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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1919
Page
7
In Wash ington County a new batch of brief notices covers personals births and deaths. Community happenings include arrivals departures and local happenings as reported in a compact column of notices.
April social and family news from Haskins includes travel to Washington and Brighton visits. plus church services and local gatherings. In Havre a box social, box and candy event, and visits by neighbors mark a weekend of community activities.
A Crawfordsville report lists Mrs. Fred Jarvis and others visiting Washington. Mrs W S Gardner attends Young Women's Home Missionary Society meeting in Muscatine. Local youths attend Bluffton college glee club concert at Eicher church. Care-away Circle hosts at J H Cooks home with decorated rooms, piano duet by Anwyl and Buxbaum, Ruth Young solo, Victrola music. Guests include Eumma Wonderly of Chicago and others from Fairfield and Washington.
Dave Carr of St Paul Minn visits at the home of rents Mr and Mrs I N Carr brother Dr Leslie Carr who has just returned home from France Sunday
Will McBride shelled corn for Arthur Reubsam last week. Dwight Long visits his sister Mrs. Ross Benson this week after returning from active service in France. John Swift shipped hogs to Chicago on Tuesday. John Long visits this week at Mrs. Ross Benson's home.
Richmond April 22 The grand opening show of the season at the Columbia will be Saturday evening April 26. A crowd of young folks attended The Honeymoon Limited at Washington Saturday evening. Sergeant Roy Kallous has returned home honorably discharged from the service. Dr Donavan performed an operation on Joe Spevacek s lung at his home Sunday.
Rural Route Three item reports the Le Foch society meeting at Mrs Sam Neill on Wednesday afternoon with Miss Lillie Brinning as president. The column notes several local visits and family movements through Havre Ottumwa and Washington.
On April 22 Valley notes several visits including Mrs Walter Mayer and son with B L Breitenbach, Mr and Mrs Charles Churchill with Blanche Conrad, Mrs George Black with Myrtle Eloise, and Rosamond Breitenbach visiting Washington. A candy social and musical program is planned at Tyrone school Friday evening April 25 with all invited.
Mr and Mrs Jess Augustine with family and Mr and Mrs Allie Bond and family spent Sunday at the Dave Augustine home.
Franklin County residents who refused to pay their war work quota are now reported 100 percent paid. After initial public notices of forty two defaulters and sustained efforts by local volunteers and officials, the county finally reached full participation. Local men led campaigns and even government staff assisted in the drive.
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