Probate Notice of Will in Washington County Iowa
Notice is given that a document claiming to be the last will of Walter J. Crawford, deceased, dated August 27, 1946, was filed September 10, 1947 in the District Court at Washington, Iowa. A hearing to prove the will is set for 9:00 A.M. at the Washington Court House before the District Court or Clerk. All interested persons must appear and show cause why the instrument should not be probated.
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Walter J. Crawford
Court House
Washington
Iowa
District Court
R. R. Noonan
Oh Boy Root Beer Featured Amid Busy Week Events
Local promotions invite readers to stop at a fountain during next week’s activities and enjoy Oh Boy root beer as part of the refreshment lineup. The note highlights the slogan Always refreshing and encourages trying the beverage.
A Likely Story romance on wrong life clock theme
Bill Williams and Barbara Hale star in a rapid romance tale about a man who believes he has only days to live after a train accident. He helps a struggling painter, while a gangster schemes with a life insurance payout. A twist ends the ruse.
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Bill Williams
Barbara Hale
Lukely
Bill Baker
Vickie North
New York
Vickie
Bill
Louie
Jack J. Gross
H. C. Potter
Bess Taffel
Alexander Keusch
Towels linked to Pullman reunite after long absence
Two historic towels marked 1910 and 1914 returned to the Pullman company after being owned by women in Massachusetts and Iowa. The items were found decades after they disappeared, highlighting a gesture of restitution and firm ties to corporate history.
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Pullman Company
Massachusetts
Iowa
Local families week of travel visits and guests
Lucy Stahl visits in the city while Delbert and family travel to Asbury Kentucky and Pittsburgh Pennsylvania to see relatives. The Daniels plan visits to Kirksville Missouri before returning home. Notables include new Farm Bureau assistants Lois Pearson Wilma Tait and vacation trips by Knupps Hendricksons and the Bridges family visiting from Muscatine and Los Animas Colorado.
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Delbert Daniel
Asbury
Herbert Gould
Pittsburgh
LeRoy Selby
Daniels
Kirksville
Lois Pearson
Wilma Tait
Farm Bureau
Braden Club Hosts September Meeting at Mrs Nicholson Home
Mrs. William Nicholson hosted the Braden club’s September gathering with eight members present. Members wore school clothes and shared early school memories during roll call. Mrs. Carl Atkinson led the business meeting in the president’s absence.
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William Nicholson
Braden Club
Carl Atkinson
Ernest Jones
Elmer Mason
Old submarine hulls repurposed as German oil tanks
Old Hulls Old submarine hulls sawed in half and then stood on end are being utilized for oil storage tanks in Germany.
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Germany
W C T U Holds County Conference
The Women's Christian Temperance Union of Washington county held a one day conference at the United Presbyterian church with Mrs. Lloyd Bauer presiding. Reports came from Wellman West Chester Washington and Kalona. Officers for next year were elected led by Mrs. Lloyd Bauer as president.
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Women’s Christian Temperance Union of
Washington County
United Presbyterian Church
Lloyd Bauer
West Chester
Clara Tate
Washington
Bauer
Wellman
Kalona
Wendell Baker
George iXerr
Evanston
Ill
Frances E. Willard
R. V. Pike
Jessie Stewart
John A. Stewart
Merle McDowell
Pinnel
Lou Bauer
A. Anderson
Pollock
Harry Jones
Crawfordsville
Zilmer
Ben Coppock
J. A. Hawthorne
Dewey
Cedar Rapids Burglar Falls Asleep On Scene
In Cedar Rapids on September 3, police found 26 year old Snooks Dorsey alias Gene Jones asleep inside a store after a failed break in. He had entered via a basement window and tried to batter the cash register with a meat cleaver before dozing on the floor. The owner P E Skhoff woke him and called police.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Dorsey
Gene Jones
P. E. Skhoff
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