Local Visitors Noted Across Town During Weekend
Many residents and visitors were listed in social notes with travel to Brighton, Keota, Crawfordsville, Davenport, and Omaha. Highlights include Rev Fr Francis Gelski departing for Chicago, Ernest Carlson sale attendees Leo Wagner and Frank Ballard, and marriage licenses issued for Oral Wendall Alberson Hazel Faris Stewart and Howard Lee Jacobs June Lambert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Wagner
Frank Ballard
Norih Maclish
Ernest Carlson
Oral Wendall Alberson
Hazel Faris Stewart
Howard Lee Jacobs
June Lambert
Local Notices and Personal Updates From Washington
Community notices list taxi services and phone numbers, travel plans, visits to relatives, and local errands. Names include Miss Velda Adrian, Mrs. C T Jones, and Mrs. A J Morgan with moves to Fairfield Des Moines Dubuque and Burlington. High school students attend a Davenport game and local transport lines are advertised.
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Washington High School
Davenport
Sara Grimes
Margaret Brookhart
Mabel Anderson
Jeanette Rothschild
Maude Randall
Eugenia Longwell
Edna Talbott
Mars inhabited says former Iowa instructor
Iowa City report quotes H. Truman, ex-University of Iowa mathematics and astronomy instructor, asserting Mars is inhabited after year at Lowell Observatory. He studied Mars canals, captured photos, and is developing a new five times more powerful velocity measuring lens for spiral nebulae.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Mars
H. Truman
University of Iowa
Lowell Observatory
Flatstaff
Ariz
Truman
Auto Fatalities Increase One Death Every Thirty One Minutes
Atlantic City reports a surge in vehicle deaths with one death every 31 minutes during waking hours. C M Talbert warned that 100 fatalities per million population expected in 1920, urging public safety education and local safety committees to cut losses as vehicular accidents rise despite fewer drivers and growing machines.
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America
Atlantic City
N. J
C. M. Talbert
St. Louis
National Safety Council
Congress of American Electric Railways Association
Talbert
United States
Talberg
Public psychology urged to guide fare reforms in schools
W J Havie of Auburn reports that zone systems for trolley lines vary in success and should not be used with one man cars in small communities. The committee urges against zone fares in sparse areas and proposes a model safety ordinance making it a finable offense to board or alight a moving car.
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W. J. Havie
Auburn
N. Y
Committee On Collection and
Hi. B. Flowers
Baltimore
Women students grow at Iowa University and lead in campus life
At the University of Iowa about 2,200 students are enrolled with women making up nearly 40 percent. Six Chinese women attend, with two in professional colleges. Women establish an athletic field and form a pep club. They work as operators, waitresses, clerks, stenographers, and teachers to help fund their study.
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Iowa City
Iowa ‘City
University of Iowa
S.U. I
Iowa
Haskins resident E Booth visits town for business
E Booth of Haskins spends the day in town on business. He is seen at several downtown shops and meets local contacts to discuss a pending project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Snider
Brighton
Joe Murphy
Crawfordsville
E. Booth of
Haskins
Read the Oldsmobile ad in fanday's Tribune
An advertisement page from fanday's Tribune highlights Oldsmobile vehicles and related offers as part of the paper's promotional content. The ad emphasizes pricing and model options, reflecting the era's automotive marketing alongside news items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Fanday
Verd City hosts a double wedding and social events
Mr and Mrs Howard Hotle entertained fifty guests at their Verd city home as Georgia Beatty wed W J Cummings in Ottumwa at 1 30 AM in a ring ceremony. The couple plans to live in Washington. Also two church socials and a Halloween party drew large crowds with contests, readings, and community notes of upcoming items and plans.
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W. J. Gillespie
Omaha
J. McAnulty
Ella Savage
Ben Wallace
Iowa City
L. H. Wallace
Howard Hotle
Verd
Georgia Beatty
W. J. Cummings
Ottumwa
F. E B. Day
First Methodist Church
Claude Rhodebeck
West Chester
Cummings
C. E. Beatty
West
Monroe Street
Washington High School
Whiting
Mr. Cummings
S. C. Cummings
New Salem, Jr
Presbyterian Church
Milan Shields
Cloyce Dougherty
R. L. Rrimes
A. R. Oates
Eleanor Walker
Peggy
Margaret Thompson
Hioah Farrier
Methodist Parsonage
Orval Farrier
Dr. Bowers
Trebekah
Mason City
John Kurtz
Cedar Township
Jack O'Lanterns
Clyde Fishburn
Harley Meyers
Ed Testroet
Milo Shaila
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Thomas H.ince
Kies
Paramount Artcraft
Red Guard
William
Pardo
Hank Mann
Mary Cruson
Columbus Junction
Bessie Busby
Keith Droz
Keota
White Way
Dave Knoterus
Anna
Maecatine
Hender
Ed Slagel of
Wayland
White Way Garage
Geo. Goble of
Ainsworth
P. J. Hammen
J. P. Thomas
Groton
Francis Gelski
Chicago
Paul. Gelski
Town
BE. N. Ellerbrock
Billy” Graham
Fremont, Neb
Fred Miller
Washington
Mipa Walz
Glenwood
P. Widmer
Shane
John A. Anderson
Motor Inn Garage
Mary Rickey
Wellman
Jake Richenburger
Douglas Neighborhood
Jerry Curran
Prof
G. M. Knox
France
Paris
Marie Danenberger
Vera
Lynn Haney
F. K. Letts
J. A. Marsh of
Jacob Goldsmith
Olds
D. F. Macon
Warren McAvoy
Edith Ingram
J. S. Skipton
Fox & Dewey
Sue Yockey
Fairfield
John Yockey
J. M. Latta
Drakesville
Fred Turner
Eldon
W. R. Stryker
Mies Velda
Adrian
G. J. Fetters
John Frantz
Sioux Falls
FE. White
C. T. Jones
Des Moines
Mise Ella Teister
A. J. Morgan
Dubuque
Lece Hender
Los
W. D. Gormoe
Fiarfield
J. A. Porter
Gerald Gray
Claire Gray
G. L. Fetters
Faye Dankwardt
Anna Hindeh
Ruby
Burlington
Kiracaw
Velda Brown
Centerville
Oklahoma City
Eva Quick
Eliza Porter
Ex Foe Service
McHamara Undertaking Co
Washington, Iowa
Harry D. Smith
John Shields & Sons Phong
Eden Lad
Rcocieny
Ralph Dougherty
Arthur Wead
John Jackson
Henry Shields
Jay Carris
Sterling White
Minnie Lehrer
John Libe
Lawrence Wilson
R. M. Smith
Wim. S.tart
Clair Williams
Louise Glaum
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