Severe county storm with wind and hail damages
A strong late day storm caused telephone lines and electric service outages across the county. Trees were uprooted or broken, sparking fires and damaging homes and outbuildings. Hail as large as walnuts affected crops west of town while trains sustained window damage. No serious injuries reported.
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Washington
Louis Baird
South Avenue B
Baird
South Iona
South Marion Avenues
Brighton
Sigourney
Sigourney Roads
Frank Leeper
Ed Miller
James Baird
Madison Jones
M. M. Kendrick
Cunningham-Wickham
Kendrick Grove
Troop D Plans Iowa National Guard Camp at Camp Dodge
Captain P. J. Crail reports Troop D will attend the Iowa National Guard Camp at Camp Dodge from August 2 to 16. The unit is at full strength with many on a waiting list and a record turnout at drills and preparations for Decoration Day parade.
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P. J. Crail
Iowa National Guard
Camp Dodge
Miss Tenney Dies at the County Home
Miss Mary Josephine Tenney aged 84 died this morning at the county home. Funeral services will be Thursday at 10 30 at Mrs L H Stephens home in Ainsworth conducted by Rev W 8 Moore, with burial in Ainsworth cemetery. She formerly lived in Ainsworth and was a Keokuk medical college and University of Iowa medical school graduate who practiced medicine for years in Oskaloosa.
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Mary Josephine Tenney
L. H. Stephens
Ainsworth
W. 8. Moore
Miss Tenney
Keokuk Medical College
Medical School
State University of
Quote on listening and discernment by Lavater
A aphorism highlights the value of watching a speaker’s manner over hearing only the words. The observation of expression and intent is said to prevent disappointment in understanding.
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Lavater
Rural graduates to receive certificates this Saturday
County Superintendent Harry A Phillips announced the final list of 120 rural students who passed the recent eighth grade exams and will graduate Saturday at 2 PM in the high school auditorium. Rev J Reade McCrory will give the address as the ceremony honors graduates from many townships with high marks and plans for September high school entry.
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Harry A Phillips
J. Reade McCrory
Phillips
Winnifred Carris
Raymond Coon
Flo Eyestone
Oneita Griggs
Francis Kleece
Lorena Kron
Fern Robertson Newton Robinson
Ora Wencer
Leona Kos
Mildred Caldwell
Lime Creek
Lloyd Adkins
Francis Chapman
Merton Crossett
Clyde Felzke
Lloyd Hershberger
Amy Miller
Lawrence Miller
Katie Miller
Melvin Lafourek
Eloise Walker
Irene Kron
Iowa
June Manasmith
Highland Township
Lewis Havel
Margery Jolly
Edwin Lukavsky
Sara McCreedy
Burke McCreedy
Maxine Owen Charley Podaril
Hubert Quinn
Ruth Stolley
Helen White
Leland White
Lillian Wollrab
Y's Men's Club Plans Athletics and YMCA Support
At the Y's Men’s Club meeting, members discussed a possible athletics program as a side activity. A volleyball or indoor baseball challenge to Rotary or B. E. O. clubs was proposed, with a committee appointed to push it. Plans also focus on promoting the YMCA in Washington, and a special program with a charter dinner is planned in about two weeks.
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Rotary Club
B. E. O. Cges
Washington
Gypsy Rover Postponed to Tonight Amid Weather Concerns
The weather forced postponement of The Gypsy Rover with a rain or shine plan for eight o'clock tonight. If weather prevents attendance the show will be canceled and tickets from last night will be valid. Edith and Esther Elgar will perform Mary and Marie between acts and a girls chorus will sing The Parade of the Wooden Soldiers after the second act.
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Mr. Miller
Edith
Esther Elgar
Mary and
Marie
Young People to Hold Convention in Crawfordsville
The thirty sixth annual convention of the Young People's Christian Union of Keokuk presbytery meets in Crawfordsville Thursday evening and Friday. Delegates from Washington attend with opening devotions, talks, and Bible study led by local pastors. Moses M. Shaw outlines national convention plans in Silver Bay New York.
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Young People's Christian Union of
Keokuk
United Presbyterian Church
Crawfordsville
Washington
Margaret Davidson
Mae Wallace
Ainsworth
John T. Aiken
Columbus City
Clarence Logan
W. R. McCrory
FE. F. Kimmelshue
Des Moines
J. Reade McCrory
Moses M. Shaw
Silver Bay
New York
J. C.K Millican
Morning Sun
Shaw
Alex Miller Tells More About His Life At Rotary
Alex Miller continued his talk at the noon Rotary meeting detailing Amish and Mennonite beliefs and pacifism. He explained church services and preacher selection while noting war nonparticipation as a religious tenet. The group discussed organizing Memorial Day events for next year and an investigation into Rit Maxwell for a cow slaughter incident.
