Genealogical Records Highlight Local Marriages 1857
The county genealogical column lists marriage entries from 1857 with dates, groom and bride names, and officiants. Notable pairings include Isaac Waddle with Rachael Thurman and John M. Baker with Margaret Homes, among others, recorded by various ministers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tsaac Waddle
Rachael Thurman
M. D. Story
J. VP
John M. Baker
Margaret Homes
Chas. Singmaster
J. P
The Rocking Chair Brigade and Local Society Notes
A lively collage of community notices lists a Men’s club banquet wish, critiques of typewriter use, Latta family moves to San Diego, wreath preparations for Mrs Zaring’s home, summer plans for the Michels family, and theater scenes at the Fort nightly. It also covers seed planting odds, welfare conventions, a 4-H day with ice cream, Decoration Day plans at several schools, a White Shrine reception for Red Reid, and veteran graves to honor on May 30.
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Washington
United States
Red Reid
Congress
Chicago
Rose Reid Club
Arrow Shots from Alex Miller's Pen
A collection of wry observations on writing, manners, fashion, and urban life. The author muses on fools, names of sleeping cars, faded coats, friendship, and the perils of love with a critical, humorous voice.
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Alex Miller
Operators Meet at Washington in 1930s Conference
Thirty five local and long distance telephone operators gathered in Washington on Tuesday. W M Keeley gave the welcome, Dr W Eastwood spoke, and Royal H Holbrook of Ames discussed the history of telephone development in the afternoon.
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Washington
W. M. Keeley
W. Eastwood
Royal H. Holbrook
Ames
Riverside couple Miss Fern Heck wed in Ilown City
Miss Fern Heck daughter of Mr and Mrs Stanley Meek Riverside and Milo Stransky were married at Ilown City on Tuesday afternoon.
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Fern Heck
Stanley Meek
Riverside
Milo Stransky
Ilown City
Tuesaday
Lois Lee Ross
Davenport
A. E. Ross
Washington
Arthur Lee Mager
C. J. Karel
Jeannette
Norman Sage
Whooping Cough Strikes County Officials and Clergy
Twenty years ago county officials Supervis or W A Gibson and County Attorney C A Dewey suffered from a contagious whooping cough outbreak. Reverend A S Smith received a letter of congratulation from Rev L F Walden of Urbana Illinois praising his congregation and the new church. Walden noted his paper Washington Argus began in April but paused years ago.
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W. A. Gibson
C. A. Dewey
Pirst
A.S. Smith
L. F. Walden
Urbana
Ill
Walden
Lrst
Washington
The
Argus
Forty-Four to Graduate in Largest HOS High School Class
The HOS High School will hold graduation for forty four students on June 4 marking the largest class in the school’s history. Principal reports strong academics and community support for the ceremony.
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HOS
Big Fire Destroys Banana Crate Factory and Nearby Home
Eighty years ago a blaze at the Banana Crate factory roared through the building and adjacent structures. In just over two hours the plant the Kees House Fred Long’s residence Scott Reist’s barn and other outbuildings were all ruined. Loss estimated between four thousand five hundred and five thousand six hundred dollars. Factory owned by the company. The Rosses and Longs escaped though Wysie Long, half asleep, shouted Let it burn.
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Kees
Fred Long
Scott Reisters
Rosses
Longs
Althoug Wysie Long
Fire damage prompts plan to straighten Green Street
City officials consider straightening Green Street after Monday morning fire. Only the house where Hug? Arthur lives remains standing, others damaged or destroyed. Local residents await safety updates and potential reconstruction plans.
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Green
Green Street
Arthur
Will Pake Trip Starts With Summer Plans
Mrs. Mattie Moore expects a long trip starting with Clinton Iowa visits with Mr and Mrs Wen Wilson then to Chicago and New York. She will spend the summer at the Thousand Islands where her uncle has a cottage.
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Will Pake
Inoiyo
Mattie Moore
Clinton
Wen Wilson
Chicaco
New York
Thousand 14
Lunda
Locals welcome Frank Hrnston home with phonograph
Frank Hrnston returned from Chicago last night bringing one of Addison's newer phonographs. The arrival caused excitement as neighbors gathered to see the instrument and hear about its features.
Miss Ella Clark Visits Winfield Friend
Miss Ella Clark of Winfield visited a friend a few days ago, according to local notes. The brief item records her travel and return plans in the community column.
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Ella Clark
Winfield
Memorial Day Proclamation by Washington Iowa Mayor
Mayor T McCall calls all Washington residents to observe Memorial Day by refraining from labor and closing businesses on May 30th 1894. Citizens are urged to join surviving veterans in honoring the soldier dead. Proclamation issued in Washington Iowa on the date.
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Nationa
Silent Sentinela
Eh. T. McCall
Washington
State of
Iowa
Going Gadding Again in Iowa Tour Stops
A travelogue recounts a weekend trip from a quiet woodsy tourist camp search to Cascade and Decorah Iowa. The narrator visits Cascade’s grotto and a four states view tower, notes a Chicago fire, and describes roads, caves, a clock shop, and small towns while praising the Iowa live stock response to a major fire.
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McGregor
Iowa
Washington
Roxold
Cascade
Chicago
May Week Recap Highlights Local Happenings
The week brings weddings and anniversaries from Washington and nearby towns. Resignations and new posts appear as Miss Katherine Glant leaves the county hospital for a hospital in Aledo Illinois. Mrs Ella Allewalt returns from Glendale California to visit the Reed family for six weeks.
