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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 02, 1941

Page

6

Neighbors Help Farm At Evan Davis Home In Cotter

In Cotter on Monday neighbors of Dewey and Homer Davis assisted with plowing about 60 acres and other tasks as the Davis family copes with illness and death of Mrs. Evan H. Davis. Local residents also report spring planting progression and garden activity amid good weather.

Cotter Dewey Homer Davis Davis Evan H. Davis William Zager Lewis Zager Kansas City Zager Medical Corps United States Army Kenneth Thomas Burlington E. R. Mitchell Columbus Junction M. A. Robeson Washington County Ministerial Association Mr. Robeson Hugh Thomas Dorothy Haydn Thomas Crawfordsville Iowa City Presbyterial Society Muscatine Iowa James Jensen Moline Ill Susan Murphy Garden Plain Lil Burdete Day Catherine Cold Grundy Center Dorothy Davis Wayne Lyle Keola Haydn Davis Elmer Thomas Janet Rea Locke Packwood Jess Quigley Salem Durch Trevor Williams Chicago Williams Evan R. Davis Leonard Arthur

Western Showdown Turns Western Welcome Into Real Fight

Marianna visits Keith in a border town to a staged Western welcome that turns real when Flint Norton and his Single T crowd clash with Keith’s Bar X riders. Marianna enjoys the action but later calls it rough, while Keith secures her safe return as she revels in the frontier theatrics.

Eith Duncan Flint Norton Marianna Norton Keith Bar X Swords Points Tonneau Flint

City Officials Listed for County Governance Roles

A roster names county and city leaders including Mayor City Clerk City Treasurer City Solicitor Supt Water Plant Chief of Police Policeman Fire Chief Assessor Health Officers and council members At Large First Ward Second Ward Third Ward Fourth Ward with officers W B Dupuis Dr F Boller R F McFarlane Clarence Jacobs Hartry Montgomery and others.

City Health W. B. Dupuis Dr. F. Boller R. F. McFarlane le Ae Yard Clarence Jacobs Hartry Montgomery

Language of postmarks and unusual city name pairings

John A. Christmann of Mount Pulaski Illinois collected over 900 postmark stamps grouped into about 60 subjects. The article lists creative groupings such as The Three Graces and The First Census with many quirky place names like Rollingstone Crowheart Busyhead and Bummer.

John A. Christmann Mount Pulaski I1l Rollingstone Minn Crowheart Wyo Widenmouth W. Va Busyhead Okla Bummer Ohio N. Y S. D Tenn Miss Ark Auburn N. Black Ala Gray Iowa Kan

Senior Class Presents Delightful High School Comedy

A Thursday evening performance by the senior class drew a large appreciative audience. The clear, well staged comedy received praise as the best production in years.

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