Local social notes and two twin boys arrival in town
Mr and Mrs Merton Teeter Miss Eva McGaughey and M C Slocum visited from Cedar Rapids. John A Babcock left for Chicago after a week nearby. Mr and Mrs Jay McNamara of Iowa City spent Sunday in Washington. Twin boys to Mr and Mrs Crossett weighed six pounds each at East Main Street home. Several others are mentioned visiting relatives and lessons on farm loan offers are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merton Teeter
Eva McGaughey
M. C. Slocum
Cedar Rapids
Jay McNamara
Iowa City
Washington
Karl Crossett
American Railway Express Co
Mrs. Crossett
East Main Street
T. J. Dempsey
H Milton Olds
John Olds
Davenport
Fiood Olds
Marion Olds
Hilton
Marjorie Titterington
The
Hopital
Travel and local notices from a small town column
H D McCreedy drove from Orange California to Iowa in six days over 2000 miles, averaging a brisk daytime pace with no night driving. Household goods sale announced for Wednesday June 24 at 2 00 at Mason's Storage. Various visits and travel notes feature residents visiting Washington Mt Pleasant Iowa Wellman Perry and Burlington with names including Prof King Iowa Wesleyan College Madison Orr Leo Hoover and Edna Klein.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. D. McCreedy
Orange
California
Iowa
Missouri
Kansas
Mason's
R. L. Wilson
D. F. Macon
Oorg
Campaign to rid northwest states of plant pests
About 100 plant pathologists from across the country will tour Iowa Minnesota and the Dakotas during July to 15 as part of the American Phytopathological Society summer meeting. They will visit Ames St Paul Fargo Brookings and other sites to study cereal diseases and demonstrate barberry eradication to prevent black stem rust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Des Moines
Northwest
Iowa
Minnesota
Dakotas
American Phytopathological Society
Town State College
Ames
St. Paul
Brookings
Fargo
Minneapolis
Albert Lea
Minn
Twin Cities
Local social notes from Washington area visit and travels
Miss Marion Bigelow from Water loo visits Ames with friend Miss Hannah Welch. Vernon Martin Weeks is born to Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Weeks near Washington. Locals visit Spessards in Ainsworth and Stewart home south of town. Delegates travel to Marshalltown for Ladies Auxiliary to Spanish American War Veterans. Families visit Davenport, Mercer Pennsylvania, Fairbault Minnesota, Columbus Ohio, and Eureka vicinity relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ticia Patton
Wichita
Kansas
4. W. Patton
South
Marion Avenue
Marion Bigelow
Waterloo
Iowa State College At
Ames
Hannah Welch
Dewey Weeks
Washington
Vernon Martin Weeks
Weeks
Mabel Larson
Hazel Meschke
Fairbault
Minnesota
Lavina Protraz
Columbus
Ohio
Herman Potratz
Sam Potratz
Lester Wagner
Eureka
Tooman
Local residents visit relatives and report health updates
Mr. and Mrs. A L Turner and Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Axline visit at A M Turner’s home. They planned to return to Illinois today but are detained by rain. Various residents are noted visiting, traveling, or returning from trips, with health and hospital updates for several locals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. L. Turner
Clarence Axline
A. M. Turner
Illinois
Women of Wealth Turn to Four-Horse Coaching in England
London reports rising interest among women in four-in-hand driving as the Coaching Club considers admitting women. Costs for a four-horse coach range from 3500 to 6000 dollars with high ongoing expenses. skilled handling and nerves are essential, and a beginner may reach proficiency in three to four months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
England
Hyde Park
New Aerated Concrete Promises Cheap Fireproof Housing
A Swedish developed aerated concrete shown at the British Empire Exhibition expands as it sets and becomes hard. It is fireproof, noise resisting, and reportedly strengthens with age. The mix creates hydrogen bubbles yielding a cork like light concrete weighing about 20 pounds per cubic foot versus 130 for standard blocks. It even floats on water and resists dampness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
England
Sweden
Phrase on majority and enduring argument
A reflective line asserts that wisdom lies in yielding to a majority when the same reasoning has moved thousands before and withstood opposition. The speaker emphasizes the weight of a consistent argument across history as a guide to satisfaction.
