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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1930
Page
8
The airs Russellink and son Bobby travel to Mamvotah Town Thursday for a weekend visit with friends in Bloomfield.
Local items report Mr and Mrs A N Kreymer and son moving from Wapello to Washington where he will be state highway resident engineer. Mr and Mrs Roscoe Anderson and child relocate to Muscatine for work. WIM Steele shows health improvement after an operation. Dr and Mrs Cr Stewart and Miss Leona Allen travel to Des Moines for a health officers convention where Stewart will speak. Librarians Eva Denny and Gertrude Kendall are home ill but improving. Elizabeth Sherman and Helen Jones assist at the library. Mrs Ruth Peterson from Des Moines visits Harvard Sitler. Floyd Harvey sustains a foot injury affecting his other foot.
The passage lists residents and movements including Rose Cottage Riverside, Town, 4916 Sat-Wed waiter Oetjen at Columbus Junction, Layana sas, HIN and ang, Bobby and Dick moving to Mt. Pleasant, Mr Hill’s Doco shop relocation, Mr and Mrs Wisenrackner visiting Wellman shoppers, nk Wilson of Wellman as a business caller, and Mr Mrs Kenneth Carsis visiting Dr C W Stewart home with Miss Eva Denny. Also mentions a Garter Display in an Island Window and Klein's Great Truth about a woman alone when clothes come down in mud.
Funeral services for Mrs Cornelius Verwers were held at the Baptist church in Keota on Monday afternoon March 31. The deceased formerly Miss Jennie Ralston had heart trouble but was improving before dying suddenly at 5 o clock the next morning. She leaves husband Cornelius Verwers two children Ruth who died in infancy and John who lives in Keota a sister Mrs Walter Dillon of Keota and four brothers Marion Ralston Ta Roy Ralston Winfield James Ralston and Calvin Ralston of Keota. The W R C attended the service in a body.
A thermometer recently placed in the German museum tower in Munich stands 72 feet 6 inches long. It not only shows the current temperature but also records the maximum and minimum readings.
Mrs. Matilda Pisree from Chicago describes a severe snow storm and blizzard she witnessed while visiting her daughter. She mentions Mrs. J C Bailey and daughter Geraldine, plans to see Mrs. Louis Nichols at Mercy Hospital room 220, and notes Mrs Nichols birthday next Saturday. Mrs Nichols had an infected toe removed and is slowly improving.
Mr. and Mrs. Atlie Lefever and family of Kesta visited Sunday at the home of their uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. C F Swartz. Mr and Mrs George Mayer and Mrs Naomi Adams of Kesta were shoppers here Tuesday.
Don't be a slouch wear Brighton Garters. The notice lists several people including Mr and Mrs Boyd Berde and their son Charles, Livingston Hollingworth, W Magon from Michigan visiting a mother, E N Whight and relatives, Mrs Densmore Guthrie and daughter Mary Jean of Rock Island visiting A J Rankin's home. Homer Stephen and daughters Betty and Mary Jean Guthrie traveled to Korea for business. Father Shafer of Harper visited for business.
Miss Musick of Quin cy Mh visits families of Hutt and Chaddock Spot for Boys in Quincy. Mrs Alice Maas returns from near Iowa City to visit Miss Ida Cavendar. Presbyterian Chi Annual Rinner and Congregational Meeting at 6 PM. bring dish es and silver. Stella Condspeed and Kenneth Goodspeed attend funeral of Miss Condspeed. burial at Lexington cemetery. Mrs J H Law returns to Jerome Ariz after grandfather W F P Hayes funeral. visits two daughters before returning.
A fragmented notice describes a Journal classified ad offering help to remove unwanted household goods. It mentions Mrs Charles Zor oday and Mrs Rone Stinson with unclear locations, a Presbyterian Church gathering, and a brief item about Mrs Rose Reid chairing a dish event. The text also notes Mrs Wilford Alright and Shirley Ann traveling to Rock Island with relatives. Auctioneer D Washington of Macon is listed.
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