Washington social notes drift as residents relocate
The column chronicles Frances McCoy Cherry leaving Washington for Iowa City after selling her South Marion home, with friend recollections and local updates about neighbors, weddings, and community life. It covers apartment plans for the White family on South Second Avenue, market observations on fresh and frozen produce, and various social events including weddings and 4-H Rally Day activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Frances McCoy Cherry
South Marion Avenue
Iowa City
Frances
Althea White
South Second Avenue
Boller
George Teasy
Hospital News Roundup From Ainsworth Area
Numerous hospital admissions and discharges are reported across Ainsworth Riverside Washington Wellman and Keota with tonsillectomies births and medical observations. Notable events include a daughter born to Mr. and Mrs Elmer Keith in Keota and a wedding planned at the Methodist church with a lawn reception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin Hillery
Mari Eloise
Donald Birka
Ainsworth
Pete Witting
Kalona
Philomena Bombie
Keota
William Marie
Everette Green
Will Harwood
Washington
Ezra Smith
Robert
Marcella Boileau
Joan Harland
West Chester
Elmer Harland
Route 3
Clarence Brown
Brighton
Lester Hanton
Laine MacClintic
Davenport
I. [. Reichert
Sara Jane Lemley
West Madison
Elmer Keith
South Fourth Street
Marsha Ann Koehler
Marshal Koehler
Clara Pimme
Nellie Adams
Wellman
Homer Kirkpatrick
Donald Lynn
North English
Adolph Shalla
Karen Katherine
Riverside
Vera Harvey
Paul Harvey
Paul Deimerly
Marvin Buck
Ireta Willits
Rooster Day and Town News From Washington
Washington marks its fourth Rooster Day on June 10 with past tallies showing 1647, 2974, and 8495 pounds of roosters brought to town in 1928 29 and 1980. Don Benz joins the Hole-in-One club after a golf feat witnessed by three others, while the nursing school faces closure due to hospital size. A new band stand is debated, local injuries and birthdays are noted, and a busy day includes a Nash School picnic with abundant food and a report of a $2.50 loss. Phillip Mercer named to replace Harvey Matthews at Iowa Gas and Electric, with local pride in Washington County.
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Washington
Don Benz
Washington Golf Club
H. H. McCleery
Orville Elder
Nash
Effie van Sickle
Bessie Boyee
Evelyn Eldridge
Miss Conner
George Stewart, Jr
Walter Conner
Washington County
God
Phillip Mercer
Harvey Matthews
Iowa Gas and Electric Co
Harvey
Monmouth
Democrat
Phil
D.A.R. Plans Flag Day Observance and Local Weddings
D.A.R. members arrange Flag Day events at a log cabin next Saturday. Gladys Judy of Cherokee and Richard Edgington announce their Nebraska wedding on January 11, 1941. Edgington, a children's librarian, will keep her Cherokee post while husband serves in camp. Various local notices include church Synod gathering, 100th anniversary celebration, a fire suit in Crawfordsville, and multiple marriages and civic updates across the Iowa region.
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D.A.R
Gladys Judy
Cherokee
Richard Edgington
Nebraska
Edgington
Synod of the
Associate Presbyterian Church
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Kansas
Iowa
Review of the Weeks News in Washington County
Ninety two new cars and trucks were sold in Washington County in May. A minor Crawfordsville crash caused cuts and bruises. Numerous residents and visitors travel to Baraboo, Chicago, Denver, and beyond. Local marriages, births, and engagements are listed alongside changes in work, theater, and retail plans. Memorial and vacation events fill the week with civic and church notices as residents relocate, marry, or visit relatives.
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Washington County
Arrow Shots: Quick Humorous Observations on Life
A collection of witty lines about marriage and social quirks. It teases hubbies al ways the last to know, telephone nuisances, wives correcting husbands, pencil sharpening, funerals run by capability, church gossip, ignoring chatter, lying for convenience, and opera glasses used to view a rotten play.
20 Years Ago Breaks Collar Bone in Chase Incident
Jimmy Wells, assisting his dog to shoot the chutes, fell and fractured his collar bone during a local stunt. The event occurred twenty years ago and involved a dog act at a fairground setting. No further injuries were reported.
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Jimmy Wells
New Agent John Park Assigned to Milwaukee Depot
John Park, previously based in Polo Missouri, takes the helm as the new agent at the Milwaukee depot. Park arrives with experience from prior roles and begins duties immediately, overseeing railway operations and customer service at the station.
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John Park
Polo, Missouri
Milwaukee Depot
Large Class of eighty five graduates from junior high
A large class of eighty five graduates completed from the junior high school. A frost event is noted with a killing frost reported by C. H. Wilson on June 4 1859. Corn wheat and oats were all frozen in that frost.
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C. H. Wilson
Brookhart Daughter Graduates With Flawless Attendance
Announcement notes Sarah Margaret Brookhart daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Brookhart graduated from high school this year and has not been absent or tardy since starting school at age four in kindergarten.
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Sarah Margaret Brookhart
J. L. Brookhart
Wayland Drum Corps Leads Memorial Day Parade
The Wayland Drum corps marched and played on Memorial Day with 600 children in line, over 100 automobiles, and 60 uniformed members of the American Legion participating.
