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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1919
Page
7
Washington County People Reported Comings and Goings
Local society page notes births and deaths, arrivals and departures of residents in Washington County. Details include names and brief notes on family ties and community roles.
Crawfordsville Chautauqua Week Events and Local Notices
Gladys Gordon of Winfield visits Grace Lease. Alfred Nash family return from California trip. Fishing party returns from Conelake. Rev Hayley hosted visitors from Iunburg Iowa. Crawfordsville chautauqua set for next week with concerts lectures and Singers from Mason lodge. Huston reunion held at Mr and Mrs W Huston home with entertainment by Monmouth college quartet. Mrs W J Wagner and son Paul depart for Corning Iowa after summer stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rawfordsville
Gladys Gordon
Winfield
Grace Lease
Alfred Nash
Calinia
Farp Cherryholmes
el Dorado
Asas
Am Stites
Frank Taylor
Snails
Conelake
McCrackken
Iunburg
Hayley
Washington
Crawfordsville
W. J. Wagner
Paul
Corning
Brighton Route One Local Notes and Visits
Rev W Parks and family of Minooka visit the Anson Wood rd home. Floyd Book remains on the sick list after appendicitis surgery. A L Koch and family attended Mt Pleasant fair last Thursday. Mr and Mrs John R Whitacre of Chicago visit the Whitacre rental home. Mrs Charlie Whisler and daughter return from Croom Texas where Whistler's mother is seriously ill. Miss Alma Corpman visits Madison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Mrs. Whistler
Alma Corpman
Madison
Local residents spend weekend visiting area homes
Mr and Mrs bert Jickinson and guests Gale and Rev Klein spent Sunday at the I. BE. Deal home. Charles Church and daughter Ethel Maye visited H. A. Frank. Mrs Guy Black and children attended Home Coming at Richland. Omer Dillon, Howard and Blanche Conrad visited C. L. Wallace. Chas Augustine and Emily visited Fred Keetz. Mary Augustine returned from Gladwin after summer with Mrs Allie Band. Ladies Aid plans an ice cream social next Saturday. Myrtle and Florence Frank visited Gladwin with Allie Band.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Keetz
Mary Augustine
Gladwin
Allie
Ladies Aid
Verybody
Myrtle
Florence Frank
Allie Band
Local Notes From Ainsworth August Visit Scenes
Ainsworth Aug 21 Mrs y Hulse of Keota visits her Keota born parents Mr and Mrs 8 B Sands. Mr and Mrs Bentley Thompson accompany Merle to Council City for rheumatism treatments at the University hospital. Sherri Benson and family return from Des Pines trip by auto. William Love and son of Roan ed along with Mr and Mrs John Love of Kansas City were in town Wednesday.
Viriicog Family Travel Near Haskins
Victor Stone and his sister Grace left their Joe McCreedy home near Haskins for Colorado on Wednesday to visit relatives. The family details imply a planned visit to relatives in Colorado as the journey proceeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe McCreedy
Haskins
Victor Stone
Grace
Colorado
Pleasant Hill Social Notes From County Convention
A Pleasant Hill crowd attended the county convention at the Christian church in Washington on Friday. Visits over the weekend included Carl Schneider Byron Swift and Harry Jones with family and friends at Howard Wittings, Fred Telford home Roy Kep hart and family at Charley Andersons and A B Carr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pleasant Hill
Christian Church
Washington
Carl Schneider
Byron Swift
Harry Jones
Helen
Howard Witting
Roy Foss
Fred Telford
Earl Kephart
Charley Anderson
Homer Kephart
A. B. Carr
Glenn Pratt and
Everett
Roy Kephart
Wellman Community Notes and Social Visits This Week
Local residents and visitors share time across Wellman and nearby towns. Mrs Lee Walton and daughter visited Finley Rickey's family. Adams and wife from Packwood Iowa stayed with T D Adams and family. Edith Smith from Marshalltown visited J M Morrow. Maxine Snavely returned from Ladora to the Snavely grandparents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Morrow
Wellman
Des Moines
Thelma
T. D. Adams
J. J. Ward
Ike Bradford
Cedar Rapids
M. C. Struble
Iowa City
Minnie Shafer
H. B. Knight
Loran Bidwell
Burlington Fair
Vernie Booth
