Local residents visit Mt Pleasant and nearby towns
Business visitors and shoppers fill Mt Pleasant as Harvey Davidson Crawfordville E G Mason Ainsworth and others stop in. Attendees attend picnics and banquets in West Chester Wellman and Sun Set Park while several travel to Madison and Chicago for university and convention events. Obituaries and family news include the Satterfield/Applegate connections with funeral plans in Washington and Atlanta.
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Atlanta
Mary Satterfield
John Applegate
Burnell Applegate
Ames
Washington
Applegate
Donald Applegate
Atlanta Eary
David Edwin
Norman Webster
Kittenball Schedule Set For Centennial Celebration
Ted Brown announces the kittenball schedule for the Centennial Celebration with nightly 8:30 games at Troop Field and a bank night featuring prizes for winners of an All-Star game and spectators. Tickets include voting coupons for county and city All-Star teams and bank night coupons. The All-Star game tickets cost 10 and 20 cents, with prizes funded by the proceeds. Fireworks follow the game, free to all.
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Ted Brown
Troop Field
Crawfordsville
Little Demons
Kalona
DeMelay
Richmond
Odd Fellows
Riverside
Troop F
West Chester
Havels
Brighton
Stage Circus in Delong's Yard
West Chester June 24 1:30 pm a megaphone announced a circus at Gerald DeLong's yard. Twelve children enjoyed acts by Amos and Andy The Strong Man The bare-back rider The Little Man in The Tube The Juggler and clowns with popcorn afterward. The Sunbeam class picnic followed at Sunset Park with Frances Kleese and guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. C. Ferguson
West Chester
Gerald DeLong
Amos and
Andy
Sunbeam
West Chester Methodist Church
Frances Kleese
Sunset Park
Helen Nef@gnegger
France Booth
Pauline Forinash
West Chester High School
Pauline
Mra Booth
Mra. Forinash
Mra. Niffenerger
Charm Wins Marshall His Movie Niche
Herbert Marshall emerges as a refined film leading man in wartime spy drama We Meet Again at Fox Theatre His quiet gentility amid rough studio trends appeals to both female fans and male peers elevating him among top stars alongside Cooper Gable Boyer Marek and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Marshall
Marshall
Fox Theater
Hollywood
Gary Cooper
Clerk Gable
Charles Boyer
Frederic Marek
Cavalry Troop to Play Fairfield Team
Troop softball manager Dale Kiesey announces a game at the Troop field Thursday at 8:15 p m against the 138th Infantry Service Company of Fairfield. Edmondson will pitch for Washington as Kiesey expects a good battle with a strong Fairfield lineup leading the city league.
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Dale Kiesey
Troop Field
138Rd Infantry Service Company
Fairfield
Edmondson
Washington
Kiesey
Results of Major League Games Yesterday and Today
Yesterday's outcomes include St. Louis 3 Philadelphia 2, Chicago 8 Boston 6, Cincinnati 3 Brooklyn 0, New York 3 Pittsburgh 2. Today’s schedule features Chicago at Boston, St. Louis at Philadelphia, Pittsburgh at New York, Cincinnati at Brooklyn. Additional American League standings list New York leading with 41 wins, 21 losses.
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L Pet
St. Louis Entuantenn Itt
Eee
Chinagsgg
Pittsburgh J
New York
Cincinnati
Weemor
Philadelphia
Brooklyn
St. Louis
Philadephia
Chicago
Boston
Pittsburgh
Kassa Toaressth
Amel St
Detroit
Washington
Columbus
Minneapolis
Indianapolis
Kansas City
Tetedo Snekanmeatneeniasien
Toledo
St. Paul
Louisville
Coumbus
Milwaukee
Schmelling Louis Fight Pictures At State Theater
The State theater will show the Lewie Schmeling fight from Madison Square Garden in a round by round presentation next week. It is billed as a major upset the biggest in ring history with coverage for four days. July 1 and 2 feature Bobby Breen in Let's Sing Again while July 3 and 4 host Mary Boland and Charles Ruggles in Every Saturday Night. A continuous show also starts at 2 p.m. on July 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Theater
Lewie-Schmelling
Madison Square Garden
New York
Bobby Breen
Radio Fame
Mary Boland
Charles Ruggles
Mr. Pratt
Garage Men Open a Used Car Lot
The firms Tucker & Anderson and Tucker & Eicher join to open a used car lot opposite the United Presbyterian church on South Marion Avenue. John Tucker leads the venture with each firm handling their own services. Tucker & Anderson sell used cars while Tucker & Eicher operate a West Washington street garage and hold the Chevrolet agency. A Covered Wagon trailer coach is on display at the lot drawing attention.
