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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1924
Page
5
May 5 Wellman report details visits to Davenport Cedar Rapids and Iowa City. Local residents join a parent teacher meeting perform a youth program and celebrate a DeMolay chapter sponsorship while commenting on spring building and weather conditions.
Sleepy Eye Minnesota obituary notes Mrs. Myron B Keyes died suddenly at her home eight miles northwest of Sleepy Eye at eight o'clock Monday after a brief illness from bronchial pneumonia. Born February 17, 1866 in Davenport Iowa, she married Myron B Keyes in 1886 and had four sons William Henry Roy and Raymond. The family moved to Brown County in 1915, where she remained beloved for her devotion to home and children. She also leaves two sisters Mrs C W Hinzie of Omaha and Mrs A W Babcock of Rockford and brother W H Dedrick of Washington DC. Services were held at their Prairieville home Wednesday at 2 p.m. Rev Bondo of Evan in charge.
Boston bookshops shift locations as old buildings are torn down. Cornhill keeps second hand stores while Park Street retools for publishers and book dealers. Old Corner Bookstore relocates across the street. England scraps warships after the armistice and realises sizable sale proceeds.
Residents recount visitors from Washington including Rev W H Dillon and D W Dayton, attendances at church, a funeral in South English, and a lecture in Washington. They describe driving 50 miles to Keota and back, admiring plowed fields and new George Klett home costing over 12000 with several barns, and project high farm values while noting rising land prices and improving country roads.
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