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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1925
Page
8
Local Grinnell Funeral Attendance and Community Notes
Mr and Mrs J H McMurray of Grinnell attended the funeral of Mrs Mary Fitzwater. The item lists local visitors and notes from Grinnell including Miss Washington and Dorothy Haney visiting grandparents in town, and auctioneer D F Macon in Washington Iowa. Also mentions Mrs F P Randle returning from Rock Island and George Lins visiting from Cheyenne. White Yard Co offers paints and varnishes and advertises services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. McMurray of
Grinnell
Mrs. McMurray
Mary Fitzwater
Local notices and arrivals mingle with sale items and visits
The page lists home visits and departures including George Mason's Ames trip and Mrs. Loehr's Christian Endeavor guest stay. It mentions Easter candies arriving at The Fair, Shamrocks for sale at Warren's Seed Store, and an Executive Board meeting of the W I L at the Y building with tea served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren
Fresh Seed Shipment and Local Personal Notices at The Fair
Local column reports a fresh bulk and packaged seed shipment arriving from Washington for Kahoka Missouri. It covers numerous residents traveling for business and leisure, visits to and from Washington, West Chester, Ottumwa, Des Moines, and Mt Pleasant, plus notes on students and club delegates attending events in Des Moines and at Iowa Wesleyan College.
Local notices and arrivals from Washington area
Mrs Dan Klopfenstein visits Washington friends en route to Mt. Pleasant. Miss Lavera Stewart returns from Lexington. Local tent and awning measurements to be taken with white canevas, khaki, or striped canvas options. Crail's accepts orders. Mrs Bila Wehr Walker of Des Moines visiting the Wehr home. Lydia Walker visits from 9.1. Lo. Mrs Matt Groven returns from Estherville for Mrs J. A. Wehr's death. William Robert born Feb 26 to Mr and Mrs William A. Carl ine of Chicago. mother to be remembered at Miss Adaline Gibson. Executive meeting notes and new cloaks arriving direct from New York manufacturers with Easter in view at Crail's. T Wehr returns home for Mrs J. A. Wehr's funeral. John Walker returns to Moline Ill for funeral. Mrs H Nicola and daughter visit Cedar Rapids. H A Nicola employed by Cedar Rapids Gazette. John Simmering's TB milk sold locally. Mrs Glenn Bowden and son Billy visit Ainsworth. Bowden family to move to Springfield Ill. For Sale: Used Fordson tractor and plow from Washington Motor Co. 2512. Mrs Charles Fleming travels to Omaha after visiting her cousin Mrs Oscar Brock. aunt Mrs Fred Tracy returning from Omaha. Zade Gilespie returns to La Porte City after visiting Matt Gillespie.
End of Festival Marks Return of Women to Work
The name St Distaffs Day was given to January 7 to mark the return of women to their ordinary occupations after the Christmas festivities ended on January 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Distaff's Uy
Jazz Invades Covent Garden Dance Hall In London
London Covent Garden Theatre also known as the Royal Opera House will host nightly dances at popular prices under a new syndicate. This marks the first time the historic venue is used as a dance hall with the season running into late spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Convent Garden
London
Covent Garden Theatre
Royal Opera House
New York Farm Population Drops Across Eight Years
ITHACA N Y March 15 New York state shows a steady decline in farm population from 1917 to 1925 with about 165000 fewer people on farms by January 1 1925. The report cites 26310 zero farm hands and notes record crops were still produced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ithaca
N. Y
New York State
New York State College of Agriculture
Empire State
Covent Garden Theatre’s Opera House Through Diverse Uses
The Royal Opera House now known as Covent Garden Theatre has a varied history including opera drama circus ballet pantomime and revue. During the war it was used as a furniture store from buildings taken over by the government for offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Opera House
Covent Garden Theatre
Market Place
Helen’s Promise Prompted a Reluctant Permit
A 19th century scene shows Helen, raised strict Congregationalist, urging her father to let her and her sister hear an Episcopal minister. She vows they will not believe a word he says if allowed to attend, prompting a parental demur and a tense moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen
Papa
Toledo Seed Market Prices Report
The Toledo seed market lists Clover seed cash old and new at 18.1 percent with March at 17.75 and October at 13.50. Timothy seed cash and March at 2.90, May 3.90, September 2.30. The report is dated March 16 in Toledo Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Ohio
Clover Seed
Timothy
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