Washington County Social News Briefs and Personal Notes
Correspondents in the Journal file brief social items from Washington County. Reports cover comings and goings gatherings and the reported births and deaths among local people.
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1919
Page
7
Aug 20 Notes From Crawfordsville Community
Mrs Godfrey and daughter Miss Beth moved to the Huston house from Washington. Mr Godfrey teaches third and fourth grades this year. Attendees at Maxwell reunion were John Lease family and Mrs John Anwyl and others near Winfield. Local residents visitations and events include state fair trips, chautauqua, horseshoe pitchers meeting in Washington, and Social Hour club officers elected for the coming year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wfordsville
Crawfordsville
Godfrey
Beth
Washington
Huston
Des Moines
W. G. Robertson
H. C. Hull
Mary Manners
C. M. Strain
Frank Hamilton
J. A. Moorhead
D. H. Griffith
S.R. Harper
Ralph Borman
P. H. Hayley
Jack Fletcher
R. M. McCall
Silas Sewell
Local Residents Spend Weekend Visits in Beighton Brinton
Beighton Brinton Aug 19 Mrs Har Reeves and three children from Muscatine spent Friday and Saturday with brothers Rob and Roy Wards. Raymond Swisher returned home from two years army service. J R Werner visited Fairfield relatives. Eliza Swisher Bennett returned from Bloomfield after a two week visit. Ada Kyle visited her brother D J Kyle and family from Soya chi. Helen Wood visits in Burlington with Louise and Georgia Burnett. Molly Eva Hoover Marion Thompson arrive from Emporia to visit Mrs Francis Hoover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brinton
Har- Reeves
Muscatine
Saturdas
Rob
Roy
Raymond Swisher
East
J. R. Werner
Will Teeter
Fairfield
Eliza Swisher
Bennett
Bloomid
H. ©. Cooper
Local Notes From Ainsworth Iowa Aug 206
Mr John Laird and Miss Anna Bull visit from Georgia by auto to the Laird and Crawford homes. Miss Bertha Welliver visits Albernette Iowa. Mr and Mrs John Strain and Mr and Mrs Jesse Pearson welcome a baby girl. Pershing Highway ships painted route with Pershing marks and Red Balls. Local residents decorate telephone poles. Families camp and fish at the river. William Roberts receives a Liberty automobile from parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Awsworth
Tuesay
Rural Route Residents Entertained Monday Evening
Mr ana rs Roy J Teets and family Mr nd Mrs Sam McKee Martha Krasher Martha McLaire of Crown Point Ind Gerald Teets and Ross Glassburner of Mt Pleasant were entertained Monday evening at the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anars
Roy J. Teets
Sam McKee
Martha Krasher
Martha McLuire
Crown Oint
Ind
Gerald Teets
Ross Lassburner
Mt. Pleasant
Social evening and fishing party notices shine in county records
Thomas McGuire hosts a deligtful social evening with Mrs McGuire serving ice cream angel food cake and coffee. A fishing party at English River includes most of the same group despite heavy rainfall and a late return. Miss McGuire leaves for Crown Point after weeks with relatives. Local farm and moving notices cover threshing crews, purchases, health concerns and family visits across town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas McGuire
Lexington
Mrs. McGuire
Mrs. McKee
English River
Miss McGuire
Crown Point
J. W. Bishop
Will Gibson
Joe Hines
Prairie Flower Threshing Klan
Dave Benson
Iowa Falls
Jessie Bishop
Julia Brindley
Ostrich
S. Oak
Harry Rittenhouse
Harry Dittmer
Logan Ahrens
Fairfield Firms Victims of a Forger
Four Fairfield businesses were duped Saturday evening by a young forger posing as a laborer on the Keller farm. He forged Jesse Keller’s name and passed checks ranging from 37 to 65 dollars at Jericho and Easton druggists Hunt Ireland Shoe Co W H Cuddy clothier Carl Herring’s grocery and a bus store. He bought items then said he would return for them later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairfield
Jesse Keller
Keller
Jericho
Easton
Hunt-Ireland Shoe Company
W. H. Cuddy
Carl Herring
Bius
Hin
Baby Talks Sky Talk Says He Speaks From Heaven
A mother tells her sister that their baby, eight months old, came from heaven. The sister then tells a playmate that the child is talking, but they cannot understand him because he speaks sky talk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sister
Baby
Heaven
Sky
Japan Not To Wave Charge In Shantung
A Washington dialogue outlines how Japan will not press charges over Shantung as the discussants compare Allied treaty models. The President says Poland’s treaty is complete but hinges on the broader pact, while debates about reservations and the League of Nations drafts probe how far other nations will acquiesce or resist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Shantung
Paris
Germany
Senator Lodge
Poland
Ledge
League of Nations
Great Britain
France
Italy
HW T
McCmmber
McCamber
Senate
Commission On
Weid
Boy Hurt by Pitchfork Tines During Threshing
Robert Young was struck in the face by a pitchfork tine during threshing work in Reinbeck Iowa. The fork slipped from another man’s hand as it pitched into the feeder, the tine then rode the drive belt and hit Young in the face.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reinbeck
Robert Young
Young
Want Column Clue Leads To Hidden Item
Reader hints steer to a prize listed in the want column. The note promises a valuable find for the observant shopper. Local merchants advertise a limited time opportunity with specifics in the periodical’s want section.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WANT
Iowan Hero Seeks Polish Army Offer Amid War Rumors
Fort Dodge colonel known as Hel Roaring Mike Philpot reports from France with the Third division that officers were offered ranks two grades higher in the Polish army and Brazil pleads for American officers. He notes a lecture tour to organize the Third division Society to raise funds for two monuments at Chateau Thierry, surpassing the $25,000 goal with $92,000 raised. He also led a recruitment drive, though many veterans wish to return home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Dodge
Col
B. Philpot
Iowa
Mike” Philpot
France
Brazil
Philpot
Philpott
Cheteau
Thierry
Lightning strikes threshers at Claus Peters home
Eleven men at Claus Peters’ home west of Sabu la were knocked down when lightning hit a utility pole and traveled along wires to the porch during a thunderstorm. Lloyd Mathews was unconscious briefly and bore a red burn mark on his arm while John Lawrence sustained a minor burn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bellevue
Aus
Claus Peters
Sabula
Lloyd Mathews
John Lawrence
Holdup lunch stand closed at Henry County fair
At Mt Pleasant fairgrounds a lunch stand was closed and destroyed by the fair board president after owner overcharged Ottumwa visitors. Four Ottumwa men, led by W T McElroy, were dining when told the price of 2.10 each, prompting action to remove the stand from the fair amid profiteering concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottumwa
Mt. Pleasant
Fair Board
W. T. McElroy
Tehe
McElroy
Iron Rust Proofing Method From Old Note
Heat iron nearly red hot then brush on lubricated oil to form a coating that resists rust. The polish acts like a varnish and won’t chip like ordinary paint or enamel.
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