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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1918
Page
8
The document notes all pledges made to Amy M A are due and provable on or before April 1 at 10 AM. White of the Parcel and Mercantile Bank, Mr. MerLerry, led to Ap County Chairman.
The text discusses a debated tale about a tree linked to Judas Iscariot and the circumstances of his supposed suicide. It notes that some readers avoid planting it due to superstition, while older writers associate the tree with thePassion narrative and cider used by the betrayer. It mentions the Spaniards calling the tree "the tree of love."
The column records daily movements and notices including Mrs J N Dodd and Mrs Flora Finch traveling for business, Miss Mayme Walker visiting Fair field, and Mrs Joe McGraw heading to Ainsworth. It lists farm loan ads, employment inquiries, horse and mule sales in Washington and a sale at Limerman Brown. Families relocate to Ft Madison, Oskaloosa, Des Moines, Morning Sun and Rock Island.
The text mentions Morrison & Morrison and farm loans. It notes a Dean's candy display and that Lewis Klein was to go to Fairfield for Eldridge Battery business. A reorganization of Eldridge Electric is discussed with a supposed auditor Lewis Baker, corrected to Lewis Klein who has handled the company books for months.
Local items report Sunday dinner at Deans and meals at all hours. C A Brook traveled Monmouth to Iowa. Mr and Mrs C C Reister were Brighton travelers. Miss Ether Graff of Columbus Junction visits J F Duffy home. Ethel Laughead and John Richard Edgington visit Des Moines relatives. Women urged to hear Sergeant Billy Moore at Red Cross room next Monday. Sergeant Moore speaks at the Commercial club gym. Mia Oren Helwick and Mrs Wyatt Helwick visit Muscatine. husbands on farm business. Mrs H S Doig visits Verdi home and returns to Washington with Mrs Lloyd Goodwin this evening.
Morrison and Morrison handle farm loans while a six o clock dinner Sunday announces plans. Bessie Bundy arrived from Eldon with the funeral party for Willam Brown's remains and will visit her mother Mra Al Sowash. J Ford Knights of Pythias will attend Bernard Murphy's funeral in Vinton, former editor of the Vinton Eagle. Mrs Roy Lowash returns to Davenport after caring for her father J L Corpman near Wellston, now recovering.
Detroit News reports a court ruling labeling half wild bees as wild animals with emphasis on their untamed nature and legal status within the jurisdiction.
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