The Rocking Chair Brigade notes on gardens and neighbors
A lively column describes Mrs. Myrtle Poole and Mrs. Ella Miller tending lush alley gardens amid rain, lists visitors and trips to Wisconsin and Des Moines, recalls local rummage events, family letters, and community notices about housing, illness, and upcoming church socials.
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Myrtle
Local Hospital Admissions and Birth Announcements Chronicle
Hospital notes list admissions for surgical and medical cases across several towns including Ernie Temple Ed Lough Mrs Maurice Meyer and Mr and Mrs John Dupuis with births at 11 43 Saturday night and 12 23 yesterday afternoon. Discharges and dismissals cover Keota Richland Kalona Wellman and Brighton with multiple patients noted for surgery and medical care.
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Ernie Temple
Route Four
Ed Lough
North Marion Ave
Maurice Meyer
Route Three
E. J. Blatter
South Town Avenue
John Dupuis
Richland
Elmer Harland
Route Two
P. P. Hahn
Keota
Max Cook
East Third Street
Joan Vogel
C. E. Campbell
South Iowa Ave
Sam Henry
Orville Iseman
Lewis Sickler
Hotel Grand
Larry Weber
Norma Smith
James Batterson
East
Washington Street
Roberts Ann Porter
Claudine Letts
Wyman
Marion Avenue
Donald Thompson
Kalona
Robert Lewis
South Avenue C
Perry Lewis
Libertyville
Merle Duncan
Columbus Junction
Joseph Lahr
Brighton
Clyde Garrett
South Avenue D
Arthur Davison
Dwight Bender
Des Moines
Terry Myers
Charlies van Winkle
Joan Boileau
Eighth Avenue
Henry Miller
Wellman
Charles Robison
Pamela Sue
Charles D Brown
Fairfield
John Rittenhouse
Kenneth Jennings
North Avenue B
Richard Newby
Pleasant Plain
Harold Lee
Dallas Chamberlin
East Washington Street
John Hixson
Ainsworth
Raymond Wolfe
Lockridge
Howard Harras
Harper
Raymond Coon
Rabenold Dies Former Ainsworth Citizen at 68
Rabenold, a respected longtime resident of Ainsworth, died at 1015 East Washington Street on Monday at age 68. His wife was Emma Miller. Also reported is the drowning death of 18-year-old James Z Nicholson in Cone Lake Sunday.
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Rabenold
I. B. Rabenold
Ainsworth
East Washington Street
Emma Miller
James Z. Nicholson
Cone Lake
Bird Show At Mrs Keelys Home Delights Bird Lovers
Mrs FT Keeley invites friends to view her young birds calling them rollers. She enjoys their antics and says they bring delight to her.
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Oskaloosa
Mary Hortense Burnside
Hortie
H. F. Steck
Severe Storm Strikes County Killing Three on July 20
A severe electrical storm killed three in the county. Brenneman, six miles north of Wellman, was struck in a harvest field. Brighton pastors Gilmore D. Seaney and J. W. Jefferson died under a tree. Rev. Vernon Pike was knocked down nearby. A local class picnic occurred at Sunset Park. Temperatures around 78 with no rain. The Hila Morgan stock company performed at war prices. Company K and First Regiment troops departed for the Mexican border.
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Brenneman
Wellman
Gilmore D. Seaney
Presbyterian Church
J. W. B. Jefferson
Brighton
Vernon Pike
Methodist
Tile factory opens kiln as Delta Theta notes emerge
M. T. Anderson, proprietor at the Washington Tile and Brick factory, opens a kiln of newly burnt tile and brick. He employs fifteen men in the plant and claims to produce the best tile and brick on the market. Delta Theta mentions Jeanette.
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Cherry
The
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Helen Anderson
Genevra McCaw
Lillian Norton
Vera Rogers
M. T. Anderson
Washington Tile and Brick Factory
Ringling Circus Parade Comes to Town and Million Dollar Menagerie
The Ringling Bros. circus tours the area with a grand parade and a million dollar menagerie. Tickets cost 50 cents at Glasgow and Lytles Allen House Drug Store. Newlyweds Rev and Mrs J R Logue plan to reside with Mr and Mrs James Young. A severe storm damaged two houses including J A Cunningham and Judge Dewey's home. A large Washington society reception at the Sproul residence drew about 100 guests at two thirty with invitations by Mrs Sproul and Mrs T W Skinner.
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J. R. Logue
James Young
Second United Presbyterian Church
Washington
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Heights
Deaths of the Week and Local Obituaries
Sixty three year old farmer of four miles southwest died at the county hospital Friday morning after long illness. Survived by wife Lelia Foster and son William of Davenport, plus brother M. D. Atkinson and three sisters. Funeral Sunday at 2:30 at L. A. Jones Funeral home, Dr. Miller in charge. Also a Washington woman aged 56 died at home on West Second Street, survived by five brothers Chris Henry George Frank and John Dittmer and two sisters Mrs Anna Gordon and Mrs Emna Scott. Wellman obituary notes a well known man aged 57 died after a long illness, his son having died in the war.
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William
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Des Moines
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Cedar Falls
Slice McGee
Cambridge
Ill
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Washington
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Batavia
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Dows
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Wis
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Kansas City
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Ferndale
Mich
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Orville Caldwell
Noted Washington Leader Dies of Heart Attack at 79
One of Washington's most illustrious sons died of a heart attack at Presbyterian hospital Thursday. He was seventy nine and had served on the Cook County appellate court since 1917. A graduate of the old Washington academy he leaves two sons, one an attorney and the other an officer in the Navy.
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Presbyterian Hospital
Cook County
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Navy
Arrow Shots and Oddities in Everyday Life
A man says his wife went to Europe to study German and we question why she did not stay home to teach English. Crepe on the Fourth of July seems common yet its meaning is unclear. Widow's veils and sorrow are not reliably tied to celebration or depth of grief.
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Washington weekly review notes dozens of social visits
Thirty one men and three officers of Washingtons head quarters company of the Town State Guard are at Camp Dodge for training. Numerous locals attend weddings, visits, and vacations with relatives in Iowa City Des Moines Cedar Rapids and Chicago.
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Camp Dodge
Local aviation licenses issued for six and other small items
Six men completed 45 flight hours and received temporary licenses while two others reached 280 hours for commercial licensure. Airport staff includes Lloyd Scott as manager and Don Armstrong as assistant manager. instructors Ray Sutter and Lawrence McVey. Northwestern Bell sues Keith Farrier for 66.58 over a damaged pole after a vehicle left the highway and rolled, breaking a pole. A new American Legion post formed at Ainsworth this week. Bernard Kephart returns to New Orleans after visiting his parents and celebrates a birthday.
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Brighton
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