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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1925
Page
8
Two teams led by Lewis Case and Glenn Anderson faced off in a schoolyard game. Case's team edged ahead to win seven to six in a friendly match at the primary.
Second Hand Moline Gang plow advertised by Geo W Stewart at 1012. Oscar Jugenheimer returns from Davenport after a brief business trip. Mrs. Charles Shockley visits Wheota to see granddaughter Miss Kula Chambers who is seriously ill with appendicitis. Keota High student ill with slight improvement noted today. Leo Klein travels from Keota to Weohington for treatments for head abscesses from a mule kick. Lytle's Grocery sells home baked goods each Saturday by Mrs. Ralph Lytle. Mr. and Mrs. J T Rehmel move from WH McFarland house to South Iowa avenue. plan new home on South Marion this summer. Vrimalia Malocoides special Saturday only at Peterson Flower Shoppe for five dollars and sixty-five cents. Dr D D Davis in Iowa City for dental clinic.
Local notices show residents moving from East Main and West Madison to new addresses along with farm route relocations. Special prices at Cash and Carry Market on brisket butts and skinned pork shoulders. Community leaders like Judge C. A. Dewey attend Masonic events while Dr Ida Belle Lewis may visit Washington for a Methodist church address.
Mrs. Horton died in Brighton as her son in law and daughter Mrs Glenn Willits cared for the family. Horton returned home this morning to Brighton after the funeral and delay. The Willits family homes await, beef sold 10 cents a pound at Thompson’s Sanitary Market. Larry Phillips visited Brighton to handle school matters. Water bills due March 1925 at Wet Side Drug Store Works office. EO G. Fox Mer 1112.
Local snippets report market prices for pork and eggs, community visits by residents, plans for contests in Crawfordsville, and March house cleaning notes. Movements include Miss Bernadine Neville with companions to a declamatory contest, Miss Alice Meek visiting Cleveland, Hazel Dean arriving for business, and several Crawfordsville visitors in Washington. A Methodist church ladies’ luncheon is noted along with city commerce and millinery offerings.
In West Chester on Feb 25 Glen McFarlane will install a radio in the school building for March 4 listening to the presidential oath. Supt Linteni arranged the setup so the public can hear the event, marking the first time locals will hear the oath.
The piece notes February passing fast with March near and many families planning moves. It suggests new goods like a rug cabinet or library table for homes in transition.
Mrs Clyde Kennard of Kalona traveled to Canton Ohio for a skin graft to aid her burned mother. The operation helped briefly, but the mother relapsed and died. Kennard has now returned home to Kalona.
Honolulu January reports that mainland teacher applications for Hawaiian vacancies are growing toward 5000 last year for 125 openings. This year about 100 vacancies remain with preference to Territorial Normal School or University of Hawaii graduates, while the lure of the South Seas attracts many applicants.
The heads of the teasel plant, cylindrical with oblong hooks, rigid bracts between, are used to raise the nap of cloth. They are split and fixed on a circumference of four cylinders that revolve against the cloth surface. No mechanical device matches this natural contrivance. A small advertisement will suffice.
Miss Lucille Martin visited Keota yesterday and is involved in case number four.
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