Local News Highlights From Arch Rest and Nearby Areas
Elizabeth Wallace of Has King was a caller in Washington yesterday. Mildred Woodburn, back from Cedar Rapids, has returned home. The J. A. Work Insurance Agency at 331 Green offers services. J. Eagle advertises. Mrs. Harley Cherwinker of Cone visits home. Dr. John Hanna named president of the Burlington Humane Society. Mrs. Mittman and Mrs. Eppel plan Chicago visit. Woodwork shop advertises screens and lawn mower sharpening. J. A. Embree attends Hornet’s Brigade reunion in Ottumwa. Freeman Chesley misses a train, travels with Dr. Henderson. Crawfordsville residents in town. H. C. Hull reports dental issues. Joe Huston, last of Crawfordsville’s 25th Iowa soldiers, ill. Journa y notes for Barclay Miller possible weekend visit. C J Wilson quotes a Boston letter detailing travels toward Minot lighthouse and Lonefellow’s Wreck of the Schooner Hesperus, amid concerts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. C. Hull
Crawfordsville
Joe Huston
25Th Iowa
Journay
Local Notes On Residents And Travel In Davenport Area
Bernice Shields heads to Davenport for the 30th Miss Atchison contest. Medes Rellef is slowly recovering from illness. Frank Fischer of Wayland visits. farmers report clover hay. McFarland house moves toward new site on South Avenue B due to telephone cable work. Mrs. Charles Moore and baby visit Linn Richardson family. Richardson ill. Roger Eicher returns home from Wayland to help mother and baby. Irene Simpson Hendrickson, formerly Irene Simpson, visits with Cedar Falls ties. husband a biology professor at Cornell Ithaca, three daughters named Jean Ruth Irene and Mary Elna. husband to return to Cedar Falls next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. McFarland
McColum Lot
South Avenue B
South Town Avenue
Roger Eicher
Wayland
Jap Allen
Chicago
Roger
George Hendrickson
Tommy Simpson
Irene Simpson
Cedes Falls
Cedar Falls
Local society notes and notices from Harper and Washington
Miss Clara Levien of Harper shopped in Washington yesterday. Miss Hertha Rich visits Brighton relatives. Livingston heads east on business. Mrs. Tt. G. Willits to Brighton to visit her parents. Leslie Eicher Buick man injures thumb. in splints. Marriage license issued to Charles Ray Statler and Winnifred Ann Durdorff. Mike Wagner visiting from Creighton University. HELP WANTED three men tonight at 7 and three more tomorrow. Iowa Gas and Electric Co. Dr F McGinty revenue agent in town for week checking local concerns. He lives in Tama County Iowa. son a railway mail clerk. His daughter is county superintendent of schools in Colorado Cripple Creek. He formerly lived in Knowlton Iowa. Wien.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. McGinty
Taina
Iowa
McGinty
Sam
Colorado
Cripple Creek
Knowlton
Thorne to Chicago on State Tax Case
Clifford Thorne will leave for Chicago after being retained by Attorney General Ben Gibson to assist in two Iowa tax cases against the Rock Island and Great Western railways for 1921. Judge Scott M. Ladd is named master of chancery to hear evidence in Chicago with a later Des Moines hearing. The case delays the Thorpe family abroad, now planning to sail August 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford Thorne
Chicago
Ben Gibson
Rock Island
Great Western
Iowa
Scott M. Ladd
Town Supreme Court
Des Moines
Mr. Thorpe
Mercury Rises to 92 Mark in Early June Heat
Weather note records a steady rise in temperatures with a one degree increase daily. Yesterday reached 91 and today noon hits 92, the season’s hottest so far and unusually warm for June.
