Davis Home Centennial Remnant of a Pioneer Family
Nancy Louella Davis Dayton chronicles the Davis farm in Franklin Township Washington Iowa dating to 1856. The piece traces six generations of Davis ownership from Samel Davis and Nancy Speer Davis to current owners Roy and Joe Bauer and Blanche Davis Davis, noting the farm's age about a century and family ties, hardships, and homestead memories.
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Nancy Louella Davis Dayton
Franklin Twp
Washington
Iowa
Samel Davis
Nancy Speer Davis
Indiana
Samuel Davis
Sunset Park
Cnlls
Victorene Davis Bauer
Roy Davis Bauer
Joe
Blanche Davis Davis
Washington Y News and Notes Highlights Local Activities
The Junior team lost 25 to 12 at Oskaloosa last Saturday ending a three game skid. A return match is planned and Wilton Junction will visit for a night game while Columbus Junction plays in the afternoon and here in the evening. Senior team formation begins next week with games arranged regionally. The Stamp Club seeks members. Hi Y and Y Teens held a scavenger hunt. 80 youths attended and will plan more events. The Y's Men hosted guests while Alaska talk and Y drive were featured. Wayland indepent team fell to Washington 46 to 41 in a basketball game.
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Oskaloosa
Oskaloosa Boys
Wilton Junction
Columbus Junction
Thanksgiving Dinner Visits In Fairview Area
Fairview families host guests for Thanksgiving with multiple visits across households. Notable mentions include Dickie McNeil recovering from polio in Iowa City, and extended family gatherings with the Henderson, Maxwell, Rhea, Blankenhorn, and Nicholson households in Washington county and nearby towns. Several local trips and birthdays are recorded alongside hospital updates and travel for relatives.
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Floyd Blankenhorn
Fairview
John McNeil
Crawferesville
James Stewart
Dickie McNeil
Iowa City
Sam Kirkpatrick
Columbus Junction
Antoine Finke
Russell Williams
Russell
Howard Williams
Robert Henderson
Lisle Maxwell
R W. Lauer
Mt. Pleasant
J. C. Rhea
Gerald
Moline
Ill
Frank McCoy
Joe
Sheffield
Rhea
Allan Barth
Henry Allan
Donald Blankenhorn
Donna
J. D. Nicholson
Nicholson
A. W. Yard
Washington
Maurice Steele
Fire Destroys Shed and Damages Home at Art Buckman Place
Fire at the Arthur Buckman residence on North Third Street at 1 30 a m Friday destroyed a shed where the blaze started and damaged the rear of the house. Smoke and water harmed the home as the local fire department helped save nearby houses.
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Art Buckman Place
Martha Butler
Columbus Junction
Ogy
Arthur Buckman
North Third Street
J. C. Richie
Lester Orv
Betty Hoben
Muscatine
James Hoben
Thanksgiving News Roundup From Brighton Community
Brighton residents share Thanksgiving visits across multiple families in Haskins Columbus Junction Iowa City Avon Mont. Oskaloosa Davenport Davenport Winfield Cedar Rapids Fairfield and Topeka with social clubs church auxiliaries and local officials noting cooperative gatherings and honors.
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Harvey Hoskins
Avon, Mont
Malcolm Griffith
Independence
Hattie Jones
Albert Saunders
W. O. Schafer
Sterling White
Davenport
Forrest Mullins
Winfield
W. R. Long
James Long
Hubert Morgan
Cedar Rapids
Fred Wanerus
The
Legion Avuvsiliary
E. E. Voss
C. D. Cooper
San Benito
Texas
Henry Kientz
Cooper
Harold Coop
Ronald and
Allen
Evelyn
Albert Hemmerling
Omaha Neb
Kate Snyder Visits Washington Over Thanksgiving
Kate Snyder traveled to Washington for an extended Thanksgiving visit at the Lester Willy residence, staying with the hosts during the holiday period.
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Kate Snyder
Washington
Lester Willy
Farmer Husk 6500 Bushels of Corn by Hand
Norman Bean, living 414 miles northeast of Ainworth, reports husking 6500 bushels of corn by hand from 80 acres on his farm. He has no tractor, sixty acres of fall plowing done with horses. Nearby farmers speed up with pickers, averaging 50 to 60 bushel loads every 15 minutes.
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Martha Butler
Columbus Junction
Norman Bean
Ainaworth
Navy
Harry Jordan
Corn Picker Yields Four Loads an Hour Study
Niles Jones of near Letts estimates he averages four big loads per hour and a capable two row picker can gather 200 to 240 bushels of corn each hour.
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Niles Jones
Near Letts
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Joe Ott
Washington County Hospital
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Dorothy Liming
Sam Boyd
Haskins
E. L. Edmondson
Jane
M. R. Edmondson
R. P. Hall
Peoria
Hattie Kessel
David Wentworth
Baby
Gilbert Hoskins
T. B. Davison
Keith Murray
Topeka
Kan
America’s Finest
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Alyce
N. Ia. Ave
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the Journal
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Guernsey
John Deere
Hattie A. Kesset
J. W. Hendrickson
M. E. Ladies Aid
Dwight Robison
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