The Rocking Chair Brigade Brings Back Nineties Friends
A reminiscence essay recalls Hattie Chilcote and a New York store era of the 1890s. It mentions family members, society figures, and neighbors, with notes on Chilcote's California life, her death, and her nephew Ralph Beenblossom. The piece also touches local shops, weddings, and community events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hattie Chilcote
California
New York
Frank Cunningham
Maude Morton
Don Buckley
Dora Minick
John Brown
Charlie Cunningham
Frank McKain
Emma Miller
Harry Ward
Hospital Roundup Of Births And Admissions
In this hospital column, multiple births and patient movements are listed. Parents welcome a seven pound six ounce daughter born to Mr. and Mrs. Jopshire Ainsworth. other births include a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Fetters and a son to Mr. and Mrs. Fuhr. Admissions include Mrs. Gray and LeRoy Brown. several patients are discharged or transferred, with numerous names and addresses recorded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Jopshire Ainsworth
Charles Fetters
Weillman
Marvin Rinner
East Third Street
Jack Fuhr
East Second Street
Emil Stalder
Route
Sadie Benon
S. Marion Ave
Thomas Clark
Laura Elizabeth
Wayland
Mahlon Frey
Mahilon Dan Elias
Wellman
Tommy Denison
S. Ave. B
Dean Watson
Delano Watson
Rubio
John Krueger
Brighton
Tom Denison
Iowa City
Lacy Lines
Route One
Donna Lee Wail
Ainsworth
W. W. Coulter
Second Ave
Cora Glasgow
S. Ave. C
Walter Harras
Fairfield
Kenneth Davison
Iowa Ave
Doyle Brown
Hollis Lauderdale
Henry Godwin
John VY. Redlinger
Harper
Gordon Pearson
West Chester
Robert Lopshire
Delbert Hesseltine
Sam Lambert
Robert Amlong
East Adams Street
Ivan Bender
Karona
William S. Kyle
Altadena, Calif
Richard Lee Kyle
Review of the Week's News in Washington County
Lorraine Bushell and William E. Young wed in Manchester after a two week vacation by Floyd Tucker and family through the Bad Lands and Black Hills. Local notices report births marriages and hospital updates, including military service, travel, and family visits across Iowa communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorraine Bushell
Manchester
William E. Young
Washington
Floyd Tucker
Beth
Coffee mills wear out fast puzzled by poor quality
The remark notes widespread weariness with coffee mills and questions why no good ones have yet appeared, suggesting dissatisfaction with current domestic grinding tools.
Fall festival notes and license events at Kalona
Oldsters prep for the horseshoe pitching contest at the fall festival as 625 festival badges sell. Kalona residents Reuben D Hershberger and Wilma Yoder secure a marriage license today. Nellie Ruth Courtney, daughter of Mr and Mrs C C Courtney, and Marion Miller, son of Mr and Mrs Miller, are mentioned among attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reuben D. Hershberger
Wilma Yoder
Kalona
Nellie Ruth Courtney
C. C. Courtney
Marion Miller
Mysterious trousers left near Stutsman turkey plant
Keys and money found in pockets. A man missing after being seen without pants the night before. Officers hold the clothing and no further sightings reported to date. Next week legal notices mention divorces and annulments in court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stutsman Turkey
The Passing Years 2 In Washington and Surroundings
Community items from Washington include a Presbyterian Ladies dinner for 50, the death of Winfield Smouse born in 186? and active in banking real estate and town development, a Davenport wedding of Helen Sartor to Courtright Hawley, Ralph Smith returning from Minnesota, Walter Rukgaber buying the Knupp building for a large hardware store with apartments above, veterans groups meeting, Conrad Lins noting seven generations in his family, Wm Scofield injured in California, Thrills Seed Co dissolved, Beulah Davis studying in Roumania for opera, and France Tripp winning a lawn prize with W M Keeley taking a prize for a window box.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Rukgaber
Knupp
Bowers Returns to Washington as 20th Anniversary Repeats
Local column notes Dr. W W Bowers, a beloved Methodist minister, has returned to Washington for another year. Washington schools open with 1132 total enrollment including 426 high school students. Mr and Mrs Ben Briley relocate to the former Harding house on East Washington Street. Mrs Carl Roberts sustains a broken arm and minor injuries in a recent slip road auto accident. Eather Gibson returns home from a six week trip in England and France. Frank Miller, two miles west of town, is hospitalized in serious condition after a scuffle with his wife Bertha. he was stabbed with a knife she held.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Augustine
West Madison
South Ave
Joe Schlatters
Charlie
Myrtle Mayer
Augustine Place
Augustine
Jefferson Street
Barham
Lawrence Wilson
Flossie Sherbeck
Laura Thomas
Seattle
Jones Funeral Home
Washington
Hal
Carl Roberts
Frank Miller
Bertha
Mangold couple dies in Lake Arrowhead drowning
Ray Man gold and Lola Davis Mangold both age twenty one drowned in Lake Arrowhead California on September 6 1926. They had been married for almost a year.
