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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1926
Page
8
Mr and Mrs Paul Gray of Des Moines return home after being called to attend the death of J W Gray, prompting their travel.
A roundup of residents visiting relatives and friends in nearby towns. Florence Owen returns to Brighton for the weekend. J. H. Bardsley visits Ames then details on poultry work. Dozens travel through Washington with family visits, from West Chester to Mason City, Excelsior Springs and Phoenix. A marriage license is issued to William Dale Rhoades and Dorothy Mary Cox in Wellman.
The Milonian Tableaux adapted from Paradise Lost comes to Eversons Hall on May 7 with afternoon and evening shows. Prices range from 10 to 50 cents with reserved seats, hailed by press and clergy as sublime. Other notes mention local church plans and a new Sanford livery stable venture, plus farm crops and county mood.
A lamp fell and exploded in Smouse's hardware store on Friday evening. Burning oil seeped through a floor hole into the cellar where a kerosene barrel lay. Arnold grabbed the barrel and moved it to smother the blaze using old coats and breeches. The incident left senior Smouse with a badly sprained ankle.
Father Burrell reports traveling to San Diego by coast with a boat carrying 15 tons of strawberries for the San Francisco market around May 1. The piece notes plant losses from cold breath and bugs locally. A Country Office mentions large print runs for posters and bills. A marriage between Nelson Hill and Pearl is noted with a musical serenade by local musicians.
Mr P Hostetter filed an information against Mr Hence proprietor of the European House for selling beer on last Sunday. The case before Squire Rex had witnesses who testified to drinking beer but no money changing hands. Hence was acquitted in a temperance district proceeding.
Six businessmen fished Thursday and bought beef steak in town for supper. The fish want no middlemen in theirs. A group of young U. P. friends fished Friday in a cold wet morning and wore flannel shirts and overcoats, as fish wouldn’t come out otherwise.
John Alex Young is promoted to Assistant Cashier of Washington National Bank. The Church of God building, the oldest U P, was sold at Reeves auction for 875 dollars to satisfy society claims. A H Wallace Dr Chilcote and Col Scofield bid it in. Absent ministers noted with various assignments and illnesses across Pittsburgh Philadelphia St Louis Indiana.
Mr and Mrs Harry Boice and daughter Elizabeth of Rock Springs Wyoming arrive from Cedar Rapids for an extended stay with J C Boice. Mr and Mrs James Daniels of West Chester spend the day in Washington hosted by Mr and Mrs George Tooman. Mrs B C Tracy returns to Brighton after a week visiting her mother Mrs W S Reister. Steve Jones of Crawfordsville spends a day in business while D C Reister attends a butter and egg convention in Des Moines. Sam White now based in Waterloo visits his wife and daughters at the Joseph Purvis home for the winter.
A prodigious crowd watched last Wednesday as a woman climbed a rope to the top of the tent. Seven wagon loads of people departed after the spectacle, signaling a strong finish to the performance.
Mrs I Rothschild arrived from Town City and will travel east to buy goods. Mr and Mrs Clyde Stoutner and daughter Helen and Mrs Frank Stoutner of Keota spent the day in Washington shopping. Mr and Mrs Harry Green of Keota returned home after shopping. Mr and Mrs R D Page went to West Chester to visit their daughter Mrs Dan Rohrer.
Milburn McKay traveled to Ainsworth to officiate a basketball game last evening, stepping onto the court as the referee for the matchup.
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