Grandparents honored and local curiosities from county life
The column notes Dr and Mrs C W McLaughlin enjoying a safe arrival of a boy in Omaha marking three McLaughlin grandsons. It recalls pioneer T N Carl’s Kansas City death and the first Burl ington to Washington stagecoach run. Thanksgiving service at Presbyterian Church draws many youths. Anna Hays dies alone at home. neighbor accounts of her passing and fond view of her children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. McLaughlin
Frank Wilsons
Charles McLaughlin
Omaha
McLaughlins
Presbyterian Church
Dr Keasy
Anna Hays
Aging resident relies on cane as appetite for independence grows
A personal vignette records Mrs Hays’s frail condition and stubborn spirit as she endures breathlessness, declines help, and plans a near term shopping trip before a taxi ride. Esther Belle MacGugin notes social visits, Thanksgiving dinners, and the value of community events for youths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs Hays
Hospital births and discharges listed for area residents
Local hospital records show multiple births and dismissals. Frank and Mrs Perrin of Karona welcome a son. James Allison of Ainsworth also has a son. Several adults were discharged after procedures including tonsillectomies and tonsil removals, and transfers noted for families in Washington and Keota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Perrin
Karona
James Allison
Ainsworth
Frank Knight
Keota
Homer Hotle
West Chester
George McChurch
Wahlington
The Graham theatre becomes State theatre headline change
The Graham theatre is replaced by the State theatre after Ralph and Clyde Pratt leased the building for a movie house. Des Moines map burnings render Iowa road maps obsolete. Community notes chronicle local deeds, births, and deaths including BE. W. H. Ashby’s passing on November 25 1910 and family details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graham Theatre
State Theatre
Ralph and
Clyde Pratt
Des Moines
Iowa
Elder
United States
Norma Shearer and Robert Taylor Star in Escape at State
Norma Shearer and Robert Taylor headline the film Escape at the State Theatre opening Sunday for a three day run. The cast includes Naz imova Conrad Veidt Felix Bressart Bonita Granville Blanche Yurka and Philip Dorn among others in a drama based on an acclaimed novel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norma Shearer
Robert Taylor
Bihel Vanes
State Theatre
Conrad Veidt
European Filme
Glm
Nagimova
Felix Bressart
Albert Uaegermann
Philip Dorn
Bonita Granville
Idgat Farriar
Kisa Bassermann
Blanche Yurka
Miss Shearer
Corntas van Treck
Turk Preysing
Emmy Ritterrom
Preysing
Taylor
Tven
Apt. Cronin
Waterloo Ridge
Nazimova
Emmy Ritter
Conrad Velidt
Mnimus
Bressart
Fritz Dassermann
Henning
Mark
Dorn
Dr. Ditten
Emmy
Ursula
Mervyn LeRoy
Waterloo Bridge
Ethel Vance
Navitnovna
Pelly Bressart
Albert Thas Scrat
Philip Phorm
Tonite Granville
Musical series may bring rewards to Washington people
Mrs. A. E. Baldrige organized and tabulated every detail and the many solicitors kept precise books. The effort behind selling tickets is described as hard work and may yield significant value for Washington residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. E. Baldrige
Washington
Quirky Aphorisms from a bygone column
A string of humorous maxims and observations on manners politics and daily life. The snippets touch on gender roles wealth family marriage speech and social norms with tongue in cheek reflections across a mid-century sensibility.
Rotary Club organizes with eighteen charter members
Six years ago the local Rotary Club organized with eighteen charter members including Dr J K Edgington T R Phillips Orville Rider W M Keeley H Ward E B Hammer J M Wilson Jay McNamara L H Wallace Frank L Wilson H 4 Young Marsh W Bailey J R Maxwell Rev W W Bowers J S McKichinney C C Reister H F Darbyshire and J D Glasgow. Bad blizzard from Ophelia Miller birthday in Antler North Dakota. roads blocked and no train service. Agnes Stewart breaks arm in Youngstown Pa after slipping. A widows and orphans party hosts—Thomas Brookhart John Maxwell John Rupp A N Alberson Harry McCall Arthur Goodin Russell Goodin George Rudiger Joe Kalk. Ezra Gardner moves to Washington from Lexington farm. Harvey Young moves from Gardner house to John Alex Young house. C K Conner and Ross Benson injured when truck hits stump. Conner may lose left eye. Ralph Shannon and wife travel to Chicago for livestock show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary Club
Dr. J. K. Edgington
T. R. Phillips
Orville Rider
W. M. Keeley
H. {. Ward
