First Washington church built on Main Street history
Washington County News Review notes the church formed in 1844 held services in the courthouse and built a ground floor church with an upper floor school led by the pastor. It stood on West Main street near the current David McLaughlin residence, later moved to East Main street with a new front porch added.
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Court House
Public Square
West Main Street
David McLaughlin
Washington
McLaughlin
East Main Street
Coppock Ukelele Band Heads to New York for Audition
A Coppock ukelele band and companions depart by bus for New York where they expect an audition before Major Bowes. The group includes Morrison sisters, Lois Fitzgerald, and Coppock students led by Ray Arbogast and other members plus chaperones. The trip marks a yearlong amateur program with radio prospects and a smaller bus than planned.
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New York
Major Bowes
Court House
Morrison Sisters
Washington
Lois Fitzgerald
Ainsworth
Central Park
Cedar Rapids
Coppock
Dale Ellsworth
WMT
Ray Arbogast
Wilma Arbogast
Jean Volger
Evelyn Cold
Colleen McKune
Richard
Gerald
Kenneth Hesser
Two Cars Destroyed by Fire After Highway Collision
State Patrolman Don Braden photographed a head on crash near Ainsworth on Saturday. Two cars carrying Missouri and Kansas fishing trip members burned after the collision on highway 218 at the 92 junction. The front car halted at a stop sign unseen by its driver, rear car crushed into it, both vehicles locked together and fuel punctured. Two men in the rear car were slightly injured.
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Don Braden
Ainsworth
Missouri
Kansas
Wisconsin
Young America School Opens with Nine Pupils
Alice Wulf teaches at Young America with nine pupils. Marland Dean Hinnter starts as beginner. Lloyd Brown is an eighth grader. Two girls teach in the district including Martha Wylie at Red Brick, Virginia Wylie in Junior College, and Ruth Humston with others in high school. Community notes cover visits, dinners, and homecomings across local families.
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Claud Rhodebeck
Young America
Alice Wulf
Marland Dean Hinnter
Lloyd Brown
Martha Wylie
Washington Township
Helen Rhodebeck
Prairie Flower
Virginia Wylie
Ruth
Joss Humston
Norma Jean Rhodebeck
Kenneth van Doren
Palmer
Will Richards
Charles Palmer
Will Marie
Leo and
Leonard Marek
Cy Bush
Italian toy greyhounds race at Miami tracks
Greyhound racing at night draws large crowds in Florida. Most dogs chase a mechanical rabbit, but Miami features a vest-pocket type, weighing eight to fifteen pounds and covering a sixteenth of a mile in eight seconds.
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Florida
Sour Cream Substitutes Quick Guide
Quick substitutes for sour cream include mixing ordinary cream with two teaspoons of lemon juice. Another option is evaporated milk with one teaspoon of vinegar added per cup of milk. These methods provide a speedy sour cream like result.
Siam Reduces Portraits to Mark Political Disapproval
Government offices in Bangkok and principal cities remove portraits of former King Prajadhipok and Queen Rambaiharni to signal official disapproval of the king's recent statements on Siam's political developments.
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Prajahipok
Siam
Rambaiharni
Bangkok
Reunion of South Prairie Rural School Pupils
Former pupils and teachers gather for a South Prairie school district reunion in Jackson township. Photo shows Grace Shaw and twenty others in front and second rows with many listed by name. Norma McCullough leads ten students this term, while Laurita Lonnie Griggs and Jimmie Pfeiffer were absent.
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Rural School
South Prairie School District
Jackson Township
Grace Shaw
Theodore Meyer
Raymond Rich
Ray Lambert
Ellen Jallace
Anna Brown
Ida Davis
Grant Pearson
Will Davis
Stella Donaldson
John Davidson
Belle Davis
W. C. Ralston
Nettie Davis
Myrtle Pearson
Harl Glassburner
Ottumwa
Fred Acneth
Chicago
Carrie Davis
Elsie Glassburner
Mia
Homer Jarrard
Jesse Havel
Muriel
Alice Applegate
Ernest Meyer
Alvin Shaw
Clive Gray
Howard Applegate
Nate Pearson
Don Brown
Frank Pearson
Charles Davis
Ed Davis
Fred Shaw
Jim Davis
South Prairie
Norma McCullough
Laurita
Lonnie Griggs
Jimmie Pfeiffer
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U.P. Church
First United Presbyterian Congregation
Coppock Ukelele
Louisiana
113Th Cavalry
L. M. Wicher
Roger
H. P. Wolf
Haifley and
Hahn
Coushatta
I of
Max Donaldson
Pelican
Bicher
Walter Conner
Nate Young
John Bidwell
Lloyd Humeston
Yarry Dodson
Lone Tree
Lou Rhodebeck
Charles Beatty
Pringle
Gvests
Leland Pringles
Frank Pringle
Lloyd Humston
Dell Walker
Lloyd Alliman
Bart Gregory
San Gregory
M. N. Peiffer
Harper
Kaipa Peiffer
Anna
Harley O'’Laughlin
Donald Wylie
Harriet Phillips
Richard Brown
Oelwien
Jlubert Redlinger
Don Wyte
Essie Dodsdan
Tone Tree
Harry Dolson
Holden
Des Moines
Charles Harris
Keein
Amana
Amy
Harley O'Laughlin
Ama
Hoy
Bobby Jones
Eddie Gray
Betty Jean Martin
Shirley Applegate
Patty Brown
Betty Applegate
Dick Gray
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