Local News and Advertisements Highlight Keola Visit and Birth
Mrs Roy Fisher of Keola spent Saturday in Washington. Special price this week 48 cents at Brown's Tire Shop for car polish Whiz. Born to Mr and Mrs Gaylood Tie of Bloomfield Iowa an 8% pound boy May 14. Mrs Tree formerly Norene Schmoeller.
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Roy Fisher of
Keola
Washington
Brown's
Gaylood Tie
Bloomfield
Iowa
Tree
Norene Schmoeller
Johnnie Simmons
Cameron
Lyle MacGugin
Mr. Simmons
Mr. MacGugin
Pumpkin seeds and travel notes from town events
Several residents are listed in a stream of brief notices: George Stewart’s pumpkin seeds advice and local travels. Names include Mrs E DuVall of West Chester, J A Kolesicki of Ainsworth, Mrs J O Beatty of Haskins with her son Don, Carl Meeks of Peoria with parents Mr and Mrs M R Meek, Mrs Pearl Tresslar and Bernice Shidler, Mildred Brinning recovering from surgery, Mrs Ann Wilson of Muscatine at a funeral, and H S & S Woodruff of St Paul returning from K W Wooley’s funeral. Also notes a good time to plant pumpkins for feed value. John Stewart Route 1. Gardner Auto Shop offers repair and trucking services with a 1.5 ton truck and driver, phone 753 Blue. 603 West Madison.
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Gardner Auto Shop
General
West
Madison
Local notices and updates from Washington and surrounding towns
Mix of short items notes and ads including a seed store price list, floor sanding service, auto shop contact, remodeling projects, and multiple social visits across Washington Ainsworth Fairfield Kinross Oskaloosa Wayland Sigourney and Crawford Township. Mentions garden work planting corn by Ode and Lou, church service, and local residents traveling for medical and family visits.
Local notices and ads run in Washington Iowa journal
A collage of community notes lists travels visits sales and specials from Washington and nearby towns. Mentions include Mrs J F Herr of Keota, University students visiting Town City, Arch Preserver Oxfords sale, local families visiting relatives and pneumonia recoveries, and a chicken seed offer.
Local Social News From Ainsworth and Surrounding Towns
Wilson and E F Carter of Ainsworth attended to business in town Saturday. Bruns Seed Store promotes a Big Wednesday special. dance nights at Lyons open air hall feature music. Mrs D W Taylor of Keota visited her daughter Mrs Nan Leeper. Blanche Fouchek of Ainsworth shopped here Saturday. Harry Duncan of Ainsworth visited the Fred Jones home. John Schlatter of Wayland ill with an untreated internal ailment. Mrs J M Larimer of Oskaloosa visited daughter Mrs Louie Jones. Miss Sarah Prettenbach visited Davenport.
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BE. Elmer Engman
Rock Island
Harry Reister
Grace Conger
D. W. Taylor
Keota
Nan Leeper
Mes
Harry Duncan
Ainsworth
Fred Jones
Clara Wilson
Oskaloosa
H. M. Shaver
J. M. Larimer
Louie Jones
Divorces Increase in Iowa Reflects Social Change
Des Moines May 14 Divorce rates in Iowa rose while marriages remained stable. For 1909 to 1922 inclusive to 1922 there were 2,245 divorces in 1909 and 4,681 in 1922. The per cent of population with divorces rose from 1 to 1.9 and the per person rate from 2 to 3.8, prompting sociologists to view rising instability in American families.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Rodney P. Fagan
Bureau of Vital Statistics
Ant Travel Speed Sparks Curious Calculation
A fragmented line suggests a tiny insect could move at a rapid pace, with an estimate of nearly SOOMnites per hour. The garbled text hints at a whimsical rate discussion rather than a factual report.
Cattle Seekers Fail to Find Stock at Rock Island Yards
Jake Eteher of Waylant and Fred Neff visited the Rock Island stock yards Saturday to inspect cattle but found nothing of note according to the report.
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Jake Eteher
Waylant
Fred Neff
Rock Island
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J. A. Kolesicki
Carl Meeks
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Noah Hancock
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A. F. Longwell
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Bruns Seed Store
TAS
Ethel Henderson
Lé@lia Rhodes
Washington Cleaners
Genevieve Peterson
Washinton
J. Bugle
Cecil Cole
Hasking
West Madison
Blue
Abb. Dickenson
Mildred Rice
Fairfield
Laray Lowe of
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S. A. Gilliland
Mrs. Ward Gilliland
John Munn
John Shields, Jr
J. ©. Madison
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W. D. Loftiss
The
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Ezra Eckerman
Rearly
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Kinross
Elcton
HI Ward & Co
Ode Ferguson
Lon Gormley
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Lou
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Cox Auto Shop
A. N. Gardner
Athur Griffith
James Dodson
Journal
Ben Roth
Wayland
Dore E. G. Bittler
Mayo Bros
Rochester
Ming
Mac Terry
Hot Springs
Ark
E. \. Wright
Ivery
Edna
Palmyra
Jack
Louis
D. F. Macon
J.F. Herr of
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Whelehams
Pistare
Alice
Wiswinia ‘Cunningham
University
Town City
George Kensler
Delta
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Saturda
A. E. Atchison
George Slosser
Marengo
J. A. Porter
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Sherman Brothers
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W. H. Hampton
Albia
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R. J. Tanner
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Wall Exley
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Clarence Jayne
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Leuie Heston
Chester
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Mart Miller
Miss Gilliner
Pairfield
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Arch
Oxfords
Wilson
E. F. Carter
W. M. Wallace of
Haskins
Atchison’s
Lyons Open Air Hall
Lyons
Blanche Fouchek
McCall Bros
Mes. L. F. Henderson
Ottumwa
Minnie Conner
Clara Levien
Harper
Miss Olva Haney
D. N. Haney
John Schlatter
Sarah Prettenbach
Davenport
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O. FT
I. Haight
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American Legion
Berdon's Circus Lot
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Achog
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