Death and memories of Rollin Organ in Washington
The Washington community mourns Rollin B. Organ at ninety five, a lifelong friend to locals, a Chicago resident for decades, and a longtime speaker for the Three Quarters of a Century Club. Remembrances recount his Masonry ties, charity, friendships, and plans to reunite with his wife Ida Hall.
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Chicago
Rollin B. Organ
Eeven
Sunset Park
St. Petersburg
Florida
Masons and
Eastern Star
Hospital births and notes from local area
Multiple notices report hospital activity including births and dismissals. Mr and Mrs Lindley Reddick Wellman welcome a daughter. Mr and Mrs Walter Bond Washington greet a son. Keota and Welman families announce daughters and weights, with other patients discharged or admitted for treatment.
Local births and injuries reported in Keota area
Wednesday Clifford Chamberlain and John Stout were admitted for treatment of injuries from a corn picker accident. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Prymek welcomed a son Lorn at 6 45 PM weighing seven pounds one and a half ounces. Patricia Swift underwent a minor operation. Mrs. Werd Sherwood and baby Sylvia Lou were dismissed for home in Keota. Friday Co L Horst welcomed a daughter at 3 22 AM weighing seven pounds one and a half ounces. Far Hiller was admitted for observation.
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Harland Mead
Marsha McGinnis
Ainsworth
Lindley Reddick
Wellman
Walter Bond
Washington
Robert Acheson
Ray Ehrenfelt
Clayton Robertson
Elizabeth Singleton
Brighton
Ward Sherwood Keota
Harold Miller
Welman
William McGill
Clifford Chamberlain
Wyman
John Stout
Keota
Louis Prymek
Patricia Swift
Werd Sherwood
Sylvia Lou
Co. L. Horst
Far Hiller
Stout
West Chester
Deaths of the Week roll call with local ties
Rollin B. Organ a prominent local figure aged 95 with national reputation died in Chicago. Fred Altenbernd a Dutch Creek farmer aged 70 died Sunday night from a heart attack. Mrs. Ed Kallous Julia Kallous aged 466 wife of Ed Kallous died Saturday evening after weeks of illness.
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Rollin B
Chicago
Fred Altenbernd
Dutch Creek
Ed Kallous
Julia Kallous
Notable Wayland Farmer Pete Christner Dies at Home
Pete Christner a prominent farmer from Wayland died Wednesday morning at his home. The report notes multiple local obituaries including Mrs. James Clark 70 a Clay native who died at Osceola hospital and Mrs. Mary Beanblossom 82 who passed away after heart trouble. Dr. Howard Hamilton 64 a former Washing-ton pediatrician died of a heart attack in Omaha. Mrs. C D Browning 58 of Columbus Junction died at home after long illness.
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Pete Christner
Wayland
Clay
Oskaloosa Hospital
Mary B. Beanblossom
Mary Beenblossom
West Harrison Street
Howard Hamilton
Omaha
Washington
C. D. Browning
Columbus Junction
Washington County Origins and Early Claims in Iowa Territory
A reminiscence recounts founder Michael Hayes arriving in the late forties and settling near Washington Iowa, noting wells, water scarcity, typhoid, and horse troughs. It recalls 1840 square history with frame and brick stores, hotels, labor pay, and the act renaming Slaughter County to Washington and seating disputes.
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Michael Hayes
Washington County
Washington
Hayes
Mr. Hayes
William
Penney
South
Marion Avenue
Barclay's
Gus Ross
Iowa Avenue
Rickey
Maytag
Pioneer Almon Moore connected to Washington history
Mrs. Ella Mather Wilson of Washington Iowa, granddaughter of pioneer Almon Moore, recounts Moore arriving in 1840, building a multi room house on the Moore property, drowning in 1845, and his family later changing residences. Elmira married John Mather, who owned the property until 1864.
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Nathan Littler
Brokaw
Blair
Crawfordsville
Corettes Corner
Powers
Amos Emer
John Daughtety
Almon Moore
Colonel Cowles
North Avenue B
W. A. Wilson
Hugh Smith
Barcclay
the Territorial Legislture
Washington
Slaughter
Council
House of Representatives
Territory
Iowa
Ella Mather Wilson
Barclay’s Grocery
Elmira
John Mather
Moore
D. J. Patterson
West
Jefferson Street
Last Dinner Held at Country Club This Week
A season finale dinner took place at the country club on Thursday night. The Washington Cardinals were defeated by Mason City 12 to 0 in a noted game.
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Washington College Cardinals
Mason City
Salterberg Purchases 319 West Monroe Home Plans Move
Mr and Mrs W M Salterberg bought the Bill Moire property at 319 West Monroe and will move Monday. Mrs Harold Perry of Waco Texas called here for her mother Mrs Andy Beanblossom whose illness led to her death Wednesday. Perry had been visiting in Kansas City.
