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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1925
Page
7
In Haskins and surrounding areas, residents visit relatives, travel to Denver and Chicago, and attend local events. Families like Booths, McCreedys, and Lefflers are highlighted with visits, births, and travels, while shipments and threshing signal seasonal routines and upcoming fall. The Avalon Players perform Broadway hits and Cross Words, and chautauqua draws W. H. Keiper and others.
Mrs. Julia Williams guests in Des Moines and Colfax. Families from Muscatine Iowa City and Cedar Rapids visit Columbus Junction. A Warner Finance trip to Jackson County Florida includes several locals. Presbyterian church picnic draws 125 at Columbus Chautauqua Park. Widening circle of visits to Farmington Oskaloosa Fairfield and Albert City wrap up with depot lunch counter closure and northwest trip memories.
Mrs. I. L. Milton and daughter Avanette of Evanston Illinois are visiting the home of Mrs J A Williams. A good turnout attended Chautauqua yesterday afternoon despite threshing in the area. The kiddies meet daily at 9 with Miss La Rue the platform manager.
Mr and Mrs Gus Smith of Oska loosa visited John Bullera's home yesterday. John Matthews Douglass Eastwood and Irene De Long of Washington attended the chautauqua last night. The Junior parade earlier drew praise for cute costumes and good showmanship with the children enjoying it.
Thrashing and harvest activity fills a Titus area report with numerous visits relatives and neighbors. Workers include Clarence and Harold Fulton for John Griffith and Jim Banks Art Bowen and John Campbell shingling a granary for Tor Carris. Melvin Booth heads to Sibley Iowa for harvest work. The Tom Carris home hosts family drop ins as work on a Fred Stewart farm continues and a new barn shed addition is noted.
The article notes that Mohammedan women's facial smoothness and clarity are attributed to their religious observances which require washing the face with cold water many times daily.
A compact listing of local services and real estate offerings in Washington Iowa. Includes law and abstract department contacts Harvey and Tucker Real Estate Insurance Applegates Real Estate Farms and City Property for Sale offerings. Also mentions dentist Dr T J Pease harness and leather goods shop Tooman and general inquiries for area phone numbers and addresses.
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