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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1925
Page
7
Local notes recount Thanksgiving visits and neighborly calls across Washington and West Chester communities. Families such as Wells, Smiths, Ralstons, and Co. residents are mentioned alongside corn husking, box suppers, oyster suppers, and town events with names like Braden club and Ode Ferguson sale.
Lester Nicola recovering from appendicitis at county hospital and should be home soon. Everette G Beenblossom hosted twenty friends and relatives at their home Sunday. Rev Raymond Reed visited at C P Grosseup home over Sunday. Several Beenblossoms and Peenblossoms joined the Sigafoose family for Thanksgiving dinner at the L F and Howard Sigafoose home.
Fred Underwood of San Antonio visits his brother Henry Underwood and family. Neighbors Clyde Lambert family and Arthur Conrad group are seen in Washington and Pleasant Ridge. A schoolhouse box supper raises about $22 with prizes for homeliest man and nearest guess.
Mr and Mrs Roy Kephart hosted dinner with family and neighbors from Pleasant Hill including Kepharts Been Kep hart Lins Baker and Patterson families. Bazaar bake sale at Washington cleaners on Dec 12 by Pleasant Hill Ladies Aid. W S Saville to have closing out sale on Dec 22. Ladies Aid met at the church with thirteen members and five children attending. next meeting in January. Several from here attended the box and candy social at Pleasant Ridge school.
Mrs Gobble of Fairfield spoke to the M E church women Sunday. Oscar Laughbaugh and family visited Mrs Gobble at Carrie Stouffer’s. Dr and Mrs Henderson spent Sunday at Morris Crayne’s in Iowa City. Rev Earnest Barber supplied for Rev Hillis at the Baptist church. Mrs James Daniels of McComb Illinois celebrated Thanksgiving here. Some attended a Grace Hill chicken pie supper Tuesday. The Davis and Coffey families and Miss Hazel Walters stayed with Anna Marie Anderson. D E Brumback and family drove away.
The text notes a trip to Table Grove Illinois for Thanksgiving from Wednesday afternoon to Sunday. It mentions a U P chicken fry supper on the 19th and a Haggar. Walter Weyer was in Chicago for a few days this week. Mrs. D. BE. Brumback was a business visitor in Washington Wednesday afternoon.
Loren McFarland of Eldon Jr visited with his parents Mr and Mrs G M Farwind yesterday. Mr and Mrs A F Davis visited in Washington yesterday. The W C T A met yesterday afternoon with Mrs Rosinan and Mrs W C Porter as leader.
Quotation contrasts folly with wisdom, noting that useless instruction wastes knowledge. It asserts that soap cannot wash charcoal white, using a Kabir aphorism to emphasize inherent, visible truth over hollow guidance.
Eastbound and westbound rail timetables for Golden State Limited and related trains listed with arrival and departure times. Local lodge and Masonic meetings announced with officers and meeting dates. Various services including auto painting, dentistry, electric shop, and beauty shops advertised beside rail data.
In the District Court of Washington County Iowa January term 1926 D D Davis plaintiff vs Ashby Jesse Ashby Fanny Anderson A Cashler Taker Nathan Baker Thomas Baker Sarah Kecon John Conger Jonathan C Conger J C Conger Canger Jane CUnstlow Joseph Dawson James Dawson Janette Ewneg James Flinder Edd Rlander Mary Eva Tlander Keyva Flander Edy Glastow Robert treasurer Jenkins William H H Jenkins Wim I Jenkins Margaret Kopp Jaco Kepn Jace F Kopp Lyda AWinail Lyon Margaret Lyon Pundren John Lyon Margaret Lee Alexander Lee Alex Lee Rosanna II Littler Nathan Littler Sarah S Lemmon Alyce Lemmon J B Martin John F Malin John FE Malin Jemina W Malin Jermia W Malin Jere mia W McKay George 8 Mc Kay Geo 8 Miller W D Monhart W P Moothart M J Norton C c Ritchey Fannie Ritchey Fanny Ritchey Weasley Ritchey Lydia A Ritchey Caroline M Ritchey Edwin M Ritchey Thomas Ritchey Woea ley Ritchey Caroline Matilda Ritchey Geroline Matilda Ritchey Edmond M Stanton J W Scofield HH W Scofield Hiram Scofield Wm Scofield William Scofield Sarah M Scofield Amelia B Smouse Winfield Shearer Mame Treasurer Washington County Iowa Washington County Iowa and unknown spouses representatives or devisees of any of the above named defendants who may be the deceased and the unknown claimants of the real estate situated in Washington County Iowa described as Lot Number One in Ewing 4 Sub-Division of Out Lots One and Two in the Town of East Washington now City of Washington Iowa Defendants.
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