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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Mar 03, 1921

Page

7

Quilting Day At Dot Meacham Home In Clay

Correspondents report an all day quilting event at Miss Dot Meacham's home in Clay. Ella Woodford of Washington stayed with relatives this week. A train fire destroyed the Clay station Monday. Mrs PD Miller and family moved to the former D B Miller farm. Mr and Mrs Harry Hamilton visited Oswego, and Floyd Book hosted Lindy relatives.

Clay Clay Aid Society Dot Meacham Misa Ella Woodford Washington BR. Miller Pearle Bitting D. B. Miller Harry Hamilton Os Gowey Floyd Book Lindy Clay Pullman Johnson Lilbran Oskaloosa Rubio Jess Schultz Richland Lloyd Morrow Fairfield Will Leppert Ralph Beliel George McAllister Homer Morrow McAllister Moses Hoskins Pleasant Plain Lewis Shultz E. Y.Y. Hoffman Don Gowey L. B. Reed Lyle Moore Will Mahoney L. C. Cook Richard Allison Co. B. Morgan Karl Morgan Jake Rudolph Omer Lone

Local Moves and Community Notes in Wellman Area

Will Reif and family move to a farm north of Bunker Hill with Jake Chapman and family taking the vacated farm. Arthur Barkett relocates to a river north farm. George Barrett and family move to Nira. Le ah and Wade Carl of Wellman visit Will Curl’s. Myrl Mattison visits sister Mrs. Steve Doolin near Oxford. Young people attend a party at Asa Marner’s in Wellman. Eighth grade exam passers include Thelma Eckerman, Bensie Curl, Clarence Howe, and the Reif children. W C T U ladies hold a meeting at Mrs Everett Curl’s in Wellman.

Nira Nira Will Reif Bunker Hill Jake Chapman Milo Barrett Glen Romine Bayfield Arthur Barkett George Barrett Famly Nira Leah Wade Carl Wellman Will Curl Myrl Mattison Steve Doolin Oxford Asa Marner Thelma Eckerman Bensie Curl Clarence Howe Reif Everett Curl

Local Social Notes from Rubio and Surrounding Areas

March 2 notes record C Rich and wife visiting J A Frey home in Noble. A baby girl born to Mr and Mrs Joe Rich on Ped 19. named Rubio. March 1 entries list visits by Mrs Tom Ruby and Mrs Elias Rudolph to Ollie, relatives in Rubio, and multiple local movements including the McAllisters, Lepperts, and Beliels.

Noble Noble Rich and Wife Brighton J. A. Frey Joe Rich Rubio Rubio Tom Ruby Elias Rudolph Ollie

Sunday School Honors and Local Visits

Edith tle miss hosts boys day at Richer church with 247 in attendance the largest so far this year. A March 16 Sunday school meeting will feature county and state workers. Frances Eicher and Rachel and Vere Goff prepared special numbers. Stella Rinner visits Mt. Pleasant, other residents plan Nebraska move. The L H Rinner home hosted a youth party with ice cream cake and candy.

Tle Edith Sunday School Association Frances Eicher Rachel Vere Goff Frey Stella Ri

Rural Residents Sequences of Farm Moves Reported

A series of moves noted across Keota Fairfield Brighton East Pleasant Plain and Columbus Junction as residents change farms or relocate businesses. People named include ty Marshall Howard Reighard Parcell Ek L Roberts G P Judson Lloyd Jones Don Gowey Terry Gowey Riley A Grecian W L Dic kin Walter Mayer Will Hotle Mark Waggoner Roy Waggoner and A M Anderson with shifts to routes and vacated farms.

Ty Marshall Germanville Howard Reighard Keota Mr. Marshall Add Parcell Brighton Horace Parcell Fairfield Phil Parcell EK. L. Roberts South English G. P. Judson Lloyd Jones Fletcher Gowey Don Gowey Rubio Terry Gowey Robert W. Scott Wayland John’ R. Jordan Scott Riley A. Grecian Columbus Junction W. L. Dickingon Near East Pleasant Plain Mr. Grecian Walter A. Mayer Route One Will Hotle Mayer Mark Waggoner Roy Waggoner Ingham A.M. Anderson

Care-Away circle hosts Ireland program in Crawfordsville

Mrs Clara Wood led a Care-Away circle afternoon in Crawfordsville with Ireland as the theme. Mrs Elizabeth Huston spoke on geography, Mrs Elia DeLong gave a Patrick biography, Mrs Etta Buxbaum discussed Jonathan Swift, and Mrs Clarence Moorhead spoke on Sir Thomas More.

Jonathan Swift Gulliver Clarence Moorhead Thomas Moore Alice Davidson Oliver Goldsmith Minnie Sprague Ireland Mesdames Huxbaum Anwyl Ollie Anwyl John McCormack McCormack Nellie Robertson Ainaworth Frank McCoy Martinsburg Miss Wood Mabel Crooks

The Stage and Its Feminine Foibles in Theaters

A fragment notes audience delight in feminine foibles and follies among pretty women, highlighting continuous laughter and rapid action in a stage production. No specific names or dates are provided in the readable text.

Mabel and Garry Bring Metropolitan Comedy to Graham Theatre

The couple known for their escapades in New York at last season will headline a Friday one night engagement at the Graham Theatre under A. H. Woods. Audiences laughed at their acts and now expect national popularity comparable to Potash and Perot mutter or Mutt and Jeff.

Lu Mabel A. H. Woods Graham Theatre New York Garry Mabel Potash Pertmutter Mutt and Jeff

Reidland School Free Lunch Association Builds Public Model

McCracken county's Reidland school, seven teachers and 175 pupils, offers free lunches to all students regardless of residence. The project, led by three teachers, forms the Reidland School Free Lunch Association with 1000 capital, plans a $25000 addition, garden plots, a dairy cow, poultry, and vegetable canning by the Girls' Canning Club to nourish lunches cooked by the home economics class.

Paducah McCracken County Reidland Reidland School W. Mike Oliver Girls’ Canning Club

Starvation Threat Acknowledged In Western Kentucky Tale

A district kitchen project credit goes to W Mike Oliver, famed for drainage law. The narrative recalls Jack, described as homely and poor, facing starvation when a neighbor asks about his welfare, ending with a grim exchange from the New York Globe.

W. Mike Oliver Kentucky Jack

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