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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1936
Page
2
Misses Mary and Helen Bailey of Davenport visit their sister Mrs Mack and Aunt Mrs Wilson amid a family time with relatives. Mr and Mrs Donald Anderson return to New York after visiting Mr and Mrs T L Brookhart at their home.
Cloud Willits announces Tom Carson will replace BE. A. Ralston to assist in heading up the Thursday afternoon booster trip to points outside Washington county. The pulling contest, attracting more attention, is set for Thursday July 2 after the Rubio program as part of the Centennial Celebration. Entries should go to Charley Brown. two prizes of 12.50 each, no entry fee. Andy Blattner handles a horseshoe pitching contest with further details to come tomorrow.
Harmony June 18 Mr and Mrs J W Longer and son James spent Friday and Saturday with Walter Longers. The men repaired a windmill damaged by last Tuesday's storm. 4 H rally day in Washington featured Charlotte Deborah and Jean Kelsey attended. Elizabeth Longer visiting grandma Gideon this week. Della Miller attended Deck Warding's funeral at Purlington last Thursday. Charles Schiebels visited John Work home. Mr and Mrs Elmer Roeder.
Mr and Mrs Arthur Rankin and daughters Dorothy and Alice Mae visit Hampton relatives before travelling to Atlantic City for the International Rotary convention. Rankin, Hampton school superintendent, sails July 3 for Europe returning late August. Also notes visits from auctioneers, travelers, and local residents with plans and meetings in Des Moines, Chicago, and Oskaloosa.
Gerald Howell of Crawfordsville underwent a minor operation this morning. Miss Nellie Brooks and Mrs Estella Gregory were discharged yesterday. A girl from Iowa City spent Saturday evening at the Ralph Kelsey home and on Sunday they and Ralph Kelsey all visited the Glen Anderson home.
The okapi is a forest animal of shy nocturnal habits found only in a limited Congo region. The text notes hostile attitudes toward white people among local inhabitants.
Mrs. Robert Thompson of Cedar Rapids stayed with her parents Dr and Mrs O F Boller and left this morning. Sitter Auto Parts in Washington warns to replace locks after a lost key. Mrs Esta Clark visiting relatives in Pennsylvania plans to return next month. Mrs Roy Krotz and daughter Norma Jean along with Mrs Moothart and Mrs Jesse Gardner, all of Wellman, were in town yesterday.
Mr and Mrs E A Ralston will travel by auto to Atlantic City for the International Rotary convention where Mr Ralston will serve as a Washington club delegate They expect to be away about ten days. Centennial Edition photos barred after Friday and local residents celebrate a 51st wedding anniversary Sun with Mr and Mrs Casper.
Visitors from Riverdale Nebraska Ed King and Grace King with Oscar Knox from Karney Nebraska arrived Monday. They learned hail damaged their farms last Tuesday after期待 prospects of a good crop. Other locals joined in at Milton Maas home for a goose dinner and social visit.
Miss Eleanor Sekarka of Chicago summers at the Ralph Waggoner home in Franklin Center. The brief local notes list visitors and gatherings including Davenport and Richmond guests, 4-H activity, and family visits across several households.
John Jackson home in Fairfield. Harry and Bobby Anderson spent Sunday with their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Emil Anderson, Mrs. J. W. Combs and Isabel. Monday they visited Mrs. Frank Smith. Friday evening the Harry Campbell family attended the Chummy Six supper at Carl Schneider home.
A note on early horticulture states several apple varieties existed by the First century B C. The brief outlines historic fruit diversity in ancient times and identifies early cultivation in classical regions.
The text notes that the paper used for currency government securities revenue and postage stamps is distinctive in all details and can only be procured by the United States government.
Grave Creek Mound near Moundsville Wy Va is the nation’s largest conical earthwork with a basal diameter of 820 feet and a height of 70 feet, standing as a monumental prehistoric mound in the United States.
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