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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1927
Page
7
District notes list numerous Christmas dinners and gatherings among families in Lime Creek Township and nearby areas including O Loughlin Jackson Cherry Porter and Versteegh households. The report also includes a divorce petition filed by a woman alias and a court notice set for January 1928.
Lodges Zeredatha Council Bethlehem Commandery Washington Chapter Damascus Shrine Amos Chapter and Washington Lodge list their regular meeting nights each month with officers and roles. Visiting members welcome. Meetings span third Tuesday to first Friday across Masonic and allied bodies.
Eastbound trains include No 4 Golden State at 3 43 am and No 11 Express at 12 14 am. Knoxville branch arrivals No 50 Local at 8 30 am and No 430 Local at 3 30 pm. Westbound services show No 3 Local at 9 09 am and No 25 Southwest Limited at 12 58 am. Freight and special services listed by line and time.
In the District Court of Washington County Iowa Mark H Brown plaintiff vs Edith Elder Brown defendant you are notified that on or before December 30 1927 there will be on file in the office of the Clerk of the District Court of Washington County Iowa the petition of the above named plaintiff claiming and alleging
Miss Wilma Ellis visits relatives in Iava Cry. Miss Mildred and Miss Marguerite Caldwell visit sister Mrs Vincent Beliel. The M M Flynns quarantined. Violet has scarlet fever. J Walker home hosts Christmas dinner. Rob Gault spends holidays at Jr Wakefield home. John Caldwell and John Wagner families share Christmas at Belief and Murphy homes. Marguerite Hering returns from Grandparents visit. David Neiswanger and family enjoy Christmas with Otto in Wapel. Sigsfoose visit Neiswanger. Mabhel Sayre shopped in town.
Mrs Mary Sherlock notes neighbors moving to Wellston and welcomes new residents. Christmas dinners and services are described. People visit relatives, hospital stays noted, and plans for a New Year dinner for children are mentioned.
Mrs Daisy Simmering reports visits at multiple local homes including Mr and Mrs J K Linder and family and the Simmering and Kephart households. A wedding between Miss Helen Jones and Levi Blanchard occurred at the Jones home, with Harry Jones listed as parent. A. R. Smith traveled to St Louis with a hogs carload. others include Mr and Mrs John Gamble and Howard Caldwell.
Two children spent last Monday at the A. B. Carr home. A large crowd attended the Christmas program at Pleasant Hill church last Sunday evening.
New anesthetic propylene, a constituent of manufactured gas, has been found to possess valuable anesthetic properties and has been used in major operations. It is much more powerful than ethylene, which is used by dentists, and propylene is closely related to it.
Sir James Taggart recounts a story where Lord Aberdeen is bumped by a tipsy man in Edinburgh. A patrolman chastises the man and asks if he knows he struck the marquis of Aberdeen and Temair. The man replies with a witty taunt about being equally not drunk.
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