Reid couple honored at White Shrine meeting in Rock Island
Dr and Mrs Fred Reid were honored at the White Shrine meeting in Rock Island on Wednesday evening. Tommy Barker, three year old son of Mr and Mrs Chart Barker of Minneapolis, has a new brother born May 15. Mary Juliet Lemmon, who attends Stephens College, is expected home early next week to assist in her father's plan.
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Dubuque
Prairie du Chien
Gays
Dickeysville
Wis
Holy Ghost Park
Sam Shannon
Khe
Mt. Pleasant
Mrs. Morris
Fred Reid
Rock Island
Tommy Barker
Mrs. Chart Barker
Minneapolis
Mary Juliet Lemmon
Stephens College
Jailbreakers Return and Tax Payment Note
Dale Kerr and Merle Dawson who broke jail in May returned Friday and asked to be taken back. Less than 800 of 12 000 in the county have paid their old age pension tax. Miss Mame Shearer of Green Castle Indiana was guest of honor at several social events this week.
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Dale Kerr
Merle Dawson
Mame Shearer
Green Castle
Ind
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Chas
Thos. B. Edmiston
Rebecca
Johnson Roseburg
Marilla Williamson
Thos. H. Dunsmore
D. W. Cunningham
Priscilla Williamson
Thos .T. Dunsmore
C. B. Smith
Catharine Shaw
John W. Griffith
Priscilla Longwell
S. Osborn
James Jones
Letitia Denizen
Wm. Black
Mary Ann Kinkade
Wm. H. Wilson
Joseph S. Rickey
Sarah Ann McElroy
Mathew McDowell
John Cleme Allen
Gottlib Klopfe
Josias Ritter
George W. Ga Allen
Wales Coe
L. B. Carlla Marr
C. P. Reyni
Philo Moreh Neal
C. P. Reynol
Charles Rice Graham
Samuel
Robert Fry and Son
Thos. McMillan
Susanna A
Mary A. Anna Rebe
Sarah A
Margaret A. and
Parlee
D. K. Shaver
Adaline Donaghey
Charles FE. Gates
Joan S. Hazen
Ellen White
Wm. Orras
Clarinda RF
Ith
Itha A. Was
G. M. Walker
Zippera Maxwell
M. L. Wortman
James H. Maxwell
FE. A. Cunningham
John Middleton
Mary Jane Hammond
J. H. Wescher
H. C. Harshaw
Sarah R. Stewart
Jas. R Doig
David Young
Sarah Jane Shaw
Iby M. L. Wortman
Rocking Chair
Leigh Souls
Latta
Kite Street
San Diego
Lisle Moreheus
John Zaring
Bessie Conger
D. J. Palmers
Ted Michels
Colorado
Michels
Carl Roberts
Bailey Gardens
Pearl Whistler
Roberts
Iona
Lydia Eicher Haysteal
Kansas City
Lydia
Ruth Marie Morrison
Sam MecCleery
Sam
Blanche Nicola
Blanche
Lena Maxwell
Bessie Jones
Rosa Langenberg
Nellie Bowman
Emily Mathers
Winniles Hood
Mary Masson
Lou’ Guthrie
Enni Hayes
Merle Kaye
Farm Bureau
Fred Wagnere
Coppock Highway
J. C. Boies
A. J. Dawson
Apoke
F. W. Fastwood
J. ©. Bilder
Milburn Meeky
St. James School
Accoustics
Court House
E. T. Wickham
Washington County
Earth
Iimprovement League
Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
Barclays Grocery
South Marion Ave
Prog
Decorah
Tee Caves
Green Payrow
Xiris
Bily Brothers
Jim
Napoleon
D. A. Rh
Wisconsin
John A. Babcock
Live Inen
News Review
C. A. Speer
Katherine T. Glant
Aledo
Ralph Livingstons
Hugh McCleery
Carolyn
California
Ella Allewalt
Geo. Reed
Glendale
Calif
Jeannette Rothschild
New York City
Stanley Bash
Wellman
Ai Tumbie
Wilma Ellis
EE. M. Bridges
Marguerite MacGugin
J. ©. Penney Co
Robert W. Calflesh
Knutson
Mario Cappelli
M. E. Church
Maxine Mourer
Rubio
Klopfenstein
W. R. GC
Myre
Frank Wilson
WH. St. Ward and Co
Dorothy Ward
Frank Crabbe
Mr. Crabbe
Sioux City Packing Co
Airfield
Variday
James Daniels
West Cheaster
Daughters of Union Veterans
Mary Louise Harwood
Victor Blattner
Eva Barbera
Marie
Shirley June
Ross Davis
Cleveland
Rocky River
Roy
Carl Jungbluth
la Crosse, Wis
Fred Mannhardt
Washinon
Winifred Witzigemen
Y. W
Sunset Park
Rose Reid
Dorothy Sehlatter
CG. W. Schlatter
Wayland
Albery CG. Endsers
Sehlatter
Elmhurst, Ill
C. Harry Davis
Grace Boston
Cedar Rapids
England
Roscoe Jones
Tirza Samson
San Francisco
Frank Chilcote
Thorne
South
Iowa Ave
John Dodd
Dodd
Coulter
Iowa City
Matt Lawrence
Des Moines
Lawrence
Edna Caldwell
J. A. Taylor
Nobby Holland
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Harry Whittaker
Harry
Ruth Foster
John Foster
Omicron Nu
Fred Herr
Mee
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