Lightning Splinters Timber in Building on Fair Grounds
A 4 by 24 inch timber in the amphitheater at the fair grounds was splintered the full length by lightning. Mrs. W. H. Dean visits Chicago. Drilling at Roy C. Smith farm oil well north of town reaches 1100 feet. Firemen plan an annual fish fry at Wagner timber north of Fredonia. Louisa county Four H club camp set for July 22 and 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Butler
Columbus Junction
Fair Grounds
W. H. Dean
Merle
Lieberknecht
Chicago
W. A. Norris
Royce Johnston
Missouri
Kansas
Alonzo J. Lewis
Rock Valley
Joe Lewis
Roy C. Smith
Wagner Timber
Fredonia
Louisa County
Journal Sale Date Column Midway Sale Co
Community Bale every Friday. Patterson sale at 717 Weet Main St on July 29. Miss Dora Durst offers sale of house goods at 720 North Marign. Columbus Junction venue set for weekly Wednesday events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midway Sale Co
Columbus Junction
Patterson Sale
Weet Main St
Dora Durst
North Marign
REISTER'S MARKETS Prices and Poultry Purchasing Notice
REISTER'S MARKETS lists prices for cream eggs and sour cream along with a poultry buyback policy. It specifies Brown Eyes and White Eggs, delivers to plant, and notes culls and rejected poultry. The notice emphasizes payment by weight for delivered poultry and outlines quality exclusions for misshapen or extremely thin birds.
Community Picnic and Activities At Meyerholz Lake
About 70 boys are expected to attend a weekend gathering at Meyerholz lake with entertainment including a kitten event, ball tournament, swimming, fishing, boxing, movies, hikes and more. Parents are invited to a big picnic dinner at noon Sunday. Keith Robertson, assistant cashier, is noted on vacation. Albert and Mrs. Toms visit the Toms family in Mingo and nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meyerholz Lake
Keith Robertson
State Bank
Albert Toms
Mingo
W. E. Toms
Rubio Town News Death and Local Happenings
Arthur Pepper dies suddenly in Rubio Town on Friday night. Funeral services held at Clay on Monday with pallbearers named. Nearby residents and visitors listed in brief social notes including visits, quilting club, and relatives from Cedatee, Mt Pleasant, Columbus, and Brighton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Lambert
Rubio Town
Arthur Pepper
Clay
Cliff Morgan
Fred Thompson
Fred
Oliver Leppert
Raymond
Alfred Steinbeck
Fred Williamazen
Cedatee
W. Irland
Nancie Dickinson
Omer
J. J Fieig
Floyd Kime
Jester van Dyke
Pete Rudolph
Lois
Lancaster
Ida Studelph
Fred Leppert
Lucy Jones
Mt. Pleasant
Mattie Barnes
Morgan
Miss Barnes
Brighton
Miss Barne
Columbus
Kansas
Tie Gang
Richland
Quilting Club
Jennie Hawthorn
Leona Carriker
Washington Ivr
Pete Lawrence Bend
Jonne Cook
Lloyd Dean Lance to Visit Robertson Home
Gracehill July 22 Mr and Mrs Lloyd Robertson of Des Moines visited Sunday afternoon at the Asahel Robertson home They took Lloyd Dean Lance home for a week Attending were Mr and Mrs A J Robertson and son Marion and Mrs Cec tile Lance and son Lloyd Dean Also funeral attendance for Mrs Will Lance at Wayland and visits by Pearl Tresslar with relatives to Washington and other Sunday gatherings around Gracehill and Sunset park with varied family guests and trips to Titanka and parental homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graceb Hill
Lloyd Robertson
Des Moines
Asahel Robertson
Lloyd Dean Lance
A. J. Robertson
Marion
Cectile Lance
Lloyd Dean
Will Lance
Wayland
Pearl Tresslar
Tom Bunnell
Washington
Fred Garrett
Dmle Robertson
A. J Robertson
Charlotte Ann
Frank Janecek
Lester Small
Titanka
Graham
G. W. T. Club
Rev. Seema
Sunset Park
Odis Kirton
Mr. Brock
Raymond Sankey
Visitors And Farm Event Highlight Flint Family News
Three children of Flint Michigan visit their mother Mrs Martha Cook and other relatives. Reverend and Mrs Wasod and daughter Myrtle called at the Arthur Lambert home Wednesday afternoon. Earl Gilles went to Rock Island for a tractor demonstration. Mrs Gilles and Ivan Mary Ann and Cora Lambert went to Davenport to spend the day with Mrs Harriet Tinnes Harley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flint
Michigan
Martha Cook
Rey
Mrs. Wasod
Myrtle
Arthur Lambert
Earl Gilles
Rock Island
News Notes Communities by Journal Subscription Representative
D F Macon reports on community subscription efforts and updates from the Journal office, outlining outreach plans, renewal deadlines, and cooperation with local organizations to boost readership and engagement across neighborhoods.
