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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1920
Page
8
Do Your Hauling in Motor Truck will be able to furieed one to three trucks for long sisucee haul and general trucking. Rates 5c a mile for one ton. Leave your cell at Washington Steam Laundry office. Phone 48.
Local notices list services from Lydia Hellam chiropractor and city bus lines, with contacts. A Crawfordsville couple Mr and Mrs Seth Wag celebrate a daughter Margaret Marie born this morning, and Mrs Wagponer is formerly Miss Marie Burham. Also advertised are harness sales and repair, an auctioneers listing, a farm sale of 60 brood sows, and brief travels of John Titterington and Morrow Reed with family updates.
Frost eggs 50c and dairy items 63c. C W Hodges advertises sale on February 16 offering heavy feeding shouts and about 1500 bushels of corn. Breitenbach returns home to Rubio after Washington visit.
Mrs Dyron Snider spent the day in Ottumwa after traveling there this morning Miss Georgia Johnson left for Wellston to spend the day H A Baxter departed for Chicago last evening on a business trip reads the Evening Journal
A marriage license was issued to Noah D Sehlaback and Bertha Ann Miller of Katona. Miss Bertha Hay returns to Chicago to study music at Northwestern University. Monmouth college students return tomorrow as college reopens Wednesday. C W Hodges plans dairy liquidation February 16 after shipping 706 dollars worth of cream this past year. Washington National Bank offers Christmas Savings Club to wage earners open this week.
Local notes list residents and visitors departing for education and family visits. Lucile Hotle returns to Wellston from her sister Mrs. Howard Baker’s home. Emma Dusenberry resumes teaching at Indian Creek school after vacation. Angeline Blizzard visits cousin Laura Bryant after 45 years. Dorothy Libe travels to Fairfield for Parsons College. Letha Taylor heads to Chicago for Chicago Training School. O M Green and children visit cousin in Davenport. J C Bauer and wife visit son Ralph Bauer in West Chester. M M Latta returns to Des Moines with her mother Mrs. John Park. Helena Tobin leaves for Mt. St. Joseph’s College in Dubuque. Col D J Palmer to Des Moines for Loyal Legion meeting. Frances Stewart returns to Chicago for American Physical Training School. Alice Cunningham resumes studies at U S in Iowa City. Vera Woodford returns home after tonsil operation. Prof Daugherty of Cedar Falls spends Sunday with Dr. Geo. Hay and visits in Wyman. Henry J Kiene and wife move back to Route 3 north of city. Farmers Union meeting set at Young America School House with Col. S. W. Brookhart scheduled to speak.
Lloyd Vanderham and Paul French lead a parade of locals resuming studies at Cornell and the State University of Iowa after holiday breaks. Ruth Sherbeck and Ruth Burleson travel from grandparents and sister homes while Mrs. Adams and Miss Edgington also head home. Community notices mention savings clubs and American Legion meetings as residents plan return trips and engagements. social visits span Mt Vernon Wayland Tow City Des Moines Wellston Birmingham and Leon Peat Post events.
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