife and three children. Mrs John McCartney, once Jennie Smith, dies in Minneapolis after brain tumor surgery and later hip fracture. Also reports a railroad workers picnic at Sunset Park and the Fortnightly Club winning a costume award. Engagement announced for Carolyn McCleery and Dr McKinnie Lee Phelps of Cincinnati, wedding set for August 18.
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McCartney
John McCartney
Jennie Smith
Hugh Smith
Minneapolis
WIN
Carolyn McCleery
McKinnie Lee Phelps
Cincinnati
Ohio
Daughters Born to Several Families in Local Hospitals
Hospital notices report multiple births with weights ranging from six pounds to seven pounds five ounces and times from early morning to late afternoon. Several patients underwent appendectomies or tonsillectomies, with discharges listed for family members returning home.
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Charles Hotle
East Washington Street
Arlis van Sant
Coppock
Lucile Marie Corad
Wayland
Samuel I. Houseal
East Second Street
Clifford Beckler
Wellman
Phillicept Kenslar
West Third Street
Carl Jungbluth, Jr
Christine Ann
Ray Guest
West
Monroe Street
Orin Carr
William LeRoy
Emery Ryan
Sharon Jean
Paul Escher
Anna Belle Jackson
North
Marion Avenue
Cordy Osborne
Fern Lukovsky
Riverside
Darlene Mae Goodwin
East Second
Velda
Verla Bash
Russell Clubb
Keota
Clifford Bechler
Bonnie Jean
Rest Room guests count and stock transfers noted
Forty years ago a crowded Rest Room at the courthouse hosted 279 women on Saturday while Robinson and Wilson sold telephone stock to other members of the company. The new personnel include H. M. Bicher F. L. Wilson Dr. E. T. Wickham Ek. G. Fox Leigh H. Wallace Ralph Smith and Orville Elder.
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Robinson and Wilson
Telephone Company
California
H. M. Bicher
F. L. Wilson
E. T. Wickham Ek. G. Fox
Leigh H. Wallace Ralph Smith
Orville Elder
Opening of air field and community events at Wellman
Thousands attended the opening of a new air field south of Wellman on Sunday. Union services were held in the park, and a West Chester fire truck reportedly saved the Ray Bauer farm home. Locals reported travel, vacations, and weddings across Washington County with numerous residents traveling to Estes Park, Colorado, Georgia, North Carolina, and California for visits and ceremonies.
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Hagans
Brighton
Bernard Sieren
Sigourney
Edward Thomas Starr
North 4Th
Ira Breen
Sam Boyd
Ainsworth
Gerald Delos
West Chester
Ardis Vansant
Coppock
Lloyd Thompson
Wellman
Ray Bauer
Fourth of July crowds and small town notes
Thirty years ago Lillian Brookhart a hand near a big electric fan was lucky no fingers were lost as her hand hurt. Dee organized a huge Dec Moore Fourth of July celebration for about 8000 people with no committee or program. Frank Gobble sold 300 cases of pop on Independence Day as heat eased. Manton Hebner bought a Sigourney drug store planning to move. Grandparents W P Iron from Dayton Ohio visited nine month old Charlotte Squires, a popular smiling baby who dimples and patty-cakes and rarely cries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian Brookhart
Dec" Moore
Dee
Charlotte Squires
Charley Squires
W. P. Iron
Dayton
Ohio
Patty
Washington Demostrates a Young Cyclist’s Record
Fifty years ago Rodney Crail son of J B Crail showed rare cycling talent by posting a half mile in 1 minute 28 seconds at Wagner's track, breaking the state boys’ age record. The piece also notes the Iown cigarette law’s penalties as of July 4 1896 and mentions a social gathering with Ethel Winter Myrtle Morton and Ollie Campbell.
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Washington
Democrat
Rodney Crail
J. B. Crail
Wagner's
Local Social and Municipal Notes Highlight Small Town Life
Social events at Miss Winter’s home entertain twenty two friends while Postmaster Hood gains a $100 raise to 2100. Allen Fields weds Cora Jones with Rev Gray officiating. Sylvia Warren hosts Sunday School party with eight attendees. Fourth of July Trash Club outing on Chicauqua banks ends with home cream. Participants include Cora Brindley May Anderson Ella Cunningham and others.
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Miss Winter
Ss. S
Sylvia Warren
Frank Hott
James Cunningham
Bert Ragan
Fred van Sickle
Homer Ashby
Clyde Birney
Leigh Bell
Roy Patterson
Trash Club
Chicauqua
Cora Brindley
May Anderson
Ella Cunningham
Ethel Smouse
Edith Smouse
Laura Moore
Laura Bowman
Mayme Morton
Norma Steadman
Inez Holden
Frane Bailey
Messrs
Wm. Terry
Clarence van Sickle
Sam H. Miller
Clifford Thorne John Bowman
Dell Stewart
Charles Burroughs
Auction Realizes 300 At St James Sale
Tuesday evening sale at St James raised three hundred dollars. Bruty and Brown donated their services while Fred G Strain of Ainsworth filed for divorce from Elizabeth Strain.
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Harry
Charley Brown
Bill Bruty
Roge Sherman
Lucy Dempsey
Jim White
White
St. James
Bruty
Brown
Fred G. Strain
Ainsworth
Elizabeth Strain
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