State Convention of De Molay Opens at Grinnell
Grinnell hosts the second Iowa state convention of the Order of De Molay with 44 chapters represented. Delegates register at 9 A.M. and open at 10 A.M. with an invocation by State Chaplain Robert Elder. Professor John Gannaway of Grinnell College will close the event Tuesday evening after award presentations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grinnell
Order of Deolay
Grinnell College
Eorty
Robert Elder Kt. Dodge
J. S. Nollen
de Moloys
Donovan Ward
Counellor
Dubuque
F. M. Jones
Estherville
E. W. Kurth
Belle Plaine
S. W. Sanford
Davenport
C. H. Reivers
Clinton
Roy FE. Dickerson
Grand Council
John Gannaway
Order of DeMolay
Frank S. Land
Kansas City
Cornerstone Laying for Capitol Building by Washington
The original Capitol in Washington saw its cornerstone laid on September 18, 1798 with Masonic ceremonies led by President Washington. The north wing finished in 1800 and the government moved from Philadelphia to occupy the building in October that year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capitol
Washington
Philadelphia
China Under Kublai Khan Expands Vast Empire
The empire reached peak power under Kublai Khan, Genghis Khan’s grandson, spanning from the Dnieper in Russia to the Pacific and from the Arctic Ocean to the Straits of Malacca. Laws were codified and literature flourished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Kublai
Genghis Khan
Dnieper
Russia
Pacife
Arctic Ocean
Straits of Malacca
Language diversity in world nations and official tongues
The text notes about 70 independent countries with distinct languages. It cites the United States with English as official language, South American republics using Spanish or Portuguese, and Austria where German is largely spoken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
South American
Austria
Are you Fishing or Wishing for Vacation Fun
A promotional note urges readers to save regularly at the bank to fund future vacations. It contrasts wishing for angling trips with actually saving, warning against financial barriers to taking time off.
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George Fitzmaurice
Lee
China Seas
Pociery
Trees
Beevemin
Hawaii Danemermids
Doris Kenyon, Ronald Colman
Ailfeen Pringle Clende Gillinewater, Alec Frances
FOX News
Paradise
John A. Babcock
Chicago
H. I. Ward and Co
Dudley Crone
Charlotte
Keota
Irvin and
James Davis
Beckwith
Ed Davis
Barbara Miller
Gallup
John Elgar
F.C. Parke
Harry Hale
Keswick
Carl Keck
Huber
Lexington
Rob Coulter
Elle Finney
Mansfield
Madison Orr
C. M. Denison
Sigourney
Mise Heth Wiein
Leo Hoover
Kelly Springfield
Triangle
John Kennedy
Cty
Harris MacGugin of
Wellman
D. J. Palmer
Perry
Hornet's Nest Brigade
R. G. Cherry
J. W. Neubold
Colorado
Clarence Dodds
Frank Kurtz
Wilma Larkin
Burlington
Dyron Kurtz
Edna Klein
Mt. Pleasant
Iowa Wesleyan
Wolverine
Cordovan
J. A. Harwood & Son
Robert Risk
Culver Military Academy
Culver, Indiana
McElhinney Drug Co
Kenton
Spessard
Ainsworth
Dave Haney
Bert Haney
David, Jr
Mrs
Russell Goodin
Elizabeth Irwin
Rock Island
Mercer
Pennsylvania
Marjor Titterington
JL. Olds
Herome
Ottumwa
Everette Nelswanger
Mildred Otte
Okaloosa
Sarah Grimes
Charles Ol
Laughlin
Cork
John Ferguson
Bonnie Hartman
Gon
Robert
Fairfield
Frank Gebble
Claude Tucker
Phionna Shockley
Galt
Edith Taylor
George Mann
Mildred Guthrie
West
al Fields
Fritz
Parnell
Doris Fields
John Pehler
Muscatine
Marshall Gannon
Crawfordsville
Old Springer House
Charles Denison
Tom Rickey
Devault Boileau
Washington Cleaners
South Side Square
of Order of de Molay
Federal Capitol Building
John Shields & Sons
Washington National
Washington County
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