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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 22, 1926

Page

8

Local society notes of visits and travel across Iowa

Miss Ida Cauvender Hazel Liberte and Edna Speaker returned from an auto trip to Garden Grove. Mrs Helen Herrick and children from Los Angeles visited the Harveys and traveled to Columbus Junction. Mrs Ira Mitchel and three sons visited Crawfordsville. Mrs W W Towers and children went to Lincoln Nebraska to see Raymond and other relatives then to Boulder for vacation. Mrs Eugene Kunn of Charlton arrived for a visit with Sorrell McCleary Calhoun and Hamilton relations. Dr and Mrs Hamilton and Janet Hamilton traveled home after visiting C W McLaughlin and Nettie McLaughlin and Carolyn Hamilton.

Ida Cauvender Hazel Liberte Edna Speaker Garden Grove Helen Bailey Herrick Hugh Mulloy Beathes Ann Los Angeles California B. R. Harvey Columbus Junction Ira Mitchel Crawfordsville W. EF. Long W. W. Towers Mildred Luther Lincoln Nebraska Raymond Rev. Bower Boulder Colorado Hugh McCleary Paul Calhoun Council Bluffs Howard Hamilton Omaha Monmouth Ilinois United Presbyterian Church Missionary Convention Mra Hamilton Janet Calhoun Hamilton C. W. McLaughlin Mra Nettie McLaughilin Misa Carolyn Hamilton

What Shakespeare Said A Jest

A line from Love's Labour's Lost notes that a jest’s success depends on who hears it, not on who crafts it.

Budget Director Seeks At Least Two Percent Federal Cut

Budget Director Lord announces to department heads that a minimum two percent reduction in federal employees is needed next year with Coolidge's approval. Savings estimated at twenty million, achievable by not filling vacancies, while keeping current staff. He cites nine percent annual vacancy rate and calls for strict scrutiny of expenditures to make every dollar sweat.

Washington Word Coolidee Lord Executive Civil Service Coolidge

Travelers Protect Association trip ends with hospital halt

Fred West returns from Philadelphia where he attended the Travelers Protective Association convention. En route he visits Chicago for a Eucharistic congress. Mrs Thompson faces a mastoid operation at Mercy Hospital at eight this morning. Local notices include rental listings and Girl Scout camp plans.

Fred West Philadelphia Travelers Protective Association Chicago M. M. Thompson Mia Frank Casey E. Ee. Stutaman Jessie Rice Town City Thompson Mercy Hospital

Local residents return from Brookville and Wisconsin trips

Mrs Owen Cnossen and Mrs Lola Winja came back from Brookville Illinois after a week with friends. Mr and Mrs J C Fields visited near the area. Mr and Mrs Carl Jungbluth returned from Crosse Wisconsin after ten days with relatives. Delbert Sayre William Salterburg Leo Bruty and Guy Truax left for Kansas to work harvests then Colorado for remaining summer and winter work.

Owen Cnossen Lola Winja Brookville Iliois Air Carl Jungbluth Vs Crosse Wisconsin Jungbluth Peter Jungebluth Gmevox Delbert Sayre William Salterburg Leo Bruty Guy Truax Kansas Colorado

Summer trip and plans for aluminum sales in Kansas

Eseo Obermann at Iowa City summer school visited Washington with friends. Eugene Breitenbach, Harvard student from Cambridge, Mass., returned home to visit his parents and left this morning for Kansas to sell aluminum as last summer. Yellow Taxi Cab Go. Phone No. 1. bt!

John Telville Iowa City Glover Ferrell Ferrell The University Eseo Obermann Washington Eugene Breitenbach Harvard College Cambridge Massachusetts BE. Ll. Breitenbach Kansas

Last day to pay water rent noted with penalty

The notice lists Thursday as the final day to pay water rent without penalty. It also records social visits and travels of local residents including Mr and Mrs Joe Amarine, Jennie, Emma Ferrel, Mr and Mrs John Belville, and others visiting relatives in Washington and nearby towns. Local banker group C M Keck and L E Dunlap attend a state convention in Sioux City.

Joe Amarine Jennie Emma Ferrel John Belville Thompson Amarine Glover Ferret Home C. M. Keck L. E. Dunlap Washington Sioux City State Bankers Convention

Five Denied Paroles for Dry Law Violations in Des Moines Case

Five Iowa and Illinois men who pled guilty to aiding shipment of seventy barrels of alcohol to Des Moines from Kentucky distilleries were denied paroles from Fort Leavenworth penitentiary. The group includes Harold F. Schaller of Des Moines and W H Ballance Jr of Peoria, along with John McKiernan and Hyman Lipkin of Peoria.

Associated Treen Des Moines Iowa Kentucky Peoria Fort Leavenworth Penitentiary Federal Harold F. Schaller A Moines W. H. Ballance Peoris Moines

De Molay Convention Opens in Iowa City

Five hundred delegates from Iowa De Molay lodges gather in Iowa City for the third annual convention. The event runs through Wednesday and closes with a track and field meet in the afternoon.

Associated Press Iowa City de Molay Iowa

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