Storm toll rises as St Louis buries 89 tornado victims
Saint Louis began burying 89 tornado victims with burial certificates issued for identified bodies. Coroner Rudolph Witt reported most burials will occur with families tonight. only one inquest held, a verdict noting a wall collapse caused the death of Detective Sergeant Edward Schaaf. All other inquests postponed to next week.
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Rudolph Witt
Edward Schaaf
Determined push to settle Illinois coal miners strike
Report from Chicago on Oct 1 shows a joint peace conference between operators and miners working groups to negotiate a settlement for 72,000 Illinois bituminous miners. The sub-committee’s recommendation to resume Jacksonville wage scale pending arbitration was discussed, with no official statement issued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ill
Illinois
Jacksonville
James Wilson Fatally Hit by Burlington Freight Train
James Wilson about 59 is killed when run over by a Burlington freight train just south of town. The body was cut in two and viewed by Justice of the Peace in the absence of the coroner. No inquest announced. Wilson was a longtime resident and brother of W W Wilson, Washington coal and ice dealer, with funeral arrangements pending. The piece also notes a Virginia grave search for Betty Washington Lewis.
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James
Wilson
Burlington
Justice of the Peace
J. W. Patton
L. A. Jones
Iowa City
Jones Funeral Home
Mr. Wilson
W. W. Wilson
Washington
Betty Washington Lewis
Culpepper County
Virginia
Daughters of the American Revolution
Culpepper Minute Me
Festival Clinic List of Babies Scoring Above 90 Percent
A long list of babies from multiple towns and routes with scores above 90 percent in the festival clinic. Names include Clifford Dale Porter Patricia May Gasaway Clifford Leland Pringle Mary Marie Kephart and many others with percentages ranging from 90 to 99.5. Addresses place them in West Chester Wellman Ainsworth Crawfordsville and neighboring areas.
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Clifford Dale Porter
West Chester
Patricia May Gasaway
Rubio
Clifford Leland Pringle
W. 5Th Street
Carl Henry Little
E 2Nd
Gwendolyn Jean Ramseyer
E. Main
Robert Alex Jugenheimer
Route 5
Edna Pauline Watson
West Chest
Open Season Set for Iowa Pheasants This Fall
State game warden W. E. Albert announces open pheasant seasons across multiple Iowa counties with petitions from 150 farmers. Open dates include October 14 15 21 22 and 29 for Winnebago Worth Butler Hancock counties. October 21 22 and 29 for Mitchell Floyd Black Hawk Hardin Wright Franklin Chickasaw Kossuth Palo Alto Humboldt Cerro Gordo Grundy Howard. Daily bag limit is three male birds. hens forbidden. Shooting allowed from half an hour before sunrise to sunset on open dates.
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W. E. Albert
Iowa
Mitchell
Floyd
Winnebago
Worth
Hardin
Wricht
Franklin
Chickasaw
Kossuth
Palo Alto
Humbodt
Butler
Cerro Gordo
Hancock
Gruny
Howard
Black Hawk
Wright
Humboldt
Grundy
Howard Counties
City objects to dividend in closed bank case
Washington city solicitor C C Wilson objected to paying a dividend to depositors in the Farmers and Merchants State Bank. The district court postponed the dividend hearing before Judge C A Dewey until next Friday afternoon at 2:30 with the matter to be heard again.
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City of Washington
Farmers and Merchants State Bank
District Court
C. C. Wilson
C. A. Dewey
Awards Presented as Fall Festival Closes in Rainbound Town
Washington marks its second annual fall festival with mixed weather and renewed crowds. Parade honors go to J. Penney Co. and Alumni of Washington County Hospital training school. other awards to Washington mounted band and American Legion drum corps. City faces ongoing legal costs from a 1926 preference claim. Rathmel-LeLever foreclosure settled with costs paid.
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Washington
J. (. Penney Co
H. J. Ward & Co
Graham's
Clark & Enslin
Biklen's
Leon Beatty Post
American Legion
Washington County Hospital Training School
Parent Teachers Association
Washington Mounted Band
Washington County Institute Draws 235 Teachers
All 235 Washington county teachers attend the two day institute at the high school on Sept 3 and 4. A dinner at the Y M C A is planned, with a post dinner program and a target audience of school officers. The day features a festival including a dog show, pulling and horseshoe contests, and extensive farm, corn, vegetable, dairy, poultry, and livestock exhibits with many awards announced.
