Ten Year Retrospective Highlights At Iowa State Fair
Don Radda won 11 blue ribbons in the agricultural grain division at the Iowa State Fair this year. Washington Police Chief Clarence Lee announced the hiring of 26 year old Robert Long as a new patrolman. Washington saw only .29 inches of rain in August, making it one of the driest on record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Radda
Washington
Clarence Lee
Robert Long
Weather warms then cools and farming notes from Iowa
A weekly letter from Leon Beatty reports warm days and a dip into the fifties at night signaling approaching winter. frost risk to crops is low but rain before harvest is hoped for. The American Legion post in Washington buys a former Marshall Furniture warehouse, becoming the first owned post home. A Washington area family boasts the Iowa State Fair's most unusual cat, Corkscrew tail and extra toes. News bites cover a California chemist's idea to grow gasoline trees, football preseason rankings for Mid Prairie Wellman Washington and Olds, a Demons soap clinic, tax payment delays, early October flu vaccines, and a friendly poetry mix up at Sunset Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercury
Leon Beatty
Marshall Furniture
The
Post
City Hall
Don Wells
Washington
California
Journal
Mid-Prairie
Wellman
Waco
Olds
Demons
Court House
Iowa
P.S
Sunset Park
Central Park
Hospital Notes Admitted and Dismissed Across District
Yesterday admission list includes Francis Pohren of Keota and Mrs. Robert Helscher of Washington for surgical cases. Today adds Patrick Foriash of West Chester for medical care and discharges include Mrs. Henry Munson with son in Columbus Junction. Several Washington residents and caregivers are noted including transfers to Washington Care Center and long term care for Ira Graber in Brighton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Pohren
Keota
Surgical
Robert Helscher
Washington
Patrick Foriash
West Chester
Henry Munson
Columbus Junction
John Mulcahy
George Colthurst
Grace Love
Gerry Gonterman
Janet Lyons
Barbara Sayre
Louie Wagenknecht
Washington Care Center
Ira Graber
Brighton
Henry Zieglowsky
Mason City
Ill
Lester Asbrock
Angie
Springfield
Archer Augustine
Richard Zieglowsky
West Branch
Albert Wilkins
Kasey and Kelly
Fred Zieglowsky
Earl Zieglowsky
Wayne Arnold
Tempe, Ariz
Zieglowsky
Tuesday Yesterday Mrs Everett Grice Washington medical
Medical notes list Washington residents and patients including Clarence Smith Robert McKee Mrs Edgar Lynn in West Chester and Estele DeLay with today’s entry for Charles Brotherton Highlights names and locations in a brief roster format
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Everett Grice
Washington
Clarence Smith
Robert McKee
Edgar Lynn
West Chester
Charles Brotherton
Estele DeLay
Obituary and Birth Notices for Ainsworth Wapello and Washington
Wednesday yesterday lists Mrs. Thomas Martin of Ainsworth in medical. Births yesterday report a son born to Mr and Mrs Larry Malcolm of Wapello. Today notices include Frederick Engle of Brighton, Robert McKee of Washington, and Mrs Hazel Deal of Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Martin
Ainsworth
Medical
Larry Malcolm
Wapello
Son
Frederick Engle
Brighton
Robert McKee
Washington
Hazel Deal
Sally Ann Thomas
Marysville
Mich
Marjorie L. Thomas
Charles Thomas
John Steven Christner
John L. Christner
Kalona
Marion Avenue Baptist Church
Larry Brown
Medical names listed for Thursday and today across multiple locations
A dated list records individuals including Robert Knottnerus Ainsworth and Mrs Grace Stout Washington among others receiving medical attention or noted in yesterday and today entries. Names include Mrs Anna Conrad Brighton Mr and Mrs Vernie Goodwin Wellman Miss Corliss A Crawford Washington Mrs Clyde Crile West Chester John King Washington Mrs Clara Foss Washington Francis Pohren Keota Mrs Huber Evans Washington Nobert Chuck Brighton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Knottnerus