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Wayland
Military Funeral for Dale Reeves in France
A funeral for Dale Reeves who died of pneumonia in France on August 17 1918 was held on Sunday and his body was sent home. Edna Ruth and Laura Bridges visited Muscatine to spend Sunday and meet Myra Jane Knapp on her first visit to the Bridges home.
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Helen Foster
Corning Public
John Foster
Ruth
Dale Reeves
France
Muscatine
Edna
Laura Bridges
Myra Jane Knapp
Bridges
Women’s Relief Corps Elects New State President
Mrs John Bryson has been elected state department president of the Women’s Relief Corps. Mrs John Mc Laughlin was elected vice president of the Women’s General Missionary Society of the United Presbyterian Church.
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Bklect
John Bryson
State Department
Women’s Relief Corps
John McLaughlin
Women's General Missionary Society
The
United Presbyterian Church
Boy Crayton Hurt By Cup Breakage In Fall
The young son of Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Crayton fell last week causing a cup to break in his hand and a bad cut on his forehead.
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H. R. Crayton
30 Years Go From the Democrat Depew Club
The Chauncey Depew club of Des Moines remains active at the old stand and received a book on oratory from Chauncey Depew, a gift whose relevance to insurance graft is unclear. Wilbur Miller’s 1 Fine Building rises with an electric elevator and an inter-communication telephone system of fourteen lines linking rooms, workshops, and the garage.
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Democrat Depew
Chauncey Depew
Des Moines
Chauncey
Wilbur Miller
Will Walton to marry Philadelphia girl Rose Avery
Word comes that Will Walton, formerly of Washington, will wed Philadelphia native Rose Avery soon. The note reflects the town’s boys maturing into men and shaping the future.
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Leon
Will Walton
Washington
Philadelphia
Rose Avery
Man returns heavy wooden leg borrowed from neighbor
A man borrowed a wooden leg from a neighbor but found it unsatisfactory and returned it with thanks. The leg was lighter in wood but felt heavy in use.
Monmouth College Sparks Deplorable Rivalry
A playful but heated scene at Monmouth College features students in a noisy scrimmage over unclear issues regarding non-denominational schooling. The mood is energetic as conversations turn to spirited debate and light factioning within the campus community.
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Monmouth College
Deaths of the Week Ednant Bidwell Soldier Killed in Auto Crash
Ednant Bidwell, 19, son of Mr and Mrs J W Bidwell, was killed in an automobile accident Sunday while a soldier at Camp Bowie. Military funeral held here on Thursday.
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John R. Edgington
Edward Bidwell
Camp Bowie
O. J. Brown
John Bidwell, Jr
Texas
Wayne Durst
Ednant Bidwell
J. W. Bidwell
Minick Brothers Remembered in Washington Family
Arthur Minick aged 62 died of a heart attack in Peoria on Sunday. He was a brother of Jake Ralph Dora Lillian and Frances Minick of Washington. His father was the late Tobias Minick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Minick
Peoria
Jake
Ralph
Dora
Lillian
Frances Minick
Washington
Tobias Minick
Sunday Trains and Milwaukee Promise Passenger Service
A town sees Sunday passenger trains tied to Milwaukee's arrival, with the Democrat optimistic that service will finally arrive after years of belief. The piece argues the Milwaukee will implement the trains, pressuring Rock Island to align.
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Milwaukee
Democrat
Jay
Rock Island
Engaged to Marry Weighs on Chicago Announcement
Engaged to marry Harry Mount to a wealthy Atchison Kans girl announced in a Chicago paper. She sails for Paris soon to order a wedding dress. Picnic party drivers to Coppock for luncheon on Chicauqua moonlight return. Attendees include Fluke Bell Babbcock Williamson Keeley Hull Babcock Miller. Coppock miller D D Bolding headed to Dubuque for a new forty eight inch water wheel.
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Harry Mount
Atchison, Kans
Chicago
Paris
Trousseau
Coppock
Chicauqua
Alice Fluke
Kate Bell
Josephine Babbcock
Wiha ‘Williamson
Keokuk
Messrs
Morton Keeley
H. C. Hull
John Babcock
Stanley Miller
D. D. Bolding
Dubuque
Mr. Bolding
Obituary notices for Small, Sheridan and others
Mrs C M Small and Mrs Eunice Kendrick die in Cedar Rapids and here respectively. Small of Wellman age 32 leaves husband and 12 year old son plus three brothers and a sister. A M Sheridan of Columbus Junction age 82 dies. Eunice Kendrick an 80 year old resident since 1919 dies. Belle Jennings, 76, of Columbus Junction dies in Muscatine hospital. Rosa Kurtz Messenger, 78, longtime Wayland resident, dies June 4.
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C. M. Small
Bessie Bernice Carl Small
Wellman
Cedar Rapids
Eunice Eien Kendrick
Belle Jennings
Columbus Junction
Muscatine Hospital
Dennis Messenger
Rosa Kurtz Messenger
Wayland
Be Brave Girls At Church Encouraged To Bring Partners
A terse note describes young ladies facing a crowd of timid beaux outside church doors. The tone urges young men and older suitors to muster courage, take their best girl to church, and not let her go home alone.
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