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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1928
Page
8
Illness in Chicago Ties Auld Family to Washington County
Dr John M Auld of Chicago once Crawfords ville is reported seriously ill with paralysis. In town today are Dr and Mrs J Mitchell of Kalona on business. Mr and Mrs Lloyd Edgar and two sons of Morning Sun visit Washington, recalling Edgar's former role as assistant principal at Washington High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Auld
Chicago
Crawfordsville
George T. Auld
Washington County
Mitchell
Kalona
Lloyd Edgar
Morning Sun
Washington
Edgar
Washington High School
Clergy, Schools, and Visits Highlight Weekend
Mrs. Fred Wagner reports from Washington and notes visits from Mrs. J J Benda and daughter returning from Rochester Minnesota. Six aircraft flew east, Eureka Sunday School drew sixty three attendees, and Rev Walter Scranton and Rev Lloyd Bowers shared duties amid flu recovery. Baccalaureate sermons and plans for Children’s Day marked church life as the high school enjoys a longer vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, R
J. J. Benda
Geart Cnossen
Rochester
Minn
Mr. Bowers
Washington
Methodist Church
Bowers
Lou Fetes
W. F. Salterbergs
Mabel Nicola
Here
Miss Besse Love
Keota Graduation Address Highlights Others Theme
In Keota on Sunday night Rev. W. G. Nalley delivered the baccalaureate address to the graduating class with the theme Others. The program included invocation by Rev. W. Q. Harper, audience singing, and performances by a mixed glee club a quartet and baritone solo by Keith Mound. Attendance was large despite drizzle. Separately Mrs. Lucy Brier died in San Diego and her funeral was held in Keota with Rev. Nalley officiating. Mrs. Brier was 79 and an early Keota resident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucy Brier
Harry Leech
San Diego
California
C. O. Keiser
Phyillis Stanfield
Canyon
Texas
Ki Selwavy
Guy E. Orcutt
Lincoln
W. G. Nalley
Flave Hagist
Helscher
Brier
Keota
Franklin Brier
Funeral Held For Mrs Keiser A Week After Loss
The burial followed a stroke of paralysis. Pallbearers were J W Stewart E C Gilbert B D Helscher D Tuescher J O Singmaster and D D Crone. She was laid to rest beside her husband in Keota cemetery. Mrs C O Keiser and daughter depart for Canyon tonight, five weeks after burying her husband and father, C O Keiser. Union Memorial day services are set for Sunday May 27 at the United Presbyterian church with Rev W O Harper delivering the sermon. In the afternoon patriotic groups will visit Lafayette Center Tallyrand Tyron cemeteries for short programs and to decorate soldiers graves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Stewart
E. C. Gilbert
B. D. Helscher
D. Tuescher
J. O. Singmaster
D. D. Crone
Keota
C. O. Keiser
Canyon
United Presbyterian Church
W. O. Harper
Lafayette Center
Tallyrand
Tyron
Paving Advances in Crawfordsville and Local Moves
Nellie Manners reports in Crawfordsville on Mrs Minnie Sprague's weekend in Washington and Harold Ross and family heading to California for the summer. Local paving begins in the north and south business sections while residents return from travels and repairs follow a country fall injuries.
