Local residents visit and travel notes from Linby and Muscatine
Mr and Mrs Clark Bell of Linby Iowa visit town. J A Porter spends week at his farm near Morning Sun. Arthur Williams of Muscatine visits relatives. Charlie Thompson of Muscatine visits his aunt Mrs Paul Young. Mr and Mrs Claire Dewey and Winfield Smouse head to Des Moines for the state republican convention then Spirit Lake. Boyd McKensie from Dubuque visits his father in Wayland Rex Fish visiting Homer Birney home will return to Ottawa Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark Bell
Linby
Iowa
O J. A. Porter
Morning Sun
Arthur Williams
Muscatine
Charlies Thompson
Paul Young
Claire Dewey
Winfield Smouse
Des Moines
Spirit Lake
Boyd McKensie
Dubuque
Wayland
Rex Fish
Homer Birney
Ottawa
Klein sisters attend Iowa City commencement
Ten years ago today Elizabeth and Jessie Klein traveled to Iowa City to witness Edna Klein receive her master's degree at the commencement exercises this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth
Jessie Klein
Iowa City
Edna Klein
Dr Hess Fly Sprays Boost Cattle Protection
A Washington resident reports buying Dr Hess Fly Sprays because the product protects his cows both in the pasture and in the barn, with many gallons used yearly in the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Hess
Washington
Local Rumors On Prices And Hogs Top Weather News
A reader recalls a man offering a dollar for an Oh Boy rout beer in a hay field, while noting that the largest drink in town is worth only a nickel. GEO L. McDANIEL Drugstore ad notes hogs worth 4.70 and forecasts local showers tonight.
Local notes and visits in Douds and area
Mrs Charley McKinstry travels to Douds Iowa by bus due to brother D S Plowman illness. Mr and Mrs Charles Winter of Chicago plan a visit at Boyd Berdo home. Mr and Mrs George Van Gundy and daughter arrive from Peoria Illinois for a parental visit. City tournament cards due to tournament committee or Harwood's shoe store by next Monday noon. Various local notices include births deaths and a hospital appendix surgery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charley McKinstry
Douds
Iowa
D. S. Plowman
Phil
Charles Winter
Chicago
Boyd Berdo
A. B. Carr
George van Gundy
Peoria
Ill
James Baird
St Harwood's Shoe Store
Journal
Farmer’s
Prody A Borkoski reports from Brighton Route 1
Sunday school at the Little Clay church drew residents and visitors as Ray Woodford of Oskaloosa and A W Woodford with Mil dred traveled to Washington and joined a fish fry near Muscatine. Isaac Fryman funeral noted. Clark Pfeiffer loses a cow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brighton R
Folka
Ray Woodfords
Oskaloosa
A. W. Woodford
Mildred
Washington
Charley Davis
Muscatine
Romnbergers
Byron Stone
Mart
R. W. Carson
Kenneth
Fairfield
H. A. Woolford
Isaac Fryman
Isaac
Mary
Wesley
Clark Pfeiffer
J. T. Anderson Dead Former Washington Banker
Obituary notes the death of J. T. Anderson a longtime Washington banker who served as assistant and then cashier at the Washington County Savings Bank until 1908. He was active in church service and community affairs, leaving a wife two marriages and several children and grandchildren. The piece also records family ties and local social items from the surrounding area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andeson
Washington County Savings Bank
West
Washington Street
Anderson
Presbyterian Church
Methodist Episcopal Church
Vinginia Isabel Cunningham
J. C. Cunningham
Mary Victorine
Susanna D. Quin
Lewis Quinn
Helen
C. W. Southwell
Des Moines
Charles Thompson Anderson
George Lewis Anderson
Ruth
Vacationing Miss Nellie DeWitt and assorted visitors
Miss Nellie DeWitt takes a week off from Tucker & Eicher garage. F E Skola and Ferdinand of Kalona visited in Washington. Ruth Williams Elizabeth Windigler Donald McCray and Ray Watt of Monmouth Ill spent yesterday here. Mrs Frank Marsh and Mrs George Mayer of Keota shopped this morning. Mr and Mrs Walter Oetjen visited Oska loosa with his parents. Mr Gundison and children Phyllis and Dickie of Antigo Wis arrived for a visit with J Hinshaw and his sister Ward Chandler. Mr Gundison is on a two week vacation as manager of the Woolworth store in that city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie DeWitt
Tucker & Eicher
F. E. Skola
Ferdinand
Kalona
Washington
Ruth Williams
Elizabeth Windigler
Donald McCray
Ray Watt
Monmouth
Ill
Frank Marsh
George Mayer
Keota
Walter Oetien
Oetjen
Oskaloosa
Beuels Return Home After Visit. Local Contractors Return
Mr and Mrs Fred Beuel return to their home in Mo line after a visit with his mother. J J McKeone and son Bernard Stanton Kelsey and Ralph Williams have returned from Harris Mo where they finished a contract. Several boys from Camp Rotary near Corralville report swims in the University pool at Iowa City during camp. Hayden Hughes and Donald Davis also spent time at the camp aiding cooks and campers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Beuel
Moline
J. J. McKeone
Bernard
Stanton Kelsey
Ralph Williams
Harris
Farmer’s Co.operative Exchange
Rev
van Wus
Richmond
Washington
Camp Rotary
Corralvill
University Pool