E. B. Hammer
J. M. Wilson
Jay McNamara
L. H. Wallace
Frank L. Wilson
H. 4. Young
Marsh W. Bailey
J. R. Maxwell
W. W. Bowers
J S. McKichinney
C. C. Reister
H. F. Darbyshire
J. D. Glasgow
Thomas Brookhart
John Maxwell
John Rupp
A. N. Alberson
Harry McCall
Arthur Goodin
Russell Goodin
George Rudiger
Joe Kalk
Accident injures Lee Thompson at Norm Wood farm
Eighty years ago report states Lee Thompson of Ainsworth suffered a severe accident while feeding a corn shredder at the Norm Wood farm near noon. He lost a finger and thumb to the cog wheels and was treated for a hernia from moving a heavy stove. Home grown lumber work follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Thompson
Ainsworth
Norm Wood
Mable Means
Charley Means
Terry
Brighton
Bay Elevator Changes Hands Amid Land Deal
Bay Elevator owners Bay Elevator George Parkinson and L. H. Wallace bought the Keeley elevator, the old Blair property, for 5500 dollars. St George will operate it handling grain and coal as before. Mort Keeley previously ran the elevator on North Iowa Avenue south of the tracks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democrat
George Parkinson
L. H. Wallace
Surprise Party Planned for Charley Caldwell Farm Sale
Friends and relatives planned a surprise party for Mr and Mrs Charley Caldwell on Thanksgiving Thursday November 29 as they sold their farm and prepare to move to town. Forty guests attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charley Caldwell
Thanksgiving Football at Junction-Columbus and Washington
A humorous account mocks a Thanksgiving game between Junction Columbus Junction and Washington. The writer questions whether it was football or mud wrestling, describing players covered in black loam and noting a broken nose as an odd art of the match.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junction
Columbus Junction
Washington
Poem by Mrs Loyd Morrison Found in Grinnell Herald Report
A short verse by Mrs Loyd Morrison formerly of Washington has appeared in the Grinnell Herald-Register. Miss Buveson of the Iowa Southern Utilities Co. located the poem and is to be thanked for the find.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grinnell Herald-Register
Loyd Morrison
Washington
Prayer for Peace and Liberty by Edna Morrison
A 1930s era verse pleads for deliverance from folly and war. It asks God to keep peace, bind nations with friendliness, and preserve liberty. The speaker, Edna Bacon Morrison, envisions a world of common purpose and democracy guiding shipwrecked nations to safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polly
Wife Returns Home Quietly Before Twelve Dinner Debates
A reader notes the evening routine as a man wonders if dessert will appear at supper after his wife arrives home around twelve. The brief reflects domestic rhythms and everyday social cues in a nostalgic tone.
Local social events and incidents noted across town
Church women plan a play with Mrs Gobble and others as cast. Thanksgiving sees mild weather with a one degree rise. Local residents visit family, travel to Upland California, or stay home for holidays. Legal actions include a $12,248.30 auto collision verdict and multiple sentences for burglary and car larceny. A wedding in Cedar Rapids and community updates fill the page.
Crossings crash kills Fredonia man near Columbus Junction
Karl Trimball, 45, of Fredonia was killed when a freight train struck the car he rode in near Columbus Junction on Saturday morning. Two others were injured. The report also notes various local notices from social events to licenses issued and community updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karl Trimball
Fredonia
Columbus Junction
Raymond Bell Plans Trip for 4 H Show in Chicago
Raymond Bell of the Jackson Boys 4 H club plans to depart Saturday November 34 for the International Livestock show in Chicago. The Thanksgiving dinner list in Washington this year ran longer than in prior years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Bell
Jackson Boys 4-H Club
Chicago
Washington
Deaths of the Week Chris Mineart
Chris Mineart, 76, of Pleasant Plain died at his home on November 23. He is survived by his wife four sons and four daughters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chris Mineart
Pleasant Plain
Obituaries for J. KR. George and Others
J KR George an 83 year old railroad man died Wednesday afternoon. His wife Ordella Wallace sister of Pollok Wallace T N Carl mother in law to Mrs Harry Bishop and Mrs Everett Palmer aged about ninety one died in Kansas City Tuesday. Mrs Carrie Carter widow of John Nelson Carter formerly of Crawfordsville died Thursday. Mrs Anna Hays a well known Washington woman was found dead at home probably from a heart attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. N. Carl
