Rocking Chair Brigade Notes and Local Happenings
This column recalls Chas. K. Needham's Excelsior Springs visit and Alhambra California address,zione notes about Washington county’s notable deaths including Mrs Wave Miller and Elmer Mason. It also covers Red Cross wedding news in Tokyo and local retrenchments with Elmer Mason’s fiddling group, plus community updates on trailers, new groceries, remodels, and area visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. K. Needham
Excelsior Springs
Alhambra
Calif
South 2Nd Street
Needham
Washington
Washington County Press
Edwin Miller
Chicago
Blanche Guthrie
Chicago Daily News
Red Cross
Tokyo
Dorothy Bromley
Oakland Calif
Herbert Herr Jr
Alexandria
Virginia
Esther Smith
Iowa
Rutherford M. Peats
Decatur
Esther
Earl Smith
Tolyo
Hospital Admissions and Births Include Several Saturday Events
The hospital recorded multiple admissions and births on Saturday and Sunday. New parents include Donald E. Thompson of Kalona with a son born at 8 10 p m, and Clyde Goodwin with a son at 1 25 a m. Dismissals listed for today and yesterday feature several patients returning home after procedures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie Tucker
North Marion
Donald E. Thompson
Kalona
Joan Vogle
Keota
Robert Porter
Route 2
David Bauer
Joan Blodgett
West Chester
Delila Litwiller
Ida Whetstine
Wellman
Lloyd Turnipseed
Clyde Goodwin
East Second
Raymond Coon
Columbus Junction
Charles Davison
Brighton
Henry Miller
Harry Ramseyer, Jr
East Washington
W. L. Alcorn
East
Washington
Wayne Durst
Gary Wayne
Moline
Kenneth Torrance
Dale Gene
Ollie
Goldie Vinton
John Atkinson
Lois
Betty Crile
Fairfield
Larry Lederman
Pleasant Plain
Janice
Ruth Baker
Richland
Bonita Herr
Leona MaeArthur
East Main Street
George Miller
Bonita Rae
Richard Dawson
South 7Th
Max Sellers
Jane Ann
Marion Robertson
Roberta Ann
Robert Boyse
Kenneth Eugene
Raymond Wolf
Lockridge
Iowa
Lloyd Lytle
Minerva Yoder
Mary Elizabeth Drish
Passing Years in Washington Chronicle of Local News
A long column of brief notes reports deaths births weddings and events in Washington. Items include Mrs Anna Tedford’s death Mrs Sue Wallingford’s passing and wedding announcements for Catherine Hull and Charles Van Riper plus births and police and social notes from surrounding towns. It also notes a 1926 infantile paralysis scare and local business and rail news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catherine Jane Hull
Charles van Riper
Charles Grayson
Washington News Briefs Reflect Local Life and Travel
A digest of community items includes Robert Wead winning a school coal contract, appointments for Major Elmer L. Keith, and many residents visiting relatives in Iowa and beyond. Events cover marriages, births, illness, travel, and work changes, with notes on school and church activities and local business updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha Ross
Martha Nolan
University of Iowa
Iowa City
Washington
Fairfield Country Club Hosts Grand July 16 1926 Party
One hundred twenty five members and wives attended a lavish Fairfield Country Club event with bridge and dinner for 275 guests. Entertainment committee included Mrs L A Jones and others. Also notes Robins Circus in town and the death of Mrs Sue Lytle aged 71 a noted Washington dressmaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burrell
Howard A Burrell
Washington County Press
Fairfield Country Club
Bridge
L. A. Jones
J. E. Lemmon
Homer Stephen
Frank Carter
Will Harwood
R. S. Warfel
Lytle
Sue Lytle
Washington
I<ate Glover
Keotu
Winfield Visit and Local Notes From July 17 1896
Winfield guest Miss Ella Clark from Winfield visits the Misses Shearer. Frank Brinton is building an airship at his Dublin area home aiming for completion by August 15. Ed Eicher will teach a Noble winter school. South Washington gains improvements. Geo Howe starts a new home and Miles Bradford finishes on Col C J Wilson site. Temperature 48 degrees this morning. Burglars robbed Frank Wilson, Dr J H Hull, Dr Rork and Mrs Scranton, totaling 70 in valuables.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Brinton
Dublin
South
Washington
Geo. Howe
Miles Bradford
Col. C. J. Wilson
Frank Wilson
J. H. Hull
Rork
Mrs. Scranton
Hull
Deaths of the Week list scattered regional names
Death notices for multiple local residents including a former Wayland resident aged 78 near Havre, Geo Mason and Sarah Mason listed as parents, Lena Jugenheimer widow, children Clyle and Margaret, plus Jennie Bare Alexander aged 90. Brighton four year old death with a long residence in town, a brother and three sisters survived, and a county resident widow of Jos Wolfer aged 76.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havre
Geo
Sarah (Kenison) Mason
Lena Jugenheimer
Clyle
Margaret
Brighton
Jos. Wolfer
Veteran of Spanish American War Buried in Penn
A 71 year old former Spanish American War veteran died in Penn and was interred there. He had lived in the town for many years. His wife Susan MecCleery had died earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Carris
Elmer Mason
Elmer
Lyman Bunce
East Seventh Street
Everett Stewart
John P. Babcock
Solomon Washington Reed
East 7Th Street
North 4Th Ave
Marbourgs
Clara Martin
Carlsbad
New Mexico
Emma Vincent
East Main Street
F. C. Surface
South
Iowa
Norman F. Surface
War Department
Pacific
Okinawa
Penn
Susan MecCleery
Arrow Shots Rolling Your R s Not Singing
A quirky note describes how rolling r sounds are not singing and how wrinkled clothes are worn, emphasizing surprising language quirks and wardrobe habits.
