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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1926
Page
3
Eyewitness description from the field recounts the Little Bighorn battle with General Custer and Reno forces overwhelmed by a large Indian force. Generals Gibbon and Terry coordinate arrivals while scouts report shifting positions and a long Indian camp along the Little Big Horn.
Horace Countryman’s initial dispatch to the Associated Press describes General Custer’s assault on a Lakota camp of about 2000 lodges at the Little Big Horn. He states Custer and five companies attacked, all his detachment perished, with 207 buried in one grave and roughly 300 dead in total. Indians reportedly trapped Reno’s command for a day in the hills without water.
The notices list several events including the Woman s Home Missionary society meeting at Mrs R G Cherry with Mrs M E Dicken in charge, Baptist Choir practice and a social at Mrs Will Sickles, Presbyterian classes at Mrs J A McCall s home, Ladies Aid meeting with Mrs Melvin Bell, Ladies Bible Class gathering, Damascus Shrine luncheon at the Masonic Temple, Garden club in the Women s room, Iowa City Garden club open invitation, Baptist Missionary tea at the church, and First United Presbyterian menu contributions for the Young People Presbyterial.
The Presbyterian church schedules a Friday 2 30 meeting with Mrs J A McCall and asks for a large turnout. A bake sale is planned by TDACs at Washington Cleaners on the square Saturday. 1212 Ladies Encampment Auxiliary meets after the camp Friday evening to elect officers and conduct business. The Young Womens Missionary Society of the Methodist church meets Monday at Mrs Chas Davis home with Miss Lillian Minick as leader.
Irene Endicott and Ruth Endicott spent Wednesday afternoons at the Ernest Meeks home. Several families including the Nicholsons and June Steele of Muscatine visited relatives over the weekend. Various local residents joined gatherings at the Meeks and Kron homes, with multiple dinners and Sunday visits. A cool shower last night comforted residents but cooled corn growth. Ms Matilda Lasek of Muscatine joined her parents in town Sunday.
John Robert son and family spent Friday evening at the Matts Wehr home. Mr and Mrs Paul Sparks and daughter Dorothy spent Sunday at the A D Moody home in 76. Frank Smith and family and Mrs D E Brumback and daughter Mattel Walters went to Brighton last week. Alice Wehr visited Mildred and Marjorie Lynn Thursday afternoon. The J W Clark family were shopping in Keota Saturday. Mrs Glenn Stanard and son Lor
A crowded Sunday with visits among the Wehr, Conkity, Robertson, and Smith families near Brighton. Wool selling, farm talk, weather comments, road plans, and local events fill the route diary alongside garden produce notes and farm chores.
West Chester June 22 Leo Shelangoskie of Washington visited as a caller at our place, once a local resident. D W Dayton and family from Des Moines arrived Tuesday to celebrate a birthday but arrived a day late.
The speaker notes changing their mind over the years and questions why a Democrat cannot reach heaven as well as a Republican. They express a nonpartisan view on faith and divine judgment.
Dr. Luithly from Richland questioned hogs for R. S. Borkoski on a day last week. The river returned to its banks avoiding further crop damage on the bottoms. Road work continued to fix washouts during the rainy period. Farmers work in corn fields this week.
An advertisement touts McCoy's Cod Liver Oil Compound Tablets as the best flesh producer with high Vita mine content. Sugar coated tabs offer a 60 tablet box for 60 cents and a money back guarantee if a five pound gain in 30 days is not achieved.
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