Review of the Week's News and Local Notes
Washington readers see Judge Paul William Alexander discuss changes to American divorce laws in This Week. A Washington 4-H vesper service installed new officers before 250 gathered at Washington Baptist church. A $200 bequest was added to the Y.M.C.A. endowment fund. Various residents plan visits and trips across Idaho Falls Cedar Township Warsaw Wayland Cody Waterloo Fairfield and Black Hawk county as pheasant hunting occurs and local social rounds continue.
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Washington store names new manager this week
Tuesday announcement confirms Dave Thompson will manage Thomassen's Super Valu starting Friday. The change follows his decade overseeing the Washington National Tea store, with Paul Thomas Sr. making the formal notice. The town's Rotary heard Statewide Rural Overseas Program appeals Monday.
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Y M C A Leader Resigns for Anchorage Post
Leigh Soule former Washington Y M C A secretary resigns as associate executive secretary in Columbus to join the armed services Y M C A in Anchorage Alaska. He plans to depart January 15 1949. R H Jack Frost Jr spoke at the Washington Y's Men meeting detailing a Mexico City Y M C A conference and charter ceremonies for a new group.
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Jack) Frost, Jr
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Thanksgiving events and travels across Washington area
Local residents joined the Purina Research Farm visit in Gray Summit Missouri to observe meat milk and egg production. A party including Clarence Logan and others traveled from Monmouth Illinois for the holiday weekend while others undertake hospital, church, and travel plans across Des Moines Iowa and Tampa Florida with stops in Cincinnati.
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Gray Summit
Corner room to house new market in Jeffery building
Virgil D Wittmer of Burlington and Vernon F Witting of Washington form a partnership to open a market in the corner room of the Jeffrey building, likely mid December, after National Tea vacated. Other notes include local moves and commitments, Thanksgiving visits, an engagement, and Phillip Marshall named 1948 Washington county winner in the DeKalb corn contest with 154.67 bushels per acre.
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Burlington
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Washington
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Crawford Township
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Hospital Sunday and Today Births and Dismissals
Hospital Sunday entries list Carol Walker and Sadie McAvoy for surgical cases. Today include Earl Chance for surgery while several patients are dismissed Sunday or today from Keota Kalona Richland Wellman and Richland areas with daughters and times given. A Wellman couple welcomes a daughter at 13 03 and Milford Graff of Keota also shares a daughter at 5 432 am.
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W. 5Th
Surgical
Sadie McAvoy
S. Main
Earl Chance
St. Ave. C
Leo A. Adam
Wellman
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Keota
Whomsday Brief Highlights Local Births and Names
Whomsday lists Glen Stoutner of Wellman and Roy Dean Miller of Ainsworth along with Ronald Ray Statler of Brighton for medical procedures. Births yesterday note Mr and Mrs Raymond Britton of Keota welcoming a son.
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Keota
Passing Years in a Washington Community Highlights
A decade ago in Washington Mrs. Perry Hayes planned a Daytona Beach winter. Banquet speaker Rev. F. C. Patterson spoke to about 75 men and boys at the United Presbyterian church. Community notes report illness, travel, promotions, and events including turkeys shipped, school site sales, and a rummage sale fundraiser.
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D J Palmer dies at 89 in Washington
Twenty years ago Col. D J Palmer Washingtons grand old man died November 19 at 89. He served in the 18th Iowa Vol Infantry rising to lieutenant colonel and was national commander of the G A R in 1915.
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Ainsworth Couple Welcomes Newborn Son
At 11 44 p m today Mr and Mrs Russell Jones of Ainsworth welcomed a son born at 12 40 a m The brief item records a birth for the Jones family in Ainsworth with exact birth time.
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Birth notice and medical admissions list for Wellman area
Admitted Wednesday Carl Emde Wellman C D Duke Brighton medical. Yesterday Marshall Crossett R2 surgical Kenneth Ornduff Ainsworth surgical. Today Mrs Magda Ahmling Brighton R1 surgical Mrs Donald Zwicki R38 tonsillectomy. Yesterday Carl Emde Wellman Mrs Don Minick and daughter. Today Mrs Ralph Peiffer and son Mrs Merton Roth Wellman. Birth Today Mr and Mrs Harold Griggs West Chester a son at 9 04 am.
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Star livery barn sold leaving town with one remaining
The Star livery barn, once owned by A N McElwain, has been sold leaving only the Casey livery barn on North Iowa 4 block north of the square as the town's sole livery business. Elmer Wells, longtime meat market owner, died November 18 after four months of heart trouble. Glen Mace leads the camera department at Lemmon's Pharmacy.
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Teeter on crutches back in sprinting after ankle sprain
Four decades ago John Teeter navigates with crutches after a sprained ankle but shows steady improvement and hopes to return to sprinting soon. Christian Science church recently roofed and varnished, with Charley Dodder painting the fresco in fine style.
