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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1925
Page
8
Local items include visits and departures of residents Mrs. Joe Roth and family en route to Pidgeon Michigan, Katheryn Kracaw's improving health, and Cloak sale deals at Crail's fur. Notices cover auctions by D F Macon, car battery service at Washington Motor Company, Moose Lodge social, new baby Elizabeth May, and weather slips causing slips and injuries.
The Ainsworth Methodist church choir will present a pageant Sunday evening with all invited. An item notes a pork sausage breakfast offering by Orez & Speer. Mr and Mrs J B Randle visit Muscatine this morning with relatives. Al White from New York visits the White family and others in Brighton communities. he remains with Barnum Bailey circus in charge of seating in the big tent.
W. S. Eldridge went to Sigourney on business. Harvey went to Columbus Junction. Velvet Rose Cream heals sore hands and is for sale only at the McElhinney Drug Co.
Mrs Frank Haney is ill with grippe at home. Ward Johnson, son of Mr and Mrs Walter Johnson, serves in the navy on the U S S Oklahoma near San Pedro harbor and has just earned a promotion toward first class seaman. Everett Patterson of Kansas City visits home during a trip from Chicago with the American Fruit and Vegetable Shippers association. Ford battery service advertised. Mrs L S Paterson recovers from a dislocated shoulder with arm in a sling and improving.
The Brunswick store advertises many new records discounted to 59c this week while boasting most new stock. Four round dining tables are offered at 30.75. All items in the store are tagged as specials with continued cold weather forecast tonight and Wednesday and hog price note.
Judge C A Dewey travels to Os kaloosa on business while Oriez and Speer promote hogs and lard prices. Mrs L S McAvoy visits West Chester and Miss Annette Finney is ill. seeds and lard are advertised at Warren’s Store with No 10 pails at 1.90. Col Nicola ill at home on Fast Main. Mrs Etha Steck leaves for Los Angeles after Christmas visit with Hannah Burnside. John R Maney notes death of Jennie McCaslin in Rose Point Pennsylvania. M Y Wallace cares for ill relatives as he shares word of the passing.
An amateur radio fan in Norfolk picked up a stranded explorer's voice from a frozen Arctic ship. The speaker, unnamed, said the vessel was 3,000 miles from home with temperatures 70 below zero and the crew subsisting on walrus and Eckimos-derived foods to endure privation.
Washington Jan 15 The governments agricultural commission will submit its livestock relief recommendations next week. Chairman Day said the report is being drafted but not finished until Fred H. Bixby, president of the American National Livestock Association and a commission member, returns from New Mexico.
The Iowa governor warns against bond referendum crowds and urges direct voter consent through elections. He cites farm price relief needs, distribution reform, and national bodies shaping policy while praising state agencies and calling for insurance, tax, and banking reforms. He lauds Cedar Falls Teachers College, Ames Agriculture and Mechanics, and Iowa University progress before retiring to travel with his wife.
A speaker addresses the lawmakers noting that their legislation will aid or hinder the multitude they represent. He expresses confidence they will act wisely for the welfare of the state. The remark emphasizes responsibility and prudent governance by the legislature.
Carl Gerard plays a broke Dodge City tenderfoot in Wild Bill Hickok at Paramount. William S Hart explains the poker game is staged for the tenderfoot to win, with real gunfighters like Hickok Holliday Short Earp Basset and Tightman involved in the dramatic scene. Fox theater screens the film Thursday and Friday with Alice Grey Terry as leading woman.
A prompt urges telling merchants I saw your ad in the Journal. The instruction frames a concise, period-voice line for ad follow up. It emphasizes confirming exposure to Journal advertising and engaging with sellers.
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