Washington Iowa Centennial News and Letters
Community notes from Washington Iowa include updates on residents attending the July 20 1939 Granger Missouri Centennial, a request for the Washington paper for next year's events, letters from Ernest Louck and the Loucks of Garden Grove California, and reflections on the upcoming August centennial celebration with mentions of local readers, gatherings, and the youngest Wisconsin judge Joseph RR McCarthy, plus thanks from Mrs Minick and Art Minick for correspondence and memories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Louck
Washington
Loucks
Garden Grove
California
Mrs Shulty and Wittiig Visit Rex Smith Home
Mrs Tom Shulty and Mrs Edna Wittiig of Washington were dinner guests at the Rex Smith home Friday. Mrs Sam Warren returned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Shulty
Edna Wittiig
Smith Home
Washington
Rex Smith
Sam Warren
Journal Office Sees Subscriptions Gained at Wellman
Thanks to Nellie Ruhy Brighton and QO. P. Essiey of Wellman R 1 for subscribing. Miss Palmer at the Journal office received their notices gladly, emphasizing appreciation for future readership and continued support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal
Nellie Ruhy Brighton R 2
QO. P. Essiey
Wellman R
Miss Palmer
Local Visitors and Family Gatherings Highlight Week
After a Washington sojourn at the Victor Blattner home Mrs Blattner and her infant returned home. Sheldon Higeins of Los Angeles called at the Wolfe and Montgomery stables while Mr and Mrs George Howard and family and Mr and Mrs Norbert Tetochart were dinner guests at the Warren home in honor of Mrs Tetochart birthday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Victor Blattner
Blattner
Sheldon Higeins
Los Angeles
Calif
C. H. Wolfe
M. M. Montgomery
George Howard
Norbert Tetochart
Sam Warren
Mineral Oil Adulteration Reported In Butter Case
Pure Food and Drug agents report that while mineral oil is sometimes used to adulterate butter the practice is not widespread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pure Food and Drug Agents
Threshing in area as fairs, visits mark week
Threshing is reported in the vicinity with hay being baled and hauled to market. Visitors include Hanleye and Lucille in Mercy hospital Iowa City. Rowe relatives held a Muscatine kin reunion at Wealman Park with over eighty attendees and a hearty noon dinner. Maxne Hanley plans Kinross visit this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nira
Hanleye
Iowa City
Lucille
Mercy Hospital
Kinross
Rowe
Muscatine
Wealman Park
Elghty
Maxne Hanley
County Board Awards Coal Contracts and Vacates Road
The Washington County Iowa Board of Supervisors met July 6 1939. Bids for coal were opened and awarded to Wilson Coal Company for county homes jail courtyards and poor relief at fixed tonnage and price. The bond for N C Putnam was approved and contract extensions granted. A road vacating proceeding for Road No 19 in Cedar Township was authorized along with appointment of a commissioner. A report from Justice W B Eldridge was approved and a federal works project for County Trunk Highway No 36 was accepted after final inspection. The date for objections and damage claims was continued to 1939 with proceedings ongoing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Supervisors
Enal
Wilson Coal Company
Saline County
N. C. Putnam
Soldiers’ Relief Commission
Bureh Construction Company
Washington County
Iowa
Towit
Cedar Township
St. P. M
Section
Section Township
Eldridge
Federal Emergency Administration OF Public Works Project
CIE
Washington
