Red Cross delivers care and community notices in Ainsworth
In Ainsworth on April 20 the Red Cross shipped a large stock of items to the Washington chapter, including socks, wristlets, pajamas, pads, gauze wipes, bandages, muslin and scultetus, indicating local aid activity. The community also reports funeral services for Mrs. Matilda Gardner at the United Presbyterian church and updates on residents visiting, traveling, and school staff appointments for the coming year.
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Ainsworth
The
Red Cross
Washington
Crawfordsville Visitors and Local Funeral Observed
In Crawfordsville on Saturday April 29 Miss Nina Spangler Alda Twinum Mrs J L King Eva Gormley and others visited in Washington. John Shaffer returned home from South Dakota with poor health. The funeral of David K R Williams was held at the Presbyterian church with large attendance testament to his standing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Jones
Humphrey Owens
Evans
W. I. Duncan
Fletcher
Clarence Young
Will Anwyl
Ray Dix
Herman Twinam
New Cemetery
United Presbyterian Congregation
L. Davis
M. C. Delong
Hayley
Shearer
Columbus Junction
Roy Twinam
Haskins
Robert Rhea
Wyman
Will Jones
Washington
John Clegg
Ainsworth
David Williams
Crawfordsville
Nina
Eva Spangler
Alda Twinum
J. L. King
Eva Gormley
Mr. Carson
C. J. Sherry
Calvin Cummings
John Shaffer
John Bigham
Wautauga
South Dakota
Shaffer
Lee Shaffer
Mae Williams
Winfield
Andrew Brown
Mt. Union
Wapello
R. Williams
Marion Neal
G. G. McElroy
Will Pishburn
David KR. Williams
Presbyterian Church
Williams
Notable Visitors and Local News From Crawfordsville Iowa
Crawfordsville residents and guests travel to and from Washington with several returns home noted. Visitors include Mr J F King Mrs Frank Hamilton Mrs Cecil Roney and Miss Hesseltine. Red Cross fundraiser features Fred Franklin performing The Plow Woman while Mrs David Blankenhorn sustains a broken rib after an accident at home.
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Crawfordsville
Iowa
J. F. King
Frank Hamilton
Cecil Roney
Hesseltine
Washington
T. W. Rickey
John Smylie
DeCamp
Murray Smylie
Will Clemens
Chas. Fishburn
Chapman
Neb
Harry Fishburn
Jessie Long
Will Huston
Wyman
Fred Franklin
Red Cross
Local Briefs From Brighton Iowa April 28
Elihu Johnson visits his ailing mother Mrs Melinda Johnson aged over 90. Mrs Thomas Hoover dies of cancer leaving a husband and four sons. Edna Essley and Lee Stacy wed in Washington at the bride’s aunt’s home. Newlyweds plan to live on Stacy farm two miles southeast of town. Dorothy Bridwell and Mabel Linn visit from Cedar Rapids. Cora Anderson and baby visit Gowey home and move from Davenport to Blue Point. John Hoover visits from Emporia Kansas. Marie Gowey attends Davenport business college.
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Brighton
Iowa
Elihu Johnson
Chariton
Melinda Johnson
Johnson
Molly Fitch
Cedar Rapids
Thomas Hoover
Edna Essley
Lee Stacy
Washington
Stewart
Coats
Claude Essley
Coppock
Tom Stacy
Stacy
Dorothy Rridwell
Mabel Linn
Cora Anderson
Baby
Davenport
Gowey
Andersons
Blue Point
Prairie Center Notes and Local Health Updates
Prairie Center April 29 reports Aug ust Zieglowsky ill with pneumonia under Dr Alcorn care and nurse Mrs Jay. Edna Ruebsam also sick with Dr Stewart attending. Mrs Chas Wolfe ill then improving. Meyer sold farm to I K Beal. Local families visit Charley Zieglowsky and attend gatherings with Booths Berger and others. No school at Prairie.
Local notices and social updates from Washington area
Center Thursday and Friday on ac count of Mable Larson's mother be ing sick. J. O. Matthews have the Washing ton phone now. Miss Vera Warren spent Sunday at home, returning to her work Sunday evening at Lewis Herring's. Mr. and Mrs. John Kephart of Wash ington called to see Mrs. Ruebsam Saturday afternoon.
Local News Highlights From Stringtown Area
April 29 report notes Bert Fierce and Gib Bailey of Washington conducting business in Stringtown. Ed Eicher drove to Mr. Pleasant to meet Mrs. Barbara Rich visiting at Donnelson Iowa. Frances Eicher hosts Philathea class meeting. Mr and Mrs Peter Graber welcome a baby girl born April 26. Washington visitors include Joe Mast Ruth Mast and several others.