Auction Sale Adds to Washington Properties
The old Nurses Home near the hospital sold for 6600 dollars to Cecile A Tarpey of San Diego California. Two county lots fetched 1050 dollars to Howard McBride. A carnival firm The Greater Rainbow tours Washington the coming week at the Armory grounds. High water in Ottumwa follows recent rains. Robert Birney takes a week off from Washington Cleaners. Mr and Mrs Charles Fuhr and twins Roy and Ray return to Genegeo Illinois after weekend in local homes. Mrs Bert Zimmerman of Grand View visits Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecile A. Tarpey
San Diego
Calif
Howard McBride
Charles Fuhr
Roy
Ray
Genegeo, Ill
Val Fuhr
Glen Dupean
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Rocking Chair Brigade
Washington County
Wave Miller
Jennie Alexander
George Alexander
Mr. Mason
Mararegt and
Clyde
Pearl McClure
D. W. McClure
Ferguson
Grinnell
Grinnell College
Patricia Miller
W. Hl. Alcorn
P. L. Etter
Barbara
Missouri
Margaret Cowden
New York City
Iran
Bruce
United States
John Owen
Salvation Army
Ralph Shannon
Smart Implement Co
Crail Yard
J. B. Crail
West Washington Street
Brigade
Wm. Beamer
East Second Street
Albert Orcutt
Rosemary Berdo
England
Washington Pearl Button Co
Guy Knauss
H and M Grocery
East Third Street
Calendar Factory
Nellie Mason
Hart
Michigan
Mable Quail
Mason
Mr. O'Keefe
Bessie Beaty Tucker
Washington County Hospital
Philidet Kensler
Associated Press
Robert
Dean
Richard Hansen
Pekin
Ill
AFL
Hansens
Carol Graber
Crawfordsville
Daniel Mayer
Marilyn Eshelman
Jeanne Booth
Lydia Ferguson
West Second
William Hotle
6Th Ave
Grat Ice Hichelberger
Winfield
Jerry Neff
Mae Camel
Scott Marion
Charles Hotle
Karla Louise
Tedford
Anna Tedford
Ainsworth
Jack Lytle
Boston
Mrs
Charles Lytle
From Anderson
Lucile Schmoeller
A. B. Schmoeller
Cora Teeter Dunsmore
Ted
Mary
J. W. Teeter
Canon
Arizona
Wed
Sunset Park
Miss Wallingford
Sue Wallingford
Dave
Wallingford
Sherm Crone
Iowa River
Gladwin
R. G. Jones
Max Miller
James Dye
Chas. Anderson
Ben Wallace
Louis Anderson
Chester Patterson
Jack Shields
Donald Bell
Harvey Matthews
Gazette
Washington Gazette
The
Evening Journal
Weekly Gazette
Washington Press
Chas, Needham
Sigourney
Ralph Livingston
Boyd Berdo
Harold Dye
West Liberty
Washington Cistern and Well Cleaning Co
Albia
Lizzie Dawson
Ernest Atelison
A. J. Dawson
J. B. Crooks
Chas Salting
Lyle Nicola
Foster, Neb
Kenneth Goodwin
North 7Th
Big Barnum and Bailey Circus
Charles Robinson
Sam Henry
Keola
New York
Rev. W. L. Clapp
Elliott Moses
S. W. Livingston
Delia Brookhart
Miss Brookhart
Co. M Stinson
Central Park
Stinson
Washington Public Schools
Robert Wead
Gilbert Mills
Mills Auto Service
North Second Ave
Elmer L. Keith
Ireta Keith