Iowa City
Rive
Tommy Gray
Rex Hazen
Chas
Davis
Donald
Hayden Hughes
Hayden
Wayland Social News Roundup of Visits and Gatherings
Mrs Ezra Wittmer reports on visits in Wayland as Harry Branch of Mt Pleasant with family heads to Michigan for a weekend trip. Mrs Allen Wenger attended a party at the Oscar Tolander home near Olds with Olds and Rockford hostesses hosting former school and college friends. Figures include Mr Ross Levert and son Rex of Hazleton IA visiting relatives, and Franklin Wittmer and Donald of Carlinville IL spending ten days here. M W Beaumeart of Chicago and Elva Vanderbilt of Chicago visit relatives, plus Amos Boshart and children from Goshen Indiana. Threshing begins with Dave Meyers and the south run starting tomorrow at Abe Blosser’s. he’s spent days with daughter Mrs George Lemley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayland
Harry Branch
Mt. Pleasant
I. FE. Neff
Imogene
Mary’ Branch
Michigan
Allen Wenger
Oscar Tolander
Olds
Edna Tolander Harrison
New York City
Eunice Tolander Carpenter
Rockford
Ross Levert
Rex
Hazleton
Franklin Wittmer
Donald
Carlinville
Lll
M. W. Beaumeartner
Chicago
Ed Wittings
Elva Vanderbilt
Roger Lee
Fifteen Die As U S Train Hits Mexican Street Car
Fifteen people were killed and 20 injured when a United States train from Laredo Texas struck a street car at a Tacuba Mexico City suburb crossing. The car failed to stop at the railroad crossing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
United States
Laredo
Texas
Tacuba
Reward Offered for Disappearance of Phyllis Byers
Cedar Rapids reports W C Byers offers a 25 dollar reward for information locating his 14 year old daughter Phyllis who vanished after a public dance hall event on June 5. Police and local residents seek any lead to her whereabouts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
INS
W. C. Byers
Phyllis
Conference at Geneva on arms reduction
American British French and Italian delegations met to draft a text on heavy mobile guns as the only remaining dispute in the proposed adjournment resolution at the Geneva disarmament conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
INS
First district lumbermen meeting opens in Osage? Oskaloosa
The first of three district meetings for retail lumbermen in southeastern Iowa began in Oskaloosa. Similar sessions are slated for Burlington tomorrow and Muscatine Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oskaloosa
Iowa
Burlington
Muscatine
Local notices from Noble and Davenport
Mrs Elmer Fryenberger and children visit. Miss Jean Sterling on three week nurse training vacation in Burling ton. Mr and Mrs George C Stewart attend Miss Minnie Lehrer funeral in Davenport. Mrs Della Miller requests canned vegetables and empty jars donors. Auctioneers address and contact listed. Mrs Geo F Wallace taken to St Luke's Hospital Davenport for major operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Fryenberger
Noble
Jean Sterling
Burlington
George C. Stewart
Davenport
Minnie Lehrer
Della Miller
Macon
Washington
Geo. F. Wallace
St. Luke's Hospital
Miss Alice Hunter Heads to Cedar Falls for Institute
Miss Alice Hunter will leave Friday morning for Cedar Falls to spend a few days then go to Cloak Lake where she directs the orchestra and music classes at the Epworth League Institute next week. In Cedar Falls she joins the Methodist Sunday school orchestra conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Hunter
Cedar Falls
Cloak Lake
Epworth League Institute
Methodist Sunday School
Also Mentioned on This Page
Joan Bennett
FBI
SAT
Spencer Tracy
United Artists Picture
Matinee Daily
Kodak
J. A. Harwood & Son
GEO. L. McDaniel Druggist
Ocal News
J. C. Guthrie
Petersburg
J. R. Guthrie
Ennis L. Shaw
Neil LeRoy
Harry Ragan
Sacramento
Calif
Ogen
Utah
Mr. Ragan
California
Caughey Southwell
Tommy Anderson
T. J. Anderson
5. W. Livingston
Margaret Livneston
H. J. Voorhis
Carolyn McCleery
Richard McCleery
Sevilla Boice
Edwin Griffith
Lawrence McKune
Victor Crone
Fred van Dyke
Keola
Will Acheson
Ainsworth
Ross Davis
Ruth and
Paul
Lee Holland
Agnes Wheelan
Etha Dawson
Frank Kos
Lisbon
Harry Sizer
Brighton
Prody A. Borkoski
J. T. Anderson
Washington Banker
Cunningham
J. A. Cunningham
William Fulton
Clay Threshing Machine Company
Soeten
D.ef. Harts
Frank Mouver
Fryman
Elizabeth Merner
Noah
Pleasant Plain
Cal Cooper
H. A. Woodford
Parsons
Fulke
Fulke Brought Him Home In Time For Chores Prody Rorkoski
Frank Clark
Josephine Brinning
St. Louis
Ralph Relief
Dickinson Brothers
Prody Borkoski
Mel Crandall
George Woodford
George Statler
St. M
Linton
Omer Long
Edgar McClurg
Crawfordsville
Olds District
Breitenbach & Dayton
North Side
Ezra Wittmer
George Lemley
A.E. Atchison
C. W. Davis
Aurora
William G. Swan
Swan
Atlantic
Washington Cleaners
South Side
Wisie Long
Ben Prrience
Fairfield Roof
Westphal
Iowa Motor Service Armory
Grahams Department Stores
Washington, Iowa
Phil Rushing
Brighton Bank
Ford
Chevrolet Sales & Service
Washington Co
Tori Lees
Fak
John Shields & Sons
Plente
Jon Ol Dutmeh
Tanner
Pranklin Hiostwick
Randolph Kelsey
Dixie Gas
Winstop Duzzit
Washington Oil Co
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!