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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1921
Page
7
Long column reports dozens of local families and visitors in Washington and nearby towns. Events include church services, fairs, reunions, travels, and personal notices, with mentions of Henry Co fairgoers, chautauqua attendance, and area business activity.
Mr and Mrs Wm Dyarman and two daughters traveled to St Paul and Minneapolis while visiting friends in the neighborhood. Gus Strum attended the Dunbar reunion at Sunset Park in Washington with fifty to seventy five guests. Merle Stattler, ill with stomach trouble, is improving. Della Neal, nursing at the Jess Pearson home, visits her aunt Mrs Smith. Clarence Rathmel and two children Harold and Maurice visit relatives near Washington and a sister visiting from Oklahoma. Bob Nelson finished threshing and moved his machine to town. Walter Sheets and his wife spent Sunday with her mother Mrs Smith. Marion Smith and wife visited the Curtis Snyder home north of Dublin.
Titus residents report Mikt Godfrey hauled two carloads of tile for farm work near town. J W Combs sold corn in Washington at 46 cents per bushel. Irk Jenkins visited Harley Wilkins at his home. Williams family son ill but improving this week. Mrs Orie Booth hosted a Sibley visitor. Beenblossom family visited Caleb Lemley east of town. H J Cuddyback on an auto trip through the north and into Canada. Mrs Wayne Houck and three children visited Cedar Rapids. Will Dyarman and family from Wellington Kansas stayed two weeks visiting old friends and plan further trips north before returning home.
J B Dey seeks treatment in Battle Creek Michigan. J H Atkinson and family plus Dorothy Helmick and Madge Keegan motor to Burlington. Grace Garner visits Brighton en route to Akron Ohio from Des Moines where she attended Drake summer school and will teach next year. June Emry to visit Brighton friends on return from Fairfield and Columbia University to Madison South Dakota. Addison Brinton returns from Kansas City after visiting son Edward.
Mrs Zohn and two children from Chicago visited at the J J Kabaker home since Wednesday. Mrs Greenblatt and two Cedar Rapids children came Saturday for a few days. Hugh Graef Sr and John Wehrle traveled to Des Moines Sunday for a couple of days. Frank Snavely and family and T D Adams and wife drove to Cedar Rapids Sunday for a picnic. Mr and Mrs J J Ward drove to Des Moines Sunday to shop for holiday goods. Mrs Ike Bradford returned to Cedar Rapids Sunday after a week here for chau tauqua and visiting her mother Mrs Albert Topping.
In Cedar township Cedar County Mr. P. J. Booth is described as the oldest man living, having come to Iowa in 1868 and settling near Prairie Flower church. He has lived 53 years in the area and is aged eighty two, with anecdotes about visiting his great grandfather and reading a New York Tribune editorial long ago.
Eldon visit by Ear White due to a child’s illness. Chas Marsh family returns from Pella. Edith Peterson home from Iowa City rest period as nurse. Mrs J M Lord hosted by sister and niece from Oklahoma. Rev D M Davis family back from southern Illinois vacation. E B Rhodes and daughters visiting West Liberty. Millard Chambers home from Cone, worked at Neiswanger restaurant. Veterinary advice and a pun about a horse blowing its top.
Wallace's Farm Review highlights Iowa’s lead over Illinois in 1920 farm property valuation totaling 8.53 billion dollars versus 6.67 for Illinois, with Iowa showing strong gains in land, buildings, and machinery. The piece notes Iowa’s debt ratio, livestock leadership in horses hogs and poultry, and advantages in tillable land drainage and farm capital investment, emphasizing a high production per man and per acre.
South American travelers are increasingly eyeing North America as a destination. An Argentine party planned to leave Valparaiso May 2, travel via the western South American coast through Cuba to New York and then take a special train to tour U S points of interest. The growing impact of the American film industry is highlighted as a draw.
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