Local births visits and political notes fill county page
Mr and Mrs Lloyd Wellman welcomed a seven pound seven and three quarter ounce son born Thursday. Lincoln and family gatherings, travels and reunions weave through notices as Paul Lionguth transfers, Williams discuss 4 H rally and teachers join the city schools. Republicans nominate Marion George and others in quiet county race while 4 H events and hospital news pepper the week.
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Lloyd Troyer Wellman
Wellman
Washington News Highlights: Obituaries and Local Happenings
Obituaries note the death of 67 year old Mrs Annetta Gupton Ainsworth after a month long illness. Other deaths include a six year old girl at North Ave C after months of illness and N D Anderson Wather, 63, owner of the Anderson hotel, after a lingering illness. Wedding coverage includes Vera Van Sickle and Earl Ashton Lewis wed on June 4 1902 with ceremony by Rev Shhreckengast and Rev J R Logue. The town’s ladies basketball team is profiled with players listed and notes on bloomers. A new Stanhope buggy is purchased by Amos Rankin and building plans for the Milwaukee depot are set to start next week.
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Christener
Anderson
Washington Laundry
C. W. Lindquist
Roy Means
Rm. Lindquist
Mr. Lindquist
Washington
Ainsworth
Norah Ebner
Sophia Ek
Wood
Tina Benvenuto
North Ave
Nial van Sickle
E. M. Corbett
Lewis and van Sickle
Carlton Corbett
Sigourney
Fairfield
Democrat
Mary Hughes
Anna Wells
Sadie Emmons
Lillian Haggett
Lizzie Dawson
Willa McCullough
Laura Ingham
Eméline Warren
Catherine Kyle
Louisa Wilson
Lucy Meacham
Mame _ Shearer
Lillian Patton
Nettie Martin
Minnie Conner
Allie Rownd
Bessie McCoy
Kate Smith
Nellie Tripp
Etta Conner
Maud Dougherty
Lucy Meachem
Lewis van Sickle
Vera van Sickle
Earl Ashton Lewis
Helen Lewis
May Day parade dazzles with 400 schoolchildren
Decoration Day ceremonies in Washington featured a long parade led by Capt. Harvey with aides Stanley Miller Howard McCleery and John Babcock on horseback. The 400 public school children and St James students marched in a memorable display. Walter Ayres contributed to the event.
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St. James School
Capt
Harvey
Marshall
Stanley Miller
Howard McCleery
John Babcock
Napoleon
Marshalls
France
Walter Ayres
Fragmented Quote and Story Snippet From a 1920s Page
A damaged OCR fragment shows a John Galsworthy quotation about kindness and a short dialect exchange between two Black men discussing marriage. The readable text mentions five years apart and a question about the spouses, ending with a Cajun dialect line.
Witty Exchange on Husbands, Brunettes and Blondes
A brief dialogue features a man noting his wife has been both brunette and blonde and finds no difference in disposition. The exchange playfully questions stereotypes about hair color and temper, ending with the speaker’s amused if puzzled sentiment.
Fragmented Voices and Jumbled Guesses on a Saturday Night
A collage of odd dialogue snippets covers relationships work jokes and advice from a range of speakers. Notes include marital trust rumors humorous miscommunications and a military leader warning against rumors. The text combines domestic banter with stray reflections on wisdom and energy.
Trust Your Own Judgment Before You Trust Others
A brief aphorism notes a man must rely on personal discernment first to navigate relationships and avoid undue reliance on others. The quotation emphasizes self sufficiency and prudent choice in social dealings.
Friday voyage milestones of Columbus marked in two lines
A historical note records Columbus setting sail from the Canary Islands on a Friday, sighting land on a Friday, and beginning the return voyage on a Friday, marking a sequence of events all dated to a Friday.
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Canary Islands
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Stanley Smith
Charles City
Werner Lowry
Burlington
G. W. Hotle
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Marion George
Treas
H. P. Wilson
B. B. Hickenlooper
Tom Martin
Arthur Bielfeldt
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Guy Carlton
Matt Redlinger
West Point
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Cedar Falls
Merle Lytle
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Social Welfare
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Beth Crow
St. Louis
Robert Taylor
Henrietta Hall
Minneapolis
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Helen Simmering
Mercy Hospital
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Arthur Brayton
Chamber of Commerce
Rotherhilds
Rudy Schmidt
Paul Thompson
Mt. Pleasent
Oakland Mills
Elizabeth DuMont Snakenberg
Webster
Jessie Klein
Susie Johnson
Will Jones
T. S. R Brookhart
Alma Hearne Holland
Dick Edgington
Ft. Knowx
Harold D Jones
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Will &. Jones
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Marian McDowell
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Evelyn Williams
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Esther Stewart
Mary Ellen Duensing
Ames
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N. D. Anderson
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