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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1931
Page
8
Local notes mark birthday wishes for Mrs Rudie Schmidt and Mrs Seth Waggoner two sisters. A distant cousin Mrs Will Shumann also celebrated her birthday today.
Too Late to Classify lists four or five good refrigerators ranging 50 to 100 lb in size from Iowa Southern Utilities Co. A separate notice seeks threshing work with experienced help and provides the contact number 765 Blue. 12713 k5-16.
Dr Mills Taylor of Philadelphia associate secretary of the Foreign Mission Board visits Washington this week to see his parents Mr and Mrs J M Taylor and Dr G W Hay and family. The ad notes orange lemonade soda fountain and a painting offer from Geo J McDaniel Druggist. Top hogs priced at 7 60. Weather forecast calls for mostly fair to light Tuesday.
Families return from Muscatine and Iowa City visits as local church events and a university trip are noted. The Red Cross seeks knitters to make socks for soldiers with September 1st target. four volunteers respond and more are asked to join. A funeral service for D A Boyer is announced with Menders of J G Whitepost to attend.
C. Mansfield reports A. Rinele made a hole in one on a 152-yard hole. Four days later his partner A. J. T. Davey sank a tee shot on a similar hole in the same foursome.
London reports A H Williams director of a major department store told merchandise buyers that an average woman spends about one sixth of her life shopping. The remark highlights consumer habits and retail focus in the period.
Mrs. Walter Smith left Washington county hospital by ambulance for home after April 19 injuries. Beulah Marie Harvey underwent appendicitis surgery at the same hospital. A list of visitors and residents came and went, with notes on shopping, travel, and local errands. Healthcare updates, social calls, and a public notice appear amid community sightings.
Miss Kate Hill, missionary from Sargodha Punjab India, spoke at the United Presbyterian church yesterday morning. She discussed Gandhi and poverty in India, urged keeping missionaries, and outlined plans for the upcoming Keokuk presbytery missionary convention with local women attending from several towns.
In Olympia Washington readers report a distress incident as the flag is seen flown inverted at a nearby mansion. Authorities have yet to confirm the motive or identify any suspects.
In Menominee Michigan Mrs Mary Briabon opened an antique pincushion and found 205 needles hidden in powdered straw. The assortment spans needle styles from the past century.
Berlin banks agreed to cap withdrawals to small sums to halt panics in Berlin and other cities including Cologne. The Berlin stock exchange suspended trading for two days as President Hindenburg issued an emergency decree to guarantee Darmstaedter bank deposits. A government proclamation urged calm and reassured depositors that assets would be protected and overseen by trustees.
Mr and Mrs Walter Harte and daughter Grace of Muscatine spent Sunday in Washington visiting Mrs Charles Brown and family. Merlen Lewis of Ottumwa visits Mort King home and Mrs Brown's aunt. Mrs Mead, en route to Kansas City, was operated on in Excelsior Springs hospital and remains hospitalized. Several Washington families camp this week on the Iowa river site used by Washington County Boy Scouts, with many named locals attending a Scout Family Picnic on July 5.
National mood improves as Hoover moratorium policy generates cautious optimism in wholesale and retail sectors. Cleveland and Philadelphia reports show muted gains, while Baltimore notes no clear sales uptick. Locally, Bradstreet cites general optimism. individuals Harold Brookhart and the Alcorns plan a two to three week eastern vacation with University of Iowa ties and medical clinics.
Auctioneer D C Macon of Washington Iowa lists residents and visitors at the H A Pickett home. Mrs Wilda Cole and Mr and Mrs Frank Harlan from Des Moines are guests along with Senator and Mrs Frank Beatty of Sigourney. Rita and Clella Pickett return home, with Rita newly hired as bookkeeper at Pease and Ross Garage.
Des Moines residents Mr and Mrs Pred Franklin and Elizabeth Franklin of Lenox Iowa spent the weekend at the Crosby home on East Washington Street. Elizabeth is sister of B F Crosby and is described as well and active despite being five years older than fifty. Dance Moose hall Thursday evening July 16.
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