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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1924
Page
8
Mrs. Alice Davis of New Market Iowa is among out of town people attending the Benson reunion tomorrow. Reba Garnett took the train here for Verdi on her way from Des Moines.
Mrs Emily Brown of Keola and Clara Witter visited Washington residents as others traveled from Crawfordsville and Cherokee for short calls. A bake sale by the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society is planned for Saturday August 30 at the Washington Cleaners starting 9:30 AM. The Labor Day holiday means banks will be closed. Mrs Cloyee Faris and Miss Gladys Faris traveled to Moline for a visit.
Relatives and friends drop in from Kansas City Irvine and West Chester for visits with local residents. Mrs W H Johnson Rachel Smith Clyla Engle and Charley Edwards and family travel through to see kin in Wellman Muscatine and Sigourney while noting Edwards work with L N railway amid oil field areas and vacation plans across Indiana Ohio Illinois and Iowa.
Isabelle and John Lemmon return from Greensburg Indiana. Descriptions of shoppers and visitors include Elma Boyd and Lucille White. Wanted two girls in automatic department. Des Moines fair attendance by Glenn Mace family and Gladys Mace. Cress property west of Button Factory to be sold Saturday August 30 at 2 PM to settle estate. Various locals visit N. D. Anderson home and Ward store. Mr. Marshall, former U. S. express agent, and Mrs. Marshall visiting.
A string of visits and departures plays out across the community. Benson of Longmont visits relatives while Tietje Brewer heads to Knoxville and Indianola then to Goldfield to teach for the year. Mize of Sioux City attends the Benson reunion. Mrs. D B Coon travels from Chicago to see the Sage home. Bessie Smith goes to Bloomfield. Dr. M B Dicken returns from Des Moines recounting a veterinarians convention with over two thousand in attendance. A rich dahlias show delights the Journal office, highlighted by a striking D. M. Moore. Mrs. J P Faris plans a move to her own home on South Marion Ave. Milo Vacha and family relocate. Mrs. Williams plans a Denver trip. Homer Fox Sad and Vera of Wichita arrive after visiting Cleveland and Niagara Falls en route home from Chicago. Mrs. Fox is identified as former Miss Ella Snyder.
Mrs. W. F. Berger aged 58 died at three this afternoon at the home of her daughter Mrs. Glenn Barclay. She came here last May for a visit and was taken in July and declined steadily. Funeral plans incomplete. body to be taken to Brooklyn Iowa for burial.
A Canadi an Pacific railway bulletin notes tobacco and cabbage can be grown in all regions of Canada even beyond the Mith degree. Plants are set out after the last spring frost. Alberta farmer near Sith de Bree has consistently produced crops.
Three Windsor Rockers were seen at a back door advertised as popular and suitable for living rooms. An assortment is kept on floor, with a top hog price noted at 9 dollars. Weather is fair and cooler tonight.
Mr and Mrs RL Coulter and son John visit Keokuk to inspect the dam. Stanley McConnell William McConaughey and James Sexton went to Fairfield after noon yesterday. Mr J Huston and daughter Hope of Crawfordsville are shopping in town today. Mr and Mrs Ernest Seabranch of Wayland shopped in Washington. Edward Fereater and sons Frances and William returned to Alma after visiting Elizabeth Dawson. Amma B McCerrll left for Chicago to visit. Fred Geisler of Muscatine is at the Stewart homes. he is a brother in law of the Stewarts. Ruth Young returns from a visit in Brighton with N A Buck. Gretchen Buck accompanied her home. Mrs Howard McCleery spends today in Iowa City with friends. A Journal Want-ad brings results.
On August 30 the county superintendent position passes from Miss Clara Wallace to newly elected H A Phillips. A transfer occurs Sept 1, with a county meeting for rural teachers Saturday at two in the courthouse. Deputy posts shift to Miss Clara Faulkner and Mrs Elizabeth Clark. The county teachers institute will occur Oct 16–17 with Emma Watkins and Fred Cram among instructors.
Local committees prepare for Sept 12 national defense facility test. Additional committees to oversee local arrangements will be named, with a committee already announced overseeing overall plans. Each community will form a town by town planning group to coordinate observance.
The report notes a practice in San Juan Puerto Rico where voters are marked by dipping a finger in Indeltite ink after shaving behind the ear to prove participation. An earlier method used Indelitle. a resourceful voter then shared ink with others to influence or bypass the process.
Future potential for wireless power delivery could enable machines in New York and Chicago to run from a centralized source. The concept involves transmitting electricity without physical cables, allowing urban centers to access energy from distant stations.
The National Association of Retail Clothiers and Furnishers will hold its eleventh annual gathering in Grand Central Palace New York the week of Sept 8. Mayor Hylan will give the opening address while the rest of the program centers on discussions of store management the Dress Well and Succeed campaign and an expansive clothing exposition with living models. Over 300 manufacturers from across the country will attend the two-floor display featuring knit goods and fashion trends. Roswell S. George of Watertown NY leads preliminary planning for the convention.
A witty exchange about mixed doubles prospects. A quip notes the speaker’s rival is attracted to their partner, heightening the playful tension in a sporting setup.
Ancient texts suggest the Assyrians pioneered wide use of iron in making tools weapons and ornaments, with the earliest known iron originating in Egypt but likely circulated by the Assyrians for crafts and warfare.
The African elephant Jumbo stood 11 feet 6 inches tall and spent twenty five years at the royal zoological gardens in London before being purchased by P. T. Barnum for 10000 dollars.
In the Navy Log a reader protests a weekly debt burden described as ix debare a9 week. The comment rails at the assumption the writer is a college graduate and questions the relevance of such terms.
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