Death of Miss Alice Wilson Ties to Pioneer Washington
Obituary notes the death of Miss Alice Wilson a longtime Washington resident born in the Jonathan Wilson house at 716 South Iowa Ave. She is remembered as a generous businesswoman and DAR member who endured illness with humor and courage. The column also recalls other local deaths and historical snippets from the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Wilson
South
Iowa Ave
Jonathan Wilson
Witzigman
Wilson
Daughters of the American Revolution
Iowa Avenue
Ida Holden Cowles
Mt. Pleasant
Inez Holden
Chicago
Bertha Babb
Nora
Marie Dressler
State
Emma
Jonathan
Alice (Marshall) Wilson
W. H. Latta
C. A. Boice
Clifford Thorne
South Iowa Ave
Mrs Isbell’s Lost Sermon Books at Billy Sunday Tabernacle
An elderly Washington resident, Olive Isbell, 89, last living with her late husband’s three volumes of sermons, seeks their return after they vanished from Billy Sunday’s tabernacle. The books, once cherished through poverty and moves, were hoped to be saved by the evangelist but disappeared amid a fall financial strain and tax pressures.
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H. N. Phillips
Olive Isbell
Washington
Isbell
Billy Sunday Tabernacle
Olive G
South Pearl Street
Suday
Sunday Tabernacle
Billy
Fred Soid
Tabernacle
First Baptist Church
George the Second
Davis
Virginia
Billy Sunday
George the
West Chester Grade Show Earns Enthusiastic Reaction
West Chester reports a grade school program Tuesday night praised for all ages, from primary toy orchestra to eighth grade. Mrs Tandy led the effort, with P T A committee credits listed. Election results showed Hoover and Huber re-elected. Ferguson unchanged. Pythian Sisters set Irish party after meeting. Mrs Brumback hosted Wellston club. Hazel Griggs ill. Troy Foriash hosts class gathering. events span Monday to Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westchester
Tandy
Miss McEnery
Glen Cuddeback
Gladys Hoover
Preston Hoover
al Huber
R C. Ferguson
Hoover
Huber
Pythian
Brumback
Wellston
Hazel Griggs
Troy Foriash
When Hatty Was a Girl in the Old Tin Box
A county owner preserves a tin box of 1840s letters and papers. Harriet Smith, a New York teacher candidate in Oneida County, appears through notes, poetry, and a life story of engagement, marriage, and family. Recipes and daily records reveal 19th century life.
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Harriet Smith
New York
Oneida County
Harriet
Elyria
Sarah
Ruggles Corner
East
Mercer County
Illinois
Pennsylvania
West Moreland County
Victoria Abigal
Finis
Queen Esther Opera Remembered From 1880 Stage
Mrs J A Harwood found an old program for an elaborate Queen Esther opera staged in Washington with two banquets on May 18 and 19 at Music Hall. The Dramatis Personae lists many local names across roles from King Ahasuerus to Herald and Queen Esther, with advertisers and choruses featuring Washington youths.
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J. A. Harwood
Queen Esther
Ahasuerus
Music Hall
Frank Smith
J. D. Miles
Ella Wilson
Kate Ackley
Haman
A. van Wage Man Zeresh
M.armstrong
Mordecai
Andy Rerguson
Nora Smouse
C. F. Carpenter
Will Hott
O. G. Given Harbonah
J. B. Meyers
A. H. McCandles
King’s Scribe
D. W. Lew
Queen’s
Hattie Harvey
Kate McCormick
King's Guards
Messrs
Geo
Sturges
John Seager
Mazie
Cora Scofield
Zeresh
Norton and MekKee's
James Pollock
Mrs. Siddall Millinery
Moore
Co. M. Sturges and Sons
Wm. Wilson and Son
L. C. Brindley
West Side Square
G. B. Richard
Washington
Sue Vogt
Mazie Scofield
Ora Wise
Debbie Bryan
Mary McConaughey
Bessie Babcock
S. Cunningham
Cornelia Klass
Ora Dickson
Lora Dickson
Bessie Scofield
Dora Bell
Cora Bell
Cozie Wise
Arrow Shots From Alex Miller's Pen
A collection of wry observations on manners and society. The author muses on talkativeness, relationships, fashion, work, and politics with pointed humor and casual bluntness.
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Alex Miller
Glendale and Spread Eagle School Elections Report
March 17 Glendale and Spread Eagle held school elections with Henry Miller reelected in Glendale and Thomas Gerdes reelected at Spread Eagle. A social gathering at Harold Anderson home featured cow bells and noise makers for a wedding celebration. Murray Smylie attended Crawfordsville due to his ill mother. Earl Lemley crafted a wooden wagon for children, praised for its detail and wheels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glendale
Henry Miller
Spread Eagle
Thomas Gerdes
Harold Anderson
Lemley
Federal agents seize car with alcohol later deserted
Federal authorities found an automobile with $700 worth of alcohol today on a highway near Sioux City. The car was abandoned and officers were unsure of the next steps. The incident was reported by INS.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
INS
Roads and politics in Washington a decade ago and a busy Chautauqua
Ten years ago Washington featured severe road conditions with many horse drawn vehicles near the public park and a depression-hit farming community unable to buy gasoline. Stutsman was elected to the school board with 84 votes. Mary Hunter became treasurer. A popular East play drew record crowds with 400 seats sold in an hour and over 800 dollars raised. The Chautauqua program planned headlined by Kryl and Tom Marshall with Strickland Gilliland and Judge Cavana ugh. funds were allocated for a permanent auditorium.
