Local News Items From Washington Iowa
The page lists a variety of small notices and ads from Washington Iowa including names like Miss Rose Segill Miss Louise Livingston and Miss Marie Jacoby visiting relatives in Moline Monmouth and Muscatine. It mentions cooks bakery offerings bread cookies and pastry as well as shop incentives at Crail s and The Putnam Co. It notes residents traveling home from Monmouth University and Northwestern University and a local auctioneer D F Macon of Washington Iowa.
Local Tire Deals and Family Visits Highlight Small Town News
Brown's Tire Shop advertises 33 x 4 U S smooth tires at 12.75 and 52 x 34% tires at 8.75 with two for 24.00 and 17.00 respectively. The page notes Mrs. R G Fish visiting Rex and Neal in Wyman to see her father Thomas Innis and reports multiple local visits and travel between Crawfordsville and nearby towns. Dean's promotes a lemonade machine, bulk ice cream, and fresh salted nuts, with casual notices of residents traveling to Meadville, Evanston, and Washington, and various shopping and dining details.
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U. S
Brown’s
U.S
Brown's
Summer dress sale and local notices from The Putnam Co.
A jumble of local items notes a summer dress sale with discounts at Crail's and The New York Store, fresh pistachios at Dean's, and travel deeds of Livingston and Jacoby families. It mentions weddings, graduations in Monmouth and Elgin, and warm weather boosting dress materials at The Putnam Co. store.
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Putnam Co
Social roundup of Washington visitors and graduates
Keota resident H F Sheets and several Ainsworth residents spent time in Washington yesterday and today. Graduates from Monmouth College were celebrated as the commencement occurred this week. Locals including Miss Ruth Pierce and Miss Alice Meek attend events and travel to Burlington and Peoria for weddings and meetings.
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Jennie Davis
Clarence and
Everette
Crawfordsville
Washington
Bert Pierce
Monmouth
Ruth
H. F. Sheets
Keota
Ruth Pierce
Monmouth College
Alice Meek
Peoria
Marianna Wilde
Lionel Tefft
Muscatine Epworth League Opens Convention in Keota
The Muscatine District Epworth League opened in Keota with Rev. Lloyd Tennant presiding. Rev. E. J. Shook delivered an inspirational talk on giants and overcoming them. Delegates from West Liberty and many towns attended, with meals served in the church basement and 78 registered for the opening service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Liberty
Banner
Gladys Hamilton
Gretchen Schafer
Charlotte Swan
Thelma Dewey
Mildred Oxley
Mabel Smith
Margaret Brown
Ruby Ransom
Dora Ransom
Irene May Seaton
Royce Rowe
Donald Dewey
H. O. Ransom
Gale Rhodes
Marela Coffey
Margaret Mellecker
Eloise Dutton
Wellman
Pauline Wilson
Minnie Arp
Wél Hamsburg
Sarah L. Throckmorton
Des Moines
Alice Peterson
Merle Simpkins
Charles M. Deem
Homer Jones
J. F. Rex
Muscatine
Mabel Robison
Gladys Koch
Edith Koch
Pearl Foster
Brighton
Rowena Roller
Opal Wymore
J. H. Krenmyer
Krenmyer
North English
Lyle E. Oldfield
J. C. Thom
Lexington
E. J. Shook
Mr. Pleasant
Lenora Hartman
Millicent Willis
Marengo
Grace DuVall
Flower Ad as Big as a House in London Show
A flower show in London featured a giant basket of blossoms built to resemble a house as a bold advertising display. The installation drew attention for its size and novelty during the recent event.
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London
Opportunities Abound for Young Men to Earn Money
Successful businessmen say chances for a young man to earn money are as good now as in the past and that opportunities to spend money never were better in Louisville.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Fat young birds endure long fasts says forestry magazine
A note from the American Forestry Magazine states that young albatrosses carry heavy fat stores and can fast for up to five months. The same fattening trait is observed in young pigeons and certain other seabirds.
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American Forestry Magazine
Distinct Horseman Shouts Across Lands
A traveler notes how different cultures urge horses. The British click their tongues, Norwegians wake with a kiss sound, Arabs roll a long r, and Neapolitans bark like a dog as they spur their mounts.
Invention of bells traced to ancient Egyptians
The Egyptians are credited with using percussion instruments to announce Osiris festival sacred rites many centuries ago, marking an early use of bell like sounds in ceremonies.
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Osiris
Notable Family Struggles Over New Baby Highlighted
A humorous regional column notes Papa facing rough times as a baby arrives. It jokes that every home hosts a baby at some point and suggests furniture polish makers would suffer if they did not. The baby is said to speak a foreign language briefly, causing lighthearted upheaval.
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Papa
Queen Esthers Annual Officer Election Final Meet
Annual election of officers and final meet of the year next Monday evening in Sunset Park. Picnic supper at 6 30. Members and prospective members are asked to be present. Bring sandwiches one other eatable and your own silver and dishes.
