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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1925
Page
5
Dennis J. Murphy, Waukon lawyer, pleaded not guilty at arraignment in district court. He faces nine indictments from a grand jury investigation into alleged embezzlements. Judge H. B. Taylor set January 27 for the trial.
Eastbound and westbound timetable entries list arrivals and departures for Golden State Limited Express and local passes. Knokville Branch shows local and freight trains with daily schedules noted by H. W. Russell as agent.
J L Badger sold seven Chester White hogs to Charley Thomas on the 12th, averaging 274 pounds. Walnut Woman's Club hosted husbands at Mrs. George L. Duke's home for a dinner with music and readings. Local families share news of pets, candy sales, cattle shipments, weather, and a new baby boy, Guy Everett Stacy.
A West Chester column notes frigid conditions with a 104 below mention and jokes about mud roads and gasoline taxes. Local chatter covers radios, Crystal Dairy farm topics, community gossip, weather lore, a Daytona style cartoon, and visits from D. W. Dayton and family.
The Louisa County branch of the American Red Cross chose Clarence King of Oakville as chair and Myrtle Jamison of Wapello as vice chair at a Friday afternoon meeting in the Citizens bank in Wapello. Also named were Mrs. A. W. Hinderman as secretary and L. L. Pry as treasurer.
Jan 19 report from Route Four notes transfers of goods with T L Dodds selling bags to McNell of Crawfordsville. Will Stafford sells corn to A B Carr. Dale Darbyshire Bryan Swift help Howard Witting haul hay southwest of Havre. Pett of Albia Iowa stayed at Lee Hesseltine home. Kephart Simmering and Gardner families visited Sigafoose Friday evening.
Mr and Mrs Lease visited in Washington while Mrs F M Adams also spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs Elwyn Davidson. Luther Gormley faces an Iowa City hospital operation today. Henry Witting, born near Crawfordsville, died in Phoenix Friday night. Mrs Witting is very ill with inflammatory rheumatism. A large gym crowd watched Wayland vs Crawfordsville basketball with door receipts around 100 dollars. Delegations from Wayland Olds Ainsworth Wyman and Washington attended. Girls game preceded the men.
Wayland giis, undefeated this year, were edged 18 to 3 by Waterloo in a stubbornly fought boys game. Verle McElroy of Iowa City visited, and locals noted high turnout with encroaching spectators but fair play. The final score was 11 to 14 in Waterloo’s favor after a strong early tussle.
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