Death of Riley Miller Shocks West Chester Community
Riley Miller died suddenly on a road near his West Chester home after an afternoon visit with neighbor Ted Givan. Born January 19 1868 he was married to Edella Stewart in 1892 and had four children two of whom survived. Funeral services set for Friday at 10 o clock with burial in Ainsworth.
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West Chester
Riley Miller
Ted Givan
Riley
Mr. Givan
S. R. Miller
Ainsworth
Samuel Miller
Mariah Licklitner Miller
Miller
Edella Stewart
James
Mart Stewart
Washington
Charles Schiebel
Brighton Road
Richard Schiebel
Mera
L. C. James
Columbus City
Leadore Rabenald
Ringworth
David H. Miller
Mayville
N. D
M/ L. Miller
Dew Moines
Presbyterian Church
Spud Boys Travel Diary From Iowa Rain Belt
The Spud Boys report a cramped journey to an Iowa town on June 12. They describe lights out, candlelight, Oscar's travels with a hopeful romance, a paused car repair after a spike in the tire, and a planned early departure with Grandpa if weather permits.
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Spud
Iowa
Oscar
Ezra
Grandpa
Cain
Circus scouts eye Washington for summer shows
City officials say a prospective advance man for Barnum and Bailey and Ringling Bros. visited recently to line up dates in Washington. He judged the capital a strong circus town and noted ample show rounds, with potential arrivals later in the season. Hagenbach-Wallace also sent an investigator, but nothing definite is set.
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Barnum and Bailey and
Ringling Bros
Washington
Washington Ghown
Washington observes Flag Day with wide street flag display
The American Legion auxiliary and local business men in Washington mounted a thorough Flag Day display. Most storefronts along the square and adjacent blocks exhibited uniform flags on staffs, creating a striking Stars and Stripes scene unseen in the community before.
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Wa Gton
American Legion Auxiliary
Squire
Washington
Invitation to Community Bathing Club Opens at Cone Lake
The Community Bathing Club announces the bath house will open to members on Sunday, June 17. A free invitation is extended to all to visit Cone Lake for a swim and view the facilities. Prospective members may join by paying $5 to committee members on site. keys are available to members when they deposit 25 cents. Bring your own suit.
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Cone Lake
Social evening for W R C and G A R members
The W R C of the second ward hosts a social for its members and for G A R White Post at the Joe Reiner home.
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Second Ward
G. White
Joe Reiner
Rotary plan to take Boy Scouts to camp
The Hoya Week Committee of the Rotary Club prepares a party of local Boy Scouts for a week at the summit camp north of Town City. The group, supervised by scout masters, aims for a Washington presence this year. Contact J D Glasgow to join. Expenses total 7 dollars for board and camp. Rotary offers financial help. The first group of fifteen boys leaves Monday June 18th, with Rotary transport provided.
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Hoya
Rotary Club
Town City
Washington
J. D. Glasgow
Poard
Sam Kellogg to St Louis for ten day vacation
City clerk J Kellogg plans a ten day trip to join his wife and three children in St Louis. He has not left town for two to three years due to heavy city and personal work. While here he cooks for himself using garden produce and claims to make biscuits as a test of his cooking.
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Sam Kellogg
St. Louis
G. J. Kellogg
Sam
Iowa City Post Office To Install New Postmaster
The Iowa City post office will change postmasters on August 5. May Mayer completes an eight year term as head of the office. Numerous candidates are listed including G. A. Bepner J W Berry David Coffey Frank Mez ik Vern Miller Chas Shrader W S Thomas and Chas Wienecke.
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Iowa City
May Mayer
G. A. Bepner
J W. Berry
David Coffey
Frank Mezik
Vern Miller
Chas. C. Shrader
W. S. Thomas
Chas
Local Resident Tom Neiswanger Passes Through Town
Tom Neiswanger, former resident of Waingted and county native, visited Wednesday to oil his car before continuing from Chicago. He manages a large brick plant in Oglaloosa and hoped to reach home that evening.
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Tom Neiswanger
Waingted
Chicago
Oglaloosa
Quarreling Child Describes Quiet Self-Touching Incident
A child, upset after a quarrel with a playmate, tells her mother that whenever Margaret sees her she touches herself not. The report notes the unusual behavior without graphic detail and preserves cautious wording.