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W. C. Molison
Parade Committee
Washington County
Winnie Palmer
Christenson
Brighton
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ST. Louis
Michael Dudlac
Samuel Insull
New York
Manhattan
Bucharest
Ferdinand
Coolidge
Jas. Wilson
Burlington Freight
Virginia Rose Miothart
Mary Marie Kephart
W. Main
Frederick LeRoy Bauer
Gladys Kathryn Huber
Howard Jay Sands
Ainsworth
Mildred Arlene Chorpenning
Mary Louise Johnson
Dorothy Ann Hotle
Miranda Marie Martin
E. 2Nd
Richard Lee Hayes
Daryl Webster Dayton
Wayne Robert Munns
S. Ave B
Anna Marie Musil
V. Geraldine Blankenhorn
Crawfordsville
Evelyn Marie Bell
Wayne Homer
Jaunice Louise Conrad
Keota R
Urban Martin Walker
Ainsworth R
Lester Dale Madden
Martha Louise Jessen
Wellman
James Edward Eckles
Route
Carma Jean Lord
Edwin Joseph Kron
Donna Marie Rabenold
Phyllis Ann Brown
Morris Hugh Farrier
Audrey Jean Putman
Frances Elnora Amlong
Allan Charles Scranton
Patsy Lou Wilson
E. Washington
John Richard May
E. 3Rd
Joseph Orville Lowder
Henry Francis Bruty
S. Ave D
Charles Joseph Franzen
S. Marion
Mildred Verlee Raymond
S. 3Rd
Ethel May Schwab
Richard Leo Te Bockhorst
Kalona R
Gerald Earl Chance
S. Ave C
Imogene Stuart
Dorothy Maxine Pratt
Shirley May Corbin
Leland Douglas Morrison
Srd
Benjamin Franklin McChurch
W. Madison
Julia Jean Zeek
John Henry Whittaker
Joseph Eli Snider
Mary Louise Schantz
Noble
Barbara Joan Crossett
W. Jefferson
Wilbur Lee Moore
Howard John Simmering
Mary Ruth Berdo
Phyllis Jean Cambpell
William Keith Wehr
Keota
John Kenneth Patterson
Dorothy Jeanette Bear
Mary Catherine Redlinger
Riverside
Josa Genevieve Baker
Donald McArtor
Clark Franklin Miller
Route 4
Betty Jean Taylor
Robert Lloyd Clark
S. 2Nd
David George Galloway
Gladys Marie Messeltine
Donald LeVerne Smith
Virginia Lee Gibson
S. 4Th
Aretha Maxine Mangold
E. Jefferson
John Albert Davidson
Winfield
Roger Lowell Romine
Harry Dean Suter
Eleanor Marie Swift
James Lowery Morrison
Robert Frederick Downing
Town
Mary Allen Beenblossom
Marion Alice Stephens
Robert Eugene Boileau
S. Ltd
Frances Marie Wright
Marvin Ray Lambert
Carol Jean Twinam
Florence Florine Westen
Henry LeRoy Luers
Ada Rosalie Smith
Virginia Ruth van Dyke
Frances Leona Falk
Merle Winson Whitlock
Monroe
Viola Mabel Thomas Ainsworth
Charles Wilson Crull
F. Washington
Lester Wayne Mayer
Leah Eleanore Anderson
Geneva Eileen Palmer
Martha Ann McFadden
E. Marion
Arnold Scott Phillips
Louis Jean Chalupa
Robert Marion Tufts
N. 2Nd
Robert Norman Scott
Wellman R
Darline Lucille Young
Edith Jean Crandall
Dorothy Elisabeth Rees
Max Dean Rinner
Shirley Salome Frost
Wellston
Mary Martha Henderson
David Wilbur Day
Doris Doreen Gray
Kenneth Durian
Rita Ann Shalla
Kaiona R
Ivan Schull
RFD
Jean Lois Schwab
Paul
Leland Watson
Norman Roy Miller
Winnebago, Worth, Butler and
Hancock Counties
Big Crowd
D. W. Hamilton
Grinnell
Juedge Hamilton
Rathmel
le Lever
County Institute
QUT
Institute
H. E .Bradford
University of Nebraska
Lola Wells Hughes
Wisconsin State Normal School
Milwaukee
Chas. FE. Miller
Albia
F. Ic. Ensign
State University of Iowa
Wayne Zeck
William McKinley
Washington County Farm Bureau
HH Club
Jackson Township
D. F. Macon
Lester Blick
Smaest
Charles Simmering
Dickie Edging
Ton
Ulah Bridges
Hombest
Miles Knight
Baptist Church
Albert Moorman
Moorman
Dad Strickler
August Zieglowsky
Andy Blattner
Jounal
Will
Premums
W. (. Molison
Corn Awards
Glenn Mace
J. H. Warren
M. EB. Westen
Winn Durst
A. B. Musil
Witzgerald
Soest
Chas, Wolfe
Alice Wolfe
G. E. Newton
Jost
al Hesseltine
Tom Geerdis
Carl Oldfield
EB. G. Mason
Donald Wagner
Maurice Wagner
H. Wagner
G. FE. Newton
FE. W. Humphreys
Wyman
Harry Geerdis
C. H. Wagner
John Wagner
Trene Shelangoskie
Paul Kasowsky
Ord
Frank Szelangoskie
Victor Tlattner
Frank Shelangoskie
Doyle W. Jarrard
S. R. Gault
RR. E. Wagner
Wilbur Eyestone
Andrew Shelangoskie
V. Gallry
John Romine
Chas. Anderson
H. Worley
Ard
Clyde Thompson
A. R. Krause
D. F. Sayre
Miss Oriez
L. H. Rinner
Verle Draper
Clifford Hesseltine
Hubbard
C. G. Anderson
Robert Gault
Leila Dunbar
E. R. Norton
Wade Gardner
Beck
A. L. Young
Brown & Young
Alvin Smith
W. M. Hesseltine
Home Jarrard
Wash
Grimes Golden
Harley Hardin
Ben Davis
Gano
Jonathan
Fred Stewart
Alvin F. Smith
John Rittenhouse
Northwest
James Stewart
Roman Stein
Aingworth
Alvin I. Smith
Salome
Gennetin
Snow
Chas. Hayes
W. F. Leppert
S. T. Brewer
Arthur Duensing
Guernsey
Sanitary Dairy
Irda
Wilbur Day
Wilbur
Sansuary Dairy
Jersey
John Jackson
Cy Bush
W. H. McConnel
W. D. Booth
Nathaniel Young
Chester White
W. L. Gates
Clark Wagner
Albert Grenier
Hampshire
A. W. Woodford
A. W. Woodford & Son
Chas, Jackson
Harry Ramseyer
Rhode Island
Thos. Geerdis
J. H. Humston
Faye Rowe
Tros. Geerdis
R. R. Turnipseed
Dwight Booth
Black Jersey Giant Pens
R. E. Thornton
F. W. Humphrey
Chas. Vincent
E. V
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