Funeral for Mrs. Joseph Shebeck Friday at Presbyterian Church
Funeral services for Mrs. Joseph Shebeck will be held Friday at 3 p.m. in the Second United Presbyterian church with burial in Elm Grove cemetery. Born near Prague in 1845, she immigrated to America at twenty, married Joseph Shebeck in 1845, and lived in Washington County most of her life. She is survived by five daughters and four sons. three daughters and one son are deceased.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Shebeck
Iowa Avenue
Second United Presbyterian Church
Elm Grove Cemetery
Shebeck
Bohemia
Katherine Strajack
Prague
America
Iowa City
Richmond
Highland Township
Washington
Sherbeck
Annie Dutler
Riverside
Libbie Ramsey
Des Moines
Louise Springman
Katherine Eichler
Emma
Mt. Pleasant
Frank Shebeck
Thomas
John
Funeral services for W. H. Meol of Keota held at Jones & McElhinney
Services were conducted Tuesday evening at University hospital Iowa City and were held this afternoon at 1 30 in the Jones and McElhinney chapel with Dr W W Bowers presiding. A quartet from the Methodist choir provided music. Interment followed in Talleyrand cemetery.
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W. H. Meol
Keota
University Hospital
Iowa City
Jones & McElhinney
W. W. Bowers
Dousic
Methodist
Talleyrand Cemetery
County W C T U Holds Annual Convention in Washington
Members of the W C T U in Washington county hold their annual convention in Washington today with morning and afternoon sessions at Sunset Park, a noon picnic, and an evening meeting at the Methodist church social hall. Dr W W Bowers leads devotionals, Earl Moore of Beaver Falls Pa offers a reading, and Rev C B Riddington of Ainsworth delivers an address with a cordial invitation to the public.
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Washington County
Washington
Sunset Park
Methodist Church
W. W. Bowers
Earl Moore
Beaver Falls
C. B. Riddington
Ainsworth
Smouse to preside at big church meet in Davenport
Winfield Smouse, elder and moderator of the Iowa City presbytery, will preside at its fall meeting at Newcomb Memorial chapel Davenport on September 11 and 12. Rev W E Ruston of Columbus Junction is stated clerk. The session opens with a leaders conference and a Presbyterial Evangelistic program aimed at a two year push for deeper church life with large delegations anticipated from about forty churches led by Rev A R Oates and others. Dr George C Maltby of Philadelphia will address the gathering.
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Winfield Smouse
Washington Presbyterian Church
Iowa City
Newcomb Memorial Chapel
Davenport
W. E. Ruston
Columbus Junction
Iowa
Presbytery
A. R. Oates
Washington Church
Bethel Church
George C. Maltby
Philadelphia
Presbyterian Church
Judge Hamilton Adjourns Court As Jury Term Delays
Late yesterday Judge W. Hamilton adjourned court until Monday when the jury term resumes. Petit jurors to report at 1 30. The docket shows numerous orders in notes foreclosures and quieting tithe disputes with several dismissals and costs awarded.
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W. Hamilton
Board Adjourns to Meet Again Next Week
The board adjourned after two days of routine business and will reconvene next week for the regular September meeting. No action taken on remonstrance signed by hundreds opposing federal road work near Kajona. The remonstrance argues funds are overused on this road project under state and federal supervision.
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Kajona
State Highway Commission
Federal Roads Bureau
Temperature Record Notes 96 Degrees This Afternoon
At two oclock this afternoon the official thermometer stood at 96 degrees, one degree cooler than yesterday's maximum. The report records a heat pattern with a slight daily drop in peak temperature.
Lawyers Attend Sixth District Bar Association Meeting
Marsh W. Bailey Al Baldridge and Col J Wilson were among Washington county attorneys who went to Oskaloosa this morning to attend the convention of the sixth judicial district bar association. Bailey who is president of the association is presiding over the gathering.
