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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 20, 1925

Page

8

Ford Battery Service Promoted And Local News Briefs

Local notes report Ford genuine battery service priced at 16 50 with Ford 13 plate. Mr and Mrs Earl Corbin and Mr and Mrs Joe McElhinney travelled to Chicago for several days on business. Evelyn Haugen ill at Junior High. Nate Fields named district Boy Scouts commissioner. Mrs Fields active with Girl Scouts. Mrs William Ferry dies in Guthrie Center. Nate Jones learns of stepmother’s death in Plainview Nebraska.

Earl Corbin Joe McElhinney Chicago Nate Fields al Fields Toledo Iowa Boy Scouts Tama Marshall Counties

Washington watchers note travel and local updates

Mrs. Rena Page is due in Washington this evening by Milwaukee tied to the death of her sister in law Mrs. F W Bandy. Several local residents travel and host families, including visits by Jay and Dempsey relatives and a notice of a funeral or service. Local figures Chris Bauer and Sam Knauss visit, with Knauss planning a Oklahoma City trip. A new electric sign lights Casey cafe front in Washington and John R Maney becomes Central Life Insurance Co agent in southeastern Iowa.

Rena Page Washington Milwaukee F. W. Bandy Casey Cafe John R. Maney Wellman Butterfield The Central Life Insurance Co Chicago Iowa

Washington Iowa Dog Rabies Order Muzzles or Shoot on Sight

The city of Washington I owa issues a rabies precaution requiring all dogs within city limits to be muzzled or confined until further notice. Any dogs found running at large without a muzzle will be shot on sight per mayoral order and health officer attestation.

City of Washington

Toledo Seed Prices Report

Clover seed cash values for January February and March list 19.30 19.45 with Timothy seed cash January 3.25 and May 3.20, indicating price figures for upcoming planting seasons.

Toledo Ohio Clover Timothy Seed Cash

Davenport Display Brings Home Comfort and Style

Yesterday two davenports arrived to brighten homes one taupe and one blue. The furniture is praised as the last word in comfort and attractive decor. Hog prices top at eleven dollars with fair warmer weather forecast.

Taupe

Soviet Leaders Move to Oust Leon Trotsky

Moscow dispatch reports the central committee of the Communist Party began sessions to decide Trotsky’s fate within days. Trotsky, war minister and author of Lessons of the 1917 Revolution, faces likely censure as observers expect a decisive resolution even if he stays away from the meetings. He has retreated to a rural estate near Archangel Skoye, twenty five miles from Moscow.

Moscow Leon Trotsky Communist Party Trotsky Central Committee Communist Internationale Archangel Skoye

Notable Residents and Visitors Add Life to Washington

Mrs Lloyd Morrison visits Oskaloosa to see her parents for a few days. I Rothschild of Iowa City is in town. Mrs Henry Rhodes ill at home in southwest Washington. Miss Myrtle Shields, six weeks patient at County Hospital, improves and expects to return this week. Harris McGugin of Wellman transacts business in Washington. Miss Jeanette Rothschild of Iowa City to sing on WHAA Friday noon February sixth. Miss Lijla Cherry arrives from Pavilion New York to visit Washington friends at Miss Flo Taylor's. A J McCord of Mt Pleasant visits Washington on business. Nial Nicholson arrives from Minneapolis for his mother’s death. Mrs George Barr and daughter Freda shop in Washington yesterday. A Dawson travels by train to Chicago. Billy Boshart of Wayland visiting aunt Mrs Will Jones. Friends of Mrs A S Smith of Mt Pleasant mourn her father’s death in Bloomfield.

Nate Jones William Ferry Town City Hospital Guthrie Center Song Washington Jones Owen Jones Plainview Nebr Faye Corbin Ezra Garener Grant Iowa Myrtle Shields Iowa Avenue Jeanette Rothschild Iowa City WHAA Lijla Cherry Pavilion New York Flo Taylor South Marion Avenue A. S. Smith Mt. Pleasant Bloomfield

Knights of Columbus donate to Legion rehabilitation and welfare

Gifts totaling 125000 to back the American Legion rehabilitation and child welfare program were announced at national headquarters. The Knights of Columbus contributed 75000 for rehabilitation while the American Legion auxiliary and the Forty and Eight each pledged 25000 to child welfare as the 5500000 endowment drive continues.

