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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1925
Page
7
A two story downtown building occupied by a shoe store in Des Moines, Iowa, was gutted by a fire causing an estimated $50,000 in damage. Separate item notes tentative railroad valuations by the Interstate Commerce Commission are not reviewable by courts before final action.
January community notes recount warm weather easing travel, holiday dinners, and reflections on aging. Local students return to colleges in Parsons, Cornell, Malcom, and Oberlin while area residents greet longer days, report road quality, and note a death in Sigourney and a banquet for church students.
Worth Ferguson left for Conrad Iowa after visiting at the W 8 Ferguson home. Embree and Friday families visited Wil Embree home. Swedish Aid Society met with Mrs Emma Johnson and Mrs Clarence Johnson. The young folks enjoyed a bobsled ride hosted by Dora and Virgil Stockman. Maurice Bauer returned to Mt Pleasant after vacation at home. Lola Sprague left for Kansas City. Mildred Leet out of echo due to sickness.
Mr and Mrs Mattes Wehr and children along with Mr and Mrs John Wehr and families spent New Year's with Mrs John Wehr of Keota. John Robertson family and daughters celebrated at the A J Robertson home. Seth Carris Jr visiting relatives in Keota. Hotle family traveled to Mr Pleasant and visited ILL Witkin. Hahn family at parental home with Mrs Hahn improving after sieges of the ailment. Darnells visited Washington. W C Hotle's clan visited Howard Baker home near Harre and welcomed a newborn grandson to Homer Mayer. John Wehr’s family returned from Waterloo. Gladys Edwards of Washington visited Robertson sisters. School opened after two weeks vacation. Nick Tinnes family and H P Deal with Donald Derby spent New Years Eve at the Hotle home.
Keota residents attended a joint installation Thursday night for the I O O F and Rebekah lodges. Deputy Grand Master Allen Morgan and Deputy Grand Marshal C W Swayze oversaw the I O O F installation with a full slate of officers. District President Mrs Mollie Farmer and District Grand Marshal Mrs Myrtle Hening led the Rebekah installation. Visiting teams performed well and the evening closed with New Year festivities as the lodge orchestra and Walter Ramsey provided piano accompaniment.
The Keota community hosts an evening gathering with a hundred fifty attendees and announces a cafeteria dinner by United Presbyterian ladies at the Methodist church basement on Thursday January Std. The Keota rumor mill clears of a Firefly dispenser plan and locals note exodus of college students and teachers leaving the town quieter. Davidson Maron and wife of Muscatine visit Virgil and William Pardon homes amid social events.
Mr. and Mrs T Lowry and family spent a pleasant afternoon with the A Raymond family. Mrs FE FB Steele Milo and Mr George Grecian of Riverside were entertained at the Alex McCreedy home the 4th. The James Hartsock family Oakville spent the weekend with the H Hartsock family. Mrs J M Nicholson is on the nick list. Mr and Mrs Brown Mt Union spent Sunday with J T Foster parents. Mr and Mrs M T Coon and Lawrence Wilson were Washington shoppers Saturday. Houseal family spent the day with John Irwin.
Jan 6 Crawfordsville reports Mr and Mrs M D Work of Washington visiting here. Clive and Everette Huston returned to Quincy IL to resume studies in the business college. John Lee of Columbus Junction visited. Mrs Harry McConnell of Ainsworth called on friends. Velma Twinam Claire Twinam and Henry Frederickson returned to Iowa City and Cedar Falls. The week of prayer began with a union meeting at R C McCleary home with twenty one present led by Mrs Whitfield Davis.
Miss Helen Gardner daughter of Mr and Mrs George Gardner married Mr W H Jordan of Washington in a Muscatine M E B parsonage ceremony on Saturday January 3 officiated by Rev Mr Blagg. The bride who grew up in Columbus Junction worked as a bookkeeper for Louisa County Power Co and helps manage Gardner millinery with her sister. Jordan an electrician with Iowa Gas & Electric Co has lived in Washington for years. Gertrude Gardner and Mrs G A Salmon attended the wedding.
The remains of R. C. Richards, founder of the safety first movement, were laid to rest in Oakhill Cemetery Geneva. Rev. Clarence W. Hopkins led services at the Church of The Redeemer Chicago. Bishop K. T. Anderson was called to Toronto by a death in the family. Pallbearers were Northwestern railroad personal-claims department employees, with many railway men arriving from Chicago on a special car.
Senator Edge of New Jersey urges passage of the postal pay increase bill despite President Coolidge vetoes. He regrets the need to differ with the president on the issue and asks the senate to act.
Des Moines Iowa January 6 The establishment of a national guard aero observation squadron with headquarters at Camp Dodge will receive endorsement from Governor N E Kendall in his biennial message to the general assembly next week.
A ten story building on Pennsylvania Avenue was damaged in a large fire that injured two firefighters and damaged more than a dozen businesses. The blaze caused an estimated loss of 500 000 dollars. Fire units fought the flames through the night.
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