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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1926
Page
8
Mrs. Leland Morrison spends two days at her parents in Fairfield as Mrs. Pearl C. Cyapp the D. of V. inspector visits and installs officers. Several locals travel to Muscatine for hospital visits and shopping while others head to Kirksville and Columbus Junction on various errands.
Local notes report Bob Brown's Top Shop at 7719600 Tankage Car of Wilson's on track with fiberloid auto curtains that resist yellowing and endure more abuse. Ads urge Ford side curtains in stock and affordable prices. Various residents including Neil Sands, Mrs Buntenbach, Averl Leffler, Arlo Jones and families visit Davenport, Keota, Monmouth College, and Cedar Falls during holiday breaks.
Mrs. James Nelson of Keota visited at her daughter Mrs. John Rittenhouse's home. Harold Parry and wife returned to Kansas City after holidays with Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Beenblossom. Mabelle Lange went home to Green Bay Wisconsin after visiting sister Mrs. Frank Wells. Katheryn Devine returned to Marietta Wisconsin after weeks with daughter Mrs. Frank Wells and family. Edith Carrie returned to Mt. Carroll Illinois to resume Francis Shimer duties after vacation with her parents. J C Carris and J M White of Keota returned after a day of business here. Mary Buhnemen went home to Sigourney after visiting Ralph Livingston. Fern Paissom went to Rock Island after visiting her daughter Mrs. Mattie Beliel.
James Walker returned from Virginia after attending his sister's funeral. Worth Ferguson came back to Conrad after Christmas at the Ferguson home. Geraldine Anderson and Pheoba Lewis spent Christmas with family. Daryl Dayton provided radio music Wednesday evening. The So and Sew club met with Mrs. Callie Thrape, about twenty present. Willis Ferguson visited Fairfield after a weekend at home.
The city recorded a birth rate of 11.49 per 1 000 last year the lowest on record. Officials attribute the decline to immigration restrictions.
In Louisville Kentucky three Polar Bears Miss Edith Cary Foster Embry and William Curran plunged into the ice filled Ohio River as part of a New Year rite.
The golden coffin of King Tutankhamun has been moved by train to Cairo under armed guard after a Nile voyage aboard a felucca. The king himself remains in his tomb.
Iowa farms on average lose about 2603 dollars yearly over five years. The Farmers Union study for the Corn Belt committee breaks income and costs, showing total income around 2998 dollars and expenses near 5601 dollars, with salaries and depreciation major items. The report uses 1924 to 1926 figures from state and federal sources and details crop and livestock contributions, including corn oats wheat hay hay value and hogs.
The report shows livestock totals: wool at 7.62, lambs 24.20, chickens 158.00, totaling 1192.21 for the farm department. Six cows yielded 2926 pounds milk at 3.67 percent, butterfat priced at 0.47, earning 302.82, while 144 hens produced 756 dozen eggs valued at 224.44, bringing produce income to 527.26.
A brief item notes Hoboes in New York becoming more resourceful, using road maps to navigate and plan routes. The report highlights growing mobility among itinerant workers and their practical adaptation to travel.
Dr RA Biridge of Dawson dies when his car skids into a ditch near here. His wife and Mr and Mrs B D Witter of Dawson escape with minor injuries.
Van Buren county board of education bars a person who smokes from teaching certificates after a board meeting. The decision addresses licensure standards for educators within the county.
Des Moines Iowa January 4 two men held up a cash grocery on West Grande Avenue and escaped with about 500 dollars after locking proprietor K S Abrahamshon in a back room.
Radcliffe politician William Schmedika announces candidacy for reelection from the 37th district. A member of the senate economy bloc, he states his ongoing commitment to fiscal restraint and legislative efficiency.
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