Tax Levy Higher and Valuation Lower in County Budget
County board fixes next year’s levy at 21.56 mills up from 20.11 while the state tax rises to 9.26 mills. Total tax burden grows 1.62 mills, yet lower personal property valuations by about 1,000,000 reduce homeowner increases. Board aims to balance county needs with debt relief and bond repayments. Funeral services for Mrs. W. F. Zook held, Beauchamp Cemetery burial near Crawfordsville.
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County Board of Supervisors
State Executive Council
Zook
W. F. Zook
Goodin
T. F. Barker
Beauchamp
Crawfordsville
Earl
Roy
Leslie Zook
Rodney Arnold
Will Carr
Clyde Dawson
Crawfordsville Hosts Large Crowd For Senatorial Rally
A large Crawfordsville audience filled the United Presbyterian church yard as Col. W. Brookhart and Clyde Herring spoke on campaign issues. Jank Gualt of the American Legion led the program amid strong applause. An afternoon of races, horseshoe pitching, and a ball game with Mediapolis followed, capped by a Crawfordsville band concert. Visitors arrived from Washington and nearby towns including Ainsworth and Winfield.
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Crawfordsville
United Presbyterian Church
W. Brookhart
Clyde Herring
United States
Herring
Colonel Brookhart
Jank Gualt
American Legion Post
Wyman
Mediapolis
Washington
Ainsworth
Winfield
Rowe V Frieze Trial Underway in District Court
George Rowe sues Frank Frieze for 660 dollars on a note tied to a hog partnership and 160 for four months work. Jurors from Kalona sit as testimony opens. defense cites hog sales as partial offset. Judge Hamilton presides with ongoing grand jury activity and related civil matters.
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George Rowe
Frank Frieze
A. F. Woodburn
Ivan T. Rehmel
George Hopencardner
Joe Chihak
Edward Squire
Gertrude Brooks
C Henn
Laura Graham
W. C. Griggs
John Woods
Walter Wolfe
Oscar Hughes
Kalona
Rowe
Poland
Livingston & Eicher
J. L. and
T. L. Brookhart
Hamilton
First Savings Bank of
Crawfordsville
W. J. Edgar
Former Resident of Washington Dead
Word was received this afternoon of the sudden death of Dr. F. L. Rewnd of Kansas City Missouri last night. He was about seventy years old and no particulars have been received. Dr Frank L Rewnd was born and grew to manhood here marrying Miss Flora Cooper. For years he practiced medicine at Katona Iowa moving from there to Kansas City where he had been in active practice ever since. Miss Rownd received a letter from him a few days ago saying he was well. Besides the wife there are four children living two sons and two daughters. Three sisters live in Washington Mrs M D Yard Mrs J S McCoy and Miss Alice Rownd. Miss Rownd leaves this evening for Kansas City.
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F. L. Rewnd
Kansas City
Frank L. Rewnd
Flora Cooper
Katona
Iowa
Miss Rownd
Washington
M. D. Yard
J. 8. McCoy
Alice Rownd
Rownd
Thanks for support after illness and death
We express gratitude to friends and neighbors for their kindness during our wife and mother's illness and death and for the beautiful flowers. W S Zook and family.
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W. S. Zook
Notice of debt liability and sale notice
Statement from Stephen declaring no responsibility for debts incurred by his wife at 7912 AH. The notice mentions Farrier and Fry's oven glass and advertising new tin pieces for sale.
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Stephen
Mrs. Nancy Hodges Dies After Long Life in Washington
Mrs. Nancy Hodges aged eighty five died yesterday at her home 220 North Marion avenue after a brief illness. Born Nancy Hayes near St. Louis on October 2, 1857 she married Frank Martin in 1872 and Jefferson Hodges in 1890. She leaves siblings and four brothers, and is buried in Elm Grove cemetery after funeral at Goodin parlors. The obituary notes her strong physique and business acumen and church involvement. A cotton plant from Charles L. Smith’s Iowa garden and a Los Angeles population fact follow in brief items.
