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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1920
Page
7
Correspondents detail local moves illnesses and social events. Stella Rinner helps her brother Henry prepare for a sale then they plan to move to Mt Pleasant. Mrs Spendler dies leaving a large grieving family.
Clay Peb. 11 Our school opened this week after a two week enforced vacation due to widespread illness among pupils. Miss Claudina Robinson returns to Richland school after a bout with the Flu. Mrs Bell Waterhouse is at Belknap Indiana assisting sick families of her sons Glenn and Lynn. Miss Florence Owen visited from Brighton over the weekend with her sister Mrs Warren Morgan.
Clara Wood returns from Norfolk to Crawfordsville. Social Hour club hosts biographies and poems of February born figures with a letter writing game and hearts decor. Junior class of high school presents Athenians Artists from Penn College in a joint recital featuring Sibyl Kramme Sabron Lancaster Ruth Cruikshank and Griffith Wright. Cloyce Huston visits from Iowa City for the weekend.
Tom Mix stars in The Cyclone shown at the Fox Theatre this afternoon. The Fox production, by Colonel Todhunter Merigold, emphasizes Mix’s horsemanship, vigor, courage, and manliness with a tense dramatic story and high thrilling action.
There is more catarrh in this region than diseases from flies and it was once deemed incurable. Hall's Catarrh Medicine from F F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio is promoted as a constitutional remedy taken internally to affect blood and mucous surfaces. A $100 reward is offered for any case Hall's Catarrh Medicine fails to cure. Bend for booklet and testimonials. Pd CrReEt & Co Toledo Ohio. Druggiats, 1d. Hal's Family Pills for constipation.
J W Lemley writes from Covina California detailing a southern California tour for Journal readers. He describes mountains snow levels in Utah and Nevada visits with Mormon bishops in Salt Lake City and a long drive to Los Angeles and San Francisco Bay area. He notes grape growing at Lodi and To Kay grapes and the productive levee protected Sacramento Valley plus city life in Oakland Berkeley and San Francisco and the busy San Francisco Bay traffic. He praises California roads and autos, mentions visits with F A Heinzman and family and to Redlands and San Dimas before signing off that he will write more near the end of February.
Columbus Junction papers report the sudden death of Dan Neff a longtime resident formerly with Casey livery barn. The coroner's jury found death from natural causes after he was found in bed Monday night by neighbors and police. He was about 60 and survived by three children Minnie Van Auken William and Nellie McNamer. funeral services were held at his home and he is buried in Columbus City cemetery.
The W C T U met Thursday at Mrs. Taylor's home with decent turnout for hard times. Members discussed ongoing work and planned to maintain interest amid needed changes. Women urged to send in overdue dues for the year.
An unusual incident is reported at Letchworth Golf Club where a beginner mistook a mushroom for a ball, leading to a clumsy swing and a five stroke correction before the error was realized.
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