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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1918
Page
8
Local items mention shoe dealers Fox and Dewey and the Rite Style Store keeping ads. Dr AL W Clow osteopath advertises office on Blue street. Parsons college student Mildred Stewart visits home. Maude Stone visits from Ainsworth. money to loan offers up to 15 000. Harper and Gardner referenced.
Warren Cash Grocery ad notes miscellaneous items. Lewis Klein traveled to Muscatine on business. Mrs F D Baumeister rode as a passenger to Ainsworth. The Misses Barbara and Beatrice Shreek went to Fairfield. Clara Merek headed to Ka lona for an indefinite stay. Mrs C H Paul and daughter Mary visited relatives in Brighton. Angeline Burk traveled as a morning passenger to Pleasant Plains. Alma Beenblossom went to Keota to visit a cousin. Mrs J C Moothart and Mrs Lon Moothart visited West Chester. E R Jenkins left for Chicago for about two weeks. W W Cole returned to Chicago after a visit. W S Eldridge and daughter Evelyn return from Florida. Neal Anwyl and baby returned to Columbus Junction. R R McKee returned to Crawfordsville after visiting her father. George McDaniels family returned to Keota from a visit. Washington Telephone office staff received carnations from Wolf Floral. Wm Vinton learned of niece Ida Skipton’s death in San Pedro Cal. Harvey Meek family welcome a boy Harvey Ralston Meek. Mrs Meek formerly Alma Humston.
A Packard used piano in excellent condition is offered at a real bargain price. Contact G. W. Hobson for details and to arrange a viewing.
An audience of farmers watched four hog houses built by high school boys sell for 52.25 total at the McKee school yard auction. Purchaser M Hollinger secured all four for a bargain price. Col D F Macon acted as auctioneer. Dies at County Home Woman Winona Hare, 22, passes away at the county home after illness. Funeral at Wilber Miller chapel with Rev J A Glendinning officiating. burial at Elm Grove.
Joseph Allen died last Saturday morning at his Nebraska home at age ninety. He moved from Ohio to Washington county early on and ran the Brighton mill for years. He later led a Lenox Iowa mill for years before moving to Nebraska to run a large cattle ranch. He leaves a widow, three sons and two grandchildren. He was the last of his father’s family and visited relatives here last fall.
Word reached here of the death of Christian Koehler eighty at his daughter's home in Whitesboro New York after a brief illness. A native of Germany he came to America in 1860 and was a Civil War veteran. He leaves two sons and two daughters. His death coincides with the ninth anniversary of his wife's passing.
A special offering at the Associate Presbyterian church raised 125 dollars for Armenian coffers. An earlier January collection totaled 75 dollars, bringing the year’s total for this cause to 200 dollars as several members express strong interest.
They could not attend yesterday but plan to contribute additional gifts to the amount already raised.
J M Finney travels to Delta this morning and plans to reach Des Moines to represent the John M Brant Co of Bushnell HL at an agricultural machinery convention. Stanley Baird, who had tonsil adenoids turbinates operation, is recovering at home with his parents Mr and Mrs J HL Baird. Mrs C A Trumbauer and daughter Lovellen visit and stay with John Bryson. Mr Trumbauer joins from Waterloo. Mrs Charlies Tucker heads to Bronx City to visit ill sister Burl Jackson. Charles Beatty visits his mother Mrs S P Beatty in Barnes City before joining family in Oskaloosa.
A reflective note suggests recognizing lovable traits in others aids happiness. It emphasizes positivity and understanding as practical paths to a brighter outlook and better interpersonal relations.
Westchester March 11 Private Isaac Davis of Woodburn Iowa a member of Company B 168th Infantry reported killed in France was a cousin of C H Davis of this place.
A report notes a large majority of Turkish women lack literacy in their own language amid debates on education reforms. Officials and educators discuss barriers, including access to schooling and cultural expectations, as campaigns seek to boost female literacy nationwide.
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