Local News Notes From Washington Area Visitors
Crawfordsville resident Carr spent yesterday in Washington. Winfield resident Will Barr visited the city. Garner IA visitor Mitchell Sprole arrived to see Fred Palmer. Beatrice Brown came from Centerville to visit Arthur Palmer. Harvey Kauffman of Wayland is in Washington today. Fred Rush of Rochester MN visits his sister Minnie Jennings. J C Ford returned from Mason City after attending the Grand Lodge of Knights of Pythias. Mrs Amos White leaves for Lyons IA due to illness of daughter-in-law. Mrs E G Beitel and Ramona Beitel visit Grace Hill. O L Lyon family spent Thursday in Davenport with C O Moore who was injured in an auto crash and cannot walk again.
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O .L. Lyon
Nellie Ruth
Eugene
Charlie
Davenport
C. O. Moore
Ainsworth Road
Dean's Ready With Dinner and Treats als Dean's
Washington Iowa note sheet lists social visits to Washington from Brighton Olds Cotter and Keota with mentions of Dean's chocolate orangeade fried chicken and Sunday menus. Ads urge camping tent orders for the chautauqua and reference local auctioneer D F Macon and Jeweler Stephen.
Beds at Colfax not filled in veterans report
Washington reports 173 beds for disabled veterans in Knoxville Iowa all occupied. Colfax Iowa has 201 beds with 120 in use. plans for Knownville will add 400 beds. The note includes local anecdotes and ads about pie, hair care, and Army base humor.
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Washington, D. C
Sawyer
Federal Board of Hospitalization
Knoxville
Colfax
Knownville
Iowa coal dealers to meet on Tuesday
Des Moines July 29 state fuel commissioner Charles Webster calls a meeting of coal dealers and large consumers at the state house August 1 to gather price and supply information. He warns timely data is needed to prevent a fuel famine amid reports of price drops from Kentucky mines and ongoing efforts to curb profiteering. Hoover responds that government price controls may begin under a voluntary agreement.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Charles Webster
State House
Webster
Western Kentucky
Herbert Hoover
Mason City Adopts New School Plan
Mason City unveils a grade grouping system for fall that adapts instruction to individual students. Kindergarten entrants will be tested and placed into groups by mental capacity, reducing failures and speeding learning while boosting health and overall school efficiency.
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Mason City
F. T. Vasey
Vasey
Borrowed Smiles Language Laughs at the Shop
In a comic exchange the grocer's wife teases Mr Cane about teaching French at the school. She jokes that learning English spellings and sounds is hard, citing air, hair, hatmosphere, and hare to illustrate confusing pronunciations.
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Canewell
Hungry traveler buys sandwich then returns dime at stop
A traveler asks a boy to buy two sandwiches with dimes but the boy returns one dime saying only one sandwich was left. The scene plays out as the train pulls away. A diner orders an assortment of proteins and carbohydrates totaling about eight hundred calories in a humorous exchange.
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Washington Star
Henry
Boston Transcript
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McElhinney Drug Co
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Crawfordsville
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Centerville
Arthur Home
Harvey Kauffman
Wayland
Fred Rush
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Lyons, Iowa
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Keota
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Frank Stewart
Virginia Droz
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James O'Laughljin
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Julia Martin
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