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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 29, 1927

Page

3

Kensington Club and Sunshine Society Gather for Socials

The Kensington club met at Mrs. B. R. Richards in Ainsworth with ten members and a one course luncheon. Recitals at Miss Carolyn Hamilton’s studio featured a large program. social events continued with the Loyal Builders class at the First United Presbyterian church and Sunshine community club gatherings including a John Koch sale and a fare well party for departing neighbors.

Elizabeth Irwin First United Presbyterian Church Neil Trotman D. H. McLaughlin Jay Brewer J. Reade McCrory

Community notices from local clubs and societies

Announcements for the Women's Auxiliary at the Co hospital the Fortnightly club Literature department Py thian Sisters Pilotsburg Ladies Aid St James P T A West Chester W G C T A Pleasant Plains Missionary Society Pleasant Hill Ladies Aid Walnut Women's club A A with meet Royal neighbors regular meeting all detailing dates times and locations for upcoming gatherings and dues for members across multiple groups.

Women and club notices for February meetings

Woman’s club meets at 6 15 PM in the Community room of the Y on Wednesday February 2. Baptist Kensington of West Chester hosts a Wednesday afternoon gathering inviting all ladies. Daughters of the Union Veterans hold a luncheon Tuesday at 1 PM at Mrs C W McLanchlin’s home. Red Brick district women gather Wednesday February 2 at 1 PM with a materials list. Art department’s afternoon section meets Tuesday at the library to study English artists under Mrs Knight and Mrs Dewey. Linger Longer club plans an all day meeting at Mrs PD Booth’s home Thursday February 3 bring sandwiches and a dish to pass.

Ladies Aid Society Ainsworth Methodist Church Minnie Jackson Jackson Frances McCoy Baptist Kensington West Chester Lucy Leet Mabel Plummer Union Veterans of the C. W. McLanchlin Council Red Brick Leslie Gates Knight Dewey Linger Longer PD. Booth

Honored Cairo native Cloyce Huston at Crawfordsville reception

In Crawfordsville Indiana on January 29 the Ladies Aid and the Woman's Missionary Society hosted a church reception for Cloyce K Huston of Cairo Egypt who was visiting his parents Mr and Mrs J Huston The event drew about one hundred attendees and featured remarks by Rev W G Barr apart from musical interludes and a talk by Huston describing Africa Egypt Cairo and a Sudan hunting trip The gathering concluded with traffle and wafers and guests included Hope Huston and others from nearby towns.

Crawfordsville Ladies Aid Woman's Missionary Society of the Methodist Church Cloyce K. Huston Cairo Egypt J. (. Huston R. C. Wells Marion Huston Haze Welch W. G. Barr Barr Doris Fletcher Emma Millson Gujaranwala India Claycee E. W. Griffith Presbyterian Church Robert Williams Cloyce Africa Soudan Huber George Yeager Hope Huston Grimne Tipton Essa Lois Harper Emma Fox Mt. Pleasant

Ten Men Injured In Mine Explosion In Morgantown

Ten men were injured, four seriously, in a blast at the Collinsville by-products mine number 1 in Morgantown West Virginia today. This followed another accident within fourteen hours and is linked to a recent fire that killed miner Harry Shelton.

Morgantown W. Va Collinsville Harry Shelton

Nebraska Bank Guaranty Fund Powers Growth and Security

Lincoln January 29 1927 Nebraska state bankers say the depositors guaranty fund has paid 30 936 419 93 to depositors in failed banks while protecting every penny. Since 1923 the fund has reduced liquidation costs and kept depositors whole, with 44 banks under commission management today.

Lincoln Nebr Nebraska Guaranty Fund van FE. Peterson Guaranty Fund Commission Peterson State Department of Trade and Ecommerce Loing Commission Iowa Missouri California Texas Arizona New Mexico Kansas Colorado

Weather outlook brings cloudy skies across central plains

The forecast covers January 1 to February 5 for the Upper Mississippi valley, the Missouri valleys, and the northern and central plains. Expect mostly cloudy skies with periods of precipitation, fluctuating temperatures, a cold start, warming midweek, and another cold snap toward week’s end.

Mississippi Missouri Valleys Great Plains

May pin a second murder on Coffey

Coffey, in Platteville Wisconsin, is targeted again as Sheriff Lyall Wright aims to determine responsibility for a second murder. Coffey helped officers uncover the dismembered body of his wife buried nearby, and he offered a cryptic reply when asked about a prior killing.

Platteville Wis Lyall Wright William N. Coffey Coffey

Train Hits Truck at Omaha Crossing Kills Two Men

At Missouri Avenue crossing in Omaha Nebraska a Kansas City express struck a truck carrying two men at noon today. J H Philpot 30 of Weeping Water Nebraska identified by paper at the scene. the other man remained unnamed. The truck with Nebraska license 20 106 was hurled fifteen feet by the impact.

Omaha Nebr Kansas

Co op Marketing Strides in Midwest Livestock Trade

DES MOINES Jan 29 Cooperative marketing of livestock by Iowa and Midwest farmers reached the largest total in history, per a report by Charles R B Hearst president of the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation and Knute Espe secretary of the Iowa cooperative livestock shippers The findings are based on shipments figures released at the Chicago producers annual meeting Hearst notes the Chicago Producers Cooperative Commission Association has shown the larger receipts and sales on the Chicago market for an extended period.

Des “Moines Iowa Midwest Charles RB. Hearst Iowa Farm Bureau Federation Knute Espe Iowa Cooperative Livestock Shippers Heart Chicago Hearst Chicago Producers Cooperative Commission

Ray Fesler Remembered in Local Notices of Career Moves

Ray Fesler, formerly at McNamara furniture, played baseball for a Washington team twenty years ago and is remembered by locals. He started in the furniture trade after leaving Washington, sold his business at Marengo last year, and moved to the S. Brewer home yesterday where he is settling in well.

Ray Fesler McNamara Furniture Washington Marengo

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Kensington Club B. R. Richards Ainsworth Carolyn Hamilton Clarke Brother Clarke E Wonderful Garden of Dreams Forster Adams Dythane Wonderful Wonderland Pillow-town Elliott B Phillips Barton Maxon-Marks Margaret Livingston Benee Wood Ind Wood Catharine McConaughey Ssther McCreedy Kjerull Bond Mary McConaughey Clutsam Helen Harvey Sunshine Community Club John Koch Ruth Schneider Bess Witting Gertrude Darbyshire Mae Randall Spencer Reubsam Neubsam Sunshine Mradock Pye Washinton Don Wylie Charles Wolfe Peter Avetite Sir John Koehler Arthur Reubsam Tye The R. L. McGugin Carl Roberts East Washington Street Carl Sehneider Kings Sons and Daughters Pleasant Hill Carl Schneider Howard Witting Co. Hospital W. A. Gibbon Treas Anna Dawson Pythian Sisters Pilotsburg Ladies Aid Society Clara Fisher St. James P. T. A Daniels Sprague Pleasant Plains Missionary Society George Reed Pleasant Hill Ladies Aid Will Stafford Walter Gardner Will Miller Fred Telford Walnut Women's Club Mrs Ralph Charpenine Neet W. A. Cook Hoyal Imen Hall Thesday Evenue B. and East Anglian Institute of Agriculture David Tempe Keota S. Brewer Evening Journal Journal the Evening Journal Washington County
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