Charter granted in 1917 County Red Cross 50 years old
In 1917 Washington County formed a Red Cross Chapter as war mobilization began. Mrs Eva Livingston headed the petition for a county charter. May 18 1917 the first meeting at 2nd U P Church Washington elected officers and organized township branches. By 1917 year end over 11 thousand county residents wore lapel buttons.
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U. S
Washington County
Red Cross
Eva Livingston
National Organization
U. P
Washington
W. M. Keeley
John Bryson
C. M. Keck
Esther Macgugin
C. C. Wilson
Lime Creek
English River
Iowa
Oregon
Crawford
Brighton
Clay
West Chester
Katherine Stichter
Home Service Department
Keeley
J. D. Glasgow
Lydia Eicher
Court House
Chicago
Iowa Tuberculosis Association
Eicher
Washington City
F. W. Eastwood
Roger Sherman
Eastwood
J. Read McCrory
P. L. Etter
Home Service
Anna Dawson
Lucy Dempsey
Carlton Wilson
Winnie Beller
West Main
Ruth Young
al Baldridge
Walter Farrell Sr
Norman Schoonover
Robert Everetts
Lawrence Miksch
Dwight Bode
Clarence Logan
Logan
Lester Grim
Keith Lord
Don Hazen
YMCA
Mark My Words The gold in the mountains
A reflective piece ties the Lost Dutchman myth to greed and luck, contrasting Indigenous spirituality with white hopes for gold in the Superstition Mountains near Phoenix, while noting the broader whimsy of fortune in Las Vegas and Reno. The essay then shifts to a historical Iowa Red Cross chapter, detailing leaders, activities, and wartime service through 1960s, ending with the Red Cross charter and volunteer funding.
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Europe
Phoenix
Dear Abby column on marriage and manners insights
Abigail Van Buren offers blunt advice on a second marriage with his dead first wife’s pictures, burial wishes, a teenage daughter’s mother, and seating etiquette at parties. The column weighs respect for memory against living in the present while urging open dialogue and clear wills.
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Abby
Elmer
Non Public Schools Seek State Aid Leaders Claim Tax Squeeze
Iowa non public school administrators form the Iowa Association of Non Public School Administrators to press for state and legislature funding. They cite rising local and state taxes, parental limits, and hidden costs as burdens. The group notes about 100000 private and parochial students despite a recent dip. They list religious groups involved and reference a broader push for fiscal transparency.
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DES Moines
IDPA
Iowa Association of
Association On
Association of
Mississippi residents pay World Book Lore per capita burden
In Mississippi the World Book Lore ENCYCLOPEDIA per resident cost is stated, while Iowa faces a per capita burden of 865 dollars, reflecting regional fiscal disparities across states.
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Mississippi
Iowa
Dinner at Bryn Mawr Past Legion Leaders Meet
Past Commanders of the American Legion and their wives and friends dined at the Bryn Mawr Restaurant in Crawfordsville on Monday evening to discuss plans for a Joint Legion meeting in April. Attendees included Granville Love Ada Spencer Claude McCoy Washington Alvin Jones Florence Henss Kenneth Rhea Harry Suter Everette Sommer Charles Wells Cleo McCoy Richard Kaufman Lee McCall and others.
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Crawfordsville
Mar
American Legion
Bryn Mawr
Granville Love
Ada Spencer
Claude McCoy
Washington
Alvin Jones
Florence Henss
Kenneth Rhea
Harry Suter
Everette Sommer
Charles Wells
Cleo McCoy
Richard Kaufman
Lee McCall
Steve Fletcher
Mt. Pleasant
Memorial Hospital
Little Tracy Jeanice
Vernon Fletcher
Dick Milspau
Wayne Hartzell
Jacque Godfrey
Tom
Cedar Rapids
Dennis Godfrey
Princeton
Land transfers for Semler and Harrison noted in NE Washington
George F. Semler and wife transfer land to J Edward Yoder and wife in section 5 township 77 range 8. Carol B. Harrison transfers the south half of lot 22 and the west 18 feet of lot 7 and adjacent alley in Bik 6 NE Washington to Robert K Lenninger.
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George F. Semler
J. Edward Yoder
Carol B. Harrison
Robert K. Lenninger
Bik
Washington
Washington Evening Journal masthead and staff list
The Washington Evening Journal of Washington Iowa lists staff including David Elder editor and business manager William Shannon vice president advertising director Charles Morris news editor Bob Shaffer local advertising Howard Hazen production superintendent. Published afternoons except Sunday Christmas and July 4th. Entered as second class matter under act of March 3 1879 at the post office in Washington Iowa. Inland Daily Press Association Iowa Daily Press Association Iowa Press Association Audit Bureau of Circulations. Mail subscription rates In Iowa 10 $ .40.
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David Elder
William Shannon
Charles Morris
Bob Shaffer
Howard Hazen
Eet
Washington
Iowa
United Press
Inland Daily Press Ass
Iowa Daily Press Ag
Iowa Press Ass’n
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Witty Q and A Bits From L. M. Boyd Column
In this column L. M. Boyd shares assorted quick quips and trivia from daily life. Topics range from etiquette in Norway to wristwatch history, office advice, army ploys, and humorous exchanges about marriages, names, and peculiar plant lore. It ends inviting reader letters to Boyd.
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Himalayas
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Roberto
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Mount Pleasant
Tax Foundation, Inc
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