Ainsworth
Medical
Grace Stout
Washington
Anna Conrad
Brighton
Vernie Goodwin
Wellman
Corliss A Crawford
Clyde Crile
West Chester
John King
Clara Foss
Francis Pohren
Keota
Huber Evans
Nobert Chuck
Local Social Notes Highlight Washington Figures
Friday Yesterday lists Mrs Fred Shalla and others in Washington including Mrs Estele DeLay and Mrs Larry Malcolm with her son in Wapello, Mrs Everett Grice in Washington, Patrick Fornash in West Chester, and Miss Corliss Crawford in Washington. The brief mentions family connections and destinations among named individuals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estele DeLay
Washington
Larry Malcolm and Son
Wapello
Everett Grice
Patrick Fornash
West Chester
Corliss Crawford
Week in Review Opens With Enrollment Decline in Washington
Washington public schools opened with 2,063 total students, 54 fewer than last year’s opening figure of 2,117. St James Catholic School added 3 students to reach 86. Culligan Water Conditioning marks 30th anniversary, founded in 1946 by Keith Vetter. Various local notices detail births, marriages, awards, and community events across Washington and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D.W
Dave) Harvey
D.W. Harvey
Washington
Washington Loan and Trust Co
Dave
University of Iowa Law School
Charlotte Foster
Plainfield
Lincoln School
Gertrude Kendall
W.W. Bowers
Washington Methodist Church
Washington Public
Supt
E. Kelly Schlapkohl
Washington Community School
St. James Catholic School
Culligan Water Conditioning
Keith Vetter
South Ninth Avenue
North Second Avenue
Culligan
Patent Medicine Advertising in early American Almanack
The first U S patent medicine advertising appeared in the 1692 Boston Almanack. It touted a remedy claimed to cure all stomach ailments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Boston
Ice cream per capita in the United States
The article reports US ice cream consumption at 23 quarts per person annually, totaling over a billion gallons each year across the nation. It notes broad demand and national-scale production supporting this level of consumption.
List of Emery Miller and others birth announcements
Emery A. Miller and Thomas James Van Auken are listed as sons of local families with rural routes in Kalona and Columbus Junction. Douglass Scott Bringman Jr, Shawn Asahei Robertson, Robert Matthew Lowe, Craig Lee Janecek, Shannon Velaine Modelitt, Jennifer Sue Slabach, Heather Noel Grosjean, Amanda Lynn Redlinger, Brett Adam Gonterman, Christopher Michael Munson, and James Alan Malcom are also named as children of named parents with addresses in Washington Kalona Letts Winfield Keota Wapello Columbus Junction and Chicago Illinois.
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Emery A. Miller
Amos T. Miller
Kalona
Thomas James van Auken
Wayne van Auken
Columbus Junction
Douglass Scott Bringman, JR
Douglas Scott Bringman
South 4Th
Washington
Shawn Asahei Robertson
Kenneth James Robertson
Ainsworth
Robert Matthew Lowe
Thomas Lowe
Michigan Ave
Apt
Chicago
Ill
Craig Lee Janecek
Wayne Janecek
Shannon Velaine Modelitt
Donald Modesitt
East Center
Winfield
Jennifer Sue Slabach
David Lee Slabach
Heather Noel Grosjean
George Grosjean
Letts
Amanda Lynn Redlinger
Dennis Redlinger
Keota
Brett Adam Gonterman
Gerry Gonterman
East Third
Christopher Michael Munson
Henry Munson Jr
James Alan Malcom
Larry Malcom
5Th Street
Wapello
Deaths of the Week List Local Residents
Death notices report Paul Kelly 60 of Leon died Monday after a lingering illness. Charles Luellan 91 of Wayland died Thursday at Pleasant Manor Care Center Mt Pleasant. Lena Graber 86 of Wayland died Friday at Pleasant Manor Care Center Mt Pleasant. Charles Luellen 91 former Wayland resident died September 2 1976 in Pleasant Manor Care Center Mt Pleasant.
