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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1921
Page
7
Correspondents report social visits, church events, and local happenings in West Chester on August 28. Individuals from Oskaloosa Washington and Arizona are mentioned. Local farming includes shelled corn at 40 cents and plans for housing developments.
Ed Simering toured Iowa City on Tuesday while cattle dealer A B Carr shipped a carload from Kansas City to Washington last Thursday. Mr and Mrs George Chalupa and children hosted relatives in Richmond and Washington this past Sunday. Mr and Mrs Charlie Kephart and Mr and Mrs Ed S mer ing visited the Chalupa home. Robert Coulter of St Louis is visiting area friends and callers visited Frank and Charlie Kephart homes last Saturday morning.
Riverside residents report family visits and travel across Iowa, Illinois, and Oklahoma. Walter Waltman and Frank Pailliotet return or visit relatives, Winifred Walsh rests from Mercy Hospital, and Miss Dorothy Stransky comes from Chicago. The Holy Name Society picnic is set for September 5 near the river bridge with committees named. Norbert Dautremont visits Davenport while others travel to Emmetsburg and Cedar Rapids.
New Haven Iowa August 29 Rev Anderson from West Chester led services at the New Haven church Sunday afternoon. Roy Sowash of Moline Illinois visited his sister Mrs S Stattler over Sunday. J A Freshwaters shelled corn and sold to Elmer Thoma for 40 cents a bushel. Mr and Mrs H J Cuddeback returned from a three week trip to Minnesota and other points. Mr and Mrs A R Strum spent Thursday in Iowa City. Alvin Strum visits near Galesburg Illinois. Curtis Snyder and daughter and Marion Smith attended the chautauqua last night. Mrs Frank Smith and Mrs Neal spent Sunday with Mrs Walter.
Mr Sheets and brothers Ross and Henry with Mrs Sheets drove to Iowa City to see their ill mother Mrs Caroline Sheets. They reported she is a little improved. Mrs Sheets once lived near Dublin. Mr and Mrs John Kupka and family Mable and Ray visited over Saturday night and Sunday at the Geo Strum home.
Mrs. Lloyd Humston and son Raymond visited her family in Burlington for a few days. Mary Louise Butler joined them for a visit. J N Phillips and daughters camped at Chautauqua. Hazel Lay of Kansas City visits Ben Briley. Keola Sabbath school picnic at Sunset Park attended by Pringle family. George Patterson of Kansas City visited Elmer Cherry and Mrs. Darbyshire. W H Tedford from Casper Wyoming stayed with Charles Cherry. Murphy family and Maude from Crawfordville visited Briley home. Leeper family spent a day in Columbus Junction. Erwin mother returned home after week with them. Floyd Marston family and Oscar Freeland’s sister Mina West from Ainsworth visited Edgar Porter household.
Mrs. Emma Tinnis traveled to Iowa City Friday to attend her mother Mrs. Caroline Sheets who is seriously ill. Miss Rice of Washington visited her uncle Mr. Gray and his family. Tom Deal and family from Washington visited his father Dr. H. P. Deal. Mr. and Mrs. Will Hotle and family attended the Hotle Shockley reunion in Washington. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Leacox and Betty Jean spent a week at a chautauqua in Washington. Miss Edythe Augustine hosted a party Thursday night with games and a late lunch. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Reighard and family from near Brighton visited the D. C. Robertson home Sunday.
Aug 29 Crawfordsville residents announce teachers starting anew term. Nina Spangler travels to Martinsburg for school duties while Miss Wallace from Hopkinton and Miss Strothman from New London join the local staff. Elwyn Davison begins work at Ceci Lease's battery station in Ft Madison after Ceci bought out Clarence Young. Various residents visit or return from travels, including the Gormlys, Shields family, and Barnett sisters heading to California for teaching assignments.
Miss Hazel Kracaw of Washington, a child reader and impersonator, will give an en- чт.
Local notices describe a church gathering at Valley church on Thursday September 1 with a free will offering for a good cause. Community members share visits, family updates, and social events including a party at the Will Augustine home and a wedding tour return by Rev Carl W Klein.
Ethan Brooks and family and Rex Swan and family attended the Tri-State Fair in Burlington on Thursday. Several farmers are busy with clover. Kila Schantz visited relatives in Noble and Washington areas. P R Schantz and son David went to Des Moines for the State Fair. Basil Huston welcomed a baby boy born August 20. Many from the district attended the Conrad reunion at C C Sommer's on August 24.
A Maple Grove report recalls a roadside Buick trouble incident where a woman’s quick observation fixed a wiring issue, prompting the moral that wives should join auto trips. The piece references Iowa State Highway Commissioners urging farmers to relocate buildings and fences along primary roads.
Keokuk high school will operate on a college basis with part of the pupils attending morning and afternoon sessions to relieve crowded conditions. The plan shifts responsibility for pupil discipline and study from teachers to parents, as bond elections for a new high school building failed twice. The new schedule reduces in school study time and may revive traditional punishment methods.
A fluttering bride invites friends to feel at home as she celebrates marriage. The American Legion Weekly notes the hostess warmly welcomes guests and declares she is now at home.
The National Bank of Commerce notes $449.2 million of gold entered the United States this year, mainly from three sources. Russian gold via Continental Europe tops $100 million between January 1 and July 10, with African and Indian sources through London at $106.6 million. Europe’s reserves remain rigid, while newly mined African gold and Indian exports via London drive the flow. The bulletin cites Swedish mint data and estimates $40 million value refined Russian gold to the U.S., plus $60 million via France and other routes.
I know I have done wrong, please forgive me for not doing my duty and writing to you before. I am thankful to God for the good remedy He gave you, and would not take $500 for the good the first dose gave me. I have been bothered for many years with gas in my stomach and in digestion, but since taking Mayr's Wonderful Remedy two years ago, have had no such trouble. It is a simple, harmless preparation that removes the catarrhal mucus from the intestinal tract and allays the inflammation which causes practically all stomach, liver and intestinal ailments, including appendicitis. One dose will convince of money refunded. Lemmon's Pharmacy and leading druggists everywhere.
A New York dealer named Cohn owned many Bayonne, New Jersey rental houses and kept rents steady during the war while others raised them. He later reduced rents by five dollars a month after learning many tenants were out of work, earning acclaim from New York papers as a Hall of Fame candidate.
The article states 3 805 122 licensed gun owners in the country last year with many more legal game hunters. It notes about 200 000 women hold licenses and that Pennsylvania leads with 401 10 hunters licenses granted.
The Veterans' bureau ninth district at St Louis issues a bulletin announcing immediate medical treatment for ex service men with service related injuries without district headquarter approval. Ex service men may file form 526 with affidavits to begin medical examination and treatment, and doctors may proceed while papers move to headquarters.
Albert Lee Lane age six, son of Mr and Mrs James Lane of Chariton Iowa, was kicked by a horse in a pasture tearing skull and brain. His brother Ronald witnessed the incident and aided in his rescue before the boy and parents took him to Albia hospital for treatment.
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