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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jul 31, 1924

Page

6

Harmony club hosts annual picnic at Sunset park

The Harmony club held its yearly picnic at Sunset park with a basket lunch for about fifty people including five guests. Activities included indoor baseball for men and boys and pool for children, followed by a show outing and a two course luncheon. reports on next year’s programs were given by James Swift.

Harmony Club Sunset Park James Swift E. O. W. Club Ed Grayson Alfred Johnson Charles Sloat Carr-Gray Company M.baker Grayson Kansas City Nellie Dewitt Columbus Junction Just Us Club Ferry Fields Mary Sickles

Church Announcements and Society Meetings

Notices list social and meeting times for church groups and auxiliaries. Highlights include Highland Four music night, Baptist prayer meeting led by Frank Sage, Itebek Ah regular meeting, W M U second division at Mrs. Davidson, BR C regular meeting with initiation, Woman's Foreign Missionary Society at Mrs. Hunter's home, and C D of A gathering in August at the K C hall.

Frank Sage Itebek Ah W. M U. P. Church R. J. Davidson Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Church T. W. Hunter

Funeral services for Walter F. Keating in Onaka area

The funeral for Walter F. Keating a member of the Masonic lodge at Onaka South Dakota will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 30 from the Keating home northeast of Washington Local members are urged to attend L B Lupton W M

J. M. Wilson Nelle Wilson Mildred Stewart Vincent Keesey Fairfield Walter F. Keating Masonic Lodge Onaka South Dakota Keating Washington L. B. Lupton W. M

Funeral services for Walter F Keating attend by K of P members

Notice states K of P members will assemble at the hall at 1 30 tomorrow for the late Walter F Keating funeral with the lodge conducting the grave service and requests attendees to bring cars. Also loyalty light bearers and Woman's Missionary Society announcements noted.

Walter F. Keating W. H. Sigafoose C. G Presbyterian Church

Darrow Answers State Argument in Leopold Loeb Case

In Chicago on July 31 the defense contends mental disease short of insanity can mitigate punishment while the state seeks to bar alienist testimony to questions of insanity. Darrow asserts moral insanity has no place, emphasizes youth and discretion, and notes the court must permit a jury trial if mental instability evidence is to be considered.

Chicago Nathan Leopold Jr Richard Loeb Thomas Marshall John R. Caverly Clarence Darrow Marshall Mr. Darrow Illinois Leopold Loeb Robert E. Crowe Marehall

Troop Movements Reported in Brazil as Rebels Seek South

Dispatches from Buenos Aires describe sudden Brazilian troop movements on the southern border and calls for volunteer battalions. Rebels once led by General Lopez are reduced but reportedly regrouping to challenge federal forces, with six thousand men cited as a sizable threat. Federal pursuers are said to be in contact, though no progress details are released amid ongoing censorship.

Associated Press Buenos Aires Sao Paulo Lopez Siece Rão Janeiro

Traveling thru the East on a Nostalgic Rail Journey

Dorothy Dowell and her aunt Mrs. George Dowell travel from Washington to Chicago, then via BR and C to Cumberland and Harpers Ferry, tracing the Allegheny region. They visit Wells Creek church yard, note Washington relay and Civil War era sites, and plan to reach Washington, D C the next day.

Dorothy Dowell East George Dowell Washington Chicago Anna Sternup BR & C Akron Ohio Pittsburgh Penn Cumberland Allegheny Mountains Youghiogheny Thehurch West Minister Abbey George Washington Wells Creek Harpers Ferry West Virginia Bolivar Heights Potomac Maryland Heights Shenandoah Londin Heights Virginia John Browns Stover College Washington D. C

Herring Chosen Treasurer of Democratic National Committee

Clyde L. Herring of Des Moines has been chosen treasurer of the Democratic National Committee replacing Wilbur W. Marsh of Waterloo, according to an unofficial Des Moines report dated July 31. The report credits Herring with the national post if correct.

Des Moines Clyde L. Herring National Democratic Iowa National Committee Herring Wilbur W. Marsh Waterloo

Notable Residents Travel Plans Highlighted

John Rich and family of Havre are in Washington today while Tom Carson Harold Jones and Elmer Hughes are visiting Iowa City this afternoon for unspecified engagements.

John Rich Havre Washington Tom Carson Harold Jones Elmer Hughes Iowa City

Auto Goes in Ditch In Boone River Accident

Harold Douglass of Fort Dodge member of a Boone orchestra is in a local hospital with a broken back from a dawn crash when the car he rode in swerved into a ditch to avoid a collision while returning from a Perry dance. Five others were injured though less seriously.

Associated Press Boone Harold Douglass Fort Dodge Douglass Perry

Brighton and Surroundings Social Notes

Prody Borkoski was a Washington caller Friday afternoon. Mrs Martha Mayer visits Altoona Iowa. Homer Brinton and family and John Brinton were Washington callers Friday afternoon. Mrs Austin Sutherland is on the sick list. Mr and Mrs Terry Gowey spent Sunday at the Willard Kinney home near Richland. Mrs Gilbert Briggs and children spend the week with her sister Mrs Carleton Jones near Batavia. Miss Helen Borkoski spent last Saturday with her grandparents Mr and Mrs A R Gowey in Brighton. Mrs Harry Wentworth visits the parental Anderson home near Birmingham.

Brighton Prody Borkoski Washington Martha Mayer Altoona Iowa Homer Brinton John Brinton Austin Sutherland Terry Gowey Willard Kinney Richland Gilbert Briggs Carleton Jones Batavia Helen Borkoski

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Kolah Club Neil Trottman John Spi- Geli Charles Jackson John Spidell T. T. Keeley Herbert Quick Florence Cunningham L. H. Wallace The Automobile Club North Second Avenue David Wartel Anna Henderson Ames Walter Ayres Jacob Jones Frances Charlies G. Brown G. B. Ferrell Dysart Florence Weaver Mt. Pleasant Isabel Bishop Chas. Brown Iowa Wesleyan Zeta Tau Alpha Forouty Sigourney Brown Wm. Brown Parsons College U. S. Army Gobble and Heer Isabelle Miniak Highland Four W. BR. C C. D K. C. Hall Masons Woman's Missionary Society of the Second United Presbyterian Humston State Crowe Franks Case Brazil Washington Journal Salling Demo National Committee Klein Palm Beach Kaynee Hart Schaffner Marx Rein Kiothine Kompany Physicians and Surgeons A. John Droz Weet Main Bt Frank Boller City Mutual W. Washington St T. J. Pease Farmers and Merchants Bank Biase Mutual J. D. Dayton Westchester Washington County Austin Sutherland Auctioneer T. A. Michels Washington, Iowa Morrison & Morrison Morrison Bldg North Side Brookhart Bros. Law—Abstracts Leas Opera House Mutual Phone Cc. J. Wilson Wilson & Wilson Opposite Journal OFFIC Livingston & Eicher Abstract Department Real Nat'l Bank W. Brown
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