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Chautauqua
Kryl
Tom Marshall
Strickland Gilliland
Judge Cavanaugh
W. W. Bowers
Deaths of Week J M Walker James M Walker farmer dies suddenly
J M Walker James M Walker a prominent farmer aged 68 living northeast of town died suddenly at his home last Sunday March 12 1922.
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J. M. Walker
James M. Walker
Infant Son Reister Dies Shortly After Birth
The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Claude Reister died shortly after birth. The funeral was held on March 13, 1922.
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Reister
Claude
Brighton widow Mrs Josephine Fleak dies at home
Mrs Josephine Fleak of Brighton aged nearly eighty died at her home on March 14. She was known as Mrs Josephine-Pleak-Mr Josephine in local records. The death notice lists no surviving relatives.
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Ida Wood
New York
Ben Badenoch
Croftdale Road
Newton Centre
Mass
Josephine — Pleak
Josephine Fleak
Brighton
Oxzle Teets
Roy Teets
Dale Holland
Jean and
Janet
St. Louis
W. M. Beal
Cartoonist Elmer Donnell’s father Robert dies at 81
Robert Donnell father of Elmer Donnell well known cartoonist died at his home on March 17 at age 81. He was a lawyer and later a railway mail clerk on the Rock Island.
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Robert Donnell
Robert — Donnell
Elmer Donnell
Rock Island
Feast of Nations At The Haptist Church Sale
The Haptist ladies staged a successful church sale called the Feast of Nations. Colorful country booths offered foods associated with each nation making it a lively social affair and a clear financial success.
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Suc Cpss
Washington News Review March Week Highlights Local Life
Miss Alice Wilson dies at 77 in Washington Iowa. Civic notes include fire at Mayor Applegate's, a stork-like post office yard centerpiece move, and preservation talks for local historic spots. School elections and debts, track work, and bank opening plans mix with social notes on engagements, births, illnesses, and community events.
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Riverside
John W. Soukup
Earnest Salladay
Alma Ott
Citizens
New Judge Elevates Knoxville District Court Bench
Norman R. Hays received his commission to the district court bench in Knoxville on March 19, filling the seat left vacant by the death of Judge J. H. Applegate. Applegate had presided over the fifth judicial district for 41 years and was succeeded by Governor Dan Turner’s appointment of Hays to Guthrie Center jurisdiction.
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Knoxville
INS
J. H. Applegate
Norman R. Hays
Dan Turner
Guthrie Center
Fifth Judicial District Court
Irish Eucharistic congress trip announced by Waterloo pastor
Reverend Edmund Slattery pastor of St. John's Catholic church in Waterloo said he will attend the Eucharistic congress in Dublin, Ireland, scheduled for June.
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Waterloo
MNS
Edmund Slattery
St. John’s Catholic Church
Dublin
Ireland
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Jay Covart
Kansas City
Indianapolis
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Lillian
Norton Trotter
Catherine Jane Hull
Minneapolis
Henrietta Hull
C. J
University of Minnesota
George Rodman
Mrs. Pierce
D. J. Eichelberger
California
Journal
Iowa
Wes Babb
Cowles
John G. Stewart
Imperial Dancing Club
West Chester
E. Brumback
J. N. Dority
W. H. Judson
M. Whitcomb
S. Rich
J. S. McClelland
J. G. Hise
G. G. Rodman
F. Lamphere
A. R. Dewey
Muscatine String Band
Little Theatre
C. S. Williams
Dixon’s Kitchen
Hatty
Missouri
Whatty
Smith Family
Smiths
Leach
Boyer
Queen Esther Opera
Red Bailey
J&dwin Bayer
Stephen Bayer
Harry Williamson
Fred Whitcomb
Frank Bell
Georebe Blair
Everett Stinson
Ludwig Simons
Phinney Bryan
Howard McJunkin
Nelvie Miles
Frank Mechain
Eddie Frazier
Walter Frazier
Fellows
John Applegate
The
City League
W. F. Gardner
Ainsworth
Cardinals
Creston
Ida Cowles
F. C. Witzigman
Methodist Church
Henry Hull Read
Tennyson
Myerna Jacobson
Clarence Logan
Centennial School
Marjorie Knowston
Decorah
Miriam Palmer
Iowa City
Barnie Hole
Carl Keck
Danville
Til
Burrell
Loren
Mrs. Pecaut
Christian Church
J. J. Tobin
Town
Burlington
Claude Tucker
T. J. Pease
Mr. Tucker
George MecDaniel
Mr. McDaniel
Milan Thompson
Richland
Geneva Haupert
Route 3
Keota
John Leffler
Owen Wiles
Washington High School
Grinnell
Maurice Mayo
Merchants’ and Journal
George Edwin Blair
Hollywood
Calif
Dorothea
William James Pearce
Bb. F. Bickel
J. E. Lemdon
John Bailey
Phoenix, Ariz
May Goney
Anna Telford
McCleery-Hamilton
Margaret and
Mabel Beal
Washington State Bank
Commercial Bank
Ainsworth M. KE
D. W. Harvey
J. A. Mayer
Howard Stewart
Montgomery Ward
Julia Cavender
R. L. McGugin
Philadelphia
Penn
Henry Cuddeback
Charley Root
Frances Skipton
Stephen Russell
County Hospital
Y. W
George Stewart
Ways and Means Committee
Rothschild's
Pasadena Majors
Pasadena
Unemployment Committee
R. J. Armstrong
J. Elliot Grayson
Forest City
Winnebago Republican
Joe Carson
Davenport
Mrs. Ledger
Burt Pierce
John Shields, Sr
St. Patricck’s
J. M. Shields
Denver
Mel
D. D. Sherman
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