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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1925
Page
7
Wellman March notes record a rock party hosting seventy two guests with late supper and praise for hosts OFlerty and Hunter. Many residents travel to Washington Cedar Rapids and Iowa City while families report spring plowing sickness influenza visits and engagements including Miss Lillian Lilvey's engagement to Dr. O W LaPoint of Beloit Wisconsin.
Mrs J A Marsh and her father Robert Bodman visited in Muscatine Saturday. Mrs M Flinger called Saturday and visited at the Wm Den home. Miss Lela Rhodes visited friends and planned a vacation in West Liberty from Washington teaching duties. Ben Fitzgerald family and Mrs J Fitzgerald drove to Iowa City Sunday to join Aunt Mrs Dove Jannston who teaches at McGregor and accompanied them for a visit. H H Van Horn arrived Friday from Des Moines to spend a few days at home ready to travel.
George Garrett and family visited Havre at her father's home on Sunday Harold Duke traveled from Chicago to stay with his parents Mrs Ralph Chorpening and Miss Bertha Grady visited Miss Johnson Saturday afternoon Donald Tucker purchased a fine horse from the Cannon Ranch Renee Cherpening and wife spent Thursday evening with her brother Ralph Harry Anderson and wife and Melville Cherpening visited Mr and Mrs Tom Porter Sunday
Crawfordsville residents and visitors share Sabbath time at homes and with relatives. Mr and Mrs C R Gallagher of Washington spent the afternoon with Mrs Sarah Davidson. Mrs Frank Adams has moved to live with her daughter Mrs Elwyn Davidson. Mr and Mrs John Strain of Burlington are visiting relatives, plus several local residents were noted visiting in Washington yesterday.
Farmers sow oats with many finished. Georgia Tucker visited near Wayland while Ed Lins cares for a ill mother. The Ladies Aid met at M E church. Bruce Campbell and Elizabeth Campbell returned to school after mumps. Mark Campbell also affected. Don Hazen visiting family.
Mr and Mrs Charles Brewer from Washington visited the Joe Wehr home Sunday afternoon. 8 D Carris Sr spent Wednesday with Glenn McCall. Alice Wehr stayed Monday night with Marjorie and Mary Louise Robertson. Paul Sparks and daughter visited Dale Moody in Seventy Six. John Robertson and family visited J M Pulver. Mable Carris called on John Wehr. John Wehr family visited Aller home near Keota. John Robertson family spent Sunday in Washington. Trive Jones returned home to spend vacation on the farm. A very good place for a boy to be.
In Wellston a local note reports hearing an instrumental piece titled Henhouse Blues from a Chicago station. The writer jokes about Chicago dining habits and mentions local farming lists lettuce radishes potatoes onions and rhubarb starting to peep through.
A reflective paragraph discusses farming life and justice with misstruck terms. It weaves biblical references Beelestastes and Proverbs to seek guidance on calamity and moral themes in a neighborhood context.
Griffith shipped two car loads of cattle from Titus. Lloyd Hayes moves on the Carl Miller farm. Russell Kendrick and family attended a cantata in Washington. The Griffiths move onto a father's farm. Oat sowing is in full blast with good weather. Carl Miller's sale was well attended and everything sold well.
Community notes report visits and illness in the Prairie Flower and nearby areas. Mrs Angeline Page dies at the Houser home with family and church members gathering in support as care continues for Mrs Mary Phillips and Mrs Page's relatives. Regular church activities and social events are documented through the week.
SEVENTY SIX SEVENTY SIX March 29 report notes Mr. and Mrs John Powell and daughter visiting Washington Saturday afternoon. Several locals are listed visiting relatives, including Arthur Romine and family, Oren Wilma, J J Lockwood, Henry Henderson, Philip Stauffer, Albert PINmies, William Shaffer, and George Davison. Easter plans bring Corinne Powell to Mt Vernon with Orville Cusiumber.
Amusements notice previews the Irish Rose style comedy Abie We Wo toss Abie by Anne Nichol(s) at the Try Ham Theatre opening April 8. The light farce follows Abie Levy who secretly marries Rosemary Murphy and faces family uproar as cultural expectations and a meddling father complicate the union. Local social notes detail residents visiting, illness, travel, and weekend activities across Kalona and Iowa City.
Yose Stutsman, an elderly Kalona resident, died Sunday morning at Mt. Pleasant hospital. Funeral services are at Best Union Church this afternoon with interment nearby. Mr. and Mrs. Wedenhoff welcome a baby girl born Friday. Mrs. Kate Yoder of Indiana arrived Monday for her father Yose Stutsman’s funeral. Mrs. M B Bhreulell and son Rus-
The newlywed theme show Abie's Trish Rose returns with the same Metropolitan Company cast after a 29 week run at the Colonial Theatre Cleveland. Other companies run at Republic Theatre New York and Studebaker Theatre. Cuenco Theanet presents Mabel Kroman Jacob Franks Earle Larimer Jerra Walden George Nathanson Jerry Vokes Ben Hendricks Carvn Gilten and a bevy of brides and maids.
In Washington on March 31 six commissioners were named by the court of claims to serve as special masters in equity cases. The appointments aim to clear a large backlog of war claims against the government. Edmund J. Frisk of Des Moines is among the appointees.
Four robbers held up seven bank officials and employees in Chicago on March 31 and escaped with an estimated 10 000 to 15 000 dollars. One robber carried a sawed off shotgun.
Police Chief James Cavender accused lax liquor law enforcement and a whisky ring in the Iowa legislature during a church address in Des Moines. Judges and legislators refused to comment on the speech.
Reorganization of Wilson and Company packers, under receivers, proceeds in Chicago and New York after ownership turnover to new management.
After the Royal Irish Constabulary was replaced by the unarmed Garda Síochán, banks and bank messengers faced frequent robberies. A new 200‑strong armed detective force will operate nationwide to meet gunmen and robbers with equal or greater speed.
Norwegian customs officers uncovered a clever corkscrew smuggling method used off Norway to bring large quantities of liquor ashore. The device is a torpedo shaped iron cylinder carrying about a hundred cans, towed by a thin cable and hidden beneath the water. It can be released in an emergency, allowing ram running ships to pass undetected.
Australia reports Dr. William Sinclair of Adelaide has found a process to extract power alcohol from the prickly pear, a plant covering hundreds of thousands of acres in Queensland and other states. The alcohol could fuel motors, though no company has been compelled yet to exploit the discovery.
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