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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 07, 1925

Page

5

Receivership of Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railroad Ordered

The Milwaukee area observes the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railroad receivership as a friendly proceeding to reorganize and protect stockholders. Losses stemmed from high interest, competition from the Panama Canal, and reduced northwest revenue. The plan will not cut service but enable equipment purchases and system improvements under court supervision.

SCB Milwaukee Grain Belt Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Hill Inter Europe Sesson H. E. Byram Mark W. Potter Interstate Commerce Commiedow Edward J. Brundage Panama Canal Puget Sound Northwest

Dayton Grove social notes and farm work updates

Mrs G K Hartman and Edna Mae visited Geo Ferguson on Sunday. Tom Knotts visited A E Knotts home. Farmers finished oats sowing and planned corn ground. Walter Fisher and family visited Washington Saturday. Knotts Embree and Geo Ferguson sowed oats for Jennie Strum. Billy Dusenberry visited West Chester Thursday. Mrs Oldfield visited sister Mrs Knotts Sunday. William Maver stayed with son George near Keota. James Embree spent Wednesday at WU Embree home. Lonise and Dean Moore, recently ill, are better. Florence Gardner weekend with home folks.

Dayton Grove G. K. Hartman Edna Mae Geo. Ferguson Tom Knotts A. E. Knotts Walter Fisher Washington A. KE. Knotts Will Embree Jennie Strum Billy Dusenberry West Chester Mrs. Oldfield Mrs. Knotts William Maver George Keota

Miss Stella Jones Visits Oren Pimmie Home

Seventy six reports Stella Jones visiting at the Albert Pimmie home while Oren and Wilma Romney spent time together in the same locality with neighbors noting the social visitation on April 6.

Keota Mourns Eliza Hulse Oldest Resident at 94

Keota Iowa. Mrs Eliza Hulse died Monday after more than four months illness from a fall that broke her hip. She would have turned 95 on April 25 and was the town’s oldest resident since moving here in 1875 with her family. Funeral plans await word from distant friends. The community plans Easter services as churches prepare for next Sunday.

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