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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1925
Page
5
Train schedules list arrivals and departures for Golden State Limited and local freight lines. Knoxville branch shows daily services with No 450 local pass and No 420 local pass, plus freight numbers 835 836. agents H W Russell and J C McKay noted.
Bethlehem Commandery No 45 R T holds regular meetings on the third Friday each month led by H T Carrie FE C Arthur Goodin serves as secretary. Washington Chapter No 98 O E reenters on the second Thursday each month with Pearle Dickerson W M and Alice Rownd secretary. Visiting members are welcome.
Valley and Keota communities share notes on church and club events. The Ladies Aid meets, officers are elected, and sickness affects local families. evangelist meetings begin in Keota. residents travel, farm plans shift, and a new baby is born in the region.
A Vermillion Dakota reprints Don Marquis of the New York Sun describing Noah Jonah and Cap’n John Smith as three fishermen saints trading tall stories in heaven. The verse mocks fishing bravado with mythic quests and playful banter among biblical figures and seafaring legends.
Luther Gormly underwent an operation in Iowa City for gallstones and complications. Bessie Packer’s health remains poor. The Wyman and Crawfordsville teams split a basketball game, 36 to 7 in favor of Crawfordsville. Merle Howsare hosted a skating party and the Presbyterian church held a social with a general good time.
Jan 19 reports show Mr and Mrs Bury Henderson and son visiting Arthur Romines. Floyd Green spent Thursday at Carl Mayers. Corinne Powell spent the weekend at home. William Shaffer visited George Davidson. Mrs Harry Huber and children stayed at the Henderson home. Lloyd Miller visiting Keota. Birney Gretter attended the Winter Fair at Harper. Gart Shaffer from Illinois visiting Wonder Barker.
Glen Beauchamp rents a farm near Woolson with possession expected March 1. Aus Sutherland returns to a farm near Washington. Mr. and Mrs. Peterson plan a visit with children before returning to Pierson Iowa. Ray Woodford visits Washington with relatives. Vera Woodford returns from Kansas City after a three week stay. Birth announced of a son to Mr and Mrs Blaine Emery at Fairfield hospital. Warren Morgan nearing census work. Howard Woodford receives gifts from T V Gunder herd in Toledo. Ladies plan rug making demonstration with Mrs Mee Cracken. Jay Parsons and Laird Woodford visit Riverside and Keota seeking brood sows. Mike Trier brood sow sale attended in Keota. Weather praised for good sleighing and roads. Mr and Mrs Homer Brinton and John Brinton visit Washington. Chas R Johnson to quit farming.
Merle White fills Ray Smith’s duties while sight seeing in Florida and handling James Long’s meals during jury service. Neighbors haul wood for winter supplies as Sam Witting and family visit Wayland. Washington shoppers include Ode Ferguson and family, Earl Berkshire and kin, Herman Twinan and Verl Maxwell. Several local residents visit Iowa City and Chicago relatives, attend a glee club event, and shop in Washington. James Long and wife visit Wellman with Carey Long and family. Clyde Maxwell and Verl Maxwell travel to Muscatine for business. Local sale draws attendees from the area. Karl Berkshire family mentioned.
Edwin Rice, sixty, a steel worker, shot his wife during a family quarrel at their Fort Dodge home and died minutes later after shooting himself. Mrs. Rice was reported in critical condition as neighbors said the couple had ongoing trouble.
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