Kansas City
Burlington
Washington
Old Town House
Clark Nelson
Keota
Edna Land
Lola
Chicago
Henrietta Whittaker
Lee Colton
Columbus Junction
J. KR
George
Ordella Wallace
Pollok Wallace
Harry Bishop
Everett Palmer
Carrie Carter
John Nelson Carter
Crawfordsville
Anna Hays
Amateurs Stage Hamlet in Small Town
The Atchison Globe reports a country town amateur production of Hamlet. A tongue in cheek note suggests Shakespeare or Bacon may have written the play and jokes that the villainous author is buried, with local youths behind the performance and critics in spoofing fashion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democrat
Henry Eicher
Atchison Globe
Hamlet
Shakespeare
Bacon
Umar
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Mrs. Hays
Esther Belle MacGugin
Ames
Iowa Press
Esther
Wellman
Harris MacGugin
North Side
Coppock Itehway
Bonnie Simpson
Eleanor Tucker
Jean Acheson
Genevieve Baker
Nan Hoover
Joan Michels
Marthe Crossett
Johnny Carlton
South
Lowe Avenue
C. R. McCutchen, Jr
Josephine Schrarbaum
Helen Gardner
East Washington Street
Tuscaay
Donald Messer
Karen Kathryn
Nate Young
Mary Elizabeth
University Hospital Town City
Lester Jami
Teresa Raean
Walter Hagrans Brighton
Donald Sheets
Sharon Kay
Teresa Ragan
Tester Hamil
Ronald James
Clark Bauer
Norton Edwards
North Marion Avenue
Priday
F. A. Shelangoski
Theodore Balsey
Waterloo
Phoenix
Arizona
Remington Rand Supply Co
Pire
Jim Pendell
Goode
Jim
Statler Corner
Lloyd Gallagher
Good Fellows
Y's Mens Club
Good Fellows Movement
Nate Bovee
Nate
Teller
W. H. Ashby
Viola Gardner
Jessie Brindley
Ralph
Charley
Eleanor
Ophelia Miller
Antler
North Dakota
C. W. Stewart
Agnes Stewart
Youngstown
Town
Ezra Gardner
Lexington
Harvey Young
Gardner
N. Second Avenue
John Alex Young
C. K. Conner
Ross Benson
Mr. Conter
Chi
Ralph Shannon
Fred Radda
Bill McCutcheon
W. McFarland
John Swearengen
Lamphere
Opera House
Bowland and Shields
Edna Bacon Morrison
Women’s Council of the Christian Church
Frank Gobble
Glenn Holden
Harry Watkins
Leonard Wheatley
Wade Pence
Gertrude Tipton
Laura Longwell
James Knotek
Douglas Eastwood
Iowa City
Rex Hazen
Iowa State Teachers College
Mrs
Charles Hazen
Howard Sitler
Upland
Calif
Charles Hayes
W. J. Knapp
Sioux City
Bridges
Bob Birney
George Hirney
Mrs. J. M. Kelly
Jerry Kelly
Erma Erb
Waldo Swartzendruber
Orville Morrison
Joe Digney
Riverside
Loretta Elizabeth Cole
Basil Norwood Cole
Paul Pfeiffer
Ed Wittetoe
Mr. Vittetoe
University Hospital
Lola Land
Bernard O'Conner
Arnold Lukovsky
Frank Bechly
Burelary
Karl Granger
Helen Stevens
Fort Madison
Sherri Welch
A. E. Eden
Cole
Della Neal
Daytona Beach, Fla
Rockwood
Colenso
Delather Taylor
AAA Committee
Petite Katherine Kaney
Lincoln School
Robert B. Young
Trinity Methodist Church
Cedar Rapids
Arnold Smith
van Suren Street
Marion
Cc. S. Lemmon
Odd Fellows
Brotherhood of the
Pesticorn Committee
Charles Anderson
Hutchinson
Kansas
W. H. Anderson
Nora Ebner
Anderson
Eva Paul
Hazel Anderson
Egypt
Uu, P
R. H. Mahlin
Betty
Rock Island
Ss. W. Livingston
T. A. Michels
George Morrison
E. D. Morrison
E. D. Morrison, Jr
University of Iowa
Law College
Roscoe Pound
Harvard Law School
Thad R. Churchill
Allen
Jack
Virginia
Galesburg, Ill
Churchill
Frank van Patten
C. R. McCutchen
William Colby
Milwaukee
Wis
Lorene Davis
Iola Dittmer
Sweet Singer
Parsons College
Chris Dittmer
Fairfield
O. J. Gingerich
East Third St
South Fourth Ave
A. L. Nelson
Denver
Colo
John Deere Co
Nelson
Phil
Sidney Smith
Cloud
Francis Rozene
Jay Benn
Los Angeles
T. W. Randall
Ella DeLong
Daisy Huber
Patricia Jane Stewart
Everette Stewart
Oscar Burham
Arlo
Daryl Burham
Ella Monaghan
Sigourney
Knittel
United States Navy
William J. Novy
William J. Novy, Jr
Margaret
Jane
Blanche Shalla
Novys
W. J. Kill
Mt. Pleasant
Lloyd Hill
Harry Montgomery
Helen Stewart
W. G. Stewart
Tom
Musecatine
Winnie Geisler
Orville Elder
Elsie Bratten
Myron Kirton
Charles Bauer
Dean Emde
FE. J. Hurley
Sireetor
Walter Conner
The
Red Cross
Preston Wolf
George Baker
Glenn McCall
Erb
Swartzendruber
Stella Wells Latchem
Raleigh
North Carolina
Charles Latchem
Eliza James Harrington
Charles
Ray Latchem
Rex Hospital
Walter
Bunny) Barnett
Miss Easley
West Maintreet
South Ave
Lawrence DeWitt
West
Madison Street
Henderson Wallace
Main Street
Nellie DeWitt
East
Stanly Zager
Pioneer Drug Store
Shermans
Lewis Zager
Karl Libe
Rochester
Minn
Tuttle House
Otis Messenger
Virginia Vorwaldt
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