Harmony Social Notes From Harmony Community
Harmony residents share Memorial weekend visits at the Hagists Kelseys and Klopfsteins with relatives in Moline and Burlington. The group tours the ordnance plant calling it a “sight worth seeing” though Schmitt straw berry vines suffer from worms. Mrs. Isaac Kleese returns home and well wishes flow for her recovery.
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Herold Klopfenstein
Burlington
Clyde Crib
Ordance
Schmitts
Isaac Kleese
Letha
Patterned Hardwood Floors Popular for Homes
The article discusses choosing floors for new or renovated homes and highlights patterned hardwood as a durable, designable option. It notes various processes combine design, durability and economy and that patterned hardwood is available in many woods, finished, waxed, and polished at the factory.
Burlington Trailways Local and Through Bus Schedule
Westbound buses from Washington depart at 6:37 a m on No 8 8:50 p m on No 9 and 4:28 p m on No 7. Eastbound Omaha to Chicago No 2 leaves 4:02 p m and No 6 nights 8:48 p m No 10 at 1:19 p m. Tickets at Bus Depot Candy Kitchen North Side Square for coast to coast service. Washington to Iowa Ordnance Plant departures 6:30 a m 1:30 p m 9:30 p m.
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Washington
Golden State Limited
California
Oskaloosa
BUDET
Burlington Trailways
Omaha
Chicago
Candy Kitchen
North Side Square
Cantoni
Sullivan Bus Lines
Iowa
Ordnance Plant
A. W
P. W
Nation Honors Flag on June 14 as Symbol of Freedom
On Flag Day 1942 the United States flag marks 165 years since its 1777 birth by Continental Congress resolution. The piece urges Americans to display and honor Old Glory, linking the flag to liberty, democracy, and the wartime resolve of soldiers and families alike.
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United States
Continental Congress
Arizona
New Mexico
Woodrow Wilson
America
Julia Ward Howe
Fourth Largest Diamond Cut in Amsterdam Looms
Experts at Amsterdam cut what is claimed to be the world fourth largest diamond found at Minas Geraes Brazil recently named President Vargas and sold to a Dutch firm for 390000 dollars.
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Amsterdam
Minas Geraes
Brazil
President Vargas
Baldosier and neighbors share June visits and news
Merrimac notes report Mr and Mrs John Baldosier visiting the parental Low Hyde Donna Duttweiler recovering from tonsil and adenoids surgery. Gilbert Haug of Cedar Rapids stayed with Schafers. Elmore family rents Baumgartner farm house. Doss Van Winkle family visited Arthur Van Winkle. Ben Diers and Kenneth Diers of Illinois and Maggie Burger visited Willard Diers.
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Carl Amrine
Merrimac
John Baldosier
Low Hyde
Gilbert Haug
Cedar Rapids
Jay Scafer
Carl Ambres
Eugene Elmore
Doss van Winkle
Waldo
Arthur van Winkle
Ben Diers
Kenneth
Illinois
Maggie Burger
Willard Diers
War Bonds and Stamps Offer Varied Denominations
U S War Bonds and War Savings Stamps come in 10 cent to 5 dollar denominations and are redeemable into U S War Bonds. Series E bonds yield 2.9 percent at maturity, with minimums of 18 75 dollars redeemable for 25 in ten years. Other bonds cost 37 50 75 375 and 750 dollars. No more than 5000 dollars maturity value of Series E bonds per year. Easy to buy at banks post offices and from the Treasury. Bonds sold through payroll savings plans and various organizations.
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U. S
Savings and Loan
Federal Reserve Banks
Treasury Department
Switzerland
Melbury
Crockett Clan Dominates Tangier Island Heritage
Tangier Island in the Chesapeake Bay traces its settlement to 1686 when John Crockett and eight sons from Virginia established homes there. Today about a third of island residents are Crockett descendants, with Dize, Parks and Pruitt common surnames among other families.
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Tangier Island
Chesapeake Bay
John Crockett
Virginia
Crockett
Dize
Parks
Toby jug noted as collectible jug named after Tony Fillpot
The toby jug is a small pottery pitcher shaped as a rotund man with a cocked hat whose corner acts as a pourer. Also called a fill pot for Tony Fillpot, the inebriate character in the 18th century song Little Brown Jug, it was popular in England and America and is now a collector's piece.
