Local notices list sales, repairs, and services in town
A collection of brief notices includes the sale of household goods on Thursday afternoon at the seller’s home, prices for battery charging and car services, knife and scissors sharpening at Wilson’s, umbrella repairs, a Sunbeam electric iron ad, and a baby girl birth to Mr and Mrs Harley Cherwinker of Cone Iowa. Services offered at West Side Drug Store and Washington Motor Co. are noted along with a used Ford for sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ainaworth
Everette Shearer
Harley Cherwinker
Cone, Iowa
Wabash Passenger Train Wreck Near Williamsport
Seven believed dead and 35 to 40 injured after Wabash No 2 from St Louis to Detroit derailed near Williamsport Indiana last night when it split a switch and crashed into a standing freight train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danville
St. Louis
Detroit
Williamsport
Ind
Weather Outlook for Missouri and Regions
Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday with a chance of showers in the northern areas. Cooler northeast Tuesday. Missouri mostly fair tonight and Tuesday with little temperature change.
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North
Missouri
Former Iowa judge Eugene B. Woodruff Dies
Glenwood June 2 Eugene B Woodruff former district judge and well known figure in Iowa legal circles died here Saturday night He served sixteen years on the bench and retired several years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenwood
Eugene B. Woodruff
Iowa
Woodruff
Advertising pays for all with journal service
The Journal offers effective advertising in a plain spoken pitch. It promises value to advertisers by placing messages with the paper’s trusted reach and local audience, inviting readers to engage with its service.
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Journal
Local residents extend weekend travels and visits
A sequence of short notes records residents visiting relatives and friends in nearby towns including Muscatine Davenport Centerville Keota Harper and Burlington. Names such as Mrs W B B Wasson Mr and Mrs Randall Miss Maude Bridges and Mildred Genkinger appear alongside brief trips to New London Ottumwa Wellston Monmouth and Des Moines with occasional park lunches and homecomings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. P. Randall
Maude
Paul Brock
Ray Sanders
Muscatine
Davenport
J. Max Kurtz
Daryl
Frances Smith
Muscatine Park
Local residents mingle in weekend travel and events
Karl Eldridge spent time in the city on Saturday. Ode Ferguson of Crawfordsville visited Washington last Saturday night. Ruth Holmes arrived from Oskaloosa with Miss Anna Dylhoff to Pella this morning. Mrs. J. H. Minner visited friends here and plans a Des Moines home. Paul Summers travels to Crawfordsville to visit his uncle Peter Summers. Mrs. Allie Engstrom visits Burlington. Mr. and Mrs. McCall and children return to Havre after visiting Mrs. McCall’s mother, Mrs. L.S. McAvoy. Deasie Riley returns home from Crawfordsville. Gilbert Goff travels to Camp Point Ill. and Hannibal Mo. for family visits and plans to move to South Iowa Ave. The West End circus entertains Washington with an $8.01 gross and each member nets ninety cents. Notables include ministers’ sons among stockholders and Hazel Dean visiting from Kalona. A. McNurlen of Keota and Carl Hoaglin of Mt. Pleasant handle city business. Hoaglin recovers from illness. FE R Harvey and Ella Rownd of Pasadena spend weekend with J. A. Sprague family in Cedar Rapids. Mrs. Everett Ward and her baby visit Cedar Rapids. Esther Welch visits Omaha and Colorado for a summer. Frank Miller departs for Minneapolis for Kelvinator meeting and to see Mrs. E. W. Cambridge. Marriage licenses issued to Buel Lord and Veda Kulp, and to John Nickerson and Edna Sperry. John Park of Milwaukee heads to Kansas City for Shrine meeting. A. E. Ross returns from Chicago, noting brisk building and ongoing large projects. Water rents now due as Alta Wyse visits with her parents in Washington.
Primary centers focus on senatorial race in state contest
Albia lawmaker Bluffs and John R. Price seek Republican nomination for lieutenant governor while L. W. Housel holds Democratic spot unopposed. A crowded field debuts for state auditor with six Republicans named, and several Democrats vie for secretary of state and agriculture. The article also notes several assembly races with many incumbents seeking renomination and one woman candidate Gertrude Price challenging McIntosh, plus weather and turnout observations across the state.
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Whiting
Kendall
General Assembly
House
Senate
Gertrude Prices
Lamont
McIntosh
Decatur County
For Sale and Local Notes from Fairfield Page
For Sale Some good used tires Studebaker Garage. Miss Beaula Copeland and Miss Cassel of Fairfield visiting Corrine Martin. Genuine Ford 13 plate battery $16.50 Washington Motor Co 631f. Miss Hannah Welch arrived home Saturday from Ames where she has been attending school the past year store 9312.
