Inland gathering pushes convention growth and reform talk
The Inland Daily Press Association meeting in Chicago features debates on organization, government regulation, and the rise of regional subgroups. Paul Gorham introduces Consumer Analysis aiding market insight, while Speaker Joseph W. Martin touts a restrained, pro Republican outlook for the fall election.
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Inland Daily Press Association
Louisville
Kentucky
Paul Gorham
Washington Journal
Illinois Daily Markets
Paul
Illinois
Fire destroys Graham theater in 1892 blaze
Retrospective column recalls the Graham opera house fire on November 28 1892 in Washington detailing the destruction of the theater and three ground floor stores Mercer and Chilcote Mrs R T McCall millinery and the postoffice. It notes damages and insurance and cites eyewitnesses including Fort Sherman and Charles Guzeman who dated the blaze to the day before Thanksgiving 1892. The Gazette account describes flames pouring from windows before six oclock and the interior engulfed in roaring fire with only walls left.
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Lemmon Drug Store
Fort Sherman
Mercer & Chilcote
Washington
San Antonio
Mr. Sherman
Charles Guzeman
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The
Gazette
the Democrat
the Gazette
Graham
Opera House
Graham Opera House
Mire
F. McCall
William Wilson
Farmers Plea for Parking Reform on Saturday Nights
A KEOTA subscriber notes parking shortages on Saturday nights hindering shoppers and farmers. We used to enjoy Washington on Saturdays but now struggle to find near town spots, walk long distances, and carry groceries back to cars. A time limit on curb parking is urged.
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Washington
KEOTA
Fire destroys Graham theatre. new State Theater rises nearby
A Tuesday junior senior banquet at a Methodist church ended with a fire that consumed the Graham theater building, caused likely by an oil stove in a dressing room. Firefighters saved adjacent blocks as the site later saw reconstruction into the State theater era after a stock turmoil and rebirth of the site.
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Miss Miner
John Allen
State Theater
The
Graham
Pratt Brothers
Memorial Day Echoes in a Quiet Town
The piece recalls decorations and stray hopes for a large crowd as strawberries blur with blight in Washington, while blossoms on cherry trees yield little fruit. Memorial Day nears with poppy posters in shop windows reminding readers to remember disabled veterans and lend a hand. Porches, once a feature of homes, are noted as small or absent, yet welcomed for reducing dust.
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Scott
Scouts Learn by Doing in Iowa City Training
Harold Jarvis and Bill Crayne completed Scoutmaster training in Iowa City. Jarvis called the course interesting and enjoyable and said it helped him understand how to work with Scouts under his supervision.
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Harold Jarvis
Bill Crayne
Iowa City
Mr. Jarvis
The Poppy Symbol of Remembrance by Elizabeth Lathrop Powers
A poem honoring veterans and the poppy as a symbol of sacrifice. It links poppies to remembrance, support for needy families, and veterans reclaiming life after service. It emphasizes courage, national vows to never forget, and urges buying a poppy now.
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Elizabeth Lathrop
Walnut School Holds Picnic on Last Day
Walnut school closed Wednesday with a noon picnic. Five birthdays were celebrated with three angel food cakes. The day included visiting and playing ball. Those with perfect attendance for the week were acknowledged.
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Walnut School
Walnut
Sheriffs Sale of Durst Property in Washington Iowa
By writ of special execution the goods lands and tenements of Fred H Durst will be sold at Fields Motor Co Garage 117 East Second St Washington Iowa on Friday June 18 1948 between 900 am and 400 pm with the sale to begin at 200 pm for the 1937 Ford Tudor sedan license 92 3108 to satisfy the execution. Sale conducted by Sheriff H M Putnam and deputy Robert W Fillmore at Washington County Iowa.
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District Court
Washington County
Iowa
Fred H. Durst
Fields Motor Co
East Second St. Washington
J. W. Fields
Washington
H. M. Putnam
Robert W. Fillmore
Local 4-H Bake Sale Planned by Busy Bee Club
The Busy Bee 4-H club will hold a bake sale May 29 at the Washington Skelgas company. Beverly Wilson spent the weekend with Donna Mae Nelson. Sevilla Jean Nelson will enter as a freshman in the fall after nine years at Walnut School. Leota Mullikin plans to return in fall for her fourth year teaching there.
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Sevilla Nelson
Richard Cline
Billy Cram
Leota Mullikin
Sevilla Jean Nelson
Walnut School
Beverly Wilson
Donna Mae Nelson
Luther Cram
Charles Carriker
Busy Bee
Washington Skelgas Company
Harry Simpson
Carl Nelson
Melvin Schmecker
Lyle Wilson
Bride For Sale Dorothy Lawler Seeks $10000 Security
Dorothy A Lawler a 28 year old divorcee and mother of two who works as a hat cheek girl offers to wed any suitor who can provide her with ten thousand dollars. She says she lost interest in love and wants security for her children.
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Dorothy A. Lawler
Dorothy
International Soundphoto
New Soybean Strain Hawkeye Released in Midwest States
Hawkeye, a high yielding soybean variety, debuts in several Midwestern states. It matches Lincoln for oil content, resists lodging as well as Richland, and exceeds Lincoln in height only by comparison to Richland and Mukden parents.
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Midwestern
Lincoln
Richland
Mukden
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