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Local notices include sales and social updates
50 Years Ago Dougherty Bros advertised sixty dozen all linen collars at 5 cents each. The New York Store offered two hundred fifty ladies fleece dresses priced at 1.25 now 89 cents. Miss Anna Wells left for Cedar Falls for the state normal. Mrs Rev Clapp visited her father Rev Thorne and returned to Crawfordsville. Miss Daisy Hall hosted a gathering for friends.
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Deaths of the Week Highlight Local Notables
Dr William Alcorn 68 prominent Washington physician and businessman died Saturday Nov 20 at 3 25 PM after long illness. Samuel H White formerly a Washington banker died Saturday afternoon suddenly of a heart condition in a store at Sioux Falls South Dakota where he had lived for about 25 years since leaving Washington.
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Obituary notices for Overholt Hicks and Shaw
Daniel Overholt of Iowa City died between midnight and six am Sunday while Elizabeth Hicks of Washington died after a six week illness. Funeral services for Hicks set for Tuesday at St James Church with Father Corcoran. rosary at Jones funeral home tonight. Floyd Shaw, former Washington resident and author of a history of the Washington Academy, died in Pocahontas Iowa.
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Obituaries for Mrs. J. B. Randle and Theodore Wells Brown
The death of Mrs. J B Randle 81 of 409 East Madison Street follows a years long illness. Funeral services set for Thursday at 2 PM at Jones funeral home led by Rev M J Grossheim. Theodore Wells Brown 62 brother of Mrs Marsh W Bailey of Washington died November 15 in Van Nuys California. His funeral will be Friday in Burlington at 2 PM at Burnett-Wallen funeral home with burial in the Brown family lot at Aspen Grove Cemetery. Washington confirms death of Mrs Edd Turnipseed former resident three miles west of town. She died Monday evening at Sigourney. Funeral arrangements awaiting word from her son in California.
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Des Moines Woman Elmer Sweaney Dies After Illness
Friday Columbus Junction reports Mrs. Elmer Sweaney a native of Columbus City died at her Des Moines home this morning after a period of illness.
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Community Notes from Stringtown Nov 22
Harold Cortums and Peter Widmer installed the electricity last week. Dennis Graber home near Swedesburg hosted Sunday dinner with Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Widmer and Dianne. J. J Richs hosted Earl Bachman and family Tuesday. Glen Yoder of Iowa City visited Widmer home. Parental Peter Widmer hosted Sunday dinner with Mr. and Mrs. Suter Pandora Ohio and Otto Suter Joyce and C W Schlatter. Monday supper guests included D W Widmer and Anna Graber. Willard Roth had a tonsillectomy at Memorial hospital Mt. Pleasant Saturday. Shirley Liechty, in nurses training Burlington, visited home folks last week.
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Prewar Japanese Fisheries Reach Wide Range of Seas
The article notes Japan’s prewar fishing strength extended from coastal waters to offshore and foreign seas from the Pacific sub Arctic to Antarctica. Japanese ships pressed far from home, prompting international protests as access impacted local catches and breeding grounds. A late entry whale fleet boasted huge, efficient floating factories with notable profits, including a season net of $1.5 million.
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O Shima Island Defined as Death by Own Action Locale
National Geographic notes O Shima in Sagami Bay is famed as a death by own action island due to the Mihara Yama crater. The 36 square mile island near Izu peninsula houses 5000 residents in six coast villages who fish and export cherry wood, with little music or dancing.
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Lightning Safety During Storms
The National Bureau of Standards lists shelter options including large metal or metal frame buildings and protected dwellings. If outdoors avoid small shelters, isolated trees, wire fences, hilltops, or wide open spaces. Inside stay away from fireplaces and metal objects. basements are among the safest places during a thunderstorm when available.
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Fruit Drop Control With Naphthalene Acetic Acid Tested
A study shows checks using Naphthalene acetic acid reduce pre harvest drop in apples. Cornell data on two adjacent McIntosh trees indicate treated tree with September 22 spray and September 28 harvest had 4 percent pre harvest drop and 72 apples fall during picking versus 16 percent drop and 455 apples on the untreated tree.
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Mobile X Ray Unit Brings Tuberculosis Screening Here
A compact mobile X ray machine can be mounted in a truck or trailer to reach remote farms. X rays pass through the chest and form an image on a fluoroscopic screen, then a small photograph is taken. The unit, reliant on the screen and sensitive film, can examine up to 60 people per hour.
Party Lines Across Congresses Since 1789
The fact notes that in 28 of 80 Congresses since 1789 at least one house has been controlled by a party opposing the sitting president. It highlights a historical pattern of partisan shifts affecting governance.
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