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Studebaker
Beaula Copeland
Miss Cassel
Fairfield
Corrine Martin
Ford
Washington Motor Co
Hannah Welch
Ames
McDowell Family Welcomes 7% lb Boy in Tacoma
Telegram announced the birth to Mr and Mrs Malcolm Dowell of Tacoma Washington. Notes list visiting relatives from Basco Indiana Bentley Newfoundland and Washington Iowa with probate court notice dated June 2 1924 requiring interested parties to appear and contest the will of the deceased before the district court clerk in Washington Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George McDowell
Malcolm Dowell
Tacoma
Washington
Said
Washington, Iowa
Notice of Probate of Will in Washington Iowa
In District Court Washington County Iowa proceedings for the will of Tobias Minick deceased filed August 11 1919 opened June 7 1924 hearing proof fixed at the Court House Washington Iowa before the district court judge.
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Washington County
Tobias Minick
Court House
Washington
Iowa
There Is More In That Bank
A young lady praises her bank savings habit noting her collection of coins up to a half dollar. She urges setting aside a fixed daily amount such as a dime, quarter, or fifty cents to build a nest egg over time.
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Diniah Levering
Dev Bara Bedford
Robert Edeson
Raymond Hatton
Effie Shannon
Julia & Wayne Gordon
FOX News
Fox
Arch Hest
Oxfords
Wilson
West Side
E. V. Simons
Wilson's Shoe Store
Sunbeam Electric
Fred L. Stewart
Iowa Ave
The
Studebeker Garage
Wilson's
Lyon
Lyon Baking Company
Wabash
Iown
Jase Ee
Harry Taylor
Spokane, Wash
W. J. Taylor
Grace Hill
Nyal
McElhinney Drug Co
W. B.B. Wasson
New London
Edna
Ruth
Laura Bridges
D. M. Bridges
Ollie Beardsley
Haskins
Mildred Pierce
Oscar Lane
Wellston
Mrs
Ed Sullivan
Eldon
Y. F. Hanrahan
Centerville
James Cowger
Burlington
Emma Schilling
A. R. Miller
Nynville
Arizona
Chase Bannister
Ottumway
M. J. Holden
W. G. Thorne
Clifford Thorne
Sam Armstrong
Bushnell
Ill
John Shields
Edna McCarty
Y. W
Elgin
J. L. Sperry
John Nickerson
Lois Griffith
Grinnell
Mildred Genkinger
Mary Tucker
Des Moines
Roger Sherman
Monmouth
Anna Adams
Katherine Streiger
Harper
Edna McKimmy
Keota
J. R. Guthrie
Charles Ben Venuto
Robert Guthrie
Oskaloosa
Katherine Vogel
Hazel McCarty
Cedar Rapids
W. N. McCarty
Wallace Buck
Mt. Ayre
Karl Eldridge
Ode Ferguson
Crawfordsville
Ruth Holmes
Anna Dylhoff
Pella
J. H. Minner
Mrs. Minner
Paul Summers
Peter Summers
Allie Engstrom
Guy McCall
Everette and
Lee
Havre
McCall
Deasie Riley
Gilbert Goff
Camp Point
J. L. Goff
C. A. Peterson
Hannibal, Mo
South
West End
Hazel Dean
Kalona
Mrs. A. McNurlen of
Carl Hoaglin
Mt. Pleasant
New York
Mr. Hoaghin
FE. R. Harvey
Ella Rownd
Pasadena
Cal
J. A. Sprague
Everett Ward
Baby
J. T. Risk
Esther Welch
Omaha
Colorado
Frank Miller
Minneapolis
Kelvinator Company
E. W. Cambridge
Buel Lord
Veda Kulp
Columbus City
Edna Sperry
John Park
Milwaukee
Kansas City
A. E. Ross
Chicago
Mr. Ross
Alta Wyse
Simon Wyse
Washington Oil Co
Robi
Bam
Kansas
W. W. Morrison
Harwood
Washington Cleaners
A. Manassier
Lewis Fleming
Jane
Basco, Inl
A. K. Turner
William
Bentley, NL
G. W. Manassier
J. D. Glasgow
State of
Owen McGovern
W. D. Loftiss
West 2Nd Street
John Shields & Sons
Washington National
Wolverine
Goodyear
J. A. Harwood & Son South Side ‘‘the Shoers
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