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Paul Kelly
Leon
Charles Luellan
Wayland
Pleasant Manor Care Center
Mt. Pleasant
Daniel
Lena) Graber
Mt Pleasant
Charles Luellen
Pleasant Manor
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Memory Lane
En Sernoe Cason
Wweth Pock Inia and
Kider Tindes
Andy Blattner
Veronica Weber
Rock Island Plow Co
Nick Weber
Felix Weber
Matt Frederick
John Frederick
the Evening Journal
Washington Public School
Supt. M.M. Schell
A.L. Duensing
Washington County
Iowa State College
Keith Stewart
Washington County Board of Supervisors
Floyd Letts
Dailey Bros
Armory Field
Myrna Reeves
Clifford Reeves
Cedar Clippers 4-H Club
Dallas
Wayne Chamberlin
Nic McCleery
Harold Johnson
Leo Sturgeon
John Lee
Heights
Centennial
J.A. Taylor
Washington Junior College
Central High School
Superior
Wis
Clifford Blecha
Walter C. Berger
Brook Dyler Berger
Aunt Agatha
Fred Shalla
David Tubbs
Ashington
Greg Singer
Spencer
James Ward
Lori
James Young
Crawfordsville
Stanley Singer
Marie Vittetoe
Marianne Angert
Urbanna, Ill
Vittetoe
Marcella Vittetoe
Dickey
Prairie Home
Mrs. Vittetoe
Cletus Reed
David Minshall
West Haven
James W. Walling
Highland Community
Highland Board of Education
Walling
Highland
Teri Anderson
Kirkwood Community College
Dick Anderson
John Blick
Kevin Kloppfer
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Raymond Hammen
Mercy Hospital
T. E. Jackson
Iva Martin
Denise Hammen
Washington High School
School of Radiologic Technology
University of Iowa
Medical Alumni
Herb Hammen
Marjorie Klein
Ken Seeger
Waverly
John Jaye
Twinsburg
Ohio
Hammen
Don Allender
Carson Plumbing
Allender
Carsons
Bob
Marge Sorrell
Sun City
Ariz
Maye Sorrell
U.P. Home Health Center
Pete and
Ramah Sorrell
Anne Sorrell
Kirksville
Rosa Bennett
Dorothy Hastings
Chariton
Jane and
Everett Bennett
Sewal
Marvin
Helen Nuese
Marshalltown
John and
Leona Kumm
Indianola
George
Maxine Bennett
Jerry
Marilyn Hoagland
Pat
Ron
Pleasant Hill
Randy
Peg Merryman
Chasity
Mike
Nebo
Norma Sorrell
Laurie Sorrell
Cory
Randi Dunbar
Rick Dunbar
Jim Lewis
Denny
Connie Sorrell
Rick
Todd
Ronny
Karen Armstrong
Kris
Kenny
Becky
Ruth Dunbar
Henry Little
Centerville
Della Little
Mr. Little
Elsie Little
Martha Kos
Frank Kallaus
Raymond Setka
Brian Proctor
Arnold Smothers
LeMars
Westmar College
Westmar
Silliman University
Philippines
Hong Kong
Manilla
Honolulu
Roger D. Smith
Muscatine
Smith
Charles N. Pettit
Bloomfield
Willie Rimer Jr
Riverside
Perry H. Nicholson
Nicholson
Frank Cummings
Jacob Blickensdorffer
Arden Wesley
Jean Peiffer
Dan Peiffer
Deb Zahradnek
Martha Bandy
Opal VanAlstine
Samantha Shaffer
Charlotte Brewer
Tempe Community Hospital
Mill Street
Tempe
Steve Greiner
Colleen Marie Harty
James J. Harty
Sioux City
James Leonard Reisener
Ralph Reisener
Blessed Sacrament Church
Tom Flanagan
Cathy Arbogast
Ronald Lee Rich
Cottonwood Church
Art
Nancy Allen
Ray Arbogast
Willie Marshall
University Baptist Church
Charlottesville
Virginia
Judith Blanche Slemmons
Charles David Robertson
Asheville
North Carolina
Edgar Leech Slemmons
Eugene E. Robertson Sr
Durham
Richard Myers
Edward Taylor
Cecilia M. Gilpin
Ambrose Gilpin
Robert Rowland
Lloyd Rowland
Welsh Church
Robert Page
Cynthia Marie Jaeger
Marion
Steven Richard Partridge
Zion Lutheran Church
Hiawatha
Larry Bredji
Kenneth Jaeger
Richard Patridge
Carle LuAnn Shetler
Douglas D. Staubaugh
Kalona Mennonite Church
Carl Smeltzler
Tom Smithson
Indiana
Marland Shetler
Dwight Slaubaugh
Parnell
Stork Gazette
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