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Nancy Hodges
North
Marion Avenue
Nancy Hayes
St. Louis
Michael Hayes
Eliza Kinde
Hayes
Washington
Frank Martin
Jefferson Hodges
Hodges
Caroline Hayes
Rebetea French
George
Albert
Perry Layes
John Hayes
Los Angeles
Patience Stewart Campbell
Mary Randall
Methodist Church
Goodin
TF. Barker
Elm Grove Cemetery
Undertakers Open District Meeting in Washington
Funeral directors from southeastern Iowa attend the sixth district Iowa Funeral Directors Association convention in Washington. Dr W W Bowers welcomes attendees and urges embalming and personal integrity while noting minister undertaker duties mirror sorrowful home calls. Robert McLaren and Prof Albert Worsham speak on board rules and embalming. banquet, display of funeral goods, a Sigourney Keota baseball game, and a dance follow.
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Iowa
Washington
Iowa Funeral Directors Association
Commercial Club
L. A. Jones
District Association
W. W Bowers
Robert McLaren
State Board of Health
Rodney P. Pagan
Bowers
Albert Worsham
Sigourney
Keota
Flanders Barn
Kemble Floral Company
Ottumwa
Oskaloosa
Clu
The man who wins is the average man poem
A poem extols steady work and persistence. It praises the average man who answers honestly, learns multiple skills, and endures until better opportunities arise. The verse claims success comes from diligence, reliability, and full use of hands and mind.
Klan activity in Davenport aims at tri-city branch
Report says Ku Klux Klan representatives visited the tri-cities this week to organize a Davenport based branch with headquarters in the city. Despite partial success and approached locals, no recruits have yet been enlisted in Davenport.
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Davenport
Ku Klux Klan
Daveneport
Tri-Cities
Tri-City
Ku Klux
Shootout at Burlington Saloon Ends With Wounding Of Patrolman
In Burlington on September 12 C. S. Corwin taunted police and federal officers from the upper story of his soft drink saloon after shooting Patrolman Clyde Lewis in the hip. Over an hour passed as Corwin fired from a stairhead and a window, narrowly missing Motorcycle Officer Carl Neilson, during a raid that preceded the gun battle.
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Burlington
C. S. Corwin
Clyde Lewis
Carl Neilson
Lewis
Income distribution note and a brief ad line
Seventy two percent of earners in America make under 1500 dollars yearly. Fourteen percent more earn less than 2000 dollars. Tell him I saw your ad.
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America
Harvest Home Planned by Lexington Ladies Aid Society
The Lexing ton Ladies Aid Society invites all to the Harvest Home at Lexington on September 21. A dinner starts at 11 oclock priced 25 and 40 cents. A bazaar offers many articles and a chicken exhibit with prizes for breeds. Ribbons and prizes cover farm produce and baked goods. A ball game will close the day.
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Lexington Ladies Aid Society
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Enelin
County Hospital
County Insane
Iowa Gas
Brookhart and Herring
W. M. Keeley
Frank A. Moore
Joseph Moore
Washington County
Town
Moores
AH. Farrier
Southwest Corner Square
N. Hodges
Tim
Charles L. Smith
van Buren Street
Journal
States
California
Undertakers
DR. Bowers
Paris
France
W.S. Reister & Sons
Evening Journal
Ray
Etta H. Conner
H. M. Guest
Frank H. Gray
3Rd St
Labett County
Kansas
Parsons
Frank Williams
Swayne-Robinson
Washington Motor Co
C. E. Plimly
R. L. Grimes
China
W. A. Bealer
Russell Conner
Joe Kohlicek
Black
Mel Crandall
North Ave. D
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Rock Island Depot
Button Factory
Inquire Journal
Leeping
John Applegate
Tees
KLAN
Phillips Drug Store
Kodak
Neb SaAne
Burlington Soft Drink
Tom Barron
W. Leghorn
Everlay Brown
Irving King & Sons
Rown City
Lexington Harvest Home
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