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Tony
England
America
Court tennis history spans medieval Europe and royalty
The Encyclopedia of Sports notes court tennis once played outdoors as jeu de paume in medieval France and Italy. It cites royal patronage for its name and mentions Henry VII built a Hampton Court court that celebrated its 400th anniversary in 1999.
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the Encyclopedia of Sports
France
Italy
Henry VII
Hampton Palace
Emergence of the First Single Cylinder Marine Engine
In 1906 Ole Evinrude of Milwaukee began experiments and by 1910 filed a patent for a small light single cylinder internal combustion motor designed to attach to a boat stern and detach when desired. The design quickly gained popularity and spurred other manufacturers to create similar devices.
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Ole Evinrude
Milwaukee
Wis
London Transport Board Orders $45 Million Subway Rolling Stock
The London Passenger Transport board announced a landmark order for subway rolling stock valued at 45 million dollars. The contract calls for 1,567 cars with 2,092 traction motors totaling about 303000 horsepower, which would form a train nearly 16 miles long if joined.
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London Passenger Transport Board
Ducks Dive Deep to Feed Beyond Mallard Reach
Cornell zoologist Dr. Harry Leon Kutz tested mallard and black ducks by dropping corn into water at five seven and ten feet. Both species reached corn at five and seven feet but at ten feet the black ducks monopolized the grain as mallards could not reach it.
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Harry Leon Kutz
Cornell University
Kutz
War Ends in Melbury as Fog Closes In
In the November 11 1918 scene at the Coronation Café a wounded returned soldier with memory loss and a young woman share coffee and memory lapses. The crowd erupts in relief and chaos as the war ends, with bystanders guiding a fainted soldier toward home and doctors, amid fogbound streets and jubilant street actions.
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Berlin
Melbury
London
Lawrd
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W. R. Longer
Harmony
George Hagist
Evertte Sch
Clarence Flecher
Ralph Kelseys
Moline
Alice
Ellen Roeder
Kelseys
Lyle Kelsey
Katie Schmitt
Ertte Schmitt
Floyd Stovers
Roy Schiebil
Otto Schiebil
Charles Schiebil
Official
Washington Directory
Business City & County Officers
Theodore B. Bailey
Law Loan & Trust
W. Livingston
Attorney Abstract Department
West Main St
Court House
George F. Morrison
J. C. Penney Co
Officers
City Health
Lloyd Lytle
W. H. Fulton
E. F. Mack
Henry Bailey
P. L. Jordan
George Baker Carl Hancher
H. H. Reister
A. L. Griffith
W. B. Dupuis
O. F. Boller
R. F. McFarlane
A. W. Yard
Clarence Jacobs
Harry Montgomery
City Library
Grace H. Stephen
Ruth Lytle
State Bank
Washington St
Jones Funeral Home
Library
East Main
Sherman’'S Funeral Home
Optometrists
C. S. Lemmon
John W. Lemmon
East Side Square
Douglas T. Smith
Applolrs
John C. Owen
Stan Kiesey
R. R. Noonan
Aem We Pe Rod
Harriet Coulter
Harold Putnam
Marion
George County
Ey Lester B
Chiropractors
Chas
BROWN
Washington Independent School District
E. A. Ralston
Harland W. Mead
Ee W. A. Ebre
Ethel MccCreedy
Kenneth Freeman
Richard A. Stewart
Donald R. Boyer
Harry Ramseyer
Fred S. Downing
B. F. Bostwick, Jr
Charlotte Baldrige
Washington County
Journal
Washington Lodge No
W. M
Californian
Ai ‘Goodlander
Eaves
Cc. F. Anderson
BISON
Leonard Hicks
Dixie Dugan
Hannah
Eadan Mickey
O'Dugans
Ireland
Bevvy
By Mevoy
Striebel
Cutie
Donna Duttweiler
Roy Duttweiler
Schafers
Baumgartner Farm
Will Craft
Will
United States Treasury
Crocketts Control
Sepiler
Alto Parpes
Bremen
Weser River
Ruhr
Royal Air Force
Germany
Reich
Senosremen
Weser
James Hilton
Machiel
Carmen
Amelba
Melba
Jeger Giles
Bing Postusen
Byudicata
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