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Queen Esthers
Sunset Park
Temper Leverage and Self-Control Suggestions
Tom Dreier in Forbes Magazine argues that losing one’s temper reveals a lack of self mastery. Maintaining calm is linked to lasting health and steady loyalty from colleagues.
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Audi
Tom Dreter
Forbes Magazine
Milesians and the Irish name Milesian origins
The article outlines multiple theories for the Milesian term applied to Ireland. It cites a Greek island Meles da Greece origin, an attribution to Milesius the conqueror, and a Latin link to mile a Knight as possible sources.
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Milesian
Island
Meles
Mile
Greece
Milesius
Elevator car stirs crowd as woman tries to pull husband away
In a downtown building a crowded elevator prompts a quick action by the operator who blocks a man as a woman tries to pull her friend husband aside. The incident ends with a terse exchange and a cautious separation.
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Husband Slong
Indy
San Francisco
Surgeon to Birds Virginia Pope Artist and Bird Enthusiast
Miss Virginia Pope pursued art before turning to birds. She sold prepared bird food to support herself while art beckoned, then chose to devote herself to feathered friends, letting Art drift away.
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Virginia Pope
Miss Pope
Buffalo Wool Used For Durable Carpets And Trade Goods
Buffalo wool gathered from prairie animals each spring strengthens carpets beyond ordinary wool. Mount ed buffalo heads fetch about $1,000 and new buffalo robes are priced for sale.
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FOX Theatre
Robert McKim
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Percy and
Ferdie
William Duncan
Northwest Mounted
Larry Lemon
Firestone Tires
BO x
Schulty Motor Car Co
Washington, Iowa
Dailey’s Taxi
Tecal and Country Service
B. Lupton Monuments
Bert Olson
John Shields & Sons
A. D. Sanders
Arthur and
Dodd
Sora
Universal Car
FORD
Washington Motor Co
G. KF. Mack
S. D. Stewart
Frank Stewart
W. A. Gibson
Bert Smith
Ralph Smith
Ralph Livingston
Ralph Gibson
Smith & Gibson
McElhinney Drug Co
Oh Bay Root Beer
Arch Best
Oxfords
Wilson's. Gru
Dean's
Lyon's
Rose Segill
Fairfield
Cook's
D. F. Macon
Iowa
Codlyr
Jake Mertin
Sigourney
BE. Atchison
Lyons
Louise Livingston
Livingston
Northwestern University
Crail’s
E. R. Lins
Ainsworth
Clifford Thorne
Chicago
National Wholesale Grocers
Marie Jacoby
Muacatine
Flora Crayton
H. R. Crayton
Tupelo
Mise
CRAIL
Everette Griffith
University of Ilinois
Champaign
Lemmon
Advt
Kathryn Latta
Greeley, Col
Colorado Teachers’ College
Oneita Palmer
Allan Bacon
Parsons College
Frank McCrary
Phoenix
Ariz
Los Angeles
Cal
R. G. Fish
Rex and
Neal
Wyman
Mrs. Fish
Thomas Innis
Barbara Hough
R. Khupp
A. Lowash
Fowler, Co
Crail's
Stephen
F. K. Clark
Meadville
Penn
Clark
Carl Hancher
Charles Lowlett
Carson
Finn Hancher
Gladwin
St. L. Milton
Avanette
Evanston
Crawfordsaville
Fannie Williams
Katherine Williams
Crawfordaville
T. M. Erb
Hesston
Kansas
Jacob Erb
Farmer's Exchange
Crail’'S
R. L. Livingston
S. W. Livingston
Dave Livingston
Davenport
Wil
New York
J. C. Carris
C. RB. Perry
Elgin
A. Dewey
Son Almon
Grinnell
CK Tera Glasses
Hallmars
Westphal
West Side Square
PREE
Marion Ave
State University of Iowa
Dorothy Wickham
Miss Wickham
Ace Jeffrey
T. T. Maxwell
Will Logan
Mr. and
Mee-Frank Maxwell
Crawford$ville
Peshinevon
de J. B. Wella
Maca Wellman
Grace Walter
Mrs. van Horn
Charles Brown
Osceola
W. E. Stump
Barnes City
Don Brimley
S. W. Berry
George Martin
Canonsburg
Torrington
Wyo
Warren Donaldson
J. J. McNamara
Mae McNamara
Burlington
State Undertakers Association
Walter Meek
Harvard Law
Detroit
University At
Champagne
Lil
Lee Houstin
Washington State
John Griffith
W. A. Stephen
Homer Stephen
Ward
Harwood
Epworth League OF Musca
Tine
Clyde Maxwell
Giddap
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Washington National Bank
Washington County
Brunswick
Goodyear
W. F. Jacobs & Son
Anaon
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