Sale Day Draws Shoppers to Town in Heat
Shoppers flocked to town on sale day despite the heat with visitors William Bosttart and family from Wayland and Banks Mouser and wife from north west, while merchants reported steady trade though not booming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Bosttart
Wayland
Banks Mouser
Journal
Funeral for Mrs. Edgar Layton Planned for Saturday
The funeral service for Mrs. Edgar Layton is scheduled Saturday at 2 30 in the Christian church. The casket will be open to friends Friday at 2 o clock at the Louis Baird residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar Layton
Christian Church
Louis Baird
Reverend Dillon Comes to Washington for Retirement
Moving to Washington Rev WH Dillon of Columbus Junction visited today seeking rooms for himself and Mrs Dillon. He plans to retire at the next conference after 81 years of preaching though his eyesight fails. Washington will welcome him and his wife as he spends his days here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
WH. Dillon
Columbus Junction
Dillon
For Sale and Rent Notice with Contact Numbers
Classified snippet lists cherries and raspberries for sale under a sale heading and a sleeping room for rent in a modern close in home. Contact numbers given are 650 Blue and 493 Blue with codes 108t3 and 108t5.
Young saver starts first job this summer
A 14 year old boy begins his first regular job this summer, working from 7 AM to 6 PM, while cutting his own finances at home. The article praises his discipline, savings habit, and responsibility, noting his future potential and the value of early financial independence.
Young Cherokee Area Prodigy Passes Law Exam At Nineteen
A Washington county youth born to Miss Cora Long and Guy Tolinson passes the bar exam at nineteen after finishing Cherokee high school at fifteen and Drake University three year law course. He will complete university work next year but cannot practice until he reaches twenty one.
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Washington
Washington County
Cherokee
Drake University
Cora Long
Crawfordsville
Nimrod Long
Guy Tolinson
Morning Sun
Sioux City
Bar meeting attendees named from State Association
The State Bar meeting was attended by Col C J Wilson E D Morrison and Judge C A Dewey. Wilson chairs the memorial committee which writes obituaries for deceased members. This year 43 lawyers died. Other memorial committee members include Judge W R Lewis O M Brorkett Mayor D C France and J L Kamrar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Bar Association
Col. C. J. Wilson
E. D. Morrison
C. A. Dewey
Col. Wilson
W. R. Lewis
Montezuma
Thorne Faces Rail Consolidation Clash to Power Pueblo
Clifford Thorne works on a high stake railway consolidation dispute involving Denver and Pueblo Colorado. Denver aims to merge Burlington and Denver and Rio Grande while Pueblo backs a Pueblo led plan. the quarrel could shift regional trade routes. The Pueblo Chamber of Commerce invited Thorne for ten days this summer, but his schedule is full.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford Thorne
Pueblo
Colorado
Denver
Rio Grande
Santa Fe
Burlington
Clifford
Chamber of Commerce
Rocky Mountains
New Signal Lights Installed At Busy City Corner
The city begins corner light installation at East Madison and South Iowa today. Signals will replace old posts around the square and mirror the Graham opera house corner design, with less obstruction in the street and improved safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Madison
South
Iowa
Graham Opera House
Nursing student Mias Wagner visits Omaha parents
Mias Elnora Wagner, nursing trainee at St. Joseph Hospital in Omaha Nebraska, is visiting with her parents Mr and Mrs C H Wagner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mias Elnora Wagner
St. Joseph Hospital
Omaha
Nebr
Mrs
C. H. Wagner
Old Timer Reappears After 30 Years Among McAvoys
Enoch McAvoy returned after 30 years away, having worked as a railroad er and led a locomotive crew for 27 years. He surprised his Ottumwa relatives Lee and Will McAvoy and Mrs Marty McAvoy, now living in Lansing, Michigan, where he runs a billiard hall. He plans a trip to Ottumwa then New York at age 72, with a reunion noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enoch McAvoy
Washington
West
Lee McAvoy
Lee
Wm. McAvoy
McAvoy
Will
Marty McAvoy
Lansing
Michigan
Ottumwa
New York
Another Beautiful Garden in Washington
The column notes Washington has many fine gardens this summer. It highlights Win Smouse’s combined vegetable and flower garden with an artistic fence separating the beds. Roses, peonies, variegated shrubs, and a hidden vegetable patch create a standout yard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Win
Remodeling At Home With Maud Hott And Alma Brindley
Miss Maud Hott undergoes home remodeling with modern equipment. Her niece Miss Alma Brindley aids with plans during the project.
Flag donation elevates county hospital grounds
The D A R of Washington presented the county hospital with a flag and steel flag pole. Eddie Squires, caretaker, installed the pole, and the flag now waves daily in the breeze in sight of all visitors, standing before the hospital’s circular flower bed.
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D. A
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