Concert Program Announced for Washington Band Season
Washington launches the summer band concert series with large crowds and strong support. A city committee from clubs will supervise finances and set the season’s assessment schedule as director Fred Mannhardt lists next week’s program including pieces by Schumann Verdi and Wagner.
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Washington
Fred Mannhardt
A. Trawmerer
Schuman
Mother Macree
Olcott Ball
Keler
Bela
Keletons
Allen
McCoy
C Cunningham Elected President of Washington National Bank
C C Cunningham, director since 1911 and longtime vice president, was elected bank president at the May board meeting. He succeeds the late Capt John Alex Young who served the bank for over forty years in multiple roles. Cunningham is seen as a conservatively progressive local business figure.
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C. C. Cunningham
Washington National Bank
John Alex Young
Cunningham
Tock
Washington Improvement League offers special care for 1921 season
Notices go to those requesting special care for their lots. Charge set at 2.00 for the season under supervision of the Washington Improvement League committee including Mrs J B Crail Mrs Henry Eicher Mrs Manton Hebner.
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J. B. Crail
Washington Improvement League
Henry Eicher
Manton Hebner
Girl dies suddenly at 13 in Pleasant Plain
Josephine Drish aged 13 died late yesterday at the Drish home near Pleasant Plain from a ruptured appendix. She had been ill since Saturday but conditions were not serious until yesterday morning. She visited her sister Mrs Joe Melinsky of Washington and had many friends in the community. The Drish family is well known and mourned by many locals.
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Josephine Drish
Drish
Pleasant Plain
Joe Melinsky
Washington
Fox Theater to Honor Legion Benefit Tickets
Fox theater manager Clyde Pratt announces that remaining American Legion benefit tickets may be used for Friday afternoon or night admission. Rain and muddy roads kept many from attending, so the showing Friday night will be Hearts of Youth adapted from Ishmael.
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Clyde Pratt
Fox Theater
American Legion
Fox
Ishmael
Board Elects Three New School Teachers
Supt W C Harding announces the election of three teachers for city schools to replace instructors who were not applicants for re election. Miss Lela Rhodes of Ainsworth assigned to junior high, Miss Esther Brindley of Washington to junior high, and Miss Carol Forgey of Washington to the primary room at the Heights school. Six teaching vacancies remain open, three in high school and three in lower grades.
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W. C. Harding
Lela Rhodes
Ainsworth
Jefferson
Iowa
Esther Brindley
Washington
Seneca
Carol Forgey
Hampton
The
Heights School
Napoleon Praised Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound
The ad claims Napoleon advised questions from ladies are answered by praising a middle aged matron. It extols Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as helping many women maintain health, noting it has been restoring suffering women for nearly fifty years.
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Napoleon
Lydia E. Pinkham
Advt
Man Wise Cleared in Garden City Murder Trial
Wise, who killed Bert McKinstry, a former Washington county man, was found not guilty of murder in the recent trial near Garden City Kansas.
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Wise
Bert McKinstry
Washington County
Garden City
Kansas
Have You Heard Last Ford Joke Hope So
A dated humor item recounts three car drivers asking for Kansas City distance. The first two cars pay for fuel and oil. the third, a cheap model, asks to pour water in the radiator and drive on until the punchline. The joke satirizes car reliability across vehicle classes.
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Ford
Kansas City
Rain and hail hit county with crop damage feared
Washington and surrounding community endured another heavy rain late yesterday with 1.21 inches, following 1.31 inches the night before. A small hail shower was reported in town and broader hail damage to crops was noted in parts of the county though County Agent M H Fedderson had received no reports of serious damage.
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Washington
Community
M. H. Fedderson
Sunday Services and Mother's Day Program at A M EB Church
Special Sunday services at the A M EB church included a morning service followed by a basement picnic dinner. In the afternoon the young people presented a Mother's Day program and the evening featured a sermon by Dr Hackley the presiding elder.
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A. M. EB
Hackley
O busy little town hen song of communal care
Poem-like verse praises a town hen for feeding the hungry, paying debts and mortgage, educating children, supporting music, and easing worries. It contrasts harsh weather and disease with the hen’s blessing as hens begin to lay. The piece blends rural labor, gratitude, and communal resilience with a light humorous tone.
