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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 07, 1922

Page

8

Local News Highlights From Washington and Surrounding Areas

Edna Tobin of Ainsworth visits Washington with William Welte of Kalona spending Saturday in the city. H J Ward Co reports gearing up for new steam laundry machines. Mrs J O Beatty travels to visit daughter Lee Ebner and to celebrate Lee’s birthday. Vera McCreedy returns to Haskins after a visit with Pearl Wallace and Jeasie Lyons in Muscatine. The group toured South Bend La Porte and Waverly Beach on a two week auto trip through Michigan and Indiana returning home with Agnes Johnson Jane Koehler Helen Norton and others from Moline and La Porte accompanying them.

Vera McCreedy Haskins Pearl Wallice Pearl Vera Jeasie Lyons Muscatine Richard Johnati Vernette Junior Michigan Indiana South Bend Ind la Porte Waverly Beach Agnes Johnson Misa Joan Koehler Mine Helen Norton Victor Erickson Lily Erickson Moline Mra John Erickson Teu

West Chester Residents Tour Washington and Nearby

O Laubach and Carl Voorhees of West Chester spent Saturday in Washington and here respectively. Mrs R Donovan traveled to Mt Vernon Alabama to visit relatives. Mr and Mrs Russell Goodin returned home Saturday from Canton TH. Herman Berg of Fairfield spent yesterday at the Matt Redlinger home.

FL Laubach West Chester Washington Carl Voorhees Russell Goodin Canton Herman Berg Fairfield Matt Redlinger P. F. Smith Julia Brown Oakville Winfield Paulie Brown Here Beulah Burgess Davenport Merle Lytle Dora Woodburn Josephine Franzen Chicago Miss Woodburn Mre. L. C. Woodburn

Washington Echoes From Weekend Business Visitors

Local notes record numerous visitors and residents' activities across Washington township. Names include Ht. W. Castle Ainsworth and Chearse Wallace Haskins on weekends, plus Crawfordsville and West Chester travelers on business. Community updates cover bank staff, store clerks, and traveling families, with social events and local ads mixed in.

Local Social and Business Notices From Fairfield Area

Lyon's cookies visit by John Moorman and daughter Mrs Frank Leffler to consult an eye specialist in Fairfield. Mr and Mrs Carl Johnson visit relatives in Brighton then motor to Burlington. David Clendenning returns to Webster City after aunt's funeral. Velma Ross departs to Centerville to stay with family. she has been employed locally. Washington Council No 2008 K of P to meet at eight. Donald O Ross resigns from Western Grocer Co Marshalltown to join Iowa Gate Co Cedar Falls as advertising manager. Dr R W Greeg has been succeeded in practice by Dr T J Pease at 403 404 Farmers and Merchants Bank Building.

Donald O. Ross Western Grocer Company Marshalltown Iowa Gate Company Cedar Falls Iowa

Officials Believe Worley Implicated in Fairfield Crime

Lee county officials believe Dick Worley the former Muscatine and Columbus Junction man who escaped from Keokuk jail on June 29 is one of two men who beat and robbed Louis Palm his mother and sister near Fairfield July 21. A $50 reward is offered for Worley and for Robert Pringle who escaped with him. Pringle is thought to be the other man in the case and also faces a $50 reward. Worley has a wife and children in St Joseph Missouri. Both men were serving sentences for breaking and entering.

Muscating Dick Worley Muscatine and Columbus Junction Lee County Keokuk Louis Palm Fairfield Robert Pringle East Jordan Mich Worley Pringle St. Joseph, Mo

Believed in Father and debts faced with discipline

A fragment presents a dialogue where a child questions a father about bearing debts. The parent argues success comes through hard work, strict economy, and self denial to clear the debts. The line evokes moral lessons on responsibility and perseverance.

Papa Munich

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