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Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 26, 1925

Page

6

Winter social rounds fill Karelin neighborhood with events

A busy social week in Karelin neighborhood features a Friday party at Mr. and Mrs. Louis Fetes with music games and refreshments. Saturday saw Mrs Jennie Gardner and Mr Will McGuire wed at the Meth­odist parsonage and depart for Kansas. A rug making class led by Mrs B C Briley drew twenty two members. Thursday marked the twenty third wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs Will Sickles with a six o'clock dinner and a silver tray gift. A radio party at Milton Ross’s home featured games and a business meeting establishing committees for the year. A birthday dinner honored Mrs Clark Wancher at 292 West Monroe. Mr and Mrs Knight Weener celebrated their golden wedding at 112% South Iowa avenue with a four course chicken dinner and music by family members.

Louis Fétes Karelin Néich Porhood J. J. Benda Roy Davison Lester Wagner Fetes West Washington St Bowers Jenni E Gardner Will McGuire Kansas Washington McGuire Roy Means Mr. McGuire Gladwin Will Sickles Re: Bunts West Chester Milton Ross Milton Mra Anna Ross Knight Weener South Iowa Avenue Wiy

Local Club and Society Meeting Notices Digest

A column of community notices lists regular meetings for K C on Tuesday January 27. Taylo School District ladies January 28. Fort nightly Art Department Tuesday 2 30 with Mrs Wilson. Young Womans Missionary Societies at churches. Sunshine Community Club Wednesday. American Legion Auxiliary Tuesday January 27. Westminster Guild Monday 7 15. various clubs including Royal Neighbors Rebekah Ladies Aid and others with times and hosts. The notices urge attendance and specify hosts officers and locations.

Art Department Frank Wilson American Legion Auxiliary Legion Club Bertha M. Guther Ladies Aid Society of the Christian Church

Thirteen Bills In Iowa House in Early Session

Thirteen bills were introduced in the Iowa house during the first two weeks of the forty first general assembly and nearly twice as many in the senate. Highlights include a long and short haul bill for identical railroad rates between cities, a bootlegger’s blue book bill for cross county convictions, and several measures on education wildlife water works taxes and civic governance.

Des Moines Iowa House of Representatives Senate General Assembly Hammill Matthews Matthew Hill Iowa Bureau of Identification Diltz Polk County

Schools to teach caring for birds and animals in Iowa

A bill in the Iowa General Assembly proposes a weekly half hour in public schools on care of birds and animals. Rep Diltz of Polk county says nature studies cultivate love of nature in youth, though adults may not adopt it easily. The measure directs teachers to select stories or have students recount personal experiences related to birds and animals. Other notices mention an Earlom conferral on Herbert Asquith, riots in Manila affecting residents, and obituaries of Lord Claude Hamilton and James Mackenzie, with Alaska fox shipments to France for breeding.

Des Moines General Assembly Diliz Polk County Diltz Dilt Bil

Traveling Library May Soon Be Thing of the Past in State

Iowa may shut down its traveling library service as budget and salary gaps force resignations. Officials say two of four librarians have left or will leave soon, with vacancies hard to fill. The program lent books to small towns and rural areas, serving thousands of readers in 1924.

Des Moines Iowa State Library Association House Senate Appropriations

Statue of Justice Gifted by United States Placed at Peace Palace

A statue of Justice donated by the U.S. government was installed under the dome over the grand staircase at the Peace Palace in The Hague. The sculpture, by Andrew O Connor of Paxton Massachusetts, will be formally presented soon by Richard M Tobin the American minister to the Netherlands.

U.S Peace Palace Hague Justice United States Andrew O'Connor Paxton Mass Richard M. Tobin Netherlands

Packers Case Dismissed On Hog Market Complaint

Secretary Gore dismissed a complaint by the Packers and Stockyards Administration against Armour and Company Swift and Company and North American Provisions Company charging discrimination in buying hogs on the Chicago market.

Packers Washington

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