The Rocking Chair Brigade Mourns Mrs Marie Walton
Obituary notes the death of Mrs Marie Walton at Moylan Pennsylvania at age about ninety. She is remembered as a musical, resilient woman, mother to five sons and central to local Episcopal Guild activities and church life in Wy.
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Marie Walton
Moylan
Penn
Will
Rose
Walton
Lizzie Keeley
Dainty
Herbert
Mary Badger
Elizabeth ©. West
Sixth Street
Fairbury
Neb
Washington
First Washington soft drinks traced to Jacob Dodder
Harry McCall recalls Jacob Dodder, great grandfather of Harrison Dodder, as the first to introduce soft drinks in Washington Iowa. Dodder ran a water powered shop on a hill south of the tile factory, made root beer from herbs, sold via wheel barrow to merchants around the square, long before modern beverages. He died in April 1890 at age 81.
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Harry McCall
Jacob Dodder
Harrison Dodder
Washington
Harry
Mr. Dodder
Hospital Notes Record Minor and Major Operations
Saturday Chas Wallerich of Richland had a minor operation. Monday Charles Wallerich of Richland was dismissed. Mrs Everette Roberts of Ainsworth had a major operation. Leon Swift was dismissed for home yesterday. Mr and Mrs Clark Bauer of West Chester welcomed a son at 9 58 this morning weighing ten pounds eleven ounces. Leila Gosling of Ainsworth had a minor operation. Mrs Harold Mearnen of Ainsworth had a major operation.
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Chas. Wallerich
Richland
Charles Wallerich
Everette Roberts
Aineworth
Leon Swift
Clark Bauer
West Chester
Leila Gosling
Ainsworth
Harold 2
Earnen
Local hospital births and admissions noted this week
Mrs Lillian Gregory underwent a tonsillectomy this morning. Joe Shalla admitted last evening for treatment and discharged last evening. Mrs Dale Booth admitted yesterday afternoon for observation. Ralph Kelsey had a major operation this morning. Mr and Mrs Victor Trojovsky welcomed a son this morning at 6:45 weighing eight pounds eleven ounces. Mrs Donald Shull Crawfordsville dismissed this morning. Leila Geeling Ainworth dismissed last evening. Oral York admitted for medical treatment this morning.
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Joe Shalla
Dale Booth
Ralph Kelsey
Lillian Gregory
Old Washington house near Sunset Park featured in Centennial edition
Centennial edition showcases historic Washington home at 717 West Main Street once owned by Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Patterson. Built early, pictured fifty years ago with no front porch, the house now blends old features with hardwood floors and a furnace. Patterson resides in Fort Dodge, Iowa with Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Laffer and Florence.
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Washington
West Main Street
Mr. Patterson
Ft. Dodge
Iowa
Glenn Laffer
Florence
Boice to present on rural maternal care in Cleveland
Dr C A Boice and Mrs Boice traveled to Cleveland where he will deliver a paper on Providing Continuity of Maternal Care in the Rural Areas at the American Congress on Obstetrics and Gynecology. They also took a southern side trip.
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C. A. Boice
Review of the Week's News from Newton and Vicinity
Evalyn Helmick of Newton and Galen Moore of Newton wed at Kilduff. groom employed by May tag company. Numerous local travels, school changes, weather notes, and community events populate the week from Brighton to Ames.
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Evalyn Helmick
Newton
H. W. Helmick
Brighton
Galen Moore
Kilduff
Maytag Company
Harrison Ball Pioneer from Ohio to Washington Iowa
Emma C. Anderson recalls the life of Harrison Arnold Ball a pioneer settler who arrived in Washington Iowa from Wooster Ohio in 1856 with his wife and two young children. She details the arduous journey by rail to Iowa City then by team and wagon through rain and mud, his work as a contractor and architect, and memories of neighbors schools and local families on Iowa Avenue including theParkers, Parkers private school, and the Washington Press era.
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Emma Ball Anderson Harrison Arnold Ball
Washington
Iown
Wooster
Ohio
Iowa City
Wayne County
HW. A. Burrell
Washington Press
David B. [Hrie
Burlington
M. C. Parker
Dr. Parker
Hutt
South
Iowa Ave
Tulblock
Iowa
Kille
Woodlawn
Hila Warren
Maggie Axter
George Griffith
N. M. Speidel
A. 8. Folger
Emma C. Anderson
Deaths of the Week Mrs Mary Walton
Mrs Mary Walton a former resident and daughter of Mr and Mrs W J Norton died at Moylan Ven on Sunday aged about 90 years.
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Mary Walton
W. J. Norton
Moylan
Venn
Obituaries Outline of Three Local Deaths Near Haskins and Prager Farm
J Ho Met 67 died at home near Haskins after heart ailment attack early Wednesday. William Bagley 74 died Friday at Prager Farm, living with daughter and son-in-law Mrs R J Tanner and family. Brighton resident died suddenly Wednesday near Indianola, about 60 years old.
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J. Ho
Joseph Hi. McCreedy
Haskins
Ile
William Bagley
William Euley
R. J. Tanner
Prager Farm
Brighton
Inedianola
Doce the Town Clock and Blood Chant Legend
A decades old letter to the Evening Journal recalls a town clock bought for the city and housed on the McKee building. The council allocated twelve hundred dollars from beer license funds to move the clock, while a church prayer meeting heard a brother protest that the clock would cry Blood Blood Blood whenever it struck.
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Evening Journal
Twenety
McKee
Red Brick House Landmark Tells Old Trail Tale
The 305 South Avenue C home of Mrs. J. F. Kurtz and the late Mr. Kurtz, built between 1860 and 1866 by George Barrett, served as a social center and marker on the Southwest Trail later known as the White Way and Highway ae. Lumber marks bear S. G. Barrett’s name. The property passed to W. A. Wilson in 1876, then to Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Kurtz in 1911. Mr. Kurtz recently died, with Boice Kurtz and family living there.
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Lincoln School
Lyda Wright
W. RK
Jeffrey
Schol
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Parkes
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O Laughlin
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Mac
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Bee Place
Town Ave
Wallace
Ardelne Scolt
Washington
J. F. Kurtz
Mr. Kurtz
South Avenue C
Nonetherhan
8. G. Barrett
George Barrett
Barrett
W. A. Wilson
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