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Margaret
Trouble Always to Ge Found
A brief reflective note discusses how people attract what they seek and suggests cultivating a happy disposition as a remedy. The quotation attributes the idea to Chapin and comments on the long view of human behavior.
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Flenry UY Chapin
Patterning Life After the Ants Not Bees
A reflective note contrasts bees and ants as examples of industry. It argues many choose the ant’s self-sufficient diligence over the bee’s cooperative work, preferring a path that works for itself rather than laying up treasures for others.
Gust Anderson Dies After Illness of a Year
Gust Anderson, born in Boxholm Sweden, 59, died at 1 45 PM after a year long illness caused by stomach cancer. He came to America 37 years ago, worked on government dredge boats in Keokuk, then moved to the county twelve years ago and bought a farm northeast of town. He leaves a wife and two sons Harry 20 and Laverne 15. He was a Lutheran and carried fraternal insurance and bought liberty bonds during the war. Funeral plans not yet set.
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Gust Anderson
Mr. Anderson
Boxholm
Sweden
America
Keokuk
Philip Gerdes
Harry
Laverne
Lutheran Church
Pig iron terminology explained as sow and pigs
An explanation of pig iron describes the long continuous section called the sow and the shorter attached pieces called the pigs, noting why the term pig iron is used for this molten metal form.
Oil Company Installs A New Grease Rack
The Washington Oil Company installed a grease rack at their new station on North Iowa Avenue. The large frame elevates cars for grease jobs without stopping, the first of its kind in the area.
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Washington Oi Company
Iowa Avenue
Senator Brookhart Receives Letters on Jefferson Memorial Plan
Senator S. W. Brookhart notes a flood of correspondence about a Thomas Jefferson Memorial in the east. The campaign is set to begin September 24 with a speaking drive, though politics will play no part in this effort.
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S. W. Brookhart
Thomas Jefferson
Scouts urged to join camp near Iowa City
All scouts interested in the week long outing near Iowa City should notify J. D. Glasgow at once. The cost is seven dollars for one week. Fifteen scouts depart next Monday June 18. The Rotary Club provides transportation and may aid scouts lacking funds. Advise Mr Glasgow promptly 103t2.
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Iowa City
J. D. Glasgow
Rotary Club
Mr. Glasgow
Sweden powers farms with extensive rural electricity reach
Sweden has expanded electric power for farms, supplying current for every possible purpose to more than a third of its agricultural area, a larger effort than any other nation.
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Sweden
Wayward Doable and the Looming Cylinder Gap
A quirky fragment frames a fable like scene with a talking automobile bug asking why a limp walk occurs and a non responsive answer about one cylinder not firing. The piece ends with a fleeting image of Arkan spotting Thomas Cat.
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Allme
Arkan
Thomas Cat
Washbowils Idea for Car Washing in Australia
A novel washing system called Washbowils proposes nearly 300 feet in diameter and 17 inches deep in the center for cleaning motor cars in Australia. Cars would run around in water and be sprayed by a hose before electric drying.
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Australia
Chicago
Social notes from Washington and surrounding towns
A compilation of visits and commutes among residents of Keota Ainsworth Washington and nearby areas. People named include Pearl Wallace Mae McLaughlin Mrs. Nick Smith Mrs. HA Ss Young Mrs. Harry Duscan Clifford Thorne Mary Elizabeth Thorne Doris Benn Anna Tedford Charley Lemley Barclay Miller and Mrs. Donald Ross. Also mentioned are travel plans and a world trip underway for the Thorne family and a fence repair outing by Charley Lemley.
Bids Sought for Centennial Grade School Interior Renovation
Contractors may obtain specifications from the Repair Committee for interior decorating work on the Centennial Grade School. Contact Ph F E Shannon and Dr E E Stutsman to secure documents and bidding details.
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FE. Shannon
E. E. Stutsman
Executor's Sale of Nancy J Sherry Residence
Executor announces a public sale on Friday evening June 165th 1923 at 6 30 o clock selling the three room brick house and household goods of Nancy J Sherry deceased on premises south of the entrance to the brick plant Washington Iowa lot size 132 by 39 feet terms cash Eicher executor.
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Nancy J. Sherry
Washington
Iowa
M.W. Thu
Wise Word on Education and the Reality of Things
Wise Word presents Fallas Lore Sharp’s view that education for individuality must embrace poetry, history, and religion in a large way. It emphasizes the essential beauty of things, the order of history, and the eternal reality guiding childhood development.
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Fallas
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