Comings and goings in Washington County brief news
Brighton May 16 Miss Kathryn Frazey home from Pocahontas due to ill health. Mr. and Mrs. M. Terry back from five month southwest trip. Capt. McKay and family visiting sister-in-law Mrs. Carl Thomas after arriving from Ft. Monroe. Orrie Jones discharged, home from Camp Grant. Mrs. Smiley leases Dunbar store for millinery and jewelry. Amos Whistler's son Gail arrives from overseas and is in a New York hospital.
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Brighton
Katheryn Frazey
Pocahontas
Terry
Southwest
Fannie Sales
Carrie Raley
Desee Gat
Ted
Wentry Des Moines
McKay
Donald
Billie
Ft. Monroe
eCarl Thomas
Wir. Berry
Rochester
Mina
Orrie Jones
Camp Grant
Smiféy
Dunbar
Mrs Frank Mincer Sr Dies Sudden at Riverside
Riverside May 16 Mrs Frank Mincer Sr died suddenly Tuesday at her Southeast Riverside home after a period of generally good health. Born Anna Kapka in Bohemia December 21 1863 she came to America at four and later lived on a farm near Yatton. She married Frank Mincer July 7 1883 and is survived by four children Lydia Frauenholz William Frank and Mary plus fourteen grandchildren and one brother Joseph Kupka of Faith South Dakota. Funeral services were held Friday at St Marys Church with Rev Jacobsmeier officiating.
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Riverside
Frank Mifcer
Here
Anna Kapka
John
Kapka
Bohemia
America
Yatton
Lincoln Neighborhood Youths Invited to Franz Landau Home
Rural Route Three reports Lincoln youths invited for Thursday evening. Lincoln school board bought a Webster dictionary and desk for the school. T B Thrasher, ill with bilis, thanks neighbors Fred Radda and son Jesse, Lewis Morrow, Harold Grant, Worth Noeeker, and Gerald Teets who aided farm work.
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Lincoln
Franz Landau
Lincoln School Board
T. B. Thrasher
Fred Radda
Jesse
Lewis Morrow
Harold Grant
Worth Noeeker
Gerald Teets
al Kelster
Charles Wolfe
Ralph Stewart
Milton Andrew
Cherokee
Oklo
Lillie Brinning
M. J. Andrew
Arthur Anderson
Emil Anderson
Riverside visitors and family news from Haskins area
Haskins May 17. Charlie Swails and family of Riverside visited Sunday at Glen Swails home. Roy Littrell wife and baby Lela joined Ernest Craig at Yatton. Opal Godwoe returned from her sister near Gladwin. Mr and Mrs J R McCredy and son Ross left for Des Moines to welcome the Rainbows. They drove through in their car. Miss Lin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haskins Haskins
Charlie Swails
Riverside
Glen Swails
Roy Littrell
Lela
Yatton
Ernest Craig
Opal Godwoe
Frank Embree
Gladwin
J. R. McCredy
Ross
Des Moines
Miss Lin
Neighbors Gather in Washington for Social Visits
Nie Stark helps Marjorie with housework during their absence. Opal Godlove visited Washington Monday with her grandmother Mrs. W. H. Warney. Rev Wallin had supper Tuesday with Mrs. Cole’s mother Mrs. Ellen Wallace. Mrs. J. E. Booth and daughters motor to Washington Thursday afternoon. Floyd Hoyle and wife and baby of Ainsworth called on W. F. Welliver Wednesday evening. Mrs. Elmer Warnock and Mrs. W. F. Welliver rode to Washington Tuesday morning. Miss Francis Mabie of Ainsworth returned with Mrs. Warnock for a few days. Lola Welliver travels to Washington Thursday for music lessons and to stay with her aunt Mrs. L. P. Davis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nie Stark
Marjorie
Opal Godlove
Washington
W. H. Warney
B. W. Cole
Rev. Wallin
Cole
Ellen Wallace
J. E. Booth
Inez
Vivian
Hazel
Mabel Godlove
Mela Horak
Floyd Hoyle
Ainsworth
W. F. Welliver
Elmer Warnock
Francis Mabie
Warnock
Lola’ Welliver
Oska Loosa guest, Vera Pemberton visits Crawfordsville
Miss Vera Pemberton of Oska loosa is the guest of her sister Miss Harriett Pemberton in Crawfordsville for the week end. Miss Lola Romig was a visitor in Washington yesterday. Mrs. Geo. McFarland came from Washington to visit her son L. H. Mc Farland. Rev and Mrs P H Hayley attended Gatty Sellars recital in Washington last night.
