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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 27, 1928

Page

10

Rural Iowa Notes Light Core Of June Activities

Nob le Iowa reports include Mrs H J Schrag's June 25 trip to Penn college for a Bible school and two new births on June 22 and 24. Festive events feature the Noble Mennonite church Fathers and sons banquet with about 100 attendees led by State Senator Carden of Winfield, plus a Bluffton Ohio evangelizing program. Community updates cover multiple family visits, weather, new stores, and local travel plans across nearby towns.

Noble Iowa H. J. Schrag Oskaloosa Penn College Fathers and Sons Noble Menonite Church Carden Winfield P. ?. Wenger Leonard Graber Raymond Rich J. C.wittmer Oscar Holmes Noah Eicher Paul A. Witting Esther Wenger Katie Augsberger Sweeny Texas Emma Presheiss Freman South Dakota J. G. Witting Evangelizing Committee Bluffton Ohio C. VW. Society of the Middle District Conference Raymond Hilty Elmer Kragg Walton Alderfer Somners Emanuel Mennonite Avenport

West Chester visit features Nelsons and Hart at Rittenhouse home

James Nelson and wife of Keota and Mrs Hart of Santa Barbara visited the John Rittenhouse home in West Chester on Saturday. Mrs Hart planned extended visit. The town notes paving plans and a detour near the creek are mentioned as progress.

John Powell Darlene Idoyrd Hill Washington Keota Wales Department Valente J. E. Powell Floyd Green Henry Flander Mabel Horning Henry Horning Horning Frank Romine Dorothy Allen Tom Nycum Dorothy Cedar Falls Harry Green Centerville Eury Henderson Arthur Romine Everette Green Wellman Helen Grench Eury West Chester James Nelson Hart Santa Barbara California John Rittenhouse

Slick corners spark highway tales and stray lambs

Report recounts drivers racing through intersections and gravel roads at high speed, leading to crashes such as seven went in the ditch. A Ford hit a lamb on a gravel road north of Washington, with the driver not slowing or looking back. The writer advocates airplanes and hopes for homebound cats, closing with a chat about Frank Strick.

Washington Jiggs Frank Strick

It Must Be Awful to Start Back Home from Niagara Falls

Miss Fawn Lip pins a quip about marriage and fate as Abe Martin opens with a homespun remark on long marriages and the inevitability of a future day of departure.

Niagary Falls Miss Fawn Lippincut

Fish Catches Reported at River Bridge

A local resident recalled catching many fish at a river bridge using a hook. He noted one fish weighed 18 units, details about the species or exact measurement were not provided.

Land of Rubia

Ad Includes Small Hook Used for Fishing Gear

Brief fragment notes a small hook used for fishing gear referenced in a journal ad context. The readable text provides no additional names, dates, or places to anchor a fuller summary.

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Otto Sailer Ruth Mitchel Burlington Katie Graber Sugar Creek Jacob Graber Bury Henderson Cora Henderson Hi.a Harden Earl Mayers Mary Martha Henry Henderson Albert Ollinger Leo Albert Dayton Carl Mayer Richard Stanleigh Henderson Harper FE. M. Bridges & Co. Millinery & Gift Shop Phillips Hebner Druggists West Side Square J. D. Dayton Abe Martin the Chocolate Shop Firestone Cord Olpeleld Firestone Oldfield Triangle Auto Supply Company Washington, Iowa
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