Notable VA graduation and community notices from Moody era
Invitations announce Moody Bible Institute Chicago July 2 graduation for Viva Maxine Baxter in Jewish missionary course and Jeanne Margaret Marshall in Missionary course. Lawrence Lester Scripter and Maxine Baxter plan nuptials at Jackson Gospel Tabernacle Michigan with August 2 groom’s Moody Institute graduation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moody Bible Institute
Chicago
Viva Maxine Baxter
Jeanne Margaret Marshall
Lawrence Lester Scripter
Jackson
Michigan
Jackson Gospel Tabernacle
Francis Street
Maxine
Howard Baxter
Moody Institute
Jackson, Mich
Passing Years in IA and WA A Local Chronicle
A compact town column notes 2 200 000 for Iowa secondary roads and a hot spell reaching 100 degrees. It reports a morphine theft, cupola removal, a fractured limb, a long local stay of a creamery, retirements and recoveries, a 1700 mile Ozark trip, a 4H club show with 108 in prizes, a planned California trip, a nurse’s Chicago service return, a new baby Emma Fore, a celebratory nurse party, visitors from Carlsbad, a Chautauqua opening, and three inch rainfall damaging oats.
Preacher Faces Trial of Patience for Joking Parishioner
A preacher endures a trifling member's jokes and struggles to laugh along with useful congregants. The scene highlights tension between humor and decorum in a modern church setting.
Girl Scout Camp Outbound From Libertyville
Patricia Kee ley Frances Darbyshire Mildred Brown and Edith Brookhart depart last week for the Girl Scout Camp near Libertyville. Hugh Dougall buys the Iowa restaurant on North Iowa Ave and plans to move with his family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patricia Keeley
Frances Darbyshire
Mildred Brown
Edith Brookhart
Libertyville
Dougall Boys
Hugh Dougall
Iowa
North
Iowa Ave
Washington County Hospital Reaches Maturity
Fourteen years old, the Washington County hospital is described as growing into a young woman. Mrs. Edith Page left yesterday for Denver Colorado to visit her sister-in-law Mrs. Rena Page widow of Ed Page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
Edith Page Turis
Denver
Colorado
Rena Page
Ed Page
Indians Visit Washington In Wealthy Oil Country Convoy
Four car loads of Indians from Oklahoma oil country visited Washington last week. They arrived in large Lincoln and Packard cars, appearing prosperous with money to burn.
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Oklahoma
Washington
Deaths and Local Notices From Weekly Journal
Deaths include Bernice Shields 21 daughter of Annie Shields and Aaron Hise 76 former county treasurer who died at home in St Paul on July 17 1925. Mrs William Edgington 82 died at home July 17. Dr W L Alcorn opens office in Lemmon building east side square. Robert Patterson visits from Miami Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mira Shafer
Sigourney
Jennie M. Conner
California
Abijah and
Margaret (Waddle) Conner
Margaret Duff
Miss Conner
Eva
J. B. Buchanan
Waverly Street
Palo Alto
Calif
Bernice Shields
Annie Shields
Aaron Hise
St. Paul
Jay
Cc. B. Dougherty
William Edgington
New London Cyclone Claims Two Lives In Weekend Disaster
An intense cyclone struck New London Saturday night killing Mrs. Milton McCabe and likely fatally injuring Ed Kockman as residents survey the wreckage and damage left by the violent storm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New London
Milton McCabe
Ed Kockman
Capt Dewey Attends School for Iowa Cavalry Officers
Capt Charles A. Dewey, regimental adjutant, traveled to West Branch yesterday to participate in a school for officers of the newly formed cavalry companies of the Iowa National Guard.
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Dewey
Charles A. Dewey
West Branch
Iowa National Guard
Martha Pyke Shines in Home Talent Film at Foy Theater
Martha Pyke starred in the home talent movie The Man at the Throttle shown at the Foy Theater. The screening drew an audience of over 1100 viewers.
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Martha Pyke
Foy Theater
Man
Washington Democrat CORN WEATHER and town notes
A compact rural page notes corn weather with temperatures from W. A. Cook’s readings and a town of Washington boasting sixteen automobiles. Also lists births, hospital admissions and discharges, tonsillectomies, and other local updates including marriages and a honeymoon return.