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Stringtown
Bert Fierce
Gib Bailey
Washington
Ed Eicher
Mr. Pleasant
Mr. Newlin
Sstringtown
Philathea
Eicher
Frances Eicher
Keneth Goff
Brighton
Peter Graber
Dewey Davis
Crawfordsville
Raymond Monson
Joe Mast
Ruth Mast
L. H. Rinner
Ed Bicher
Wm. Boshart
Irene
Harriette Boshart
Greenvale district social notes and events
Roy Whisler and family visited Charles Whisler's home last Tuesday. Parcel and family visited at Philip Parcel's home last Sunday. Willis Howe returned to school after recovering from measles. Frances Lee Chacey and Florence Reams of Richland visited Eth el Reed last week. The box supper netted 51.40 for Red Cross relief. Belle Waterhouse helped care for Claude Waterhouse in Ollie due to mumps. Liberty Loan honor flag received by Clay township. Scott Dickinson and daughter Ruth visited Terry Gowey's home Sunday. Grace Hill visited Mac Hill's parents over Sunday from Tren ton. J W Holloway and family attended Clay box supper Friday. Bert Smith and two daughters visited his farm Sunday. Perd Brier caught three young foxes recently.
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Greenvale
Roy Whisler
Charles Whisler
Add Parcel
Philip Parcel
Willis Howe
Red Cross
Belle Waterhouse
Ollie
Claude
Clay Township
Scott Dickinson
Ruth
Terry Gowey
Grace Hill
Mac Hill
Trenton
J. W. Holloway
Clay
Local News Briefs and Obituaries from Rubio Rubio
Mrs. W L Ire land has mumps. A large crowd attended the funeral of Mrs. Wesley Hollingsworth Sunday at Hopewell church. Interment in Richland cemetery. Funeral of Mrs Amos Hollingsworth will be at Friends church Richland tomorrow afternoon. Jake Rudolph traded his tractor engine for a new one. Eva Collett spent Sunday at her home in Richland. Agnes Johnson returned home from work near Fairfield.
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Rubio
W. L. Ireland
Wesley Hollingsworth
Hopewell Church
Richland Cemetery
Amos Hollingsworth
Kansas
Friends Church
Richland
Jake Rudolph
Eva Collett
Agnes Johnson
Fairfield
Local Notables and Events From Wellman Area
Mrs Geo Barrett was called to Des Moines last week by her father illness. Frank Furman visited Riverside for treatment by new doctor LeRoy Kelly. Kelly has mumps and wife measles. Hanley and Rowe went to Iowa City to see friend Omer Green at Mercy hospital. Lew Fordice and wife were in Iowa City Friday. Mrs F Kreger now critically ill at home in Wellman. The Le Davissons visited the Will Eidermiller home. Joe Westfall and helpers laid cement walks for Jim Hanley. Grant Griffith bought two cats of cattle at Omaha. Farmer Steve Ossman died at his home last Tuesday after brief illness. Survived by wife, two married daughters, and a son. buried at Wellman cemetery conducted by Rev Meuller.
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Nira
Geo. Barrett
Des Moines
Frank Furman
Riverside
LeRoy Kelly
Bill Hanley
Roy Rowe
Iowa City
Omer Green
Mercy Hospital
Lew Fordice
F. Kreger
WeMman
Lee Davisson
Will Eidermiller
Joe Westfall
Jim Hanley
Grant Griffith
Omaha
Steve Ossman
Wellman Cemetery
Rev. Meuller
Sunday School Convention Set for Eureka May Fifth
Clarence Hering visited Crawfordsville yesterday at the Lewis Hering home. Eureka Sunday school prepares for its convention with singing practice. Rev R V Pike could not reach Eureka yesterday for an unavoidable reason. Mrs George Johnson visited friends in Washington last week. Plowing is nearly finished in the neighborhood awaiting warmer weather. An Eureka Marion township Sunday school convention will be held at the Eureka church on May fifth.
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Eureka Eureka
Clarence Hering
Crawfordsville
Lewis Hering
Marion Township
Eureka
George Johnson
Friends
Washington
R. V. Pike
Local Notes from Young America Iowa April Social Roundup
Mrs Mary Beggs and her son visited Lloyd Humston. Elmer Cherry hosted Washington relatives for dinner. HarIey Daughin sick with mumps. Ben Briley and others rode to Columbus Junction to visit friends. Hazel Leeper unlikely to enter school this term. Andy Corbin mourns sudden death. funeral for Sam McKee held Wednesday. Snow Ball School House picnic drew large crowd. Gray family aid to J N Phillips with spring work. Good Times club to meet with Mrs Briley next Thursday. Red Cross worker Mrs Chas Rhodebeck visited Barnes City. Pringle and Cherry helping Ben Briley saw wood.
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Elmer Cherry
Washington
Harley D'aughiin
Ben Briley
Willa Maxine
J. N. Phillips
Lloyd Humston
Columbus Junction
Hazel Leeper
Andy Corbin
Sam McKee
Glenn Schwartz
Chas
Cherry'tk Cloyd Knapp
Crawford
Snow Ball School
Briley
Red Cross
Chas. Rhodebeck
Barnes City
Mr. Pringle
John
Charley Cherry
Foley Cathartic Tablets Promote Quick Digestion Relief
B B Hayward of Unadilla Georgia reports Foley Cathartic Tablets give quicker relief than anything tried relieving biliousness bad breath bloating gas indigestion and constipation with no griping or nausea Lemmon's Pharmacy advertisement.