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Clara Scofield Patterson
Mrs
Charles
Hotel Washington
Cora Scofield
Hiram Scofield
West Main Street
Dr. Stutsman
Evans
Wayne Simmons
L. S. Patterson
Dell Hollingsworth
Babcocks
Iowa City
Blanche Guthrie Miller
Blanche
Iowa
Washington
Elain
Mary Steck Sproatt
Mildred Guthrie
Oh Miller
Chicago
Andy Beanblossom
Alma Perry
Kansas City
Perrys
Waco
Texas
W. M. Salterberg
Bill Moire
West Monroe Street
Harold Perry
Alma Beanblossom
Perry
J. W. Bidwell
Vinton
Verne Jack
Earl Simmerman
Minneapolis, Minn
Wilbur Miller
Myrtle Simmerman
Walter Wilde
St. Petersburg
Fla
M. R. Meek
Mrs. Wilde
Wyoming, Il
Hugh Hall
Comerland
Ohio
Mr. Hall
Mary ,Jane Hall
Mary Louis, Harwood
Will Harwood
Horace Kb, Pike
Des Moines
Mrs Leffler Returns From Weeklong Ozarks Trip
Mrs. R. J. Leffler comes home after a week away with Mrs. Lester Butler of Oskaloosa. They toured the Ozarks and other country. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Engstrom of New York City are visiting their uncle Ernest Sandbloom.
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R. J. Leffler
Lester Butler
Oskaloosa
Ozarks
Harold Engstrom
New York City
Ernest Sandbloom
Review of the Week's News Highlights Tallied in Iowa
A sweeping week in Washington County Iowa features fifteen new driver's licenses. Local groups meet at the public library and church halls while community events, marriages, anniversaries, and public notices fill the schedule.
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Washington County
Ruby Simpson
Iowa State College
Ames
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Ida Hall
Mead
Charlie Hebner
Blanche Mead Hebner
Pearl Whistler
Mary
Eddie
Nancy
Nora Sullivan Critz
A Swift
John C. Swift
Agnes Swift
Swift
Charley Hagan
Teresa
Margaret
Howard Hazen
Bider
Ballentine
George Mann
Floyd
Meale
Julius Kunick
Julius
W. W. Bowers
Cedar Falls
Dr. Bowers
A. S. Smith
Mary Hunter
Zora Rhodes
Zora
Harry Whittaker
Rerdo
Thatcy Bush
Whittaker
Iowa Highway Patrol
C. W. McLaughlin
H. H. McCleery
James Clark
Wells
John Gilliland
Louisa
Thamas Ritchey
Henry
William Chambers
Muscatine
Astoria
The
Iowa Library Association
Public Library
Ray Oldson
Davenport
Sandy Hook Hill
John C. Miller
Washington County Hospital
Hanna Eicher Bailey
Howard McCleery
Louise Coast
Thomas Perry
Stewart School
J. M. Shields
Katherine Mauthe
Ft. Dodge
I. T. Rehmel
Gene Gorham
113Th Cavalry
Ladies Aid of the Presbyterian Church
Ruth Nichol Missionary Society
First U. P. Church
Frank Wilson
Number 92 Highway Association
Y's
Mr. Connell
Garvin B. Price
Mary Coakley
Waterloo
Supreme Court
Black Hawk County
National Labor Relations Board
E. Schmitt
Ottumwa
Collin Nicola
Addie Harmon
Henry Berdo
Riverside
Carrie Iden
Ladies Aid of the Methodist Church
Nicola
Benz House
Smouse
Ray Box
Hazel Statler
Scott Furniture Co
Minnie Green
St. Louis
Helen Livingston
Mrs. Klineberg
Los Angeles
RR. L. Livingston
Linton H. Johnson
Richland
May Ann Cook
Rubio
Clarice Meek
Don Pearson
Flossie Smith
Fairfield
Methodist
Robert Lytle
Hilma Dodd
Earl Little
Anne Lehrer Schmultzer
Long Beach
Calif
Mrs. Sidney Smith
Tucker Chevrolet Showroom
Post
Athletic
Alva Palmer
Laura Longwell
Harold Knuttman
Louise Longwell
L. K. Kehoe
Howard Dawson
Rabenold of
Armory
John Lemmon
W. J. Roudabush
North Woods
Minnesota
Lee Holland
Tom Holland
Helen Applegate
A. I. B In
Gerald Carris
George
South Marion
I. Fredmane
Iowa Baptist Convention
T. W. Hunter
Willard Hunter
California
Herman Genkinger
Waukegan, Il
Veramella Stout
Sandy Hook B
Carl W. Jarvis
West Point
Virginia Bartle
Stella Bartle
Charles Miller
Will Hiemmings
G. W. Manassier
Victor
J. M. Lloyd
Leland Morrison
Lloyd
Fairmont
Minn
Morrison
Veteran's Hospital
Wayne Limerman
Downers Grove
Ill
Eldridge
Bastian den Hartog
Floyd Grecian
East Sixth Street
Blanche Shalla
East
Washington Street
Mrs. W. A. Bolce
Dr. C. A. Boice
Jack Doggrell
Jane
Springfield
Mrs. J. Rothschild
Ladies Home Journal
Maternal Health Service
Arthur Mitchell
Ruth
Noble
Joe Connell
Sault Ste Marie
Canada
Rotary V
U. S
Harold Gray
Toledo
Larry Lee
A. J. Muhl
Gladys Mace
Cloyce Babcock
la Crosse
Wis
Milwaukee
John A. Munn
Kansas
Mr. Munn
John, Jr
Peggy
Ted
Robert
Martha
Myrtle Shields
Theola Altenhofen
Delmar Yoder
Elizabeth
Harper