Weekend Visitors and Local Notes From Washington Township
Local items list weekend visitors to the area from Washington and nearby towns. Mentions include Maud Whiteside and Miss Ruth Sumner speaking at the high school, births and family news, travels to Burlington and Des Moines, and various keepsakes and sales notes. Intermittent ads and notices appear for local businesses and services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Whiteside
Iowa City
Maud Whiteside
Washington
Ruth Sumner
Family votes tally in Waukron a political claim
James Briar of Waukron asserts his family holds thirty five votes including women voters. He lists ten married sons eight daughters in law nine granddaughters four grandsons whose daughters are voters and says they will vote the straight Republican ticket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukon
James Briar
Harding, Cummins and
Ken
Mr. Briar
Discovery of Large Bison Herds Stuns Researchers
Reports indicate surprisingly large bison herds, numbering in the low thousands, have been found in remote plains. Scientists weigh the implications for conservation and regional ecology as the discovery challenges prior extinction assumptions.
Mrs. S. K. Coats Visits Macomb For Homecoming
Mrs. S. K. Coats returned to Ma comb Illinois last Saturday and attended home coming services in the church where she was married to Rev. Mr. Coats. She is visiting her son Walter Coats. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Woodford welcomed a baby girl Marian Virginia born this morning. Harry Essley from New York City visits his father Abe Essley and other relatives in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rollie Optenberg
Baltimore
Red Cross Institute For the Blind
Samuel Norton
Richard Johnson
la Porte
Indiana
Carl Norton
Johnson
Mr. Johnson
Moline
Frank Gageby
Haskins
Washington
Claude Lemmon
C. C. Cunningham
Arthur Weade
Carl Roberts
Mary
Sam Len
Win Smouse
Glen Conard
Conard
Sue Smith
St. Claire Lewis
Cleyee Dougherty
Edgar Clark
John Libe
Marion Randle
J. B. Randle
Fred Randle
Randle
Letts
S. K. Coats
Macomb, I
Mr. Coats
Macomb
Walter Coats
Ray Woodford
Marian Virginia
Harry Essley
New York City
Abe Essley
Hunger Striker Michael Fitzgerald Dies in Cork Jail
London reports Michael Fitzgerald an Irish hunger striker dies after 60 days without food in Cork jail. He faced no trial and authorities note the death as the first of its kind in modern Western civilization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fitzgerald
Cork
London
Michael Fitzgerald
Holland to Present Claims for Losses in Mexico
The Dutch foreign office in The Hague says it will pursue reparations for Dutch citizens who suffered losses in Mexico over the past decade. It asks all affected Hollanders to submit their claims to the Dutch ambassador in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
The
Hague
Wilehngton
Blaze Wrecks Seaplanes At Polling Field
A massive fire at Polling field near Washington destroyed thirteen seaplanes two hangars and major property. Estimated damage runs to 81 million with the heating plant a machine shop and several planes completely lost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bolling Field Station
Washington
Polling Field
Wwashington
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Lillian Singmaster
Lucy Casey
Ottumwa
James Work
Alice Meek
James Work, Jr
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Clarence Shanafelt
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Wesley Schenefelt
Kelly-Springfield
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Dick Jones
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G. L. Fetters
F. G. Chesley
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Ernest Carlson
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David Dunbar
Brighton
E. P. Foss
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Jessie Cox
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Will Ziegler
Rock Island
Tom Brown
W. R. Stryker
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Judge Dewey
Joe Kabaker
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Jeanette
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Levin
Valentine
Chas. Brown
Howard Benn
Miss Harding
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E. A. Lewis
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Fred van Sickle
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A. van Sickle
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Ed Bambrick
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BE. W. Bambrick
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Kelly Springfield
Goodyear
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Myrtle Smithers
Carl Walton
Sarah Rinehart
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Florence Crone
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Addie Gregory
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Rose Bohr
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George Brown
Marion Towns
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