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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1932
Page
8
Mr and Mrs Oscar Lane of the Titus neighborhood reported the birth of a daughter on February 13. The family resides in Titus and celebrated the new arrival.
Washington Week savings highlight Milk of Magnesia full pint 39¢ Meek Mineral Oct full pint Dr West Tooth Paste two tubes 38¢ 4 tubes 49¢ 89¢ All wallpaper 20 percent off Weather slightly cloudy Tuesday warmer Top on hogs $4.35
Local items report ill health of W. I. Hill, travels to Columbus Junction for a golden wedding, Miss Bertha Benda visiting East Pleasant Plain and Ottumwa, Henry Miller from St Louis in town, Mrs. Miller visiting relatives, and wallpaper offer from Dodger's. Also ads for fresh Florida oranges and a big regional event.
The Washington county hospital admissions include Walter R. Brown for medical treatment and Mrs. Lloyd Foster recovering post major operation. A baby boy, seven pounds twelve ounces, born at 4:10 am to Mr. and Mrs. Marion Olds near Brighton. Washington High School Girl Reserves made red hatchets in gray paper tree stumps as birthday favors for the hospital staff. Epworth League members from several towns attended a meeting in Winfield with officers elected and representatives named. Edith Chilcote visited Brighton this morning. Westphal jewelers advertise special values in their south window.
Dr. F. W. Eastwood urged aging members to aid in worship in a sermon on the Power of Age. A survey traced elderly achievement from Bible times through politics, science, and literature. Members Win Smouse John Shields and William James assisted. Smouse read scripture Shields spoke and led prayer James sang solo He Hideth Me Soul.
Excavations at Caerleon in Wales reveal a Roman oyster bar with the thriving harbor town housing 40 to 50 rooms in several elegant houses. Found in a shop are oyster shells and many unopened bivalves signaling seafood trade.
Dr Keith Droz moves into the Bailey building with Miss Franc Thomas as nurse in charge. The doctor plans full relocation within days to the new fifth floor offices. Ira Rathmer family to relocate March first to a farm 60 miles northwest of Washington and will reside at 617 West Washington Street. Wardrobe Cleaners promotes spring suits starting at 18 50. Nile Sehmitt family from Ska Loosa visit O E Sehmitt home. Reed and Miller families attend Charles B Clark golden wedding in Columbus Junction. Reed to visit Burl Reed for several days.
At Happy Hour Sunday night Rev. F. C. Witzigman Rev. F. W eastwood and Rev. D. C. Fulton answered questions submitted by Sunday school members. The session drew about 115 attendees with singing led by Mrs. A. A. Vinz and piano by Mrs. Ralph Kleese.
The Washington council Knights of Columbus will hold a special program at the K C hall tonight in observance of George Washington birth anniversary. Monsignor C J Donahue of St Pauls Davenport will give the principal address with St James church choir providing music.
Word reaches Kansas City Kansas of the birth February 4 of a son named Donald Edward weighing nine and a half pounds to Mr. and Mrs Edward Byers. Grandmother Lizzie Crawford visits caring for the newborn.
Mrs James Wooley and children John Cecile and Junior along with Misses Elsie Nye and Anna Popechuck returned to Ottumwa after a weekend at the F T Wolf home. Roy and Melvin Fell of Sterling Illinois visit their aunt Mrs Richard Johnson and plan to return to Davenport after Washington's Birthday holiday. R F Davis and Lee Holland attend the Iowa Bankers association meeting in Burlington at Hotel Burlington. Mrs D C Thomas and Irene Cotter shopped here Saturday. Miss Lillian Berry home from Platt Gard business university. Francis Bush shows improvement after seven months since an accident at Washington County Hospital.
A large group of Baptist Sunday school and church officers from the Mt Pleasant area attended an Officers Clinic led by Dr F A Agar of New York. The session ran from 9 30 a m to about 4 20 p m with a dinner break, focusing on church efficiency and related problems.
The Tripleil Refining Co. offers motor oil savings of about half the usual cost while promising top oil quality. Investigation could pay off for any motor, large or small, with emphasis on efficiency and product value. Mrs Porter Colvig and son Bruce visit from Lake City to relatives, as Sterling Ritchey returns from Iowa City for the holiday.
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