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Alex Miller
Rotary
Frank L. Wilson
Mr. Miller
Alex
Rit Maxwell
Trades For Farm Homer Darbyshire Trades Home
Trades for a Snyder place farm near Washington involve Farm Homer Darbyshire swapping his West Main street residence with H A and George Pauls for eighty acres. The Darbyshires will rent and occupy the home indefinitely while the contract closes this week.
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Homer F Darbyshire
West Main Street
H. A
George Pauls
Snyder Place
Washington
Darbyshires
Davis to coach at McGregor High School next year
Fairfield Journal reports Glen Davis son of Mr and Mrs W S Davis of Washington will coach at McGregor High School next year. He will graduate from Parsons College this month.
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Fairfield Journal
Glen Davis
W. S. Davis
Washington
McGregor, Laws
Parsons College
Lowell Anderson Oratorical and Musical Contest Held at Iowa Wesleyan
The second annual competition in Mt Pleasants Iowa Wesleyan college chapel featured six orators six piano contestants and four vocal contestants. Pauline Smith daughter of the college president won first in oratory on Child Labor Ruth Turkington took second and Louise Luers third. Aletha Roop won piano first with Rachmaninoff Prelude in G minor and Beecher Scherzo Miss Mary Rutledge took second with Rachmaninoff Prelude in C sharp minor and Steve Burlesque. Editha DeGarmo won voice first with Sunlight a waltz by Harriet Ware Warren Bentzinger placed second with Mendelssohn It Is Kinouch from Elijah.
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MT. Pleasant
Lowell Anderson
Iowa Wesleyan College
R. W. Anderson
Bloomfield
Iowa Wesleyan
Washington High School
Pauline Smith
Smith
Ruth Turkington
Wyman
Louise Luers
Keota
Aletha Roop
Ollie
Rachmaninoff
Beecher
Mary Rutledge
Ottumwa
Steve
Misa Editha DeGarmo
Mt Pleasant
Sunlight
Harriet Ware
Warren Bentzinger
Ft. Madison
Kinouch
Mendelssohn
Many Wild Reports Concerning Storm
Chaotic reports spread about a storm in southeastern Town with unverified claims of fatalities. Reports placed deaths at Fairfield and Brighton, while Washington and nearby Iowa also appeared in tales, though press dispatches later balanced the figure to four deaths in Iowa, most from lightning.
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Fairfield
Brighton
Washington
Iowa
Funeral services for Collin Nicola
Funeral services for Collin Nicola were held Friday afternoon at his home on Fast Main Street conducted by Dr W W Bowers with two solos by Jesse J Miller. The pallbearers were Marsh W Bailey Joe Wright Alex Miller Col C J Wilson W P Wells and J R Maxwell. Burial was at Elm Grove.
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Collin Nicola
Fast Main Street
W. W. Bowers
Jesse J. Miller
Nicola
Marsh W. Bailey
Joe Wright
Alex Miller
Col. C. J. Wilson
W. P. Wells
J. R. Maxwell
Elm Grove
Commencement Opens at Iowa Wesleyan College
The seventieth annual commencement season at Iowa Wesleyan College began May 29 with the Lowell Anderson Oratorical and Musical contest. Governor Hammill will deliver the commencement address Thursday at 10 o clock, as activities run through June 4. The college states the class of graduates will number fifty four, the largest in its history.
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MT. Pleasant
Iowa Wesleyan College
Lowell Anderson
John Hammill
Hammill
Southeastern
Iowa
A Smile a Day Doolittle Revealed as Kind and Lazy
A town’s obituary-like character Doolittle is described as the kindest hearted man yet the laziest. He quips to his wife that he will leave everything to her after his death, while she retorts that she has been the recipient since marriage.
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Doolittle
Take Daily Walk for Health Says Daily Guidance
A health guidance note urges readers to take brisk walks each day even if brief. It frames walking as an accessible habit to counteract a sedentary lifestyle and improve well being.
Lantern linked to Key ship lights new film My Son
Edwin Carewe premieres My Son at Fox Theatre filming in Boston and California. An antique lantern shown in a curio shop is claimed to lit the prow of Francis Scott Key's prison ship, later polished by Carewe's assistant revealing the mark Made in Brest France.
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Edwin Carewer
New York
My Son
Fox Theatre
California
Boston
Francis Scott Key
Carewe
Son
Mary L
Mary L'' Wallace
Fox
Brest
France
Reister Creamery poem notes on women and marriage
A poem from Reister Creamery catalogs women as varied, some delightful, some spiteful, and some frail or pampered. It compares some to fluffy chickens and pampered pets, touching on trust, talk, risk, and the path to marriage.
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