Local News: Cambridge trip and family visits noted
Orville Elder returns from a brief visit with son Dave in Cambridge Massachusetts where Dave plans to finish college work and graduate in June. Mrs K D Melcher came back from Bloomfield after attending her grandmother Mrs W H Taylor's funeral and visiting her parents.
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Orville Elder
Dave
Cambridge
Mass
Harvard
K. D. Melcher
Bloomfield
W. H. Taylor
H. C. Young
Charles R. Fleeng
Charles R. Fleming
Charlotte
Charles
Omaha Nebr
O. L. Brock
Cedar Rapids and Washington Faceoff at Libe Park
John Greiner and his granddaughter Dorothy drove to Davenport on Wednesday to bring back Geraldine Greiner who is recovering from scarlet fever. Marvin Kelsey of Roseville spent yesterday in Washington on business. Richard Johnson installed new adjustable coffee grinders at Johnson’s Grocery enabling finer grind for percolator and drip brewers.
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John Greiner
Dorothy
Davenport
Geraldine Greiner
Marvin Kelsey
Roseville
Til
Washington
Richard Johnson
Johnson
Speed limit in Sunset park set at ten miles per hour
Park Board by order sets a ten mile per hour speed limit in Sunset park with fines for violators. Country club women plan a golf breakfast at the club at 7 30 a m on Wednesday May 25. Members should notify Mrs Tem wieman before that Wednesday.
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Sunset Park
Park Board
Country Club
Robert Temwieman
Death of Mrs Cora Taylor Pettit linked to California family
Relatives in Washington report the passing of Mrs Cora Taylor Pettit of Glendale California wife of James Pettit. She formerly lived in Washington and was a sister of Mrs George Lemmon of Montrose California and daughter of the late Richard Taylor. She had been ill about six weeks and bedfast one week.
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Macon
Washington
Iowa
Cora Taylor Pettit
Glendale
Calif
James Pettit
Pettit
George Lemmon
Montrose
Richard Taylor
Cox Motor Co
Elizabeth Humphreys
Washington County Hospital
A. E. Atchison
Country Club Social Open With 251 Dinners
The Country Club social events program opened last evening with the first Thursday dinner serving 251. Mrs. E B Hammer chaired the program and new members were introduced by Fred Neiswanger. The evening featured dancing to phonograph music, floral decorations by the flower committee, and several birthday celebrations.
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Country Club
E. B. Hammer
Frank B. Miller
Shirley Clark
Robert J. Patterson
Fred Neiswanger
B. T Hansen
F. C. Witzigman
Paul Gorham
Clarence Klepfer
Doris
Helen
W. L. Graves
R. F. Davis
Ruth
Paul
Simpson
J. Z. Hinshaw
Stella Wells Latchem
Keith Droz
Virginia Droz
Frank Casey
L. A. Jones
Ed RB. Hammer
F. B
Valley Lutheran Church Plans 75th Anniversary Photos
Washington Sunday school at 9 45 a m and morning worship at 11 a m with confirmation rite. Carl W Klein pastor invites all members including Sunday school congregation ladies aid church council and brotherhood to attend. A photographer will be present for the anniversary edition in best attendance.
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ST. Pauls Evangelical Washington
Carl W. Klein
Valley Sundey
Evening Journal
Ladies Aid
Church Council
Brotherhood
Valley
Land of Agriculturists Census Shows Heavy Rural Dependency
Ninety percent of Ecuador's population is estimated to depend on agriculture for its living. The statement highlights widespread rural reliance on farming across the country.
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Ecuador
Harriett Phillips Completing Course at Burlington Hospital
Invitations issued for the School of Nurses graduation at Burlington Hospital on May 25. Among seventeen graduates is Harriet L. Phillips, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James N. Phillips, born in Washington, a 1922 Washington High School alumna, BA 1926 from Carsons College Fairfield, trained at the county hospital and Burlington. Also listed is Miss Gertrude L. Grimhall, formerly near Prairie Tower Church.
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Burlington Hospital
Burlington
Harriet L. Phillips
James N. Phillips
Washington
Harriet
Washington High School
Fairfield
Carsons College
Washington County
Gertrude L. Grimhall
Prairie Ff
Bids Sought On County Road Paving Projects
Iowa bids for small paving contracts in Johnson Muscatine and Woodbury counties due next Tuesday by the state highway commission. Projects include 0.444 miles on U S 161 in Johnson County 0.275 miles on U S 6 in Muscatine County and 4.871 miles on U S 75 in Sioux City.
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Ames
Iowa
Johnson, Muscatine
Woodbury County
State Highway Commission
Johnson County
Muscatine County
Sioux City
Abolition of Oath Promoted in South Africa
Capetown May 20. Rep Van Hees asked parliament to allow a bill to amend the oath of allegiance to Great Britain saying he would be committing perjury by subscribing to the present oath. He urged abolition of kingship without conscience constraint. Van Hees is a republican.
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Capetown
S. A
INS
Union of
van Hees
Dynamite Bomb Hurled Into Meadowmoor Dairy
A dynamite bomb shattered glass and pavement after being thrown into Meadowmoor Dairy Co. by an assailant. Watchman Max Rosen grabbed the device from a window and tossed it into the street before it exploded. Several people were awakened by the blast and the downtown area heard the noise as police investigated a dairy unit promising cut milk prices.
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Chicago
Meadowmoor Dairy Co
Max Rosen
Bake sale notes and local shoppers in Keota
Mrs Blanche Holmes of Keota shopped here yesterday. A bake sale is planned for Saturday. Washington Cleaners at 10. Tri C League.
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Blanche Holmes
Keota
Washington Cleaners
League
Methodists Name Cushman a Bishop
The general conference of the Methodist Episcopal church elected Rev Ralph S Cushman of Rochester New York on the 19th ballot to fill one bishopric. Rev Dr J Ralph Magee of Seattle was chosen on the 17th ballot to fill another. Cushman and Magee will be consecrated Sunday.
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Atlantic City
N. J
INS
Ralph S$. Cushman
Rochester
N. Y
General Conference of the
Methodist Episcopal Church
J. Ralph Magee
Seattle
J. M. M. Gray
Detroit
Dr. Cushman
Poultney
Vermont
Wesleyan College
Alcohol peddler murdered by rivals in Joliet
Vincent Olmetti a 36 year old saloon operator and brewery owner was killed in a gangland slaying. He was shot four times near the heart and his body dumped from a car on the estate of State Senator Richard J Barr. Olmetti had ties to Chicago and Cicero bootleggers and had been questioned in a past kidnapping and a Cicero murder case.
Probe death in dentist office in Des Moines
Des Moines Iowa May 20 The death of Mrs Marguerite R Spring 39 in a dentist office was reviewed by County Coroner William Carpenter The woman died after teeth were extracted using gas as an aesthetic A major operation two months earlier was said to have weakened her heart Dr H A Elmquist performed the extraction Dr G A Field present refused to sign a death certificate The coroner will decide to hold an inquest or issue a death certificate after reviewing circumstances
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Des Moines
Iowa
Marguerite R. Spring
William Carpenter
H. A. Elmquist
Elmquist
G. A Field
Franklin seeks aid from Prussia on colonial liberty
Benjamin Franklin approached the king of Prussia to offer help for the colonies. The king asked for the aim, and Franklin replied Liberty. The monarch, noting his own rise from prince to king, declared he would not use his power to ruin his own trade.
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Benjamin Franklin
Prussia
Franklin
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