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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1920
Page
8
Mr and Mrs Ralph Nicholson of Cone visited Washington yesterday. Mrs Katherine Nelson returned home at Iowa City after visiting her brother Fred Anderson.
Major and Mrs. Sneath in charge at 101% N Marion Ave conduct jail hospital and street visits and church work. They operate a mission and visiting the sick. Mrs Wilson D. Martin returns home from Rochester Minnesota after ten days with Mr J D Bowrie of Butler Pennsylvania.
Local brief items list residents traveling from Washington Iowa to Chicago Omaha and Cleveland for visits and vacations. Mrs A T Brown returned from St Paul, Mrs George Dempsey homeward from Davenport, Mrs Edward Swift from Knoxville, Misses Mamie Klee and Ruth Jockers en route to Keota, Edith Van Fleet and Mildred Green returning to Omaha. Beverly Motor Co. offers a Model 83 Overland. Dodge sedan promotion. Journal corrects error about Mrs Mel Anderson’s hospital admission.
The column lists numerous town residents visiting relatives in Chicago Muscatine Davenport and Abingdon along with travelers to Haskins Marshalltown Abingdon and Milwaukee It notes rug sales at Crail s with Whittall Wilton imports and silk hosiery prices and mentions a cavalry enlistment and an auction Hoover electric sweeper at the Payne sale in South Ave B
University of Iowa coach Howard H. Jones urges players to watch the ball and keep their head in the game to excel in football and other sports. He cites Bob Kaufman, guard, as a prime example of following the ball, recovering four Ames fumbles and intercepting four passes in a key victory. Kaufman, Davenport product, stars for Iowa with two more years remaining.
Taxi and baggage service listed with day and night phone numbers. Fox and Dewey for shoes. Call J. Skipton for taxi service with phone provided. Miss Mary Rogal visits East Pleasant Plain this morning. Crail's rugs advertised. Mrs. Howard Sitler visits friend in Numa. Alex DeBord lists city property. L. C. Jones of Chicago a guest at J. R. Maxwell home on East Main Street. All members of the
July 17 near Durham North Carolina John King a farmer found two cows in a stupor in his pasture A veterinarian declared them beastly drunk A search uncovered a large moonshine still hidden in the pasture where the cows had eaten mash.
The census bureau released updated 1920 population figures. Ames Iowa reports 6270 residents, up 2047 or 48.5 percent. Other noted changes include Council Bluffs and Honolulu with sizable increases, and Newark and Quincy adjustments after duplication errors.
Davenport veterans who served in World War I show strong enlistment in Battery B First Iowa Field Artillery. Four officers and 120 enlisted men were mustered into federal service. officers all served in the war and two were overseas. Enlistees include 27 percent with prior military service and 23 percent who served in France.
Mrs J EB Harvey of Wellston came last evening to visit at the home of Mrs Robert Barnett. The brief call reflected social greetings common to the community.
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