Indianapolis Ind American Legion Legion Knights of Columbus American Legion Auxiliary

Indian youth blinded in lye attack at reservation hospital

Albert Moore, a young Indian man, is hospitalized on the reservation after lye blinded him in both eyes. Doctors say he will lose sight entirely. The alleged assailant is Amos Morgan, also Indian, said to have acted over Moore's alleged attentions to Mrs. Morgan.

Tama Albert Moore Amos Morgan Moore

Bank Absorbs Another In Wapello Situation

Pur chase of the Citizens State Bank of Wapello was announced by the State Savings Bank of Muscatine. All affairs of the first institution were taken over but the Citizens State Bank will retain its name and continue its business under that name.

Muscatine Citizens State Bank of Wapello State Savings Bank Citizens State Bank

Iowa Night News Summary

Governor Hammill canceled a speaking engagement with the farmers grain dealers association. A confessed forgery tied to Plymouth County Savings Bank closures appeared in letters from Los Angeles allegedly by ex banker W J Martin. Tschirig divorce case reopened with new affidavits. Pussyfoot Johnson spoke on prohibition in Keokuk. Bishop Morisson urged youth work at Iowa Diocese annual address. Sioux Valley Eye and Bar academy ended with officer elections, Dr. Fred Bailey elected vice president.

Sioux City Sioux Valley Eye and Bar Academy Fred Bailey Cedar Rapids

College Football Scores From Weekend Games

Kansas Aggies defeated Drake 33 to 17 while Des Moines University beat Parsons Northwestern 22 to 15. Minnesota led Wisconsin 14 to 16 and Oklahoma edged Ames 27 to 24. Columbia topped Harvard 26 to 21 and Upper Iowa defeated Western Union 22 to 12.

Kansas Aggies Drake Des Moines University Parsons Northwestern Minnesota Michigan Wisconsin Oklahoma Ames Columbia Harvard Upper Iowa Western Union

World Scenes Reported In Brief From Five Cities

General Pershing met with Argentina's President de Alvear and visited the Argentine Industrial Exposition in Buenos Aires. In Manila RCA announced plans for a super radio station. Italy began laying a cable to link Italy with the United States at Anzio. In London Asquith may accept a peerage. Delhi opened the legislative session under the Earl of Reading. A fire at the Engiza Theatre in Tokyo sent 2000 people fleeing with no injuries reported.

Buenos Aires John 4. Pershing President de Alvear

McAtee Arrested in Des Moines on Old Polk County Indictment

J W McAtee was arrested in the Des Moines county jail on a warrant from Seattle charging bigamy and desertion after a Polk County grand jury returned an indictment ten years ago. He came to Des Moines fifteen years ago and later left his home to desert wife and child.

Des Moines J. W. McAtee Polk County Grand Jury McAtee Seattle Wash

Desperate Inmate Duel Ends in Fatal Mop Attack

A violent confrontation at the Wauwatosa hospital for the insane in Milwaukee left John Kuehn dead after inmate Albert Joe used a mop as a weapon during a dispute. Police reported the fatal attack occurred in the hospital ward with heavy mops used as improvised weapons.

Milwaukee Wis Wauwatosa John Kuehn Albert Joe

Germany pledges fulfillment of London agreement

Berlin reports the new German government under Chancellor Dr Hans Luther pledges legal fulfillment of the London Dawes plan and strict enforcement of the related law dictat. It demands reciprocal royalty from signatories. The Cologne area non evacuation is called a London agreement violation and negotiations for settlement are planned. Luther vows treasonous attempts to alter the republic will be resisted.

Berlin Germany London Hans Luther Reichstag Cologne Luther

French Catholics and communists clash in Aix en Provence

Catholic processions and Communist parades converged in Aix en Provence as protest against the government’s religious policy continued. Two factions clashed briefly in the street, with police reinforcements keeping the disturbance from escalating.

Paris France Aix en-Provence General de Castelnau National Catholic Federation International

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