Ramblings and Remnants from a Wind Storm
Bruce Cowden recalls a windy Friday in Washington with residents commenting on storm damage at Central Park and Sunset Park where a dying elm limb broke near the band stand. Red Cross disaster meeting plans in Des Moines May 25 are noted alongside a historic county farm fire from 1878 and reflections on Fort Sherman’s Texas wind experiences.
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Central Park
Weston
Sunset Park
Red Cross
Des Moines
Lake Darling visit reveals changes in Honey Creek basin
A Washington county observer tours the site of the future Lake Darling in Clay township, noting dam completion and new spillway work, and recalls routes from Washington to the dam as timber and brush are cleared. A colophon on a crow named Jack adds local color to the rural narrative.
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Washington County
Honey Creek
Clay Township
Charles Morris
Gordon
Brighton
Washington
Dublin
Crow Story From a Reader’s Past Ties to Crawfordsville
Miss Jennie Clemens from rural route one near Washington shares a reader letter recalling family links to Crawfordsville. She mentions a Sabbath school class with the writer’s mother and father and a great grandmother’s apple tree once near the old Crawfordsville home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie Clemens
Washington
Old United Presbyterian Church
Crawfordsville
Crawford
John Clemens
Camp Fire Girls Room Opened in Odd Fellows Building
Jesse Radda showed me the Camp Fire Girls room in the Odd Fellows building on North Iowa Avenue. The large well equipped space hosts meetings and handwork sessions, funded by a nominal rental from the lodge. The room has been in use for a year and a half, under the Camp Fire Girls program in Washington.
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Jesse Radda
Camp Fire Girls
Odd Fellows
North
Iowa Avenue
Radda
Washington
The
Short sturdy boy stars at piano recital
Round Grove May 5 report on Mrs Foster Bagie s piano pupils recital at Sordens studio. A short sturdy late boy marched to the piano arranged his music and played with concentration and vigor. The slim auburn haired girl who closed the program showed real talent and practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Skubal
Round Grove
Foster Bagie
Sordens Studio
Camp Fire Girls Prosper in Washington District Aid
The Camp Fire Girls occupy the northwest corner of the second floor, with walls papered and a waxed floor. Gifts fill the large room and adjoining kitchen and store room including 24 Turkington chairs, a used Sordens piano, and a Wayne Marston gas stove. Over 100 girls use the quarters as heat comes from a large oil stove. Last Saturday they delivered 600 dozen doughnuts from orders placed earlier, with receipts to support Camp Fire work.
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Turkington Brothers
Sordens
Wayne Marston
Feed Dairy Calf Rearing Milk and Starter Guidelines
Begin calf starter at four days old to save milk for feeding the dairy calf. Taper milk over about ten days starting when the calf is three to four weeks old, until milk is stopped completely.
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Bruce Cowden
Clyde Pratt
Florida
George Wester
Washington Parks
Fort Sherman
Texas
San Antonio
Mr. Sherman
Willie
Galanites
Aya
Uy Sa
Shelley Winters
Macdonald Carey
Herena
Carter See
Universal International Picture
Wolf’s Flower Shop
FOX
Ns Eee
Forrest Tucker
Adele Mara
Adrian Booth
Bruce Cabot
A Republic
Lake Darling
Mics Clemens
Jack
Father
Iowa
Brown Finance Co
Court House
iInsteg
Ea Lat Studebers
Ars Rra
Studebaker
Grand Canyon
COX Motor Company
W. Washington Washington, Iowa
Mir
Edgar Whetstine
Dean Zanes and Sons
Joe
Merle Colton
Elvin McMath
Larry Colton
Little Leanne
Ralph Boyd
S. J. Boyd
John Donohue
Morse
Donohue
Earl
Lester Bell
Archer Oil Company
Muscatine
Lester
Little Judyell
Petra
Lone Tree
Frank Marek
Chicago
Lily Zahs
George Zahs
Dean Zahs
Joe Podaris
Oscar Allensworth
Mediapolis
Owen Wehr
Dave Byerly
Vince Sojka
Arnold Nicholson
Lee Nicholson
Trenton
Randle
East
Madison
Miss Morris
Yardley
D’orsay Solidette
Elizabeth Arden
Coty
Proton
Shulron
POUL
Old South
Sun Dial
West Side Square
Kiple & Deprenger Furniture CO
All In
Merton
KODAK
T. R. Phillips
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