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B. B. Hayward
Unadilla
Lemmon's Pharmacy
Clubwomen of Nation Meet Opens in Hot Springs
Hot Springs Ark May 1 Fur ther conferences were to be held by officials of the General Federation of Women's Clubs as a preliminary to the opening hero of the fourteenth biennial convention of the federation The convention will continue until May 8 and the program will be devoted largely to a discussion of war service problems as they affect the women of the nation
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Hot Springs
Ark
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Federation
Big Army Shoe Orders Reported for Overseas Use
Washington on May 1 reports contracts let for 3.5 million pairs of metalile fastened field shoes for overseas service at about 7.7 dollars per pair and for 2 million pairs of field welt shoes at 6.0 dollars.
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Washington
Alexander Joins Draft Camp Bound for Funston
St. Paul Nebraska May 1 Crover Cleveland Alexander formerly of the Chicago National League pitching staff leaves his home with 11 other Howard county draftees to report to Camp Funston Kansas. The contingent is due to reach Camp Funston at 1 30 this morning.
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St. Paul, Neb
Crover Cleveland Alexander
Chicago National League Baseball Club
Howard County
Camp Funston
Kan
City Sky on Fresh Water
Antofagasta, a front shipper of metal ores, borax, and nitrate, must pipe its drinking water hundreds of miles from the Andes. The city sits among the dryest places yet has a deep-water port near the vast Atuoaao desert.
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Antofagasta
Andes
Atuoaao Desert
Select the Best Always
A motivational note urges choosing only the best in all aspects of life from friends to books to recitation, emphasizing quality over quantity in daily decisions.
Cookbook blends recipes with a love story in Louisville
The Louisville Courier Journal notes a cookbook that aims to be popular, mixing culinary steps with a romantic storyline. The feature highlights how a love plot interwoven with recipes adds charm and appeal to the collection.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Bread box helps housekeeper use sponge better
An article explains building a sponge box or bread raiser from a packing box to control temperature for faster bread rising. It describes shelves, heat sources, air circulation, and asbestos or tin lining for fire safety, with temperatures near 46 to 70 degrees depending on bread stage. It also notes filtering unrefined peanut oil at home using filter paper.
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Georgia
Bureau of Chemistry
United States Department of Agriculture
Department
Sour Cream Salad Dressing Recipe for Potatoes
A school lunch dressing is described to elevate potato salads. Mix sour cream with vinegar sugar salt paprika and a beaten egg then cook to a thickened consistency in a double boiler, stirring constantly. The recipe yields a rich dressing for potato salad.
Oatmeal Cookies for Lunches
A school recipe for oatmeal cookies uses one egg one third cup sugar one cup rolled oats two teaspoons melted fat and one quarter teaspoon salt. Beat the egg add sugar then stir in the other ingredients drop spoonfuls on a greased tin and bake in a moderate oven.
Milk price comparison with steak and eggs
The note compares milk priced at 10 and 12 cents per quart with sirloin steak and eggs. It states milk at 10 cents equals steak at 22.9 cents per pound and eggs at 27.9 cents per dozen, while at 12 cents milk equals steak at 27.4 cents per pound and eggs at 83.5 cents per dozen. It adds energy-equivalence limits: at 10 cents milk, steak must be no more than 14.2 cents per pound and eggs no more than 13.3 cents per dozen.
Crop failure insured by Peruvians with offerings
Peruvians use a system to insure crops against failure by burning drug and aromatic plant offerings and burying small images in fields to aid crops and herds.
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Over County
Borhoods
Matilda Gardner
United Presbyterian Church
Kennedy
W. E. Acheson
A. R. Megg
G. F. Wallace
W. L. McConnell
A. E. Sands
W. R. Crawford
Lottie Bodeman
Muscatine
J. A. Marsh
A. J. Peterson
Ht. B. Miller
Wilma
A. Walker
Svent
James
Genevieve Peterson
Davis
Arthur
W. Spessard
Pat Simpson
S. B. Thompson
B. Sands
Sigourney
Dr. Hulse
Laura Butler
Asystant
S. C. Pearson
J. G. Love
Sarah Richardson
Eldon
Sylvia Noffxinger
Grace Applegate
Louisa Young
Grace Pearson
This Place
Olive Tomlinson
David Blankenhorn
John Hoover
Emporia
Marie Gowey
Business
Prairie Center
Robt. Kephart
Ruebeum
Rueblain
Mart Weston
Charley Zieglowsky
Bert Booth
Clarence
A. J. Booth
Fred Berger
Baer
Prairie
Green Vale
Frances Lee Chacey
Florence Reams of
Ethel Reed
Bert Smith
Perd Brier
Young America
Mary Beggs
Little Son
Clifford
Lloyd Hlumston
Clubwomen
Alexander
Chicago Cubs
Nebraska
Special Information Service
Mannhardt Bros
West Second Street
New Post Offler
Middle West
Minneapolis
Walter A. Leet
West Chester
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