Review of a busy wartime community week
Union park service on Joyful Religion. Major Conner shifts to Davis-Monthan. 1st Lt. Don Sands awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for flying supplies to isolated forces. Missing in action Norman Surface. Cecil Long opens a feed store. numerous local visits, assignments, marriages, and legal notices reflect postwar adjustments and community ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald F. Sands
Crawfordsville
SEPARATE ROADS AND VISITS IN EAST ORANGE NEWS
A playful report notes auto drivers choosing high or low roads toward Chautauqua, while Alice Fluke visits Daisy Hall Startsman in East Orange New Jersey. Mayor Alberson returns from Lake Okoboji with Carrie Winter and Vera Alberson, remarking a good trip and joyful time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chautauqua
East
Alice Fluke
Daisy Hall Startsman
East Orange
New Jersey
Lake
Mayor Alberson
Lake Okoboji
Carrie Winter
Vera Alberson
Deaths of the Week: Nellie L De Long Dayton and Aged Man
Nellie Leah De Long Dayton widow of Albert Dayton died June 2 at the county hospital after a month of illness. She was 71 and twice married. her first husband John Horning died in 1916. four sisters survive. A 63 year old man died of tuberculosis at Oakdale Sanitarium after six months there. Funeral services were held in Washington on Thursday with Rev. Thomas Polk of the Christian church in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County Hospital
Court House
James Albert Schmoeller
Margaret Helen Griffith
Washington
Burlington
Sgt. Sehmoeller
Harlingen
Texas
Air Corps
Nellie Leah de Long Dayton
Albert Dayton
John Horning
Oakdale Sanitarium
Thomas Polk
The
Christian Church
Riverside child dies after rotary hoe accident
Five year old son of Joseph fatally injured when a rotary hoe struck him and died soon after on July 18. Survived by his father a brother Dean and grandmother Odella Walsh with whom he lived. The mother is dead. In Ainsworth a baby girl born to Mr and Mrs Floyd Martin was buried there on Sunday with Dr F W Eastwood attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Dusenbery
Oakdale Sanitarium
Washington
Mr. Dusenbery
Charles
Presbyterian Church
Trevelyn White
Dubuque University
White
W. L Clapp
Fairfield
East Second Street
Hubert Walkers
Harveys
Hattie Harvey Zorbaugh
Walkers
Riverside
Jimmy Walsh
Joseph Walsh
Dean
Mildred Hughes
County Hospital
East Washington Street
Carroll Straube
Brighton
Charles Lemley
South Second Avenue
Floyd Martin
Ainsworth
Odella Walsh
Sat
F. W. Eastwood
Arrow Shots and Social Duties in Small-Town Life
A columnist notes the paradox of social rituals on Sundays as men claim religion while praising some for generosity and excusing crankiness as personal trouble. The piece humorously contrasts a preacher’s view of contributors with the value of paying members.
Relatives Mourn Keota Area Rites for 72 Year Old Man
Widow of Amos White aged 87 died in Des Moines after long illness with maiden name Risimber. Surviving are sister Betty Jean, widow of Amos White. daughter Mrs Gee Marr of Ainsworth. two sons Rev R T White of Des Moines and Frank White of Clinton. Four sisters survive.
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Amos White
Des Moines
Risimber
Gee, Marr
Ainsworth
R. T. White
Frank White
Clinton
Keota
Widow Eva Palmer Wilson Dies in Kalamazoo
Eva Palmer Wilson, widow of John S. Wilson, died in Kalamazoo on Thursday. She lived here until a few years ago and was beloved by all who knew her.
