Washington County remembers Jim Redd and community ties
The piece honors local figures, from Jim Redd’s funeral at the County Home to memories of Mose Hall and the Keeota community. It notes hospital votes, Memorial Day visits, a busy 4 H rally with 163 registrants, and ongoing civic concerns like removing an old shack on South Iowa Avenue and improving cemetery water access.
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Kevenage Journal
Tennyson
Frank Wilson
Washington
Iowa
Jim Redd
Jim
Mose Hall
Journal
Mose
Nate Black
Board of Supervisors
Iowa Avenue
Coppock Highway
Washington News and Community Notes C
Camp Wet onatchek trip for Gertrude Hammer ends six weeks at Powers Lake Wisconsin. Knights of Columbus elect J. M. Kelly grand knight. Rev. Arthur W. Henke earns a divinity degree and becomes Dr. Henke. Washington District Boy Scouts forms with Fred L. Stewart as chair. Five county girls graduate from hospital training school. Everett Daniels in T N T Magazine writes a bedtime story. A B K Putnam Co sends three cloth charts to Africa. Wedding announced for Lillian Brown and William Fry in Marengo Iowa. Washington Bakery closes amid price competition. Walter Wilde dies after illness. memorials to Presbyterian church. Max McCall returns from Beaver Falls. H and A Bakery opens with 6000 visitors and 1200 loaves per hour. Primary returns nominate Sweet sheriff, Ferguson supervisor, Brown recorder. Minnie Green narrowly misses 35%. Cunningham rooms contract awarded to McLellan Co. Chanticleer party hosted by James Baird with 47 guests. Washington baseball league formed with Fairfield Mt Pleasant and Brighton. Home of Will G Stewart decorated for wedding. Griffiths host Omaha guests with music. 45 attend. Pension granted to Civil War veteran via Kellogg and Purvis. New rabbitry by Charley Means with 55 Belgian hares. rapid breeder claims. Class of 1900 graduates numbered 34 at Graham Opera House. Elliot Grayson turns six with a party.
Seven Weeks News Review Highlights Local Happenings
Local churches open vacation Bible schools while a corn festival rite prompts summer corn cob pipe smoking among men. Notables include graduates, plays, weddings, reunions, and travels from Boone to Los Angeles, with marriages in Iowa and Illinois and a new skating rink planned east of town.
Barber With Full Beard Defies Notion of Style
A noted anecdote describes a barber sporting a full beard challenging conventional fashion. The account notes the barber’s brisk movements and fussy demeanor as part of his distinctive persona.
Child Killed in Field Drag Accident at Brighton
Nine year old Anna Stout, daughter of Mr and Mrs Amos Stout of the Brighton community, died when she fell beneath a heavy field drag on June 2, 1920. Authorities investigate the incident and report the accident occurred on farmland near the Brighton area.
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Anna Stout
Amos Stout
Brighton
T. J. Berdo Dies After Stroke in June 1920
Thomas J. Berdo, a retired farmer and noted public minded citizen, died June 2 1920 following a paralytic stroke. He was active in local affairs and longtime resident of the community.
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T. J. Berdo
Thomas J. Berdo
Program at School Seventy Five Attend Last Day Exercises
Seventy five parents and friends attended the last day of school exercises at the Little Red Brick school house with Mrs Mabel Larson Weeks teaching.
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Red Brick
Mabel Larson Weeks
Weather and film news from Washington
May temperatures ranged from 44.5 to 86.5 degrees with a warm spell noted. A real movie will be filmed in Washington this week and shown at the Graham theatre.
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Washington
Graham Theatre
Graduation Address Honors Iowa Wesleyan Connected Family
Address to the graduating class of the High School by Ce A Smith of Iowa Wesleyan College notes 64 graduates. Among them Alice Cunningham is a third generation graduate. her grandmother Alice Rogers Morton and mother Marie Morton Cunningham were also alumni in 1873 and 1892 respectively with Alice set to graduate in 1920.
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Smith
Iowa Wesleyan College
Alice Cunningham
Alice Rogers Morton
Marie Morton Cunningham
Alice
Eighty Year Old Class Graduates Named
Nineteen graduates from the high school this year with Roy Haya as class president and the American Beauty rose as class flower. The list includes Vera Coffman Hielen Cowden Ina Crone Wilbur Figgins Leigh Hays Grace Ingham Clare Jay Grace Jones Ruth Knaupp Roy Mayhew Alma Miller Bart Moore Howard Motts Opal Rickey Edna Rownd Louis Sampson Laura Wells Hattie Wenger and William Wylie. A Ken Hur program accompanied the ceremony.
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Roy Haya
Ken Hur
Vera Beulah Coffman
Hielen Jane Cowden
Ina Crone
Wilbur Victor Figgins
Leigh Roy Hays
Grace Edna Ingham
Clare Louise Jay
Grace Ruth Jones
Ruth Knaupp
Roy Lewis Mayhew
Alma Maud Miller
Bart Austin Moore
Howard James Mo
New Granddaughter for Mr and Mrs Hamilton
Mr and Mrs W J Hamilton visited Crawfordsville to meet their granddaughter born June 6 1900 at the Dr C W McLaughlin home.
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W. J. Hamilton
Crawfordsville
C. W. McLaughlin
Hospital Births and Discharges Across Washington Area
The community recorded several births and hospital discharges this week. Ralph and Edith Nelson welcomed a daughter at 1 05 am weighing six pounds eight and a half ounces. Enos Enfield and Marion Crawford welcomed or registered mothers and children undergoing medical procedures in Keota Wellman and Washington areas. Mrs Ballard and Mrs Ballard were discharged for home in Wayland and Washington route S with newborns listed. Major operations included Mrs Nichols and Mrs Roth undergoing procedures, and several tonsillectomies and appendectomies among Keota Washington Wellman and Richland residents.
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Ralph Nelson
Washington
Lester Nichols
Dan Roth
Wayland
Martha Sidles
Charles Ballard
Enos’ Enfield
Wellman
Anna Mae Drish
Brithton
Berlen Houseal
Keota
David Brinning
Marion Crawford
Harry Donaldson
John Harry
Harold McFarland
Frances Jean
Wilbur Harter
Neal Whisler
Brighton
Charles Hallcraft
Dale Gallagher
Nancy Lynn
Dorothy Foster
Winfield
Samuel Darrance
E. Tharp
Richland
Jacob Rensberger
Deaths of the Week: James Redd and Others
James Redd a colored barber who came here about 1882 died on Saturday. Evan Sellers aged eighty six died at his home at 747 East Second street on Sunday morning. Anna Marek aged seventy five died at her home near Wellman on Monday morning.
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James Redd
Kentucky
Sellers Evan
Sellers
East Second Street
Anna Marek
Wellman
George Wallace Veteran Assessor Dies After Stroke
George Wallace, Highland assessor for 34 years, died Wednesday at age 78 after a stroke. Also reported: Mrs. Elizabeth Raumseyer mother of Harry Kaumeeyer died Thursday morning at 72 after a stroke. Elizabeth Humphreys daughter of Griffith Humphreys died Wednesday evening after months of illness at 47. Walter B. Wilde, brother of M. R. Meek and Mrs. James Work, died Thursday in Rochester, Minnesota after an operation. funeral in Peoria, Illinois.
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Rochester
Mr. Wilde
St. Petersburg
Washington
George Wallace
Elizabeth Raumseyer
Harry Kaumeeyer
Elizabeth Humphreys
Griffith Humphreys
Walter B. Wilde
M. R. Meek
James Work
Mink
Peoria
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