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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1925
Page
8
Community brief lists D F Macon auctioneering in Washington Iowa with Red 2891 greed John Squire assisting at county treasurer during busy season. Crail's promotes Ford service components and a sale on wool dresses and rugs with carpet at $1.87 per yard, corrugated rubber matting offer, and local visits by residents including Floyd Hesseltine and Shorty Moron.
Seats for the band musical revue Friday night go on sale at 9 am tomorrow at McElhinney drug store. Rev W B Shelley reports successful meetings at Eldon after arriving from Sidon. Wilson D Martin visits relatives in New Castle and Grove City with Co F 15th veterans nearby. John Brookhart from Duluth visits family. piano tuner also stops by.
Late yesterday a jury was impaneled to hear H. G. Jeffrey executor of W. R. Jeffrey versus Mrs. Ruth Thorne executor of Clifford Thorne estate over an aged note. The panel includes Milan Shielda Floyd Carris G R Barclay Jee Taylor Jim Long Mert Donaldson Carl Voorhees Mamie Bell Russell Cummings Harle A Engel Glen Cuddeback and M M Gowey. Attorneys M Keeley and K D Morrison defend Thorne. Finley McCord and Jeffrey represent the Jeffrey side.
Miss Agnes Bucher came back to Fairfield this morning after visiting here with her friend Miss Julia Meyer.
Mrs. Hazel Conrey from Colorado Springs and her young son visited relatives with her mother Mrs. Walter Orris. Mrs. Buxbaum visited Washington yesterday. Lee Huston and Paul Writting started work yesterday as cashiers at the First Savings Bank. Robert Noonan was a cashier in Washington yesterday.
Official live stock estimates released in Chicago show hogs at 20 000 head cattle 10 606 head and sheep 24 000 head for tomorrow.
A. R. Miller, a business passenger, traveled to Muscatine this morning. Miss Martie Rose of Ainsworth is spending today with Washington readers.
Er J Mullaney of the Peoples Gas Light and Coke Co urged gas companies to use local newspaper advertising to tell customers about services and policies. He warned against secrecy and emphasized informed employees, low rates, and mass advertising as essential to public opinion and growth. He noted 200 members advertise at cost and predicted spending would rise from 1.75 to 2.6 million dollars in 1925.
Cairo police chief warns that cocaine usage among Egyptians has grown alarmingly. He calls for stronger laws and public support to curb the drug trade, stating the habit demoralizes youth and harms hospitals and prisons. The official implores citizen involvement to restore order.
In the Sinai peninsula priceless manuscripts attributed to Moses are reported found and translated. The discovery centers on ancient Hebrew inscriptions praised for their historic significance and connection to biblical authorship.
Claire Dusenbery with Don Hays and Claude Reister details a Southbound journey starting January 14 1926 from Washington to Kentucky Tennessee and Alabama. The letter describes flat tires ferries two night stays at hotels and a stop at Florence Alabama near Muscle Shoals with notes on people places and regional differences.
Casablanca reports that French Morocco phosphate production reached 436000 tons in 1924, more than double the 11923 figure, signaling strong mineral output for the year.
Mrs. Harry H. Springman announces the marriage of Marguerite Springman to John Brookhart on August second, nineteen twenty two in Macomb Illinois. The bride, a graduate nurse from Washington County Hospital, will reside in Duluth Minnesota with the groom, son of Senator Smith W Brookhart.
The Rural Women’s Club will meet with Mrs. C J Nelson on Thursday afternoon. The 2028 Methodist choir rehearses from 7 15 to 8 15 Thursday. Every member requested to be present. J J Miller
Des Moines officers named D. J. Linnane as president J. Scheer of Dubuque as vice president and F. M. Michael of Waterloo as secretary treasurer. Cherokee suit filed against seven wife's relatives for 20000 each by L. R. Prisbig. Creston judge upholds motion to squash indictments against W. E. Pierson due to illegal grand jury panel. Frank Evana named general marketing counsel and secretary of the American Farm Bureau Federation in Chicago.
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