Weekend Visitors From Town and Nearby Cities Update
Mae Swift and Tord Helen Cunningham, students at local college, were home for the weekend. George Stewart family and Jaby visited relatives in Monmouth. James Phillips and the Knupps spent yesterday in Iowa City. Washington Steam Laundry promotes home washing service with a simple slogan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mae Swift
George Stewart
Jaby
Bupday
Monmouth
James Phillips
Glenn and
Gladys Knupp
Iowa City
Local social notes from Washington and area residents
Mrs J L Jones visits Crawfordville Saturday. Miss Helen Hardy and Miss Winnie Teets seen in town. Mary Martin of West Chester and Miss Miriam Bennett of Keota listed as shoppers. Mrs M A Kuhn called by brother A Bennett's death. Mina Jean Shaw born to Rev and Mrs Floyd Shaw. Cora Teeter teaches in Fairfield. Thomas Shrader recently finished a chiropractic course in Davenport set to practice in Nebraska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnie Teets
Miriam Bennett
Keoota
Washington
M. A. Kuhn
Keota
A. Bennett
Thomas Shrader
Tom
Davenport
Nebraska
Community club notices and meeting reminders
Local organizations schedule gatherings through May with multiple clubs meeting weekly. Women’s and church groups list dates, hosts, and times 7112 713 including Prairie Flower church Ladies Mission Circle and Fortnightly club events with May 11 deadlines and Memorial Day planning.
Devotional Meeting With Latta's Neighbor In Brief
A church gathering focuses on confession from 1 John 1 9 and seeks forgiveness for sins. The meeting proceeds in the absence of Mrs Latta who is unwell and attendees plan a fuller session later. The address 713 is noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Latta
Office Closed For Osteopathic Convention In Missouri
The office will be closed Wednesday Thursday and Friday as I attend a convention of osteopathic physicians in St. Joe Missouri. Dr A W Clow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Joe
Missionary society meeting reports from Almsworth and May luncheon
The Women's Foreign Missionary Society of the West Chester Methodist Church meets Friday afternoon May 12 at Mrs Will Wallace with delegates reporting on the Almsworth convention. A Fortnightly Club home economics group meets Tuesday with a thrift program and a May luncheon requiring 10 to 15 cents.
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Shalom Group of
Methodist Church
W. M. Keeley
Department of
Ladies’ Aid Society
The
West Chester Methodist Church
Frank Ross
Nash
Carl Dunbar
Clarence Johnson
Tous
Orville Elder
Iowa’ Ave
Zion Center
Methodist Ladies’ Aid Society
Grace Romine
Ellen Bell
Women's Foreign Missionary Society of the
West Chester
George Maxwell
West Washington St
Differing Tasks for Writer and History
A brief reflection notes that history grows from permanent monuments and records while personal knowledge fades daily, and much is lost over time. The author signs as Docter Joluisen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ina Shige Thue
Docter Joluisen
Ragged Beggar Reflects Neighborhood Generosity
In a brief anecdote from American Legion Weekly, a ragged hobo quips that his poverty shames Tam, prompting a retired sentiment on local charity and community mercy framed as a reflection on neighborhood generosity.
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American Legion Weekly
Sporting Man Virtues Highlighted by Holmes Quotation
The quote emphasizes sporting virtues such as fair bragging, good showmanship, gracious crowing when lucky, paying debts, admitting errors, and quiet restraint when defeated, attributed to Oliver Wendell Holmes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Savings Habit Turns Boy Rabbit Into Bank Saver
An Iowa newsboy named Rabbit learns to save after a customer suggests starting with 90 dollars to reach 100. He begins saving at Christmas 1919 and quickly grows his balance to 207 dollars, illustrating how every successful person builds a bank account.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rabbit’s
Iowa
Rabbit
Child asks which is longer alimentary canal or Panama Canal
Dickie, six, in a Washington family, grew puzzled by current events and school topics. He asked his dad one evening which is longer the alimentary canal or the Panama Canal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dickie
Washington
Dad
Alimentary Canal
Panama Canal
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D. J. Ross
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Lloyd Walker
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Chas. Cherry
Fred Sweet
Yeomen
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Allert M. Huff
John Shebeck
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