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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1925
Page
5
Rail timetable page lists eastbound and westbound departures and arrivals for Golden State Limited trains No 4 No 12 No 60 No 30 and No 7 along with Knoxville branch locals and freight services. Daily notes designate local passes and freight trains, with agent H W Russell and JOIN PARK agent credits.
A large crowd attended the C. C. Matthews sale on Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Matthews plan to move to a new home south of Burlington around Feb 1. Local residents and visitors, school games, and numerous social visits fill the week with moving plans and community ties.
A fire started by a small oil stove while a passenger bus was being loaded with gas in Ames on January 22. Gladys Zismer of Belmar, a student, and Albert Elliott of Ames, the bus driver, were injured. The bus was destroyed and the injured were taken to the hospital.
President Coolidge holds the Hughes statement denying the Paris agreement and European commitments to counter the irreconcilable group in the Senate. The issue centers on U S participation in European affairs and foreign policy.
George Yeager and his father Gormley visited Iowa City on Tuesday with his brother in law. The Standard Bearers and the Women’s Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist church met at Mrs. Myron Hayes’s home Tuesday evening and enjoyed a good meeting.
Mr and Mrs Harry Stacy welcomed a nine pound son named Guy Everett born Monday Jan 19. Mr L A Guy was summoned to Boone Iowa by the death of his uncle Fred Guy. Harry Sinn and bride Sadie Elkins arrived from Chicago after their wedding the night before. They may stay in Brighton for now with Mrs Ray Conrad and baby Richard visiting from Iowa City.
The Metho dist Sunday school class taught by J E Reaney spent Saturday in Muscatine visiting Roach and Musser mills and played two basketball games at the YMCA. The group included Rodney Manley Ray Lewis John Letts Gene Duncan Lyle Weber Ted Tucker Carleton McGrew Alma Kemp Wren Shearer Gerald Simons Vernon Story and George Baker. Relvie Storey and family attended the funeral of Frank Storey in Wapello. He died in Sioux City after pneumonia. He leaves his mother Mrs Alice Storey and siblings Mrs Jeasie Diettreich Mrs Goldie Melon and four brothers William John Grover Relvie.
The David Kreese sale drew buyers and most items sold. David will work for Frank Anderson next season. Emil Fink bought a team of young horses from Mr. Foster last week and sold 500 bushels of corn to John Libe at $1.05 per bushel. Several residents were hospitalized or recovering from illness.
London demolition of old buildings reveals glimpses of famous landmarks. The Savory Chestnut Tree and St Ethelbury church are exposed as two ancient features resurface during roadworks. Henry Hudson and companions visited nearby before Thames voyage to the frozen north.
The article notes English dyeing and weaving revived by William Morris and Dennis Baker of Stratford on Avon. It highlights their use of vegetable dyes and native American dyes combined with indigo and Oriental colors. It notes the shift from aniline dyes toward Morris and Baker methods as the textile industry modernizes.
New York January 23 Robert Ridgeway elected president of the American Society of Civil Engineers after serving as chairman rodman and instrument runner and never attending engineering school.
Dublin January 5 The Free State government will promote Ireland as a tourist resort. The minister of commerce has summoned a conference of hotel railway and other interests and aims to bring public bodies in the north into cooperation with the movement.
An advertisement touts Kellogg's All Bran as a cure for constipation and related symptoms. It claims over forty diseases originate from constipation, promises permanent relief with regular use, and guarantees satisfaction or money back. The copy cites doctors' support and suggests two tablespoons daily with meals. Kellogg's All Bran is produced in Battle Creek, Michigan and sold nationwide.
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