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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1925
Page
7
Passenger and freight schedules listed for the CR LAP Fastbound, Golden State Limited, and Knoxville Branch with arrival and departure times. Local freight notices indicate daily departures except Sundays and agent signatures appear for park and station offices.
An ambush tree grows in Lake Chad Arién, a shallow body of water averaging six feet deep and covering up to 10,000 square miles. It reaches full size in two years, two feet high with a one foot diameter trunk. Its dried wool is extremely light, with density about one fifth that of cork.
Popular Science Monthly explains a simple umbrella repair method. Reattach the broken brace end to its joint, wind with tape to allow smooth opening and closing, and test the repair for durability.
The fragment describes a social gathering with a Basketball Giant and guests including Mrs Hayes Mrs De Long Mrs Welch and Mrs Robert Shaffer. It notes food items imitating corn bread and fried eggs served as cake and apricots in whipped cream. Additional names appear as visitors in Wahisei yesterday.
Multiple brief items report social events visits and local happenings. Mrs Hazel Moorhead hosted the Social Hour Club with Mrs J A Moorhead as guest of honor. Mrs Amia Wooley visits A E Meethern home. others attend sales, meals, and moves. A tire fire damages Leslie Morrison farm causing barn granary hay loss.
Des Moines reports unusually warm early February with five day average temperatures around 30 degrees above zero, nine degrees above normal. No new February warmth records yet. last year’s first five days averaged 23 degrees above.
In Crawfordsville on Feb 7 Miss Ethel Griner of Webster Iowa married Mr Donald Stewart of Keota at the Presbyterian parsonage in Burlington and the couple traveled to St Louis for their honeymoon. Local visits included Mr and Mrs R G Kelsey of Ainsworth at Mrs James Kelsey’s home. Hope Huston visited Washington for an overnight stay with Irene De Long. Social Hour club members enjoyed a Hard Times party hosted by Mrs Emma Fox with playful games and partner-creating activities using community surnames and heart targets.
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