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J. C. Penney Co
Dora
C. R. Wilson
Congress Hotel
Clyde Bowden
Logan Crawford
John Wilson
Ludington
Kalamazoo
Eva Palmer
Wilson
Mich
John S. Wilson
Columbus Junction Man Dies After Hay Mow Fall
A 75 year old Columbus Junction resident fell from a hay mow at Joe Johnson farm and died later at Washington County hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
Joe Johnson
Washington County Hospital
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the Rocking Chair Brigade
Mayme McConaughey
Anna Scott
Helen Fulton
Eva Denny
Ruth Collar Arrecht
Martha Moore Collar
Nondas’ Richardson
Dallas
Juanita Weidner Fenn
University Hospital
Iowa City
Tip
WRC
Murdock Cabin
City Hall
Relief Corps
New York
Brigade
Penneys
Emily Sprague Wurl
Milwaukee Journal
Fresh Woman
Busiess
Cloyce Dougherty
Ralph Dougherty
Albert Orcutt
West Second Street
KC Hall
Sidwell Ice Cream Co
Willitts Motor Co
Jessie Dougherty
Ralph Scott
Eri D. Bolick
Peggy Buchanan
Will Conner
Sade Conner
Leslie C. Williams
Eaton Williams
John May
San Francisco
G. S. Buchanan
Charleston
Red Cross
Raymond Bear
Clayton Bear
Country Club
Mrs. G. S. Hay
Sadie
Fred Blick
Ruth Pierce
Clara Barton
Wacs
H. F. Masson
Journal Building
Old Heights
Mildred Guthrie
Blanche Miller
Reister Creamery
Pp. L. Etter
Kirksville, Mo
Cy Bush
Irene
Ozark Country
Crand
Ollie Campbell
Della Brookhart
Wesley Hospital
Myrtle Poole
Emma Bernadine Fore
J. D
Bessie Hichelberger Fore
Sawtell
Miriam Davis
South Marion Ave
Nellie Wilson
Miss Wilson
Co. C. Lewis
John W. Lewis, Jr
Carlsbad
New Mexico
Biggsville
Robert Patterson
Miami
Florida
Democrat
W. A. Cook
Will Graham
Ed Klopfenstein
Automobile Club
Morrisson
Bride
Virginia
Alma
Dave
Vera Miller
Marvin Buckwalter
Terry Mack
West Main Street
Ralston Meek
West Madison Street
Daryl Wood
Robert Wells
Carnfordsville
George Sigler
Roscoe White
Route One
Merle Chambers
Merry Hospital
Town City
Ralph W. Young
East Jefferson Street
Fred Bliefuss
Glen Miller
Wayne Gammon
LaVonne Wenger
Delores Kolosiek
South Seventh Avenue
Lawrence Trotter
Phyllis Brown
Bethel
Dorothy
Wilfred McCreedy
Leila Wood
Janet
Richard Ross
West Chester
Nondas Richardson
Gerald, Jerry
Eddie Nicholson
Jimmy Easter
North Second Avenue
John Creech
West Third Street
Lester Schooley
Sandra Maxine
North Avenue D
Rowena Carter
East Third Street
Kate Liyson
South Fourth Avenue
Erwin Wulf
Walter Conner
Great Bend Field
Kansas
Davis-Monthan Field
Tucson
Arizona
Norman Surface
Aviation Ordnance Man
F. C. Surface
Cecil Long
Gracehill Moravian Church
Alfred de Groot Vogler
Wade Gardner
Jerry
Indianola
John Gardner
Corpus Christi
Virginia Shepherd
Mrs
Carl Roberts
W. F. Allbaugh
Ames
Mary Greely Hospital
Betty Custer
Kay Bostwick
Virginia Wylie
Burlington Hospital
T. M. Mast
Gus
Agency
Don Shepherd
Mary Jo
Santa Rosa
Lemmon Building
Lt. Shepherd
Cpl
Harold Jarvis
Boca Raton Airfield
Fla
Don McClure
Cooperative Service Company
Maxine Morrow
Edith Boileau Reister
Claude L. Reister
Elizabeth McElroy
Harold
McElroy
Keith Farrier
East Pleasant Plain
Priscilla Dickinson
Geo. Bartholomew Farm
Kenneth €. Kos
Kathryn E. Southwick
Kalona
Anna Mae Howard
Washington, D. C
Army Service
War Dep't
M. J. Cruise
Richard D. Hopp
Sevilla Buice
Major Hopp
India
Clyde L. Boice
Navy Medical Corps
Western Pacific
Betty Stephen Botce
Sally
Kay
Seattle
Ainsworth-Washington Club
Long Beach
Orrie Turner
Blanche Smith
American Legion
Grocer
R. E. Doncherty
Robert David Fish
Lois Lea Stout
Ruth Hill
Arthur E. Hill
Eugene Owen
Mrs. Chas, Owen
Fred Weekly
Lucy McArtor
Jefferson Street
Ira Rathmel
Lois Stout
Princeton
Robert D. Fish
Chas. F. Fish
South Ave. C
T. H. Peters
Geo. W. Stewart Hardware Store
William Boshart
Mojave
Glenn Mace
O. C. Boshart
Wayland
James Campbell
Keokuk Tues
A and P
Navy
Jim
Davenport
Archie M. Euwer
Donald Benz
Donna Louise
Boston
Mass
Don
Charles Benz
Howard D. Gregory
Lucy Benz
Oskaloosa
Donald Rex
Everette Neil
Wellmann
KE. D. Miller
Scott Furniture Company
Lloyd Scott
Scott
Leo Dusenbery
Ethel Mae Martin
Betty Jean
A. T. White
David Teuscher
Harry Roberts
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