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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1927
Page
2
Hog receipts 30,000 unevenl y lower with most lean hogs 8.50 to 10.80. Cattle receipts 7,000 with fed steers and yearlings steady to 25c higher, vealers 12.00 to 13.60. Sheep receipts 13,000 with fat lambs active and 13.50 to 14.15 for early sales. Slaughter cattle and calves and feeder stock described with price ranges across weights and grades.
Round of Sunday visits and community events across Washington Route Six area including Finch Cress and Lyle families in Cedar Rapids Keota and Mt. Pleasant. Guests shared meals, haywork, and a birthday party at Teets home. Prairie Flower church programs and Mission Circle meetings highlighted the week.
Eureka correspondent reports Mr and Mrs George Tooman of Washington visiting Mrs Amanda Potratz and Sam Potratz at Eureka. Joe Wolfer injured by a horse last Thursday will be laid up. Road crews work this week assisted by Curtis of Grinnell representing Adams and Company wheel graders. Mrs H A Hopping of Washington spent weekend with the Beenblossoms. Wellman schools superintendent in town vacationing and selling the Des Moines Daily Register. Jean Essley celebrated her 6th birthday with neighbors and cake ice cream and candy. Everett Taylor and children from Fairfield visited Joe Piper home. Lloyd Hill and daughter Ruth from Palo Alto County visited. Mrs White side of Kirksville Mo visiting at Piper home. Reverend Minear's sister could not attend Sunday but will lead morning service on the 31st.
July 21 entries describe visitors and residents in town, car trades, and a funeral aftermath. Dr. Tom Downing’s associate memories, Andy Brinning’s horse injury, and hospital work with Chris Hornung surround high school renovation progress led by Harrison Dodder. Community life spans shop talk, painting crews, and home sales.
Last spring we wondered if it would rain again and now we ask if it will rain. We will have a crop as long as the sun rises in the east and sets in the west. The country’s main issues are gasoline and hooch. Use the automobile for business and reduce unnecessary driving to ease concerns at home. We have the greatest country. A 14 year old said he wants a Ford roadster but farms and homes will outlast it. We need less preaching and more action.
Mrs. Chas. Schiebel shipped hogs from Titus Sunday. Dr. Downing has died recently and the family receives neighborhood sympathy. He was in the area not long before. Little news as farmers remain busy with harvest work.
Mr and Mrs Matt Wehr and their children spent Tuesday evening with Jim Pulver Miss Theresa Boyer from West Chester visited Frank Smith on Monday evening
Harmony area residents report callers at multiple homes including Mr and Mrs Chas Schiebel and son Richard at Russell Kendricks Brighton and Abbie Evans of Des Moines visiting Chas Longer. Harvest help and painting work noted, with several Longers, Longer relatives, and neighbors visiting or assisting at various homes.
Mrs. J M Pulver reports a Sunday of visits as Mr and Mrs John Wehr and children call on Henry Trier in Keota while Marion Smith cuts oats for Curtis Snyder. Families from nearby areas join gatherings at several homes including the Jon Robertson and Mrs Ralph Springer households and Matt Wehr's.
West Chester notes a July 22 celebration with the Keota band ice cream and cake. The letter praises Hewitt’s electricity wired store and cream room, mentions Hoover Porter and Schander stores, and laments traffic near Statler’s corner after an accident on Route 2 with reckless driving cited.
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