Decoration Day grave list for war dead announced
The American Legion post prepared a Decoration Day list of World War I dead and missing for grave decorations. It asks locals to report any omissions to Fred Downing and lists graves at Finn Grove, Woodlawn, Elm Grove, and marks for KIA personnel buried in France.
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Germany
American Legion Post
Legion
Fred
Ing
Finn Grove Cemetery
Martin Wright
Claude D. Swisher
Jesse R. Harvey
William A. Kiesey
Felix Ft. Pauls
Percy A. Shoemaker
Henry A. Booth
Samuel A. McGuire
Woodlawn
Donald Patton
France
Elm Grove
Henry H. Russell
Orville & Means
Dewey C. McAvoy
Whittaker Case Set For Monday Hearing
Harry Whittaker facing assault with intent to do great bodily harm will have a preliminary hearing next Monday before Squire D C Kyle. The incident stems from a daytime dispute at Whittaker’s feed yard over a horse tied to a Troop D transport wagon. The Perrys threaten civil action. Steele family assault cases are also scheduled for Monday before Kyle.
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Harry Whittaker
Squire D. C. Kyle
Whittaker
Clement Perry
Perry
T. A. Michels
John Perry
Perrys
Troop D
Steele
M. M. Steele
Highland Township
Squire Kyle
Paving Petition For South Fourth Avenue At City Council
The city council received a school board petition asking paving on South Fourth Avenue from East Washington to Fast Madison and to the high school grounds for year round access. It was referred to the improvement committee with a report expected next meeting. The council also authorized five hundred feet of new hose and discussed a future cleanup campaign.
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Fourth Avenue
Washington Street
Madison Street
Maxwell
A. N. Alberson
J. G. Maxwell
M. D. Work
Postmaster Examinations Set in Civil Service Reform
An order requires postmasters and incumbents to undergo open competitive civil service exams to reappoint, based on training, experience, fitness, and executive ability. A. R. Miller not affected until July 1922. Examinations exclude scholastic bias and aim to test real efficiency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. R. Miller
Postmaster General
Civil Service Commission
Masonic Lodge Schedule May Meetings
Washington Lodge No 26 A F and A M to confer Masters degree for one candidate on Tuesday evening May 17. Cyrus Chapter No 12 Royal Arch on Wednesday evening May 18. Washington Chapter No 98 EO S calls a meeting for initiation Thursday at 8 90 o'clock. Bethlehem Commandery No 45 ET regular conclave Friday evening May 20 with Red Cross and Order of Malta to be conferred. G S Kerr E C.
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Washington Lodge
A. F
A. M
J. E. Grayson
Washington
Masonic Hall
Mary Lavada Kerr
W. M
Bethlehem Commandery
E. T
Order of the Red Cross
Order of Malta
G. S. Kerr
E. C
Thievery Reported on East Third Street
Neighborhood residents report thefts on East Third Street and North Fourth Avenue Sunday night. Mrs C H Snyder's house was entered but nothing was taken. A tire was removed from a automobile at the Frank Daly home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Third Street
North Fourth Avenue
C. H. Snyder
Frank Daly
Card of Thanks for T. J. Nicholson
We express gratitude for sympathy, floral offerings, and kindness during the bereavement of our husband and father, T. J. Nicholson, from Mrs. Emma Nicholson and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. J. Nicholson
Emma Nicholson
Stove Cleaner Bottles Offered to All Customers
Iowa Gas & Electric Co announces that any customer who did not receive a bottle of stove cleaner will still be entitled to one if called for before Saturday, 21st.
Buttermilk Fiend Plans New Creamery Move
A humorous notice from Lloyd Lytle warns of a price ad change as neighbors joke about Rubber hose straw schemes. The piece notes the creamery relocation one half block east of Blair's Store and claims customers expect business growth with the new location.
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Blair
Lloyd Lytle
Local Odd Fellows Entertain Visitors
Visiting members from Des Moines and Fairfield joined the Brighton Encampment No 58 I O O F for a standout meeting. Candidates from Fairfield and Washington were examined and the Golden Rule and Royal Purple degrees were praised as the finest yet by guests. The encampment, a little over a year old, is regarded as one of the best in the state. A long lunch followed and attendees called the gathering memorable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Fairfield
Brighton
Washington
First Gas Lighting in Baltimore Marked 1816 Arrival
December 1, 1816 records Baltimore becoming the first American city to gas light. The new illumination, described as a humane advance, marks a pivotal moment in urban lighting and public safety improvements.
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Baltimore
Methodist senior choir notices and club meetings listed
The column lists several church and club gatherings including a Methodist senior choir practice moved to Friday, May 19 entertainment by Mrs. Dill Smith and Griggs for Lexington Ladies Aid, a 2:30 meeting with roll call, and notices for Civics Department, Just Us club, W H M S Muscatine district convention at the Methodist church, Ida Bently speaking in St. Louis, Independent club, W B R CC meeting, Memorial Day reminder, and Rebekah club meeting with O I O F hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert Dill
Everette Smith
Carl Griggs
Lexington Ladies’ Aid Society
Church Hall
Wade Gardner
W. Hi. M
Muscatine
Methodist
Ida Bently
St. Louis
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American Legion
Allo
Ward
H. I. Ward & Co
Kyle—Steele
John Davidson
Ulegal
Justice Kyle
ING High School
Dodge Brothers Motor Cars
Dodge Brothers
Iowa Gas & Electric Co
Pollock Wallace
Weill
Mr. Wallace
W. S. Reister & Sons
Evening Journal
Willis Knight
Wilbur Wolary
Tate
Thordbred
Milwaukee Depot
F. L. Mannhardt
Charles Caldwell
Frank L. Wilson
FORD
Journal
Poorman
D. W. Crawford
J. M. Goodwin
W. W. McFarland
Bush & Geris
Rhode Island
Leonard
R. J. Davidson
Auto Tire
Iowa City
E. C. Carris and Co
John Nickerson
J. A. Morrett
Eppel’s
Mannhardt
J. Leonard
Civil Service
Equitable Bldg
Washington, dC
Young Shorthorn
C. A
Ruebsam
Ainsworth
Bush
Gerta
Green
Lemley, Roch & Littlefield
Odd Fellows
Mr. Graham
Temple
M. of R. and
The
Pythian Sisters
Civics Department
Just Us Club
Will Sickles
the Independent Club
James Swift
W. BR. CC
Kia
Rebekah Chib
I. O. O. F. Hall
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