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Tucker & Anderson
Tucker & Eicher
United Presbyterian Church
South Marion Avenue
John Tucker
West Washington Street
Chevrolet
Girl Plays With Matches Burned From Head to Foot
Norma Eden, four, was critically burned from head to foot while playing with matches at home near Viola. Her mother, Mrs. Fred Eden, rushed to help as flames spread. she rolled the child in blankets and moved her to a local hospital for treatment.
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Atlantic
Norma Eden
Viola
Fred Eden
Japanese Popcorn First Grown in Clay County in 1913
Clay county farmers raised the first field of Japanese hulless popcorn in 1913, marking the entry of this variety into the United States. The Japanese type is now the most popular on the domestic market.
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Spencer
United States
Ghown
Clay County
Barkley Attacks GOP in Roosevelt Speech at Rally
Senator Barkley harshly assailed the Republican ticket, the American Liberty League, and Hearst while praising the New Deal's results. He recalled Hoover’s charges of freedom threats and urged balancing the budget without harming human life, and defended the Supreme Court while criticizing inter-party agreement.
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Barkley
Roosevelt
Republican Battalion
American Liberty League
Apuilause
Landon
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Cleveland
Republican Party
United States
William Randolph Hearst
Hearst
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
Valley
Roosevelt Barkley
Supreme Court
Kentucky
United States Congress
South Dakota
Bring Back Best Loved Rogers Film
Will Rogers stars in the Connecticut Yankees reissued by 20th Century Fox. Myrna Loy and Maureen O Sullivan lead the female roles with William Farnum and Frank Albertson in supporting parts. David Butler directs and William Counselman adapted this Twain adaptation as a classic comedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Will Rogers
Connecticut Yankees
20Th Century- Fox
State Theater
Rogers
Mark Twain
King Arthur's Court
Myrna Loy
Maureen O Sullivan
William Farnum
Rank Albertson
William Coenselman
David Butler
Corn Production Contracts Set Prices per Acre
Farmers report total corn production is already contracted at 25 to 30 dollars per acre. If weather stays favorable, growers estimate each acre will yield at least a ton of popcorn.
Republican county convention called in Washington County Iowa
Official call announces Washington County Iowa Republican convention to be held June 1 1936 at 11 o clock in the Washington courthouse. Delegates will be chosen for the state convention in Des Moines on July 10 1936 and the state judicial convention in Cedar Rapids on July 18 1936. G E Mace acting chairman invites all Republicans including young Republicans and women to attend. main speaker and post meeting committee decisions noted.
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Washington County
Iowa
Court House
Washington
Des Moines
Memorial Building
Cedar Rapids
Young Republi
Cans
G. E. Mace
Republican Central
Hospital Discharges and Admissions Reported
Mrs C W Kregar was discharged this morning after admission yesterday. Mrs Frank Embree underwent a major operation this morning. Emil Chabel Riverside was admitted yesterday for an arm infection. Mrs Elwyn Gardner and baby son were discharged this morning. Wanda Casper discharged this morning. Mary Edgar Crawfordsvill discharged yesterday afternoon. Marjorie Ahrens, 13, under...
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Kregar
Frank Embree
Emil Chabel
Riverside
Elwyn Gardner
Wanda Casper
Mary Edgar
Crawfordsvill
Marjorie Ahrens
Emergency Appendectomy Event Shocks Local Patient
A patient underwent an emergency appendectomy this morning at a city hospital. No further details on the patient or the procedure were released.
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Centennial Beauty Committee
Washington, Iowa
Washington Co
James DeWit
DeWit Food Market
T. R. Phillips
Charles George
Graham Store
Charles Biklen
Biklen'’s
Marty Whittaker
W. Tl. Kukgaber
Mt. Pleasant
Harvey Davidson
Crawfordaville
BE. C. Allen
Lyle Zehr
Wayland
A. W. Wenger
Inlaw
C. K. Warren
West Cheater
Bernice Nickel
Wellman
Fred L. Stewart
Madison
Wis
William
University of Wisconsin
Frank Hagan
L. A. Bingham
Lincoln
C. 8
Harriett Coulter
Ethel Grecian
Burl Pringle
Waterloo
Bear
Ross Motor Service
D. F. Macon
Dow
Darbyshire
John Wehr
Ida J. Williams
Winfield
L E. Neff
Washington Courte Anne
Cep Nal
Awe Saeed
Delong’s Yard
Chester
Ctrocus
Charm
Cavalry
Kentuckian
AAA
Alden W. Barkley
Mr. Barkley
South Marion Ave
Palm Beach
Klothing KO
Migi
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