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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1925
Page
10
The note mentions a S hour service at the Williard Service Station and a Washington Motor Company battery offer for Ford cars. It records Anna Adama and Mildred Schrader returning to Harper after attending a dance and P. G. Widmer traveling to Burlington for business.
Miss Marguerite Springman and Doris McNeil traveled to Des Moines this morning to take the state board examinations for registered nurses. H. S. Busby also reported as a business passenger to Davenport earlier today.
Miss Edna Maurine Mayhew improves from a serious tonsillitis. Mrs. J. S. Atkinson visits Emmetsburg and accompanies Mrs. Kilgore to Ainsworth. Mrs. James Holub visits Frank Morgan home then returns to London Mills Illinois. John A. Sharpe of Bayard Iowa visiting W. Co. Chester Dubois from Great Lakes Naval Training Station tours relatives and seeks assignment on the Oklahoma. Ward Johnson is aboard ship. Chester has served well at the station. Ford battery promotion listed at 16.56 dollars.
Mrs. Omer Beshart and her son Hilly of Wayland visit sister Mrs. Carl Hed ges and Mrs. Will Jones. Walter Peterson was a business visitor in Keosauqua. Mr. and Mrs. Alex Stephen traveled from Keota to see their son Homer.
Donald Anderson leaves for Chicago after visiting Mrs. T. L. Brookhart. Dr. W. W. Powers travels to Oskaloosa for business. Mrs. John Chesebro visits Columbus Junction. John Deere Harrow sells for seventy six dollars in sale led by George W. Stewart. Florence Christner and Bertha Hauenstein of Wayland enroll in Snow's College dressmaking course.
A local music retailer advertises Brunswick records with many popular songs including Inard Nick Lucas guitar and vocal performances. It highlights titles like My Best Girl and Dream of Dreams available on Brunswick records.
Cloudy tonight and unsettled conditions continue with a warmer trend expected tomorrow. The market notes a bid for hogs with prices in cents per hundredweight and related top bids reflected in the latest rural market updates.
W. J. Keifer is a business visitor in Davenport today. D. F. Macon, auctioneer, Washington Iowa, phone 261 Red 289 1y reed. Chas W. Davis returns from Ames where he attended the short course for cleaners and dyers with a 150-man audience. Practical demonstrations and new methods discussed. Second Hand Planter Sulky and Moline Gang for sale cheap. Geo W Stewart 20612 piano tuner WH Stephens phone 180.
Theodore and Maur ice Meyer hosted a farewell gathering for local youth and high school friends before moving northeast of Washington. Ralph Unthank Marion Stransky Milford and Kenneth Anderson attended with Marjorie Green and Bertha Klopfenstein providing games and music. Refreshments were served by the hosts' parents.
Will Neal of Burlington visits Crawfordsville. Dr. H L Gingery welcomes a son born at Washington County Hospital. Wayland High faced Crawfordsville in boys and girls basketball with girls winning 12 9 and boys 16 12. Mr. and Mrs. Gormly visit and a minor car mishap occurs near their home. Funeral attendees honor Henry Witting at Eicher church.
Letters of recommendation from Anamosa educators and officials praise J H Peet for turning around a demoralized district He is described as conscientious energetic and well balanced with strong executive ability Community leaders note his moral character reliability and active community involvement as a superintendent candidate for Washington schools.
A correspondent urges support for Prof J H Peet as superintendent, praising his work in renovating and improving the local school. The writer notes Peet’s energy, forcefulness, and hard work and expresses reluctance to see him leave the community.
Los Angeles reports Mrs William Gibba McAdoo Jr wife of the late banker and treasury secretary will start a chintz shop in her Los Angeles home next work. The item traces a social note amid other briefs from Washington and New York on government economy moves and upcoming cultural discussions.
The Remans built four roads in Britain that remain in use. Watling Street runs from Kent to Cardigan Bay, Ikealid Street from Saint Davida to Plymouth, Fosseway from Cornwall to Lincoln, and Levin Street from Saint Davids to Saint Hampton.
A fragmented verse notes a call to ambition among peers, singling out a preferred role as Ora Man rather than a second place among Keene-ewe influenced figures.
Miss Rosella Wilson of Iowa City is taking a course in tre samari ne at Snow's College.
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