Emma Booth
Nebraska
Colorado
Park
Celebration Is Put Over After Two Soldiers Die
Essex, Aug 21 Two young soldiers who fought in France died within days of each other here causing a one week postponement of the community picnic and homecoming to August 26. Karl Knox was killed by lightning and Raymond Hagglund died in a runaway while on a threshing crew. Hagglund’s family, traveling in Colorado, has received telegrams yet none arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Essex
France
Karl Knox
Raymond Hagglund
Young Hagglund
Colorado
Uncle Eben Quips About Hatchet Digging at Hardware Store
In a folksy scene Uncle Eben dismisses burying the hatchet, arguing that some folks keep dodging into the hardware store and getting more tools. The remark highlights stubborn quarrels and small town humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Eben
Showing of crops favorable in Iowa
The Iowa crop and weather bulletin reports good rains moderate temperatures and abundant sunshine through August 19 aiding corn progress with ears filling and some denting. Alfalfa third crop is harvested, thrashing and first frost risks noted minor delays, winter wheat prep advancing and acreage down for the crop. Reports from Henry and Keokuk note rainfall benefiting pastures and clover with corn filling well and uneven rainfall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Henry
Mt. Pleasant
Lee
Keokuk
Local Weather Notes From Van Buren Region
Rainfall varied with 1.05 inches in Stockport area aiding thrashing but delaying plowing in places. Corn shows improvement after drought, pastures reviving, stock water still short in some locales. Severe electrical storms reported with little damage overall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Buren
Stockport
Dixie man lauds Chamberlain’s Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy
R Bower of Dixie Brooks County Georgia praises Chamberlain’s Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy as one of the best family medicines for dysentery flux and related illnesses. He notes castor oil is needed with dysentery and mentions Lemmon’s Drug Store as the advertiser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. BE. Bower
Dixie, Brooks Co
Chamberlain
Lemmon
Mistaking a live wire for rope ends in Davenport death
Edward Earhart of Davenport died at Moline city hospital after trying to pull down what he thought was a rope hanging outside a laundry room. He was found lifeless with both hands severely burned. a live wire was later found on the building exterior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport
Edward Earhart
Moline City Hospital
Woman appointed city clerk in Marshalltown
Marshalltown selects Miss Anna McMahon as city clerk to succeed the late D A Rosengren. McMahon has served as deputy for ten years and is deemed fully qualified for the role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna McMahon
D A. Rosengren
Miss McMahon
Iowa Tractor Parming and Growth Shown in 1918-19 Surge
An Iowa farm feature notes tractor use exploded from 4,562 on Jan 1, 1918 to 9,100 on Jan 1, 1919, a 160 percent rise. The piece argues tractors arrived and will stay, supplementing rather than fully replacing horses, with seasons where each power source proves economical and crucial to yields, as observed by the Des Moines Capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tors
Altho
Iowa
Des Moines Capital
Former 168th Boy Killed by Live Wire in Iowa Accident
OsKaloosa Iowa August 21 John Grimes 25 of What Cheer was electrocuted while repairing a high tension transmission line. He grabbed a live wire fell twenty feet and died before coworkers could help. Grimes served in the One Hundred Sixty eighth Infantry during the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oskaloosa
John Grimes
Grimes
One Hundred Sixty-eighth Infantry
Boy dies in accidental gun discharge near Oskaloosa
Warner McCain nine year old son of John McCain of Taintor was killed instantly when a gun on his father's lap discharged while he watched him clean the weapon in Oskaloosa area on August 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oskalooba
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Jones Auto CO
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