Weahineton
Towa
Market Report Chicago Hogs Cattle Sheep Summary
Chicago market report July 22 shows hogs steady with weekly decline 26 to 50 cents. top 7.20 for hogs. Cattle mixed with fed steers and yearlings steady to strong. prime bulls at 10.85, long yearlings 10.40, light yearlings 10.00, fed heifers steady to 25 cents lower. cows and yearlings mixed. Sheep nominal with weekly gains to 25 cents. spring lamb top 9.76.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Grain market snapshot from Chicago futures
Open high low figures show Wheat July 66 64 62 and Sept 64 80 43 while Corn July 39 40 320 and Sept 10 4 39 Dec 42 AZ 41 Oats July 26 .27 .26 Sept 26 26% .26% .26% Dec 27% .27% .26% Rye July 39 89 39 89 Sept 41 41% 40% .40% Dec 43% .44% .48 43
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Chicago Produce Market Brief Shows Mixed Movements
Chicago July 22 UP report notes a boom in produce shipments with 13 559 cases of vegetables. Potatoes remain steady to weaker as arrivals and shipments are detailed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Sunday church service and union meeting schedule
The day features a 9 80 A M Sunday school led by Mr. Jesse Busby general captain with classes for all ages and urged attendance. There is no 10 46 A M service. At 7 20 P M a union service open to all in Central Park led by Dr. Arthur Atack with musical director Mrs Elouise Sorden and organist Edna Klein.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse Busby
Union
Central Park
Arthur Atack
Mra
Elouise Sorden
Edna Klein
Washington County Board Vacates Highway No. 19 In Seventy Six Township
The board resolves to vacate highway No. 19 in Seventy Six Township as it passes through section 34, township 76 north, range 9 west, under Iowa law. The notice covers sale of Lots 6 and 6, Block 25, Mealey's Second Addition to Baghton for Layton Schooley, with recess taken and minutes recorded by Chairman Harve P. Wilson and Clerk Ethe Grecian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Supervisors
Washington County
Iowa
Mealey
Baghton
Layton Schooley
Charman
Board of Supervise
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Ainsworth
J. D. Rabenold
SS Pana
Centennial Committee
Tucker Chevrolet
W. Ralph Gibson
Eod
Pioneer Drug Store
Morning Sun Rendering Works
Washington, Ia
Chas
Hebner
D.E.B
Jovse
J. M. Goodwit
Reister’s Markets
Lowe
Reister & Sons
M. H. Raymond
Crawfordsville
Journal Office
the Evening Journal
Washington, Iowa
Radio
Cunningham
Wim. Sloat
Grubb Maytag
North
O. EB. Campbell
West Monroe
Nicola
John Wiliams
Mrs
Ray Page
Oskaloosa
Wade Page
Rubio
Robertson
I! Oetjen
Smart & Parrish
Oetjen
Oetten Seed Store
Mazic Chef
B. Clark
Studebaker
Army Blanket
West Chester
Home Lumber Company, Inc
Centennial
Washington Dil Company
Henry Berdo
Kaynee
E. C. Sloan
Albia
D. F. Macon
Charley Jirsa
K 3 Low
Chicago Tribune
Rollin B. Organ
Mr. Jirsa
Wilson D. Martin
Granger, Mo
Frank Macon
Washington Journal
Yours Truly
Wilson Bb
Martin Granger
R.R
J. BR. Wengers
Ernie Herr
Ek. S. Rudolph
Whiskey Club
Slim
Vee
May Statler
Bray
Frank Min Eon
al Cocklin
Hol Statler
Veo
Fred Vanerus
Dave Mc
Neese Brighton
Raymond Wikoff
Joseph RR. McCarthy
Shawano
Wis
McCarthy
Wisconsin
Manawa
Marquette University
Law Schhool
Decatur, U
Priend
Aug
Mre
Art Minick
Becca
South
John Davidson
Mason City
A. FE. Nero
Nelson
Iowa Daily Press Association
the Board OF Supervisors
Crawfordsvill
Chicago Livestock
Chicago Grain Table
Harve P. Wilson
Ethe
Stephen A. Carr
Collins, Iowa
State Booking
Harry
Don Hays
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