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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1927
Page
8
Molison and Mrs J N Phillips traveled to Mt. Pleasant Iowa for a farm bureau district meeting. Mrs Phillips attended representing the women's department.
A Chicago millionaire grand jury, paid 20 dollars per five day session, returned over 100 indictments. Four jurors could write seven figure personal checks, a rarity, while a local ad promotes high priced Oxford shoes at 34.95 and 8.50, touting luxury and sales. A. B. Atchison Fiersheimes promotes the items.
Mrs Paul R Gillespie and son Roger of Fairfield hosted Rt Gillespie. Madeline Arnold of Chinook Montana arrived from Mount Carroll Illinois to attend Francis Shimer school and visit Frank McFarlane family. Mrs Louis Harlan and son Richard traveled from West Chester and visited Pleasant Plain. Florence Smith of Niceota came for a short visit. Workers sought for automatic and sorting departments at American Pearl Button Co. 96t ear.
Mrs D N Jones travels to Cotter to visit relatives for a few days. Carolyn Hamilton offers summer singing lessons at 221 Main Street. Miss Christina Breitenbach heads to Estes Park Colorado for the season. Mrs Howard Crawford leaves for Des Moines to attend Drake University and teach in Ainsworth in fall. Elsie Glassburner returns from Fairfield to visit Lyons and friends. John Griffith sails to Belknap Iowa for several days, his daughter Henrietta goes to Knoxville for visits.
Istt Taxi notes, Van Sickle departs for Los Angeles where Mrs Van Sickle and family will join him, planning a future home there. Others listed include Miss Jessie Stewart ill with erysipelas at West Second Street and Mrs Arthur Burke's family traveling to Fairfield to visit kin.
Dr Dwight Lemley of Iowa City spent last evening in Washington with grandparents Mr and Mrs W T Stevenson. He graduates this year from the University dentistry school and will move August first to Rochester New York to open an office. This morning he went to Ottumwa to visit his brother Dr Ivan Lemley. Mrs Charles Olds returned to Ainsworth after visiting here. Beatty the white collie did not win at the Stutsman dog show. Jungbluth children scrubbed the dog at five and one brother has cared for it since. Mr and Mrs Glen Zaring with two boys Frank and John arrived from Kankakee Illinois for a visit with Mrs John Zaring and relatives before heading to a Minnesota summer shack.
Mrs L C Deal arrived yesterday evening from Ottumwa for a short stay at the home of Tom Deal in town.
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