Local residents share visits and travels around Washington
Mrs. Rose Waters and Shirley Duncan were seen traveling by bus to Keota and nearby towns while numerous residents visited relatives in Des Moines, Cedar Rapids, Downers Grove and Chicago. Updates include job moves, hospital stays, and a correction for Harold Schmidt’s new Camp Stone man address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose Waters
Burlington
Robert Birney
Felix Dougall
John Waters
Monaghan
Keota and Kinross
Hospital notices list patients and birth information
Yesterday at the hospital listed patients include Mrs. Tom Harvey of Ainsworth and Mrs. Charles Wolfe and Mrs. Edith Shields of Washington in medical care with Neil Humble Jr. in surgery. Today Mrs. William Lukovsky of Riverside is in medical care. A baby girl was born to Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Duensing in Washington at 6 15 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Marr
Floyd Blankenhorn
Ainsworth
Washington
Miss Marr
Long Beach
Calif
F. W. Eastwood
St. Louis
Charles Murdock
City
James Edwards
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Louise LD. Patch of
Wayland
Glen Gesel
Homer’ Eden of
Lone Tree
Tom Harvey
Medical
Charles Wolfe
Edith Shields
Neil Humble Jr
Surgical
William Lukovsky
Riverside
Lloyd Duensing
Home Again From Toledo A Return To Small Town Life
A note expresses preference for a quiet small town home over city living. The speaker asserts they are back from Toledo Ohio and enjoys first name friends and genial neighbors in a familiar community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big City
Toledo
A City Apartment Life Compared With Our Rural Home
The writer contrasts living in a city apartment with life in a hometown. He notes anonymous doors, fall colors along Maplewood Avenue, and colorful neighborly scenes. Mentions Rev Stevens peonies, neighbors, and everyday city sounds while pondering moving plans and local quirks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rev. Stevens
Quiet Hallowe'en in Washington Cited by Police Chief
Ten years ago tonight Washington reports the quietest Hallowe'en in years with Chief of Police Jay Brown attributing the calm to a YMCA youth party that kept younger boys from trouble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Jay Brown
Birds Attack Milk Bottles On Porches
Sparrows and other birds in the area tear into milk bottles left on porches, breaking paper caps and even metal foil to access the milk. In Toledo a claim arises of extraordinary Sunday school attendance, plus a Toledo man’s offer of vintage wine to his minister for bulletin acknowledgment, which the minister reportedly declined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Pennsylvania
Unseen jest about a judge's spouse at the restaurant
In a restaurant a discussion about a new arrival turns into a joke that her husband was a judge, a claim doubted after she married him. The exchange hinges on social status and perception.
Mrs Lindeman and daughter visit Griffiths in town
Mrs. R. E. Lindeman and her daughter Marilyn of Los Angeles are visiting the Griffiths, Mrs. Lindeman’s parents, and spending time with them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Benson
Ruth
Lynda Brawdy
Denver, Colo
Amos Stout
N. J. Benson
R. E. Lindeman
Marilyn
Los Angeles
Five-Ear Corn Garden Grows in Gianakakis Plot
Chicago news reports Theo dore Gianakakis harvested a peculiar vegetable garden yield five ears of corn still joined in a single husk. The oddity attracted local curiosity and highlighted Gianakakis's unusual planting method.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Theodore Gianakakis
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Shirley Duncan
Keota
Gerald Duncan
H. G. Miller
Moline
Ill
John Jeffrey
Des Moines
J. M. Heyek
Ida Burnson
Grinnell
Eileen Jeffrey
J. O. Sexton
Henry M. Lee
Downers Grove
James T. Sexton
Grand Rapids, Mien
Verneta Crawford
Roberta
Crawford
Ina McDowell
Fort Dodge
Margaret Cowden
Cedar Rapids
Westminister Presbyterian Church
Miss Cowden
Mary Rickey
Wendell Jr. Shaffer
Paul Sievert
Sigourney
Emma Sievert
Don Nichols
Nichols
W. D. Smith
Beverly
York
Nebraska
James C. Morrison
James A. Morrison
Virgil L. Drish
Rock Island
Joe Drish
Brighton
Co. W. Storms
Edmundton
Alberta
Canada
Dan Storms
David B. Thompson
Pfe
Harold Schmidt
Camp Stoneman
Dave Hubbs
Muscatine
Bill Lloyd
Paul Krueger
Weusau
Wis
Benner Tee Co
Burl Sheetz
Anna Sheetz
St. Anthony's Hospital
L. F. Harding
Cpl
Robert L. Riley
England
Strategic Air Command
A.P.O
New York
Marilyn Caldwell
Pat Streigel
Mrs
Dick Hayes
Rossella Pratt
Howard Sayre
Fred Vanerus
Hubert Morgan
Bridges
Waukegan
Leonard
Davenport
Robert
Raymond Bridges
Navy Airbase
Racine
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
FOX
Roy Acuff
Memphis
Tyrone
POWER
Vosian
Welles
Aubry
Wolf’s Flower Shop
Hallowe'en
Cy Swee
Alben Barkley
Dionne
Washington, Ia
Maplewood Avenue
W. J. Finke
Mr. Finke
Junkins
A. S. Smith
Donna
Barbara
Stevie
Bealer
Sandy
Dr. McCreedy
Pathfinder Magazine
Sarah
Peale
Bela
Innerspring Mattresses
Kiple & Deprenger Furniture CO
Bav
Ueye
Impressio
Ally AR
ATA Service
Pitone
Night
Field's Motor Co
Ronald Krotz
Mace Motor
Ford and
Mercury Sales & Service
Paul V
Shearer
Washington County
Hill Crest Cheese Food
Campbells
Idaho
Holloway’s
Ralston
Mott’s Apple Juice
North Iowa
R.C. Wead
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