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Marsh W. Bailey
al Baldridge
Col
J. Wilson
Washington
Mrs Will Libe Dies After Yearlong Illness in Washington
Mrs. William Libbe died at 8 50 this morning at 503 W Madison after a year long illness that began with a December stroke. A longtime Red Cross worker during the war and a devoted neighbor she leaves two sons Earle and Frank Libbe and one grandchild Maurice. She was born Mary Magdalene Benz in Muscatine Iowa and married William Libbe in Verdi Iowa on February 24 1881. Surviving siblings include Henry Benz Drexel Missouri and Mrs Adam Libe Washington with two half sisters and a sister in law Mrs Charles Benz. She was a faithful Methodist and cherished home and family above all.
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William Libe
Madison Street
Red Cross Rooms
Mary Magdalene Benz
Landolin
Christena
Rinkel) Benz
Muscatine
Iowa
Washington County
William Libbe
Verdi
Washington
Earle
Frank
Maurice Libe
Frank Libe
Libe
Henry Benz
Drexel
Missouri
Adam Libe
R. H. Fett
Will Horning
Charles Benz
Metho
Funeral services held for longtime parish member
Funeral services conducted by Rev. W. W. Bowers Saturday at 2 30 p m at the residence for a longtime church member who attended as long as able. Interment will follow at Elm Grove Cemetery according to the notice.
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Dist
W. W. Bowers
Elm Grove Cemetery
Divorced Couple in Council Bluffs Ends Cruel Treatment
Mrs Nancy M Hathaway 65 was granted absolute divorce from Garden A Hathaway 75 on cruelty grounds. Judge K B Woodruff awarded her alimony 60 fine 75 attorney fees 25 suit money and restored her maiden name Nancy McCandless. Hathaway allegedly provided little support and kept her as servant while owning substantial property and earning 750 annually from mortgages.
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Council Bluffs
Nancy M. Hathaway
Garden A. Hathaway
K. B. Woodruff
Hathaways
Hathaway
Nancy McCandless
Green Haynes car robbery near New Haven corner
Sheriff Charles Denison said no trace of two men in a green Haynes car who reportedly held up a man from Eddyville eight miles west of Washington early Tuesday. The victim says the incident occurred at 3:30 am while he slept in his broken down car and he reported it six hours later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Denison
Haynes
Eddyville
Washington
New Haven
Keep Your Cool In Any Emergency, The Anger Rule
A verse urges calm under pressure noting anger worsens outcomes. It asserts reason stays sharp when emotions stay low and that temper yields lost chances, ridicule, and opponents’ advantage, while cool composure leads to stronger, clearer thinking.
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Dean's
Hamilton
Commercial Savings Bank of Des Moines
Katherine Singmaster
W. M. Keeley
E. C. Eicher
W. F. Fleming
First Savings Bank
W. J. Edwar
W. P. Brown
Marie Anna Brown
Champion Milling & Grain Co
Pauley T. Brown
Matilda Pierce
J. B. Pierce
Plaintiff
Charles C. Moore
William M. Leeper
Irene Leeper
Wilson & Wilson
Adda M. Olive
Jess C. Olive
State of Iowa
Fred Goodwin
Raymond Hall
Lyman
Bredford
Everett Swift
Lee BR. Jones
Charles Bell
Guy Davison
Leo Marryth
R. H. Freel
Elwood Snider
Lloyd Harrison
Fred Moore
Will Libe
Welle
Lang
Genuine _ Goodyear
Pers
Kewpie Twins
Goodyear
Evening Journal
American Pearl Button Co
Poland
Farrow
Clifford C. Hunter
Frank H. Gray
E. 3Rd St
China
Hampshire
Thos. Simpson
Central Park
Rebekah Club
Dave Haney
Henry Minick
Lexington Ladies’ Aid Society
Boyd Foster
Dutch Creek Township
Ladies’ Aid Society of
The
Young Women’s Missionary Society of the
Geo. C. Stewart
M. E. Church
E. E. Stutsman
Pease
BE. H. Smith
FE. H. Smith
Ireland
Phillips Drug Store
Kodak
Crandall
North Ave
Inquire Journal
Gardner
West Chester
Miles Boy
Bree
W.S. Reister & Sons
Migs
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