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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1925
Page
8
Mr and Mrs Glover Perrett returned from a visit with relatives in Tennessee. They were joined home by Mrs Ferrells sister Miss Emma Ferrell who will attend school at Dysart Iowa next year. Dons and Kelly Springfields too. The Triangle $216 held.
Mrs J D Crozier and Mrs Harold Guyer and daughter Mardel le of Waterloo Iowa have left Washington after visiting at the Howard Crozier home. Roy Busby of Iowa City is in town on business. Miss Clarence Rathmell of Haskins shops in Washington. Mrs Cady and daughter Mrs Homer Rotzineer of Brighton visit friends in Washington. Mr and Mrs J M Wilson and Miss Nellie Wilson and Miss Beth Klein spent a day in Cedar Rapids on business and pleasure. Mr and Mrs Joseph Hines near Washington are new baby Donald Martin parents. Miss Louise Allen of Richland had tonsil operation at County Hospital. Walter Meek arrives from Detroit for visit with Meek family. Elliot Lynn, former Washington resident, named City Passenger agent for the C B & Q railway in Minneapolis. new Q office opened there. Lynn, a graduate of local high school and former carrier.
J B Crail remains home illness. Blaine Holmes advertises Ford battery sales on Gasoline Alley. Miss Helen Smylie visits Crawfordville and chautauqua. Mrs J S Mathers shops in Washington. Miss Bessie Swift returns to Chicago after visiting her father A B Swift. D F Macon auctioneer, Washington IA, advertises. Mrs Cora Wright F Partlett leaves for Washington PA via Chicago. Mrs Richard Donaldson travels to Rock Island, then Kansas City. funeral illness of Mrs William Edgington cited. Merlin Stewart recovering to move home. Karl Pauls has tonsils removed. Miss Winifred Conner assists Hartman Ice Cream. Charles Magnuson family travel to Centerville. Wellman visit ends.
Dr and Mrs S Bateman with Miss Beljel and Mrs J C McKay plan a car trip to St Louis for a few days. Hugh and Mrs McCleery return from northern Minnesota with Dr and Mrs I ward Hamilton after two weeks to Washington via Omaha. J F E Strittler opens Strickler Barber Shop on North Iowa Avenue. Ethel Laughead recovers from appendectomy and dines home soon. Gladiola beds of W S Green on South Third Avenue attract admiration.
Store notes nearly all rugs in the West window are Axminster quality with several good patterns visible. The assortment includes diverse patterns that may suit customers seeking durable, attractive floor coverings.
The brief notes top hog price at five cents per unit and mentions generally fair weather conditions for the period.
A young lad urged to start saving while young, opening a savings account and becoming a regular depositor. His disciplined thrift is portrayed as a positive example for other youths, showing that steady deposits build ahead.
Washington National offers banking services under the banner The Only National Bank in Washington County. Community advertising highlights checking accounts loans and savings options with local branch presence and customer promotions.
Wayne Knight remains homebound with an infected knee that started as a pimple and developed into a boil but is now improving. Miss Ella Warren takes a vacation from duties at the J Rothschild store.
A million dollar blaze raged through the Gladstone Linwood area in Detroit, starting in a basement of a near completion apartment building. By 2 30 P M seven buildings, five of them apartments, were afire and 260 families had to flee. Fire officials blamed children playing with a pace line for the incident.
A four year old, weak from illness, rests against his mother and says he feels like a broken toy. The child expresses fatigue and weariness in this poignant moment.
Broadway tale Miss Bluebeard presented by Fox Theatre features Bebe Daniels as Colette Girard with Robert Frazer and Raymond Griffith in supporting roles. Frank Tuttle directs the Paramount version with Townsend Martin screenplay. The plot centers on Colette who ends up with two husbands after a mix up with a composer and a lookalike.
Sir Ernest Bain reports from Canada and the United States that universities oversea push sport heavily. He cites a butcher enrolled for football skill as an example and notes powerful alumni influence in American universities interfering with teaching.
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