Wells Elected Vice President of Washington National Bank
W P Wells was elected vice president of the Washington National Bank at a meeting held last Tuesday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. P. Wells
The
Washington National Bank
Brookhart Improves After Gall Stone Attack
S. W. Brookhart, recently stricken with gall stone trouble during a speaking trip, is reported to be improving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brookhart
S. W. Brookhart
Business College Opens Earlier Than Planned
Prof. L. E. Porter announced a new business college will open on October 1, moving up from the original November start date. The reversal shifts the schedule earlier, affecting enrollment and local business education plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Business College
L. E. Porter
Nurses and service members tied to travel and schedules
Night for San Francisco brings news of military personnel and families traveling. Pvt Russell L Carter changes address to AP O 27176 C care of postmaster SF. Cpl Lloyd W Brown and family on 15 day furlough from Ft Monmouth visit relatives in Des Moines and attend Oklahoma matinee. Mr and Mrs Erbe and Mrs Coddington plan Des Moines trip with business and social activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Brown
Tommy
Nancy
Chicago
Brown
Des Moines
Mr. Brown
C. P. Weldin
A. R. Krause
Keota
Federation of Women’s Clubs
Des Moines Garden Club
Krause
Weldin
State Garden and Wild Flowers
E. D. Morrison, Sr
E. D. Morrison, Jr
Lola Coffey
Iowa City
Oklahoma
Pvt
Russell L. Carter
San Francisco
Calif
Lloyd W. Brown
Ft. Monmouth
N. J
W. A. Erbe
A. B. Coddinston
Herbert Osincup
Earl A. Loveless
Erbe
Comery
Local Notes and Tragedy Headlines from Riverside and Beyond
Morton travels to Chicago for Deaconess Training School. Two Flynn boys Wayne and Glenn aged eleven and thirteen drown in a Riverside creek while attempting a rescue. Weather records show 92 degrees on Sept 15. Helen Anderson and Fannie Harwood depart for Chicago en route to Oxford and Aberdeen to attend college. Sherman Welc and Frank Sherbeck sell barber shop. I Rothstein Co moves stock dry goods to new rooms on the south side. Harry McCall, pioneer drug man, dies at sixty on Sept 10 1906. J H Stewart dies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside
Wayne
Glenn Flyn
Edward Flynn
Helen Anderson
Fannie Harwood
Chicago
Oxford
Ohio
Aberlin
I. Rothseh and Co
Harry McCall
Windsor Grocery
50 YEARS HAS PARTY
Helen Elde entertained a tea party Saturday in honor of several young ladies. A fair opens September 7 at Ton County Fair. a fan was lost at Highland Park Finder, please leave at the Journal office. A black par[ty?]
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Elde
Fan
Highland Park
Journa
Magnetic Literary Society Elects Officers at Academy
The Mag net Literary society at the Academy elected Dale Shearer as president, Boyd Foster as vice president, Alther Montgomery as secretary, Georgia Forge as treasurer, Will Montgomery as sergeant at arms, and Arian Scott as critic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Magnet Literary Society
The
Academy
Dale Shearer
Boyd
Foster
Alther Montgomery
Georgia Forge Treas
Will Montgomery
Artiss
Arian Scott
Deaths of the Week listed for Hattie Chilcote and others
A weekly deaths list notes Hattie Chilcote aged 79 who died in California after a stroke, with relatives in the area. Clara Stone Hyde aged 64 died after a long illness, Leona Waters Merrifield aged 79 died at home near Haskins, Robt E Tobin aged 71 died at Mercy Hospital Iowa City, and high school student a fifteen year old Tom Denison died after bicycle car collision. Anna L Bowman aged 87 died at her East Jefferson Street home with three daughters surviving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hattie
California
Ralph Beenblossom
Lon Hyde
Brighton
Clara Stone Hyde
James Merrifield
Highland Center
Leona Waters Merrifield
North O Haskins
Robert Tobin
Riverside
Robt. E. Tobin
Mercy
Iowa City
Tom Denison
Dale
Lucife i Denison
University Hospital
Ira Bowman
Anna L. Bowman
East Jefferson Street
Bowman
Language Gist From A Curious Shopper Note
A fragment discusses someone handling a book possibly for enjoyment or display and remarks on dry goods with many color items prompting wonder why such colors were invented. The tone hints at casual observation of reading habits and fashion or merchandise.
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J. C. Carris
Miss Byler
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Des Moines Register
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R. L. Badger
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Delbert Hesseline
Shrum Lewis
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Ruth Wilson
Boyd Stoutner
Clifford Douglass
Keola
Archie Buck
Winston, Mo
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LeRoy Brown
Sharon Rae Rich
Larry Barnes
Bernard Sieren
Sigourney
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Kahler Hospital
Rochester
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R. B. Palmer
Stella Palmer
Charles Shuck
Rozetta Shreve
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H. O. Banks
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J. F. Simpson
John Green
Arthur R. Krause
Vera Bailey
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Roy Kephart
Okinawa
Pacific
Robert Young
Susan Kay
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Tena Marshall
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Lassen V Volcanic National Park
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Bakersfield
Will Clark
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Fort Belvoir
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Olathe, Colo
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Dan Storms
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Dunkerton
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Frank Szayna
J. M. Schulze
Mary Jewell Holbert
Iowa State College
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Frank Lewis
W. B. Edwards
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Washington County Baptists
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Alaska
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Jack Pauls
Great Lakes Naval Training Center
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Great Lakes
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N. E. Hansen
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Ainsworth United
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Davenport
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East Secon Street
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England
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Denver
Janet Cumming
Colorado Springs
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Evanston, Ill
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Frank Sherbeck
Soldier Barber Shop
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