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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1919
Page
7
Brief notices from Washington County cover local affairs including births deaths and social updates. Names places and key events appear in compact personals style reflecting community life.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Kephart and two daughters Bertha and Beatrice visited Sunday evening at the Edgar Meyer home. Homer Kephart welcomed an eight pound boy born last Saturday. Daisy Kephart spent weekend in Washington with Miss Ione Root. Clarence Carmichael sawed wood for Charlie Frank and Roy Kephart and A B Carr. Perry Kephart and two children visited with Roy Kephart.
Mr and Mrs Perry Kephart and sons Everett and Donald stayed with Roy Kephart over the weekend. A baby boy born April 19 was welcomed by the Kephart family and visits included Mrs Sam Baker and baby with her parents John and Mi May. Earl Kephart and daughters Bertha and Beatrice visited Edgar Meyer home Sunday evening.
Richland Iowa April 22 Meth odist choir plans a musicale tonight at the church for the choir's benefit. Seniors rehearse their class play The Thread of Destiny with Miss Eloise Williams directing. Frances Jones and Herbert visit Washington with Miss Cecile Bellville. Duane Vastine home from Camp Dodge. Doyle Smith discharged from navy en route to Salem Oregon. Mrs Anna Farr a missionary return guest at Clarence Neville home. Mrs D C Olive hosted W M U last Friday.
Brighten borough records visitors and family movements with many residents traveling from Chicago Winfield Fremont Iowa City Sulphur Monett and Fairfield. The week includes Mrs Hattie Kyle Mrs Margery Funston Miss Genevieve Tracy and the late Mrs Jim Downs whose remains were moved to Hill Crest cemetery for services.
E B Young and family visited Bruce Gardner’s home in Lexington on Sunday. Wes Whetstine and two other men started cement work at the church on Monday.
W. W. Matthess and wife and baby Charline were entertained at the E. BE. Fleming home Sunday. Mrs. M. J. Shalla received word from her brother Will that he has arrived in the states. He has been overseas for eighteen months. Frank Wilson and family visited at Wellman Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Testroet called at the Will Anderson home. Lydia Testroet visited her sister, Mrs. Cal Yoder over Sunday.
April 21 Kalona report lists Mr and Mrs Cheater Mason of Ottumwa visiting at David Durst's home. Mrs G A Eglin visited friends in Iowa City. E J Hesselschwerdt and Henry Snider traveled for business to Chicago. Mrs A J Rodgers visited relatives in Muscatine. Miss Sarah Cupp returned from Hills Iowa with her brother Sam Cupp. Mr and Mrs M D Miller visited with Charles Wertz and family. Blackwell of North Inglis visiting the Vanatta family. Vada Smith is ill with pneumonia.
Crawfordsville April 23 Mrs Henry Witting and her son Orlin visited Washington yesterday. W G Robertson and Miss Mildred Daymude were ill and missed classes at the high school. Mrs Emma Bennett arrived from Washington to visit her daughter Mrs Steve Jones. Edwin Chrissinger of Stockport Iowa visited the W H Hagie home yesterday.
The Ainsworth Womans Christian Temperance Union hosts a free evening program at the Methodist Episcopal church on Friday April 25 1919. A final offering aids the Union in promoting their work. Instrumental duet Mrs J W Edmondson and Miss Wilma Milley perform The Fight Is On, followed by prayer by Rev Riddington.
The program lists songs by the children and women’s groups, readings by Miss Collette Iseminger and Mrs. Riddington, five minute addresses by ministers, drills by small children, a violin duet by Masters Billy Crawford and Maurice Field, vocal solo by Mrs. W. A. Stephens, and a benediction by the W C T U.
Indigestion and clogged bowels invite illness as undigested food ferments and sends poisons through the body. Foley Cathartic Tablets are wholesome quick action with no bad after effects. Cleanse bowels sweeten stomach tone up liver. Lemmon's Pharmacy Adv.
Charles Toothacker proprietor of a 314 Jones street soft drink parlor was fatally shot by five highwaymen who raided the business. He died from internal hemorrhages after a stomach wound. The attackers fled with no money secured from his person, leaving a widow and daughter. Bystanders provided a partial description to Patrolman Tom Green.
Mabel Normand appears in the Goldwyn Picture Sis Hopkins at the FOX Theatre, with Thursday matinee and evening showings. The role, first made famous on stage by Rose Melville, remains a cinema mystery as to why she had not previously performed it onscreen.
Auction notice lists items for sale at 740 East Madison Street near the Ballpark in Terre Haute Indiana on Saturday April 26 at 2 o'clock. High grade oak dining room suite leather seated din ers two bedroom suits rugs sewing machine tools and household items from H L Mayhew and D F Macon auctioneers with Robert McCall clerk. 58ta
Sheriff Jones with 75 deputies and federal agents raided I W W headquarters in Sioux City causing abrupt adjournment of the agrarian convention. Fewer than a score stayed as records were seized and streets feared to become volatile. The mass meeting planned at 7:30 pm aimed to purge wobblies from the city.
Riverside, April 23. Henry Krebs dies at his home two miles southwest of town after a year long illness from cancerous trouble. He was a lifelong resident and the oldest son.
Capt Charles J Glidden of the United States air service urges men to join the nations air service by sending name and address to the department air service officer 104 Broad street New York. He notes his time at the army flying school Southfield Americus Ga and the balloon school Fort Omaha Nebraska.
Jefferson City April 23 A state tax on admission tickets to theaters picture shows and other amusements is proposed by Representative Frank Jones Gentry county engrossed in the house The measure aims to make up revenue lost from liquor license reductions.
Poem praises veterans and urges public funding for the V Loan drive. It emphasizes Liberty's Vision, valiant sons, and national sacrifice, urging readers to contribute dollars for the country's sake and to keep the invincible spirit alive.
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