Washington County Meet Entry List With Local Schools
Seven high schools will compete in the seventh annual Washington county track and field meet at the local ball park next Saturday. Entries are in from Washington Wellman Riverside and Ainsworth with Kalona Crawfordsville and Keota expected today. Wellman fields Zillmer Messenger Rhoades Sprague and Lantz plus new athletes. Riverside sends Soukup Haveli and Alfred likely to place. Ainsworth lists White Davis Young Mullin Ebner McConnell Cook Lambert Kelsey Lins. Keota may include Adams and Abraham in jumps and dashes. Crawfordsville has a high jumper of note. Kalona returns several point winners. Washington’s squad is similar to Fairfield meet.
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Washington County
Pall Park
Washington
Wellman
Riverside
Ainsworth
Kalona
Crawfordsville
Keota
Zillmer
Messenger
Rhoades
Sprague
Lantz
Soukup
Haveli
Alfred
White
Davis
Young
Mullin
Ebner
McConnell
Cook
Lambert
Kelsey
Lins
Adams
Abraham
Fairfield
Ft. Madison
State University
Auxiliary to Present Flag to Legion Post
An open meeting of the Woman s Auxiliary to the American Legion is announced for Friday May 13 at eight o clock in the court room at the Court House. The purpose is to present a flag to the American Legion with Mrs M Hollinger to give the presentation speech. Families of American Legion members and all World War veterans are invited.
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Woman's Auxiliary
American Legion
Court House
M. Hollinger
Auxiliary
Wom
No Trace Reported of Henry D Sommer
No trace was found today of Henry D. Sommer who lived two miles south of Washington. His home could not be reached by phone and Crawfordsville inquiries yielded no clues. Sommer has been missing since last Friday and his family remains worried.
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Henry DD. Sommer
Washington
Crawfordsville
Sommer
Sommers
Fortnightly Art Department Names and Meeting Schedule
The Fortnightly Art Department lists its current committee members and invites any new applicants to report to Miss Anna Dawson by tomorrow. Meetings are scheduled for 2:30 PM on the third Tuesday of each month.
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Department of
Anna Dawson
F. B. Appleby
Julia Cavender
Ella Cherry
R. G. Cherry
W. A. Cook
Homer Darbyshire
R. BE. Dougherty
M. E. Dicken
Harry Evans
W.S. Falk
Chal Ford
W. A. Gibson
Will Hemmings
Myrta Jeffrey
Mide CC
Lewis
Sam McCleery
George Morrison
Leslie Mountford
Agnes Swift
H. J. Ward
R.S. Warfel
F. L. Wilson
W. W. Wilson
Carlton Wilson
Keokuk Presbytery to Attend Philadelphia Meetings
Rev. Leslie Mountford of Second United Presbyterian Church will represent Keokuk pres by at the annual meeting of the committee of home missions and the general assembly in Philadelphia this month. Dr Williamson, formerly of First church and now of Monmouth, will occupy the Second church pulpit on Sabbath May 22.
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Leslie Mountford
Second United Presbyterian Church
Keokuk
Committee of Home Missions
General Assembly
Philadelphia
W. CC. Williamson
First Church
Monmouth
Rothschild to Speak at Ft. Dodge Convention
I Rothschild has been chosen by the State Advertising Clubs to preside the afternoon session Tuesday at the state convention in Ft. Dodge. He will also address a luncheon of the Retailer Bureau Tuesday noon as part of the event. An unusual program includes BE. T. Meredith Judge C. J. Orbison Charles H. Mackintosh and Frank Alvah Parsons.
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Rothschild
Ft. Dodge
Retailer
2 Bureau
BE. T. Meredith
C. J. Orbison
Indianapolis
Charles H. Mackintosh
Chicago
Frank Alvah Parsons
New York
Washington Club
Iowa Beauty Contest Entrant from Washington Named
In the Chicago Tribune next Sunday the Iowa winners will be announced for a beauty contest conducted by the Chicago paper. Miss Wanda Neiswanger daughter of Mr and Mrs Fred Neiswanger and a University of Illinois student has been entered and her friends expect she will win prize money or placement.
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Washington
Chicago Tribune
Iowa
Chicago
Wanda Neiswanger
Fred Neiswanger
University of Illinois
Washington Steam Laundry Notice of Service Impairment
In the absence of Mr Means who is in the county hospital our collection and delivery service may be somewhat impaired Notify the office No 48 of the laundry No 317 Green in case of oversights in either collection or delivery Tow.
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Means
Lkely
Green
Washington Steam Laundry
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