United States Air Forces
Europe
Wapello
Towa
Edith Shields
Winifred Ragan
Buckley Field
Denver
Colo
Charles Ragan
William Sartor
Carol Ann
William, Jr
Clark
Chambersberz
Penna
Captain Sartor
Letterkenney Ordinance Depot
Adair
George Green
St. Louis
Mr. Green
Green
Ralph Bauer
Norma Bauer
Miss Bauer
Gads Hill
Bernadine Hutchison
Brenadine Brown
West
University Hospital
Paul Horak
Mercy Hospital
Timothy John
Horah
Harold Rider
Billy
Tommy
Alllan
Darwin
Courtright Hawley
la Porte City
Marvin Sartor
Capt William Sartor
Chambersberg
Paul Peiffer
Elmer Peiffer
James Kemp
Robert Hopper
Trenton
Rock Island Railroad
Drakesville
Henrietta Stewart
George Stewart
Parsons College
Evelyn Chalupa
Maria Caldwell
Norman Benn
Kremlin
Okla
Ned Brookhart
Palmer Wilson
Harold Duke
Burns Kansas
Howard Freshwaters
Jean
John
Jim
Roger Romine
Alice Walker
Leech Lake
Walker
Minn
Ames
Harold H Baxter
F. E. Reid, Jr of
Fred Reid
Ing
California
Leo R. Palmer
C-Phm
Mare Island
San Francisco
Miss Palmer
A. E Palmer
Kenneth Cooper
Cpl
Herman H Doran
Hq. Co
Care P. M
Sitters Auto Parts
WHO
Des Moines
Joan Carolyn Keifer
Richard Lee Ross
St. James Church
E. E. Ward and Sons
Kenneth and
Clayton
Edith Marie Elmore
Robert Elmore
Roy Weldon Rogers
C. Rogers
Friends Church
Willard McGaffey
Carolyn Ruth
Carroll, Iowa
Ross Ramsey
H. J. Cole
McGaffey
Orcutt's Piggly Wiggly
Wastington
Barbara Rail
Goldie Rail
Ernestine Grady
Roy Wells
Riverside
Lorene Longwell
Alph Hites
C. F. Letts
Washington, D. C
Inlaw
David Letts
Dana
Mary Gale Letts
Pfe
Ralph E. Curl
A.P.O
N. Y
Irene Pajak
Streator
Jane Casey
Sam Jarmula
Irwin Helman
Alice Fetters
Norcatur
Kans
Nan Clack
Clear Lake
Fetters
Davenport
Fred Moore
George McFadder
Nevada
W. C. McFadden
Atlantic
Elsie Prall
Art Prall
Jack
Harvey Meek
Virginia Luers
Camp Stoneman
Donald L. Smith
Meeks
Black Hills
South Dakota
Stella Palmer
R. B. Palmer
Willard
Presbyterian Mission
Teheran
T. R. Shively
Vicki Lynne
Mr. Shively
C. P. Berkhoff
Rock Island Railway
New Armory Field
Besse Jones
Harold Stephens
Madison Street
Harrison Street
Ruth Applegate
D. R. Applegate
Miss Applegate
St. Luke's Hospital
Children’s Memorial Hospital
Malcom Bliss Hospital
Doris Leffler
Los Angeles
Harold Bieg
Mr. Bieg
Ralph Leffler
J. Robert Baker
G. W. Wallace
Ferndale, Mich
Shirley Clark
Cedar Rapids
Stanley Smith
Joyce
Joan of Salem
George Hotle
Werner Lowry
Lowry
Spokane
Wash
Smith
W. D. Kyle
Robert Sage
Fullerton Junior College
Fullerton, Calif
Robbins Circus
Ella Clark
Shearer
Ed Eicher
Noble
Fredd Bietz
Mt. Pleaaant
Wayland
Elmer G. Mason
Jennie
Bare) Alexander
Alexander
William McCintic
Emma Wolfer
New Armory Grounds
Blue Cross
J. G. Patterson
Ottumwa
Robert Birney
Washington Cleaners
Bert Zimmerman
Grandview