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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1933
Page
5
Local families gather for dinner visits and weddings. Alma M Hoskins wed George W Woodford Aug 23 with Rev Moon officiating. Numerous relatives travel between Pleasant Plain Ottumwa and Wellman for picnics fairs and school openings. Walter Godlove returns from Preston camp after head injury.
Miss Bessie Frame leaves for Ohio after spending the summer with her parents Mr and Mrs W E Frame. She has taught in Ohio for several years. Mr and Mrs Clarence Work hosted the visit in Ainsworth.
Dorothy spent last week end visiting at the Glen Davis home in Keota and the Hal Figgins home in Richmond. Mr. L. G. Roberts spent Sunday at home and soon may leave the hospital. Warren and Clayton James, West Liberty visitors, stopped at the L. G. Roberts home. R. E. West and daughters Mary and Martha of Davenport visited Floyd Marsden. Jean White spent Sunday at home. Geneva Jolly and friend from Des Moines visiting at the Jolly home. Mrs. Will Roberts hosted a shower for sister Mrs. Stanley Mouser with gifts and decor. Esther Booth of West Chester visited Will Roberts and attended the Mouser shower. Clark Wood and wife traveled to Des Moines for relatives and the state fair. Ernest Rouse visited Mrs. Lloyd Neiswanger Saturday. Homer Kephart and family attended the Carr reunion at Sunset Park. John Wagner and family visited Des Moines and attended the state fair. Albert Dayton and daughter Mable Horning of Santa Ana and Mrs. J. B. Moore of West Chester called Tuesday afternoon. Elsie Wagner began her school duties at Crawfordsville.
Mrs Emme Staltzfus from Ohio visited Friday to Sunday with her sisters Mrs Anna Richer and Mrs P R Miller Their brother Mr Peter Rich his wife and son Joe from Emporia Kansas were also guests On Sunday a picnic brought together Jacob Roth and family Wilbur Eicher and family John Zihiman and others for a town gathering
Espey Schroll and relatives are listed with Jesse Bellew and family along with Mr and Mrs Willis Magcdefrau of Thorton Iowa and Mrs Ella Shively and children in a community notice detailing kinship and household members.
In Dallas Texas a newborn puma was given the name Nira to honor the national recovery program. The event reflects local community support and civic spirit amid economic efforts.
Federal agents halted a basement brewing operation in Spokane uncovering seven hundred quarts of unlabeled beer. Two men were arrested for operating a brewery without a federal license.
Leo Bruty aided the Flynn Brothers with Friday work. D F Gayre and Frank Bruty shingled the school house last week. John Caldwell family visited Edward Bruty home Friday evening. Wilma Ellis visited sister Mrs Glenn Wilson. Mrs Ray Simpson of Ames visited her parents Charles and Mrs Wilson.
Local freight reduces service with the 11:39 a.m. departure on Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays. All passenger trains run daily as announced by W Co. Bell, agent, with a 12:48 time noted in the advisory.
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