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Crawfordsville
Vera Pemberton
Oskaloosa
Harriett Pemberton
Lola Romig
Washington
Geo. McFarland
L. H. McFarland
P. H. Hayley
Gatty Sellars
Bureau of Markets Provides Livestock Price and Movement Data
The Bureau of Markets offers stabilized market data through 17 branch offices guiding producers and commission men to obtain full meat values based on national market prices. Monthly reports track receipts and shipments at stockyards, stocker feeder movements, frozen meat supplies, and storage across U S divisions, aiding market regulation and congestion reduction. The Live Stock and Meat Trade News is distributed weekly, with free reports available from the Chief Bureau of Markets, Washington D C.
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Bureau of Markets
Westock
Bureau
United States
Milk Wagon Strike Ends as Drivers Win Wage Increase
Chicago officials of the milk wagon drivers union announce the strike by 3000 workers will end as nine milk distributors relent agree to wage increases of from 26 to 61 with seditional commissions.
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Chicago
Drivers’ Union
War medals awarded to Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
In Columbus on May 17 sixteenthousand members will receive special war medals for their war service. Officers announce at the union convention that the Brotherhood’s service flag shows more than 840 gold stars signaling honored members.
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Columbus
The
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
Brotherhood
Europe
Germany
Hohenzollerns
Africa
Pacific
Kiaochau
Japan
Peking
Korea
Fern Reynolds Found Guilty of Manslaughter in Infant Murder
In Fort Madison Iowa a 22 year old Fern Reynolds is found guilty of manslaughter in the death of her three week old baby. Her husband Orville Reynolds, already serving a life sentence, confessed to killing the child by poisoning and strangling it before discarding the body in a cracker box by the Mississippi River.
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Fort Madison
Fern Reynolds
State
Galesburg
Ralph Otto
Iowa City
Orville Reynolds
Iowa
Mississippi River
Rabies Case From Hog Bite Near Marshalltown
Earl Jarboe a farm hand received an antirabies serum after a hog from BEG Miller’s herd bit his right thumb while doctoring a sick hog. The hog was found rabid and sent to Iowa City for analysis. Another hog in the same herd died with similar symptoms and Miller suspects prior exposure in Arkansas imports.
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Marshalltown
Earl Jarboe
Jarboe
Iowa City
Beg Miller
Arkansas
Miller
Sleeping illness was death's cause in child Riessen
Funeral services were held for Alice Riessen at 2 PM from the home in Stockton. Burial followed in the local cemetery. Born October 20, 1916 in Muscatine county, she died after a prolonged coma from sleeping sickness, following Spanish influenza last December. Parents Mr and Mrs George Riessen survive. Dr Landau of Walcott and Davenport physicians treated her.
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Stockton
Alice Riessen
Surviving Family Includes Grandparents and Three Sisters
The obituary notes that the deceased is survived by grandparents and three sisters named Irma, Caroline, and Adeline, outlining immediate family continuity and kinship within the obituary.
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Irma
Caroline
Adeline
Yanks Must Pay For Raid On Wine
An army board in Coblenz assessed about 27 000 francs to 931 officers and enlisted men of the Third United States Army to reimburse a French railway for 2 175 bottles of champagne stolen near Toul last December. The decision prorated the cost among all Americans on the train traveling to Chatillon Sur Seine, with the breakdown listing many officers and enlisted ranks. The railway said all the champagne was consumed. some bottles were broken the morning after.
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Coblenz
United States Army
Toul
Army of Occupation
Chatillon-Sur-Seine
Indian knife thrower kills companion in carnival tragedy
In Mattoon Illinois Carl Red Eagle a knife thrower with Evans Carnival Company shot his partner Princess Arizona known as Christina Camplos in Lorain Ohio as jealousy flared. He then killed himself after a note from Lorain police explaining her husband’s threats. Both had toured in Indian costume for over a year. Atlantic City council plans extensive paving adding 47 blocks of streets and 21 blocks of alleys to the 24 miles already laid. population about 5 500.
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Mattoon
Ill
Carl Red Fagle
Evans Carnival Company
Moose
Princess Arizona
Lorain
Christina Camplos
Red Eagle
Johnson
King
Ohio
Atlantic City Council
Atlantic
Atlantic Has Record Atlantic May 17 Preliminary Steps
Atlantic has record. preliminary steps have been taken by the authorities. Details remain sparse as officials outline next actions and potential milestones for ongoing investigations in the coastal city.
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Atlantic
County loan totals lag behind past efforts
Loosa and Manaska county report they are behind on loans with totals between 220000 and 240000, and an approximate 238000 appears likely as township reports come in. The short showing contrasts with prior county and community achievements in other loans.
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Loosa
Manaska County
To Kill Plant Lice On Cactus With Alum Solution
A nineteenth century note suggests spraying a cactus with a very weak alum solution to kill plant lice. The remedy is claimed harmless to the plant while destroying pests.
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Hope Por
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Marshall County
Paris
Hungary
Paderewski
Russia
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Belgium
Crookes
Armenia
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New York
Mahaska County
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Tod
Perary
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