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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1919
Page
7
Richland Chautauqua Gains Attendance And Local Visits
Richland Aug 12 Our chautauqua attracts a good audience with Rev Hardin Smith delivering an exceptional Monday lecture. Upcoming Home Coming program promised each day. Local visitors include Miss Logdon from Indianapolis and Mrs Lamoré and daughters from Gilmore. Reece Hayworth buried after Boone transport. Birth announced at county hospital for Mr and Mrs John Allen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richland
Hardin Smith
J. A. Greenlee
Logdon
Indianapolis
Brighton visitors share a busy Iowa summer week
Mrs Molly Keffer and the Stucker family traveled from Council Bluffs for a two week visit with sister Mrs Ida Seeley. Numerous relatives from Iowa City Wapella Cedar Rapids Wellman and Washington gathered for weekend and daily visits as locals describe arrivals departures and small town gatherings. Dr Claude Terry came from Camp Lewis to attend his father’s funeral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brighton
Molly Keffer
Stucker
Council Bluffs
Ida Seeley
Glenn
Hattie Hill
Iowa City
Harris van Winkle
Wapella
H.C, Cooper
Wayne Leeswe
Topeka
Kan
Jrover Johnson
Charles Johnson
Milinda Johnson
P. M. Meade
Claude Terry
Camp Lewis
Washington
M. C. Terry
Ernest Nordyke
Leon
H. L. Gordon
Anthony Frain
Kate
Ottumwa
Glenn Cooper
Des Moines
Russell Lemley
Cedar Rapids
Washburn Springs
Gail Rhodes
Wellman
Freda
Grace Vanerus
John Godwin
Will McClintie
Wimmond
Richland
Local Social Notices From Iowa Weekend Gatherings
Miss Ethel Booth and companions traveled to Washington Friday. Velma Gallagher visited Hazel Booth and Hazel returned home for a weekend stay. Mrs. J. C. Mathers returned from Keota. Mr and Mrs Will Palmer visited near Crawfordville. Sam Leffler family drove to Davenport to see Ralph Leffler. Arnet Mathers and CM ate dinner together. A new baby arrived at the Little home though unnamed. Mrs. De Witt and Frank Knott from Fredonia visited their sister Mrs. Roy Littrell. Fern Palwer returned from her sister’s home in Kalona after a chau tauqua attended in the evenings. Vivian Booth visited in Kalona Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry
Davenport
Ralph Leffler
Arnet Mathers
Arly
Frank Knott
Fredonia
Roy Littrell
Fern Palwer
Ha) Figgins
Kalona
Vivian Booth
Washington visit and local social notes from town
Rev Walling called in our town Tuesday and went to Washington in the evening to return to his chautauqua work. He expects to be through by the 29th. Opal Godlove visits Gladwin to spend a few days with her sister Mrs Embree. Mrs Roy Warner and children and Mrs John Godlove transact business in Washington Monday and visit sister Mrs May Hopengardner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Helen Mayhew
BE. Walling
Our Town
Opal Godlove
Gladwin
Frank Embree
Roy Warner
John Godlove
Retired Life and Chautauqua Notes From Maple Grove
The Maple Grove column muses on active elderly people who work into 75 and 80 with vigor, contrasts wealth and usefulness, and notes local happenings. Highlights include a 470 acre Horatio Hull farm sale to three Amish men at 47.75 per acre and a general Chautauqua season with speakers from Farmers Cooperative Union. The piece ends with a remark about the highest farm price seen to date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maple Grove
Joseph Pieper
Karl Michaels
Farmers Cooperative Union
Homestead Farm
Dr. Frey
Milt Novey
Horatio Hull
Vereny Hull
Washington County
Hull
C. &. Hasty
Homer Kauffman
Kalona
Wayland
Chautauqua Union
Stephenson
Land Prices Push Iowa Farms Toward Records
Riverside reports general land sale fever with values near 140 dollars per acre in Maple Grove where Wm Lehman sold 60 acres along the English River. The piece notes high prices for corn and hogs and mentions Maple Grove lacking a school due to few pupils as weather signs are observed in door screens gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside
Iowa
Washington
Chicago
Maple Grove
Wm. Lehman
English River
Elies
Social Notes From Lexington Aug 11
Milo Vattersoen hosted guests Sunday. Lyle Oldfield and Wellman visitors called Monday afternoon. Clitford Swick hauled grain to Mela Shala. Robert Amlong and his son visited Washington Sunday. John McCrabe stored timber for a hog house. Everett Flowens family and Donald joined Will Anderson’s Sunday gathering. Col Yoder delivered oats to Wellman Monday. Shalla relatives visited Cedar Rapids Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
Milo Vattersoen
Lyle Oldfield
Wellman
Clitford Swick
Robert Amlong and Son
Washington
John McCrabe
Mis
Everett Flowens
Con Donald
Farnchart
Will Anderson
Col
Auto crash near Young America injures four youths
A Ford car carrying four youths from Wellman, Timothy Farrier, Lester Disney, Miss Dawson, and Miss McAmior, overturned near Young America last Sabbath. All occupants were thrown clear, suffering bruises and cuts. one young lady broke an arm while another fractured a hip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young America
Ford
Wellman
Timothy Farrier
Lester Disney
Miss Dawson
Miss McAmior
Mixed local news notes on a village accident and social visits
Eyewitnesses dispute an early claim of reckless driving stating the car was slow and observers saw speeds under fifteen miles an hour. The article also lists gatherings and visits among residents, fishing trips with little luck, and plans to attend Chautauqua events as neighborhoods carry on with social and daily activities.
Pleasant Hill Talk Highlights Sunday School Topics
Mrs. P. H. Hayley of Crawfordsville gave a very interesting talk Sunday morning at Pleasant Hill on Sunday school topics. Several from this neighborhood are attending the Washington Chau tauqua. Mr. and Mrs Homer Kephart and baby Laurence visited Sunday at the Ralph Williams home in Washington. Howard and Sam Baker returned home Friday evening from a business trip to Mourissis. Karl and Roy Kephart and families spent Sunday afternoon at the Ralph Williams home and Elmer Kephart home. Howard Baker and family spent Sunday evening at the Sam Baker home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pleasant Hell
P. H. Hayley
Crawfordsville
Pleasant Hill
Washington Chautauqua
Homer Kephart
Baby Laurence
Ralph Williams
Washington
Howard
Sam Baker
Mourissis
Karl
Roy Kephart
Elmer Kephart
Howard Baker
Hesseltine 50th Wedding Anniversary Observed in Washington
Mr and Mrs Roc Hesseltine celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary in Washington on Saturday Attending were Mr and Mrs Ben Miller and son Golia and Will and Miss Glennie Hillhouse The event marked a milestone for the couple and their family members gathered to honor them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Miller
Golia
Will
Glennie Hillhouse
Roc Hesseltine
Washington
Canadian unions torn by strike in Winnipeg clash over union control
In Winnipeg a bitter split over allegiance to the American Federation of Labor, the Dominion Labor Congress, or a single big union pits labor leaders against each other after May and June strikes. The Winnipeg Trades and Labor council backed one big union, triggering charter revocations and plans to form a new council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg, Man
American Federation of Labor
Dominion Labor Congress
Winnipeg
Dominion
Winnipeg Trades and Labor Council
Railroad Brotherhoods
Calgary
One Big
Ernest Robinson
Roosters in Keokuk Crow at Wrong Time
In Keokuk on August 18 the police face a complaint about a north side resident whose roosters crow from 3 AM until after dawn. Neighbors urge police to intervene and City Attorney Dickey is asked to check city statutes for crowing roosters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keokuk
Dickey
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