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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1922
Page
5
Notes from a rural page recount community life in Washington County. Entries include visits, births, farm auctions, ice harvest, and local musings on wages, times, and transportation with reflections on notable neighbors and farm events.
Edison records provide sweet instrumental pieces including Memories of Home and Wonderland of Dreams in Maple Grove. The piece also recalls Evening Journal readers and a social gathering at Raymond Hastings home with neighbors, plus an ice-harvesting scene on the Iowa River and local activity in Iowa City.
Pleasant Hill residents report Mrs B F Miller's weekend with relatives in Washington. Mr and Mrs Tom Randall of Washington visited Roy Randall. Mr and Mrs Roy Kephart and children visited Cal Beem blossoms. Mrs Ben Miller and Mrs Will Miller spent Monday evening with.
In Clay Jan 25 a sick spell for Mrs Andy On walt. Rubio church meetings continue. Jas Blakely and wife and infant visited Lloyd Krakaw home. Belle Waterhouse returned from Ottumwa and Pelknap visits. Mrs Claude Hinshaw death reported in Ft Morgan Cole. A Woodford gathering drew about 75 people. A farmers cooperative was formed with 20 families. officers: Laban Johnson president, Max Waterhouse vice president, Warren Morgan secretary treasurer, C E Wolcott and A Laird Woodford directors. oysters served after business.
An advertisement claims life improved after using Mayr's Wonderful Remedy. It asserts the product clears catarrhal mucus from the intestinal tract and reduces inflammation causing stomach and intestinal ailments. One dose supposedly proves its value with a money back guarantee at Lemmon's Pharmacy and leading druggists.
The association plans to meet the first Tuesday evening each month at the school house. Mrs. A J Morgan helped install officers at Rebeka lodge in Keswick in a joint ceremony performed by A M Rickard and the Keota Odd Fellows. G A Stannard is seriously ill at home, with Mrs Jay nursing him. The Clay Township Farm Bureau attracted a large crowd to Clay church for a Wednesday meeting, featuring many women attendees. County agent spoke on under way work while C O Dayton discussed tax levy. Warren the poultry specialist from Ames will visit Friday to set up more cooperative poultry record farms.
Quoted exchanges reveal playful mishearing and cross talk as characters tease about a Rolls Royer and a gro shery wagon. The banter shifts to a shared joke about looking in the same place and a neighbor noting he saw an advertisement.
The piece urges heed to digestive warning signs and links stomach issues to broader illnesses. It promotes Tanlac as the safest quickest remedy and notes Washington sales by Sherman Brothers, The Pioneer Drug Store, and other druggists.
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