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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jul 09, 1927

Page

6

Local notices mix business, travel, and visits in town

Practical McCormick Deering gas engine advertised at Scott and Hardin North Side Furniture. Dorothy Anderson of Ft Madison visits Ferne Duncan. Senator Smith Brookhart and family plan a Minnesota trip for farm conference then Washington, D.C. Various residents motor, visit, and travel references follow with minor local commerce and tire sale at Studebaker Garage.

McCormick Deering Scott & Hardin North Side

Local Notices and Visits Across Iowa and Missouri

Local items report travel visits and family celebrations across Iowa and Missouri. Mrs. John Wood and Mrs. I. Smith depart for Monroe City Missouri for a week to celebrate a ninety year old birthday with relatives and friends. Additional notes cover visits from Mrs. E Davis of Rock Island to Winfield and from Miss Greta Sandeman to Creston Iowa.

John Wood I. Smith Monroe City Missouri Mrs. Wood Greta Sandeman Lucy Bens Isabelle Davis Creston Iowa

Hail storms, crops, and a music benefit at West Chester

Keota suffers hail damage while farmers report mixed corn prospects and Keokuk county votes on good roads. Rev Gray and family visit Missouri. A benefit concert by Louis Fink and Daryl Dayton at West Chester Methodist Church benefits Epworth League. Local land sales continue amid optimistic outlook.

West Chester Keota Rev. Gray Missouri Gray Louis A. Fink Daryl D. Dayton Oberlin Conservatory of Music Oberlin Iowa Epworth League Washington Mr. Temples Keokuk County Mr. Fink D. R. Munro

Titus Community News Recap and Family Visits

Mrs Tom Carris notes a July meeting of the Linger Sonser club in Titus with Mrs John Hindahl. Guests include Mrs James Marsh of Washington and Mrs J B Frasher of Cedar Rapids. August 3 gathering planned with Mrs Dawson and Ezra Seeley family. Family visits and a large Ward reunion near Brighton marked by many locals and out-of-town guests.

Dawson Ezra Seeley Cedar Rapids Wayne Houck Tom Carris Winifred J. E. Lemley Armstrong and Helmick Brighton James Marsh Washington J. B. Thrasher Dale Atkinson Rodney Davis Wellman Ward Joe Myers Bertha Ward Danville Perry Myers Newton George Hayes Chas. Atkinson Dale Titus

Community notes from Route Six July gathering

Mr and Mrs Sam Munson enjoyed a Muscatine visit with praise for a three week C V B S exhibit. Rev C E Hamilton traveled to Farson and was joined home by his mother and sister visiting for several days. The Rooster club met with about thirty guests as Mrs Munson hosted a patriotic afternoon with flags flowers ice cream cake mint sticks and festive decor.

Washington Sam Munson Muscatine BE. Hamilton Farson Hamilton Fred Bartholomew Geo I. L. Smith Mildred Benson Sam McKee A. J. Unthank Palmer Lorey Lyle Ruth Lyle Near Keota

Mebbe King Ben's Trial Prompts Whiskers Note

A playful line ponders what ABE MARTIN might do with whiskers in bed as rain falls on friendship. The chatter mentions Mr. and Mrs. Lile Spar who split up yesterday in St. Joseph Michigan.

Ben St. Joseph, Mich Lile Spar

Community event praised and future plans hinted

A large crowd enjoyed the affair with much credit to Charley Strohm for organizing it. Jim Combs is spreading limestone this week. Miss Esther Booth visited friends in Am2s for several days. Miss Letha Moore returned to her studies at Albia after a weekend with her parents.

Charley Strohm Jim Combs Esther Booth Am2s Letha Moore Albia

Ainsworth Residents Entertained and Visitors Head East

Mrs. E W Spessard hosts a gathering at the Ainsworth area with John Erickson of Burlington visiting her parents Mr and Mrs A E Sands. Several families from Cedar Falls Washington Crawfordsville long City and other towns attended. Spessards plan a six to seven week trip to Maryland visiting relatives before returning. Charles and Stanley McConnell return from Marshalltown after a several day visit with Floyd Hamil and others lingering in the area.

E. Davis Rock Island William Powell Winfield Mrs Floyd Hamil

Farmers Cooperative ships hogs and lambs to Chicago market

A Rubio based Farmers Cooperative live stock shipping association led by L J Walton sent a carload of hogs and a double deck of lambs to Chicago, sold by Farmers Union Live Stock Commission. Hogs were owned by Frank Greiner Nick Heisdorfer L H Dyarman Clarence Reichart and Lester Harmon. Lambs and sheep owned by M L Hammer L H Johnson Homer Parcell J G Henry G D Heming Don Gowey Donald Adrian Willard Stalker Matt Dumont Jake Keifer August Adrian Earl Morgan Erwin Henry W M Rodlinger Walter Conrad John Rodlinger J P Rodlinger Peter Adrian. This marked one of the first lamb shipments from Washington county and sold well despite lower lamb prices.

Farmers Cooperative Livestock Shipping Association Rubio L. J. Walton Chicago Farmers Union Live Stock Commission Iowa Frank Greiner Nick Heisdorfer L. H. Dyarman Clarence Reichart Lester Harmon M. L. Hammer L. H. Johnson Homer Parcell J. G. Henry G. D. Heming Don Gowey Donald Adrian Willard Stalker Matt Dumont Jake Keifer August Adrian Earl Morgan Erwin Henry W. M. Rodlinger Walter Conrad John Rodlinger J. P. Rodlinger Peter Adrian Washington County

Vermont joins the Union 150 years ago and gates open

The article notes Vermont becoming the 14th state as part of the original colonies and highlights its vote against slavery. It then promotes Arch Preserver Shoes for women, claiming comfort relief and walking pleasure, plus a 20 percent sale on ladies light colored trimmed oxfords from A BATCHISON Florsheims Arch Preservers Ladies Hosiery.

Vermont United States

Sartor Family Returns From Missouri Vacation

Dr and Mrs M H Sartor and children return from four weeks away visiting Columbia and Macon Missouri. Mr Sartor joined them for a week and they visited Mrs Sartor’s mother and Mr Sartor’s mother. Also notes a Dallas City Illinois guest and Stella Palmer's travel update in Pierre South Dakota with a governor introduction.

M. H. Sartor Columbia Macon

Classified Ad Promises Good Used Car Listings

Notice fragment notes a used car ad in the classifieds and mentions Stude Baker Garage and a contact address. It also reports the death of Henrietta McGugin three and a half weeks old daughter of Mr and Mrs H D McGugin of Wellman, who died after a brief illness in Iowa City with burial in Wellman. Katherine Mauthe plans a Alaska vacation starting Monday, visiting relatives, leaving for Vancouver then sailing July 18.

Henrietta McGugin H. D. MecGugin Wellman Iowa City Katherine Mauthe Alaska Vancouer Wil Ivan Rehmel

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