Valley residents visit neighbors in Douglas area
Miss Hazel Conrad and relatives visited D. C. Robertson's and other old neighbors in Douglas. Hazel Conrad, Anna Mae Conrad, Pete Lauber and others spent Saturday at Jake Richenberger's. Many locals including the Kaufmans, Glanzmans, and Conrads were seen at various homes and gatherings around Valley and Mt. Pleasant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas
Eva Leichty
Bernice
Willard
Amy Randle
Kenneth
Arthur Conrad
Valley
D. C. Robertsons
Hazel
Anna Mae Conrad
Pete Lauber
Andy Kaufman
Jake Richenberger
Andy Sheetz
Charles Churchill
Henry
Frank
Myrtle
George
Blanche Conrad
Keota
Amy
Andle
Kingman Kansas
August Glanzman
Jake eKaimans
Louie Zihlman
Hazel Conrad
Jet Richardson
Jessie
Robert Lyons
Roy Manning
Albert
Local notes from area towns and residents
Preston L Etter reports office hours closing for a day and Friday. Siblings Robert and Donald Stutsman plan a summer stay on the Stutsman farm in Le Roy Minnesota, traveling via Iowa City. Local residents Edward Wheelan and Cloyce Weeber visit George Wheelan, and Zelma Moser works in Milady's Beautie. Several shoppers and travelers are noted with social calls and trips, including a marriage license issued to Donald F Newell and Edith Gertrude Buell of Agency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald F. Newell
Edith Gertrude Buell
Agency
Iowa
Decorating ideas and local news notes in brief
A local note mentions wallpaper decoration tips from Phillips and Hebner Druggists. Carl Hedges Joe Falk and Frances Leona returned from Chicago for their two stores. Several local families plan visits and trips. Advice on tree transplanting recommends trimming broken roots. An aside notes the word set has many meanings per the Oxford English Dictionary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Hedges
Joe Falk
Frances Leona
Chicago
Little Frances
Herr
Ostrich Egg on Display and Local News Briefs
An ostrich egg from Arizona sits in Ramseyer Hatcheries window beside a chickadee egg from Pulaski Iowa. Harold Turner son of Mr. and Mrs Oriel Turner had surgery at John P Murphy hospital Chicago and is recovering at home with his mother remaining nearby. Mrs Clara Sweet and Alice visited Crawfordsville yesterday. D F Maron auctioneer Washington Iowa announces phone contact. Mrs Dale Holland came from St Louis to visit William Beal and relatives. Taxi service is Andersons Taxi with listed phones. Mrs C Shockey and children traveled to Buffalo Iowa to visit Mrs Charles King.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ramseyer Hatcheries
Arizona
Pulaski
Iowa
Harold Turner
Oriel Turner
John P. Murphy
Chicago
Dale Holland
St. Louis
William Beal
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Pr. P. L. Etter
A. W. Clow
Des Moines
Iowa Osteopathic Association
Elizabeth Irwin
Sparta
Ill
Abilene
Kansas
McKesson & Robbins
GEO. L. McDantel Druggist
Wells & Crail
Washington, Iowa
South Side
Neamery
Blue Diamond
Rinso i
J. Z. Hinshaw
Mer
Atlantic
Pacific
Fred Wagner
Nellie Manners
Minnie Sprague
C. R. Gallagher
Harold Ross
Russell
Ross
Paul Hultquist
Frank McCoy
Stanwood
T. W. Rickey
Ed McFarland
St. Paul
S. J. Cocklin
Rickey
McFarland
Douglas Miss Hazel Conrad
Mrs. Roth
Joe Stalder
Jake Kaufmans
Bessie Conrad
Emma Louber
Ed Cummings
Trenton
Preston L. Etter
Robert
Donald Stutsman
EF. E. Stutsman
LeRoy
Minnesota
Stutsman
Charles Stutsman
Phillips & Hebney
Enna Jettick Health Shoes
Edward Wheelan
Cloyce Weeber
Iowa City
George Wheelan
Zelma Moser of
Strawberry Point
Milady
Beautie Shore
Kodak
Phillips & Hebner, Druggists
James Cahill
A. F. Troyer
Charles
Whit Davis
Near Wyman
Clayton Funston
Roy. Funston
Seebe Fleen
Ynear Keota
William Tellin
Elmer Young
Davenport
Harry Duncan
Ainsworth
M. I. Orris
G. A. Pierce
Cedar Rapids
Orris
John Woods
Muscatine
New Graham Theatre
Clara Bow
The
Wallace MacDonald
Tom “Santschi
Stuart’ Holmes
Lydia “Knott
Templar Saxe
Arline Pretty
George Irving
Pat Moore
Imagine
Harry O. Hoyt
Monte Blue
Mrs. James
Warner
Burlington
Mrs
H. E. Busby
Jesse Busby
Waterloo
Wam
Pay. Atria
Washington Cleaners
Wisie Long
Prop
Iowa Southern Utilities Co
Clara Sweet
Alice
D. F. Maron
Anderson
C. Shockey
Buffalo
Charles King
Owen McGovern
Ries
John Shields & Sons
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